SEOMTA Fall Conference 2024

Saturday September 14th

9:00am -12:45pm

Full Schedule

• 9:00-10:00 am Leila Viss

• “Does your Feedback Need Fixing? How to Find Words That Matter"

• 10:00-10:30 Break - Meet up

• This is a great time to welcome and talk with our new members! 

• 10:30-11:30 am Jeremy Siskind

• “5 Things Every Piano Teacher Should Know about Jazz (but probably doesn't know yet)”

• 11:45:12:45pm

• Business Meeting 

Leila Viss 

Leila Viss innovates resources for her piano studio and website and hosts Composiums coaching pianists in composition. Renowned for engaging presentations, she's honored to be recognized as Colorado's 2024 MTNA Foundation Fellow.

" Does your Feedback Need Fixing? How to Find Words That Matter "

Communicating meaningful feedback is directly related to student progress. Learn three reasons why typical feedback often falls short and takeaway six steps to flip feedback to effective “feedforward” that keeps students coming back for more.

Leila has received glowing comments from this presentation:

"What a fantastic presentation! Our group is buzzing about you, the positive and practical message you bring, and the graceful, articulate way you bring it.  Thank you, thank you, thank you! I hope we are able to get you back to NC one way or the other so that more of our membership can benefit." 

-Victoria Fischer Faw

Professor Emeritus, Elon University

https://www.leilaviss.com/

Jeremy Siskind

Jeremy Siskind is the rare musician whose imaginative albums land on “best of” lists while his ground-breaking instructional books populate “best-seller” lists. A top finisher in national and international jazz piano competitions, Siskind is a two-time laureate of the American Pianists Association and the winner of the Nottingham International Jazz Piano Competition. A sought-after educator, Siskind has published more than 20 instructional books, including  Playing Solo Jazz Piano , with an introduction by Fred Hersch, and the ground-breaking  Jazz Piano Fundamentals  series. Besides Siskind’s own YouTube channel, which boasts over 18,000 subscribers, Siskind is frequently seen teaching on digital platforms like Tonebase, Open Studio, and Piano with Jonny, as well as presenting webinars and in-person lectures for the Frances Clark Institute, the Music Teachers National Association, and the Imagine Solutions Conference. Siskind helps to guide education and pedagogy surrounding improvisation and composition. Siskind spreads peace through music in places like Lebanon, Tunisia, and Thailand with the non-profit organization, Jazz Education Abroad. Jeremy Siskind is a Yamaha Artist.

“5 Things Every Piano Teacher Should Know about Jazz (but probably doesn't know yet)”

Almost every “traditional” piano teacher will be asked to teach jazz at some point in their career, yet few receive any real jazz training. Noted pedagogue and real-life jazz pianist Jeremy Siskind offers his 5 “Need to Know” Jazz Essentials to give you creative confidence in any teaching scenario and help you enliven all of your teaching. From the details of swing feel, to decoding the nuances of chord symbols, learn how you can guide your students towards expressive improvisation. Bring concerns, leave with confidence!

https://jeremysiskind.com/