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63rd Annual State Conference June 4-7, 2016
AFFILIATED WITH MUSIC TEACHERS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, BLAIR SCHOOL OF MUSIC
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Table of ContentsWelcome Letter……………………………………………………………………………………………3
State Conference Committee………………………………………………………………………….…4
TMTA Conference Schedule…………………………………………………………………………….5
Phillip Keveren, Conference Clinician…………………………………………………………………8
The Peabody Trio…………………………………………………………………………………..……12
TMTA Conference Presenters………………………………………………………………………….19
Independent Music Teachers Forum Panel……………………………………………………..……22
Awards Brunch and Session Speakers…………………………………………………………..……25
Scholarship Awards Endowment Fund…………………………………………………………..…..27
2016 Teacher of the Year Nominees……………………………………………………………………30
TMTA Teachers of the Year and Distinguished Service Award Recipients……………………..…34
TMTA Foundation Fellows Past Recipients………………………………………………………..…36
TMTA Executive Board…………………………………………………………………………….…..37
Local Association Presidents…………………………………………………………………….….…38
Collegiate Chapters……………………………………………………………………………………39
TMTA Former Presidents………………………………………………………………………….….40
Maps and Directions……………………………………………………………………………..……41
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Tennessee Music Teachers Association
WELCOMES YOU TO THE
63rd Annual State ConferenceDr. Melissa K. Rose, President
HOSTED BY
The Nashville Area Teachers Music AssociationJama Reagan, President
Co-Chairs: Jama Reagan, Melissa Rose
University Liaisons: Karen Krieger, Jama Reagan
Artist Arrangements: Amy Dorfman
Clinician Contact: Karen Krieger
Treasurer: Simone Parker
Masterclass Hosts: Amy Dorfman, Connie Heard, Kirsten Cassel-Greer
Competitions: Sarah Barham, Mary Barham
Competition Booklet: Jennifer Burgess
Conference Booklet: Amanda Welch
Ads: Valerie Middleton
Registrar: Carol Boeing, Kristian Klefstad
Accommodations: Craig Nies
Meals, Reception, Exhibit: Debra Nelson, Emma Veers
Awards Brunch: Barbara Hildebrand, Jama Reagan, Melissa Rose
Flowers: Dana Meyer
Conference Packets: Sallye Zeringue, Carol Butler
Publicity, Directions: ChiHee Hwang
IMTF Luncheon: Rachel Acuff, Carole Batson
Hospitality: Simone Parker, Sarah Barham, Mary Barham
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TMTA Conference Schedule
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, June 4-5
Competitions held at The Blair School of Music Honors Recitals, Turner Recital Hall Conference Registration during competition hours: Blair Lobby (Tuning for all pianos for Conference provided by Blair School of Music and TMTA)
SUNDAY, June 56:00pm Executive Board Dinner: Richland Place
(500 Elmington Ave, Nashville, TN 37206)
MONDAY, June 6 - TURNER RECITAL HALL (unless otherwise noted) 8:15am Conference Registration and Continental breakfast (Turner Recital Hall Lobby)
8:45am WELCOME: Dr. Melissa Rose, Associate Dean of Blair School of Music and President of TMTA
Introduction of new TMTA members
9:00am SESSION: “Nurturing the Composer within the Pianist” Phillip Keveren, Conference Clinician
10:30am BREAK
11:00am SESSION: “Jazz 101 for the Classical Pianist” Phillip Keveren, Conference Clinician
12:00pm IMTF LUNCH: “Creating Chamber Music Experiences for Students of all Ages”Panel Discussion by Amy Dorfman, Sandy Triplett, and chaired by Rachel Acuff (University Club, Vanderbilt University - Garland Avenue and 24th Avenue South)
2:00pm SESSION: MASTER CLASS Phillip Keveren, Conference Clinician
3:30pm BREAK and EXHIBITS: “Treasures for Purchase” (Instrumental Rehearsal Hall, 3:30-4:30 PM)
3:30pm MINI SESSION: “Tai Chi for Musicians” (Ingram Hall: On Stage)Joe Rea Phillips, Blair School of Music
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4:30pm TMTA General Business Meeting
5:30pm College Faculty/Local Presidents Dinner(Anatolia Turkish Restaurant - 48 White Bridge Road, Nashville, TN 37205)
7:30pm CONCERT: Ingram Hall (Reception sponsored by The Steinway Gallery to follow in Ingram Hall lobby)
THE PEABODY TRIO Violaine Melancon, Violin
Natasha Brofsky, Cello Seth Knopp, Piano
TUESDAY, June 7 - TURNER RECITAL HALL (unless otherwise noted)7:30am Past Presidents breakfast
(J. Christophers - 2100 21st Ave. S, Nashville, TN 37212)
9:00am MASTER CLASSES VIOLIN, Violaine Melancon (Sponsored by the Violin Shop, Nashville, TN)
Turner Recital Hall CELLO, Natasha Brofsky (Sponsored by Shuff’s Music, Franklin, TN)
Choral Rehearsal Hall PIANO, Seth Knopp (Sponsored by The Steinway Gallery, Nashville, TN)
Ingram Hall: on stage
11:00am BREAK
11:30am AWARDS BRUNCH(Maggiano’s - 3106 West End Ave, Nashville 37203)
Walter Bitner (Nashville Symphony Director of Education and Community Engagement), Speaker
Students from Blair School of Music, Performers
2:00pm SESSION: “Piano Pedagogy through a Montessori Lens”Sarah Burns, Doctoral Candidate at Shenandoah University
3:00pm BREAK
3:15pm SESSION: “Trends in High School Piano Competition Repertoire”Dr. Ryan Fogg, Carson Newman University
4:15pm CLOSING REMARKSDr. Melissa Rose, TMTA President
4:15pm EXHIBITS: “Treasures for Purchase” (Instrumental Rehearsal Hall, 4:15-5:00 pm)
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Blair School of MusicNashville, Tennesseeblair.vanderbilt.edu
Thomas Crespo, Director of Blair Admissions (615) 322-6181
Martha Rivers Ingram Hall
NASHVILLE AREA MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
WELCOMES
Phillip Keveren
Guest Clinician
Tennessee Music Teachers Association
2016 ConferenceJune 6, 2016
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Phillip Keveren,Conference ClinicianShortly after his birth near Vale, Oregon, on June 25, 1961, Phillip Keveren would discover what would later become his life calling and work. The son of a dentist, Robert, and a schoolteacher, Mardene, Phillip was experimenting on the family piano with unusual determination before the age of eight. After observing this behavior for a few years, Phillip’s parents wisely sought out the expertise of Karen Sherve, who became the burgeoning musician’s first piano teacher (age 8-13). As his ability and interest blossomed further, Phillip received further instruction from Fern Nolte Davidson, legendary College of Idaho piano professor. By the time Phillip graduated as the Valedictorian of Vale High School, a solid foundation had been laid for his musical training, and the gifted young man knew very clearly the direction his college education should take.
Phillip’s higher education began at Mount Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon (1979- 1981), where he served as pianist and arranger for the Mt. Hood Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Two years later, he transferred to California State University, Northridge, where he completed a Bachelor of Music (composition) in 1984, graduating with honors (cum laude). Finally, Mr. Keveren attended the University of Southern California to complete a Master of Music (composition), where he graduated with the honor of “Outstanding Composition Graduate” in 1986. The natural musical aptitude Phillip enjoyed as a young boy now stood confirmed by his successful college journey.
Yamaha Corporation of America became Mr. Keveren’s first post-university employer. While he was the Director of Electone Instruction (Yamaha Music Education System; Buena Park, California), Phillip learned to write music for pedagogical use, which further enriched his graduate education. He continued to work for Yamaha until 1987, when a single step of faith to become a freelance musician set the rest of his career into motion.
Since then, Mr. Keveren has successfully worked on diverse projects ranging from piano methods, to instrumental recordings, to orchestrations for premiere Christian artists. He is a co-author of the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library, a comprehensive series of instructional books. The method has become an international best-seller (translated into six languages), and it features Phillip’s compositions, arrangements, and accompaniment orchestrations. Hal Leonard Corporation, recognized as the largest print publisher in the world, also inaugurated The Phillip Keveren Series in 2000, which features his diverse and stylish piano arrangements (over 70 folios in print) that have sold over half a million units. Mr. Keveren collaborated with Billy Joel to produce a book of piano arrangements (Billy Joel Easy Classics), which set Billy’s pop songs in classical styles from Mozart to Bartok. He has traveled throughout the United States and internationally (Canada, Europe, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand) to support these piano publications. Phillip is also known for his choral octavos and musicals, which nearly every major print publisher has released. Shelter, a collaboration with Paul Marino, was nominated as “best choral collection of 2009” by Worship Leader Magazine.
Mr. Keveren has also produced dozens of instrumental recordings that feature his unique orchestrations and distinctive piano artistry. Discovery House Music’s Classical Praise
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series includes many of his productions, including: “Violin & Piano”, “Cello & Piano,” “String Quartet,” and “Symphony of Carols,” to name a few. His piano solo recording, “Softly and Tenderly” has become a perennial bestseller. Phillip’s gifts have allowed him to arrange and orchestrate for many well-known Christian artists including Jeremy Camp, Mandisa, Travis Cottrell, Sara Groves, Sandi Patti, Larnelle Harris, Dennis Jernigan, Twila Paris, Ronan Tynan, Michael & Carrie Hodge, Greg Long, Mark Harris, Bob Carlisle, and the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir.
Phillip Keveren currently resides in Brentwood, Tennessee, where, by God’s strength and inspiration, his musical creativity and his capabilities in production, orchestration and arranging continue to flourish and gain recognition in the Nashville music community and around the world. In his leisure time he enjoys gardening and the masterful cooking of his wife, Lisa, of nearly 25 years (married 1985). Among the manifold productions on which Mr. Keveren has collaborated, the couple’s children, Lindsay (born 1988) and Sean (born 1990), are Phillip’s most treasured.
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Nashville Area Music Teachers Association
IS PLEASED TO WELCOME
The Peabody Trio
Guest Artists in collaboration with
Tennessee Music Teachers Conference 2016Vanderbilt University
Blair School of Music
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The Peabody TrioViolaine Melancon - Violin, Natasha Brofsky - Cello, Seth Knopp - Piano
Trio in c minor, op. 1 no. 3 Ludwig van Beethoven
Allegro con brio
Andante cantabile con variazioni
Menuetto. Quasi Allegro
Finale. Prestissimo
Trio (1992) Alfred Schnittke
Moderato
Adagio
Intermission
Trio in B flat major, D. 898 Franz Schubert
Allegro moderato
Andante, un poco mosso
Scherzo. Allegro
Rondo. Allegro vivace
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The Peabody Trio, Conference ArtistSince winning the prestigious Naumburg Chamber Music Award in 1989, THE PEABODY TRIO has established itself as an important presence in the chamber music world as vivid interpreters of the classics of the repertoire, advocates for new music, and dedicated teachers and mentors to a generation of young musicians. They bring to their music making what The Washington Post calls “the romantic fervor of the 20th century greats.”
The Peabody Trio gave its New York debut in 1990 at Alice Tully Hall and has since performed in the most important chamber music series in North America, including New York, Washington, Chicago, Denver, Vancouver, Montreal, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Internationally, they tour frequently in England, making repeat appearances at London’s Wigmore Hall, and in Japan and Israel. Their reputation as champions of new music garnered them an invitation to the first Biennale for contemporary music, Tempus Fugit, in Tel Aviv.
Festivals including Tanglewood, Skaneateles, Cape and Islands, and Rockport have played home to their summer performances. Their radio broadcasts include performances on Saint Paul Sunday Morning, NPR’s Performance Today, Morning Pro Musica, CBC, Radio-Canada, WGBH in Boston, and WQXR in New York. The Peabody Trio collaborates frequently with such eminent artists as clarinetist Charles Neidich, violists Roger Tapping and Maria Lambros, soprano Phyllis Bryn-Julson, and actor Andre De Shields. Working with Walter van Dyck and Elizabeth Mansfield, The Peabody Trio is at the forefront of chamber music theater with a series of innovative, collaborative projects involving piano trio and actor. The Peabody Trio currently serves as the resident faculty ensemble of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, a position they have held since 1989. They are frequently asked to perform educational residencies for chamber music organizations and have served as visiting professors at universities and conservatories both in the United States and abroad. They spend summers as ensemble-in-residence at the Yellow Barn Music School and Festival in Putney, Vermont. The Peabody Trio celebrated its twentieth season with the release of the Beethoven Trios Opus 1, Nos. 1 and 3 on Artek Records, the second in their series of the complete piano trios of Beethoven. Gramophone Magazine called this recording a "bold, flexible and vibrant" performance in which Beethoven's music received "consummate consideration." Their recording of the Beethoven Opus 70 Trios on Artek was praised by Strad Magazine as "some of the most accomplished Beethoven Trio playing …heard in many a year." They have also recorded for New World Records and CRI.
Individual BiographiesThe three musicians of the Peabody Trio come from diverse musical backgrounds. VIOLAINE MELANÇON serves on the violin and chamber music faculties of the Peabody Conservatory. An artist deeply dedicated to the range of violin and chamber music repertoire, she has a special affection for the music of today. The Israeli composer Shulamit Ran wrote a violin concerto for her and she has premiered several works by other leading composers. During the spring of 2012, she presented the
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complete works for solo violin by J.S. Bach, a project which will continue for the next few years. Ms. Melançon is from Quebec, Canada. After receiving First Prize in violin at the Conservatoire de Musique, she continued her studies with Ivan Galamian at the Curtis Institute of Music, with Isadore Tinkleman at the San Francisco Conservatory and with Arthur Grumiaux in Belgium. While at Curtis, she was a member of the Nisaika Quartet, prize winner of the 8th International String Quartet competition in Evian, France. Ms. Melançon is also the recipient of many awards for solo performance including the 1984 Prix d’Europe. In 1983, she formed the Knopp-Melançon Duo, who was appointed USIA Artistic Ambassadors in 1987, toured abroad extensively and made their Washington, DC debut at the Kennedy Center. Since then, her activities as a chamber musician, soloist with orchestras, and teacher have taken her to major music centers in United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Japan. She also regularly serves on the faculty of NOI, the National Orchestral Institute and Festival, and gives yearly masterclasses at the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival. During the summer, she serves on the faculty of the Yellow Barn Music School and Festival. Her performances are heard on the Naxos, Artek, CRI, and New World Records labels.
Cellist NATASHA BROFSKY has enjoyed a career in both the United States and Europe. In addition to her work with the Peabody Trio, Ms. Brofsky has performed as guest with numerous ensembles, including the Takács, Prazak, Norwegian, Borromeo, Jupiter and Ying Quartets. During nearly a decade in Europe, Ms. Brofsky held principal positions in the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra under Iona Brown. In addition she was a member of the Serapion Ensemble, performing with them in Germany and Austria, and the string trio, Opus 3, which performed throughout Norway. She recorded Olav Anton Thommessen's concerto for cello and winds for Aurora Records and was a regular participant at Open Chamber Music in Prussia Cove, England. A sought after teacher, Ms. Brofsky serves on the cello faculties of the New England Conservatory and the Juilliard School. Since 2001, she has been on the faculty at the Yellow Barn Festival in Vermont. She was previously on the faculty of the Barratt-Due Musikk Institutt in Oslo Norway. Ms. Brofsky has given master classes at many colleges and conservatories in the US and abroad, including for El Sistema in Venezuela as well as at Oberlin Conservatory, The Eastman School and Mannes College. She gave a featured master class at the 2013 American String Teachers Association National Conference.
Pianist SETH KNOPP is a founding member of the Peabody Trio and serves on the piano and chamber music faculties of the Peabody Conservatory where the trio has been ensemble-in-residence since 1987. In 2000 he was named Artistic Director of the Yellow Barn Music School and Festival, an international gathering of artists who meet each summer to explore the vast riches of the chamber music repertoire. Knopp studied at the New England Conservatory with Leonard Shure, at the San Francisco Conservatory, where he studied with Nathan Schwartz, and with Leon Fleisher. In 1983, Mr. Knopp met violinist Violaine Melançon forming the Knopp-Melançon Duo, an
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artistic collaboration which would eventually expand to become the Peabody Trio. In 1987, as a result of having been appointed USIA Artistic Ambassadors, the duo made their Washington D.C. debut at the Kennedy Center and subsequently toured throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan and Egypt. Seth Knopp’s solo and chamber music performances can be heard on the Albany Records, Analekta, Artek, CRI, Koch and New World Records labels. Since 2010 he has been curator of Soundings, a concert series presented at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas, drawing on the relationship between musical traditions and innovation, and the unique lens through which music helps us to better understand the world.
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TMTA Conference Presenters
Sarah Burns Sarah Burns, a doctoral candidate for the Doctorate of Musical Arts in Music Education degree at Shenandoah University (VA), is the music specialist for the Montessori Center of Jackson (TN) as well as the founding director of the West Tennessee Homeschool Band. Burns has taught pre-K-University levels in Tennessee and Illinois. Through her independent studio, A Musical Sojourn: Studio for Creative Arts, she teaches private lessons in voice, band instruments, and piano. She is currently the vice-
president of the West Tennessee Music Teacher Association chapter. An active member and presenter of professional organizations she is interested in studio music off-the-bench/away-from-the-stand strategies, folk song research, and world music.
Ryan Fogg Dr. Ryan Fogg, NCTM, is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Keyboard Studies at Carson-Newman University. A native Texan, he holds degrees in Piano Performance from The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Houston, and East Texas Baptist University. Dr. Fogg maintains an active performing schedule, presenting solo recitals regularly throughout the United States. In addition to performing, he has recorded new works by American composers through Albany Records, and he has written articles for Clavier Companion, American Music Teacher, and Piano Pedagogy Forum.
Dr. Fogg has been recognized by Carson-Newman University with the Teaching Excellence and Leadership Award (2010) and the Faculty Creativity Award (2008, 2012), and he was named the 2009-2010 Teacher of the Year by the Knoxville Music Teachers Association. He has also served on the faculties of Northwest Missouri State University and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan. His former teachers include Gregory Allen, Danielle Martin, Robert Brownlee and Dr. Randall Sulton.
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Event HighlightsA few of more than 30 concerts presentedOpening Concert Saturday, June 18 Sewannee Symphony SundayJune 26, July 3, 10 & 17
DIVERSIONS – LOCAL TOURS AND EVENTS TO ENJOY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS BEFORE THE ORCHESTRA 1 P. M.CUMBERLAND ORCHESTRA 3 P. M.SEWANNEE SYMPHONY 4 P. M.
SSMF for KIDS Saturdays, July 2 & 9, 3 P. M. Pamela and Gregory Maloof, Concert Benefactors
Patriotic Concert Monday, July 4
NOTE: THIS CONCERT BEGINS AT 7 P. M.
Bike/Hike to a Concert Friday, July 8 – Time TBDWoody’s Bikes, Concert Benefactor
SSMF Alumni Weekend Sunday, July 11Jaqueline Avent Concerto Concert Thursday, July 14
NOTE: THIS CONCERT BEGINS AT 7:30 P.M.
All Brass @ All Saints Saturday, July 16
NOTE: THIS CONCERT BEGINS AT 10 P.M.SSMF gratefully acknowledges Joseph’s Remodeling Solutions for their support of both the
MSSA & the SSMF through this advertisementPlease visit SSMF.Sewanee.edu for further details, changes and online ticket purchase.
931.598.1225TMTA members! $10 ticket (regularly $15) One discounted ticket per concert. Available only in
the lobby prior to the concert, not online.
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Independent Music Teachers Forum Panel
Rachel Acuff Rachel Acuff serves as an adjunct instructor of piano and oboe at Maryville College and maintains a large private studio with the Suzuki Piano School of Knoxville. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Oboe Performance and a Master of Music degree in Collaborative Piano from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Ms. Acuff received KMTA's Teacher of the Year award in both 2001 and 2012 and was named TMTA's Teacher of the Year in 2001.
Her students have represented Tennessee five times at MTNA Southern Division and have been selected to perform at several Suzuki Association of the Americas national conferences.
Amy DorfmanPianist Amy Dorfman has captivated audiences throughout the United States and Europe with her performances both as a soloist and chamber musician. Chamber music became a passion of hers during her studies at Indiana University's School of Music. She has enjoyed diverse musical collaborations throughout her career. For over twenty years, she accompanied the great American bass virtuoso Edgar Meyer, performing in such series as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in Alice Tully Hall and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, as well as on NPR’s St. Paul Sunday Morning and The Lonesome
Pine Special. In 2002, Dorfman joined colleagues Carolyn Huebl, violin and Felix Wang, cello to establish the Blakemore Trio at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University. The trio has been showcased on chamber music series around the country including their New York debut in Merkin Hall in 2010. Their debut recording, The Blakemore Trio plays Beethoven and Ravel (Blue Griffin Records), was released in 2013. Ms. Dorfman has appeared on chamber music programs with the Blair String Quartet and has collaborated in many recitals with her Blair colleagues.
Her students have been prize winners in TMTA solo and chamber music competitions, Clavierfest and the Curb Concerto competition. Most recently two of her groups placed third in the MTNA National Collegiate Chamber Music competitions in Anaheim, CA. and Chicago. She is currently Professor of Piano at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University, a guest artist and teacher at the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts and is a member of the Sewanee Summer Music Festival faculty.
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Sandy Triplett Sandy Triplett still enjoys teaching piano after 29 years and thrives on the challenge of meeting the needs of each student.
Sandy has been encouraging ensemble playing for the past nine years in her private and group classes. She has seen how including student’s duets/ensemble creates community and provides technique that serves her students well in their personal growth.
Mrs. Triplett is Past- President for TMTA and served on the executive board as IMT and Wellness Chair.
Independent Music Teachers Luncheon Performance
Piano quintet in e-flat major, op. 44 Schumann (1810-1856)
Allegro brillante
Maggie Kasinger and Sarah McGuire, violins
Samuel Bender, viola Caroline Bender, cello
Hayeon Ryou, piano
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Awards Brunch SpeakerWalter Bitner Walter Bitner, Director of Education and Community Engagement for the Nashville Symphony, is a veteran music educator who has led a multi-faceted career as a teacher and performer. A multi-instrumentalist and singer, he is also a master teacher, composer and conductor conversant with a wide variety of musical styles and traditions. Walter served as music director or performing arts director at private schools in New York, Florida and Nashville from 1991 to 2007. From 2008 to 2014, he taught at Nashville School of the Arts, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools' arts magnet high school, where he successively directed the school's piano, choral and orchestral programs. Walter is Conductor Emeritus of Music City Youth Orchestra, which he founded and directed from 2007 to 2012. He has collaborated or performed with a wide variety of artists over the last three decades, including Pete Seeger, Tracy Silverman, The Chieftains, Music City Baroque, the Nashville Symphony and the Nashville Symphony Chorus. He has lived in Nashville with his wife and children since 2003. You may read his blog, Off the Podium, at walterbitner.com.
Session Speaker
Joe Rea Phillips Joe Rea Phillips is Senior Artist Teacher of Guitar at the Blair School of Music of Vanderbilt University. His varied performance experience ranges from classical chamber music to new jazz. Joe Rea Phillips teaches collegiate, pre-collegiate, and adult students in the guitar program at the Blair School of Music. He has also applied his many years of training in Chinese martial arts such
as Tai Chi Chuan, Pa Kua Chang, and others to create a course at Vanderbilt called "Tai Chi for Musicians". This course is designed to help musicians to prevent and even help in the healing process of musicians that suffer from overuse syndrome.
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Belmont’s School of Music, an All-Steinway School, offers exciting opportunities for rigorous training in classical and jazz keyboard styles, emphasizing performance in a variety of venues, both solo and in ensemble.
SEE WHERE THE MUSIC TAKES YOU.
BELMONT.EDU
Scholarship Awards Endowment FundTMTA is soliciting contributors to build a fund large enough to grant substantial scholarship awards to those who rank highest in the annual competitions. The majority of the fund is in the TMTA Scholarship Awards Endowment Fund. Secondary funds include the TMTA Elizabeth Lovell Reed Memorial Scholarship Award Endowment Fund, which underwrites the award for winners of College Piano, and the Carrie E. Warrick Memorial Scholarship Awards Endowment Fund, which underwrites the winners of Ninth Grade Piano in June, and the winners of Junior Piano in the fall.
TMTA has placed these endowment funds with the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. The professional management of the Community Foundation will enhance the growth of the fund and ensure the future continuation of the purposes for which contributions are given. TMTA and the Community Foundation are fully tax-exempt, non-profit corporations chartered in the state of Tennessee and contributions to these funds are fully tax deductible.
The Endowment Fund balance at November 13, 2015, is $68,587.85.
Categories of Gifts $5000 and up: Benefactor$2500-4999: Patron$1000-2499: Sponsor$500-999: Sustainer$250-499: Donor$100-249: ContributorUnder $100: FriendSpecific awards may be named by those who make a funding commitment on an annual basis. The names of those who have contributed $50 or more are published in the TMTA Directory.
Ways to DonateEndowment Fund contributions may be mailed to: Elizabeth Cormier 500 Elmington Ave. #321 Nashville, TN 37205 Make checks payable to (please select):
• TMTA Scholarship Awards Endowment Fund• TMTA Elizabeth Lovell Reed Memorial Fund• TMTA Carrie Warrick Memorial Fund
Endowment Fund contributions may also be made online.
• Visit www.tnmta.org/scholarship-awards-endowment-fund.html
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Scholarship Endowment Fund Contributors Spring 2015 - Present
BENEFACTOR - $5,000,00 +
Tennessee Music Teachers Association
PATRON - $2,500.00 - $5,000.00
Mr. and Mrs. John Paul Capps
Elizabeth Cormier
Greater Memphis MTA Honors Recitals
Jerome and Kimberly Reed
SPONSOR - $1,000.00 - $2,500.00
Philip Autry
Luann Forell
Terry McRoberts
Allison Nelson Loebbaka
Aurelia Reed
Smoky Mountain MTA
In memory of Ruth Thomas
Patricia Ward
SUSTAINER - $500.00 - $1,000.00
In honor of Elizabeth Cormier
Sigrid Luther
David and Stephanie Northington
Karen Ann Krieger
In memory of Kathryn Rose
Kathryn Stimson
Dr. Barbara Swaby
DONOR - $250.00 - $500.00
Carole Batson
Carol Boeing
Carol Butler
Alayne Griffin
Marsha Hughes
Paula Johnson
Melissa Rose
Connie Swett
Sandy Triplett
Judy Warrington
CONTRIBUTOR - $100.00 - $250.00
In memory of Joe Batson
John P. Capps, Jr.
Melisa Currey
Judy Diez d’Aux
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Overfield
Sallye Zeringue
FRIEND - Under $100.00
In memory of Alice Adams Jackson
Allison Garner
Deane Gray
Will Gray and Karla Roncal
Janice Lumpkin
Valerie Middleton
Paramount Chamber Players
Joyce Whetstone
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The Lipscomb University School of Music offers piano students a strong foundation in music, celebrating the creative spirit in pursuing careers in traditional and non-traditional music fields. Its endowed Patricia and Rodes Hart Chair in Piano, held by Dr. Jerome Reed, provides many opportunities for Lipscomb’s piano students to work with guest artists, travel to concerts and conventions, and attend music festivals in the summer.
Lipscomb is an All-Steinway School and accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. It offers degrees in music education, performance and also a unique degree for students wishing to major in music and go on to medical school. Graduates of the piano program hold university teaching positions, teach independently, work as collaborative pianists and are software developers for pedagogical applications.
Scholarships are available to majors, minors and selected participants. For more information, visit our website.
Where piano students fine-tune their passion.
music.lipscomb.edu
2016 Teacher of the Year NomineesALAYNE GRIFFIN
Alayne began piano study at the age of seven. She continued her study through college, earning a B. A. in Sacred Music from Tennessee Temple University, (Summa Cum Laude) and a M. M. in Piano Literature and Pedagogy from the University of Georgia. After finishing her master’s degree, she studied with Dr. Sigrid Luther for two and a half years, presenting two recitals at Bryan College during that time. She considers continuing education to be a vitally important aspect of music teaching, attending nearly all teacher training offered through CMTA and TMTA conferences, master classes and workshops. She has earned the TMTA Certificate of Achievement and has held TMTA and MTNA Professional Certification continuously since 1986. All students in Alayne’s studio are given a well-rounded music education, covering all eight areas of the TMTA musicianship manual, classical music literature and additional literature of the student’s choosing. During a 33-year teaching career, her piano and flute students have consistently received Superior ratings in CMTA and TMTA auditions, in Jr. Music Festival local and state events, in Guild Auditions, and in Hamilton County Hymn Festivals. Her students have been named winner, runner-up and honorable mention at TMTA and TN State Federation competitions, as well as winning CMTA Music Camp Scholarship and College Scholarship Competitions, and recently the Southern Adventist University Concerto Competition. Many students present solo recitals in 9th and 12th grades. Numerous students have majored and minored in music, many continue music study in some way through college, and several have earned advanced music degrees and are pursuing professional music careers. Holding every CMTA officer position at some point through the years, Alayne has been an active member of MTNA since 1984, and was a collegiate chapter member at UGA. She has served CMTA in numerous areas, currently as treasurer (15 years), directory/handbook editor and Pianorama Program editor. Her TMTA involvement includes service to all the state conferences held in Chattanooga since 1984, producing the conference booklet, serving as registrar, and treasurer (as well as general gopher and background detail person!); and monitoring state auditions at locations across TN over the years. Alayne has also served the musical community as adjudicator at various local and state piano events and competitions. Alayne’s professional collaborative piano experience began shortly after her 14th birthday, when she became the pianist for her church. She has been on the bench nearly every Sunday and weekly choral rehearsal since, currently at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Chattanooga. Other collaborations include numerous instrumental and vocal recital accompaniments, at both undergraduate and graduate levels, and volunteer local musical theater accompaniment. Alayne has also been staff accompanist for Covenant College this past year and for Chattanooga Christian School for six years previous to that. Past musical honors include election to Pi Kappa Lambda (Music Honor Society) in 1984, listed in Outstanding Young Women of America in 1987, and awarded CMTA Teacher of the Year in 1990. But most importantly, Alayne is immensely grateful for the music community of MTNA, TMTA and CMTA which has provided invaluable mentors, colleagues, continuing education and opportunities for professional and student growth. Many heartfelt thanks to all of you!
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DANA MEYER
Dana Meyer, founder and Artistic Director of Music City Strings, is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and has been passionate about teaching for more than 35 years. In her early years she developed and implemented the Boone County Schools Strings Program in West Virginia, was a faculty member of the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, North Carolina, instructor and chamber music coach at the New World School of the Arts (Miami), and became a performing faculty member of the Tucson Chamber Music in the Mountains in Tucson, Arizona. While much of her early teaching career was focused on the high school and collegiate level, Mrs. Meyer performed extensively with chamber music groups and major orchestras in the United States. She has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Denver Symphony, the Richmond Symphony, and with all the major orchestras in Florida. During her decade long tenure with the American Sinfonietta, she toured Europe annually and was part of the performing faculty at the Bellingham Music Festival. While in Florida, Mrs. Meyer taught at the Dillard High School of Performing Arts and was instrumental in securing college scholarships for her students Kevin Sylvester and Wilner Baptiste, who have since formed the famed hip hop duo Black Violin. In 1999, Mrs. Meyer discovered a passion for the teaching of young students and established her first private Suzuki studio in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She immersed herself in the Suzuki pedagogy and became a protégé of Ronda Cole. As her studio thrived she became President of the Suzuki Association of South Florida. In 2005, Dana Meyer established a violin studio in Franklin, Tennessee. Her dream was to create a program that would provide children the means to become confident, sensitive and beautiful artists. Music City Strings was the result of this dream. In 2012 Music City Strings was one of three groups in all of North and South America chosen to perform at the Suzuki Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota on the International Ensemble Concert. Because of this performance, Music City Strings was discovered by The League of Astonishing Strings and invited by the founders of Barrage on a concert tour of Europe during the summer of 2015. This was a transformative experience for the group. Music City Strings has since performed at the Ryman Auditorium with Amy Grant and Vince Gill and on the Thanksgiving TOKENS Show, also at the Ryman. Music City Strings performed with Michael W. Smith at the Allen Arena at Lipscomb University and at the Franklin Theater in Franklin, Tennessee. Members of MCS performed in the music video Sonera with Nathan Pacheco, and the group has performed for the Hope Foundation with Steven Curtis Chapman, DayStar Ministries, Music City Roots, the Lighting of the Green with Amy Grant, Channel 4 News at Midday, the Franklin Main Street Festival, Lawrenceburg Crocket Theater, and Dickens of a Christmas in Franklin, Tennessee among others. Music City Strings is also engaged in community outreach performances in such places as the Sarah Canon Cancer Clinic, Vanderbilt ALS Clinic, nursing homes, and retirement communities. While Mrs. Meyer’s time is now mainly consumed with Music City Strings other former faculty positions and posts include the Wintergreen Performance Academy, the Middle Tennessee State University Governor’s School of Music, the South Carolina Suzuki Institute at Furman, The Fine Arts Student Academy in Nashville, and President of the Middle Tennessee Suzuki Association. In addition to her role as Artistic Director of Music City Strings, Mrs. Meyer is currently a faculty member with the Greater Washington DC Suzuki Institute, the Suzuki Institute at PhoenixPhest! in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Auditions Coordinator for the Strings Division of NAMTA. This summer Mrs. Meyer begins an additional faculty position, the Suzuki String Institute at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, where Music City Strings has also been asked to perform.
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JUDY WARRINGTON
Shortly after graduating from Lee College with a Bachelors in Music Education in 1974, Judy Foister Warrington joined MTNA, TMTA and CMTA that fall. Soon after that, she became state
IMTF Chair. In addition to that position in TMTA, she had served as Recording Secretary, Musicianship Test Committee Chair at the time the tests were written for the state, Local
Association Chair, and other various committees. She is currently the MTNA Foundation Chair. She is currently a member of CMTA and OMTA; it was her idea to establish OMTA. She has served as president of both local associations and in many other positions at the local level.
Currently, she is Treasurer of OMTA and on the Program Committee for CMTA. She was CMTA's Teacher of the Year in 2005-6, and this is the second time for this honor from OMTA. She received
the Certificate of Achievement from TMTA and is permanently certified by both MTNA and TMTA. She began teaching while in junior high school and has taught ages from 3-90. She has
taught piano, organ and theory at Cadek Conservatory of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Al Miller Music Store and currently at three churches through their music arts
programs. In 1976, her personal studio recital was recognized as an official Bicentennial Event of Tennessee. Her students have received scholarships, rated Superior in local and state auditions,
and also in the NFMC's festivals, and have had many opportunities to play piano ensembles. She began playing organ in church during junior high school. She has continued to play piano or
organ throughout her life at high school, college and various churches, nursing homes and senior living facilities. She won the Tennessee Church of God adult piano award for three years. She
continues to perform in ensemble recitals. She has been married to Don C. Warrington since 1983.
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The University of Tennessee School of Music welcomes
CHIH-LONG HU as the first Powell Endowed Professor of Piano.
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TMTA Teachers of the Year
2015 Fay Swadley Adams (KMTA) 2014 Miroslav Hristov (KMTA) 2013 Chih-Long Hu (AMTA) 2012 Connie Heard (NAMTA) 2011 Marilyn Tolk (NAMTA) 2010 Jerome Reed (NAMTA) 2009 Carol Barr (GMMTA) 2008 Helen Gleason (NAMTA) 2007 Kathy Edwards (NAMTA) 2006 Carol Boeing (NAMTA) 2005 Janet Sump (CMTA) 2004 Jama Reagan (NAMTA) 2003 Patricia Ward (MTMTA) 2002 Terry McRoberts (WTMTA) 2001 Rachel Acuff (KMTA)
TMTA Distinguished Service Award Recipients
2015 Sandy Pemberton Triplett (GMMTA)2014 Fay Adams (KMTA) 2013 Dorothy Mahaffy (MTMTA) 2012 Patricia Ward (MTMTA) 2011 Kathryn Stimson (GMMTA) 2010 Ruth Thomas (SMMTA) 2009 Sigrid Luther (CMTA) 2008 Elizabeth Cormier (NAMTA) 2007 Norma Seifert (GMMTA) 2006 Jerome Reed (NAMTA) 2005 Carole Batson (NAMTA) 2004 Benjamin Caton (AMTA)
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Individual instruction • Large and small ensembles Programs for infants through high school Scholarships and financial aid available
For details about music opportunities for children and teens, visit blair.vanderbilt.edu/precollege-adult, or contact
Jenny Simpkins: (615) 322-7651 or [email protected]
Conservatory-quality music instruction for children and teens
Young MusicianVANDERBILT
and the
TMTA-MTNA Foundation Fellows Past Recipients
2016 Pat Carter-Zagorski (KMTA)
2016 Kathryn Stimson (GMMTA)
2016 Patricia Ward (NAMTA)
2016 Connie Swett (GMMTA)
2015 Carol Barr (GMMTA)
2015 Dorothy Mahaffy (MTMTA)
2014 Philip Autry (NAMTA)
2014 Helen Louise Stout (OMTA)
2013 Elaine Atkins Harriss (MAMTA)
2012 Fay Swadley Adams (KMTA)
2012 Alice Adams Jackson (WTMTA)
2012 Allison Nelson-Loebbaka (WTMTA)
2011 Nellie Margaret Mitchell (SMMTA)
2010 Elizabeth Cormier (NAMTA)
2010 Ruth Gibson Thomas (SMMTA)
2005 Sigrid Luther (CMTA)
2003 Dorothy Hunt McKamie (GMMTA)
2003 Billie Jenkins Murphy (GMMTA)
2002 Benjamin D. Caton (AMTA)
2001 Norma Seifert (GMMTA)
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TMTA Executive BoardPresident
Dr. Melissa K. Rose
Immediate Past President Kathryn M. StimsonPresident-elect Jerilyn PaoliniExecutive Secretary/Treasurer Patricia Ward, NCTMRecording Secretary Janice LumpkinCompetitions Coordinator Dr. Elaine A. Harriss, NCTMChamber, Vocal and Instrumental Chair Esther ParkCollegiate and Adult Piano Chair Dr. Arunesh NadgirSenior Piano Chair (June TMTA Competitions) Dr. Ryan Fogg, NCTMSenior Piano Chair (Fall MTNA Competitions) ChiHee HwangJunior Piano Chair Dr. Adam L. ClarkElementary Piano Chair Jeanette Hawk, NCTMArts Awareness and Advocacy Deanne W. Irvine, NCTMAuditions and Competitions Barbara S. Hildebrand Syllabus/Musicianship TestsCertification Janet E. Sump, NCTMCollaborative Performance Fay S. Adams, NCTMCollege Faculty Karen Ann KriegerCompliance Officer Kathryn M. StimsonComposition Dr. Jerome ReedDirectory Editor Luann Forell, NCTMHistorian Janice LumpkinIMTF Rachel C. AcuffLocal Association Joy Morgan Whetstone, NCTMMembership Dr. Terry McRoberts, NCTMMTNA Foundation Judy F. Warrington, NCTMNewsletter Editor Karen M. Caldwell, NCTMPublicity Olivia Ellis, NCTMCollegiate Chapters Dr. David E. Brunell, NCTMTMTA Scholarship Awards Endowment Fund Elizabeth CormierWeb Contact Dr. Cahill SmithWellness Sandy Triplett
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Local Association PresidentsAppalachian MTA (AMTA) Leigh Stringfield
Athens Area MTA (AAMTA) Martha McCampbell
Chattanooga MTA (CMTA) Sally Powell, NCTM
Dickson Renaissance MTA (DRMTA) Wes Ramsay
Greater Memphis MTA (GMMTA) Sandy Triplett
Knoxville MTA (KMTA) Lisa Dunn
Martin Area MTA (MAMTA) Dr. Elaine A. Harriss, NCTM
Middle Tennessee MTA (MTMTA) Dr. Adam L. Clark
Nashville Area MTA (NAMTA) Jama Reagan
Ocoee MTA (OMTA) Margaret Ann Randolph
Plateau Area MTA (PAMTA) Shirley O’Connor, NCTM
Smoky Mountain MTA (SMMTA) Julie Wright, NCTM
Upper Cumberland MTA (UCMTA) Dr. Catherine Godes, NCTM
West Tennessee MTA (WTMTA) Dr. Terry McRoberts, NCTM
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Collegiate Chapters
Carson-Newman University Advisor: Dr. Ryan Fogg, NCTMChattanooga Area - Bryan College Co-Advisor: Olivia Ellis - The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Co-Advisor: Dr. Sin-Hsing TsaiEast Tennessee State University Advisor: Dr. Benjamin D. Caton, NCTMMiddle Tennessee State University Advisor: Dr. Adam L. ClarkThe University of Memphis Advisor: Dr. Kevin RichmondThe University of Tennessee, Knoxville Advisor: Fay S. Adams, NCTMVanderbilt University Advisor: Karen Ann Krieger
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TMTA Former PresidentsJ. Clark Rhodes KnoxvillePhil Howard MurfreesboroVernon Taylor MemphisCyrus Daniel NashvilleGuy Bockman KnoxvilleJack Rodgers KnoxvilleNeil Wright MurfreesboroIrene Dickerson ChattanoogaVirgil Self Johnson CityAlfred Humphreys KnoxvilleFrances Hall Hill NashvilleEarl Miller ChattanoogaHarriet Fulton MartinEvelyn Stalls MemphisJerry Perkins MurfreesboroJanie Green NashvilleRuth Thomas GreenevilleRobert Stewart MartinJerome Reed NashvilleAngeline Case-Newport MemphisMarolyn Huneycutt JacksonBenjamin Caton Johnson CityDorothy Mahaffy TullahomaSigid Luther DaytonPatricia Ward MurfreesboroNorma Seifert MemphisFay Adams KnoxvilleTerry McRoberts JacksonPhilip Autry NashvilleElaine Harriss MartinVeronica E. Milner MurfreesboroKathryn Stimson Memphis
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*Vanderbilt Campus Map
University Club
West GarageSouth Garage
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! Getting to Blair School of Music via the Interstates
• From the north, take I-65 to I-40 west and then look for I-40 east to exit 209B. Turn right on Broadway.
• From the east or south, take I-40 west to exit 209A. Turn left on Broadway. • From the west, take I-40 east to exit 209B. Turn right on Broadway (US 70S). Follow
Broadway.
To Blair School of Music, South Garage and West Garage:
Veer left onto Broadway. Broadway will become 21st Avenue South. As you pass the
traffic light at Grand Avenue, the Vanderbilt main campus will be on your right. Stay
on 21st Avenue South through four more traffic lights: Scarritt Place, Edgehill Avenue,
Medical Center Drive, Pierce Avenue. Turn right at Children’s Way and continue 2 1/2
blocks to the South Garage entrance or to the West Garage, on the right and the Blair
School of Music on the left.
*Vanderbilt Campus Map
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Getting to Hampton Inn via the Interstates
From North – take I-65 to I-40 Wes and then look for I-40 East to EXIT 209B, take the 1st right onto Broadway, hotel is on the left.
From East /Airport or South - I-40 West, EXIT 209A. Take the 1st left onto Broadway. Stay to the right at the split. Hotel is 5 blocks down on the left.From West - I-40 East, EXIT 209B, take the 1st right onto Broadway, hotel is on the left
Directions to Blair School of Music from Hampton Inn Nashville/Vanderbilt, 1919 West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37203
Head southwest on West End Ave toward 20th Ave S Turn left onto Natchez Trace Turn left onto Blakemore Ave Blair School will be on the left
Blair School of Music, 2400 Blakemore Ave, Nashville, TN 37212
Directions to Maggiano's from Blair School of Music
Head west on Blakemore Ave toward 25th Ave S. Continue onto 31st Ave S Turn left onto West End Ave Maggiano’s will be on the right
Maggiano's 3106 West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37203
Directions to Richland Place from Blair School of Music
Head west on Blakemore Ave toward 25th Ave S (0.3mi) Turn left onto Natchez trace (0.5mi) Turn right onto Blair Blvd (0.3mi) Turn left onto Sharondale Dr (0.3mi) Turn right onto Elmington Ave (479ft) Richland Place will be on the right
Richland Place, 500 Elmington Ave, Nashville, TN 37205
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