2024 VMTA Annual Conference Program
Competition Events & Rehearsal Schedule
MTNA Junior Woodwinds Competition
MTNA Senior Woodwinds Competition
MTNA Young Artists Woodwind Competition
4:30pm to 5:30pm: Teacher Recital Warm-Up (Practice Rooms: Individual times to be assigned)
5:30pm to 6:45pm: Teacher Recital Dress Rehearsal (Recital Hall)
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Leadership Events
9:30am: Leadership Breakfast
10am to 1pm: Leadership Summit
5:30pm to 6:30pm: President’s Council Dinner
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Afternoon Conference Events
1pm to 4pm: Break Space Open: Enjoy a quiet space set aside for easing in and out of your conference day.
1pm to 5pm: Conference Registration and Vendors Open
2pm to 3pm: Opening Session with Guest Clinician, Dr. Shelly Berg: “Part One: Finding Joy through Musical Context - An Introduction to Internal Musicianship”
3:30pm to 4:15pm: Conference Session with Rene Johnson, NCTM and co-presenter Sheila Herrling: "Newly Discovered Intermediate Level Repertoire by Albert Rozin (1907-1987)"
4:30pm to 5:15pm: Conference Session with Dr. Lise Keiter, NCTM: “MTNA Competitions Information Session- Get all your questions answered!”
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Evening Conference Events
6:45pm to 7:30pm: Virginia Teacher’s Concert Reception: Dessert & Coffee
7:30pm to 9pm: Virginia Teacher’s Concert
Competition Events & Rehearsal Schedule
MTNA Junior Piano Competition
MTNA Young Artists Piano Competition
MTNA Junior Strings Competition
MTNA Senior Strings Competition
MTNA Young Artists Strings Competition
1:30pm to 2:50pm: VMTA Concerto Concert Dress Rehearsal (W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University)
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Morning Conference Events
8:15am to 5:00pm: Break Space Open: Enjoy a quiet space set aside for easing into your conference day.
8:30am to 9:00am: Member Meet & Greet with Jennifer Scott, NCTM: Our membership chair will be available to answer any questions you may have about your VMTA membership. New members are especially encouraged to join us!
9am to 5pm: Conference Registration and Vendors Open
9:00am to 10:30am: Conference Session with multiple presenters: “Studio One: Building Studios that Build Musicians”
10:45am to 11:45am: Conference Session with Dr. Shelly Berg: “Part Two: Learn Jazz Improv in 60 minutes—Guaranteed”
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Lunch Break!
Break Space Open: Enjoy a quiet space set aside for easing in and out of your conference day.
12pm to 12:45pm: Q&A with Dr. Shelly Berg
12pm to 12:45pm: Certification Q&A with NVMTA President, Libby McConnell, NCTM
12pm to 12:45pm: Drop in on our ongoing competitions!
*Feel free to take a moment on your own outside in the amphitheater or in the Jones Dining Hall.
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Afternoon Conference Events
1pm to 2:15pm: VMTA Business Meeting (ALL members are requested to attend.)
2:30pm to 3:15pm: Conference Session with Dr. Karen Rogers: “How to Supplement a ‘One Size Fits All Approach’ to Create Better Sightreaders”
3:30pm to 4:15pm: Conference Session with Dr. Ethel Haughton: “Save a Place for Me: A Review of Selected Underrepresented Composers and Their Works”
4:15pm to 5:15pm: Time for You. This is a time for you to go to the hotel and prepare for the evening, visit with a friend, take a stroll around the beautiful VSU campus or drop in on our fantastic ongoing competitions!
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Evening Conference Events
5:30pm to 7:00pm: VMTA Annual Banquet and Member Recognition
8pm to 9:30pm: VMTA Winner’s Concerto Concert (VCU)
Complimentary valet parking provided
Competition Events & Rehearsal Schedule
MTNA Senior Piano Competition
VMTA State Auditions
9am to 10:30am: Guest Artist Warm-Up
10:45am to 12:15pm: Commissioned Composer Warm-Up
3:15pm to 4:15pm: Guest Artist Dress Rehearsal
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Morning Conference Events
8:30am to 5:00pm: Break Space Open: Enjoy a quiet space set aside for easing into your conference day.
9am to 9:30am: Coffee, Tea & Conversation
9am to 5pm: Conference Registration and Vendors Open
9:30am to 10:30am: Conference Session with Dr. Shelly Berg: “Part Three: Incorporating Improvisation and Internal Musicianship into Classical Teaching”
10:45am to 11:30am: Independent Music Teacher’s Forum with Rok Palcic: Integrating Online Tools into Your Studio: Tools, Strategies, and Troubleshooting for Music Teachers
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Lunch Break!
Break Space Open: Enjoy a quiet space set aside for easing in and out your conference day.
12pm to 12:45pm: Collegiate Chapters Luncheon
12pm to 12:45pm: Session Presenters Luncheon
12pm to 12:45pm: Drop in on our ongoing competitions!
*Feel free to take a moment on your own outside in the amphitheater or in the Jones Dining Hall.
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Afternoon Conference Events
1pm to 2pm: Commissioned Composer's Concert: Joshua Hahn
View Commissioned Composer Concert Program
2:15pm to 3:15pm: Masterclass with Dr. Magdalena Adamek, NCTM: Piano Faculty and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University
3:15 to 4:15: Time for You. This is a time for you to go to the hotel and prepare for the evening, visit with a friend, take a stroll around the beautiful VSU campus or drop in on our fantastic ongoing competitions!
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Evening Conference Events
4:30pm to 5:30pm: VMTA/MTNA Winners Recital
5:30pm to 6pm: Intermission with refreshments
6pm to 7:30pm: Guest Artist Concert
8pm: Relaxed evening gathering in the hotel lobby