SKCMTA meets the second Tuesday of each month via Zoom. Please join us! Members, please check your email for Zoom meeting information.
Please check back frequently as we work to update our calendar for the coming year!
September 2020
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 9:30 am: Chapter Meeting held via Zoom
Presenter: Jason Sifford “Hybrid Lessons: Tips and Tricks if You Have to Teach Online!”
Dr. Jason Sifford is a freelance teacher, pianist, and composer with a wide range of abilities and interests. He has performed throughout the United States as a soloist and collaborative artist in classical, jazz, and popular idioms, and he appears frequently as music directorand keyboardist with local theater companies. A frequent clinician, he has lectured on such diverse topics as classical performance practice, jazz pedagogy, technical development in young pianists, and the use of technology in the studio. Dr. Sifford’s music is published bythe Willis Music Company.
October 2020
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 9:30 am: Chapter Meeting held via Zoom
Presenter: Diane Hidy “Teaching Tips”
November 2020
October 30-November 1, 2020: YAMS Session #1 (Virtual) with Dr. Renato Fabbro, NCTM (Fee: $80/ hour)
Chair: Julie Swienty, NCTM
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 9:30 am: Chapter Meeting held via Zoom
Presenter: Dr. Deborah Rambo Sinn “The Secret Lives of Phrases: Lies, Near Lies, and Red Herrings”
Why is phrasing so difficult to notate? Find out the reasons and what to listen and look for in the score.
December 2020
No Holiday Party due to COVID
January 2021
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 9:30 am: Chapter Meeting held via Zoom
Masterclass
Saturday, January 23, 2021: Student Recital (Virtual)
Chair: Sviatlana Riedel
January 29-31: YAMS Session #2 (Virtual) with Dr. Renato Fabbro, NCTM (Fee: $80/ hour)
Chair: Julie Swienty, NCTM
February 2021
No Chapter Meeting due to MAP
Friday-Sunday, February 19-21, 2021: Music Artistry Program (MAP)
Visiting Guest Artists: Dr. Karen Savage, NCTM, Dr. Jeffrey Savage, NCTM, Dr. Mark Stevens, NCTM, and Dr. Thomas Otten, NCTM
Chair: Samantha Yeung
March 2021
Saturday, March 6, 2021: Chapter Honors Competition (CHC) at Green River Community College in Auburn
Chair: Julie Swienty, NCTM
Judges: TBA
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 9:30 am: Chapter Meeting held via Zoom
Program: Dr. Yelena Balabaonva: Artistry and Technique from the Start
When and how do we start teaching technique and artistry? Is it too early or are we already late? Those and many other questions are answered extensively in this workshop, illustrated with selections from the early beginner’s repertoire and video clips of young students performing.
Hosts: Volunteers Needed
Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 2:00 pm: MAP Recital at Kent First Baptist Church (will likely be held virtually)
Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 3:30 pm: CHC Winners Recital at Kent First Baptist Church (will likely be held virtually)
April 2021
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 9:30 am: Chapter Meeting held via Zoom
Program: Chapter Roundtable Discussion
What can we do better as a chapter? A review of the crazy year. SKCMTA members share their teaching and survival tips.
May 2021
Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 9:00 am-3:00 pm: Music Literacy Program at the Nativity Lutheran Church in Renton
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 9:30 am: Chapter Meeting at Zion Lutheran Church
Program: Scholarship Applicant Presentations
June 2021
Saturday, June 5, 2021: Music Festival at the Kent First Baptist Church
Chair: Mary Kaye Owen, NCTM
Contact Mary Kaye Owen to reserve a 2-hour block for your studio.
Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 9:30 am: Board and Committee Chairs Meeting held via Zoom