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OMTASW in RENO for MTNA Conference

Twenty-three OhioMTA Southwest District members attended the MTNA National Conference in Reno Nevada in March! — 12 active members and 11...

Dr. Lian Tan Honored With American Music Teacher Article of the Year (March 29, 2023)

“Listening With Your Brain: An Aural-Cognitive Approach to Teaching Musical Understanding and Artistry,” coauthored by Chan Kiat Lim,...

OhioMTA-SW Program Meeting on Teaching Neurodivergent Students, 1/13/23, Anderson Center, Cincinnati

Featuring Kelsey Wiggs, Jessica Boone, Stephanie Sepate, and Terry Granick Written by Elizabeth Swift, Vice President of Programming Dr....

Dr. Michelle Conda, OMTASW member, Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

This post was copied from pianoinspires.com "The Frances Clark Center recognizes Michelle Conda and George Litterst as recipients of the...

Keeping Music Alive and Freaky at the 2017 MTNA National Conference

The 2017 MTNA Conference was held in Baltimore, Maryland March 18-22, and several of our OhioMTA Southwest colleagues were front and...

Adventures with Accompanists: Finding the Collaborative Pianist

My violin teacher always found a pianist for me whenever I played a recital, contest, or master class. His wife was a piano professor at...

Photo Gallery: Fall Conference 2016

Thank you to Brendan Jeffrey Photography for these images from our Fall Conference on October 8, 2016 at the University of Cincinnati...

Grant Helps Send Miami University Chapter to MTNA

This past April, members of the Miami University Collegiate Chapter were able to attend the MTNA national conference in San Antonia,...

One of Those "Wow!" Books

Just a few pages into The Perfect Wrong Note by William Westney I found myself thinking, “This is terrific; I wish I’d read this years...

Cultivating Creative, Motivated Students - Part 3: Get Up and Move!

In part one we discussed multimedia, part two was improvisation, and now we are on to the third and final part: movement! One of the best...