TMTA Programs ~ Coordinator: Nadiya Caspary

“Tallahassee Welcomes Lisa Bastien”
  • Friday, September 6, 2019
  • Time: 9:30am
  • Location: Beethoven and Company Music Store
  • Piano teachers are invited to a stimulating session featuring well-known pedagogue, Lisa Bastien.   She will be presenting a new Bastien series “New Traditions All in One Piano Course.”   KJOS Publishing endorses this series as “a piano method that is easy to follow, pedagogically sound, and exciting visually.  It is designed for motivation, achievement and success as a reliable piano method resource. 
  • Please RSVP Beethoven and Company:   beethovenandcompany@gmail.com or (850) 894 – 8700

Dr. Stijn De Cock's Master Class
  • Saturday, January 11th, 2020
  • Time: 10 am
  • Location: Wildwood Church Fellowship Hall
  • General meeting will be at 9:30
  • Each teacher can submit up to two students, who are middle school or above, intermediate to advance level.
  • Deadline for submitting the program will be December 1st to Nadiya. The final program will be chosen from these students.

“Mastering Sound"      
  • Saturday, January 25th, 2020
  • Guest Presenter: Dr. Stijn De Cock
  • ​Time: 10:30 am
  • Location: TBA
  • Internationally acclaimed concert pianist, soloist and chamber musician, FSU Piano Professor, Stijn De Cock will share his knowledge of tone and touch and passionate virtuosic playing in a master class setting focusing on incorporating a stylistic approach in classical sonata form. Dr. De Cock will guide students in a master class setting and demonstrate a positive interchange of ideas. Since touch is used to play the piano and represents all aspects of body posture, hand position, movement, speed, force and pressure on the keys, all aspects will be addressed relying on centuries of research by pedagogues, famous pianists and composers. “Piano touch not only underpins basic technique in piano playing, but it is the route through which pianists can communicate their expressive intentions.”   Jennifer MacRitchie.
“Piano Teachers in the Digital World”
  • Friday, March 27th, 2020
  • Guest Presenter: Dr. Diana Dumlavwalla
  • Time: 9am Program/Meeting Following
  • Location: TBA
  • Dr. Dumlavwalla invites TMTA to an exciting lecture “Connecting with Students Online:  Characteristics of Expert Teachers Using the Video – Conference Format.”   Dr. Dumlavwalla will show how it is possible for online lessons to be a viable option for students seeking high caliber music instruction using video platforms such as Skype, Face Time and Google Hangouts.   This session will identify successful traits shared by online teachers as well as effective strategies outlined to keep online lessons engaging and student centered