2006 State Conference
50 GOLDEN YEARS OF MUSIC
Presenter Chris Anderson
Friday and Saturday June 9-10, 2006
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Workshop Review: "250 Years of Mozart"
Submitted by Sister Bernadette Trecker
Following a playing of Mozart's music in duet from by Lisa Anderson and Sergio Gallo, the presenter Chris Anderson talked how Mozart was a great master of Classical music and yet a forerunner of the Romantic form. With four specific examples Chris showed how Mozart broke the rules of composing in unheard ways. He showed how Mozart introduced some chromaticism for emphasis and made use of extended melisma to make theological points in his Mass in C minor. Anderson noted for us how Mozart is an "Icon" as even currently exemplified in the stain-glassed "Spring Window" in the House of Hope in St. Paul, MN.
For more reports from the 2006 conference, download the August 2006 state newsletter (PDF)
Schedule
| Thursday, June 8 | |
| 5:30-9:00 | Supper and NDMTA Executive Board Business meeting. Royal Fork Buffet Restaurant, Columbia Mall (Board members pay for their own meals.) |
| Friday, June 9 First Presbyterian Church, 5555 South Washington Street | |
| 8:00 | Registration and Exhibits. Coffee and Breads will be served |
| 9:00 | Workshop: Carole Flatau: Folk Music: An Endangered Species |
| 10:00 | Break/Exhibits/Coffee |
| 10:30 | Workshop: Christopher and Lisa Anderson: 250 Years of Mozart |
| 11:30 | Break/Exhibits |
| 12:00 | IMTF Luncheon at First Presbyterian. Program: Amy Jo Paukert and NDMTA: Teaching Composition |
| 1:30 | Break/Exhibits |
| 2:00 | Concert with Matthew Patnode, Commissioned Composer and guests Christopher Anderson, MTNA Student Winners Emily Custer and Nikki Edmiston, and Elissa Berg |
| 3:30 | Break/Exhibits |
| 4:00 | Mini-Workshop: Michael Helm, Technician/Pianist: Emergency Piano Repair |
| 4:30 | Break/Exhibits |
| 5:45 | 50th Anniversary NDMTA Banquet at Hilton Garden Inn |
| 8:00 | Solo Recital: Jay Hershberger. Included in registration fee; tickets available to others for $5 |
| Saturday, June 10 First Presbyterian Church | |
| 8:00 | Registration |
| 9:00 | Workshop: Jay Hershberger: Ethics in the Music Studio |
| 10:00 | Break/Exhibits |
| 10:30 | Perspectives on 50 Golden Years of Music Panel Members: Jay Hershberger, Christopher Anderson, Carole Flatau, Marcia Mikulak |
| 12:00 | Break/Exhibits |
| 12:15 | General Business Meeting Luncheon at First Presbyterian including Silent Auction |