Membership

The MAPTA membership year begins June 1, 2009, and
ends May 31, 2010.  MAPTA has several types of memberships. 

The membership directory as well as the membership application form may be found online at our website: MadisonPianoTeachers.org. Changes or corrections to directory listings and new memberships received after the MAPTA Directory is printed will be published in Nuances and in the January addendum.

The membership application is available online!

  • Active Piano Teachers (ACT) is reserved for those professionals who are actively teaching in the Madison area.
  • Institutional membership (INS) is for organizations that provide a piano education department.
  • Associate Membership (ASM) is for piano technicians, music dealers without an education department, teachers not presently teaching, and teachers who live outside the Madison area.
  • Student Members (STM) are students of a university, college or high school.

MAPTA 2009-2010 Membership Dues Information

Dues paid by May 31

  • Active (ACT): $48
  • Institutional (INS): $105
  • Associate (ASM): $30
  • Student Members (STM): $25

Dues paid after June 1

  • Active (ACT): $60
  • Institutional (INS): $130
  • Associate (ASM): $35
  • Student Members (STM): $25

An additional fee is charged for members who wish to receive a paper copy of Nuances, our monthly newsletter.

Membership Chair: Denise Taylor
(Co-chair, Vacant)

2009-2010 Programs

Sunday, September 13, 2009, 3 p.m., Covenant Presbyterian Church, (326 Segoe Road, Madison).  Young Composers Festival Winners’ Recital.  Potluck to follow.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m., Christ Presbyterian Church (944 E Gorham St., Madison).  Ellen Burmaster, “On Fingering"---Exploring Several Teaching Pieces

Friday November 6, 2009, FALL WORKSHOP (see details below)

Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 9 a.m. at Ward-Brodt. General meeting to approve the new by-laws.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010,  9:00 – 11:00 a.m., Christ Presbyterian Church (944 E Gorham St., Madison).  Dr. Arthur Johnson of Lakeland College.  “Techniques in Sound Warm-Ups through Classical Improvisation”

Sunday, February 28, 2010, 2:00 p.m., Capitol Lakes Grand Hall (333 W. Main St., Madison).  Performers Supporting Performers, general meeting after the performance

Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m., Christ Presbyterian Church (944 E Gorham St., Madison).  Diane Madsen and Jeanne Felix, co-chairs of PPT, “Preview of the Fall 2010 Piano Play Together”

Tuesday, May 11, 2010, Annual May Brunch and Meeting, 8:30 – 11:30 a.m., Oakwood Village West (6209 Mineral Point Rd., Madison).  Trevor Stephenson, “Chopin: His Muses, His Playing, His Pianos”

Programs Chair: Karen Boe
(co-chair, Vacant)

2009 FALL WORKSHOP

This year’s workshop features Dr. Andrew Hisey of St. Olaf College , with the title “Laying a Foundation for Improvisation and Play with Your Music”

Date: Friday, November 6, 2009
Time: 8:30 Registration
Program: 9:00-10:30 "Laying a Foundation for Improvisation"
10:45-12:00 “Play With Your Music: Literature-based Improvisation"
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-2:00 "Play With Your Music Masterclass: Make it Personal"
Place: Ward-Brodt Music Mall, 2200 W Beltline Hwy, Madison
Fee: $35 MAPTA members, $45 Non-MAPTA members,
$20 Students
Registration Deadline: to be announced in brochure

Andrew Hisey is one of the founding directors of the National Group Piano and Piano Pedagogy Forum. Dr. Hisey is a member of Canada's Royal Conservatory of Music College of Examiners, and serves as series editor for the Composer Editions series from the Frederick Harris Music Company. Andrew Hisey holds degrees in piano from Wilfrid Laurier University and from The University of Michigan. A native of Canada, he was a member of the piano faculty at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music in Ohio from 1994 to 2005. Currently, he is a professor of piano in St. Olaf College where he holds the vice chair for the school of music.

For more information contact: Gloria Chuang