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MEA Presents... The 2025 - 2026 Season
The Music Educators Association of NJ is proud to present the following world-class musicians and pedagogues at our monthly MEA Presents... meetings. Music lovers, MEA members and their guests are cordially invited to attend these meetings and stay to enjoy the programs
September 18, 2025
Competition Committee
MEA Annual Piano Competition Syllabus
October 16, 2025
Magdalena Baczewska
Chopin’s Preludes as the Encyclopedia of the 19-Century Pianism
While paying a tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, in his Preludes op. 28 Chopin reinvents the genre for the pianist of his time. As the instrument itself evolves, Chopin revolutionizes the pianistic art and expression to respond, and push its boundaries.
November 20, 2025
Norman Krieger (Zoom only)
The Importance of Young Students Learning Concerti Early in Their Development
Professor Krieger will cover a wide range of composers that are apropos intermediate, high school and college students. The lack of concerti or even complete concerti assigned to our younger generation is quite surprising.
January 15, 2026
Barbara Nissman (Zoom only)
Remembering Alberto Ginastera
Barbara Nissman, a well-known authority on the music of Alberto Ginastera, will share with us memories of her special friendship with one of the leading composers of Latin America and discuss and perform some of his greatest works written for solo piano.
February 19, 2026
Pavel Nersessian (Zoom only)
Schubert’s Piano Music and its Song Routes
The specific features of the Schubert piano music lay in his melodic priorities and in many ways are similar to his own songs. Professor Nersessian will talk about his music with words and his music without words and how similar can they be. He will perform one of his song transcriptions (Liszt) and op. 90.
March 19, 2026
Melvin Chen
Leoš Janáček and His Piano Works
April 16, 2026
Mikhail Voskresensky
Teachers Master Class
May 21, 2026
Managing a Piano Studio: a Panel Discussion with MEA Teachers
June 11, 2026
Enrique Graf
Y.A. Master Class
