TMTA 2025 Conference Schedule

June 2nd - 3rd 2025

* Schedule Subject to Change*

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Monday June 2nd

8:00am - Registration Opens, Fine Arts Building Lobby

9:00am - Welcome

Dr. Jody Blake, Interim Chair, UTM Department of Music

9:10am - Interpretation Rules of Thumb

Dr. Marvin Blickenstaff, Conference Clinician

10:10am - Break

10:30am - Musicality and Dance: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Musical Interpretation

Dr. Peter Douglas

11:40am - Break

12:00pm - IMTF Luncheon

12:45pm - IMTF Program

1:45pm - Break

2:00pm - Technical Routines for Students and Teachers

Dr. Marvin Blickenstaff, Conference Clinician

3:10pm - Break

3:30pm - The First Piano Lesson

Dr. Marvin Blickenstaff, Conference Clinician

4:20pm - Break

4:30pm - TMTA General Business Meeting

7:00pm - Conference Recital

Tuesday June 3rd

8:30am - Registration, Fine Arts Building Lobby

9:00am - What Do You Do When the Magic Stops? The Case of the Potential Piano Drop-Out

Dr. Marvin Blickenstaff, Conference Clinician

10:10am - Break

10:30am - Observations and Musings on the Evolution of Teaching in the Past Half-Century

Kate Stimson

12:00pm - Awards Banquet