TMTA 2025 Conference Schedule
June 2nd - 3rd 2025
* Schedule Subject to Change*
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