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Monday, October 10, 2005
Missouri Music Teachers Association members, I have put the pre-registration form for the upcoming MMTA State Conference online: http://www.missourimta.org/convention.html Also the Fall 2005 issue of MMTA Notes, which has conference information & http://www.missourimta.org/notes.html You can get a sneak preview of MissouriMTA.org's new site design on these Classical Music News from Missouri: MMTA Teaching Tips and Ideas: MMTA News: --Brent
My name is Sara Renaud (NCTM), and I live in Columbia, Missouri, where I opened a piano studio two years ago after the completion of my Masters degree in Piano Pedagogy from MU. This April, I was the recipient of the MTNA Studio Fellowship Award, a cash prize of $3,000. To apply for this award, in October 2004, I put together an application with a resume, college transcripts, letters of recommendation, and a letter describing how the fellowship would benefit my studio. In December, I was notified that I had passed on to the second phase, for which I had to prepare a portfolio and a video. The portfolio contained my studio policies, small business plan, teaching philosophy, past studio recital programs, copies of my studio forms and advertisements, and samples from my Technique Milestones, a graded series of scales and arpeggios that I created. The video contained my performance of a Scarlatti Sonata and the first portion of Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy, three of my student's performances, and a demonstration of my teaching. I included footage from a lesson with a second year student working in the Fabers' Piano Adventures and a lesson with an intermediate student working in the Snell repertoire books. The aspects of piano playing that I seek to include in my teaching are playing duets and ensembles, sight-reading, self-critique through recording, and a systematic learning of technique. Therefore, with the fellowship money, I have purchased video and audio recording equipment, duet materials, and several sight-reading series. Also with these funds, I have established a website (www.renaudpianostudio.com) and will continue to develop the Milestone system to include chords and sight-reading. This fellowship is a phenomenal way that MTNA supports new teachers like myself - Thank you, MTNA! Sara M. Renaud, NCTM, established a piano studio in Columbia in 2003. She has a Bachelor's degree from Luther College in Decorah, IA, and a Master's degree in Piano Pedagogy from MU. She continues as a teacher of class piano proficiency at UMC and is currently serving as MMTA Vice-President of Auditions.
The Mid-Missouri Collegiate Chapter (MMCC) came into fruition after a long planning period by several dedicated individuals. Professors and students from across the collegiate community in mid-Missouri met at the Fine Arts Building at the University of Columbia-Missouri to discuss by-laws and executive matters for the new chapter. Janice Wenger of MU presided over the meeting and used her knowledge of MTNA to help front the guidelines and procedures for this initial meeting. Personally, I was excited to see this meeting and its repercussions become established. I was involved with MTNA/MMTA through high school as a participant in the state-competitions. But this meeting shed a new light on the many benefits of what piano is at the collegiate level and how an MTNA organization can benefit a piano program. This year, one of the highlights for the new chapter was its representation at the national conference in Seattle, Washington. Being able to absorb almost every aspect of the MTNA conference was of great importance as president of this new organization. I was introduced to many wonderful and devoted individuals whose work in the field of piano pedagogy has made them prominent leaders in teaching. Similarly, I was able to correspond with equally enthusiastic students and gather information about MTNA life at other campuses. With the experience of the MTNA conference behind me I am ready to embrace the coming academic semester. We have such an eager base of members that, between our collective ambition and experience, the Mid-Missouri Collegiate Chapter will be well on its way to an exciting year. This article by Scott Clemens, president of the Mid-Missouri Collegiate Chapter of MMTA, appeared in the Fall 2005 issue of MMTA Notes.
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