Important Parking and Conference Travel Information

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CONFERENCE PARKING
Parking passes for Friday will be mailed to those who send requests with registrations prior to the September 30 deadline.  Those who register after that postmark deadline, requesting a pass, should park in a visitor garage, check in, and make sure they have their pass at exit of the garage. The pass remains the property of the university, and two-day attendees should return their pass to check-in on Saturday.  Friday-only attendees are requested to return their pass by mail. Information about Indiana University parking, and the locations of parking spaces can be found at the link below.  Our best advice is to park in the garages.  The Jordan Avenue Garage (5 minute walk) and the Atwater Garage (10 minute walk) are the two closest garages to check-in outside Auer Hall on the 2nd floor of the Simon Center (corner of Third and Jordan).
Map of IU Parking Facilities
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
Driving directions to the Indiana University Campus can be found on the Bloomington Indiana Visitor Information Center or by using any of various online map tools. Specific directions to the parking garages follow:Continue reading→

James Tocco Masterclass – Invitation from Dr. Karen Taylor

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Dear IMTA Colleagues,
I’m writing to invite you to nominate talented young pianists to perform in this year’s IMTA conference master class with James Tocco, of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. As you know, this year’s state conference will be take place Oct. 21-22 at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington.  The  master class will be Saturday October 22 in Ford Hall (Simon Center) from 10:00am-11:50am.
I am coordinating the pre-college portion of this class. To select performers I invite you to submit CDs of talented students. Applicants should not only play well—they should also be able to respond well in a public master class. Prof. Tocco normally teaches advanced college pianists. He gives a wonderful master class…but you may want to alert interested students that his expectations will be high.
Students should be secure performers who can change on the spot, and who are not overly sensitive to public criticism. Parents should be strongly encouraged to bring young performers the night before so they will be well rested and can warm up.Continue reading→

2011 IMTA Conference Update!

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The 2011 Indiana Music Teachers Association Conference on October 21-22 will be held at Indiana University.  This year’s Conference Artist is Mr. James Tocco.  Mr. Tocco is internationally renown as a recitalist, orchestral soloist and Chamber musician.  He has been widely praised for his interpretations of Beethoven, Chopin, and Liszt. This year’s Conference offers an impressive array of topics from lecture/recitals to three exciting Tech sessions.  The Tech sessions are titled: Teaching Piano Literature with the Variations Digital Library, Teaching Piano-is there an app for that? and Building a Teaching library using Social Media Tools. Conference attendees will have many choices to make during the two day event.
On Friday we have the College Faculty Forum, Independent Music Teachers Forum and the Collegiate Chapter Forum in one time slot. The last session before the banquet offers two opportunities:  Guiding Young Composers or Brazilian Modern Nationalism-An exploration of Camargo Guarnieri’s 10 Momentos.
On Saturday, from Mr. Tocco’s Masterclass to the world premiere of the 2011 commissioned work by Aaron Travers to a performance by our own Hoosier Audition Winners and Opus Composition Festival Winners, there will be something for everyone. Our on-site Conference Chair David Cartledge has organized an amazing Conference!
Two days in southern Indiana during the turning of the leaves, with time to study, converse with fellow musicians and enjoy a world class concert by our Conference Artist is an opportunity not to be missed..

2012 Hoosier Auditions Schedule

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2012 Hoosier Auditions Schedule is as follows:

District Chair Name 2012 Date 2012 Postmark Contact info
A Dr. Joseph Bognar April 14 March 27 1709 Chapel Dr.
Valparaiso, IN 46383
(219) 464-6782
[email protected]
B Anna Bauer April 14 March 27 1425 Twinflower Dr
Goshen, IN 46526
(574)535-7869
[email protected]
C Anna Briscoe April 14 March 27 4360 Kessler Blvd N Dr
Indianapolis IN 46228
(317)940-9647work
(317)290-1090home
[email protected]
D Reginald Rogers April 14 March 31 School of Music, |
Anderson Univ
Anderson, IN 46012
(765) 641-4457
[email protected]
E Dr. Beverley Simms April 14 March 31 Dept. of Music, Indiana State Univ 
Terre Haute, IN 47809(812) 234-9737
[email protected]
F Sarah Gierzynski April 14 March 31 526 S. Jennings St.
North Vernon, IN 47265
(812) 346-4442
[email protected]
G Sue McClary TBA March 15 3233 Woodview Dr.
Newburgh, IN 47630
[email protected]
(812) 499-7840
H Joyanne
Outland		 March 3 Feb. 22 4006 Pebble Way
New Haven, IN 46774
(260) 493-6690  [email protected]
J Melanie Manges March 3 Feb. 16 152 Knox Dr
W.Lafayette, IN 47906
(765)464-1412
[email protected]

 
 
 
 
Hoosier Auditions, State Coordinator
D.J. Smith
School of Music, Butler University
4600 Sunset Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46208
[email protected]
State Round, May 19, 2012

South Bend Area Music Teachers Association 2011-2012 Calendar of Events

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The South Bend Area Music Teachers Association announces its calendar of events for the 2011-2012 Year.  All meetings are held at SB Christian Reformed Church,1855 N. Hickory RD South Bend
Association Business Meeting, 9:30 a.m.-Programs 10:15 a.m.
 
September
14 – The Baroque Period- Barton – SBAMTA Business Meeting
23 – Deadline for the AIM Festival registrationContinue reading→

2011 IMTA Conference Schedule

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Updated 10/18/11
2011 INDIANA MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
2011 INDIANA MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE
FH: Ford Hall, Simon Center
AH: Auer Hall, Simon Center
M: Simon Center (M267 is inside the library, all other rooms are outside)
MC: Musical Arts Center (MC040 and MC427 are accessed via the rear stage door)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21
8:00am:                Administrative Committee (M298)
10:00am:              Session 1-A  Beverley Simms (MC040)
Contemporary Literature for Elementary and Intermediate students
Session 1-B Tech Session: David Cartledge (M149C)
Teaching Piano Literature With the Variations Digital Music LibraryContinue reading→

2011 Opus Composition Blue Ribbon Winners

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2011 Opus Composition Blue Ribbon Winners!
This year’s Opus Composition Festival was a tremendous success with 66 entrants and many blue and red ribbon winners.  The top composition in each age category will have the honor of his/her entry fee paid in full by IMTA to enter the state level of the MTNA Composition Competition this fall.
Our winners were:
Elementary – Elizabeth Jinks, Teacher – Anne Misner
Junior – Josh Catanzaro, Teacher – Nancy Spahr
Senior – Yihan Chen, Teacher – Don Freund
Young Artist – Kenji Kuriyama, Teacher – Don Freund
ALL students who earned blue ribbons in this year’s festival have the opportunity to perform their composition at this year’s state conference!  The IMTA Conference will be held October 21-22nd at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN.  The Opus Composition/Hoosier Auditions Recital will take place on Saturday, October 22nd.
Thank you to all the teachers who entered students in this year’s festival:
Becky Baker, John Craton, Nancy Crump, Don Freund, Cynthia Hawkins, Anne Misner, Nien-Hwa Chen, and Nancy Spahr
Thank you to all of our participants this year and a big thank you to our teachers who CREATE music with their students every day!

In Their Words: Butler University Collegiate Chapter reflects on 2011 MTNA National Conference

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Butler MTNA Collegiate Chapter attended the 2011 National MTNA Conference in Milwaukee, from March 26 through 28. Not only it was the first time for all of us attend a national MTNA conference, but also for a first time, we were chosen to present a session, “Grow and Play Together”, about preparing children to be successful collaborative musicians. We learned a lot from the process of preparation and the conference itself. It would not be possible for all of us to attend the conference without IMTA’s generous contribution to our trip. Thank you very much! Here are our reflections from the conference.
Attending the 2011 Conference in Milwaukee was truly an experience I will not forget! Hearing from experienced music educators expanded my thoughts on teaching and performing, with a wealth of new techniques and effective strategies. I particularly enjoyed this year’s keynote speaker, Bill Moore. His analysis of performance practice was fascinating, offering me great insight as I found myself learning more about not only my students’ varying performance traits, but also my own. Seeing the scope of publishing companies present at the various sessions and exhibit hall also reminded me of the expansive resources available to me as an independent teacher! In the process, I received many new ideas that I have already begun to implement in my students’ lessons. For example, while at the conference I had the pleasure of observing Scott McBride and Christopher Norton present their “American Popular Piano” method series. It was interesting to note the way these books effectively blend the processes of traditionally learning a piece with improvisation, and I have since incorporated similar improvisatory exercises with my student’s current repertoire.
-Caitlin FosterContinue reading→

IMTA 2011 Preliminary Conference Program and Lodging Information

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The IMTA Conference Planning Committee is pleased to announce  James Tocco, College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati as the 2011 Conference Artist and Aaron Travers, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music as the Commissioned Composer. This is sure to be a sell-out conference, so be sure to reserve your hotel early!
Hotel information:
Holiday Inn Express & Suites: 117 S. Franklin Road. 812-334-8880 $99-109.  Identify as member of IMTA. Cut-off date: 9/23
Quality Inn: 1100 W. Rappel Drive. 812-323-2222. $89.99.  Identify as member of IMTA, group #496039.  Cut-off date: 9/6
Hampton Inn: 2100 N. Walnut.  812-334-2100. $99. Identify as member of IMTA, group code MTA.  Cut-off date: 9/21
Indiana Memorial Union: 900 E 7th St (on campus). 800-209-8145. $122-162. Identify as Jacobs School of Music. Cut-off date: 9/21