On Sunday morning of the conference, I attended the Alfred Exhibitor Showcase and the Keynote Presentation given by Norman Horowitz and Melvin Stecher. My notes are very similar to Natalie’s from Music Matters Blog, so I will let you read her summaries here and here! (We somehow attended a lot of the same sessions…great minds think alike!) :)
After that, I attended a session given by the MTNA Collegiate Chapter at Washington State University (WSU) called:
Composition and Creativity: Collaboration With Living Composers In The Private Studio
This session was about the annual Adopt-A-Composer Program that that WSU uses for their Piano Lab School (where piano majors teach students in a supervised setting). A year in advance, they choose and approach a composer, explain the components of the program, and negotiate terms. If the budget allows, some years they commission a work or two. Read More
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