CAPMT STATE CONFERENCE
California State University Long Beach
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 AND SUNDAY,
OCTOBER 20, 2024
FEATURING GUEST ARTIST:
Jeremy Siskind
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.
Check out Jeremy's website at: https://jeremysiskind.com/
MASTERCLASS ARTIST:
Ryan Darke
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.
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.
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient:
Bryan 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 State Conference 2024
This year’s Conference will take place LIVE In-Person at the California State University Long Beach,
Saturday, October 19 and Sunday, October 2o.
Come and join our amazing community of California music teachers to learn, connect, network, and be inspired!
Attendees can look forward to:
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2024 CAPMT Advertising Submission Form
Warm Regards,
Dr. Eloise Kim •CAPMT Vice President, Conferences
Cancellation Policy:
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