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BNMTA Past Years’ Events
BNMTA 2021-2022 Schedule:
Saturday, September 25, 2021, 2pm
Emotional Challenges in Music Performance:
How to Overcome Them
Dr. Alessandra Feris
Presser Hall
​Illinois Wesleyan University

Friday, October 9, 2021 4:00-5:30pm
Fourth Annual ​Piano Master Class
Dr. Daniel Shapiro,
Cleveland Institute of Music
Center for the Performing Arts
Illinois State University


Saturday, November 13, 2pm
BNMTA Business Meeting via Zoom


Saturday, December 11, 2021
Fifth Annual Sonata/Sonatina Festival
Presser Hall
Illinois Wesleyan University

January 22, 2022
Fourth Annual AIM (Achievement in Music) Theory Exams
Presser Hall
Illinois Wesleyan University


Sunday, February 6, 2022
​Fourth Annual BNMTA Members’ Student Recital
Westbrook Auditorium, Presser Hall
Illinois Wesleyan University

Saturday, March 12, 2022 2pm
How to teach students to arrange their own music

Stacy Fahrion
Whimsically Macabre,
Denver, Colorado
Presented on Zoom

Saturday, April 30, 2022
1st Annual Spring Festival!
​Presser Hall
Illinois Wesleyan University


Saturday, May 21, 2022
Fourth Annual AIM (Achievement in Music) PerformanceExams*
Presser Hall
Illinois Wesleyan University

May 13, 2022, 11:00am
BNMTA Business Meeting
Presser Hall
Illinois Wesleyan University


BNMTA 2020-2021 Schedule:
Monday, September 21, 12:00pm
​Stretching Exercises for Pianists
Dr. Solee Lee-Clark,
Monmouth College
Presented via Zoom


Thursday, October 15, 2020, 10:00am
Jazz Improv for Classical Teachers

Dr. Eric Sutz, Music Institute of Chicago
Presented via Zoom


Saturday, December 4, 2020
Third Annual Sonata/Sonatina Festival

Recordings, Registration Forms, Photo Release Forms, and Checks
​due by Saturday, Dec 4


January, 2021
AIM (Achievement in Music) Theory Exams

Via Zoom or FaceTime
​During the week of January 23 to January 30

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Sunday, February 7, 2021
​Third Annual BNMTA Members’ Student Recital
Presented via Zoom


Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 10:00am
Piano Maintenance Explained
Barb Richmond,
Certified Piano Technician
​
Presented via Zoom

​
May, 2021
AIM (Achievement in Music) PerformanceExams*

Via Zoom or FaceTime
During the week of May 15 to May 22

May 7, 2021, 11:00am
BNMTA Business Meeting
Via Zoom


BNMTA 2019-2020 Schedule:
Saturday, September 21, 2019
​Third Annual BNMTA Master Class
Clinician Svetlana Belsky,
University of Chicago Coordinator, Piano Studies

Westbrook Auditorium, Presser Hall
Illinois Wesleyan University


Sunday, October 20, 2019, 1:00pm
Alexander Technique

Stasia Siena

Presser Hall, Room 161
Illinois Wesleyan University


Friday, November, 8, 2019, 11:00am
Arm Weight vs. Finger Method

Dr. Solee Lee-Clark

Kemp Recital Hall, Centennial East,
Illinois State University


Saturday, December 14, 2019, 9am-noon
Second Annual Sonata/Sonatina Festival

Presser Hall, Illinois Wesleyan University
(To be Followed by End of Semester Business Meeting)


Saturday, January 25, 2020, 8:00am-noon*
AIM (Achievement in Music) Theory Exams

Presser Hall, Illinois Wesleyan University

​
Sunday, February 2, 2020, 1:00pm
​Second Annual BNMTA Members’ Student Recital
Westbrook Auditorium, Presser Hall
Illinois Wesleyan University


Friday, March 27, 2020, 10:00am
Piano Maintenance Explained
-POSTPONED-
Barb Richmond,
Certified Piano Technician
​
Presser Hall, Room 161
Illinois Wesleyan University

Tuesday, April 14, 2020, 9am
The History of Piano Pedagogy

-POSTPONED-
Dr. R. Kent Cook
308 Presser Hall,
Illinois Wesleyan University

Friday, May 8, 11:00am
Business Meeting

Smith Reception Room,
Presser Hall,
​Illinois Wesleyan University
​
Saturday, May 9, 2020, 9am-noon
AIM (Achievement in Music) PerformanceExams*

Presser Hall, Illinois Wesleyan University

​
​BNMTA 2018-2019 Schedule:
August 23, 2018, 9 AM
BNMTA Business Meeting

Smith Reception Room, Presser Hall,
Illinois Wesleyan University


September 30, 2018, 2-6 PM
Dr. Maria Horvath
Presentation, Performance, and Master Class
for ISU students on her piano forte

Kemp Recital Hall,
Illinois State University
Reception for the event provided by BNMTA


October 25-26
ISMTA Conference

Northern Illinois University

​
November 15, 2018, 9 AM
BNMTA Business Meeting

Smith Reception Room, Presser Hall,
Illinois Wesleyan University


November 29, 2018, 9 AM
Preparing Students for College Auditions

Renee Chernick (ISU),
Dr. Geoffrey Duce (ISU),
Dr. Ilia Radoslavov, (IWU)
Presser Hall, Room 161,
​Illinois Wesleyan University


December 8, 2018, 9 AM-12PM
Sonata Sonatina Festival

Presser Hall,
Illinois Wesleyan University


December 14, 2018, 11:30 AM
BNMTA Business Meeting / Luncheon


January 27, 2019, 2 PM
BNMTA Members’ Student Recital

Westbrook Auditorium, Presser Hall,
​Illinois Wesleyan University


February 9, 9 AM to 12 PM
AIM (Achievement in Music)
Theory Exams

Presser Hall, Illinois Wesleyan University


March 26, 2019, 9 AM
Renee Chernick
Pedagogy Presentation:
Moving on from Piano Method Books

Presser Hall, Room 16,
Illinois Wesleyan University


April 13, 2019, 2 PM
Nancy Liley, ISMTA AIM Coordinator
AIM (Achievement in Music) Presentation
Presser Hall, Room 161,
Illinois Wesleyan University


April 27, 2019, 2 PM
BNMTA Second Annual Master Class
Clinician Dr. Christos Tsitsaros
Students playing his original music

​Presser Hall, Room 161,
Illinois Wesleyan University


May 4, 2019, 9 AM to 12 PM
AIM (Achievement in Music)
Performance Exams

Presser Hall, Illinois Wesleyan University


May 10, 2019, 10:30am
Afrim Shabani:
An Integrated Approach to Royal
Conservatory Methods in the Piano Studio

Presser Hall, Room 161,
Illinois Wesleyan University
​(followed by a ​BNMTA Business Meeting)


​
​BNMTA 2017-2018 Schedule:

August 29, 2017, 9am
BNMTA Business Meeting
Smith Reception Room, Presser Hall,
Illinois Wesleyan University

September 26, 2017, 9am

Dr. Geoffrey Duce (ISU)
Playing Between the Dots:
Discovering Freedom in Performance through Early Recordings

Presser Hall, Room 161,
Illinois Wesleyan University



October 24, 2017, 9am
Jane Schurter Smolen
Teaching the Individual:
Differentiation as a Teaching
Strategy in the Private Studio

Presser Hall, Room 161,

​Illinois Wesleyan University


November 28, 2017, 9am

Dr. Chee-Hyeon Choi
(Bradley University)

Teaching Culturally Diverse Students

ISU University Galleries,
11 Uptown Circle, #103,

Normal, IL


December, 2017

Member Holiday Gathering


January 23, 2018, 8pm
Member Recital,
Featuring Music Faculty of
Illinois State University and
Illinois Wesleyan University:

Kent Cook, IWU,
Geoffrey Duce, ISU,
Eva Ferguson, IWU,
Ilia Radoslavov, IWU
Tuyen Tonnu, ISU
Westbrook Auditorium,

Illinois Wesleyan University


February 24, 2018, 2pm

Master Class
Clinician Dr. Silvan Negrutiu
(Millikin University)

Kemp Recital Hall, Centennial East,

Illinois State University


March 8, 2018, 9am

BNMTA Business meeting
Smith Reception Room, Presser Hall,

Illinois Wesleyan University


March 27, 2018, 9am

Lorene Parsons
Opportunities through the
National Federation of Music Clubs

Presser Hall, Room 161,

Illinois Wesleyan University

​
April 24, 2018, 9am

BNMTA Business Meeting
Presser Hall, Room 161,
Illinois Wesleyan University



May 11, 2018 11:30 AM
BNMTA Luncheon
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  • About
  • Find a Teacher
  • Event Schedule
  • Past Years’ Events
  • AIM: Achievement in Music
  • Sonata / Sonatina Festival Main Page
    • Sonata / Sonatina Registration Form
    • Sonata / Sonatina Governing Rules
    • SSF Complete Repertoire List (scrollable) >
      • Level 1, SSF Repertoire
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      • Level 9, SSF Repertoire
      • Level 10, SSF Repertoire
      • Level 11, SSF Repertoire
  • BNMTA Spring Festival Main Page
    • Spring Festival Repertoire
    • Spring Festival Registration Form
    • Spring Festival Governing Rules
  • Photos
  • Officers and Committee Chairs
  • Bylaws
  • Contact Us