2024 PMTA Conference Schedule
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Friday, June 14, 2024
11 a.m. Registration Begins (Lobby of Schaeffer Auditorium)
1 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.
Ben Kapilow: "Making Music Theory Relevant" (Room 13G)
Elaine Friedlander: "But it’s not in the music - Interpretive Choices" (Room 14G)
2 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
Eneida Larti and Tatyana Roytshteyn: "Hot or Cool: Strategies for Promoting Self-regulation in Music Learning" (Room 13G)
John Ellis: "The Pedagogical Writings of Marguerite Long" (Room 14G)
3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Masterclass with Artina McCain (Schaeffer Auditorium)
Masterclass with Artina McCain (Schaeffer Auditorium)
Dinner on Your Own
6:30 p.m. – 7:20 p.m. Tour of Wells-Rapp Center for Mallet Percussion Research Tour KU’s growing collection of music, photos and artifacts, along with its rare and valuable vintage collection of mallet percussion instruments!
7:30 p.m. Kutztown Faculty Concert (Wells-Rapp Center for Mallet Percussion) with post-concert reception sponsored by Jacob’s Music
Saturday, June 15
8:30 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
Sha Wang and Mikaela Dassanaike-Perera: Connecting with GenZ through Video Game Music and Codes --- incorporating electronic music into traditional piano lessons (Room 13G)
Michelle Wachter: "Playing Your Best When It Counts: Strategies to Overcome Performance Anxiety" (Room 14G)
9:30 a.m.- 10:20 a.m.
Ben Kapilow: "Exploring Lyrics with Music Students" (Room 13G)
Nanette Kaplan Solomon: "Women’s Work That’s Never Done: Intermediate to Advanced Piano Repertoire by Libby Larsen, Madeleine Dring, Dora Pejačević, Florence Price, and Elena Kats-Chernin" (Room 14G)
10:30 a.m. -11:20 a.m.
Virginia Thorpe: "Working with the Homeschool Community: Understanding Homeschooling in PA and How to Partner with Homeschooling Families" (Room 13G)
Seulki Yoo: "Reviving Fin-De-Siècle Pianism - Through Nine Composers from Le Tombeau De Paul Dukas (1936) (Room 14G)
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Luncheon and Keynote Address by Artina McCain (Georgian Room of Old Main: 15220 Kutztown Rd, Kutztown, PA 19530)
2:30-2:55 p.m. Collegiate Presentations
Sebastian Arizpe Vilana: "10 Lessons from a Career in Tennis and Piano Performance" (Room 13G)
Kailbeth Chacin and Jonida Lazellari: "Exploring Venezuelan Classical Music: Insights into Sonata para violín y piano, by Modesta Bor" (Room 14G)
3:05-3:30 p.m. Collegiate Presentations
Georgia Lazaridou: "Spiritual transcendence through the music of Face to Face for solo piano by Christos Hatzis" (Room 13G)
Rui Zhang: "Discovering the Blend of Chinese and Western Musical Elements in Piano Suite No. 1 “Three Mountain Ballades of Southern Yunnan” by Zhang Zhao (Room 14G)
3:45-4:45 p.m. Collegiate Student Concert (Schaeffer Auditorium)
5:00-6:00 p.m. Local Associations Meeting (Green Room)
Dinner on Your Own
7:30 p.m. Artina McCain Recital (Schaeffer Auditorium)