May28‐30,2015SereteanCenterforthePerformingArts

OklahomaStateUniversityStillwaterOklahoma

“RoundUp!”

OklahomaMusicTeachersAssociation

Af iliatedwithMusicTeachersNationalAssociation

86thAnnualConference

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Friday, May 29 8:00-5:00 Registration (Lobby) 8:30-8:50 Collegiate Session: Spark Talk! Patrick Lahan (Choral Room) A Roadmap for Bach's Two-Part Inventions 9:00-9:50 Edward Francis (Choral Room) Using Etudes to Teach Piano Technique 10:00-10:30 Visit Exhibits, OMTA Hospitality (Large Ensemble Room) 10:30-11:20 Recital: Featuring Faculty Members from Four Oklahoma Universities (Concert Hall) 11:30-12:20 Sean Chen, Master Class (Concert Hall) 12:30-1:20 Lunch: Mexican Buffet (Alumni Center) Visit the Exhibits 1:30-1:50 Performance of Dr. Igor Karača’s Comissioned Work (Concert Hall)

“Filigree” Work for soprano saxophone, accordion, vibraphone and piano 2:00-2:50 Exhibitor’s Showcase: Exhibitors introduce and review new music and products (Concert Hall) 3:00-3:30 Visit Exhibits, OMTA Hospitality (Large Ensemble Room) 3:30-4:45 OMTA/MTNA Senior Competitions Recital (Concert Hall) 5:30- 6:00 Visit with Colleagues, Cash Bar (Alumni Center) 6:00-7:30 Banquet and Awards Ceremony (Alumni Center) 8:00 OMTA Guest Artist Recital, Sean Chen (Concert Hall) Saturday, May 30 8:00-5:00 Registration (Lobby) 8:30-8:50 CFF Session: Spark Talk! Dr. Thomas Lanners (Choral Room) Understanding the Mind’s Role in Natural, Healthy Movement and Musical Interpretation 9:00-9:50 Edward Francis (Choral Room) Keyboard Ornamentation for the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic Periods 10:00-10:30 Visit Exhibits, OMTA Hospitality (Large Ensemble Room) 10:30-11:20 Forum: Dialogue with Sean Chen and Edward Francis (Choral Room) 11:30-12:45 Lunch/Business Meeting (Alumni Center) 1:00 – 1:50 Mario Ajero (Choral Room) Making the Impossible Possible with Digital Technology. 2:00-2:50 Edward Francis (Choral Room) Creative Practice: Using the X-Ray Technique for Teaching Intermediate Piano Literature 3:00-3:30 Visit Exhibits, OMTA Hospitality (Large Ensemble Room) 3:30-4:45 OMTA/MTNA Senior Competitions Recital (Concert Hall) 4:45-5:00 Closing remarks

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DearOMTAColleagues,I’d like to personally welcome each of you to RoundUp!the 2015OklahomaMusicTeachersStateConference!Warm greetings to our irst‐time attendees. We hope you takeadvantage of the magical combination of inspirational workshops,performances,exhibits,andbestofall,meeting the friendliestgroupof teachers in thestateofOklahoma. Returningmembers,enjoytheinvigorating line‐up of guest artists, clinicians, student recitals, andconnectingwithcolleaguesaroundthestate.I speci icallywanttothankKarenHarrington,OMTAPresident‐ElectandConferenceChair,forhercountlesshoursinputtingtogethersuchan exciting event. Also, thank you to Heather Lanners, OklahomaStateUniversity, forservingassitehostandfacilitatinginnumerabledetails.A special roundof applause to themanyOMTAmemberswhohelpedmakesuchamulti‐facetedeventasuccess.The dedication and enthusiasm of teachers in OMTA is alwaysimpressive and remindsme that themost important component ofthe State Conference is YOU. We are gathered together as OMTAmembers because we are passionate about two things: music andteaching.Thankyou toeachof you forattending the conferenceandbringingyour enthusiasm and expertise. Enjoy the exciting RoundUp! ofheadlinerguest‐pianistSeanChenandhisrenownedteacher,EdwardFrancis.BeinspiredbyguestMarioAjero’stechnologysession,SparkTalks,studentanduniversityfacultyrecitals,exhibitsandanexhibitorshowcase,greatfood,andreconnectingwithOMTAcolleagues.Withappreciation,BarbaraFast,NCTMOMTAPresident

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Ann Sheldon, NCTM Nancy Rovenstine Marilyn Bruce Margaret Boesiger Wade Daniel Peggy Fetch Vicki McBroom Travis Dunlap Ruth Tatroe, NCTM Lisa Steele

Sean Chen Guest Artist

SeanChenisbeinghailedasarisingstarwitha“million‐voltsmile”anda“formidablesetofingers” (DallasMorningNews). In 2013, Chenwon the American Pianists Association’sDeHaanClassical Fellowship, one of themostlucrativeandsigni icantprizesavailabletoanAmerican pianist. He won Third Prize at the14th Van Cliburn International PianoCompetition, becoming the irst American toreachthe inalssince1997.Chenisalsoa2015recipient of the Leonore AnnenbergFellowship.

The 26‐year‐old American pianist has appeared as soloist with theIndianapolis Symphony Orchestra under Gerard Schwarz, Fort WorthSymphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin and Miguel Harth‐Bedoya,Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, in recital at Jordan Hall in Boston, theDame Myra Hess Series in Chicago, New York City’s SubCulture, andAmsterdam’sConcertgebouw.Among the highlights of Chen’s 2014‐15 season are debuts with theMilwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra attheKimmelCenter,andhisreturntotheIndianapolisChamberOrchestra.He also appears in the Steinway Recital Series at the Smithsonian inWashington,DC.ChenreceivedhisArtistDiplomaattheYaleSchoolofMusicin2014asaGeorgeW.Miles Fellowship recipient, and a student of Hung‐Kuan ChenandTemaBlackstone.HisformerteachersincludeJeromeLowenthal,MattiRaekallio, and Edward Francis. He has been featured in a nationallysyndicated radio series that chronicled the inals week of the APA'scompetition, as well as on From the Top, American Public Media'sPerformanceToday,WQXR(NewYork),WFMT(Chicago),WGBH(Boston),andWFYI (Indianapolis). The webcast of his April 2013 performance ofBartok's PianoConcertoNo. 2 with the Indianapolis Symphony can beviewedatAmericanPianists.org.HeearnedBachelor'sandMaster'sdegreesat the Juilliard School. InMarch 2014 Steinway& Sons released his soloalbum, La Valse, recorded as part of his substantial APA prize, andInternationalPianomagazinenamedChen“OneToWatch.”

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OMTA extends its sympathy to the family of Keith McGavern who passed away on May 12, 2015

Edward Francis Conference Clinician

EdwardFrancisleads a versatile career inmusicas a pianist, professor, author, administrator, andarts advocate. He holds Bachelor and MasterDegrees in piano performance from CaliforniaStateUniversity‐Northridge,andalsoattendedtheAspen Music School. He has performed solorecitals and concertos with orchestras andchamber groups. He holds faculty positions atCSUN,whereheiscoordinatorofPianoPedagogy,PepperdineUniversity,andMoorparkCollege.HehasservedtheMusicTeachersAssociationofCalifornia in many capacities. He is serving his

sixthtermaspresidentofhisbranchandwasthestateconferencechairin2014. He is also amember of the California Association of ProfessionalMusic Teachers, the state’s af iliate to MTNA, where he served as vice‐president and conference chair for 4 years. A busy clinician, he has alsoauthoredarticles inTheCaliforniaMusicTeacher,was the featuredspeakerat Pedagogy Saturday at MTNA’s 2014 conference in Chicago, and hasserved as adjudicator at many competitions. He has spearheadedmanymasterclassandperformanceprograms,pianofestivals,competitions,andorchestraconcerts.HeisthefounderandchairmanoftheThousandOaksPhilharmonic,aprofessionalorchestrawithanannualsubscriptionseries.In high demand as a teacher, he has developed and maintains asuccessful private piano studio of award‐winning students. His studentshaveperformedandwonhonorsinlocal,state,national,andinternationalcompetitions. They have performed as featured soloists with orchestrasmore than 150 times. They have earned undergraduate and graduatedegrees from the most prestigious music schools throughout the world.Mr. Francishas taught at various international summer festivals andwasinvitedtojointhefacultyatthe2015JohnPerrySummerMusicAcademy.Ofhismanyawards,a fewarethe“EncoreAwardforExcellence in theArts” from the Thousand Oaks Arts Commission, the “2006 PresidentialScholarintheArtsTeacherRecognitionAward”presentedattheKennedyCenter inWashington,D.C., the “20 for 20Award”presentedby theNewWest Symphony, and the “2015 Lifetime Achievement Award” from theCaliforniaAssociationofProfessionalMusicTeachers.

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Dr. Igor Karaca Commissioned Composer

Dr.IgorKaračastudiedmusicattheAcademyofMusic inSarajevounderJosip Magdic and Anđelka Bego‐Simunic. Hegraduatedin1996witha Bachelor of Music in musiccomposition. Hehasbeenaguestatdifferent masterclasses in Europe,working with Bogusław Schaeffer,Klaus Huber, Helmut Lachenmann,Marc‐Andre Dalbavie, and MarcoStroppa, among others. In 1999,Karaca came to the United States tostudy composition with Dr. ThomasWells at The Ohio State University,from which he received his DMAdegree in 2005. Igor Karaca has

written three symphonies, a suite for concert band, concertanteworks for clarinet and piano, 30 electronic and electro‐acousticcompositions, and over 70 chamber compositions, including theaward‐wining Wind Trio, BetweenWalls for violin, clarinet andpiano, andHandfulofDustforbass clarinet andpiano.Dr.Karaca isAssociate Professor ofMusic Composition, Theory andTechnologyatOklahomaStateUniversity.Filigree (2015) re lects the in luence of Claude Debussy, ToruTakemitsuandthemoremeditativestreamof theEuropeanavant‐jazz scene. This work is not about melodic or harmonicdevelopment, but rather about the continuous presentation ofdiscretemusicalmoments. Eachmoment can be understood as anopportunity for contemplation, achieved through pitch circularity,harmonicstasis,andformalclosure.

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Performers of “Filigree”

Jeffrey Loeffert is Assistant Professor of Theory and Saxophone atOklahoma State University. He graduated from Northwestern UniversitywithaBachelorofMusicdoublemajorinSaxophonePerformanceandJazzStudies. Loeffert studied in Paris at the Conservatoire a RayonnementRegionaldeCergy‐PontoisewherehereceivedtheMedalled’OrUnanimite,and the Conservatoire a Rayonnement Regional de Boulogne‐Billancourtwhere he received the diploma Cycle d’Orientation Professionnel. HereceivedaMasterofMusicdegreeinSaxophonePerformance,aMasterofMusic degree in Music Theory Pedagogy, and his Doctor of Musical ArtsdegreefromMichiganStateUniversity.

Stuart Langsam is currently Adjunct Professor of Percussion at TulsaUniversity.HeholdsaBachelorofArtsinMusicPerformancefromSanJoseStateUniversityandaMastersDegreefromOklahomaStateUniversity.HecurrentlyplayswiththeOklahomaCityPhilharmonicperformingClassics,Pops,Ballet,andYouthConcerts. Someofhisotherperformancecreditsinclude:theKansasCitySymphony,StocktonSymphony,TulsaSymphony,Ft. Smith Symphony, the Vietnamese American Philharmonic Orchestra,and the National Children’s Choir. Stuart has composed and arrangedmusicforbothhighschoolsanduniversitiesinCaliforniaandOklahoma.In2011, he presented a marching percussion exhibition at PASIC with theOklahomaStateUniversityDrumline.HecurrentlyworkswiththeShawneeand Enid High School Marching Bands and is a proud endorser ofInnovativePercussionSticksandMallets.

NatasaKaurin‐KaračaisLecturer inAuralSkillsandMusicAppreciation,andCoordinator of ClassPiano atOklahoma StateUniversity (OSU). SheholdsaBachelorofMusicinMusicTheoryandAuralSkillsPedagogyfromtheUniversityofNoviSad,Serbia,andaMasterofMusicdegreeinChoralConducting fromOhio State University. Her teaching experiences includeteaching general music and leading choral programs at the elementary,high school, and college levels in Bosnia and the United States. Prior tocoming toOSU, shewas anArtist inResidence for theGreater ColumbusArtsCouncilinColumbus,Ohio,andattheNationalTheaterOperahouseinhernativeSarajevo,Bosnia. SheisamusicdirectorofStillwaterChamberSingers,anauditionedgroupofhighlydevotedsingersfromOklahoma.

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Faculty Recital

Canadian pianist, Heather Shea Lanners,is Assistant Professor of Piano and PianoPedagogy at Oklahoma State University.She holds degrees from the University ofWestern Ontario (London, Canada), theEcoleNormale deMusique, (Paris, France)and the Eastman School of Music(Rochester, New York). Ms. Lanners hasworkedastheOperaCoachattheClevelandInstitute of Music and the University ofAkron. Professional engagements haveincluded performing as the pianist for the

Cleveland Opera on Tour, the prestigious Meadowmount School ofMusic String Camp, and the Holland Summer Music Sessions. Ms.Lannerswillperformat theDublin InternationalPianoFestival in Julyof2015.Korean‐American pianist HyunsoonWhangisapassionateperformeranda dedicated teacher. Since the age oftwelve, shehasperformedmore than600 concerts in North America,Europe,Iceland,JapanandKorea.Herstudents have won scholarships andgraduateassistantships toprestigiousinstitutions such as the Aspen MusicSchool, Indiana University and theUniversityofNorthTexas. HyunsoonstudiedattheNorthCarolinaSchoolofthe Arts, The Juilliard School, andIndianaUniversity. She is a recipientof the Oklahoma Governor’s Arts inEducationAward andholds theMcMahonEndowedChair inMusic atCameronUniversityinLawton,Oklahoma.

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SouthKoreanpianistSunMinKimservesas Lecturer of Piano at Oklahoma StateUniversity. He has been a prizewinner ofnational and international competitionssuch as the Maria Canals InternationalPiano Competition, Bradshaw and BuonoInternational Piano Competition, MTNA,International Crescendo Music Awards,and Lee Biennial Piano Competition. As alaureate of various awards, he debuted atCarnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, MerkinConcertHall,andotherprestigiousvenuesacross the United States and abroad. Sun

Min Kim completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in PianoPerformanceandLiteraturewithaminorinCollaborativePianoattheEastmanSchoolofMusic.Pianist Thomas Labé enjoys a multi‐faceted career as a teacher, performer,recording artist and published scholar.Recent performances have taken himacrossEuropeandtoIndia,Taiwan,HongKong, and Shanghai. His discography ofinternationally released recordings isheard on the playlists of classical musicradio stations the world over, and hisYouTubechannelhasgarnerednearlytwomillion views. As a member of TheRecording Academy, he takes part in thevoting processes for the annual GrammyAwards. Professor of Piano in theDepartmentofMusicatCameronUniversity,heservesasVicePresidentforCommunicationsfortheOMTA.

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Sergio Monteiro, head of the pianoprogram at Oklahoma City University'sBass School of Music, completed hisbachelor’s and master’s degrees at theNationalMusicSchoolofRiodeJaneiro.In2000hewasawardedascholarshipbytheMinistryofCulturetostudyattheEastmanSchool of Music, where he earned hisDoctor of Musical Arts under Nelita True.In2003,Dr.Monteirowonthe2ndAnnualMartha Argerich International PianoCompetition in Buenos Aires. He haslectured, adjudicated, and led masterclasses at schools around the world. In

2010Dr.MonteirowasinvitedtojointheSteinwayArtists'Roster.Sallie Pollack, collaborator, soloist, andpedagogue, joined the piano faculty at theUniversityofCentralOklahomain2009.ShereceivedaFulbrightScholarshipforStudyatBelgium’s Royal Conservatory, performedthreetimesinCarnegieHall,touredwiththeTexas Boys Choir, coached for BavarianTheatre‐Hof,IllinoisOperaTheatre,andTCUOpera, and has been pianist for CMS, NFA,NCSICA, ACDA, and MTNA. She hasperformed with Phil Smith, Renee Siebert,Charles Castleman, Alexa Still, TaleaEnsemble,PaulSalamunovich,LucyShelton,ClaviVoce,DennisShrock,andLynneGackle.SheholdsdegreesfromTCU,RoyalConservatory‐Belgium,UniversityofIllinois,andManhattanSchoolofMusic.

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Faculty Recital Spark Talk

Dr.ThomasLanners,ProfessorofPianoatOklahoma State University, maintains avaried career throughout the U.S. andabroad as a solo and collaborative pianist,recording artist, writer and clinician. Hisperformances have been broadcastnationally and internationally on programssuch as American Public Media’sPerformance Today. His championing ofAmerican piano music has culminated inthree critically praised CDs of works bycomposers Ned Rorem and LeonardBernstein. He holds graduate pianoperformance degrees from the Eastman

School of Music, and his major teachers include Barry Snyder, JohnPerry, and Jerome Lowenthal. Thomas won the Oklahoma MusicTeachersAssociation’sDistinguishedTeacherAwardin2014.

Patrick Lahan, Laguna Beach, Florida,beganstudyingpianoattheageof ive.Afterinitially studying business administration,Patrickwent back to school to studymusicandreceivedBachelorofMusicdegreesfromFlorida State University in pianoperformance and music theory. He thenearned a Master of Music degree in pianoperformance from the University ofMaryland. He is currently inishing thesecond year of his doctorate at theUniversity ofOklahoma.Hismajor teacherswere Leonard Mastrogiacomo, MikhailVolchok, and Jane Magrath. Patrick has

performed in master classes for Simone Dinnerstein, Marian Hahn,DanielPaulHorn,andDmitryRachmanov.

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Mario Ajero Conference Clinician

Internationally recognized as anauthority inmusic technologyandpianopedagogy, Dr.MarioAjero is AssociateProfessor of Piano at Stephen F. AustinState University in Nacogdoches, TX,wherehealsocoordinatestheclasspianoprogram. He holds Bachelor’s andMaster’s Degrees in Music from TempleUniversity in Philadelphia, PA. He is aNationally Certi ied Teacher of Music(NCTM)throughMusicTeachersNationalAssociation(MTNA)andearnedhisPh.D.inMusicEducationwitha concentration

in piano pedagogy at the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Ajero hasservedasCoordinatorofClassPianoforTempleUniversity’sMusicPrep Division and has served as Lecturer in Piano for TempleUniveristy’sBoyerCollegeofMusicandDance.Heisactiveasbothasoloist and collaborative pianist. Dr. Ajero was awarded the 2ndPrize in the Donna Turner SmithMemorial Piano Competition. Hehasaccompaniedbothsingersandinstrumentalistsinconcertsandmasterclasses,includingamasterclassbyWyntonMarsalis.His recent engagements include being a keynote speaker attheAustralasianPianoPedagogyConferenceandfeaturedpresenterandperformerattheSummerSummitattheRoyalConservatoryinToronto,Canada.Dr.Ajero’sresearchinterestsfocusontechnologyinmusic education and piano pedagogy. In addition to authoringnumerous articles for Clavier Companion and American MusicTeacher and presenting at NCKP and the MTNA NationalConference, Dr. Ajero's TEDx talk, "Unreal Music‐MakingExperienceswithTechnology,”isfeaturedontheTEDxwebsite.

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CLINTON AREA MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

Virginia Atkinson NCTM, Elk City, President

Jerri Headrick, Sayre, Vice President, Auditions Co-Chair Cheryl Layfield, Sweetwater

Rose Ratcliffe, Weatherford, Treasurer Verlane Zerby, Custer, Auditions Co-Chair

DUNCAN AREA MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

OFFICERS and MEMBERS

Anita Johns, President/Audition Chairman/Treasurer

Jeanette Couch, Vice-President/Secretary

OMTA/MTNAWinnersandAlternates TeachersMTNAJuniorPerformancePiano:Winner:NathanielParker GregFisherAlternate:KaylaCao ThomasLannersHonorablemention:KathrynePham ManuelAntonioCarrilloMTNASeniorPerformancePiano:Winner:DanielYao(DivisionAlternate) GregFisherAlternate:BrianaLiu GloriaJohnsonHonorablemention:GabrielleThng GloriaJohnsonMTNASeniorPianoDuet:Representative:MykahSnyderandWyattSnyder ManuelAntonioCarrillo (DivisionAlternates)MTNASeniorPerformanceString:Winner:BenjaminLanners,cello MeredithBlecha‐Wells (DivisionAlternate)SeniorPerformanceWoodwind:Winner:RileyPayton,saxophone JeffreyLoeffert(DivisionWinner)MTNASeniorPerformanceVoice:Winner:WyattSnyder,baritone ManuelAntonioCarrillo (DivisionAlternate)Alternate:JessicaLandes WendyLandesHonorableMention:KaitlynCollins ManuelAntonioCarrilloMTNAYoungArtistPerformanceBrass:Winner:JaceVickers,euphonium EldonMatlick (Divisionhonorablemention)Alternate:RyanChastain MichaelAndersonHonorableMention:WeijiaZhou EldonMatlickMTNAYoungArtistPerformancePiano:Winner:KatherineAcone StephenBeus (DivisionAlternate)Alternate:CharlesHaydenIskander WilliamPriceHonorablemention:WeijiaZhou JeongwonHamMTNAYoungArtistString:Representative:JacobFrantz,cello TessRemy‐Schumacher (DivisionRepresentative)MTNAYoungArtistPerformanceWoodwinds:Winner:CalebShannon,saxophone JeffreyLoeffert (DivisionAlternate)Alternate:CurrenMyers JeffreyLoeffertHonorableMention:BrennanLagan JonathanNichol

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OMTA/MTNAWinnersandAlternates TeachersMTNAChamberMusicString:Representative:NewOriental(Divisionrepresentative) StephanieShames YajingZhang,violin TianZhuang,piano ShinyoungKim,celloMTNAChamberWoodwinds:DivisionWinner:KnoblockProject JeffreyLoeffert CurrenMyers,SopranoSaxophone CalebShannon,AltoSaxophone GrantEisenmenger,TenorSaxophone EricStults,BaritoneSaxophoneAlternate:Danzi’sNightmare EldonMatlick PeterFolkins,Oboe MatthewMatheny,Bassoon MaliaZinn,FrenchHorn KevinCantu,Clarinet MikalaSlotnick,FluteHonorableMention:Dunamis JeffreyLoeffert MadisonPregler,Oboe BrockHilbig,BbClarinet ZacBohanan,Bassoon NoelleCampen,Flute KelseyDoyle,HornMTNAElementaryComposition:Representative:CalebCrim SonjaHannonMTNAJuniorComposition:Winner:NathanielParker GregFisherHonorablemention:AndrewVargas GregFisherMTNASeniorComposition:Representative:PhoebeHook LauraBermanMTNAYoungArtistComposition:Representative:CharlesIskander WilliamRogerPrice (DivisionWinnerandNationalSecondPlace)OMTAMarilynWitcherJuniorHonor:Winner:FayShuai GloriaJohnsonAlternate:TonyTan GloriaJohnson

OMTACOLLEGIATEWinnersandAlternates TeachersOMTACollegiateCategoryABrass:Winner:MaliaZinn EldonMatlickOMTACollegiateAPianoWinner:SandraCoursey SergioMonteiroOMTACollegiateAVoice:Winner:SarahMorris DonClarkOMTACollegiateCategoryAWoodwind:Winner:KatherineThomas RodneyAckmannAlternate:NiaFoster PatriciaSurmanOMTACollegiateBPianoWinner:ChangLiu ChindaratCharoenwongseAlternate:HannahHorne SergioMonteiroHonorableMention:StephanyCoursey SergioMonteiroOMTACollegiateCategoryBWoodwind:Winner:RogerHoverson PatriciaSurmanAlternate:KelseeWashington PatriciaSurmanOMTACollegiateCPianoWinner:BingyuPeng SergioMonteiroAlternate:WeijiaZhou JeongwonHamOMTACollegiateCategoryCWoodwind:Winner:AlexandraRobinson RodneyAckmann

SENIORCOMPETITIONSSr.CompetitionPianoWinnersinPiano:AndrewVargus GregFisher JordanAlimena DannyCalhounBellaNgo MeganOwnby MichaelLee EkaterinaKuleshovaKarenaZhao TherryPhillips KristyHuynh GloriaJohnsonGraceJackson MargoJones GabrielleThng GloriaJohnsonPianoHonorableMention:BrianaLiu GloriaJohnson JessicaFan TherryPhillipsMitchellManlapig KayeShields GeorgeWang GloriaJohnsonKelvinJohnson DeniseParrSr.CompetitionVocalWinners:9th/10thKathrynePhamManuelAntonioCarrilloSr.CompetitionVocalWinners:11th/12thBeatriceDoheeKim MeganWagnerJoseMorales DonClark

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OMTACOMMISSIONEDCOMPOSERS

1965 RayLuke 1990 DeannaWalker‐Tipps1967 SpencerNorton 1991 SamMagrill1968 LermuelChilders 1992 BrantAdams1969 CharlesHoag 1993 JamesVernon1970 FrankLynnPayne 1994 EricSimonson1971 RobertDillon 1996 RogerPrice1972 EvanTonsing 1999 DeannaWalker1973 SpencerNorton 2000 MarySallee1974 RayLuke 2001 EdwardKnight1975 MichaelHennagin 2002 CarolynBremer1976 ClaudeBass 2003 KennethFuchs1977 JerryNealSmith 2004 BrianShepard1978 VincentFrohme 2005 W.T.SkyeGarcia1979 RogerPrice 2006 EdHuckeby1980 TheodoreHansen 2007 JosephRivers1981 JamesLambert 2008 GregoryHoepfner1982 MichaelHennagin 2009 SteveSewell1983 NancyCobb 2010 MarvinLamb1984 FrankLynnPayne 2011 MatthewSaunders1985 ArthurSmith 2012 BradRichter1986 RobertWood 2013 KrisMaloy1987 BeverlyMcLarry 2014 JerodTate1988 SteveRush 2015 IgorKaraca1989 JamesWintle

MTNAFOUNDATIONFELLOWS

2001 DigbyBell 2011 EileenFox2002 PhilelleMcBrayer JaneMagrath2004 AudaMarieThomas 2012 SandraMeyer2005 JimBreckenridge EdwardGates2006 KarenHarrington 2013 CarolAnnBell2007 MarySallee RonLewis2008 GloriaJohnson 2014 MaryAnnHead2009 RobertMcFadden 2015 TerriHlubek2010 W.T.SkyeGarcia SylviaRyan

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OMTAPASTPRESIDENTS

1929‐1934 ClarenceBurg,OklahomaCity 1934‐1938 AlbertLukkin,Tulsa 1938‐1942 JewelRoche,OklahomaCity1942‐1946 LewisSalter,Norman 1946‐1950 MaxA.Mitchell,Stillwater 1950‐1954 HazelD.Monfort,Alva 1954‐1958 LemuelChilders,Tulsa 1958‐1962 MaryShoeLowe,Muskogee1962‐1966 CeliaMaeBryant,Norman 1966‐1970 W.EarlCox,Cherokee 1970‐1974 LucilleWestonGourley,Tulsa 1974‐1978 W.EarlCox,Cherokee 1978‐1982 DigbyBell,Norman1982‐1986 ThomasO.McCollom,Lawton1986‐1990 MarilynWitcher,OklahomaCity1990‐1994 JamesBreckenridge,Weatherford1994‐1998 AudaMarieThomas,Harrah1998‐2000 PhilelleMcBrayer,Tulsa2000‐2002 AnnGipson,FortWorth,TX2002‐2004 RonLewis,Shawnee2004‐2006 MarySallee,Norman2006‐2008 RobertMcFadden,Durant2008‐2010 SylviaRyan,Norman2010‐2012 SandraMeyer,Shawnee2012‐2014 TerriHlubek,OklahomaCity

OMTAHONORARYLIFEMEMBERS

AnnGipson,FortWorth,TX RobertMcFadden,DurantThomasO.McCollom,Lawton SylviaRyan,NormanPhilelleMcBrayer,Tulsa SandraMeyer,ShawneeAudaMarieThomas,Harrah GloriaJohnson,TulsaEileenFox,OklahomaCity NancyShelton,MuskogeeRonLewis,Shawnee TerriHlubek,OklahomaCityMarySallee,Norman

OMTADISTINGUISHEDTEACHERS

2001 DigbyBell,Shawnee 2009 NancyShelton,Muskogee 2002 ElwynRatliff,Tulsa 2010 ClaudetteHudelson,BrokenArrow2003 JaneMagrath,Norman 2011 KayeShields,Shawnee2004 EdwardGates,Norman 2012 GloriaJohnson,Tulsa2007 MyraSchubert,Bethany 2013 BarbaraFast,Norman2008 RogerPrice,Tulsa 2014 ThomasLanners,Stillwater

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OMTAExecutiveCommitteeBarbaraFast……..………………………………………………………….PresidentKarenHarrington…...……………………………………………President‐ElectBeverlyFitch…………….…………………..VicePresidentforMembershipGloriaJohnson ……..VicePresidentforAuditionsandCompetitionsKathyWilson……………………….VicePresidentforLocalAssociationsThomasLabe….……………………...VicePresidentforCommunicationsJoDeeDavis………………………………………………….RecordingSecretaryWilliamSpannagel……,………………………………………………….TreasurerTerriHlubek………………………………………..ImmediatePastPresidentPhilelleMcBrayeer……..……………………………..PastPresidentAdvisorOMTABoardJenniferJennings………………………………………………..ParliamentarianThomasLabe……………………………………………………………..WebmasterKathyThompson…………………………………….CollegiateChapterChairDavisDorrough…………...IndependentMusicTeachersForumChairStuartDeaver…………………………………...CollegeFacultyForumChairPattyAnnHarvey…………………………………………………………..HistorianJanetRomanishin………CommunityFoundationsofOklahomaChairMichaelDean……………..…………………………….MTNAFoundationChair

LocalAssociationPresidents

AnnC.Sheldon………..………………………………………………...BartlesvilleBeverlyFitch ……………………………………………………...BrokenArrowDavisDorrough……..…………………………………………CentralOklahomaVirginiaAtkinson…………………………………………………...ClintonAreaAnitaJohns……………………………………………………………..DuncanAreaMaryAnnCraige……..……………………………………………….DurantAreaPattyAnnHarvey……..………………………………………………………….EnidKellySilber……………...………………………………...…………………...LawtonDebbieBrown…………..………………………………………………...McAlesterNancyShelton…………………………………………………….MuskogeeAreaJanetRomanishin……….………………………………………….NormanAreaKristinaRoberts…………..…………………...………………..PanhandleAreaKatieSchelp………………………………………...……………..PoncaCityAreaSandraMeyer………………..……………………….………...…...ShawneeAreaClaudiaMornhinweg……...…………………………………….StillwaterAreaFarrenMay ield……………...…………………………………..TahlequahAreaKathyWilson…………………..………………………………………….TulsaArea

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EastDistrictCo‐Presidents………………...…………...DeAnnaCalhoun RonLewisWestDistrictCo‐Presidents…………………………………..KathyHarris AdaSewellEastDistrictMembers‐at‐Large…………………………..CarolAnnBell SandraPierceWestDistrictMembers‐at‐Large……..…….ManuelAntonioCarrillo MaryAnnWilliamsPastPresidents………………………………………….AudaMarieThomas MarySallee SandraMeyer PhilelleMcBrayer RobertMcFadden TerriHlubek RonLewis SylviaRyan

50‐YearMembershipAwardsCongratulations

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JonettaHinkleMyraSchubertVerlaneZerby

Communities Foundation of Oklahoma

Awards Jennifer Jennings presented by COMTA Megan Winslow presented by NAMTA Jennifer Tripi Jo Dee Davis presented by TAMTA Philelle McBrayer

2015MTNAFoundation

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ThankYou!

OklahomaStateUniversitySchoolofMusicandDr.ThomasLannersfor generously donating the use of their lovely facility and wonderfulinstruments.HeatherLanners,on‐sitechair,whothroughouttheyeargaveanamazingamountoftime,attention,andexpertise.BarbaraFast,OMTAPresident,whowithgraceandgoodhumor led thewayandlentahandwhereverneeded.TerriHlubek,OMTA Immediate Past President, for always being therewithgentleadviceandwithhelpwheneverneeded.TerriisalsoservingatregistrationinWilliamSpannagel’splace.Sandra Meyer, for overseeing the OMTA/MTNA/Senior CompetitionsRecitals,forpreparingtheprintedprograms,andforalwaysbeingtheretohelpinanyway.DavisDorrough,formakingthenametags.CarmelitaReynolds,for her green thumbandmagical hands inmakingourdecorations.Michael Dean, for chairing the Faculty Recital and bringing suchwonderfulOklahomatalenttoourstage.ClaudiaMornhinwegandKrystalHennessey, for gathering OMTA andStillwaterteacherstoserveashostessesforrecitalsandregistration.Philelle McBrayer, Jennifer Mansour, and Janet Romanishin forgatheringtheadvertisementsinourbook.DannyCalhoun,whoasExhibitorChair,madetheexhibitsandshowcasesuchasuccess.SandraDevine,fortheexcellentlayoutskillsusedincreatingourbook.

OklahomaMusicTeachersAssociationConferenceCommittees

StateConferenceChair:KarenHarrington

LocalConferenceChair&SiteCoordinator:HeatherLanners

Advertising(LocalAssociations)……………………..PhilelleMcBrayerAdvertising(Commercial):………………………………JenniferMansourAdvertising(Universities)………………………………JanetRomanishinCommissionedComposer………………………………….W.T.SkyeGarciaCompetitionWinnersRecitalChair………………………..SandraMeyerConferenceHost………OklahomaStateUniversity,SchoolofMusicFacultyRecital………………………………………………………..MichaelDeanLocalConferenceHostesses……………………….ClaudiaMornhinwegLocalAssociation……………………………….StillwaterMusicTeachersDecorations…………………………………………………CarmelitaReynoldsExhibits …………………………………………………………….DannyCalhounNameTags…………………………………………………………DavisDorroughProgramBooklet………………………………………………...SandraDevineRegistration………………………………………………….WilliamSpannagel TerriHlubek

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EXHIBITORS

ChristianImprov2121HendersonDr.Edmond,OK73013405‐348‐1704FranYoung

franyoung@cox.net

Edmond‐Gilliam‐LarsenMusicCompanyEdmond GilliaminNorman LarseninOKC3400S.Broadway 2280W.Main 4001NW63rd405‐348‐0004 405‐3221‐0080 405‐843‐1573

MusicLinkFoundation7301NE135thSt.Edmond,OK73013405‐962‐9398

CharlotteDumesnilcadumpianist@cox.net

PearlPevelerPianoAccessories

2413N.NailParkwayMoore,OK73160405‐794‐3529PearlPevelerpearlp@cox.net

PianothroughSolfegeLibrary

8305NW64thTerraceOklahomaCity,OK73132

405‐723‐4366JacquelynKarash

jkarash@keyawareness.com

SaiedMusicCompany MidtownTulsa SouthTulsa 33rd&Yale 71st&Mingo 918‐742‐5541 918‐252‐5541

Saturday,May30SereteanCenterforthePerformingArts

8:00‐5:00 Registration Lobby

TerriHlubek,OMTAImmediatePastPresident,Presiding8:30‐8:50 SparkTalk!CollegeFacultyForumSession ChoralRoom

UnderstandingtheMind’sRoleinNatural,HealthyMovementAndMusicalInterpretation

Dr.ThomasLanners,OSUProfessorofPianoDr.StuartDeaver,CFFChair,Presiding

9:00‐9:50 KeyboardOrnamentationfortheBaroque, ChoralRoom Classical,andRomanticPeriods

EdwardFrancis,ConferenceClinicianBarbaraFast,OMTAStatePresident,Presiding

10:00‐10:30VisitExhibits/Hospitality LargeEnsembleRoom10:30‐11:20Forum:DialoguewithSeanChenand ChoralRoom EdwardFrancis

KarenHarrington,OMTAPresident‐Elect,Presiding

11:30‐12:45Lunch/BusinessMeeting AlumniCenterBarbaraFast,OMTAStatePresident,Presiding

1:00‐1:50 MakingtheImpossiblePossiblewith ChoralRoom DigitalTechnology

MarioAjero,ConferenceClinicianTerriHlubek,OMTAStateImmediatePastPresident,Presiding

2:00‐2:50 CreativePractice:UsingtheX‐RayTechnique ChoralRoom ForTeachingIntermediatePianoLiterature

EdwardFrancis,ConferenceClinicianSandraMeyer,OMTAPastPresident,Presiding

3:30‐4:45 OMTA/MTNA/SeniorCompetitionRecital ConcertHall

MarySallee,SeniorCompetitionsChair,Presiding

4:45 ConferenceAdjourns

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OklahomaMusicTeachersAssociationSince1929

TheEighty‐SixthAnnualStateConference

OklahomaStateUniversityStillwater,OklahomaMay28‐30,2015

SereteanCenterforthePerformingArts(unlessotherwisestated)

Thursday,May28AlumniCenter

9:00‐4:00 GeniusBar DrummondConferenceRoom

Of icersandChairsbyAppointmentThomasLabé,VicePresidentforCommunications,Presiding

9:00‐11:30 AuditionsCommittee ExecutiveConferenceRoom

GloriaJohnson,OMTAVicePresidentforAuditionsandCompetitions,Presiding

10:15‐11:45 MembershipCommittee PresidentialSuite

BeverlyFitch,OMTAVicePresidentforMembership,Presiding

10:15‐11:45 FinanceCommittee PresidentialFoyerTerriHlubek,OMTAImmediatePastPresident,PresidingforTreasurerWilliamSpannagel

11:45‐1:15 Lunch TheRanchersClub1:30‐5:00 SetupforExhibitors LargeEnsembleRoom,SereteanCenter

DannyCalhoun,ExhibitsChair

1:15‐3:30 ExecutiveCommittee ExecutiveConferenceRoomBarbaraFast,OMTAStatePresident,Presiding

4:00‐6:00 OMTABoardMeeting ExecutiveConferenceRoom

BarbaraFast,OMTAStatePresident,Presiding

4:00‐6:00 Dinner:OMTABoard“PizzaFest” HideawayPizzaBarbaraFast,OMTAStatePresident,Presiding

Friday,May29

SereteanCenterforthePerformingArts

8:00‐5:00 Registration LobbyTerriHlubek,OMTAImmediatePastPresident,Presiding

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Friday,May29(continued)

6:00‐7:30 BanquetandAwardsCeremony AlumniCenter OSUWelcome HeatherLanners OSUAssistantProfessorofPiano Welcome KarenHarrington,OMTAStatePresident‐Elect MomentofThankfulnessandRe lection HeatherLanners IntroductionofGuests KarenHarrington 50‐YearMembershipAwardsPresentation BarbaraFast JonettaHinkle,MyraSchubert,VerlaneZerby MTNAFoundationFellowAwardPresentation BarbaraFast

TerriHlubek,2015MTNAFoundationFellow CFOFellowAwardsPresentation BarbaraFast JenniferJennings COMTAPresidentDavisDorrough MeganWinslow NAMTAPresidentJanetRomanishin JenniferTripi NAMTAPresidentJanetRomanishin JoDeeDavis TAMTAPresidentKathyWilson PhilelleMcBrayer TAMTAPresidentKathyWilson8:00 GuestArtistRecital ConcertHall

SeanChen,Pianist2013DeHaanClassicalFellowoftheAmericanPianistsAssociation

Etudes FrédéricChopin(1810‐1949) Op.25No.6 ClaudeDebussy(1862‐1918) No.2,“Pourlestierces” AlexanderScriabin(1872‐1915) Op.65No.1 BélaBartók(1881‐1945) Op.18No.1 SergeiRachmaninoff(1873‐1943) Op.39No.7 GyörgyLigeti(1923‐2006) XIII:“L’escalierdudiable”

—Intermission—

MauriceRavel(1875‐1937)Sonatine Modere Mouvementdemenuet AnimeRichardWagner(1813‐1883)—FranzLiszt(1811‐1886) OverturetoTannhauser

Friday,May29(continued)

8:30‐8:50 SparkTalk!CollegiateSession ChoralRoomARoadmapforBach’sTwo‐PartInventions

PatrickLahan,DMACandidate,UniversityofOklahomaThomasLabé,VicePresidentforCommunications,Presiding

9:00‐9:50 UsingEtudestoTeachPianoTechnique ChoralRoom

EdwardFrancis,ConferenceClinicianDr.ThomasLanners,OSUProfessorofPiano,Presiding

10:00‐10:30VisitExhibits/Hospitality LargeEnsembleRoom10:30‐11:20Recital ConcertHall

FeaturingFacultyMembersfromFourOklahomaUniversitiesMichaelDean,MTNAFoundationChair,Presiding

SevenVirtuosoEtudesbasedonGershwinSongs EarlWild EtudeNo.6,“Fascinatin’Rhythm” (1915‐2010) EtudeNo.4,“EmbraceableYou”

HeatherLanners,OklahomaStateUniversity

Sixépigraphesantiques ClaudeDebussy I.PourinvoquerPan,dieuduventd’ete (1862‐1918) III.Pourquelanuitsoitpropice V.Pourl’Egyptienne VI.Pourremercierlapluieaumatin

SergioMonteiro,OklahomaCityUniversitySalliePollack,UniversityofCentralOklahoma

PreludeetVariation CesarFranck/HaroldBauer(fromPreludeetVariation,Op.18) (1822‐1890)/(1873‐1951)

SunMinKim,OklahomaStateUniversity

Liebeslied(“Widmung”) RobertSchumann/FranzLisztFrühlingsnacht (1810‐1856)/(1811‐1886)

HyunsoonWhang,CameronUniversity

LeGibet,fromGasparddelanuit MauriceRavel (1875‐1937)

ThomasLanners,OklahomaStateUniversity

Meditation,fromRomancessansparoles, Op.76,No.6 CecileChaminade (1857‐1944)Capriceespagnol,Op.37 MoritzMoskowski (1854‐1925)

ThomasLabe,CameronUniversity

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11:30‐12:20MasterClass ConcertHallSeanChen,ConferenceArtist

HeatherLanners,OSUAssistantProfessorofPiano,Presiding

SonatainEminor,Hob.XVI/34 FranzJosephHaydnI.PrestoII.AdagioIII.VivaceMolto (1732‐1809)

AlinaGavrilovStudentofGloriaJohnson

PianoSonata(Sz.80) BelaBartokAllegromoderato (1881‐1945)

CharlotteDumesnilStudentofSergioMonteiro

12:30‐1:20 Lunch AlumniCenter Welcome BarbaraFast,OMTAStatePresident VisittheExhibits LargeEnsembleRoom1:30‐1:50 PerformanceofCommissionedWork ConcertHall

W.T.SkyeGarcia,CommissionedComposerCommitteeChair,Presiding

FiligreeDr.IgorKarača,2015CommissionedComposer

JeffreyLoeffert,SopranoSaxophone StuartLangsam,Vibraphone NatasaKaurin‐Karača,Accordion IgorKarača,Piano

2:00‐2:50 Exhibitors’Showcase ConcertHall

DannyCalhoun,ExhibitsChair,Presiding

3:00‐3:30 VisitExhibits/Hospitality LargeEnsembleRoom3:30‐4:45 OMTA/MTNA/SeniorCompetitionsRecital ConcertHall

GloriaJohnson,OMTAVicePresidentforAuditionsandCompetitions,Presiding

5:30‐6:00 OMTACashBar AlumniCenter