PPMTA Meetings
Regular Meeting Schedule: 2nd Tuesday of the month and in-person unless noted otherwise.
8:30 a.m. Board Meeting on September 12, November 14, January 9, March 12
9:30 a.m. General Meeting
10:00-11:00 a.m. Program Presentation
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 or have delayed start times, PPMTA meetings or activities scheduled for that day will be cancelled.
If school District 11 and/or District 20 cancel school or have delayed start times, PPMTA meetings or activities scheduled for that day will be cancelled.
PPMTA Programs 2023-2024
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September 12, 2023
General Meeting & Welcome Back Brunch! Meeting Time: 9:30am Brunch Time: 10:00am Where: Graner Music Cafe and Recital Hall RSVP: Sylvia Holt, NCTM Bring something to share! |
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October 10, 2023
Nelita True's Legendary Approach to Memorizing Music and the Technic Routine we all learned when entering her studio. Jamie Shaak |
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November 14, 2023
From Emotion to Motion: Exploring Emotion to Create Story and Sound Chee-Hwa Tan Experience mindfulness tools that explore the connection between emotion, story, and sound through Chee-Hwa’s newest piano book, Once Upon A Journey Book 1. Learn how to move from identifying emotion to communicating story through motion. |
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December 12, 2023 General Meeting & Holiday Potluck Brunch BRING YOUR MUSIC FOR THE USED MUSIC SALE! Meeting Time: 9:30am Brunch Time: 10:00am Where: Joan Sawyer’s home 24 Polo Circle Colorado Springs, CO 80906 RSVP: Sylvia Holt, NCTM Bring something to share! |
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January 9, 2024
Teaching Debussy Lynn Godfriaux Maloy, MM, NCTM Presented by Lynn Godfriaux Maloy, MM, NCTM This presentation will introduce approaches to teaching Debussy using three of his works: Revere, his first Arabesque, and Clair de lune. I will demonstrate ways his compositional style reflects use of harmonies for color as well as progression, how he melts bar lines, and how the pianist can incorporate balance to create washes of images and sound. (An optional performance of the three above-mentioned works can be offered after conclusion of the presentation.) |
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February 13, 2024
Intermediate Master Class Sara McDaniel, NCTM, Clinician |
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March 12, 2024
Town Hall Meeting Round Table Discussion |
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April 9, 2024
From Habaneras to Huapangos: Developing a sense of rhythm and timing with Latin American repertoire Dr. Alejandro Cremaschi, NCTM During this presentation I will introduce Latin American intermediate and advanced pieces that contain rhythmic and timing challenges, and I will demonstrate practical techniques to help students develop a better understanding of rhythm, timing and direction. Some of these challenges include rubato, syncopation, hemiolas, cross-rhythms, irregular rhythms and rhythmic groupings, and toccata-style rhythmic writing. Many of these pieces wer einspired by folk rhythms, including the germinal Habanera dance rhythm, and Huapangos and other 6/8 dances. The goal is to help students learn how to feel music "beyond the beats," to help them develop better rhythmic control, and more efficient and musical ways of organizing phrases based on a sense of embodied rhythmic flow and macrobeat. |
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May 14, 2024
Meeting & Year-End Potluck Brunch/Officer Installation General Meeting and Spring Potluck Brunch! Meeting Time: 9:30 am Brunch Time: 10:00 am Where: TBA RSVP: Sylvia Holt, NCTM Bring something to share! |