• Hartman Stickley Winners Recital, Sunday March 11, 2012

    Announcement is made of the seventeenth annual Hartman Stickley Memorial Piano Competition Winners Recital, which will be held on Sunday March 11, 2012 in the Annenberg Auditorium, Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame at 2:30 pm. The competition itself will be held on March 2nd & 3rd at the Mishawaka Penn Harris Library and is [...]

  • Carolyn Shaak to Visit WVMTA

    Noted pedagogue and pianist, Carolyn Shaak, will give a series of workshops and a master class in Terre Haute, January 25 and 26, 2012, on the campus of Indiana State University, hosted by the Wabash Valley Music Teachers Association. The schedule for these workshops is: Wednesday, January 25 9:30-10:00 Registration 10:00-12:00 “Getting a Good Start: [...]

  • Greater Indianapolis Music Teachers Association News

    The Greater Indianapolis Music Teachers Association (GIMTA) will host three upcoming events of interest. November 19, the association sponsors the Achievement in Music Festival and will host 212 student participants. On February 17, 2012 IMTA member Melissa Willis will present “Games, Visuals and Manipulatives”. Finally, on April 21, 2012 GIMTA, IPTA (Indianapolis Piano Teachers Association), [...]

  • Collegiate Chapter News – Fall 2011

    IMTA Collegiate Chapters News Fall 2011 by Lori Rhoden The Collegiate Chapters Forum at this year’s IMTA conference featured Amy Chaplin, who recently completed her Master of Music degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy at Ball State University.  Amy has opened her own music teaching business, “Studio 88,” in Bluffton, Indiana.  Amy shared with the [...]

  • IMTA honors Mimi Zweig as 2011 Teacher of the Year

    This year’s IMTA teacher of the year has a long history of exceptional teaching that draws many students from far and wide to experience a phenomenal teacher who is truly devoted to students.  A fabulous teacher with a reputation for extremely high demands of students, this person has boundless energy for teaching extra lessons, arranging [...]

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  • 2012 Opus Composition Contest Winners Announced

    LeAnna Wilson, chair of the Opus Composition Contest announces the following winners for the 2012 competition: Elementary Category – Elisa Simoni, student of Irina Albig Junior Category – Roxanna Albig, student of Irina Albig Senior Category – Martin Meyer, student of Patricia White Young Artist Category – Ezra Donner, student of Don Freund The winners [...]

    Apr 30, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • GIMTA hosts Melody Bober Workshop

    GIMTA collaborated with two other teacher groups in Indianapolis (Indianapolis Piano Teachers Association and Indianapolis Piano Teachers Guild) to bring in Melody Bober on Saturday, April 21st.  The plans evolved over nine months and the workshop was a huge success.  Melody presented four sessions for teachers throughout the day.  The day also consisted of three recitals [...]

    Apr 24, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Nominate a STAR student

    Indiana Music Teachers Association invites college faculty to participate in the IMTA Student Achievement Recognition (StAR) award program. (This program replaces the MTNA StAR program that was discontinued by MTNA.) To participate in the program, faculty members nominate a deserving student, either undergraduate or graduate, who will graduate during the current academic year, and who [...]

    Apr 16, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • 2012 Hoosier Auditions District Winners

    Indiana Music Teachers Association recognizes the winners of the 2012 District Hoosier Auditions held in Valpariso, Goshen, Indianapolis, Anderson, Terre Haute, Madison, Evansville, Fort Wayne, and Lafayette.  The auditions are administered throughout the state by  volunteer auditions chairs Joseph Bognar, Lisa Showalter, Anna Briscoe, Reginald Rogers, Beverly Simms, Sarah Gierzynski, Sue McClary, Joyanne Outland, and [...]

    Mar 28, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • In Memoriam Kathryn Sherer

    Long-time IMTA member and former Goshen College music professor Kathryn Sherer died Tuesday, February 28, 2012. A tribute to Kathryn and her obituary can be read here on the Goshen College Music Center website.

    Mar 02, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Indiana Wesleyan University Announces 8th Annual Piano Pedagogy Conference

    Indiana Wesleyan University announces the Eighth Annual Piano Pedagogy Conference scheduled for April 13-14, 2012. The conference features Franz Mohr and Dr. Sam Holland. Mohr is former chief concert technician for Steinway & Sons, who was critically important to many of the greatest of the pianists of our time. As the close colleague of legendary [...]

    Feb 20, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • 2012 Opus Composition Festival Announced!

    Indiana Music Teachers Association announces the 2012 Opus Composition Festival. This festival encourages students to create and write music. Each entrant will receive a certificate, ribbon, and judge’s comment sheet. Blue Ribbon Winners will receive the opportunity to perform his/her composition at the 2012 IMTA State Conference schedule for September 12-22, 2012 at Indiana State [...]

    Jan 27, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • MTNA Professional Support Line

    MTNA provides a sounding board and clearing house for members who have questions of a pedagogical or business nature. For more information, contact the MTNA National Headquarters at (888) 512-5278 or e-mail professionalsupport@mtna.org. Assistance has been provided in the following areas: information on grants, music, acoustical standards of building a new music facility, ASCAP issues, [...]

    Jan 13, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post