New Jersey Music Teachers Association
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• 2006 State Conference
• 2005 State Conference
• 2004 State Conference

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2006 State Conference: Exploring New Horizons

the Bart Ludeke Center
Rider University

November 18-19, 2006

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR for November 18 and 19. This is a conference that you will not want to miss. Spread the good word to your colleagues. We promise you a conference that will stimulate, enrich your creative thoughts and experiences.

Our conference will be held at Rider University in the Bart Ludeke Center. Rider University is on Route 206 in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Lawrenceville is approximately 5 miles south of Princeton. Our facility offers us ample rooms, a beautiful auditorium, excellent parking facilities and plenty of space for exhibits.

I hope to see you all at the Conference.

Lillian Livingston
NJMTA President Elect

NJMTA 2006 CONFERENCE ARTISTS

THE SYMPHONIC PIANO
FREDERIC CHIU

This brilliant pianist has planned a very special and outstanding program. He will share with us the uniqueness and capabilities of the piano as a transcribing medium.

Frederic Chiu is well known for his Master Classes. He always adds a special dimension and insights that makes the experience rewarding for students and audiences.

Frederic Chiu’s intriguing piano-playing and teaching springs from a diverse set of experiences and interests - his Asian/American/ European background, his musical training, and an early and ongoing exploration of artificial intelligence and human psychology, especially the body-mind-heart connection.

With over 20 CDs on the market, his repertoire includes the complete work of Prokofiev as well as popular classics of Chopin and Liszt, with a special place for the piano transcription. Many have been singled out, such as “Record of the Year” by Stereo Review, “Top 10 recordings” by the New Yorker, with raves from the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.

He performs in the world’s most prestigious halls including the Berlin Philharmonic, Kioi and Suntory Halls in Tokyo, Lincoln Center in New York and Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Mr. Chiu’s musical partners include Joshua Bell, Pierre Amoyal, Gary Hoffman and the St. Lawrence and Shanghai string quartets.

He was the recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Petscheck Award of the Juilliard School, and was a fellow of the American Pianist Association. He was also the “non-winner” of the 1993 Van Cliburn Competition, where his elimination from the finals caused an uproar in the press.

Frederic Chiu is also committed to expanding the place of classical music. He has created unusual collaborations with non-musicians, such as the Shakespearean actor Brian Bedford and psychologist/ writer/clown Howard Buten. He does extensive work with children through concert/lectures for schools, and has brought classical music to places where it is rarely heard.

After 12 years spent in France, Frederic Chiu recently returned to the United States.

INTERMEDIATE MASTER CLASSC
PAUL SHEFTEL

Paul Sheftel is a leader in keyboard studies and has performed, lectured, and conducted workshops in nearly every state. His published materials and software are widely used throughout the United States, as well as in Europe and Asia. A pioneer in the creation of instructional materials using MIDI technology, he has composed electronic orchestrations to support Carl Fischer’s “Music Pathways” piano method by Olson, Bianchi, and Blickenstiff, the Bastien Piano Method, and his own collections.

As part of the two-piano team of Rollino and Sheftel, he has performed extensively in Europe and the United States, both in recitals and esteemed orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, The Amsterdam Concetgebouw, Royal Philharmonic, and The Chicago Symphony. He has also appeared in solo recitals in many of New York’s leading concert halls including Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, and Hunter College. He has served on the faculties of the Manhattan School of Music and Hunter College, has been piano editor for Carl Fischer, and is currently on the faculty of The Julliard School where he teaches Piano Pedagogy.

He currently maintains a private teaching studio in New York City.

WINDS MASTER CLASS: PREPARING FOR REGIONALS
JAYN ROSENFELD

Jayn Rosenfeld is the flutist and executive director of the New York New Music Ensemble. She also performs with the ISCM Ensemble, the Richardson Players at Princeton University and the Washington Square Contemporary Music Society. She is the first flutist of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra and performs and coaches in the summer at the Manchester Music Festival in Vermont. Ms. Rosenfeld teaches at the Juilliard School, at Princeton University, and at Greenwich House Music School, where she gives a flute chamber music class. She is the immediate past president of the New York Flute Club.

Ms. Rosenfeld is a graduate of Radcliffe College and the Manhattan School of Music, where her teachers were James Pappoutsakis, William Kincaid and Marcel Moyse. She was first flutist in the American Symphony Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski and won a National Endowment for the Arts Solo Recitalist Grant in 1986.

Her many recordings include concerti by Domenico Cimarosa, Dinos Constantinides and Rand Steiger, solo works by Ruth Crawford Seeger, Leon Kirchner, John Anthony Lennon, Robert Erickson and David Froom, more than fifty works of contemporary chamber music, and a disk devoted to Albert Roussel.

MEET COMMISSIONED COMPOSER
CRAIG URQUHART

Come and enjoy beautiful performances of the NJMTA Commissioned Compositions. Craig Urquhart will take you on a journey of creative ideas and inspirations behind the piano pieces “In the Afternoon”, “Pastorale”, “Rhapsody”, and the duet for clarinet and flute, “Romance”.

Be ready with your questions! Craig Urquhart received his Masters in Composition from the University of Michigan. In 1985 he was hired as Bernstein’s musical assistant, and worked for Bernstein until the composer’s death in 1990. He also served as a member of the music faculty at the Harlem School of the Arts, and was actor Tom Hulce’s musical coach for the Academy Award winning film Amadeus. He has released five original solo piano CDs. Mr. Urquhart is a well-known composer of art songs. His songs have been performed and recorded by Thomas Hampson, Michael Slattery, Lauren Wagner, and other artists. His new art song album - Secret and Divine Signs with tenor Michael Slattery has received five stars from both the BBC Music Magazine and Classic FM Magazine. Craig Urquhart has performed around the world, including Germany, France and Japan to sold-out audiences.

TEACHING TECHNIQUE cAN AND SHOULD BE A MUSICAL EXPERIENCE
INGRID CLARFIELD

Technique and musicality should be linked together from the very first piano lesson. This workshop examines the essential elements of building a solid technique that leads to greater musicality and stylistic awareness. Attention will be given on how to achieve the correct sound that will result in desired musical purpose. Repertoire, etudes, and exercise will be demonstrated from Elementary through Advanced levels. Professor Clarfield will incorporate etudes from her successful three book series, as well as rote exercises, and exercises derived from repertoire.

Participants are encouraged to bring in examples of any level they would like discussed. Ingrid Clarfield, Professor of Piano and Coordinator of the Piano Department, at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, is an active performer, clinician and author. She has presented pedagogy workshops, master classes, and lecture-recitals throughout the U.S. and Canada. Her students have won hundreds of awards at state, national and international competitions. Ingrid Clarfield has written eleven books published by Alfred Publishing Company, including Keys to Stylistic Mastery (Books 1-3) and Burgmuller, Czerny, Hanon: Etudes to Promote Technique and Musicality.

Ms. Clarfield received her B.M. at Oberlin College where she studied with John Perry, and her M.M. from the Eastman School of Music. In 2006, Professor Clarfield was honored to be selected as an MTNA Foundation Fellow.

"EASTERN DELIGHT" - EXPLORING CHINESE MUSIC
CHIU-LING LIN

Our society is becoming more and more diverse. What was once exotic is now part of our common cultural heritage, and music is no exception. For example, many of us are asked by parents to teach their children Chinese piano music. Where do we start to look for these materials? Are they available in this country? What kind of background information is necessary to appreciate and perform these seemingly easy pieces? Is there any pedagogical value in teaching and learning them?

The presentation will begin with a brief history of Chinese piano composers, followed by an exploration of various types of compositions. Teaching skills and performance tips will also be discussed, with numerous examples and demonstrations drawn from a selection of the more celebrated pieces.

Celebrated for her commitment to creativity in both piano pedagogy and performance, Chiu-Ling Lin is in great demand as both an educator and a performer. Energetic and passionate in her playing, Dr. Lin has featured her unique mix of music by Asian as well as Western composers before enthusiastic audiences around the world. Critics have described her performances as “enabling compositions to soar.”

Her virtuosity is showcased in a CD, “Portraits of China” featuring Chinese music for the piano.