Topic: Novel Voices in Piano Repertoire

Presenter: Dr. Michelle Huang

Location: Portland Piano Company

Topic: Composition Festival

Presenter: Robin Ziari

Location: ZRE Music Studio—1025 Lloyd Center, Portland OR 97232 (2nd level to the west)

Topic: Syllabus Refresher

Presenter: Heidi Evans

Location: Lake Oswego Steinway Store—385 1st St., Suite 123, Lake Oswego, OR 97034 (main entrance on A Avenue between 1st and State Street)

Masterclass and Joint District Meeting with West Portland

Presenter: Dr. Oksana Ezhokina

Location: Portland State University, Lincoln Hall, LH75

Spring Social

Location TBA

Derek Chiu: Unlocking Performance Potential

Robin Ziari: “Composition Festival”

Location: Kristy Moore Studio

Dianne Davies: “Making Syllabus Relevant”

This will be an online virtual meeting.

Winter Social

Dr. Thomas Otten, NCTM: “Etudes – They’re Good For You!”

Dr. Steve Lewis, NCTM—"Diversity and Anti-Racism in Piano Teaching: How to Navigate Historical Racial, Gender, and National Disparities in the 21st Century World"

Location: Mt. Hood Community College, 26000 SE Stark St, Gresham, OR 97030. Choir Room, Room #2138.

Liz Willis “Using the OMTA Syllabus for Every Student”

Non-competitive.

Peter Mack, Pianist and MTNA President Elect

Masterclass

Deborah Cleaver, Pianist

The Taubman Approach

Musicians utilizing the Taubman approach can improve technique, prevent fatigue and injury, and maximize their ability to express music.

Dr. Scott Price, Professor of Music

Autism and Piano Study: Inside the Lesson

Join Dr. Scott Price as he shares the work of his students who are special learners and the creative music-making they are able to achieve through adaptive pedagogy. This workshop will include video demonstrations of students at work in the studio lesson, and in recital performances. Techniques in adaptive pedagogy will be discussed and questions are welcomed.

Location: *virtual*; see email for zoom link

Linda Scott, Piano Technician

Understanding Your Piano Part 2: What makes for a comfortable touch? The highly anticipated follow up to Linda Scott's wonderful presentation she gave back in January of 2022.

East Portland & Clark County December Social will be held at the home of Patti Duthie.

Yuki Bowman and Christian Cutul, Architects

Making Space for Sound

This presentation will examine the architectural considerations that go into designing spaces for sound using two recent case study projects. We’ll not only share some of the technical aspects of how acoustics can be calibrated through volume and material; we’ll also consider how non-auditory perception can influence a space’s ‘sense of sound.’