8:00 - 9:15
Conference Registration
Lobby
8:15 - 8:50
Sponsored Session - Steinway Experience featuring the Steinway and Sons Spiro high-definition player and recording pianoÂ
M.P. Bush Lobby
Presenters - Gabe Statom and Christy Meyers
9:00
MTNA Competitions Begin
Piano - M.P. Bush Auditorium
Voice and Strings - Foote Chapel
9:00 - 9:25
Member Session
The Future of the Piano
M.P. Bush Room 145
Dan McElrath
9:30 - 9:55
Member Session
Expressivity at the Keys: Rocherolle as a Gateway to Romantic Literature
M.P. Bush Room 145
Christina Mathis
10:00 - 11:20
Clinician Session
How to Go About Teaching Special Needs...Terminology, How-To, and Literal Language
M.P. Bush Room 145
Beth Bauer
11:30 - 11:55
Member Session
Connecting Tradition to Contemporary: Pedagogical Approaches to Hee-Young Yang's Piano Works Inspired by Korean Folk and Children's Songs
M.P. Bush 145
Jung-Won Shin
12:00 - 1:30
Sponsored Luncheon - Steinway
Please join us at the Lunch-and-Learn event sponsored by Amro and Spanish Fort Steinway Galleries.
M.P. Bush 145
12:00 - 1:30
Past-Presidents' Luncheon
1:30 - 2:20
Clinician Session
Motivation of Students with Special Needs and Studio Set-Up
M.P. Bush Room 145
Beth Bauer
2:30 - 3:20
Collegiate Faculty Forum
M.P. Bush Room 145
Ian Hominick, Cheryl Coker, Lawrence Goldman, and Bret Pimentel
3:30 - 4:20
Clinician Master Class
Foote Chapel
Beth Bauer, clinician
4:30 - 4:55
Member Lecture Recital
Recently Exposed Haitian Music Available in Digital Format and How They Preserve Cross-Rhythms Between the Hands
M.P. Bush Room 145
Bill Harned
5:00 - 5:50
Member's Recital featuring the 2025 Commissioned Composition, First Snow
Foote Chapel
Tae-Young Hong, 2025 MMTA commissioned composer
6:00 - 7:20
Conference Banquet
Faculty Dining Room
7:30Â
Conference Guest Artist Recital
Foote Chapel
Johnnie Bankens, bass
7:45 - 8:25
Annual Association Meeting of the Mississippi Music Teachers Association
M.P. Bush Room 145
8:30 - 8:55
Member Session
Approaches and Accommodations for Piano Students with Autism
M.P. Bush Room 145
Joy Graves
9:00 - 9:50
Clinician Session
Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Recitals and Competitions
M.P. Bush Room 145
Beth Bauer
10:00 - 10:50
Guest Artist Masterclass
Foote Chapel
Johnnie Bankens, clinician
11:00 - 11:50
Gold Medal Recital
Reception sponsored by Landrum Piano Gallery
Foote Chapel
12:00 - 12:50
Independent Music Teachers Forum Luncheon
Brain Power: Effective Mental Preparation and Memorization
M.P. Bush Room 145
Cindy St. Clair
1:00
Pre-College Concerto Registration
M.P. Bush Lobby
1:15
Pre-College Concerto Competitions (Piano)
M.P. Bush Auditorium
2:00
Pre-College Concerto Competitions (Strings)
Foote Auditorium