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for our meeting in
New York City!
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If paying by check, it should be made payable to Musical Theater Educators Alliance Inc, Federal Tax ID #26-1122018
The Musical
Theater Educators Alliance
Eleventh Annual Conference
January 8-10, 2010
Hosted by the Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development
New York University
From January 8 - 10, 2010, faculty and administrators from musical theater training programs will meet in New York City for a symposium that will address a variety of issues pertinent to the training of musical theater performers. The conference host is Meg Bussert, Artist Teacher on the faculty of the NYU Steinhardt Music Theatre Program and a member of the MTEA Executive Committee.
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Every other year, MTEA returns to the Big Apple to take advantage of the resources and personnel that are only available to us in that city, and this year's New York gathering will be no different. Lynne Kurdzeil-Formato (Associate Professor of Dance at Elon University), serving in her fourth year as Vice-President for Conferences, has done an outstanding job working with conference host Meg Bussert to plan an stimulating agenda of events for this year's meeting.
| THURSDAY JANUARY 7 6pm |
Executive Committee meeting: 35 W. 4th St., 12th floor conference room |
| FRIDAY JANUARY 8 8:30am Sign in, 9am coffee, meet and greet |
35 W. 4th St., Studio Theater lobby |
| 9:30am | President's welcome |
| 10am | Report on European conference Sept. 2009 from Søren Moller and Thomas Agerholm, Danish Musical Theater Academy |
| 10:40am | BRYAN BLYTHE, York Theater Company: "4@15," a program for new musical development |
| 12pm | LUNCH - provided |
| 1pm | Keynote speaker TED SPERLING |
| 2:45pm | Conversation with MARCIA MILGROM DODGE |
| 4pm | PAUL CHRISTMAN, University of Oklahoma: "Old, New, Borrowed and Broadway - A Performer's Guide to Audition Repertoire" |
| 5:30pm | End of day |
| SATURDAY JANUARY 9 9am coffee, 9:30am |
SHOREY WALKER, Actors Connection: "The Evolution of the College Showcase" with special industry guests |
| 11am | ADAM ROBERTS, "Score Analysis for Character Development" |
| 12:15pm | LUNCH - provided |
| 1pm | LYN KOENING, University of Texas at Austin: "Show Me Who You Are" |
| 2:45pm | BENJ PASEK and JUSTIN PAUL, songwriters, work with NYU Steinhardt students and talk about their journey from the BFA Musical Theater program at Michigan to the profession |
| 5pm | LYNNE KURDZEIL-FORMATO, Elon University: "Thoughts on Developing a Theatre Dance Curriculum" |
| 6pm | End of Day |
| SUNDAY JANUARY 10 9am coffee, 9:30am |
ALUMNI PANEL: former students of member schools |
| 11am | MEMBERSHIP MEETING including nomination of officers |
| 1pm | End of conference |
Working lunches will provide opportunities to discuss issues of curriculum design, recruitment, retention, season planning and professional outplacement which are common topics of discussion at every MTEA meeting. The conference schedule also includes time for you to attend theatrical productions of your choice in New York City on Friday and Saturday night.
MTEA Membership and Conference fees: The conference fee is $100 for MTEA members and $200 for non-members. Those paying the on-member conference fee will receive individual membership in MTEA for the coming year. Organizational members can send multiple representatives from their organization at the member rate. The conference fee covers the costs of meeting facilities, lunch and refreshments on conference days. Use the appropriate PayPal button in the left-hand column to pay your conference fee using your credit or debit card. Conference fee payments can also be made by check payable to Musical Theater Educators Alliance Inc., 1818 S. 12th Street, Philadelphia PA 19148. Federal tax ID #26-1122018. Contant MTEA President Charles Gilbert if your school requires an invoice for the conference fee.
Hotel Information. There is no designated conference hotel for this year's New York conference. It has been our experience that many attendees prefer to make their own accommodation arrangements in New York. The conference will be held at NYU's campus, located in historic Greenwich Village at 35 W. 4th Street, New York NY 10012.
Queries about the conference should be directd to MTEA Vice-President for Conferences Lynne Kurdzeil-Formato (Associate Professor of Dance at Elon University) or MTEA President Charles Gilbert (Professor of Theater Arts and Head of the Musical Theater Program at The University of the Arts).