2019 Sessions

Playing Your Best When It Counts
Professor Kenneth Christensen
​Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

In today's high-pressure performance environments, a thoughtful and integrated approach to developing psychological performance skills is necessary. This presentation is designed to help better understand your mental performance skills and help you execute them during performance. This presentation is based on the research of Dr. Bill Moore, an internationally recognized performance psychology consultant.​

Doing What Comes Naturally: Nature's Clues to Effective Interpretation
Marvin Blickenstaff,
​New School for Music, Princeton, NJ

We often overlook the elements that make our sound/interpretation "natural." This workshop investigates the role that gravity, breath, momentum, and heartbeat play in formulating effective interpretation.

Pedagogy 101: A Curriculum to Promote a Secure Foundation in Reading Technique, and Musicianship
​Marvin Blickenstaff
New School for Music, Princeton, NJ

Thinking Outside the Box to Meet Your Students' Needs
Pete Bolenbaugh
Wise Wonders Children's Museum, Billings, MT
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How do you keep a kid interested in music? Start with the music they find interesting. This discussion session will focus on whether there is truth behind the adage, "Every song has already been written," and how thinking outside the box can show your students that there are more similarities than they might think between classical music and pop music.

The Practice Buy-In
Stephanie Davis
Billings, MT

The Beauty in the Beat
University of Montana Collegiate Chapter
Missoula, MT

What Do You Do When the Magic Stops: The Case of the Potential Drop-Out
​Marvin Blickenstaff,
​New School for Music, Princeton, NJ
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Drop-out rate in piano lessons is alarming.
What is the teacher's responsibility in preventing drop-out?

Intermediate Piano Masterclass
Dr. Stephen Thomas
Brigham Young University, Idaho

Advanced Piano Masterclass
​Marvin Blickenstaff,
​New School for Music, Princeton, NJ