Our Chapter Programs are held on the first Wednesday of the month. These include a business meeting and a professional presentation.
2024 – 2025
Sept. 4: “Tax Benefits for the Independent Music Teacher” by Rosa Muir
Oct. 2: “Billy Mayerl” by Guest Speaker Dr. Daniel Horn
Nov. 6: AIM Topic by Lisa Weng
Dec. 4: Share your favorite sessions from ISMTA Conference 2024
Jan. 8: Roundtable Discussion
Feb. 5: “The Busy Life of the 21st Century Teenager” by Guest Speaker – Public School Social Worker
Mar. 5: “Technique Secrets for Beginners” by Laurie Hyink
April 2: “Demystifying the Art of Collaborative Piano” by Dr. Anthony Gray
May 7: End of Year-Round-Up and Lunch together
2023 – 2024
Sept. 6: “Best Practices for Beginner Technique,” moderated by Donna Glaub
Oct. 4: “Ornamentation in the Baroque and Classical Styles for Pianists” by Guest Speaker Dr. Janice Wenger
Nov. 1: AIM Topic by Lisa Weng
Dec. 6: Share your favorite sessions from ISMTA Conference 2023
Jan. 3: Roundtable Discussion
Feb. 7: AIM Preparation Ideas
Mar. 6: The Pedagogues Bookshelf by Laurie Hyink
April 3: Kodaly in African Melodies by Sarah Eastman
May 1: End of Year-Round-Up and Lunch together
2022 – 2023
Sept. 7: Alexander Technique on YouTube
Oct. 5: “A Fantasy by Liszt’s Pupil” by Junghwa Lee
Nov. 2: SI Piano Festival Guest Péter Tóth – How music is taught in Hungary; also, Kodaly
method and a few other method books
Dec. 7: Share your favorite sessions from ISMTA Conference 2022
Jan. 4: Roundtable Discussion
Feb. 1: AIM Topic
Mar. 2: Hymn Arrangements by William Phemister
April. 5: Special Needs Students by Laurie Hyink
May 4: End of Year-Round-Up and Lunch together
2021 – 2022
Sept. 1: “The Business of Teaching Music” by April Burkhart and Valeriya Kanaeva via Zoom
Oct. 6: “Diversify Your Teaching Repertoire: Piano Music by Women Composers from the Baroque to Today (Early-Intermediate-Advanced)” by Guest Speaker Dr. Nicholas Phillips via Zoom
Nov. 3: “Singing, Speaking, and Telling Stories at the Piano” by Guest Speaker Dr. Daniel Paul Horn via Zoom
Dec. 1: Share your Favorite sessions from ISMTA Virtual Conference 2021 via Zoom
Jan. 5: Roundtable Discussion
Feb. 2: AIM Topic TBA
Mar. 2: “The Life and Work of Amy Beach” by Laurie Hyink, NCTM
April. 6: “Get Off the Hamster Wheel, Practice Efficiently” by Sarah Eastman
May 4: End of Year-Round-Up and Lunch together
2020-2021
Sept. 4: “The Business of being a Pianist” by Guest Speaker Joe Welch via Zoom.
Oct. 2: MTNA webinar- Music History party and recital ideas. Creating Audience Engaged Recitals from Jan. 31, 2020.
Nov. 4: TBA
Dec. 2: Share Ideas learned from the Fall Virtual Conference via Zoom.
Jan. 8: Round Table Discussion via Zoom.
Feb. 3: AIM High with the AIM Syllabus via Zoom.
March 3: Program -The Boundaries for a Composer by Dr. Doug Worthen of SIUC School of Music via Zoom.
April 7: TBA
May 5: End of year round up.
2019-2020
Sept. 4: Egyptian Chapter meets the new SIU-C Collegiate Chapter.
Oct. 2: Group Teaching Benefits for the Students and Teachers.
Nov. 6: Final details for Piano Ensemble Concert.
Dec. 4: Share Fall conference news and our Cookie Exchange.
Jan. 8: Round Table Discussion.
Feb. 5: AIM High with the AIM Syllabus.
March 4: Clara Schumann by Junghwa Lee.
April 1: Program by Joseph Welch, topic choice to be determined.
May 6: End of year round up and lunch.
2018-2019
Sept. 5: Rhythm by Dr. Eric Lenz, held at SIU—OBF Room 103.
Sept. 14: Our “Teachers Concert, with Musicians of ISMTA and Friends”, at 7:30 p.m. Altgeld Hall-SIUC.
Oct. 3: Begin with AIM! Teachers participate and share favorite Literature for Level 2.
Nov. 7: ‘New and Review: Evolving Practice and Performance Preparation’ by Anne Fiedler of University of Evansville Keyboard Faculty
Dec. 5: Fall Conference Highlights and Share Your Favorite Cookies!
Jan. 2: Round Table Discussion
Feb. 6: AIM Review: A Sample test for Level 5.
Mar. 6: Chamber Music by Michael Barta and Eric Lenz
Apr. 3: A Presentation of the Alexander Technique Method by Liz Patula
Apr. 6: AIM Theory and Performance Exams held at SIU—Altgeld Hall
May 1: End of Year Evaluation and Pot Luck Lunch
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2017- 2018
Sept. 6: Share Your Studio Policy, held at SIU—OBF Room 103.
Sept. 15: Our “Teachers Concert, with Musicians of ISMTA and Friends”, at 7:30 p.m. Altgeld Hall-SIU.
Oct. 4: Piano Ensemble Concert Final Details
Oct. 22: Piano Ensemble Concert with our Students at Baldwin Piano Center in Herrin, IL,
Nov. 1: Getting Started with AIM
Dec. 6: Bring a Favorite Teaching Piece and Share Your Favorite Cookies!
Jan. 3: Roundtable Discussion and Play Some New Music
Feb. 7: Technology Techniques by Jordan Doolittle
Mar. 1: The Final Details for AIM
Mar. 24: AIM Theory and Performance Exams held at SIU—Altgeld Hall
Apr. 4: Teach Piano Four Hands Music, with Dr. Anna Kim (A Professor of Piano from South Korea) and Dr. Junghwa Lee of SIUC.
May 2: End of Year Evaluation, and Pot Luck Lunch
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2016-2017
Sept. 7: Welcome to the start of the year of ECMTA, and “A Little Concert on Rebuilt Piano” held at SIU so music students could attend the meeting, and two of them joined MTNA!!
Sept. 16: Our “Teachers Concert, with Musicians of ISMTA and Friends”, held at SIU.
Oct. 5: Reinforce Basic Techniques for Beginning Piano Students, by Reiko Schoen.
Nov. 2: Theory of simple and combined meter and figured bass, by Yuko Kato
Dec. 7: Discussion on the article “Defining Success” in American Music Teacher magazine,
Jan. 4: Roundtable Discussion.
Feb. 1: Passing tones, neighboring tones, suspensions, and counterpoint, by Yuko Kato
Mar. 1: AIM Test Study / Review
Apr. 1: AIM Theory and Performance Exams.
Apr. 5: Part 2 of Reinforce Basic Techniques for Beginning Piano Students, by Sarah Eastman
May 3: End of Year Evaluation, and Pot Luck Lunch.
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2015-16
Sept. 2: Observing the Grand Piano Mechanism by Henry Nicolaides at SIUC–OBF Room 103
Sept. 18: Teachers Concert, SIUC Altgeld Hall, Room 110 at 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 7: Preparation for the Ensemble Concert, Rehearse Teacher Duet Piece, “Hungarian Dance No. 2 in D Minor” by Brahms, at the home of Rosa Muir.
Nov. 4: Last touches for the Ensemble Concert, & Rehearse Teacher Duet Piece “Hungarian Dance No. 2 in D Minor” by Brahms at the home of Joyce Hesketh.
Nov. 22: Piano Ensemble Concert at Baldwin Piano & Organ, 200 North Park Avenue in Herrin, IL.
Dec. 2: Reiko Schoen introduces the early piano technique article in New York Times “Playing Mozart’s Piano Pieces as Mozart Did,” at the home of Rickey Snowman.
Jan. 6: Round Table Discussion at the home of Rickey Snowman.
Feb. 3: Study of AIM Levels 3 & 6. Teachers to be evaluated!
March 2: Teachers play Brahms Duet # 8 at the home of Rosa Muir.
April 2: AIM Exams held at SIU
April 6: Discussion on the article, “Playing Healthy Staying Healthy,” from the Music Teacher Magazine, the April/May 2015 issue.
May 6: Evaluation of the Year & Lunch. Bring a dish to share for lunch!
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2014-2015
Sept. 3: “Under Pressure : Tips on How to Quickly Sight-read and Memorize Music”, by Marla Hansen.
Oct. 1: Study the Revised AIM Syllabus.
Oct. 24: Members Concert: “A Music Celebration with Musicians of ISMTA and Friends” to be held on Friday, October 24, 2014, at SIU in Altgeld Room 110, at 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 5: “My ‘System’ for Learning a New Piece” by Dr. Cully Bell
Dec. 3: Duet Playing of The Hungarian Dance No. 1 by Brahms. And A Cookie Exchange!
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2013-2014
Sept. 4: A visit with Dr. Junghwa Lee at 9:45 a.m. Dr. Cully bell will perform solo pieces for us at 10:20 a.m.
Oct 2: Piano Ensemble Concert Preparation
Oct. 26 & 27: Piano Ensemble Concert at Baldwin Piano & Organ Center in Herrin, IL. Rehearse on 26th- 27th afternoon Concert.
Nov. 6: Piano Technician Henry Nicolaides will give a talk about Evolution of the Modern Temperament, a Historical Development of Tuning “Temper Tantrums”. Location at SIU Altgeld Hall room 110. Plus a demonstration by the Baldwin Piano Center of a “hybrid” called “Johannes Seiler”. Installed on the 47” Professional Studio Upright piano is the “QRS-PianoScan”.
Dec. 4: “New Books, New Toys”. Sharing teaching ideas/new books/summer camp, and workshops, attended by our members. A ‘Cookie Exchange’ for those that wish to participate!
March 29 : AIM Exams
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2012
Sept. 5 “The Web Studio 2.0. Part 2” by Sarah Eastman
Oct. 3 “Minimalist Music in the Teaching Studio” by Dr. Cully Bell
Nov. 7 “Sibelius Savvy 7.1—a quick overview to the music notation software by Joeline Mayes
Dec. 5 Dicussion on Master Class with Melody Bober – composer