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usic Educators Association of New Jersey
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2024 - 2015 Programs / Meetings Highlights
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June 2024: Irina Morozova
MEA Young Artist Master Class
May 2024: Vanessa Cornett
Performance Anxiety Management for Musicians
March 2024: Mikhail Voskresensky
MEA Teachers' Master Class
February 2024: Victor Rosenbaum
“The Perils of Practice: How to Make Practice More Purposeful and Productive”
January 2024: Lisa Yui
“Piano Music by Asian Composers”
November 2023: Jerome Lowenthal
“Phrasing and Expressivity in Piano Playing”
October 2023: Eduardus Halim
Goyescas
by Enrique Granados
June 2023: Aaron Wunch
MEA Young Artist Master Class
May 2023: Ingrid Jacobson Clarfield
"Motivating Our Students: Creative Ways to Encourage Productive Preparation and Artistic Performance!"
April 2023: Carol Ann Aicher
"Motivating Students to Practice: How to Unlock Intrinsic Motivation"
March 2023: Jerome Rose
MEA Teachers' Master Class
January 2023: Danette Whelan, Laura Amoriello and Fernanda Nieto
"From Heart to Hands: How Mindfulness Can Revitalize Your Teaching"
October 2022: Magdalena Baczewska
"A Progressive Journey Through Bach’s Pedagogy"
June 2022: Douglas Humpherys
Young Artist Master Class
May 2022: Adam Kent
"Mozart in Vienna - The Fantasy and Sonata in C Minor, K. 475/457"
April 2022: Victor Rosenbaum
"What It Takes to Make Music and the Role of Inspiration"
March 2022: Eduardus Halim
Teachers’ Master Class
February 2022: Kathleen Supové
"Pandemic Postdate: Return to Romanticism and the Eclectic"
January 2022: Peter Takács
"Rhythm: The Heartbeat of Music"
November 2021: Claudia Knafo
"Piano Gems from the Southern Hemisphere"
October 2021: Rebecca Eng, Vicky Griswold, Anna Katznelson, Barbara Landi Hause & Beatrice Long
“Music, She Wrote”
June 2021: Joseph Kalichstein
Young Artist Master Class
May 2021: Ursula Oppens
"Playing the Music of Our Time"
April 2021:
Eric Steiner Original Composition Competition & Original Composition Festival Highlights
April 2021: Dr. Amy Yang
"Examining the Manic Prowess in Robert Schumann’s Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 14"
March 2021: Elliott Forrest
"Visual Aspect In Musical Creativity - Producing Visuals For Classical Music"
February 2021: Dr. Aaron Wunsch
“Learning From Beethoven The Pianist: The Sonata In His Own Hands”
January 2021: Magdalena Stern-Baczewska
"Debussy's Many Worlds of Sound"
November 2020: Paul Roberts
"Reading Liszt: Performing the Petrarch Sonnets"
October 2020: James Irsay
"Artur Schnabel the Composer"
September 2020: Beatrice Long
"A Musical Journey to Vienna"
June 2020: Alexander Peskanov
"Mastering Piano Online (across five continents)"
February 2020: Spencer Myer
"Muscle Memory: Friend or Foe?"
January 2020: Kathleen Supové
"Contemporary Experimental Piano: Accessibility for All"
November 2019: Donald Isler
"Great and Underappreciated Pianists of the 20th Century"
October 2019: Jerome Lowenthal
The "Cursed" Sonata, a Neo-Classical Synthesis in Scriabin's 6th Sonata
June 2019: Douglas Humpherys
Young Artist Master Class
May 2019: Dr. Adam Kent
Sounds of Barcelona
April 2019: Jeffrey Biegel
Modern Embellishments in Bach and Mozart
March 2019: Joseph Kalichstein
The 2019 Teachers' Master Class
March 2019: 49th Annual Piano Competition Highlights
February 2019: Aaron Wunsch
"Debussy and the Visual Arts"
January 2019: Jed Distler
The Golden Age of Pianism on Record
November 2018: Juliana Osinchuk
"LEONARD BERNSTEIN – the American Renaissance Man. Celebrating the Great Musician’s 100th Birthday"
October 2018
Ingrid Clarfield:
Keeping The Spark Alive and Still Learning
Outreach and Hospitality
June 2018: Dmitry Rachmanov
Young Artist Master Class — Coaching Young Artists Winners on Playing Tchaikovsky and Liszt
May 2018: Magdalena Stern-Baczewska
Baroque Keyboard Music of Italy, France, Germany, and Spain: Stylistic Elements and Aspects of Interpretation
March 2018: Paul Roberts
Scenes from a French Nursery — Debussy’s "Children’s Corner"
February 2018: Jerome Lowenthal
Teachers' Master Class: Jerome Lowenthal
January 2018: Noa Kageyama, Ph.D.
The Bulletproof Musician - The Science (and Art) of Peak Performance
November 2017: Françoise Choveaux
Sound Visions: Music for Museums
90th Anniversary: A Celebration of MEA-NJ's 90th Season
Celebrate Ensembles
Celebrate Ensembles Program
Good Times with Ragtime: Part 1 - Morris Museum, Guinness Collection Tour
Good Times with Ragtime: Part 2 - The Ragtime Festival
Gala Concert & Cocktails Program
Gala Concert & Cocktails Highlights
Gala Concert
Video
Celebrate Composers
June 2017: Victor Rosenbaum
Young Artist Master Class — The Perfect Ending To The Season
May 2017: Eduardus Halim
Chopin Études and the Piano as a Singing Instrument
April 2017: Daniel Epstein
Schubert: Songsmith or Masterbuilder?
March 2017: Douglas Humpherys
Teachers' Master Class
February 2017: David Dubal
Rachmaninoff - His Life through His Piano Playing and Compositions
January 2017: George Marriner Maull
Choir Boy to Conductor to Educator
November 2016: Nancy Modell
Creative Composing: Embracing Creativity, Nurturing Musicianship
October 2016: Forrest Kinney Sparks Improvisation
The Four Arts of Music: A New Paradigm for Music Education
June 2016: Ann Schein
"Shines" as Master Teacher for MEA Young Artist Master Class
May 2016: Adam Kent
Grieg's Lyric Pieces
April 2016: Jerome Lowenthal
Tells About "Five Famous Teachers and What I Learned from Them"
March 2016: Joseph Kalichstein
Teachers' Master Class: Joseph Kalichstein
February 2016: Aaron Wunsch
Piano Music of Klimt's Vienna
January 2016: George Rothman
The Art of the Interpretation & Discovery of New Music
November 2015: Terry Eder
Bartók's Piano Music
October 2015: James Irsay
How can historic recordings help us to listen, understand, and teach on a deeper level.