OklahomaMusicTeachersAssociation

Af iliatedwithMusicTeachersNationalAssociation

83rdAnnualConference

2012OMTAConferenceProgramBook

May31—June2,2012OklahomaCityUniversityOklahomaCity,Oklahoma

StateConferenceProgramAtAGlance

Friday,June18:00 Registration(Lobby) VisitExhibits/Hospitality(A101)8‐noon Certi icationExam(B201)8:30‐10:00 Session:AnneEpperson—“PIANOPLUS...AnotherPianist!Piano

Duets:TheMostChallengingCollaboration”(PetreeRecitalHall)10:15‐11:00 Session:BradRichter—“CollaboratingwiththeAudience”

(A105)11:00‐11:30 VisitExhibits/Hospitality(A101)11:30‐12:30 OMTA/MTNA/SeniorCompetitionWinnersRecitalI (PetreeRecitalHall)12:30 Lunch.CFFwillmeetatareservedtable.(Atrium)1:30‐2:30 Session:FredKarpoff—“Multi‐DimensionalPiano‐Playing:

EstablishingFluidTechniquefromtheBeginning”(A105)2:45‐3:45 Session:AnneEpperson—“PIANOPLUS...Singers!!ThePianist

asConductorandOrchestra”(PetreeRecitalHall)3:45‐4:15 VisitExhibits/Hospitality(A101)4:15‐5:15 OMTA/MTNA/SeniorCompetitionWinnersRecitalII

(PetreeRecitalHall)6:00 PerformanceofBradRichter’sCommissionedWork

(PetreeRecitalHall)6:30 Banquet(Atrium)8:30 OMTACollaborativeRecital(PetreeRecitalHall) Reception(Atrium)

Saturday,June28:00 Registration(Lobby) VisitExhibits/Hospitality(A101)8:30‐9:30 IMTFSession:MelissaJohansen,IMTFChair—“ToJudgeorNot

toJudge”(A105)9:45‐10:45 Session:FredKarpoff—“Integratingthe3‐DPianoMethodinto

theTeachingStudio”(A105)10:45‐11:15 VisitExhibits/Hospitality(A101)11:15‐12:15 OMTA/MTNA/SeniorCompetitionWinnersRecitalIII

(PetreeRecitalHall)12:15‐2:00 LunchandBusinessMeeting(Atrium)2:00‐3:00 Session:AnneEpperson—“PIANOPLUS...AViolinist!Suzuki

Partnerships:ACreativeIntroductiontoCollaboration”(A105)3:00‐3:30 VisitExhibits(A101)3:30‐4:30 Session:AnneEpperson—“PIANOPLUS...Us!OpenForumPanel

DiscussionsonCollaboration”(A105)4:30 Grandprizedrawing;conferenceadjourns(A105)

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Oklahoma Music Teachers Association Organized 1929

Affiliated with Music Teachers National Association

Dear OMTA Members, Exhibitors, and Guests, Welcome to the 2012 Oklahoma Music Teachers Association State Conference! If this is your first time to attend the state conference, a VERY special welcome to you. I hope you truly find some wonderful connections so that you will want to attend again. To those of you who have been coming for a few years or many years, I am so glad to see you once again! The state conference is for me a wonderful way to reconnect with people who mean so much to me and have for many years, in some cases. I know you will find the facilities of Oklahoma City University to be ideally suited for our state conference, and I especially want to thank Terri Hlubek, OMTA President-Elect and Conference Chair, for all of her work in getting the many details of this conference together. A big thank-you to anyone who helped in any way. It takes the work of so many for this event to happen! This year’s theme of “COLLABORATION” seems just perfect, especially in light of all the conflicts in the world we live in. Don’t you think that if everyone in political life could each participate in some musical collaboration, they would all learn how to get along, to make compromises, to assert when necessary, to let someone else make the decision when appropriate, and to come together for a beautiful performance where the sum is truly more than just a combining of the various parts? We are delighted to welcome Anne Epperson from the University of Texas, who will inspire us with many different ways of collaborating. Brad Richter, this year’s commissioned composer, will speak about collaborating with your audience. Many OMTA members will showcase various types of collaborative ensembles for the Friday night concert. Fred Karpoff will show us ways to collaborate with your whole body in his award-winning 3-D Piano presentations. If you enjoy judging, are interested in judging, or have students that will be judged, the IMTF session is your chance to collaborate! We again have great shopping opportunities at the exhibits—be sure to spend some time there and stock up for the coming year. Most importantly, visit with each other! Enjoy the conference! And know that I deeply thank you all for allowing me to serve as your state president for the past two years. Sincerely, Sandra Meyer, OMTA State President

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Anne Epperson Conference Clinician

Pianist Anne Eppersonenjoys a distinguished career asa performer, recording artist,teacher and clinician. ShemadeherdebutatagetwelvewiththeNewOrleansPhilharmonicunderAlexander Hilsberg. Afterstudies at Louisiana StateUniversity and the Juilliard

School,sheenteredgraduateschoolattheUniversityofSouthernCaliforniaandwasappointedstaffpianist forthe master classes of Jascha Heifetz. This auspiciousbeginning led to a successful career as a collaborativepartner. Ms. Epperson has appeared in concert withdistinguished artists throughout the United States,Canada, South America, Mexico, Europe, Israel,Scandinavia,TaiwanandKorea.Criticshavepraisedhercollaborativeartistry: NewYorkTimes“...an excellentpartner…technical ability and musicality admirablydisplayed…”; SeattleTimes“...extraordinarily sensitiveand well‐realized work...a gifted accompanist…”; LosAngeles Times “…eloquent support...”; Cleveland PlainDealer“…Epperson isa chambermusicpianistwith fewpeers…”. From 1980 to 1989 she toured the U.S. aspianistwiththeCanterburyTrio,undertheauspicesofColumbia Artists Management, Inc. She has recordedfor Vanguard, Musical Heritage Society, Nonesuch,Centaur, Koch International, and Claves and hasproduced and edited recordings for Nonesuch andAzica. Her career as an educator is equallyimpressive.Inthefallof2008sheinauguratedandnowheads thenewCollaborativePianoDepartment at TheUniversity of Texas at Austin’s Butler School ofMusic.From2004to2008shewasProfessorofCollaborativePianoattheUniversityofColoradoatBoulder’sCollegeof Music, where she created and developed a newgraduate degree program. Shewas Professor ofMusic

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andDirectorofCollaborativeArtsat theUniversityofCalifornia–SantaBarbarafrom2001to2004andfrom1985to2001shewasheadoftheCollaborativePianoDepartment at the Cleveland Institute ofMusic. Previous faculty positions include teachingappointments at the University of Illinois and theNorthCarolinaSchooloftheArts. Shehasbeen jurorfor many prestigious competitions, including theWalter W. Naumburg Foundation competitions, theFischoff Chamber Music competition, the ColemanChamber Music competition, the Plowman ChamberMusic Competition, the New Orleans InternationalPiano Competition, the Corpus Christi InternationalYoungArtistsCompetition,andtheLosAngelesMusicCenter Spotlight Awards. Ms. Epperson has been apanelist, lecturer, performer and master classpresenterfortheMusicTeachersNationalAssociation,NationalConferenceonPianoPedagogy, theColoradoMusic Teachers Association, the Indiana MusicTeachers Association, the South Carolina MusicTeachers Association, and the Vocal Arts ResourceNetwork in Ohio. She is active as a consultant andadvisor in the development of collaborative pianoprograms nationally and internationally. AnneEppersonwasonthe facultyof theMusicAcademyofthe West in Santa Barbara from 1992 to 2006,teaching, performing, and administering thecollaborative piano program she designed. Since thesummerof2007,shehasbeenamemberoftheartistfacultyattheColoradoCollegeSummerMusicFestivalinColoradoSprings. Shehasbeenaguestperformerand coach at the Sarasota Music Festival, theInternational Festival – Institute at Round Top, theGarth Newel Summer Festival, the Taos ChamberMusic Festival, the Scotia Festival, Chamber MusicNorthwest, theMeadowmountSchool for Strings, andtheAspenMusicFestival,amongothers.

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Fred Karpoff Conference Clinician

Fred Karpoff is the artisticproducer of The3‐DPianoMethodand 2011 Winner of the FrancesClark Keyboard Pedagogy AwardpresentedbyMTNA.Producedwithilm‐maker Richard Breyer, The3‐D Piano: The Three‐DimensionalPianist, is a multi‐DVD series andbook on awhole‐body approach topianoplayingand teaching,already

in use in over 20 countries around the world. He presentsworkshops and master classes throughout North America,including recent appearances at the Music TeachersAssociation of California, Texas Music Teachers AssociationConventions, and the National Conference on KeyboardPedagogy. HereceivedhisundergraduatetrainingatNorthwesternUniversityandstudiedwithAnnSchein,YohevedKaplinsky,and Robert Weirich, and holds the Doctor of Musical ArtsfromthePeabodyConservatory,whereheperformedinthemaster classes of Leon Fleisher. He has also worked withJeffrey Kahane, Richard Goode, and the late Karl‐UlrichSchnabelandisthepianistoftheBoccaccioTrio. HeisProfessorofPianoandEnsembleArtsandco‐chairofthekeyboarddepartmentattheSetnorSchoolofMusicatSyracuse University, which has honored him with theExcellenceinGraduateEducationFacultyRecognitionAward. A former Artistic Ambassador for the United StatesInformationAgency,FredKarpoffisaprizewinnerintheSanAntonio, Frinna Awerbuch, Dublin, and 2005 CompetitionInternationale international piano competitions. In additionto his critically acclaimed CD release, HeroicTales: PianoMusic of Edward MacDowell, also released are his liveBeethoven Trio performances with musicians at theSkaneateles Festival and This Moment and Snapshots withsoprano Rebecca Karpoff. He is an acclaimed pianist withperformances in 12 countries and presents workshops andmaster classes at universities, music teachers' associations,andconventionsthroughouttheUnitedStates.Asguestartistat major music festivals in the U.S. and Europe, he hascollaboratedwithmanyofAmerica’sforemostmusicians.

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Brad Richter Commissioned Composer/Clinician

BradRichter (b.1969,EnidOK)beganteachinghimselfto play guitar and compose at age 12. At 19, having had noformal musical training, he was awarded the PresidentialScholarship to theAmericanConservatoryofMusic inChicagowhere he studied with guitarist Paul Henry and beganperforming,composing,andeventuallyteachingprofessionally.After completing his undergraduate degrees in performanceand composition, Brad accepted a scholarship to the RoyalCollege of Music in London where he studied with CarlosBonell.Hebecame the irstguitarist in the college’shistory towin the coveted Thomas Morherr Prize for voiceaccompaniment, and went on to win the Royal College ofMusic’s guitar competition before completing his Master'sdegreeandreturningtotheUStocontinuehisconcertcareer. Brad has performed around the globe as a soloist, withrenownedchamberensembles,andinduoswithartistssuchasDavidFinckel.HisconcertsandthoseofTheRichterUzurDuo(with cellist Viktor Uzur) are featured frequently on nationalNPR and PBS broadcasts. Festival appearances include TheAspen Music Festival, The World Youth Guitar Festival, TheGuitar Festival of Great Britain, The London InternationalGuitarFestival, FestivalDr.AlfonsoOrtizTirado (Mexico) andtheWalnutValleyFestival,wherehewontheNationalFinger‐picking Championship in 1999, a competition that featuressomeoftheworld's inestguitaristsfromallgenres. In addition to his collections of concert music for sologuitar,Bradisanavidcomposerofhisownparticularbrandofchambermusic‐combininggenressuchasworldmusic,NativeAmericanmusic,pop,andclassical. While at home in Tucson, Brad focuses on his work asArtisticDirectorofLeadGuitar, anot‐for‐pro itheco‐foundedin2006thatestablishesguitarprogramsinschoolsaroundtheU.S. with large populations of at‐risk youth. In 2011‐12 theprogramsareteachingmorethan1,150kidstoplaytheguitarandtrainingmorethan50schoolteacherstoteachguitar.

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Gloria N. Johnson Distinguished Teacher

GloriaN. Johnson’smusicaldream began at the age of 5through the enthusiasticvision of her parents whosacri iced duringWorld WarII to invest inanewBaldwinpiano. At the young age of10, she continued hertraining with Aline WeirWilson,professorofpianoat

Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma. This trainingled to a scholarship and study with Kenneth Smith,ArtistinResidenceatPhillipsUniversity. Her collegiate pursuit continued at TulsaUniversity with Dorothy Gideon, where shecompleted her junior and senior recitals as well asmaintained an active role as accompanist forinstrumentalistsandvocalists. After inishing at Tulsa University, Gloriacontinued her professional training through theInternationalWorkshopswhere she received hands‐on experience with Nelita True, Jean Barr, TonyCaramia,MarvinBlinkenstaff,andothers.TheFrancisClark workshops proved to be a monumentalendeavorinherteaching ield.Shefeelsprivilegedtohavehadtheseopportunities. Some of the most memorable experiences werethe several trips toPrinceton,New Jersey,while herstudents participated in the Westminster ChoirCollege piano camp under the direction of IngridClar ield,followedbyarewardtoNewYorkCityforaBroadwayMusical. She had the opportunity tomeetand visit extensively with MTNA’s President BenCatonassheaccompaniedoneofherstudentstoLeeUniversity in Cleveland, Tennessee, for their annualsummercompetition,whichdrawsstudentsfromthe

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East andWest Coasts as well as theMidwest. Herstudentwasa inalistintheeventandwasoneoftheyoungesttocompete(ninthgrade). Gloria has taught piano for 50 years with arewardingrecordofsuccess.ShehashadwinnersintheStateMTNAJuniorandseniorpianoperformancecategoryandanalternateattheDivisioncompetitionheldatSMUforSeniorPianoPerformance. Shehashad several Marilyn Witcher Honor Competitionwinners and numerous Junior and SeniorCompetitionwinners. Her passion is the assurancethatstudentsofall teachersbeassuccessfulandbegivenasmanyopportunitiesaspossible. She has been a member of MTNA since 1970serving two terms as president of her localassociation,TulsaAccreditedMusicTeachers,aswellas program chair and various behind the scenesduties. On the state level, she has served asIndependent Music Teacher Forum chair andpresently serves asVice President of Auditions andCompetitions. Gloria is Junior PerformanceCoordinator for the MTNA South‐Central Divisionwhichshehasheldfor11years.Oneofherhighlightswas serving on the MTNA nominating committeewhen her nominee, Ann Gipson, was elected asPresident. Musicandherstudentsaretheful illmentofherlife,andshefeelsprivilegedtobelongtomanylocalmusicperformingorganizations.

MembershipAwards40‐Year:PaulineJohnson LaDonnaReynolds BartieBowker50‐Year:SueHalpain GraceJones

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IMTF Session “To Judge or Not to Judge”

Melissa Johansenbeganherpianostudyin1980 with Linda Wiles.During her pre‐collegeyears, she won manycompetitionsthroughoutthe southwest includingPadewerskiGuildMedal,National Guild High

School Diploma, and various awards through the ArizonaMusicTeachersAssociation.SheearnedaBachelorofMusicEducation Degree from Oklahoma Baptist University in1998. While attendingOBU,Melissa studied under SandraMeyer andDr. CarolBell, servedas theaccompanist for theBison Glee Club, and was an accompanist for vocalists andinstrumentalists. Melissa taught K‐6 music for 5 years at WestfallElementary in Choctaw, OK. During that time, she studiedteaching techniques through Jim Faye’s “Love and Logic”program,instructedfortheGreatExpectationsprogram,andearned her Level 1 Orff certi ication. The Johansen PianoStudiowasestablishedinthefallof1999andisnowherfull‐timeendeavor.MelissaiscurrentlyamemberoftheNationalAmerican College of Musicians in the Teacher’s Division,Music Teachers National Association, Oklahoma MusicTeachers Association, and the local organization ofCOMTA.ShewillbetakingontheroleofPresidentofCOMTAfor 2012‐2014. Melissa has also serves as the CampAdministrator forCOMTA'sKampKeyboardand is thechairof the COMTA Solo&Ensemble Festival. In the summer of2009 Melissa earned the title of a Nationally Certi iedTeacherofMusicthroughMTNA. Inadditiontoherpianostudio,MelissahasservedastheYouth Ensemble Director, Handbell Director, and PreschoolChoirDirectorinherlocalchurch.ShecurrentlyservesastheChildren’s ChoirDirector and the churchpianist. Melissa isalsoinvolvedinperformingartsinthecommunity.ShewasamemberoftheCanterburyChoralSocietyfrom2000to2003and has been a member of the Windsong Chamber Choirsince2005.

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Local Association Presidents Clinton, Tulsa, and Tahlequah

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CLINTON—VirginiaM.Atkinson,anMTNAmember, has been active in the ClintonDistrict OMTA for approximately 20 yearsand is now the President of their localorganization.Shehasanactivepianostudio,teaching a wide range of students fromyoungerchildrentohighschoolstudentsandadults. She has been an organist and pianist for severalchurches and also accompanied other musicians andvocalists. Her education includes a B.S. in Piano Pedagogyfrom Phillips University, Enid OK. (1992). In 2002, shecompletedaMastersDegreeinPianoPerformanceatSWOSUinWeatherford OK. She was privileged to have the late Dr.James Breckenridge as a mentor and instructor whileattendingtheuniversity.

TULSA—Barbi Cottingham (Tulsa AccreditedMusic Teachers Association), graduated fromOral Roberts University with a Bachelors inMusic Education. She has taught private pianolessonsfor30yearsandpresentlyhasastudioof 80 students. Barbi has been a member ofMTNAsince2003andamemberofOMTAsince

2000.ShehasservedTAMTAasSonatinaChairmanandFallFestival Chairman. For OMTA, she has chaired JuniorCompetition forEastDivision andwasMember at Large forEastDistrictfortwoterms."IfeelsofortunateformylifetobesofullofthethingsIlovetodo."TAHLEQUAH—MaryAnnHead,NCTM,pianotheory and music education; graduated fromNortheastern State University with a BA inMusic Education. Shemarried in 1955. Afterteaching for2 years inWesternKansasand7yearsinSouthernCaliforniapublicschools,shereturned to Tahlequah. In 1964, she joined OMTA andorganized Tahlequah Area Branch in 1975. She served asNortheastDistrictpresidentinthemid‐80’s.MaryAnnbeganteaching at age 15 under the auspices of her irst pianoteacher. She is the mother of twogrown childrenand twograndchildren. Her daughter and son‐in‐law live near her,and her son is an Eagle Scout who is now an Optometrist.MaryAnn’shobbiesaresewingandgardening.

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Local Association Presidents Enid and Ponca City

ENID—PattyAnnTate has taught musicprivately since 1970. She served asorganist for St. Matthew’s EpiscopalChurch(1995‐2009)andwasawardedtheAmericanGuildofOrganistServicePlayingCerti icate in2003. Since September2009she has been Music Director at WillowRoadChristianChurch.Mrs.Tatehasbeena member of MTNA since 1977 and was

awarded the Permanent Professional Certi ied Teacher ofPiano inMay 2009. She is also nationally certi ied inmusicliterature/history and provisionally certi ied in lute. In thestate af iliated OMTA she has served as District President,Local Association President, Member‐at‐Large,Parliamentarian, and Historian. Currently, she serves asPresident for the Enid Area MTA. Mrs. Tate serves as anadjudicatorforlocalandstatecompetitionsandalsocoachesandaccompaniesinstrumentalistsandvocalists.Shereceivedher Bachelor of Music Education from SouthwesternOklahomaStateUniversity,MasterofMusicfromMidwesternStateUniversity,andpost‐graduateworkfromtheUniversityofOklahoma.PONCA CITY—Roberta Motz has taughtpiano inPoncaCitysince1961. ShehasaBM degree in piano from the OberlinConservatoryofMusicandanMFAinpianofrom Ohio University where she had agraduate assistantship and also coachedpiano classes. She had further study withIsabel Sant’Ambrogio in New York CitywhileteachingattheGrierSchoolforGirlsin Tyrone PA. Just prior to coming to Oklahoma, she wasan instructor in class piano for 3 years at the Universityof Michigan in Ann Arbor. She joined OMTA and MTNA in1965 and has served on the state board as a membershipchair and the MTNA Foundation Chair. At various timesthroughtheyears,shehasservedthePoncaCityAreaBranchassecretary‐treasurerandaspresident. Shehasalsoservedas an adjudicator for various auditions and competitions inthestate.

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LAWTON—William Spannagel hasbeen a member of Lawton MTA for 3yearsandisservinghissecondyearasPresident. Aside from maintaining anactive piano studio with his wife, healso teaches music to studentsKindergarten through Fifth Grade atHugh Bish Elementary in Lawton.

Spannagel has a BM in Instrumental Music Education andPiano Performance and an MA in Teaching from CameronUniversity,aswellasrecentlygraduatingfromtheUniversityofOklahomawithanMMinPianoPerformance.STILLWATER—SueHinesPophambeganher MTNA journey as a piano pedagogystudentatBaylorUniversityand resumedin 1971 as a member of MetropolitanMusic Teachers Association in NewOrleans.ShebecameNationallyCerti iedinMTNA, earned the LMTA ProfessionalAdvancementCerti ication,andwasPresidentofMMTAandState Rally Board Chairman when she moved toOklahoma. She had 20‐plus music students, was a musicteacherfor4yearsintheLutheranschoolwhereherchildrenattended,andoccasionallyservedassubstituteorganist.Shewas also amember in the American Guild of Organists andLouisianaFederatedMusicClubs.Aftermoving toStillwaterin 1983, she became a charter member of Stillwater AreaMusic Teachers Association and a charter member of theCimarron Chapter, American Guild of Organists (serving asDean for 2 years). She served on the OSU Friends ofMusicBoard for 8 years andwas givenEmeritus status. InOMTA,she has served as President of SAMTA ive terms andNortheastDistrictPresidentfortwoterms.Shehasservedaschurch organist and Children’s Music Coordinator andcurrentlyservesasInterimOrganist.In2002,shegraduatedwithaM.M. fromtheSchoolofChurchMusic, SouthwesternBaptist Theological Seminary with Organ as her primaryinstrument and an interest focus in children’s musiceducation including studies inOrff,MusikgartenCurriculumandvocalpedagogue.

Local Association Presidents Lawton and Stillwater

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Tahlequah Area Branch OMTA

Mary Ann Head, President

Jane Bailey Ronald Chioldi Sandra Fitzgerald Rita D. Foster Farren Mayfield Verna Pitts Rogers

ClintonAreaMusicTeachersAssociation

VirginiaAtkinsonNCTM,ElkCity,PresidentJerriHeadrick,Sayre,VicePresidentRoseRatcliffe,Weatherford,TreasurerVerlaneZerby,Custer,AuditionsChairAntheaLin,SWOSU,Weatherford

DennisWiden,SWOSU,Weatherford

Shawnee Area Music Teachers Association

Carol Ann Bell, NCTM Dephanie Lilite Don Clark Sandra Meyer, NCTM Michael Dean Mary Chung Conchita Hansford, NCTM Alice Sanders Joleen Lewis Kaye Shields Ron Lewis, NCTM

Shelley Levisay, President

DURANT—Mary Ann Craige, Professorof Music, has taught Applied and ClassPiano at Southeastern Oklahoma StateUniversitysince1966.SheholdsaB.M.inpiano performance from OklahomaBaptist University and an M.M. in PianoPerformancefromtheUniversityofNorthTexas. She earned a Ph.D. from theUniversity of North Texas (UNT) whereherdissertationaddressedsight‐readingatthepianofortheuniversity level. She also earned aMusic Educationdegreefrom OBU as well as a Music Theory degree from UNT.Presently, Dr. Craige is coordinator of the SOSU keyboardarea, teaching private and class piano as well asaccompanying various ensembles. She also maintains aprivatestudioforpre‐collegestudents.Dr.Craigeisactiveasa collaborativepianist, lecturer, andadjudicator. She servesas organist at First Baptist Church, Durant, Oklahoma. ShehastraveledandperformedextensivelyintheUSAaswellasEuropeandAustralia/NewZealand.Previously,shetaught3years as a graduate assistant at UNT. Dr. Craige currentlyservesasStateCompositionCompetitionCoordinatorfortheMusicTeachersNationalAssociationand isPresidentof theDurant Area Piano Teachers. She previously served asCo‐PresidentoftheEastDistrictofOklahomaMusicTeachersAssociation. Piano training included studies under artistteachers Jacque Abrams, Sylvia Zaremba, Jack Roberts,RichardCass,andSteveHarlos.

COMTA—TerriHlubek has been a memberofCOMTAfor12years,whereshehasserved4yearsasVPofMembership,KampKeyboardDirector, Clavinova Ensemble AdventuresDirector,andReferralChair,whileservingonseveral committees. She is currently servingherfourthyearasCOMTAPresident.Shehas

beenOMTAVPforMembershipfor2yearsandisservinghersecondyearasOMTAPresident‐ElectandConferenceChair.ShereceivedherBMinPianoPerformancefromWestminsterChoirCollege,whilestudyingwithPhyllisLehrerandMartinKatz. Althoughshemaintainsa fullpianostudio,she isalsoanorganistandacollaborativepianist.

Local Association Presidents Durant and COMTA

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NORMAN—Mary Sallee, NCTMA,is serving her 2nd year asPresident of the Norman AreaMTA.SheownsSalleePianoStudioinNormanwhereshe instructsallages and specializes in adultinstruction. Mary has been amemberofOMTA/MTNAsinceshegraduatedfromOUin1988.Whilethere, she received aBM in PianoPerformance, aBME inVoice, anda MM in Piano Performance andPedagogy.MaryisapastpresidentofOMTAandiscurrentlySouth‐CentralDivisionDirectorforMTNA.In2000,shewasOMTA's Commissioned Composer and currently composesand arranges for Alfred Publishing. OMTA made her anMTNAFellowin2007.Marycontinuestoserveaschairforthe OMTA Senior Competition, the OMTA CompositionFestival,andtheNAMTAFallFestival.

BARTLESVILLE—Ann Sheldon hastaught private piano/voice lessons forover forty years in Bartlesville, afterteaching elementary school musicclasses.AnnearnedherBME invoice/pianofromtheUniversityofOklahoma,livedoutofstateforeightyearsduetohusband’s job before moving toBartlesville in 1964. She did graduatework at TulsaUniversitywhile raising

three children, teaching music classes, and becoming anactive member of OMTA, MTNA, and the Bartlesville AreaMusicTeachersAssociation.AnnhasbeenBAMTApresidentandonOMTAboardthelasttwelveyears,aswellasservingasthelocalJuniorCompetitionchairforovertwentyyears.

Local Association Presidents Norman and Bartlesville

The Central Oklahoma Music Teachers Association (COMTA)

is an organization dedicated to the instruction of all

musicians and the professional development of their teachers

CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

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Local Association Presidents Duncan, Shawnee, and Panhandle

DUNCAN—Anita Johns teaches privatepianoandismusicdirectoratWestSideChristian Church. She also accompaniesvarious vocalists and instru‐mentalists.AswellasbeingPresidentofthe Duncan Area Music Teachers'Association, she is the program chair‐man and treasurer of the StephensCountyMusic Teachers' Association anda member of the Duncan Music

Club.From1985until1995,shewasadjunctprofessorattheUniversity of Science andArtsofOklahoma, serving as staffaccompanistandteachingprivatepianoandpianoclasses.SHAWNEE—ShelleyLevisay is anativeofShawnee,Oklahoma,andbegan playing the piano at age 7andhasbeenteachingfor7yearswith the Oklahoma BaptistUniversity Preparatory Depart‐ment.Shegraduatedwithamusicand political science degree atOBU. She also has a JurisDoctorate from the University of Oklahoma and is anAssistant District Attorney at the Pottawatomie CountyDistrict Attorney’s Of ice. She served as Vice President ofSAMTA for three years and has been President for the lasttwoyears.

PANHANDLE—Kristina Roberts hastaughtprivatepianolessonsinGuymonforthe past 27 years. She became anactive member of Panhandle BranchOklahoma Music Teachers Association in1985, where she has served in severalof ices includingPresident,Secretary,LocalAuditions Chairman and Treasurer. Sheattended West Texas State University

where she received a Bachelor of Music Therapy with anemphasisinPiano/Bassoonin1983.

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MUSKOGEE—Nancy Shelton hastaughtpianoinMuskogeefor35years.Her Bachelor’s degree is fromOklahoma Baptist University andMaster’sdegree is fromSouthwesternBaptist Theological Seminary. She hasbeen a member of MTNA since 1976,although she joined OMTA in 1970.She has served several of ices in thelocalorganization.Shehasalsoservedas the Northeast District President,Vice President for Auditions, and is currently the TheoryChairandProvisionalChair forthestate.Shealsohasbeenanadjudicator forOMTAAuditions,NationalGuild,andtheOklahomaBaptistKeyboardFestival.AhighlightwaswhenshereceivedOMTADistinguishedTeacherin2009.

BROKEN ARROW—Phyllis Welkhas taught private piano lessons inBrokenArrow for thepast 34 years.She became an active member ofBroken Arrow Music TeachersAssociation in 1980, then joinedOMTAandMTNAin1986andwasachartermember of the OMT BrokenArrow Association where she has

served in several of ices including Junior Auditions andDistrict Chair. Mrs. Welk was educated at BaylorUniversitywhereshereceivedaBMEinvoice/pianoin1970and taught elementary music in Moore, Oklahoma, aftergraduating. She currently servesOMTA as President of theBroken Arrow Association and Vice President of LocalAssociations. She also has served as an adjudicator forvariousauditionsandcompetitionsoverthepast20years.

Local Association Presidents Muskogee and Broken Arrow

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History of the Oklahoma Music Teachers Association

The Oklahoma Music Teachers Association was initiallyorganized in 1913 butwas discontinued in 1917 following theresignationofitspresident,Mrs.DewittHuntofStillwater,whenherhusbandenteredmilitaryserviceintheFirstWorldWar. In1929OMTAwas reorganized followingameetingof theNationalFederationofMusicClubs inAprilof thatyearwhenagroupofmusicteachersgatheredin theMayoHotel inTulsatodiscuss an organization primarily for music teacher ClarenceBurgofOklahomaCitywasappointedChairmanofPlanning. Planswerepresentedto30musicteachersonNovember30,1929, at Oklahoma City University. The newly writtenconstitutionandbylawswereadoptedandthefollowingof icerswere elected: President, Clarence Burg, Oklahoma CityUniversity; First Vice President, Albert Lukken, University ofTulsa;SecondVicePresident,Mrs.LewisC.Lawson,Holdenville;Secretary, Marjorie Dwyer, Oklahoma College for Women,Chickasha; Treasurer, William H. Wehrend, University ofOklahoma, Norman; Publicity Chairman, C. B. Macklin, CentralStateTeachersCollege,Edmond;Historian,IdaGardner,Tulsa. The constitution stated the purpose of the associationwasto elevate the standards ofmusic instruction in Oklahoma andestablisha closer relationshipamong themusic teachersof thestate.Membershipwas tobegranted to thoseapprovedby theExecutiveBoard.Thebylawsestablishedannualconventionsanddivided the state into four districts formed by the Rock IslandandSantaFerailroads. The irstannualconventionwasheldonApril10‐11,1930,attheOklahomaCollegeforWomeninChickashainjointsessionwith the Oklahoma Federation of Music Clubs. At the 1931convention inLawton,againheld jointlywith theFederationofMusicClubs, itwasvotedtoholdfutureconventionsseparatelyfromotherorganizationssotheentiretimecouldbedevotedtoproblems of themusic teaching profession and to programs ofspecialinteresttoprofessionalmusicians. Itwas also decided to publish quarterly an of icial journalwith the irst issue of the OklahomaMusicTeacher appearingDecember20,1931.An item in this issuementioned thatworkwas goingwell under the new plan of certifying privatemusicteachers. Beginning with the state convention in Tulsa, December,1933, (guest artist, pianist RudolphReuter), OMTA establishedthepolicyofbringinganationallyknownartist‐teacher toeachofitsconventions.

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In 1952 OMTA obtained af iliation with the Music TeachersNational Association on a 50 percent basis. At the stateconventiononJune7,1954,themembershipvotedtomaintain100percentaf iliation. EffectivewiththeconventioninNormaninFebruary,1942,all active members of OMTA are required to be certi ied byOMTA. In 1967 a similar plan, but optional, was adopted byMusic Teachers National Association (MTNA) with theadditional requirement of renewal every ive years. Effectivesince 1991, this same renewal process is required for statecerti ication. The state convention program in Tulsa in April,1943, includedaconcertperformedbystudentsselected fromthefourdistricts.Theconcertwassowellreceivedthatannualdistrictauditionswereestablishedtoselectstudentstoappearoneverystateconventionprogram.Thus,theSeniorAuditionswere born. In 1946 similar auditions for younger students,Junior Auditions, were established with those selectedperformingattheirdistrictconventions. To encourage teachers to include more theory in theappliedmusiclesson,itwasagreedin1954torequireentrantsin the Junior and Senior Auditions to pass a written theoryexaminationinordertobedeclaredawinner.Alsoin1954,theOMTA Collegiate Artist Auditions were started with the irstwinnersperformingon the stateconventionprogram inTulsainMarch,1955.In1990theJuniorHonorCompetitionfor ifthandsixthgradestudentsofMTNAcerti iedteacherswasadded. BecauseallOMTAauditionswerecompetitive,acommitteeplannedthe irstOMTAAchievementAuditions.InMarch,1969,students of piano, voice, and orchestral instruments wereenteredinareaauditions.Thosereceivingtopratingswentonto thestateaudition inNormanonMarch29,1969.Originallyopen to only junior high and senior high school students, in1979 the Achievement Auditions were opened to elementarystudents. In 1995 administration of the theory tests waschanged to theStateAuditions. In2000, administrationof thetheorytestswaschangedtotheDistrictAchievementAuditionsinorderformorestudentstobeabletoparticipate. InMarch,1953,OMTAwashost to the irstconventionoftheSouthwesternDivisionofMTNA,which includedArkansas,Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Division lineswere later changed and Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, andTexasbecametheSouthCentralDivision.(continuedonp.20)

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History of the Oklahoma Music Teachers Association (continued)

Through the years many OMTA members have beenselected to serve the national association on boards andcommittees. In 1969 Celia Mae Bryant of the University ofOklahomawaselectedthe irstwomanpresidentofMTNA. OMTAhascontinuedtogrowasanorganization.In1987theirst computers were purchased for OMTA of icers. In 1988OMTAbecameincorporated. In1992acompleterevisionoftheconstitution and bylaws added the president of each localassociation to the Executive Board. OMTA established its irstinternet web page in 1999. In 2001, OMTA awarded its irstDistinguished Teacher Award to Dr. Digby Bell, ProfessorEmeritus of the University of Oklahoma. The OMTA 2002Distinguished Teacher Award was posthumously presented toElwyn Ratliff, long‐time Tulsa piano teacher who died inFebruary, 2002. The 2003 Distinguished Teacher Award waspresentedtoDr.JaneMagrath,ProfessorofMusic,UniversityofOklahoma. InMarch2004,OMTAwassaddenedbythepassingofpastPresident and Distinguished OMTA Teacher, Dr. Digby Bell.Digby was one of MTNA's irst Foundation Fellows and avaluablemember and of icer in the history of OMTA. Later inMarch at the MTNA National Conference in Kansas City,Honorary OMTA Member and Past President Auda MarieThomas was awarded an MTNA Foundation Fellow by themembersofOMTA.2004markedthe75thAnniversaryofOMTAasastateorganization.AhugecelebrationtookplaceatthestateconferenceinJuneheldattheAdam'sMarkHotelindowntownTulsa. MTNA President Phyllis Pieffer was in attendance topresentOMTAwithacommemorativeplaqueacknowledging50years as an af iliatewithMTNA. During the conference, Dr. EdGates fromtheUniversityofOklahomawaspresentedwith the2004 Distinguished Teacher of the Year. During the businessmeeting,themembershipvotedtoaccepttheredistrictingofthestatefromfourtotwodistricts:EastandWest. In 2009 OMTA celebrated its 80thanniversary at the HiltonTulsa Southern Hills Hotel. The closing session featured aspecial “Eight‐Tea” and honored our past state presidents,including MTNA National President Ann Gipson, the featuredspeakeratthebanquettheprecedingevening.WemournedthelossofpaststatepresidentJimBreckenridge,whodidsomuchtofurther the cause ofOMTA. 2010was noteworthy aswewereableforthe irsttimetohonortwoOMTAmembers,SkyeGarciaand Sylvia Ryan, as MTNA Foundation Fellows at the MTNAConferenceinAlbuquerque.

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MTNA/OMTAWinnersandAlternates/Teachers

MTNASeniorPianoWinner:JosephLee/HeatherLanners(SouthCentralDivisionAlternate)Alternate:KevinLie/SergioMonteiroMTNAYoungArtistPianoRepresentative:CaseyCross/ChindaratCharoenwongseMTNAYoungArtistChamberMusicWinner: KwadratQuartet/JeffreyLoeffert RyanGartner,SopranoSaxophone JudytaMurzyn,AltoSaxophone CurrenMyers,TenorSaxophone KayleeChristenson,BaritoneSaxophone(SouthCentralDivisionWinner)Alternate:BuenoQuartet/JeffreyLoeffert AndrewTwiss,Alto&SopranoSaxophone KyleMeraz,Alto&SopranoSaxophone RyanTomlinson,TenorSaxophone ZacharyKishpaugh,BaritoneSaxophoneMTNAJuniorPianoWinner:TimothyLee/SergioMonteiroAlternate:BrianaLiu/GloriaJohnsonHonorableMention:GeneMoon/GregFisherMTNAJuniorStringRepresentative:DongGuynKim,cello/ JonathanRuck(SouthCentralDivisionHonorableMention)MTNAYoungArtistWoodwindRepresentative:DelaraHashemi/Emily Butter ield(SouthCentralDivisionHonorableMention)MTNAElementaryCompositionWinner:NathanielParker/GregFisher(SouthCentralDivisionWinner)MTNAJuniorCompositionWinner:GeneMoon/GregFisherMTNASeniorCompositionWinner:SarahHunter/IgorKaracaOMTAMarilynWitcherJuniorHonorWinner:KatlynnWaggoner/Young‐EunChung

OMTACollegiatePianoAWinner:DanielJohnson/ThomasLannersAlternate:ClaireMarquardt/StarlaHiblerPianoBWinner:SungeunYi/ThomasLannersAlternate:SarahWalters/ThomasLannersHonorableMention:WeijiaZhou/JeongwonHamPianoCWinner:XuanKuang/SergioMonteiroAlternate:LiangShan/SergioMonteiro

SeniorAuditionsWinnersandAlternates/TeachersPianoAngelaCai/GloriaJohnsonCaseyCai/GloriaJohnsonRichardHwang/GloriaJohnsonRachaelMontgomery/MarilynRosfeldNicklasNguyen/EllenJayneWheelerChrisPowell/RogerPriceGabrielleThng/GloriaJohnsonFlute11th/12thGradeKaylaCrego/JanetRomanishinStrings11th/12thGradeNicciCiardi/AdaSewell2ndPlace—JazlynMagno/AdaSewellVoice9th/10thGradeNatalieTaylor/SharonYenzer2ndPlace—SierraHawkins/ LavonnaWhitesell11th/12thGradeKaitlinKeesey—LavonnaWhitesell2ndPlace—KristofferPendergraft/ LarryBaldwin

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2011‐2012OMTABOARDOFFICERSPresident…………………………………….………………....………………..…SandraMeyer,NCTMPresidentElect……………………………..……………...……………...….……TerriHlubek,NCTMVicePresidentforMembershipandCerti ication………..………………...….BeverlyFitchVicePresidentforLocalAssociations andStudentChapters………………...………………….…………………….…..PhyllisWelkVicePresidentforAuditions….…………..………………………..…......GloriaJohnson,NCTMTreasurer…………………………………………..………….……………..…………..EileenFox,NCTMRecordingSecretary…………………………….……….……………...……..…………..KathyWilsonImmediatePastPresident……………………..…………………….....……….SylviaRyan,NCTMParliamentarian…………………..…………………...……………..……KarenHarrington,NCTMCollegiateChapterChair…………………………...……………..…………...BarbaraFast,NCTMIMTFChair/ArtsAdvocacy………...……………………………..……MelissaJohansen,NCTMCollegeFacultyForumChair…………………………………….……………………..DavidForbatHistorian...…………………………..……………………….………………………..………….PatsyWylieCFOFoundationChair…….……………..………………..……….……JanetRomanishin,NCTMMTNAFoundationChair…..……………………………...…...……….……….StarlaHibler,NCTMWestCo‐Presidents………………………………………….…..…………...…….AdaSewell,NCTM LeonWhitesell,NCTMEastCo‐Presidents……………………………………………..….….………DannyCalhoun,NCTM MichaelDeanOMTEditor………………………………………………………...…...………….…………..ThomasLabeMembersatLarge(East)……………………………………..……..……….CarolAnnBell,NCTM MaryHawthorne,NCTMMembersatLarge(West)………......………………………....…………….NitaTwyman,NCTM RachelSchmoyer

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INDEXBiographicalInformationCommissionedComposer—BradRichter………………………………………………………………………….7ConferenceClinician—AnneEpperson……………………………………………………………………………..4ConferenceClinician—FredKarpoff………………………………………………………………………………….6DistinguishedTeacher—GloriaJohnson…………………………………………………………………………...8IMTFSession—MelissaJohansen…………………………………………………………………………………...10

LocalAreaPresidentsBartlesville—AnnSheldon……………………………………………………………………………………………...15BrokenArrow—PhyllisWelk………………………………………………………………………………………….17Clinton—VirginiaAtkinson…………………………………………………………………………………………….11COMTA—TerriHlubek…………………………………………………………………………………………………...14Duncan—AnitaJohns……………………………………………………………………………………………………..16Durant—MaryAnnCraige………………………………………………………………………………………………14Enid—PattyAnnTate……………………………………………………………………………………………………..12Lawton—WilliamSpannagel…………………………………………………………………………………………..13Muskogee—NancyShelton……………………………………………………………………………………………..17Norman—MarySallee…………………………………………………………………………………………………….15Panhandle—KristinaRoberts………………………………………………………………………………………...16PoncaCity—RobertaMotz……………………………………………………………………………………………...12Shawnee—ShelleyLevisay……………………………………………………………………………………………..16Stillwater—SueHinesPopham……………………………………………………………………………………….13Tahlequah—MaryAnnHead…………………………………………………………………………………………..11Tulsa—BarbiCottingham……………………………………………………………………………………………….11

AdvertisersBartlesvilleAreaMTA…………………………………………………………………………………………………….35BrokenArrowMTA………………………………………………………………………………………………………..47CameronUniversity………………………………………………………………………………………………………..49CentralOklahomaMTA…………………………………………………………………………………………………..38ClintonAreaMTA…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...39DuncanAreaMTA…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..37DurantAreaPianoTeachers…………………………………………………………………………………………...35EastCentralUniversity…………………………………………………………………………………………………...32Edmond‐Gilliam‐LarsenMusicCompanies………………………………………………………...BackCoverEnidAreaMTA……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….37FJHMusicCompany………………………………………………………………………………………………………..43KampKeyboard……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..22MajorMusicCompany…………………………………………………………………………………………………….45MuskogeeAreaMTA………………………………………………………………………………………………………37NormanAreaMTA…………………………………………………………………………………………………………34OklahomaBaptistUniversity…………………………………………………………………………………………..50OklahomaChristianUniversity……………………………………………………………………………………….33OklahomaCityUniversity……………………………………………………………………….InsideFrontCoverOklahomaStateUniversity……………………………………………………………………...InsideBackCoverOralRobertsUniversity………………………………………………………………………………………………….51Pender’sMusicCompany………………………………………………………………………………………………..42PianoTechniciansGuild…………………………………………………………………………………………………40SAIEDMusicCompany…………………………………………………………………………………………………...44ShawneeAreaMTA………………………………………………………………………………………………………..39SoutheasternOklahomaStateUniversity………………………………………………………………………...45SouthernNazareneUniversity………..………………………………………………………………………………47StillwaterAreaMTA……………………………………………………………………………………………………….37TahlequahAreaMTA……………………………………………………………………………………………………..39TheoryTime………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….36TulsaAccreditedMTA…………………………………………………………………………………………………….41UniversityofCentralOklahoma……………………………………………………………………………………...52UniversityofOklahoma………………………………………………………………………………………………….46UniversityofTulsa………………………………………………………………………………………………………...48

OklahomaMusicTeachersAssociationConferenceCommittees

StateConferenceChair:TerriHlubek

LocalCo‐Chairs:MelissaJohansenandJenniferMansour

Advertising(LocalAssociations)...............................PhilelleMcBrayerAdvertising(Commercial).............................................JenniferMansourAdvertising(Universities).............................................JanetRomanishinConferenceHost.....................................................OCUMusicDepartmentTableDecorations.......................................................................DianeFranceExhibits..............................................................................................PatsyWylieTechSupport......................................................................................JohnCrossHosttoClinicians………........................................................GregoryHlubekOCUCatering.....................................................................................SherriCainProgramBook...............................................................................TerriHlubekRecitals...........................................................................................SandraMeyer MarySalleeRecitalProgramFormatting ........................................RachelSchmoyerRegistration........................................................................................EileenFox PaulineJohnson JoleneBolin MelissaJohansen WendyGreen DianeFranceNametags/MealDesignations.......................................MelissaJohansenRecitalHostesses/Monitors…............................................MyraSchubert KathyThompson DianeFrance WendyGreenPhotographer……………………………………………………………….ViviVivi

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ThankYou!

OklahomaCityUniversity,forgraciouslyhostingour2012OMTAStateConference.OklahomaCityUniversityhasbeenextremelysupportiveofallOMTAevents.Thankyou,thankyou,thankyou!!SandraMeyer,ourOMTAPresident,whohassograciouslyguidedmeineverypossiblewaythroughtheof iceofPresident‐Elect,ConferenceChair.MelissaJohansenandJenniferMansour,forbeingtheCOMTACo‐chairs.Don’tworry—noOKCstateconferencenextyear!PatsyWylie,forcomingoutof“ExhibitorRetirement”toputtogethertheexhibitsforthelast2years.WearesoblessedtohavePatsyinCOMTA/OMTA!SandraDevine,ourProgramDeveloper.Thanksforallyourhardworkandorganizationalskills.YouaresoappreciatedbyOMTA!LarsenMusic,fortheirgenerosityinalwaysbringingCOMTAwhatevertheyneedtosharethespiritofmusic.YOUARESIMPLYTHEBEST!!DoorPrizes: LocalAssociationDoorPrizes:ChristianImprov Bartlesville MuskogeeEdmondMusic BrokenArrow NormanGil’sClothing COMTA TahlequahKey‐Awareness.com Durant TulsaPender’sMusicCo. LawtonTheoryTimeKarenHarrington—PianoTeacher’sResourceKitExhibits: MusicbyOklahomaComposers: ChristianImprov/Piano W.T.SkyeGarciaAccessoriesbyPearlPeveler ClaudetteM.HudelsonEdmondMusic DeniseParrKey‐Awareness.com MarySalleeMajorMusic MyraSchubertPender’sMusicCo. L.StephenSewellTheoryTime KimWilliams FranYoungGregHlubek,myhusband,whohassodiligentlypretendedtolistentomeplanthe2012OMTAStateConference. ....TerriHlubek,President‐ElectandConferenceChair

Oklahoma Music Teachers Associa on Since 1929

The Eighty‐Third Annual State Conference

Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City, Oklahoma May 31—June 2, 2012 

 Thursday, May 31

All Events are in the Wanda L. Bass Music Center 

9:30    Audi ons Commi ee………………….. A301 Love Conference Room Gloria Johnson, Vice President for Audi ons, Presiding 

 10:30‐12:00  Membership/Cer fica on Commi ee……………………………...B201 

Beverly Fitch, Vice President for Membership and Cer fica on, Presiding  12:00‐1:00  Lunch……………………………………………………………………………... Atrium  1:00‐3:30  Execu ve Commi ee Mee ng……. A301 Love Conference Room 

Sandra Meyer, OMTA State President, Presiding  1:30‐5:00  Exhibitor Setup………………………………... A101 Small Rehearsal Hall 

Patsy Wylie, Exhibits Chair, Presiding  3:30‐4:00  Hospitality ………………………………………..A101 Small Rehearsal Hall  4:00‐6:30  Execu ve Board Mee ng……………..A105 Medium Rehearsal Hall 

Sandra Meyer, OMTA State President, Presiding  6:30‐7:30  Dinner for OMTA Board Members, Exhibitors, and Clinicians……………………….…………………………………… Atrium     Invoca on………..………...Philelle McBrayer, OMTA Past President 

Sandra Meyer, OMTA State President, Presiding  7:30‐9:00  OMTA President & Vice President Local Associa ons Meet with Local Associa on Presidents…….…105 Medium Rehearsal Hall  

Friday, June 1  8:00    Registra on……………………………………………………………………..Lobby 

Eileen Fox, OMTA State Treasurer, Presiding  8:00    Visit Exhibits/Hospitality…………….…….A101 Small Rehearsal Hall  8:00‐12:00  Cer fica on Exam…………………………….……………………………. B201 

Beverly Fitch, Vice President for Membership and Cer fica on, Presiding 

OMTACOMMISSIONEDCOMPOSERS

1965RayLuke 1981JamesLambert 1999DeannaWalker1967SpencerNorton 1982MichaelHennagin 2000MarySallee1968LermuelChilders 1983NancyCobb 2001EdwardKnight1969CharlesHoag 1984FrankLynnPayne 2002CarolynBremer1970FrankLynnPayne 1985ArthurSmith 2003KennethFuchs1971RobertDillion 1986RobertWood 2004BrianShepard1972EvanTonsing 1987BeverlyMcLarry 2005W.T.SkyeGarcia1973SpencerNorton 1988SteveRush 2006EdHuckeby1974RayLuke 1989JamesWintle 2007JosephRivers1975MichaelHennagan 1990DeannaWalker‐Tipps 2008GregoryHoepfner1976ClaudeBass 1991SamMagrill 2009SteveSewell1977JerryNealSmith 1992BrantAdams 2010MarvinLamb1978VincentFrohme 1993JamesVernon 2011MatthewSaunders1979RogerPrice 1994EricSimonson 2012BradRichter1980TheodoreHansen 1996RogerPrice

OMTAPASTPRESIDENTS1929‐1934ClarenceBurg,OklahomaCity 1978‐1982DigbyBell,Norman1934‐1938AlbertLukkin,Tulsa 1982‐1986ThomasO.McCollom,Lawton1938‐1942JewelRoche,OklahomaCity 1986‐1990MarilynWitcher,OklahomaCity1942‐1946LewisSalter,Norman 1990‐1994JamesBreckenridge,Weatherford1946‐1950MaxA.Mitchell,Stillwater 1994‐1998AudaMarieThomas,Harrah1950‐1954HazelD.Monfort,Alva 1998‐2000PhilelleMcBrayer,Tulsa1954‐1958LemuelChilders,Tulsa 2000‐2002AnnGipson,FortWorth,TX1958‐1962MaryShoeLowe,Muskogee 2002‐2004RonLewis,Shawnee1962‐1966CeliaMaeBryant,Norman 2004‐2006MarySallee,Norman1966‐1970W.EarlCox,Cherokee 2006‐2008RobertMcFadden,Durant1970‐1974LucilleWestonGourley,Tulsa 2008‐2010SylviaRyan,Norman1974‐1978W.EarlCox,Cherokee 2010‐2012SandraMeyer,Shawnee

OMTAHONORARYLIFEMEMBERSAnnGipson,FortWorth,TX RonLewis,Shawnee ThomasO.McCollom,Lawton MarySallee,Norman PhilelleMcBrayer,Tulsa RobertMcFadden,Durant AudaMarieThomas,Harrah SylviaRyan,NormanEileenFox,OklahomaCity SandraMeyer,Shawnee

OMTADISTINGUISHEDTEACHERS2001 DigbyBell,Shawnee 2008 RogerPrice,Tulsa2002 ElwynRatliff,Tulsa 2009 NancyShelton,Muskogee 2003 Dr.JaneMagrath,Norman 2010 ClaudetteHudelson,BrokenArrow2004 Dr.EdwardGates,Norman 2011 KayeShields,Shawnee2007 MyraSchubert,Bethany 2012 GloriaJohnson,Tulsa

MTNAFOUNDATIONFELLOWS2001 DigbyBell 2009 RobertMcFadden2002 PhilelleMcBrayer 2010 W.T.SkyeGarcia2004 AudaMarieThomas SylviaRyan2005 JimBreckenridge 2011 EileenFox2006 KarenHarrington JaneMagrath2007 MarySallee 2012 SandraMeyer2008 GloriaJohnson EdwardGates

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8:30‐10:00  Opening Session………………………………….………….. Petree Recital Hall “PIANO PLUS...Another Pianist!  Piano Duets: 

The Most Challenging Collabora on” Anne Epperson, Conference Clinician 

Terri Hlubek, OMTA State President‐Elect, Presiding  

10:15‐11:00  “Collabora ng with the Audience” ...A105 Medium Rehearsal Hall Brad Richter, Conference Clinician and Commissioned Composer 

Sandra Meyer, OMTA State President, Presiding  

11:00‐11:30  Visit Exhibits/Hospitality………………….…. A101 Small Rehearsal Hall  11:30‐12:30  OMTA/MTNA/Senior Compe on Winners Recital I…………………………………...…... Petree Recital Hall 

Gloria Johnson, Vice President for Local Associa ons, Presiding  

12:30‐1:30  Membership Luncheon……………………………………………………... Atrium     Welcome…………………………… Sandra Meyer, OMTA State President     Invoca on………. W.T. Skye Garcia, Commissioned Composer Chair     CFF (College Faculty Forum)…………………………………. Reserved Table 

David Forbat, College Faculty Forum Chair, Presiding  

1:30‐2:30  “Mul ‐Dimensional Piano‐Playing:  Establishing Fluid           Technique from the Beginning”…. A105 Medium Rehearsal Hall 

Fred Karpoff, Conference Clinician Thomas Lanners, OSU Professor of Piano, Presiding 

 2:45‐3:45  “PIANO PLUS...Singers!!  The Pianist as          Conductor and Orchestra”………………………….  Petree Recital Hall 

Anne Epperson, Conference Clinician Charles Koslowske, OCU Vocal Coach/OCU Collabora ve Pianist 

Lavonna Whitesell, Presiding  

3:45‐4:15  Visit Exhibits/Hospitality……………………..A101 Small Rehearsal Hall  4:15‐5:15  OMTA/MTNA/Senior Compe on Winners Recital II…………………………..…………….Petree Recital Hall 

Mary Sallee, Senior Compe on Finals Chair, Presiding  5:00    EXHIBITS CLOSE FOR FRIDAY 

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Saturday, June 2  

8:00    Registra on……………………………………………………………………...Lobby Eileen Fox, OMTA State Treasurer, Presiding 

 

8:00    Visit Exhibits/Hospitality…………………. A101 Small Rehearsal Hall  

8:30‐9:30  IMTF Session……………………………….. A105 Medium Rehearsal Hall “To Judge or Not to Judge”

Melissa Johansen, IMTF Chair Terri Hlubek, OMTA State President‐Elect, Presiding 

 

9:45‐10:45  “Integra ng the 3‐D Piano Method into the          Teaching Studio”…………………….. A105 Medium Rehearsal Hall 

Fred Karpoff, Conference Clinician Sandra Meyer, OMTA President, Presiding 

 

10:45‐11:15  Visit Exhibits/Hospitality…………………. A101 Small Rehearsal Hall  

11:15‐12:15  OMTA/MTNA/Senior Compe on Winners Recital III………………………………………...Petree Recital Hall 

Karen Harrington, OMTA Parliamentarian, Presiding  

12:15‐2:00  Membership Luncheon and Business Mee ng……………... Atrium     Welcome………………………….. Terri Hlubek, OMTA President‐Elect     Invoca on…………………. Robert McFadden, OMTA Past President     Traveling Trophy Awards………... Phyllis Welk, VP for Local Assoc.     MTNA Founda on…………. Starla Hibler, MTNA Founda on Chair     CFO Founda on ………...Janet Romanishin, CFO Founda on Chair     OMTA Business………..……………... Sandra Meyer, OMTA President     Officer Elec ons and          Installa on………………….Sylvia Ryan, Immediate Past President 

 

2:00‐3:00  “PIANO PLUS...A Violinist!            Suzuki Partnerships:  A Crea ve Introduc on to           Collabora on”………………………... A105 Medium Rehearsal Hall 

Anne Epperson, Conference Clinician Hyunsoon Whang, Cameron University,  

McMahon Endowed Chair in Music, Presiding  

3:00‐3:30  Visit Exhibits…………………………….………..A101 Small Rehearsal Hall  

3:30‐4:30  “PIANO PLUS...Us!  Open Forum Panel          Discussion on Collabora on”…....A105 Medium Rehearsal Hall 

Anne Epperson, Conference Pedagogy Clinician Panel:  Anne Epperson, Esther Fellows,  

Charles Koslowske, Thomas Lanners, Sallie Pollack,  Sandra Meyer, OMTA State President, Presiding 

 

4:30    Grand Prize Drawing………………….....A105 Medium Rehearsal Hall Conference Adjourns 

Terri Hlubek, OMTA President‐Elect, Presiding 25 

Friday, June 1 (con nued)

 6:00    Performance of Commissioned Work………….. Petree Recital Hall 

W.T. Skye Garcia, OMTA Commissioning Chair, Presiding  

           

 6:30‐8:15  Conference Banquet……………………………………………………... Atrium     Welcome…………………. Terri Hlubek, OMTA State President‐Elect     Invoca on………………………………………... “Grateful”, John Bucchino 

Erica Thomas, Soprano Terri Hlubek, Pianist

OCU Welcome…………….. Sergio Monteiro, OCU Director of Piano 

    Introduc on of Head Table…………………………………... Terri Hlubek,          OMTA State President‐Elect     Presenta on of Membership Awards………………... Sandra Meyer,         OMTA State Presdient  

MTNA Founda on Fellow Awards Presenta ons 

Sandra Meyer, Edward Gates……….Starla Hibler, Founda on Chair  

CFO Fellow Awards Presenta on 

Janet Romanishin, CFO Founda on Chair  

Dis nguished Teacher Award Presenta on 

Gloria Johnson……….Sylvia Ryan, Immediate Past President  

8:30    OMTA Collabora ve Ar st Recital…..…………...Petree Recital Hall     Post‐Concert Recep on…………………………………………………. Atrium 

DEVIL IN THE DETAILS Brad Richter, 2012 Commissioned Composer 

Brad Richter, Guitarist This piece is a guitar solo in three movements. 

Each is an homage to a legendary musician who had a run in with or was accused of worshiping the devil: 

Nicolo Paganini Orpheus 

Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) 

  OMTACollaborativeArtistRecitalHolbergSuite……………………………………………………………..EdvardGrieg I.Praeludium II.Sarabande V.Rigaudon

DavidForbat,PianoRobynPasternack,Choreography

JennieBroadhurst,AudreyJohnston,PaulKirk,CaitlinMcManigell,AlanaMurray,Dancers

AndanteundAllegroassaivivace,Opus92………FelixMendelssohn

MichaelDean,PianoAliceSanders,Piano

InIreland………………………………………………………………HamiltonHarty

JanetRomanishin,FluteStarlaHibler,Piano

LoveliestofTrees………………………………………………………….JohnDukePrairieWatersbyNight…………………………………………….EverettHelmSeaMoods……………………………………………………….MildredLundTyson

DonClark,BaritoneAliceSanders,Piano

Firecat………………………………………………………………….DavidRakowski

MaryFukushima,FluteMichaelKirkendoll,Piano

TheDeathofJuliet……………..Proko iev,Trans.ByVadimBorisovsky from“RomeoandJuliet”ballet

DanielFellows,ViolaEstherFellows,Piano

LeGrandTango……………………………………………………...AstorPiazzolla

ThomaszZieba,CelloSergioMonteiro,Piano

VariationsonaThemeofPaganini………………….WitoldLutoslawski

RonLewis,PianoSandraMeyer,Piano

BlueDanubeWaltz(Opus314,Walzer1) JohannStrauss

ArrangedbyW.T.SkyeGarcia PianoI PianoII MyraSchubert CarolAnnBell KathyThompson MaryChung SylviaRyan KayShields

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