SPRING CONFERENCE REMINDER

Your schedules are full to the brim with  responsibilities for this Passover/Holy Week, to be certain! Set aside

Monday, April 5^th – 9:30 – noonish

to relax and enjoy BRADLEY SOWASH as he presents

“LEARN YOUR CHORDS KID.”

Bradley is Columbus’s own pedagogue/composer/performing artist and has his works published by Kjos Music Company. He gets to the heart of learning points with humor and energy.

With 2010 Scale Olympics just around the corner, you don’t want to miss this inspiring morning with the Master of Chords,

BRADLEY SOWASH.

Graves Piano and Organ Company, Karl Road

This conference will also include a quick Annual Membership Meeting, during which we all vote to approve the 2010-11 burget and the 2010-12 slate of officers!  See you there!!

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Here are a few other announcements:

State Invitation

MEMO-MTNA

Early Interval April 10th

After three years of doctoral studies, Gulimina Mahamuti of Mansfield, Ohio, who comes from Karamay City in northwestern China, will receive her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance on May 8, 2010.  She was selected to attend The Harry S Truman Good Neighbor Award Luncheon on May 6, 2010. 

Recently, her article, “Professional Development Makes You Recession-Resistant,” originally published in the Sept/Oct 2009 issue of Clavier Companion, was translated into Italian and appears in Didattica (http://www.aasp.it/Documenti_folder/resistereallarecessione.html).  As a guest artist, Gulimina has accepted the invitation to perform with Southeast Kansas Symphony Orchestra in November, 2010.

Gulimina will be taking over as Piano Workshop Chairman for the Central East District.  Welcome, Gulimina!

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Coming To Columbus 4-hour Workshop for Piano Teachers Reinvigorate Your Piano Studio! Date: April 3, 2010 Time: 1:00 – 5:00 Place: Columbus, OH Register Now! Date Not Convenient? Call Musikgarten at 1.800.216.6864 to see about additional dates and locations.

Reinvigorate Your Piano Studio This four-hour, hands-on workshop, developed primarily for piano teachers, includes both theory games and lesson planning strategies: Learn new ways to engage your students in theory games. Ideal for your group theory classes, these games are a great way to invigorate your theory lessons, keeping them fun and relevant – and to build the rhythm and pitch reading skills the students need. Start your young beginners on a road to success with a five-week program which will delight them and prepare them for success. Singing and moving tune the ear and refine the body, laying the foundation for success in learning to play the piano. The lesson plans fully explain all the singing and movement activities, as well as the keyboard activities which are layered on at an appropriate time and pace. Cost: $40! Includes: 7 Theory Notation Games Lesson Plans for including games in your teaching Date: April 3, 2010 Time: 1:00 – 5:00 Place: Grave’s Piano and Organ Company           5798 Karl Road           Columbus, OH 43229           Call the Musikgarten office at 1-800-216-6864 or click here to register.

SUMMER PIANO ACADEMY 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
For Serious Young Pianists, Ages 12-18
June 20-July 10, 2010

Dear Teachers, Students, and Parents:

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Piano Academy will celebrate its 25th anniversary this summer! To mark this special event, we are pleased to offer a roster of world-renowned master teachers, who have dedicated their lives to teaching talented young pianists.

GUEST MASTER TEACHERS >> learn more
Read Gainsford | Joseph Kalichstein | Menahem Pressler | Karen Shaw |                         André-Michel Schub | Nelita True |André Watts.

FACULTY >> learn more
Karen Taylor | David Cartledge | Christopher Harding | Ruth Morrow | Alice Rybak |    Daniel Schene |Gregory Sioles.

Students from across the United States and around the world will participate in two private lessons a week,  master classes, daily group classes, theory, ensemble classes, and student performances. In addition, we offer an opportunity to work with a certified Feldenkrais practitioner. The Piano Academy takes place during the IU Summer Music Festival, a spectacular collection of orchestral performances, chamber music concerts and solo recitals.

It all adds up to three weeks in which gifted pianists are immersed in an intensive and inspiring musical environment, and a community that fosters close friendships and memories that last forever.

Click here for more information and application materials:
www.music.indiana.edu/summer/piano-academy

            All good wishes,
   
           Karen Taylor, Founder and Director