Greater Pittsburgh Chapter

 September      

          10  Board Meeting 10:00 AM  (Ellen Johnson Studio)

          17  Postmark Deadline: Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival

          24  General Meeting 10:00 AM (Trombino Piano & Organ, South Hills)

Instructional Games for the Occasional Group Lesson

                   Ellen Johnson, Group Discussion Leader

          28  Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival – Local

                   (Musik Innovations, North Hills)   

October        

           2  Deadline: Dorothy Sutton Recital Participants to Jeff Harris

           8  Board Meeting 10:00 AM  (Ellen Johnson Studio)

          12  Dorothy Sutton Special Recital 3:00 PM (Trombino, downtown)

            25   Postmark Deadline: PCO Solo Competition Entries 

          29  General Meeting 10:00 AM (Trombino Piano & Organ, S. Hills)

                The Lesson Assignment: Overwhelming or Just Right?

                 Sue Garnhart, Group Discussion Leader 

                 
November

           9   Dorothy Sutton State Festival (Mansfield University)

        7-9  PMTA STATE CONFERENCE (Mansfield University)

              9  PCO Solo Competition (Coleman Music Studios, South Hills)

          10  Deadline: News for PMTA Newsletter to Sue Garnhart 

          12  Board Meeting 10:00 AM (Ellen Johnson Studio)         

          19  General Meeting: 10:00 AM (Christ Church at Grove Farm)

                 Toys and Tools

                Jacqueline Herbein, Speaker

          26  Deadline: Honors Recital Participants to Jeff Harris              

 

December

            7   Honors Recital 3:00 PM (Trombino Piano Gallerie, downtown) 

 

January

           14  Board Meeting 10:00 AM   (Ellen Johnson Studio)          

           28  General Meeting 10:00 AM (Trombino Piano & Organ, S. Hills)

                 What in the World Are They Thinking?

                 A Discussion About Teaching Children to Read Music

                 Jo Ann Wagstaff, Group Discussion Leader             

 

February      

          10   Deadline: News for PMTA Newsletter to Sue Garnhart

          11   Board Meeting 10:00 AM   (Ellen Johnson Studio)

          25  General Meeting 10:00 AM  (Musik Innovations.)

                    Only Pianists Begin with Middle C: 

                    A critical assessment of how theory is taught to non-pianists

                 Lee Kikuchi, Speaker           

March

           1  Deadline: Streator/Smith Entries      

          11  Board Meeting 10:00 AM  (Ellen Johnson Studio)

          21  Lois Streator/Lois Smith Memorial Award Competition

                   (Trombino Piano Gallerie, downtown)

          23  Deadline: Honors Recital Participants to Jeff Harris    

          25  General Meeting: 10:00 AM  (Uptown Coffee, Mt. Lebanon)

                     Discussion of Shinichi Suzuki’s “Nurtured by Love”

                 Candy Hutchins, Book Discussion Leader 

           28    PCO Solo Competition Winners Concert     

          28   Through April 1  MTNA National Conference  (Atlanta, Georgia)

          29   Honors Recital 3:00 PM (Trombino Piano Gallerie)

 

April

           8  Board Meeting 10:00 AM  (Ellen Johnson Studio)

          10  Deadline: News of PMTA Newsletter to Sue Garnhart

          17  Robert Vandall Workshop (Christ Church at Grove Farm)

                  Session 2:  “The More the Merrier”                                                              

May

           7  Deadline: Honors Recital Participants to Jeff Harris

          13  Board Meeting 10:00 AM  (Ellen Johnson Studio)

          17  Honors Recital 3:00 PM (Trombino Piano Gallerie)

          27  Meeting, Luncheon, and Social (Jo Ann Wagstaff Studio)

                   What We Do for the Money We Earn, and How to                                 Communicate that to Students and Parents

                   Elizabeth Burnett, Group Discussion Leader 

July

          10  Deadline:  News for PMTA Newsletter to Sue Garnhart

 

ELECTED OFFICERS

President.........................Ellen Johnson

Immediate Past President...Connie Kean

Vice-President...........Rebecca Hartglass

Secretary......................Candy Hutchins

Treasurer.....................Jo Ann Wagstaff

CHAIRPERSONS

Certification...................Rebecca Lewis

Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival - Local.................................... Yen-Yi Lin

Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival - State.............................. Yvonne Alling

Handbook......................... Connie Kean

Honors Recitals.....................Jeff Harris

Membership..............Rebecca Hartglass

Music Link........................Sue Garnhart

Newsletter....................Candy Hutchins

PCO Concerto Competition................... Charlotte Coleman

Programs....................Deborah Busche

State Newsletter Representative.................Sue Garnhart

Streator/Smith Competition..........................Jeff Harris