Music Educators Association of New Jersey

2014 - 2015

• October: Ingrid Jacobson Clarfield Turning Fear into Fun: Preparing Your Students for Auditions and Competitions
• November: Marcia Maull and Joan Bujacich Music Theory Program Presentation
• December: Jed Distler Speaks on "Composers at the Keyboard" at a special Steinway Gallery Event
• January: Dr. Noam Sivan Teaching the Art of Improvisation
• February: Mia Chung-Yee Schumann's Papillons and its Relationship to Lieder
• February: Seymour Bernstein MEA Presence at Montclair Film Festival Screening of Seymour: An Introduction
• March: Joseph Kalichstein Teachers' Master Class: Joseph Kalichstein
• April: Victor Rosenbaum Did Mozart Know He Was "Classical?"
• May: Douglas Humpherys Preparing for the Storm: A Presentation of Beethoven's Sonata in D minor, Op. 31 No.2, "Tempest"
• June: Dr. Yoheved "Veda" Kaplinsky Young Artist Master Class featuring four recipients of the Adell Williams Award

2013 - 2014

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• October: Daniel Epstein Shift to the Thumb & Give Up the Bridge: a Contrarian Idea of Chord Playing
• November: Dr. Juliana Osinchuk How I Learn Music and Memorize It
• January: Margaret Wacyk Anthem of Faith: Examining the Divine in the Music of J. S. Bach.
• February: Joan Bujacich A Memorable Interview with Gian Carlo Menotti
• April: Claudia Knafo - Music of Latin America and the Caribbean
• May: Aaron Wunsch Chopin and Liszt as Piano Teachers
• June: The Young Artists' Master Class

2012 - 2013

• September: Piano Competition Committee
• November: Magdalena Baczewska A Modern Guide to the Keyboard Technique of Bach and Mozart
• January: Adam Kent Humor in the Music of Haydn and Beethoven
• February: Rami Bar-Niv Injury-Free and Effective Piano Playing Technique
• April: Seymour Bernstein Teaching Favorite Pieces in the Piano Repertoire
• May: Dmitry Rachmanov The Master and the Pupil
• June: Douglas Humpherys The Young Artist Master Class
• 85th Anniversary: A Celebration of MEA-NJ's 85th Season
  • Piano Ensemble Gala
  • Musical Mystery Tour
  • Champagne Brunch

2011 - 2012

• October: Joseph Smith The Dawn of Romanticism
• November: Dr. Lisa Yui Music and the Theatrical
• January: Jerome Lowenthal From Bicentennial to Sesquicentennial: From Liszt to Debussy
• February: Dr. Michal Tal Debussy and Satie: Jazz, Humor and Spirit
• April: Inna Faliks Keeping Audiences Excited: Combining the Old with the New
• May: Beth Levin Beethoven: The Late Sonatas

2010 - 2011

• January: Victor Rosenbaum The Intimate Brahms: Studying and Teaching the Late Pieces
• February: Sophia Agranovich - Yoga for Musicians
• March: Ann Schein "Passing On a Legacy of the Great Pianistic Tradition"
• April: Alexander Peskanov In Search of Sound
• May: Peter Vinograde Bach's "Goldberg" Variations