American Music Teacher

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Articles in Dec 2002 issue of American Music Teacher

• What's right with being personal? - In Unison - Retail Print Music Dealers Association 2002 convention news
• New professional cleaning products for pianos and keyboards - Music Marketplace
• Key signatures: do we teach them "backside-to-the-front"? - article examines techniques in music education
  by Ann Cogswell
• Task Forces appointed - Association News - Music Teachers National Association
• Southern Division - Division News - Letter to the Editor
  by Roy Wylie
• Advocating for the arts - Arts Awareness and Advocacy
  by Gayla Foster
• No Vivaldi in the Garage: a Requiem for Classical Music in North America - Book Review
  by Kenneth Williams
• The History Channel premieres Save Our Sounds - Items of Interest
• Rehearsal resource center available - Music Marketplace - Wenger Corp., of Owatonna Minnesota
• Off the beaten path - article examines techniques in music education
  by Karen Workman
• Encourage music for everyone - Association News
• South Central Division - Division News
  by Karen Harrington
• Beginning here, beginning now - Independent Music Teachers Forum
  by Kenneth Lee
• From Spirituals to Symphonies: African-American Women Composers and Their Music - Book Review
  by William Chapman
• New York City Music Therapy Relief Project - Items of Interest
• Instrument Exchange Website launched - Music Marketplace
• Life lessons from long-standing members - Music Teachers National Association's awards banquet
• Group teaching video now available - Association News - Music Teachers National Association co-sponsors video
• Benjamin Whitten endowment established - Foundation News - Music Teachers National Association
• The golden rule - Local Association News
  by Patti Robertson
• The Future of Jazz - Book Review
  by Dennis Thurmond
• New England Conservatory appoints dean - Items of Interest
• 3rd Annual International Festival for creative pianists - Competitions - Albertson College of Idaho International Festival for Creative Pianists
• Music teacher's library - Bibliography
  by Gary L. Ingle
• Correction - Correction Notice
  by Marilyn Brossard
• Benjamin Whitten endowment established - Foundation News - Music Teachers National Association
• Corporate members - MTNA
• Arturo Toscanini: the NBC Years - Book Review
  by Karin Pendle
• Oberlin Piano Competition winners announced - Items of Interest
• Contemporary piano competition in February - Competitions - Janice K. Hodges Contemporary Piano Competition
• Official notice of bylaws amendment proposal - Association News - Music Teachers National Association
• Northwest Division - Division News - Music Teachers National Association
  by Marilyn Brossard
• 2003 grant guidelines and forms now available - Foundation News - Music Teachers National Association
• Institutional members - MTNA
• Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation - American Music Teacher
• World Piano Competition winners announced - Items of Interest
• Kingsville announces piano and concerto competitions - Competitions - sponsored by the Music Club of Kingsville, Inc
• Leaders network at summit - Association News - Music Teachers National Association
• Northwest Division - Division News - Music Teachers National Association
  by Marilyn Brossard
• 2003 grant guidelines and forms now available - Foundation News - Music Teachers National Association
• Puppet Ballet - Book Review
  by Paul K. Scimonelli
• Leadership - identification of music teachers in the United States - includes contact information
• Free online children's music - Items of Interest
• Coleman Chamber Ensemble competition - Competitions
• Carol Winborne - Association News - Obituary
• Northwest Division - Division News - Music Teachers National Association
  by Marilyn Brossard
• Celebrating certification: why should a music teacher become a nationally certified teacher of music?
• A Chinese Festival, Volume 1 - Book Review
  by Amanda Montgomery
• 2003 National Conference Music Teachers National Association. Salt Lake City, Utah March 15-19, 2003
• Sibelius acquires the assets of MIDIWORKS - Items of Interest - assets Midiworks Interactive of New Zeland acquired
• Unsung heroines: contributions of selected early twentieth-century women to American piano pedagogy
  by Debra Brubaker Burns
• Membership information in music stores - Association News - Music Teachers National Association
• Eastern Division - Division News
  by Debra Ronning
• Polyphony - Professional Resources - question and answers
  by Jane Magrath
• Puccini for Easy Piano, 25 Soaring Selections from 8 Operas - Book Review
  by Paul Reed
• Meisel introduces digital tuner/metronome combination - Music Marketplace - Meisel Stringed Instruments - Technics Musical Instruments
• A meeting of the minds - relationship between the Music Teachers National Association and the Frances Clark Center - interview with Gary Ingle of the Frances Clark Center
  by Bruce Berr
• Discount drug program available - Association News - Music Teachers National Association membership benefits
• Southwest Division - Division News - Music Teachers National Association
  by Geri Cheney
• Random access: doing the little things - Professional Resources
  by George F. Litterst
• Duplex - Book Review
  by J.B. Smith
• Training teachers - Dear Reader
  by Rebecca Grooms Johnson
• Meisel introduces digital tuner/metronome combination - Music Marketplace - Meisel Stringed Instruments
• Cherished tradition: the Curtis Institute of Music at Mid-Century - profile of institute
  by Joseph Rezits
• Website features new enhancements - Association News - Music Teachers National Association
• West Central Division - Division News - Music Teachers National Association
  by Janice Wenger
• It's all of your business: do we need an attitude adjustment? - Professional Resources - an examination of income rates for the independent music teacher - second in a two-part series
  by Beth Gigante Klingenstein
• What Charlie Heard - Book Review
  by Jane Cassidy