Schedule

9:30 - 9:55

Member Session

From Festival to Legacy: Four Decades of the Hattiesburg Music Teachers League Composer Festival

Aven 216

University of Southern Mississippi 

MTNA Collegiate Chapter

10:00 - 11:20

Clinician Session

Session 1: Building Artistry Through Piano Music by Black Composers (Beginning to Intermediate)

Aven 216

Leah Claiborne

11:30 - 11:55

Member Session

Flowers and Family – A Selection of Piano Preludes from Flower Catalog, Books 1 & 2 by American Composer Stephanie Ann Boyd – commissioned by women and featuring poetry and artwork by women

Aven 216

Adrienne Park

1:30 - 2:20

Clinician Session

Building Artistry Through Piano Music by Black Composers (Early Intermediate to Early Advanced)

Aven 216

Leah Claiborne

2:30 - 3:20

Collegiate Faculty Forum

Creating a Smooth Transfer from Community College to a Four-Year University

Aven 216

Dr. Ian Hominick, Moderator, University of Mississippi

Dr. Douglas Mark, Mississippi University for Women

Dr. Jonathan Mitchell, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Dr. Susan Smith, Jones College

4:30 - 4:55

Member Session

Making Composition Accessible: A Practical Approach for All Music Teachers

Aven 216

Hannah E. Adhikari

5:00 - 5:50

Commissioned Composition Performance: Devil in the Ditch

Jean Pittman Williams Auditorium, Aven Hall

Benjamin Williams, 2026 MMTA commissioned composer

7:45 - 8:25

Annual Association Meeting of the Mississippi Music Teachers Association

Aven 216 

8:30 - 8:55

Member Session

From Baroque to Today – Exploring Piano Works for Beginner and Intermediate Students

Aven 216

Rosângela Yazbec Sebba

9:00 - 10:50

Conference Masterclass

Jean Pittman Williams Auditorium, Aven Hall

Artina McCain and Leah Claiborne, Clinicians

12:00 - 12:50

Independent Music Teachers Forum Luncheon

Cultivating Healthy Mindsets and Effective Practice Strategies to Improve Student Performance

Aven 216

Pamela Pike

1:00

Pre-College Concerto Registration

Aven Hall Lobby

1:15

Pre-College Concerto Competitions (Piano)

Jean Pittman Williams Auditorium, Aven Hall

2:00

Pre-College Concerto Competitions (Strings)

Aven 216