OklahomaMusicTeachersAssociation

Af iliatedwithMusicTeachersNationalAssociation

84thAnnualConference

2013OMTAConferenceProgramBook

June6‐8,2013UniversityofOklahomaNorman,Oklahoma

“IgniteYourTeaching!”

CatlettMusicCenterOUSchoolofMusic

StateConferenceProgramAtAGlanceCatlettMusicCenter(unlessstatedotherwise)

Friday,June78:00 Registration(GothicHallLobby) Hospitality/VisitExhibits(OrchestraRoom124)8:15‐8:50 DistrictAuditionChairsMeeting(SeminarRoom)8:30‐8:50 SparkTalk!CollegiateSession:OUCollegiateChapter(Pitman RecitalHall),TeachingAccompanyingSkillstoPianoStudents9:00‐9:50 Session:GayleKowalchykandE.L.Lancaster(PitmanRecitalHall) PianoTeachingThenandNow:HowStudentsandTeachersHave ChangedintheLast88Years10:00‐10:30 VisitExhibits,Hospitality(OrchestraRoom124)10:30‐11:20 Masterclass:AlanChow(SharpHall)11:30‐12:30 OMTA/MTNA/SeniorCompetitionWinnersRecitalI(SharpHall)12:30‐1:30 Lunch.CFFwillmeetatareservedtable.(GothicHall)1:30‐2:20 Showcase:GayleKowalchykandE.L.Lancaster(PitmanRecital

Hall)WhatCanITeachonMonday?‐NewMusicfromAlfredtoIgniteandInspireYourTeaching

2:30‐3:00 Hospitality/VisitExhibits(OrchestraRoom124)3:00‐3:50 LightningTalks!CollegeFacultyForum(PitmanRecitalHall) MichaelDean,OBU JenniferMansour,UCO StuartDeaver,TU MichaelKirkendoll,OSU 4:00‐5:00 OMTA/MTNA/SeniorCompetitionWinnersRecitalII(SharpHall)5:00‐5:30 VisitExhibits(OrchestraRoom124)5:30‐6:00 OMTACashBar(FredJonesJr.MuseumofArt)6:00‐7:30 BanquetandAwards(FredJonesJr.MuseumofArt)8:00 OMTAGuestArtistRecital:AlanChow(SharpHall) Reception(GothicHallLobby)Saturday,June88:00 Registration(GothicHallLobby) Hospitality/VisitExhibits(OrchestraRoom124)8:30‐8:50 SparkTalk!IMTFSession:Dr.EdwardGates(PitmanRecitalHall) Solving“HardSpots”inLowerAdvancedPianoLiterature9:00‐9:50 Session:GayleKowalchyk(PitmanRecitalHall) ChickenNuggetsforthePianoTeacher’sSoul10:00‐10:30 Hospitality/VisitExhibits,(OrchestraRoom124)10:30‐11:30 Masterclass:AlanChow(SharpHall)11:45‐1:15 Lunch/OMTABusinessMeeting(FredJonesJr.MuseumofArt)1:30‐1:50 PerformanceofKrisMaloy’sCommissionedWork(PitmanRecital

Hall) ARiverofTime,OklahomaCityUniversityFacultyBrassQuintet2:00‐2:50 Session:E.L.Lancaster(PitmanRecitalHall) CanPianoMasterworksReallyIgniteaSparkin21stCenturyPiano

Students?3:00‐3:30 VisitExhibits,OMTAHospitality(OrchestraRoom124)3:30‐4:30 OMTA/MTNA/SeniorCompetitionWinnersRecitalIII(SharpHall)4:30 GrandPrizeDrawing,ConferenceAdjourns(SharpHall)

Muskogee Area Branch 

NeddaHorvath VernaPittsRogers,NCTMNancyShelton,NCTM CarolynStauffer

InMemoryofGraceEscoeJones

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DearOMTAColleagues,WelcometoNormanandYOURstateconference!As your representative to theMTNABoard from theSouth‐Central Division, I am glad towelcome you toone of the bene icial events and opportunities thatyourmembershipcanprovide.Stateconferencesareagreatopportunity togain inspirationand learnfrom nationally recognized artists and clinicians, as well as form newfriendshipswithotherteachersfromacrossthestate.Theconferenceisalso a great opportunity to network with other colleagues who shareyoursameinterests,whetheritismusiceducationrelated(ornot)!ManylongtimeOMTAmemberssharethattheonethingtheyvalueabouttheirmembership is therelationshipstheyhavebuilt inOMTA. BeingamemberoftheOMTAfamilyisimportanttothem–especiallywhentheyareexperiencinghardshipssuchasthelossofaspouseoreventheirownhealth‐related problems. This has been a dif icult year for some of ourmembers and their families, and we realize the importance of theserelationshipsandbeingthereforeachother,ingoodtimesandbad.EachofusbringsuniquegiftstoourlocalandstateMTA.Ihopeyouwillreachouttothoseinourstateandvolunteertohelpwhereyoucan.Weall need towork together to indways to supportmusic, our students,and the arts in our communities. There is no greater time to worktogether to impact the future of music‐making in America, especiallywhenwearefacingbudgetcutsinourpublicschools!In addition to attending this conference, I hope youwillmake plans tojoin other state and localmembers inChicagoonMarch22‐26atthedowntown Marriott for the 2014 MTNA National Conference. Itpromises to be not only an exciting destination but an outstandinglearning and networking experience, featuring high caliber artists,nationally‐recognizedcliniciansandmasterteachers.Enjoyourconferenceandtakeadvantageofeveryopportunitytolearnsoyoucanbringhomearenewedenthusiasmforteaching. Hopefully,youwillalsoleavewithafeelingthatYOUareapartofthistreasuredOMTAfamily.Sincerely, Mary Sallee, NCTM MTNA Director, South-Central Division Past OMTA President

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Dr. E. L. Lancaster Conference Clinician

Dr.E.L.Lancaster isVicePresidentand Keyboard Editor‐in‐Chief ofAlfred Music Publishing. He holdsdegrees from Murray (KY) StateUniversity, theUniversityof Illinois,andaPh.D.fromNorthwestern.HewasaProfessorofMusicattheUniversity of Oklahoma (1979‐1998), where he taught courses inpianopedagogyandcoordinatedthegroup piano program.Dr. Lancaster

established the masters and doctoral programs in pianopedagogy at the University of Oklahoma in 1980 andserved as Major Professor for more than 50 doctoraldissertations in that ield.He taught pre‐college studentsin the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program, combininggroup and private instruction. In addition, from 1981 to1996, he and his wife, Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk, operated alargeindependentpianostudioinNorman,Oklahoma. Dr. Lancaster has served as National Chairman ofGroup Piano andNational Chairman of Student Chaptersfor MTNA, as well as held of ices in the NationalConference on Piano Pedagogy, including Chair of theAdministration/Pedagogy Liaison Committee. He hasreceivednumerousteachingawardsfromtheUniversityofOklahoma, including the Regents Award for SuperiorTeaching (1984), Associated Distinguished Lectureship(1987), Provost's Outstanding Academic Advising Award(1996), andOutstanding Faculty Award in the College ofFine Arts (1996). In 1991 hewas awarded a David RossBoyd Professorship, named in honor of the irst OUpresident,giventofacultymemberswhoexcelinteaching,counselingandguidingstudents. Dr. Lancaster has presented workshops for teachersthroughout theUnited States, Canada,HongKong, China,Korea,Malaysia,SingaporeandThailand.Heistheauthoror co‐author ofmore than 350 publications designed forstudentsofallages.Henowlives in theLosAngelesareawithhiswifeandtheirtwochildren,KelseyandChase.

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Gayle Kowalchyk is currentlya Senior Keyboard EditorforSupplementaryPianoPublica‐tionsforAlfredMusicPublishing.She holds degrees from OhioUniversity (piano performance),Northwestern University (pianoperformance and pedagogy,1979)andanEd.D.fromTeachersCollege, Columbia University(piano pedagogy, 1989). Formerly on the faculty ofEastern Illinois University, she coordinated the classpiano program, directed the piano preparatoryprogram,andtaughtgraduatepianopedagogy.Duringthesummersof1979‐1982shetaughtclasspianoandpiano ensemble at the National Music Camp inInterlochen, Michigan. She has also taught pianopedagogy and class piano at Oklahoma BaptistUniversityandtheUniversityofOklahoma. As clinician and adjudicator, Dr. Kowalchyk haspresented sessions for national conventions ofMTNAand theMusicEducatorsNationalConference,aswellas for the National Group Piano Symposium, theNational Piano Teachers Institute, the InternationalPedagogy Workshops, the National Conference onPiano Pedagogy and the World Piano PedagogyConference. With her husband, Dr. E. L. Lancaster, she is theco‐author ofmore than 275 educational piano books,including Alfred's Premier Piano Course, which theyhave co‐authored with Dennis Alexander, VictoriaMcArthur,andMarthaMier. From 1981 until 1996 Dr. Kowalchyk and herhusband taught students of all ages at theirindependentpianostudioinNorman,Oklahoma.Theynow live in the Los Angeles area with their twochildren, where she works full‐time on writing andeditingprojectsforAlfred.

Dr. Gayle Kowalchyk Conference Clinician

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Kris Maloy Commissioned Composer

Kris Maloy, an active saxophonist,hasbeenafeaturedperformerinbothclassical and jazz settings. In 1997and 1999, he received OutstandingIndividual Achievement Awards inJazz from theNational Association ofJazz Educators for featuredperformances at the Wichita JazzFestival. His performances have alsobeen featured at the Society of

Composers conferences and the North AmericanSaxophoneAllianceInternationalConference. As an eclectic composer of many interests andin luences, his music bridges many styles and genres. Ithas been described as “of great elegance…expansivelylyrical”(David LaMarche, New York Concert Review)and“beautifully paced”. His work has received honors andawards in music composition from the AmericanComposers Forum, the North American SaxophoneAlliance, the Society of Composers, and ASCAP. Recentcommissions include Quartet in Four Actions for thechambermusicgroupBrightMusic(recentlyperformedatCarnegieHall’sWeillRecitalHall),andWhite HeatfortheUniversityofCentralOklahoma(UCO)JazzOrchestra. Hehas recentlybeenawardedartist residenciesat theBanffCentre for the Arts in Alberta, Canada, and the UcrossFoundation arts colony in Wyoming. His next majorcommissionedwork in progress is a double concerto fortwoviolinsandorchestratobepremieredin2013. He holds degrees in music composition fromOklahomaCityUniversity,BowlingGreenStateUniversity,and University of Texas at Austin. He has studiedcomposition with Donald Grantham, Kevin Puts, MarilynShrude, Edward Knight, andMikel Kuehn. Currently, heteaches at the Bass School of Music at Oklahoma CityUniversity,UCO,andUCO’sJazzLab.Heisaninstructorincomposition, jazz and commercial arranging,orchestration, improvisation, songwriting, saxophone,musictheory,andauralskills.

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A River of Time Commissioned Work Prologue(Organum)I. Perception( lowingthroughacurvedlens)II. Memory(abrokenglassshattersbacktogether)III. Convergence(fromthesynthesisofpastandfuture, thepresentemerges)Epilogue:ThePersistentIllusionofTime

I have become fascinated in recent years by the idea of timeandthescienti icstudiesthatcontinuetounravelonlydeeperlevelsof mystery about the nature of time. Once thought to be anunyieldingandconstantmeasure, timewasdisplacedby relativitytheory as being bendable and subject to gravity. Contemporarystudies in physics seem to indicate that at the smallest andmostfundamental levelsof theuniverse,paths thatwillbe taken in thefuture effect the paths of the past, rendering any perception ofcausality empty. Most recent thinking on the nature of timesuggests that the very concept of time may arise with ourconsciousness, proposing the (somewhat unsettling!) idea that akey component onwhichwe base our experience of theworld issimply an apparition. This gives aphorisms about watched potsnever boiling,watched clocks never ticking, and time lyingwhenyou’rehavingfunawholenewmeaning!Italsoleadstothefurtherunsettlingideathatanythingandeverythingweperceivemayhaveno basis in any objective “reality” and that there is only ourperception. This piece is a re lection and meditation on these thoughts.This work is constructed on a set of interval cycles that isestablished in the Prologue through an imitative melody on aconstantrhythm. Here,anhomagetoorganumre lectstheideaofhumans—through all but themost recent history of time—as theconstant of the universe. (“Organum” is a centuries‐old musicalgenrethatfocusedonaconsistentmodeofrhythmandthe“perfect”intervalsof4ths,5ths,andoctaves.) Movement I focuses on time as linear, but warped andinconstant— lowing forward, but faster, slower, and blurred.MovementIIallowsthemusicalmaterialsonwhichthepieceisbuiltto low backwards just as, at a level we can not perceive in theuniverse, the future seems equally likely to low toward the past.MovementIIIisconstructedfromthefundamentalmusicalmaterialoverlapped onto itself, rendering the passage of time a vacantconcept. Finally, in the Epilogue, the original opening melody recursagain, but accompanied now by the overlapped beginning andending of the cyclical musical materials, signifying the idea thatthough our perception goes on as it ever has, it goes onwith theknowledgethattheprogressivepassageoftimemaybenothingbutillusion.

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Barbara Fast Distinguished Teacher

Dr. Barbara Fast, FriedaDerdeynProfessorofPiano,Professor of Piano Peda‐gogyandPianoAreaChair,coordinates the grouppiano program as well asteaches graduate andundergraduatepianopeda‐gogy at the University ofOklahoma.Namedthe2008Irene and Julian RothbaumPresidential Professor ofExcellence in the Arts at

OU, she co‐founded the National Group Piano/PianoPedagogy Forum held for the irst time in 2000. Thebiennial event will occur in 2014 CincinnatiConservatory of Music (CCM). She also served on theEditorialBoardoftheMTNAE‐Journal,andasAssociateEditor of Piano Pedagogy Forum, the irst keyboardjournalontheWEB. Currently, she serves as President‐Elect of theOklahomaMusicTeachersAssociation(OMTA).Shehaspresented numerous workshops on practicing, sightreading, ensemblemusic, technology, newly publishedmusic,andhistoricalkeyboardpedagogyattheLondonInternationalPianoSymposium(2013),MusicTeachersNationalConferences(MTNA),TheHawaiiInternationalConference on Arts andHumanities, International andNational CollegeMusic Society Conferences (CMS), theNational Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy (NCKP),World Piano Pedagogy Conferences (WPPC), and theEuropean Piano Teachers Conference (EPTA). She hasserved on numerous national and state MTNA andNCKP piano pedagogy related positions. Additionallyshe has performed in chamber settings in England,Russia, and Japan aswell as presented lecture recitalsandmasterclassesthroughouttheUnitedStates.

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Spark Talk! Dr. Edward Gates Solving “Hard Spots” in Lower-Advanced Literature

Don’t “work on” a hard spot,solve it. Don’t get through it,make it wonderful. Don’tovercome it, make it EASY.WhatisEASY? HowdoIapplyEASYtohardspots?Dr. Edward Gates teachesundergraduate and graduateapplied piano, as well asselected graduate seminars in

pianoliterature.Hailedas"asplendidpianist"byTheNew York Times, he has performed in solo recitalsandchamberconcerts throughout theUnitedStates.HehasbeenguestsoloistwithorchestrasundersuchconductorsasRobertShaw,GuyFraserHarrison,andLuisHerrara. HestudiedatOberlinConservatoryofMusic, IndianaUniversity, theMozarteumAkademieinSalzburg,andtheHochschulefurMusikinVienna.In1971hereceivedaFulbrightgranttodoresearchon Eighteenth Century pianos at the Kunst‐historisches Museum in Vienna. In 1992 he wasinvitedtogiverecitals,lectures,andmasterclassesinTaiwanandthePeople’sRepublicofChina. He has received the University of OklahomaRegents' Award for Superior Teaching and theBurlingtonNorthernAwardforFacultyAchievement.In 1997 he was named the Irene and Julian J.RothbaumPresidentialProfessorofExcellenceintheArts. Dr.EdwardGatesreceivedhisBachelorofMusicfromOberlinConservatoryofMusic,andhisMastersofMusicandDoctorateofMusicalArtsfromIndianaUniversity.

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Alan Chow Guest Artist AlanChow, acclaimed for his “elegant

poetryandvirtuosic ire,"haswonFirstPrize in the Concert Artists GuildInternational Competition, the UCLAInternational Piano Competition, andthe Palm Beach InvitationalInternational Piano Competition. ASteinway artist, Professor Chow hasperformed in concert with orchestrasin 45 states including the NationalSymphony,TulsaPhilharmonic,Kansas

CitySymphony,andOmahaSymphony.HeregularlytoursAsia with performances in China, Japan, Hong Kong,Taiwan,andSingapore.Anavidchambermusician,hehascollaboratedwiththeAmerican,Paci ica,andMiamiStringQuartets and has been guest artist at the Grand CanyonChamber Music Festival, Juneau Jazz and Classics, andTexas Music Festival. He also appears in joint recitalengagementsintheCheng‐ChowTriowithpianistsAngelaChengandAlvinChow. Also in demand for his teaching, he is currentlycoordinator of the piano program at NorthwesternUniversity in Chicago. Professor Chow has given masterclasses throughout North America and Asia atconservatories, universities, and summer festivals.Appointed guest professor at theCentral Conservatory inBeijing and honored visiting professor at the ShenyangConservatory, he has presented recitals, master classes,and lectures in China at the conservatories in Shanghai,Chengdu,Xian,andWuhan. He studied with Nelita True at the University ofMarylandwherehereceivedtheCharlesManningPrizeinthe Creative and Performing Arts; Sascha Gorodnitzki atThe Juilliard School where he was awarded the VictorHerbertPrize inPiano; andMenahemPressler at IndianaUniversity where he was the recipient of the JosephBattista Memorial Scholarship. He also studied at theMozarteumSommerakademiewithCarloZecchi.

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Spark Talk! OU Collegiate Session Teaching Accompanying Skills to Piano Students Everyone appreciates a great accompanist! This sessionexplores themanyways that teachers can begin to developoften‐overlooked collaborative skills in students of all agesthrough the use of technology and appropriate teachingliterature. This presentation will illustrate how the use oftechnologies such as iPads, smart phones and laptops andtheuseof applications suchas Skype,Trail‐Mix and HomeConcertXtremecanbeusedtodevelopcollaborativeskillsinpiano students. These devices can help students focus ontheircollaborativeplayingoutsideofthelessonandareafunandexcitingwaytoreinforcebasicskills. Portions of this session were used for a 45‐minutepresentation at theMTNANational Conference in AnaheimCalifornia this past March. Presenters at the nationalconference included Rebecca Calvert, Olivia Ellis, NicoleThompson,CindyTseng,JoanWallaceandThomasWhite. The OU MTNA Collegiate Chapter has been an activestudent chapter both locally and nationally. In addition tothisyear’sMarch2013nationalconferencepresentation,theOU collegiate chapter also presented at the 2011 MTNAnational conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with theUniversity of Michigan Collegiate Chapter on “Liszt for theAdvancing High School Pianist”.The OU collegiate chapterreceived Student Chapter of the Year awards in 2007 and2009 for outstanding service in themusic community. Ourcollegiatemembers frequentlyvolunteerat variousNAMTAevents, such as the NAMTA Fall Festival and DistrictAchievement Auditions. Dr. Barbara Fast and Dr. JaneMagrathareco‐advisorsoftheOUMTNACollegiateChapter.

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Lightning Talks! OMTA is holding the irst series of Lightning Talks,givenby various college faculty. LightningTalks havebeen described as brief, 5‐minute presentations thatfocus on a single topic, example, idea, project, ortechnique.LightningTalksdonotattempttocoverallaspectsoftheirsubjectmatter,butpresentonefacetoftheideaclearlyandsuccinctly.

MichaelDean, Associate Professor ofMusic at Oklahoma Baptist University,serves as East District Co‐President ofOMTA. A member of the Manno/DeanPianoDuo,heispresentingatthe2013WorldPianoConferenceinSerbia.Teaching Braille Music to Visually

Impaired Students—Many accomplished musiceducatorsassumebraillemusicisanincomprehensiblecodethatisexcessivelydauntingtodecipher.However,it takes little time to understand the rudiments ofbraillemusicabbreviationsandsyntax.

*************************StuartDeaver, Professor of Piano atthe University of Tulsa, performsacross the United States and mostrecently in Portugal as both soloistand collaborator. In addition, hemaintains an active interest in musictheoryresearch.The Neglected Middle Pedal:ExploringWaystoImplementtheSostenutoPedal—Little is known regarding the sostenuto pedal; scorestypicallydon'taddressthemiddlepedalascarefullyasthe outer two. Being of aware of how and when toimplement the sostenuto pedal will open newdimensions.

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Jennifer Mansour, NCTM, teaches atthe University of Central Oklahoma, aswell as two community music schools.As the 2010 MTNA Studio TeacherFellowshiprecipient,shealsomanagesaprivatepianostudioinEdmond,OK.Connecting the Dots: Using Composition to MoveFromFeelingRhythmtoReadingRhythm—Learn asimple,yeteffective,compositionactivitythatcanhelpyourstudentsreadandplayrhythmsmoreaccuratelyandmusically.

*************************Michael Kirkendoll, Assistant Pro‐fessor of Piano at Oklahoma StateUniversity, is well known as a pianistandcontemporarymusicspecialist.Heis founder and director of the CortonaSessions for New Music in Cortona,Italy.

Wax‐on,Wax‐off:TheMr.MiyagiApproachtoPianoTechnique—Following Mr. Miyagi's immortal wordsofwisdom,thistalkdescribeshowtheuseofoppositephysicalmotionencouragesarelaxedtechnique,warmtoneproduction,andphysicalbalanceatthekeyboard.

Lightning Talks!

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Local Association Presidents Duncan, Shawnee, and Panhandle

DUNCAN—Anita Johns teaches privatepiano and is music director at West SideChristian Church. She also accompaniesvarious vocalists and instrumentalists. AswellasbeingPresidentoftheDuncanAreaMusic Teachers' Association, she is theprogram chairman and treasurer of theStephens County Music Teachers'Association and a member of the Duncan

MusicClub.From1985until1995,shewasadjunctprofessorattheUniversityofScienceandArtsofOklahoma,servingasstaff accompanist and teaching private piano and pianoclasses.

SHAWNEE—SandraMeyer,NCTM, taughtpiano and theory at Oklahoma BaptistUniversityfrom1975untilretiringin2011.Currently she accompanies part time fortheinstrumentalandvocaldepartmentsatOBU and serves as organist at FirstChristian Church, Shawnee. She hasdegrees from the University of Missouri‐

Kansas City and the University of Iowa, with postgraduatestudyattheUniversityofOklahoma.SheisamemberoftheCollege Music Society, Sigma Alpha Iota, Phi Kappa Phi, PiKappaLambda,MTNA,andOMTA.InadditiontoservingasSAMTAPresident,sheisImmediatePastPresidentandMTNAFoundationChairforOMTA.

PANHANDLE—KristinaRobertshastaughtprivatepianolessonsinGuymonforthepast27 years. She became an activemember ofPanhandle Branch Oklahoma MusicTeachersAssociationin1985,whereshehasservedinseveralof icesincludingPresident,Secretary, Local Auditions Chairman andTreasurer. She attendedWest Texas StateUniversitywhereshereceivedaBachelorof

MusicTherapywithanemphasisinPiano/Bassoonin1983.

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DURANT—MaryAnnCraige,ProfessorofMusic,hastaughtAppliedandClassPianoatSoutheasternOklahomaStateUniversitysince 1966. She holds a B.M. in pianoperformance from Oklahoma BaptistUniversity and an M.M. in Piano Perfor‐mancefromtheUniversityofNorthTexas.She earnedaPh.D. from theUniversityofNorthTexas(UNT)whereherdissertationaddressed sight‐reading at the piano forthe university level. She also earned a Music EducationdegreefromOBUaswellasaMusicTheorydegreefromUNT.Presently, Dr. Craige is coordinator of the SOSU keyboardarea, teaching private and class piano as well asaccompanying various ensembles. She also maintains aprivatestudioforpre‐collegestudents.Dr.Craigeisactiveasa collaborativepianist, lecturer, andadjudicator. She servesas organist at First Baptist Church, Durant, Oklahoma. ShehastraveledandperformedextensivelyintheUSAaswellasEuropeandAustralia/NewZealand.ShepreviouslyservedasCo‐President of the East District OMTA and as StateCompositionCoordinatorforMTNA.PianotrainingincludedstudiesunderartistteachersJacqueAbrams,SylviaZaremba,JackRoberts,RichardCass,andSteveHarlos.COMTA—Melissa Johansen, NCTM,graduated from OBU with a MusicEducation degree. While there shestudied under Sandra Meyer, Carol Bell,andDonClark.Herpianoteachingcareerbegan at the age of 14, under thesupervisionofLindaWiles, for theWilesPianoStudio.In1999MelissaestablishedtheJohansenPianoStudioandthenjoinedMTNA,OMTAandCOMTA 2006. In 2009 she earned her NCTM in piano andvoice.Melissa has served as theOMTA IMTF Chair andVP‐Membership forCOMTA.She iscurrentlyservingasCOMTAPresident.

Local Association Presidents Durant and COMTA

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Local Association Presidents Enid and Ponca City

ENID—Patty Ann Tate has taught musicprivatelysince1970.Sheservedasorganistfor St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church (1995‐2009)andwasawardedtheAmericanGuildof Organist Service Playing Certi icate in2003. Since September 2009 she has beenMusic Director at Willow Road ChristianChurch. Mrs. Tate has been a member ofMTNA since 1977 and was awarded thePermanentProfessionalCerti iedTeacherof

Piano inMay 2009. She is also nationally certi ied inmusicliterature/history and provisionally certi ied in lute. In thestate af iliated OMTA she has served as District President,Local Association President, Member‐at‐Large,Parliamentarian, and Historian. Currently, she serves asPresident for the Enid Area MTA. Mrs. Tate serves as anadjudicatorforlocalandstatecompetitionsandalsocoachesandaccompaniesinstrumentalistsandvocalists.Shereceivedher Bachelor of Music Education from SouthwesternOklahomaStateUniversity,MasterofMusicfromMidwesternStateUniversity,andpost‐graduateworkfromtheUniversityofOklahoma.PONCACITY—RobertaMotzhas taughtpianoinPoncaCitysince1961.ShehasaBM degree in piano from the OberlinConservatory of Music and an MFA inpiano from Ohio University where shehad a graduate assistantship and alsocoached piano classes. She had furtherstudywith Isabel Sant’Ambrogio in NewYork City while teaching at the GrierSchoolforGirlsinTyronePA.JustpriortocomingtoOklahoma,shewasaninstructorinclasspianofor3yearsattheUniversityofMichiganinAnnArbor.ShejoinedOMTAandMTNAin1965andhasservedonthestateboardasamembershipchairand theMTNAFoundationChair. Atvarious times through the years, she has served the PoncaCity Area Branch as secretary‐treasurer and as president.She has also served as an adjudicator for various auditionsandcompetitionsinthestate.

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NORMAN — Janet Romanishin,NCTM, DMA, University of SouthernCalifornia, performs and recordswith the Arioso Consort and playsprincipal lute in the OklahomaCommunity Orchestra. She hasperformed in theTucsonSymphony,Tulsa Opera Orchestra, andNormanFluteQuartet,andassoloistatSigmaAlpha Iota and National FluteAssociation national conventions.She has taught at DuquesneUniversity, SouthMountainCommunity College (Phoenix), and music camps inArizona and Duncan, OK. A founding member ofOklahomaFluteSociety,shehasservedaspresidentandtreasurer.SheservedasNAMTAtreasurer,isonOMTA’stheoryandauditionscommittees,andisCFOchair.

BARTLESVILLE—Ann Sheldon hastaughtprivatepianoandvoicelessonsfor over40years inBartlesville, afterteaching elementary school musicclasses.AnnearnedherBMEinvoice/piano from the University ofOklahoma, lived out of state for 8yearsduetoherhusband’s jobbeforemovingtoBartlesvillein1964.Shedidgraduate work at Tulsa University

while raising three children, teachingmusic classes, andbecoming an active member of OMTA, MTNA, and theBartlesville Area Music Teachers Association. Ann hasbeen BAMTA president and onOMTA board the last 12years, aswell as servingas the local JuniorCompetitionchairforover20years.

Local Association Presidents Norman and Bartlesville

DUNCANAREAMUSICTEACHERS’ASSOCIATION

OFFICERSandMEMBERS

AnitaJohns,President/AuditionChairman/TreasurerKimArnold,VicePresidentJeanetteCouch,Secretary

LoriDeevers

Tahlequah Area Branch OMTA

Mary Ann Head, President

Jane Bailey Ronald Chioldi Sandra Fitzgerald Rita D. Foster Farren Mayfield Verna Pitts Rogers

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Local Association Presidents Clinton, Tulsa, and Lawton

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CLINTON—VirginiaM.Atkinson,anMTNAmember, has been active in the ClintonDistrict OMTA for approximately 20 yearsand is now the President of their localorganization.Shehasanactivepianostudio,teaching a wide range of students fromyoungerchildrentohighschoolstudentsandadults.Shehasbeenanorganistandpianistfor several churches and also accompanied othermusiciansandvocalists.HereducationincludesaB.S.inPianoPedagogyfrom Phillips University, Enid, OK. (1992). In 2002, shecompletedaMastersDegreeinPianoPerformanceatSWOSUinWeatherford, OK. Shewas privileged to have the late Dr.James Breckenridge as a mentor and instructor whileattendingtheuniversity.TULSA—JoDeeTinkel. AfterteachingmusicinTulsaareaschools,JoDeeopenedaprivatestudioin1993.Trainedprofessionallyinbothpiano and voice, she holds a B.A. in MusicBusiness from Northeastern State University.ServinginvariouscapacitiesinTAMTA,JoDeeenjoys the community and fellowship withinthelocalorganization. AsDirectorofOvationUniversity,aprivatemusicschool,sheisactiveinoverseeingmusicstudiesinvoiceandpiano,aswellasspear‐headingthefacilitationof theRoyalConservatoryofMusicDevelopmentProgramasafoundingschoolandassessmentcenter.LAWTON—Yiuka Chan Spannagel, origi‐nally from Hong Kong, has been living inOklahomaforalmost12years. Itwasahugecultural and lifestyle shift at irst, but shelearned to like the simplicity of it very soonbecause people here are very nice andwelcoming. Yiuka is a full‐time pianoinstructor in Lawton. She is also an adjunctfacultymemberatCameronUniversitywheresheteachesclasspiano,co‐musicdirectoratLawtonHeightsUnitedMethodistChurch,andpianistforLawtonProMusica.

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TAHLEQUAH—Mary Ann Head, NCTM,piano theory and music education;graduatedfromNortheasternStateUniver‐sity with a BA in Music Education. Shemarriedin1955.Afterteachingfor2yearsinwesternKansasand7yearsinsouthernCalifornia public schools, she returned toTahlequah. In1964,shejoinedOMTAandorganizedtheTahlequahAreaBranchin1975.SheservedasNortheastDistrictpresidentinthemid‐80’s.MaryAnnbeganteaching at age 15 under the auspices of her irst pianoteacher. She is the motherof twogrownchildrenand twograndchildren. Her daughter and son‐in‐law live near her,and her son is an Eagle Scout who is now an Optometrist.MaryAnn’shobbiesaresewingandgardening.

STILLWATER—Krystal Hennessey,NCTM, SAMTA president, received herdegreeinpianoperformanceandteachingfromtheUniversityofNorthernIowa.Shetaught in the Iowa public schools for 8yearsuntilherfamilymovedtoStillwater,OK, where she began her private pianostudio and became a charter member ofSAMTA. During that time, she continued

her studies including 10 years of organ. She has served aspresidentofSAMTAnumeroustimesandworkedatthestatelevelasProvisionalChair,RecordingSecretary,andpresentlyserves on the Auditions and Competitions Committee. Shehas served as organist and pianist at Salem LutheranEvangelicalChurchinStillwaterfor28years.

Local Association Presidents Tahlequah and Stillwater

The long anticipated UNVEILING of OMTA's newest website will be on Saturday, June 8, 11:45 a.m.—1:15 p.m. at the Membership Luncheon and Business Meeting in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Same web address, www.Oklahomamta.org, different look.

Come see and "OOOOO" and "AHHHHH" for yourself!

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MUSKOGEE—Nancy Shelton hastaughtpianoinMuskogeefor35years.Her Bachelor’s degree is fromOklahoma Baptist University andMaster’s degree is from SouthwesternBaptist Theological Seminary. She hasbeen a member of MTNA since 1976,althoughshejoinedOMTAin1970.Shehas served several of ices in the localorganization. She has also served asthe Northeast District President, VicePresident for Auditions, and is currently the Theory Chairand Provisional Chair for the state. She also has been anadjudicator for OMTA Auditions, National Guild, and theOklahomaBaptistKeyboardFestival.AhighlightwaswhenshereceivedOMTADistinguishedTeacherin2009.

BROKENARROW—PhyllisWelkhas taught private piano lessonsin Broken Arrow for the past 34years. She became anactive member of Broken ArrowMusic Teachers Association in1980, then joined OMTA andMTNAin1986andwasachartermember of the OMT BrokenArrowAssociationwhereshehasservedinseveralof icesincludingJunior Auditions and District

Chair.Mrs.Welkwas educated at Baylor Universitywhereshe received a BME in voice/piano in 1970 and taughtelementarymusicinMoore,Oklahoma,aftergraduating.Shecurrently serves OMTA as President of the Broken ArrowAssociation and Vice President of Local Associations. Shealsohasservedasanadjudicator forvariousauditionsandcompetitionsoverthepast20years.

Local Association Presidents Muskogee and Broken Arrow

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INDEXBiographicalInformationCommissionedComposer—KrisMaloy………………………………………………………………………..…. 6ConferenceClinician—Dr.GayleKowalchyk………………………………………………………………….... 5ConferenceClinician—Dr.E.L.Lancaster……………………………………………………………………….. 4DistinguishedTeacher—BarbaraFast……………………………………………………………………………. 8GuestArtist—AlanChow………………………………………………………………………………………………..10LightningTalks!MichaelDean…….…………………………………………………………………………………12LightningTalks!StuartDeaver……………………………………………………………………………………...12LightningTalks!MichaelKirkendoll………………………………………………………………………………13LightningTalks!JenniferMansour………………………………………………………………………………...13SparkTalk!Dr.EdwardGates……..…………………………………………………………………………………. 9SparkTalk!OUCollegiateSession…………..……………………………………………………………………...11LocalAreaPresidentsDuncan,Shawnee,Panhandle…………………………………………………………………………………………14Durant,CentralOklahoma……………………………………………………………………………………………...15Enid,PoncaCity……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..16Norman,Bartlesville………………………………………………………………………………………………………17Clinton,Tulsa,Lawton…………………………………………………………………………………………………….18Tahlequah,Stillwater……………………………………………………………………………………………………...19AdvertisersAlfred…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….44BartlesvilleAreaMTA…………………………………………………………………………………………………….40BrokenArrowMTA………………………………………………………………………………………………………..45BrokenArrowMTA—InMemoriamClaudetteHudelson………………………………………………….21CameronUniversity……………………………………………………………………………………………………….22CentralOklahomaMTA…………………………………………………………………………………………………..36DuncanAreaMTA…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..36DurantAreaPianoTeachers…………………………………………………………………………………………...43EastCentralUniversity…………………………………………………………………………………………………...46Edmond‐Gilliam‐LarsenMusicCompanies…………………………………………………………BackCoverFJHMusicCompany………………………………………………………………………………………………………..49LawtonMTA…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..40MajorMusicCompany…………………………………………………………………………………………………….45MuskogeeAreaMTA……………………………………………………………………………………………………….52NormanAreaMTA………………………………………………………………………………………………………….50OklahomaBaptistUniversity…………………………………………………………………………………………..47OklahomaChristianUniversity……………………………………………………………………………………….34OklahomaCityUniversity………………………………………………………………………………………….38,39OklahomaStateUniversity……………………………………………………………………………………………..33OralRobertsUniversity………………………………………………………………………………………………….42Pender’sMusicCompany……………………………………………………………………………………………….51PianoTechniciansGuild…………………………………………………………………………………………………48SAIEDMusicCompany…………………………………………………………………………………………………...37ShawneeAreaMTA………………………………………………………………………………………………………..52SoutheasternOklahomaStateUniversity………………………………………………………………………...43SouthernNazareneUniversity………………………………………………………………………………………..47StillwaterAreaMTA……………………………………………………………………………………………………….30TahlequahAreaMTA……………………………………………………………………………………………………...36TheoryTime…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..52TulsaAccreditedMTA…………………………………………………………………………………………………….35UniversityofCentralOklahoma……………………………………………………………….InsideBackCoverUniversityofOklahoma………………………………………………………………………….InsideFrontCoverUniversityofTulsa…………………………………………………………………………………………………………41

Thank You!!  University of Oklahoma School of Music, Dr. Larry Malle , Director, for graciously hos ng the OMTA State Conference.  

OU Piano Faculty: Dr.  Ed  Gates,  Dr.  Jeongwon  Ham,  Dr.  Jane  Magrath, Professor Stephanie Shames.  Their unending support is invaluable.  

Terri Hlubek, OMTA  President. Without  her  spirit  of  enthusiasm,  help with countless details,  and  expert  guidance provided with boundless  good  cheer, this conference would not have been possible!  

Sandra Devine,  for  once  again  possessing  great  pa ence  and  me culous editorial skills, devo ng countless hours to producing our conference booklet.  

Sandra Meyer, OMTA  Past  President,  for  answering  many  ques ons  and offering inevitably though ul ideas.  

Sylvia Ryan, NAMTA Local Conference Chair and OMTA Past President, whose effervescent encouragement and spirit of coopera on is a model of inspira on.  

Norman Area Music Teachers Associa on (NAMTA), Janet  Romanishan, President. The conference comes into being with their enthusiasm and always willing help.  

Candace Hawkins, Chair  of  Conference  Hospitality  and  Catering,  for  her crea vity, generous gi  of  me, and careful a en on to detail.  

Bryan Powell,  for  exper se  in  assis ng  with  the  Conference  Technology support.  

Ursula Purcell and Candace Hawkins, for their ar s c eye and table decora ng skills.  

Exhibitors/Door Prizes:  Local Associa on Door Prizes: Accessories by Pearl  Bartlesville    Norman Chris an Improv  Broken Arrow  Shawnee Edmond/Gilliam/Larsen Music  Central Oklahoma  S llwater FJH    Durant    Tahlequah Piano through Solfege Library  Lawton    Tulsa Kris Maloy/MUSIVU—      The Music Virtual University Major Music Pender’s Music   

So many  people  have  contributed  in  countless  ways  to  bringing  forth  this conference. It is impossible to list every person who donated their  me, ideas and support in significant and valuable ways. Please know that your willingness to help and your enthusiasm have been a constant inspira on and a tribute to the generous spirit of OMTA.                                           Barbara Fast, President‐Elect and State Conference Chair 

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Oklahoma Music Teachers Associa on Conference Commi ees 

 

State Conference Chair: Barbara Fast Local Co‐Chairs: Sylvia Ryan and Jennifer Mansour

Adver sing (Local Associa on) ………………………………………………...Philelle McBrayer  

Adver sing (Commercial)………………………………………………………….Jennifer Mansour  

Adver sing (Universi es)………………………………………………………….Janet Romanishin  

Conference Host…………………………………………………………………...OU School of Music  

Setup …………………………………………………………………………………...NAMTA and Friends  

Table Decora ons…………………………………………………………………………..Ursula Purcell   Candace Hawkins  

Exhibits……………………………………………………………………………………………...Patsy Wylie  

Tech Support …………………………………………………………………………………..Bryan Powell  

Program Book………………………………………………………………………………..Sandra Devine  

Host to Clinicians …………………………………………………………………….Stephanie Shames   Jeongwon Ham  

Catering……………………………………………………………………………………………..La Bague e   University of Oklahoma    

Recitals……………………………………………………………………………………………..Terri Hlubek   Mary Sallee  

Recital Program Forma ng……………………………………………………...Candace Hawkins  

Recital Hostesses/Monitors………………………………………………………...Shirley Johnson   Ken Teel   Sylvia Ryan   Jennifer Tripi  

Registra on………………………………………………………………………………………….Eileen Fox   Ada Sewell   Steve Sewell   Shirley Johnson   Jennifer Tripi   Janet Romanishin   Cindy Pullin   Sylvia Ryan  

Name Tags………………………………………………………………………………..Jennifer Mansour  

Photographer……………………………………………………………………………..Angela Marshall 

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OMTACOMMISSIONEDCOMPOSERS

1965 RayLuke 1989 JamesWintle1967 SpencerNorton 1990 DeannaWalker‐Tipps1968 LermuelChilders 1991 SamMagrill1969 CharlesHoag 1992 BrantAdams1970 FrankLynnPayne 1993 JamesVernon1971 RobertDillon 1994 EricSimonson1972 EvanTonsing 1996 RogerPrice1973 SpencerNorton 1999 DeannaWalker1974 RayLuke 2000 MarySallee1975 MichaelHennagin 2001 EdwardKnight1976 ClaudeBass 2002 CarolynBremer1977 JerryNealSmith 2003 KennethFuchs1978 VincentFrohme 2004 BrianShepard1979 RogerPrice 2005 W.T.SkyeGarcia1980 TheodoreHansen 2006 EdHuckeby1981 JamesLambert 2007 JosephRivers1982 MichaelHennagin 2008 GregoryHoepfner1983 NancyCobb 2009 SteveSewell1984 FrankLynnPayne 2010 MarvinLamb1985 ArthurSmith 2011 MatthewSaunders1986 RobertWood 2012 BradRichter1987 BeverlyMcLarry 2013 KrisMaloy1988 SteveRush

OMTAPASTPRESIDENTS1929‐1934ClarenceBurg,OklahomaCity 1978‐1982DigbyBell,Norman1934‐1938AlbertLukkin,Tulsa 1982‐1986ThomasO.McCollom,Lawton1938‐1942JewelRoche,OklahomaCity 1986‐1990MarilynWitcher,OklahomaCity1942‐1946LewisSalter,Norman 1990‐1994JamesBreckenridge,Weatherford1946‐1950MaxA.Mitchell,Stillwater 1994‐1998AudaMarieThomas,Harrah1950‐1954HazelD.Monfort,Alva 1998‐2000PhilelleMcBrayer,Tulsa1954‐1958LemuelChilders,Tulsa 2000‐2002AnnGipson,FortWorth,TX1958‐1962MaryShoeLowe,Muskogee 2002‐2004RonLewis,Shawnee1962‐1966CeliaMaeBryant,Norman 2004‐2006MarySallee,Norman1966‐1970W.EarlCox,Cherokee 2006‐2008RobertMcFadden,Durant1970‐1974LucilleWestonGourley,Tulsa 2008‐2010SylviaRyan,Norman1974‐1978W.EarlCox,Cherokee 2010‐2012SandraMeyer,Shawnee

OMTAHONORARYLIFEMEMBERSAnnGipson,FortWorth,TX MarySallee,Norman ThomasO.McCollom,Lawton RobertMcFadden,DurantPhilelleMcBrayer,Tulsa SylviaRyan,NormanAudaMarieThomas,Harrah SandraMeyer,ShawneeEileenFox,OklahomaCity GloriaJohnson,TulsaRonLewis,Shawnee NancyShelton,Muskogee

OMTADISTINGUISHEDTEACHERS2001 DigbyBell,Shawnee 2009 NancyShelton,Muskogee 2002 ElwynRatliff,Tulsa 2010 ClaudetteHudelson,BrokenArrow2003 Dr.JaneMagrath,Norman 2011 KayeShields,Shawnee2004 Dr.EdwardGates,Norman 2012 GloriaJohnson,Tulsa2007 MyraSchubert,Bethany 2013 BarbaraFast,Norman2008 RogerPrice,Tulsa

MTNAFOUNDATIONFELLOWS2001 DigbyBell 2010 W.T.SkyeGarcia2002 PhilelleMcBrayer SylviaRyan2004 AudaMarieThomas 2011 EileenFox2005 JimBreckenridge JaneMagrath2006 KarenHarrington 2012 SandraMeyer2007 MarySallee EdwardGates2008 GloriaJohnson 2013 CarolAnnBell2009 RobertMcFadden RonLewis

MembershipAwards

40‐Year:JaneBailey EdwardGates KayeShields 50‐Year: AudaMarieThomas

MTNA/OMTA Winners and Alternates/Teachers

MTNA Senior Piano Winner:  Joseph Lee/Heather Lanners Alternate:  Melissa Landes/Kris na Henckel  

MTNA Chamber Music ‐ Wind Winner: Admeta Saxophone Quartet/   Jeffrey Loeffert   Jonathan Villela  Ka e Duncan   Koln Wright    Andrew Twiss                           (Division Winner)  

MTNA Chamber Music ‐ String Representa ve: Trio Sienna/Laura Talbo    Ka e Duncan (Saxophone)   Sarah McKiddy (Violin)   Charlo e Dumesnil (Piano)   (Division Representa ves)  

MTNA Senior Performance String Representa ve: Yuna Ha (Viola)/Esther Fellows  

MTNA Senior Performance Brass Representa ve: Ma  Syring (Trumpet)/   James Klages (Division Alternate)  

MTNA Young Ar st Woodwind Winner: Delara Hashemi (flute)/   Emily Bu erfield (Division Alternate) Alternate: Curren Myers (Sax)/Jeffrey Loeffert  

MTNA Young Ar st Brass Winner: Collin Findlay (Horn)/Eldon Matlick     (Division Alternate) Alternate: Kristen Beeves (Horn)/Eldon Matlick Honorable Men on:   Melissa Byars (Horn)/Eldon Matlick   Chandler Forrest (Horn)/Eldon Matlick   Michael Hollin (Horn)/Eldon Matlick  

MTNA Elementary Composi on Representa ve: Lexy Harmon/   Karen Naifeh Harmon  

MTNA Junior Composi on Winner: Nathaniel Parker/Greg Fisher (Division Honorable Men on)  

MTNA Senior Composi on Winner: Ashlin Hunter/Krystal Hennessey (Division Winner/ MTNA Na onal Winner)  

MTNA Young Ar st Composi on Representa ve: Charles Iskander/William Price     (Division Winner)  

MTNA Junior Piano Winner: Brianna Liu/Gloria Johnson   (Division Honorable Men on) Alternate: Chanhaeng Lee/Greg Fisher 

 

OMTA Marilyn Witcher Junior Honor Winner: Aaron Phung/Gloria Johnson  

OMTA Collegiate  

Piano A Winner: Ike Chan/Hyunsoon Whang Alternate: Hannah Brashers/Michael Kirkendoll  

Piano B Winner: Sean Gartner/Thomas Lanners Honorable Men on:    Lucy Bates/Thomas Lanners   Weija Zhou/Jeongwon Ham   Charlo e Dumesnil/Thomas Lanners  

Piano C Jessica Nilles/Jane Magrath Alternate: Sungeun Yi/Thomas Lanners Honorable Men on: Ting Ting Goh/Jane Magrath  

Voice A Winner: Gabriela Weigel/Don Clark Alternate: Kelly Hogan/Don Clark  

Woodwind A Winner: Kevin Jones (Bassoon)/Rod Ackmann  

Senior Audi ons Winners and Alternates/Teachers 

 

Piano Takayoshi Yago/Jane Lam Samuel Pangestu/Gloria Johnson William Long/Jeongwon Ham Melissa Landes/Kris na Henckel Philip Hwang/Gloria Johnson Marvin Cruz/Ruth Couts  

Honorable Men on:   Gabrielle Thng/Gloria Johnson   Richard Hwang/Gloria Johnson   Voice 9th/10th Grade Sami Lindsay/Ellen Jayne Wheeler 2nd place—Kaitlyn Collins/Tony Carrillo  11th/12 Grade Natalie Taylor/Sharon Yenzer 2nd Place—Nicholas Garcia/Tony Carrillo  Strings 9th/10th Grade Jeralyn Magno/Ada Sewell 2nd Place—Zunluo Wang/Ada Sewell 11th/12th Grade 2nd Place—Adiba Khan/Ada Sewell 

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Oklahoma Music Teachers Associa on Since 1929

The Eighty‐Fourth Annual State Conference

University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma

June 6‐8, 2013 Catle  Music Center (unless stated otherwise) 

 Thursday, June 6 

 9:30    Audi ons Commi ee  Room 032 

Gloria Johnson, Vice President for Audi ons, Presiding  10:30‐12:00  Membership/Cer fica on Commi ee  Conference Room 

Beverly Fitch, Vice President for Membership & Cer fica on, Presiding  11:00‐12:00  Finance Commi ee  Room 131 

Eileen Fox, Finance Chair, Treasurer Terri Hlubek, OMTA State President, Presiding 

 12:00‐1:00  Lunch  Seminar Room  1:00‐5:00  Exhibitor Setup  Orchestra Room 124 

Patsy Wylie, Exhibits Chair, Presiding  1:00‐3:30  Execu ve Commi ee Mee ng  Conference Room 

Terri Hlubek, OMTA State President, Presiding  4:00‐6:00  OMTA Board Mee ng  Room 032 

Terri Hlubek, OMTA State President, Presiding  6:30‐7:45  Dinner for OMTA Board Members  Room OK B, Embassy Suites 

Terri Hlubek, OMTA State President, Presiding  7:45‐9:00  OMTA President and VP Local Associa ons Meet with Local Associa on Presidents   Room OK B, Embassy Suites  

Friday, June 7  8:00    Registra on  Gothic Hall Lobby 

Eileen Fox, OMTA  State Treasurer, Presiding  8:00    Visit Exhibits/Hospitality  Orchestra Room 124  8:15‐8:50  District Audi on Chairs Mee ng  Seminar Room 

Jennifer Jennings, OKC North Center Audi on Chair, Presiding 

Saturday, June 8  

8:00    Registra on  Gothic Hall Lobby     Eileen Fox, OMTA State Treasurer, Presiding 

 

8:00    Visit Exhibits/Hospitality Orchestra Room 124  

8:30‐8:50  Spark Talk!  IMTF Session  Pitman Recital Hall Solving “Hard Spots” in Lower Advanced Piano Literature 

Dr. Edward Gates, OU Professor of Piano Jennifer Mansour, IMTF Chair, Presiding 

 

9:00‐9:50  Chicken Nuggets for the Piano      Teacher’s Soul  Pitman Recital Hall 

Gayle Kowalchyk, Conference Clinician Kathy Thompson, Collegiate Chapter Chair, Presiding 

 

10:00‐10:30  Visit Exhibits/Hospitality  Orchestra Room 124  

10:30‐11:30 Masterclass  Sharp Hall Alan Chow, Guest Ar st 

Jeongwon Ham, OU Associate Professor of Piano, Presiding  

11:45‐1:15  Membership Luncheon and Business Mee ng  Fred Jones  Jr. Museum of Art       Welcome  Barbara Fast, OMTA President‐Elect       Traveling Trophy Awards  Phyllis Welk         VP For Local Associa ons       CFO Founda on  Janet Romanishin, CFO Founda on Chair       MTNA Founda on  Sandra Meyer, MTNA Founda on Chair       OMTA Business  Terri Hlubek, OMTA President       Officer Elec ons and Installa on  Sandra Meyer         Immediate Past President  

1:30‐1:50    Performance of Commissioned Work  Pitman Recital Hall W. T. Skye Garcia, OMTA Commissioning Chair, Presiding 

 

A River of Time Kris Maloy, 2013 Commissioned Composer

Oklahoma City University Faculty Brass Quintet  

2:00‐2:50 Can Piano Masterworks Really Ignite a Spark     in 21st Century Piano Students?  Pitman Recital Hall 

E.L. Lancaster, Conference Clinician Jane Magrath, OU Director of Piano Pedagogy, Presiding 

 

3:00‐3:30  Visit Exhibits, Hospitality  Orchestra Room 124  

3:30‐4:30  OMTA/MTNA/Senior Compe on Winners Recital III  Sharp Hall 

Karen Harrington, OMTA Parliamentarian, Presiding  

4:30    Grand Prize Drawing, Conference Adjourns  Sharp Hall Barbara Fast, OMTA President‐Elect, Presiding 

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Friday, June 7 (con nued)  8:30‐8:50  Spark Talk!  Collegiate Session  Pitman Recital Hall 

Teaching Accompanying Skills to Piano Students OU Collegiate Chapters Members: 

Rebecca Calvert, Nicole Thompson, Joan Wallace, Thomas White Jane Magrath, OU Director of Piano Pedagogy, Presiding 

 9:00‐9:50  Piano Teaching Then and Now:  How Students and     Teachers Have Changed in the last 88 Years  Pitman Recital Hall 

Gayle Kowalchyk and E.L. Lancaster, Conference Clinicians Sylvia Ryan, OMTA Past President, Presiding 

 10:00‐10:30  Exhibits/Hospitality  Orchestra Room 124  10:30‐11:20  Masterclass  Sharp Hall 

Alan Chow, Guest Ar st Barbara Fast, OMTA President‐Elect, Presiding 

 11:30‐12:30  OMTA/MTNA/Senior Compe on Winners Recital I  Sharp Hall 

Gloria Johnson, Vice President for Local Associa ons, Presiding  12:30‐1:30  Lunch  Gothic Hall       Welcome  Terri Hlubek, OMTA State President       CFF (College Faculty Forum)  Reserved Table 

Stuart Deaver, College Faculty Forum Chair, Presiding  1:30‐2:20  What Can I Teach on Monday? ‐ New Music from     Alfred to Ignite and Inspire Your Teaching  Pitman Recital Hall 

Gayle Kowalchyk and E.L. Lancaster, Conference Clinicians Steve Sewell, NAMTA Past President, Presiding 

 2:30‐3:00  Visit Exhibits, Hospitality  Orchestra Room 124  3:00‐3:50  Lightning Talks!  College Faculty Forum  Pitman Recital Hall       Michael Dean, OBU:  Teaching Braille Music to          Visually Impaired Students       Stuart Deaver, TU:  The Neglected Middle Pedal:           Exploring Ways to Implement the Sostenuto Pedal       Jennifer Mansour, UCO:  Connec ng the Dots:  Using          Composi on to Move from Feeling Rhythm to          Reading Rhythm       Michael Kirkendoll, OSU:  Wax‐on, Wax‐off:  The Mr. Miyagi          Approach to Piano Technique 

Stuart Deaver, College Faculty Forum Chair Thomas Lanners, OSU Professor of Piano, Presiding 

Friday, June 7 (con nued)  

4:00‐5:00    OMTA/MTNA/Senior Compe on Winners Recital II  Sharp Hall 

Mary Sallee, Seniors Finals Compe on Chair, Presiding  5:00‐5:30    Visit Exhibits  Orchestra Room 124  5:30:6:00    OMTA Cash Bar  Fred Jones  Jr. Museum of Art 

Jessica Nilles, Pianist, OU MM Piano Performance and Pedagogy Student  6:00‐7:30    Banquet and Awards  Fred Jones  Jr. Museum of Art         Welcome  Barbara Fast, OMTA State President‐Elect         OU Welcome  Jane Magrath, OU Director of Piano Pedagogy         Introduc on of Head Table  Barbara Fast           OMTA State President‐Elect         Presenta on of Membership Awards  Terri Hlubek           OMTA State President  MTNA Founda on Fellow Awards Presenta ons Ron Lewis, Carol Ann Bell  Terri Hlubek OMTA State President         CFO Fellow Awards Presenta on  Barbara Fast             OMTA State President‐Elect         Dis nguished Teacher Award Presenta on         Barbara Fast  Sandra Meyer Immediate Past President  8:00    OMTA Guest Ar st Recital  Sharp Hall     Post Concert Recep on Gothic Hall Lobby      

Alan Chow, Pianist  

  Sonata No. 62 in E‐flat Major, Hob. XVI/52  F. J.  Haydn (1732‐1809)     Allegro     Adagio     Finale:  Presto    

  Sonata in A‐flat Major, Op. 110  Ludwig van Beethoven (1770‐1827)     Moderato cantabile molto espressivo     Allegro molto     Adagio, ma non troppo – Fuga:  Allegro, ma non troppo 

 

INTERMISSION 

 

  Barcarolle, Op. 60  Frederic Chopin (1810‐1849)  

  Traces (1989/1992)  Tan Dun (b. 1957)  

  From  Années de Pèlerinage, “Italie” Franz Liszt  (1811‐1886)     Après une Lecture du Dante  

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