President's Corner:
I'm sure you've had over-eager students over-compensate with their bodies when they were trying to develop good habits! Or, worse, have you or your students experienced pain or injury? Surely we all know by now that there should be no pain as we gain strength and facility! Please join us in Manhattan for two days of training to discover how to help ourselves and our students play safely and ever more artistically!!
Sally Buxton, NCTM
President, KMTA
The KMTA Annual Conference:
June 28-29
Kansas State University
"Creating a Better Legacy for the Future"
Sheila PaigeConference Clinician
Conference Clinician Sheila Paige, Executive Director and founder of the Keyboard Wellness Seminar, will present seven training sessions and a master class. She has over 35 years experience in the work of Dorothy Taubman and has gained international recognition as a presenter. Her reputation as a teacher attracts students nationally and she regularly commutes to cities around the country to teach. Her topics will include anatomy and posture, technique for young children, and practice and memory techniques.
Sławomir DobrzañskiConference Artist
Our Conference Artist is Sławomir Dobrzañski, artist/teacher of piano at Kansas State University. He is a graduate of the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, Poland, and the University of Connecticut. He has recorded solo and chamber works for Polish Radio and Television in Warsaw and has performed in many U.S. and international cities. He has graciously served as KMTA's Arts & Advocacy Chair the past two years, and you may read his inspiring stories on the KMTA page of the recent winter issue of the KMR.
For complete information on KMTA's activities, go to www.ksmta.org