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2011 State Conference
The 2011 CSMTA State Conference will be held at the First Congregational Church, (1009 Main Street, Branford, CT), on October 29, 2011, hosted by the New Haven Chapter.
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Conference Schedule
| MORNING SESSION | ||
| 8:15-8:45 AM | Registration, browse exhibits & "Coffee And..." |
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| 8:45-8:50 AM | Welcoming Remarks Linda Franklin Biggs, President, New Haven Chapter Kathleen Theisen, NCTM, President, CSMTA |
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| 8:50-9:30 AM | Dr. Robert Blocker, Dean, Yale School of Music Lecture and Q&A |
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| 9:30-11:00 AM | Joyce Grill, NCTM, Past-President, Wisconsin State MTA From Alfred, Bastien, Clark to Albeniz, Brahms, Chopin. How Do We Get There? |
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| 11:00-11:15 AM | BREAK, browse exhibits | |
| 11:15-11:30 AM | Piano Performance featuring CSMTA Competition winners |
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| 11:30 AM-12:30 PM | CATERED LUNCH BUFFET |
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| AFTERNOON SESSION | ||
| 12:30-12:45 PM | CSMTA Annual Meeting Kathleen Theisen, NCTM, President, CSMTA |
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| 12:45-2:15 PM | Peggy Flanagan Baird, Huntsville, Alabama MTA Improving Your Recital from Beginning, to Middle, to End Lecture and Performance Ingeborg Schimmer, Piano |
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| 2:15-3:30 PM | Joyce Grill, NCTM, Past President, Wisconsin State MTA Pedagogy This and That | |
| 3:30-3:45 PM | BREAK, browse exhibits | |
| 3:45-5:15 PM | Paul Sheftel, Juilliard School, New York, NY Technology Meets Piano Pedagogy Lecture and Demonstration |
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| 5:15 | Concluding remarks and time to browse exhibits | |
| End of Conference | ||
Conference Presenters
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Dr. Robert Blocker
Joyce Grill
Peggy Flanagan Baird
Paul Sheftel, BM, MM