CHICAGO AREA MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
2018-2019 PROGRAMS
Meetings are on the 2nd Friday of each month
PianoForte, 1335 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605, unless otherwise noted.
Business Meetings 10:00 AM, Pre-Program Topics 10:30 AM, and Programs 11:00 AM unless otherwise noted.
Please feel free to join us for lunch at 12:15 PM following the day’s program.
September 14, 2018
Notre Ecole du Musique, Fine Arts Building, 410 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 410
AIM Information Meetings (9:00 AM)
CAMTA AIM Committee
CAMTA Pedagogy and Performance Workshop
(See workshop information insert to pre-register.)
Session I: How to Motivate Students to Play Expressively!
Session II: Master Class
Session III: Gretchaninoff’s Musical Gems
Dr. Yeeseon Kwon, Associate Professor
Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University, Chicago
October 12 , 2018
Decoding the Bach Inventions (11:00 AM)
Dr. Svetlana Belsky, Coordinator of Piano Studies,
University of Chicago, Chicago
http://www.svetlanabelsky.com/
https://music.uchicago.edu/page/svetlana-belsky
November 9, 2018
AIM Judges Meeting (10:20 AM)
Presenting theRoberta Savler Competition Repertoire (10:45 AM)
Regina Syrkin, Independent Teacher
Community Music School, DePaul University, Chicago
https://music.depaul.edu/cmd/faculty-and-staff/faculty-a-z/Pages/syrkin-regina.aspx
December 14, 2018
Color and Texture: The Music of Claude Debussy (11:00 AM)
100thAnniversary Program
George Radosavljevic, Independent Teacher
Music Institute of Chicago, Chicago
http://geopiano.com/bio/
https://music.depaul.edu/cmd/faculty-and-staff/faculty-a-z/Pages/radosavljevic-george.aspx
https://www.musicinst.org/george-radosavljevic
January 11, 2019
Debussy and Stravinsky: A Mutual Affection (11:00 AM)
Ayse Celasun, Pianist and Founder (Duet performance)
Notre Ecole du Musique, Fine Arts Music Performance and Scholarship
https://www.fineartsmusic-performanceandscholarship.org/ayse-celasun-biography
February 8, 2019
AIM Judges Meeting (10:30 AM)
Short Stories: Character Pieces by Brahms and his Successors (11:00 AM)
Dr. Matthew Hagle, Independent Teacher
Music Institute of Chicago, Chicago
https://matthagle.com/
https://www.musicinst.org/matthew-hagle
March 8, 2019
Performing as One:
A Lecture Recital on Beginning and Sustaining a Collaborative Relationship (11:00 AM)
Sebastian M. Armendariz, Tenor
Lisa Zilberman, Piano
https://www.sebastianarmendariz.com/
https://www.musicinst.org/lisa-zilberman
April 12, 2019
The Mazurka Works of Chopin: Performance (11:00 AM)
Adam Chlastawa and Jaroslaw Golembiowski, Independent Teachers
https://www.adamchlastawapiano.com
http://jaroslawgmusic.com
May 10, 2019
Symmetrical Inversion: A Journey Towards Ambidexterity (11:00 AM)
Winston Choi, Piano Chair, Associate Professor
Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University, Chicago
http://www.winstonchoi.com/html/https://www.roosevelt.edu/Academics/Faculty/Profile?ID=wchoi
June 14, 2019
Annual “Celebrity” Guest Interview (11:00 AM)
Columbia College, Sherwood Music School, 1312 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago