Join us at the Sutton Place Hotel in Edmonton for Music Conference 2018 October 25-27, 2018

Ways to Save on Registration: New! 1st Time Delegate Registration $187.50 (half price!) - deadline 12:00am on October 22nd Earlybird Registration $325 - deadline 12:00am on September 30th 2-for-1 Registration: bring a friend who has never attended MCA $187.50 each - deadline 12:00am on October 22nd

Keynote speaker, Alan Gordon Bell Allan Gordon Bell was born in in 1953. He received a Master of Music degree from the where he studied with Violet Archer, Malcolm Forsyth, and Manus Sasonkin. He also did advanced studies in composition at the Banff Centre for the Arts where his teachers were Jean Coulthard, Bruce Mather, and Oskar Morawetz. ​He has created works for solo instruments, chamber ensembles, orchestra, band, and electroacoustic media. His works have been performed by the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Esprit Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra the Orford String Quartet, the Purcell String Quartet, the ensembles of Toronto New Music Concerts, Arraymusic and the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec, and many other professional and amateur organizations in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, West Germany, Israel, and Japan. Bell is Professor of Music at the . From 1984 to 1988, he served as President of the National Board of the Canadian Music Centre. His music is available from the Canadian Music Centre, Alberta Keys and Gordon V. Thompson. Allan Bell won the JUNO Award for his composition “Field Notes.” He is a Member of the Order of Canada.

Highlights for Studio Teachers * Krzyzstof Jablonski, world-class pianist, 1985 * Michèle Wheatley-Brown Laureate and now jury member of the F. Chopin What Every Musician (and their teachers) Need to Know International Piano Competition in Warsaw about the Body - Bridging the gap between the science Lecture-Recital on Chopin’s Etudes of movement and the art of making music Advanced Piano Masterclass * Reneé Pérez Rodríguez and Pedro Pérez * Gabriella Minnes Brandes, renowned Alexander Learning from Venezuela’s Sistema Guitar Orchestras Technique teacher * Jolene Wong Series of Alexander Technique sessions (Introductory Advocacy Now: How Can You Advocate For Your plus 3 focused sessions devoted to pianists, vocalists, Program? and conductors) * Timothy Anderson * Elizabeth Raycroft and Evan Westfal Academic Poster Presentations Teaching Students in the LGBTQ+ Community * David Visentin * Jacques Després and Viktoria Reiswich-Dapp: El Sistema: Then, Now and When Music for Piano Four Hands: Innovative Tools to Teach Collaborative Piano (Lecture Recital and Masterclass) * One-on-One Sessions Consult with an expert on a range of topics from artistic, * Joan Blench pedgagogical and administrative topics. Takadimi Rhythm Syllables For more information or to register, * UCalgary String Quartet go to the Music Conference Alberta website at The Klezmer-inspired String Quartet www.musicconferenceab.ca

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