Roanoke Valley Music Teachers Association

Scholarship Winner's Recital and Final Business meeting
2022-05-13 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Apex Piano Showroom, 2134 Colonial Ave SW, Roanoke, VA, 24015, United States
On May 13, 2022, our Scholarship Winner will present their winning selection in a Recital at Apex Piano Showroom. A Business meeting will follow.

Carla Fosbre presents....the Mountain Dulcimer
2022-03-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Apex Piano Showroom, 2134 Colonial Ave SW, Roanoke, VA, 24015, United States
Carla Fosbre

Ms. Fosbre teaches piano to beginning through advanced students, ages 5 and up as well as returning and/or beginning adults. Ms. Fosbre also teaches lessons on the Mountain Dulcimer to all students using the Danny Shepherd book, Mountain Dulcimer for Children (and the Young at Heart).

Ms. Fosbre studied Piano Performance at Hollins University and has been teaching piano since 1998. Ms. Fosbre is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music with the Music Teachers’ National Association and is an active member of the Roanoke Valley Music Teachers’ Association. Ms. Fosbre is experienced in teaching many different methods and genres including, Alfred, Faber and Faber, Lang Lang, The Royal Academy of Music, and many more.

When not teaching piano or Mountain Dulcimer, Ms. Fosbre loves to play her mountain dulcimer and bowed dulcimer with friends and family. Ms. Fosbre is currently taking lessons on her bowed dulcimer from Ricky’s Bluegrass Connection in Moneta and hopes to perform at some future fiddler’s conventions. Ms. Fosbre lives at Smith Mountain Lake with her husband, Mike, and kitty, Pantera. She is retired from the Virginia Department of Corrections Probation and Parole as a Surveillance Officer after 21 years of service.

Dalcroze Eurhythmics
2022-02-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Apex Piano Showroom, 2134 Colonial Ave SW, Roanoke, VA, 24015, United States
Mrs. Rachel O’Brien will be presenting Dalcroze Eurhythmics on February 11 at 10:00.

The 2019 Gold Medal winner of the Houston Symphony’s Ima Hogg Competition, Rachel O’Brien has appeared in Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Houston’s E. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, Cleveland’s Severance Hall, and Blossom Music Center. A winner of Astral Artists’ 2017 National Auditions, O’Brien received top prizes from such competitions as the Lyon & Healy Awards, the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) Concerto Competition, and the Saratoga Harp Colony “Play with the Pros” Competition. She is also the recipient of the Alice Chalifoux Award and was the 2015 CIM Presser Scholar. O’Brien has appeared as a soloist with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, members of The Philadelphia Orchestra, the National Repertory Orchestra, and the CIM Symphony Orchestra.

Passionate about inspiring musicians around the world, O’Brien maintains a significant social media following, with around 50,000 followers on Instagram. She is the author of “Purpose in Practice: 26 Rules for the Practicing Musician,” a book designed to motivate musicians to achieve higher practicing goals. O’Brien teaches privately and also serves on faculty at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia.

Rachel O’Brien holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied harp performance under Yolanda Kondonassis.

VMTA State Conference
2021-11-04 12:00 - 2021-11-06 12:00 | DoubleTree Inn by Hilton, 50 Kingsmill Rd, Williamsburg, Virginia, 23185, United States
The VMTA 2021 State Conference will be held on November 4th through 6th in Williamsburg at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Williamsburg. This hotel and conference center is beautiful and spacious with many amenities. It has everything we need for a successful conference! More information will be forthcoming as available.

Guest Artist Dr. Lister-Sink will be with us on Friday and Saturday. Her presentations include:

Friday – ConcertSaturday – Master ClassSaturday – Interactive Teacher Technique

Guest Clinician Lisa Bastien will be presenting workshops for us on Friday and Saturday. They include:

The Bastien Family: A Tribute to Jane & Jim BastienBastien New Traditions: Inspiring the Next Generation of Beginning PianistSuccessful Piano Teaching in a Rapidly Changing World

Conference Fees

VMTA Members

Early Bird Registration – $95.00(Deadline: Monday, October 4, 2021)Registration after October 4, 2021 – $110.00Daily Registration – $75.00Banquet Fee – $49.00

The banquet will be on Friday night before the Guest Artist Concert. When registering, please note which entree you prefer. The choices are Grilled Marinated Chicken Breast in Cranberry Orange Glaze or Sesame Crusted Salmon Filet. All meals come with rolls & butter, salad, red roasted potatoes, a vegetable and dessert. You also have the choice of Starbucks coffee and assorted Teavana teas.

Non-members

Early Bird Registration – $120.00(Deadline: Monday, October 4, 2021)Registration after October 4, 2021 – $140.00Individual Workshops for non-members – $30.00 per workshopConcert Ticket for non-members – $25 per person per concertBanquet Fee – $49.00

Full registration includes:

All workshopsOne ticket for the Guest Artist Concert – Dr. Barbara Lister-SinkOne ticket to the Concerto Winners ConcertHospitality table throughout the day

How To Register

Please go to the website to register. To do so, click the following link that will take you to the VMTA website: https://www.virginiamta.org. Select “Annual Conference” from the “Activities” dropdown menu. Scroll down to the “Conference Prices” and click on “HERE“ to register. It is best to fill out the form completely before printing. Please note that there is a $5.00 fee for using PayPal.

Please send your check to: Mun Lee Han, NCTMVMTA Treasurer3969 Wyckoff DriveVirginia Beach, VA 23452

Remember to register early so you don’t miss the early bird special rate!

One Note At A Time: A Beginner's Guide to a Lifetime of Exploration
2021-10-08 09:30 - 12:30 | Apex Piano Showroom, 2134 Colonial Ave SW, Roanoke, VA, 24015, United States
Dr. Louise Billaud of New River Valley Community College will present One Note At A Time: A Beginner’s Guide to a Lifetime of Exploration. After a short break, she will present Kabalevsky Preludes: an intimate look into the Russian soul of a Soviet composer.

Trained in the United States and France, Louise Billaud studied under the guidance of her husband, French-born American professor, Steinway artist Jean-Paul Billaud. Through him she felt the influence of his former teachers: Marguerite Long, Jacques Février, Alfred Cortot and Polish pianist Auguste de Radwan.

Laureate of several piano competitions and winner of the Bartók-Kabalevsky International Competition, she was recently recognized as a 2015 American Prize semi-finalist. She has performed in the United States and Europe in solo and lecture-recitals and as soloist with orchestra, including lecture-recitals at the 2009 and 2019 CMS International Conferences in Croatia and Belgium. Her recordings include three compact discs and a DVD featuring the lecture-recital Mazeppa – An Inspirational Living Legend.

Billaud received her BM in Piano Performance from the University of Alaska and MA degree from Radford University in Virginia. In 2014, she received the Outstanding Faculty Award by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), earned a D.M.A. in Music Education from Boston University and was honored by the National Association for Music Education ACME SRIG with the award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation. Dr. Billaud has presented research findings at NAfME, Suncoast Music Education Research Symposium and Music and Lifelong Learning national and international conferences. She was Keynote Speaker for the Virginia Community College System’s New Faculty Forum and for Education Symposia.

Most recently honored with the 2018 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, Professor Billaud teaches Music in Society, History of Western Music, History of Jazz, World Music and Fundamentals in lecture and online formats at New River Community College.

“Meet” Dr. Billaud here: https://youtu.be/mUrWwbA-7fA

Unveiling RVMTA’s New Website
2021-09-10 10:00 - 13:00 | Apex Piano Showroom, 2134 Colonial Ave SW, Roanoke, VA, 24015, United States
We will be unveiling the new RVMTA website at our next meeting! We will learn how to navigate the new site, plus how to log in and edit pages and events. It’ll be fun!
