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CAPMT 2024 State Conference


Notes of Innovation: Expanding Horizons in Music Teaching


Saturday, October 19 - Sunday, October 20

California State University Long Beach, Bob Cole Conservatory of Music


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CLARIFICATION OF REFER A FRIEND POLICY:

This applies to FULL CONFERENCE attendees only. Those of you who are attending Jeremy Siskind's concert ONLY will not get a discount for your $20 ticket, regardless of referral or not. Thank you for your understanding.


Featuring Guest Artist

Jeremy Siskind, Jazz Pianist-Composer




Jeremy Siskind is the rare musician whose imaginative albums land on “best of” lists while his ground-breaking instructional books populate “best-seller” lists. A top finisher in national and international jazz piano competitions, Siskind is a two-time laureate of the American Pianists Association and the winner of the Nottingham International Jazz Piano Competition. A sought-after educator, Siskind has published more than 20 instructional books, including Playing Solo Jazz Piano, with an introduction by Fred Hersch, and the ground-breaking Jazz Piano Fundamentals series. Besides Siskind’s own YouTube channel, which boasts over 18,000 subscribers, Siskind is frequently seen teaching on digital platforms like Tonebase, Open Studio, and Piano with Jonny, as well as presenting webinars and in-person lectures for the Frances Clark Institute, the Music Teachers National Association, and the Imagine Solutions Conference. Siskind helps to guide education and pedagogy surrounding improvisation and composition. Siskind spreads peace through music in places like Lebanon, Tunisia, and Thailand with the non-profit organization, Jazz Education Abroad.

Jeremy Siskind is a Yamaha Artist.



Commissioned Composer

Vera Ivanova


Vera Ivanova is a composer and on faculty at Chapman University (Associate Professor of Music, Music Theory/Composition Department) and the Colburn School. She graduated from Moscow Conservatory (BM and MM), Guildhall School in London (MM), and Eastman School (Ph.D.) with degrees in music composition. Her compositions have been performed worldwide and received many national and international awards. Her music has been published by Universal Edition (UE 31899) and released on CD by Ablaze Records (Millennial Masters series, Vol. 2), Quartz Music, Ltd., Navona Recordings (Nova and Allusions albums), Musiques & Recherches (Métamorphoses 2004), and Centaur Records (CRC 3056).

More information is available at: www.veraivanova.com.


Guest Artist Masterclass

Ryan Darke, Trumpet


Trumpeter Ryan Darke is Principal Trumpet of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and is a lecturer of trumpet at the Bob Cole Conservatory at California State University Long Beach and lecturer of pedagogy at the Colburn Conservatory of Music.

Ryan has played full seasons with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, and the New World Symphony. He has played on short term contracts at Auckland Philharmonia, The Malaysia Philharmonic, and the Stavanger Philharmonic internationally. Domestically, he has performed with the San Francisco Symphony and Brass Ensemble, Philadelphia Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, and many others.

With the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Ryan has appeared as guest principal trumpet, played in the LA Philharmonic Brass Quintet, and joined two international tours (Venezuela and Scotland). In addition, Ryan enjoys recording work in Los Angeles, and regularly performs at Warner Brothers, Sony, Capital Records, and Fox Studios. He can be heard on many motion pictures and television shows including The Greatest Showman, Turning Red, The Mandelorian, Mulan, The Suicide Squad, The Simpsons, Star Trek: Picard, and more.

More information available at: www.RyanDarke.com 


Apply for Ryan Darke's masterclass here!

2024 State Conference Schedule


Saturday, October 19th



Daniel Recital Hall



Choir Rehearsal Hall



8:00-8:20AM

Conference Welcome



 N/A

 

8:30-8:50AM

Angela Lin: Ideology of Perfection: Battling Performance Anxiety through Sports Psychology


 

N/A

 

9:00-9:40AM

Omri Shimron: The Other Mendelssohn: Rediscovering Fanny Hensel


 

9:00-9:20AM

Matthew Krell: Revitalizing Piano Artistry: Embracing Improvisation in Digital Age Pedagogy


9:50-10:20AM

Gary Barnett: The New York School: New Perspectives in Piano Practice Techniques


 

9:30-10:10AM

Yvonne Reddy: Independent Music Teachers Forum – The Art of Mentoring

 


Break

 

10:20-10:40AM


Erica Lee and Michaela Lum: Tis the Season for Ornamenting: Fun Strategies for Teaching Elementary Students Baroque Embellishments



 

10:45AM-12:15PM

Ryan Darke Brass Masterclass and Workshop

Apply for Ryan Darke's masterclass here!



 N/A

 

12:30-1:20 PM

Lunch Break


 

 12:30-1:20 PM

Lunch Break


 1:30-2:30PM

RCM Special Presentation



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2:40-3:20PM

Samuel Grodin: Making the Piano Sing: How to Teach Effortless Tone Production


 

2:40-3:00PM

Katelyn Vahala: Why Do We Perform from Memory?

 

3:30-3:50PM

Michael Krikorian and Peter Klimo: The Tenure Trek: A Roadmap for New Faculty



 3:10-3:50PM

Trina Hodgson: A Sound Concept: Developing Bow Technique

 

4:00-5:00PM

 Young Professional Leadership Network Performers

To apply to perform at YPLN Concert, see here



 N/A

 

5:00-5:30PM

Social Break

Featured Poster Sessions:

Alexander Zhu: From Concept to Keys: Unveiling the Creative Journey of a Pedagogical Piano Piece

Yin Yin Huang: How to Turn Pandemic to Positive Impact

Emanuel Diaz Sanchez and Elenna Hayek, San Diego State Collegiate Chapter: Underrepresented Composer: Melanie Bonis


5:00-5:30PM

Social Break

Featured Poster Sessions:

Alexander Zhu: From Concept to Keys: Unveiling the Creative Journey of a Pedagogical Piano Piece

Yin Yin Huang: How to Turn Pandemic to Positive Impact

Emanuel Diaz Sanchez and Elenna Hayek, San Diego State Collegiate Chapter: Underrepresented Composer: Melanie Bonis

 

5:30-7:00PM

Guest Artist Recital: Jeremy Siskind



 N/A


Sunday, October 20th


8:00-9:15AM: CAPMT Executive Board Meeting

Location: Choir Rehearsal Hall


9:20-9:50AM: Annual Membership Meeting

Location: Choir Rehearsal Hall


Daniel Recital Hall
 Choir Rehearsal Hall


 10:10-10:50AM

John Hord: Johann Sebastian Bach: Thinking Musically, in Analysis, Practicum, and Performance


 

10:10-10:30AM

Sonya Schumann and Carina Voly: Pre-College to Professional: the Community Music School as Linchpin in Training Tomorrow's Educators and Musicians

 

N/A

 

10:40-11:00AM

Nasim Moattar: Unveiling the Piano Music of Richard Cumming


 

11:00AM-12:00PM

Commissioned Composer Masterclass


 

N/A


12:15-2:30PM: Awards Ceremony and Banquet Luncheon

Location: The Pointe Conference Center

Walter Pyramid California State University Long Beach, 1250 N Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840


Award Ceremony and Banquet Luncheon will be for registered banquet guests only. Banquet price: $40 per attendee


Conference resumes after Awards Ceremony + Banquet


Daniel Recital Hall


Choir Rehearsal Hall

 

2:30-3:10PM

Monica Lee: Sight-Reading Activities for Class Piano


 

2:30-3:10PM

Andrea Garreffa: The Walter Gieseking Memorization System: Implementing it, Memorizing it, and Teaching it



 3:20-3:40PM

Alex Zhu, Barry Tan, and Joshua Tan: Harmony Admist Chaos: The Challenges Collaborative Pianists Face Across Musical and Social Settings and How to Navigate Them


 

3:20-3:40PM

Riverside City College Chapter (Humberto Bravo, Alexis Zamora, and Michael Morales: Managing Social Life and Academic Balance as a Music Major


 

3:50-4:10PM

Jenny Soonjin Kim: The Lost Art of Baroque, Classical, and Romantic Era Improvisational Ornamentation



 3:50-4:30PM

Sean Bennett: Applying Basic Physics in as a Tool for Advancing Piano Technique

 

4:20-5:00PM

Erica Lee, Tracy Wong, and Shelby Wong: The Incentive Paradox: A Closer Look at Reward and Punishment


 

4:30-5:10PM

Brandon Bascom: The Seeing Ear and the Hearing Eye: Helping Students Develop Understanding Ears and Hearing Minds

 

5:00-5:30PM

Social Break

Featured Poster Sessions:

Alexander Zhu: From Concept to Keys: Unveiling the Creative Journey of a Pedagogical Piano Piece

Yin Yin Huang: How to Turn Pandemic to Positive Impact

Emmanuel Diaz Sanchez and Elenna Hayek, San Diego State Collegiate Chapter: Underrepresented Composer: Melanie Bonis


 

5:10-5:30PM

Social Break

Featured Poster Sessions:

Alexander Zhu: From Concept to Keys: Unveiling the Creative Journey of a Pedagogical Piano Piece

Yin Yin Huang: How to Turn Pandemic to Positive Impact

Emmanuel Diaz Sanchez and Elenna Hayek, San Diego State Collegiate Chapter: Underrepresented Composer: Melanie Bonis

 

5:30-6:30PM

Commissioned Composition Premiere +

CAPMT State Finals Winners Concert


 


N/A




California State Long Beach University Bob Cole Conservatory of Music

Map and Parking Info:

https://web.csulb.edu/colleges/cota/music/

Address: 6200 East Atherton Street Long Beach, CA 90840-7101



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CAPMT 2024 Conference Award Recipients

CAPMT Lifetime Achievement Award 2024:

Brian Chung


Brian Chung’s diverse career includes experience as a performer, composer, arranger, teacher, author, conference speaker and music industry executive. In the business world, he served over 31 years as senior vice president of Kawai America Corporation. As a musician, he is co-author of Improvisation at the Piano (with Dennis Thurmond), co-author of Recreational Music Making Handbook (with Brenda Dillon), author of Expressions of Faith: Eight Inventive Explorations of Classic Hymns and Expressions of Christmas (all published by Alfred Music) and recipient of a 2022 Composer’s Grant from the MTNA Collaborative Music Commissioning Project. As an active member of Music Teachers National Association, he served as chair of the MTNA Foundation Fund Development Committee for 20 years (1999-2019), chair of the 2022 National Conference Planning Committee – and is honored to be a 2004 MTNA Foundation Fellow, 2015 MTNA Endowment Fellow, and recipient of the 2010 MTNA Distinguished Service Award and 2019 MTNA Citation for Leadership.

Mr. Chung has an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Michigan, where he combined his musical and business interests. In addition to performing in the Michigan Marching Band (on alto horn) and the school's top jazz band (on piano), he spent summers as a pianist and musical director at Walt Disney World. After college, he traveled to London to study piano, conducting and improvisation at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama as a Rotary Foundation Scholar. Upon his return to the States, he was privileged to pursue jazz studies as the recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. After years as a professional musician and independent piano teacher, he continued his business education by completing a Master of Management Degree at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. His business pursuits eventually led him to Kawai America Corporation, where he served in senior management from 1988 until his retirement in 2020. As an active retiree, he enjoys composing music, serving in church leadership, playing pickleball, and spending precious time with his wife of 45 years (Jo Anne), his three grown sons and seven energetic grandchildren.

CAPMT Teacher of the Year 2024-2025:

Dr. Stewart Gordon

Dr. Stewart Gordon is Emeritus Professor of Keyboard Studies at the Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern California. His academic career included posts at the University of Maryland, where he served as Dean of the Music School, and Queens College of the City University of New York, where he served as Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs. As a performing pianist, he toured the United States, Europe, the Middle-East, and Asia. His recordings include works by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, and the complete Rachmaninoff Preludes.   

He is the author of Etudes for Piano Teachers; A History of Keyboard Literature; Mastering the Art of Performance; Planning Your Piano Success; and Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas. As an editor he completed critical editions of the Beethoven piano sonatas; the Mozart piano sonatas, and the Debussy etudes. He holds degrees from the University of Kansas and The University of Rochester (Eastman School of Music). He has been the recipient of the California Association of Professional Music Teachers Lifetime Achievement Award and the Maryland State Music Teachers Award for Distinguished Service to Music. He has been elected to several honorary organizations: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Lambda (music), and Scabbard and Blade (military). As a young man he served four years as a junior officer in the United States Navy. 


CAPMT MTNA Foundation Fellow 2024-2025:

Craig Richey

A graduate of the Juilliard School, and Hailed by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for his "No-nonsense pianism!" Craig Richey made his New York debut as guest duo-soloist with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. He is currently a member of the Piano Faculty at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University Long Beach. Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Craig taught at the esteemed Third Street Music School Settlement in New York City where he also directed their Chamber Music Program. He has appeared in collaborative, chamber music and solo performances throughout the United States and has performed live on National Public Radio and Air America Radio. 

Mr. Richey’s students have been regular winners of the Bob Cole Conservatory Concerto Competition, have frequently garnered first and second prizes in solo and concerto competitions in California as well as top prizes in international competitions. He is a frequent adjudicator at competitions throughout the Southwest. He is also a regular guest master teacher in Tokyo, Japan for the Piano Teachers Music Guild. 

Mr. Richey also has a thriving career as a composer for film and television. Lauded by Film Music Magazine for his ‘effortlessly gliding melodies’, Craig is a Sundance Fellow, an alum of the Composers Lab, and has returned as an Advisor in the Sundance Film Music and Sound Design Lab at Skywalker Sound. He has appeared on BMI Composers Roundtable Panels at the Sundance Film Festival and SXSW. Recent television credits include 2 seasons of ‘Dear…’ on Apple TV+. His feature films have screened in prestigious festivals including Sundance, Toronto, Edmonton, SXSW, Tribeca, Berlin and Sedona Film Festivals.

Craig is the CAMPT Commissioned Composer Chair and the MTNA Student Composition Competitions Coordinator. 


CAPMT Conference Hotel - Holiday Inn Long Beach Airport

2640 North Lakewood Boulevard

Long Beach, California 90815 United States


*Hotel Highlights*

Discounted rate of $159/night + Complimentary Self-Parking

Group booking link here

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OR contact our Holiday Inn Long Beach Reservations Department at 1-877-865-6578 or 562-597-4401 for Holiday Inn and identify as guests or participants in  “CAPMT Conference” to receive your special group rates.

All reservations must be received by Friday, September 20, 2024, at 4:00 PM (Pacific Time). 

Holiday Inn Long Beach Perks!

*Location: 2.5 miles away from CSULB Campus

*Complimentary Long Beach Airport Shuttle Service

*Discounted Breakfast Buffet at $12.00 per person @  Vue Restaurant for conference attendees staying at Holiday Inn Long Beach hotel