Whew! After that blast of posts today, I am finished posting my conference notes from the recent MTNA National Conference in NYC!
During the conference, I ate lunch a few times with Natalie Wickham and her friends, as well as with Sheryl Welles and her friend Becky, and Jennifer Fink too! I also had the pleasure of meeting Jennifer Foxx, Chad Twedt, and Shauna Leavitt (who I interviewed for a Teacher Feature in this post!). I saw some other friends too, who aren’t bloggers. 🙂 (You know who you are!) It was so wonderful to re-connect with all these wonderful folks, and to meet new people too.
Here’s a picture of my roommate Hazel, composer Carolyn Setliff, and I, after a fun evening at Carnegie Hall for the live radio broadcast of “From The Top!”
I came home with a heavy bag filled with free music worth about $175! Here’s a picture of the loot:
It was a wonderful conference. I’m already looking forward to the next one!
Ooooo, I’m a little jealous looking at this loot! 🙂
Hi Joy! I was wondering if you can give me some preview because I will be going to my first MTNA conference in 2013. I was wondering if you have been to the conference gala before and what it is like? Would it be better to attend everything that is offered? Thanks!!
I have not attended the gala before. My impression is that it is mostly for teachers receiving awards (such as the 50-year member award). 🙂 I’m glad you are attending the next MTNA conference! I decided I couldn’t afford both MTNA and the NCKP for 2013, so I chose the latter because it is closer and easier for me to get to. You are going to have a blast – MTNA is such a great conference!