2027 WSMTA Conference • Presenters

Full-length Sessions
The committee is interested in 45-minute sessions on, but not limited to, the following topics:

• Pedagogy sessions that apply to all instruments and all levels: 
• Creating/facilitating a chamber music program within the studio 
• Pre-instrumental classes for young children 
• Group lessons 
• Composition 
• Jazz 
• Ensembles 
• Adult students 
• Accompanying skills 
• Studio management: marketing; policies; communication skills 
• Balancing one’s personal and professional life 
• Music and Movement 
• Mental Health in the Music Lesson 
• Sessions focused on Vocal, Winds, Brass and Strings
• Music as a tool for social change
• Music as a tool for fostering empathy and compassion in today’s fractured world 
• Teaching music of underrepresented composers

First-thing-in-the-morning shorter sessions 
The committee is interested in short 15-20 minute session to kick of the morning sharing finer topics such as:

• Practice trackers
• Organizational systems
• Ways to destress during concert season
• Yoga, tai-chi, meditation routines
• Finding Balance