PPMTA Meetings


​Regular Meeting Schedule:  2nd Tuesday of the month unless noted otherwise.
8:30 a.m. Board Meeting
9:00 a.m. Coffee & Conversation
9:30 a.m. General Meeting
10:00-11:00 a.m. Program Presentation
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Meetings are held in the Graner Recital Hall  at Graner Music unless noted otherwise:  
4460 Barnes Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80917.  
Please show your support to Graner Music by browsing their music, books, metronomes, pianos, and more,
​and by sending your students there.
Cancellation Policy:  
 If School District 11 and/or District 20 cancel school, PPMTA meetings or activities scheduled for that day will be cancelled.

PPMTA Programs 2019-2020
November 12, 2019:  
​The Art of Subtraction: A Collaborative Method That Fosters Theory, Orchestration,
​and Vocal Coaching
Dr. Leann Osterkamp 
​(Program at 9:30 a.m., General Meeting at 10:30 a.m.)
About Dr. Leann Osterkamp
December 10, 2019:  
​Meeting & Holiday Potluck Brunch
​Home of Dr. Joan Sawyer, 24 Polo Circle, Colo. Springs 80906.
About Chee-Hwa Tan, NCTM
SATURDAY, January 18, 2020: 
​Create to Motivate: How to use Lesson Repertoire to Compose and Improvise AND keep your students studying through high school!
Chee-Hwa Tan, NCTM
(Program will be preceded by coffee, fruit, pastries, social time at 9:30 a.m.  Non-members welcome!)
More details on this program.
February 11, 2020:
Memorization, Hanon and Variations and How to Teach Technic "Side by Side" 
Jamie Shaak
About Jamie Shaak
March 10, 2020:
​Town Hall Meeting (Round Table Discussion)
About Dr. Jennifer Hayghe
April 14, 2020:
Rediscovering Grieg’s Lyric Pieces
Dr. Jennifer Hayghe
(Program at 9:30 a.m., General Meeting at 10:30 a.m.)
May 12, 2020:
Meeting & Year-End Potluck Brunch/Officer Installation
Home of Dr. Janice Saffir & Paul Stephens, 
​4467 Campus Bluffs Ct., Colo. Springs, 80918