GMTA 2020 Conference Program 1 GMTA 2020 Conference Program 2 GMTA 2020 Conference Program 3 GMTA 2020 Conference Program 4 2020 Georgia Music Teachers Association Virtual Conference Thursday, November 5, 2020 6:30 GMTA Piano Master Class with GMTA Audition Winners Clinician: Dr. Kevin Chance, University of Alabama Recital Program - pg. 23 Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6547412448?pwd=WUM1SXczcUE1L3Vhek1QaVowaFVYQT09 Meeting ID: 654 741 2448, Passcode: Music Friday, November 6, 2020 9:00 Online Teaching Forum Online Lesson Tech Set-ups 101 - Melissa Slocum interviewing Stephen Hughes Video Link: https://youtu.be/3jlbcY7IItY Online Lesson Tech Set-ups 301 (Advanced) - Melissa Slocum interviewing Stephen Hughes Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOQuNcuWE-0 Group Classes and Games for Online Teaching Roundtable - Pre-recorded Roundtable discussion with Jennifer Foxx of Music Educator Resources, Dorla Pryce Aparicio, and Clinton Pratt, Piano Sensei studio and frequent presenter for state and national MTA's; moderator, Melissa Slocum Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWj13Xl27Ag&feature=youtu.be 11:00 Conference Headliner Beyond Fur Elise: Stimulating Repertoire for Teacher and Student Kevin Chance, Presenter When audition season comes around each spring, it seems we hear so many of the same pieces performed week after week, yet there is a wealth of other wonderful teaching material available. This lecture-recital explores alternatives to commonly taught works from the Baroque through the modern eras along with how these pieces can be easily obtained through your local music store. Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6547412448?pwd=WUM1SXczcUE1L3Vhek1QaVowaFVYQT09 Meeting ID: 654 741 2448; Passcode: Music 1:30 Conference Headliner Paving the Road to Chopin Kevin Chance, Presenter Among the most requested composers by aspiring pianists is Chopin, but the successful performance of his works requires the careful development of many fundamental skills unique to Romantic style. We will identify these fundamental skills as well as works at the elementary and intermediate level that will help pave a smooth road to a lifetime of enjoyment of Chopin’s works. Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6547412448?pwd=WUM1SXczcUE1L3Vhek1QaVowaFVYQT09 Meeting ID: 654 741 2448; Passcode: Music GMTA 2020 Conference Program 5 3:00 General Session Annual Business Meeting and the President’s Report Presentation of Steinway Piano Galleries Educator Grants Presentation of GMTA Music Teacher Grants Presentation of 2020 GMTA Teacher of the Year Recognition of Newly Certified Members Recognition of New 50 Year Members Vote and Installation of New Executive Board Joy Poole, GMTA President Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6547412448?pwd=WUM1SXczcUE1L3Vhek1QaVowaFVYQT09 Meeting ID: 654 741 2448; Passcode: Music 3:45 Commissioned Work Premiere nodes.branches.loops Dr. Peter Van Zandt Lane, composer Fuego Saxophone Quartet, performers The 2020 commissioned work is funded by Music Teachers National Association and GMTA. https://youtu.be/SZQ2yAsW4Xs 7:30 2020 GMTA Pre-College Concerto Winners Recital Recital Program - pg. 21 YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/0g_cLK35fug Saturday, November 7, 2020 9:30 GMTA Executive Board Meeting Jan Adams, GMTA President Zoom Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76995442030?pwd=bk9nU2s3cjQ2YWEycDBWZHpNem9IQT09 Meeting ID: 769 9544 2030; Passcode: MUSIC 10:00 Announcement of MTNA Foundation and GMTA Awards Raffle Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6547412448?pwd=WUM1SXczcUE1L3Vhek1QaVowaFVYQT09 Meeting ID: 654 741 2448; Passcode: Music 10:15 2020 GMTA Auditions Winners Recital Recital Program - pg. 23 Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6547412448?pwd=WUM1SXczcUE1L3Vhek1QaVowaFVYQT09 Meeting ID: 654 741 2448; Passcode: Music 2020 MTNA Competitions Winners Recital Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6547412448?pwd=WUM1SXczcUE1L3Vhek1QaVowaFVYQT09 Meeting ID: 654 741 2448; Passcode: Music GMTA 2020 Conference Program 6 GMTA Award Fund Raffle One ticket is $5, and three tickets are $10. Prizes are e-Gift cards donated by local associations. e-Gift cards will be emailed to the winners. Purchase raffle tickets by donating here: https:// georgiamta.org/donate.php (Click link, choose the Award Fund you would like to donate to, enter amount, click “Donate” to complete payment through Paypal) MTNA Foundation Raffle One ticket is $10. GMTA is raffling a piano bench donated by PianoWorks. All donations will be given to the MTNA Foundation Fund. Purchase raffle tickets by donating here: https:// georgiamta.org/pay.php (Click link, enter your full name as “Invoice Number”, enter amount, click “Continue” to complete payment through Paypal) Raffle drawings will take place on Saturday at 10:00. Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6547412448?pwd=WUM1SXczcUE1L3Vhek1QaVowaFVYQT09 Meeting ID: 654 741 2448; Passcode: Music Visit our virtual conference music store, PianoWorks (www.pianoworks.com). Use the promo code “GMTA2020” to receive 30% off and free shipping on orders over $15. Promo code will be valid November 5-9, 2020. GMTA 2020 Conference Program 7 ARTISTRY TRACK HEADLINER Kevin Chance Kevin Chance serves as Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Alabama where he coordinates the Gloria Narramore Moody Piano Area. As soloist and collaborator, Kevin has performed throughout the United States and abroad, and recent orchestral appearances have included Bernstein’s Age of Anxiety, Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, and Saint-Saëns’s Le Carnaval des animaux. Performing regularly as a chamber musician, Kevin has been a member of the Semplice Duo with flutist Cristina Ballatori for the past 20 years, and their performances have included world premiers at the National Flute Association Conference as well as recitals in Wisconsin, Texas, Colorado, Virginia, Alabama, New York, and Europe. Kevin has recently received a number of accolades for his teaching. Most recently, he was named a 2020-2022 Leadership Board Faculty Fellow for the University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences, which recognizes excellence in teaching and research. In 2019, he was inducted into the inaugural class of the Steinway and Sons Music Teacher Hall of Fame in New York City and was named 2019 Music Educator of the Year by the Arts Council of Tuscaloosa. Additionally, he was named the 2015-2017 Teacher of the Year by the Alabama Music Teachers Association. Kevin maintains an award-winning studio of college and pre-college students, and his students have garnered awards at the state, regional, and national levels. In demand as a clinician and adjudicator, he frequently presents at the MTNA National Conference as well as state and local music teacher organizations throughout the country. He serves on the faculty of the New Orleans Piano Institute each summer. Kevin currently serves as President of the American Matthay Association and as Vice President of the MTNA. Kevin holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music, Louisiana State University, and Birmingham-Southern College, and his former teachers include Barry Snyder, Constance Knox Carroll, Anne Koscielny, Ann Schein, William DeVan, and Betty Sue Shepherd. North Fulton Music Teachers Association www.NFMTA.com Check out our opportunities for your Students -- Fall Festival, Celebrate With Music concert and Student Spotlight recital! President 2nd VP Membership Debra Ramsey Dickensheets Esther Martin [email protected] [email protected] GMTA 2020 Conference Program 8 COMMISSIONED COMPOSER Dr. Peter Van Zandt Lane Peter Van Zandt Lane (b. 1985, New York) is an American composer of acoustic and electroacoustic concert music, with a widely performed catalog of works that tap into in a wide range of musical influences: from post-Minimalism, to avant- garde electronic music, to Renaissance vocal music, to, to EDM and progressive rock. His music often responds topics related to technology, especially the influence of technology in our culture, politics, and our day-to-day lives. Peter grew up playing bassoon in orchestras and guitar in rock bands, spending several years in Boston’s contemporary music scene before eventually landing in Athens at the University of Georgia. When he was awarded the 2018 Charles Ives Fellowship in composition, the American Academy of Arts and Letters noted that “at every turn, his propulsive, incisive work is beautifully and confidently made. Lane’s music is as inviting as it is sophisticated. ” His evening-length electroacoustic ballet about hacktivists, HackPolitik (created in collaboration with the Boston-based Juventas Ensemble and Brooklyn-based People Movers Contemporary Dance company), was a New York Times Critic’s Pick, hailed as "angular, jarring, and sophisticated . Ballet needs live music, and this one offered it at the highest level" (Boston Musical Intelligencer), and caught the attention of press outlets that rarely touch contemporary music such as CNet, Forbes, BBC news, and The Daily Beast. His second collaboration with The People Movers dance, Glass, was dubbed a top-10 work of 2018 by Dance Magazine, and featured at the Performance Arcade arts festival in Wellington, New Zealand. In the 2020-21 season, Peter is a composer-in-residence at The Hermitage Artist Retreat, and has held residencies at Copland House, Yaddo, and MacDowell Colony, Atlantic Center for the Arts and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Recent works include Radix Tyrannis, a trombone concerto