2026 WSMTA CONFERENCE • SCHEDULE - Washington State Music Teachers Association

Music is CENTRAL!
June 27-29, 2026

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Daily Schedule

Saturday, June 27
Sunday, June 28
Monday, June 29

Presenters

An-Lin Bardin and Naomi Niskala • Susan Chan • Mengyiyi Chen • Rose Freeman, NCTM • Jody Graves, NCTM • Eleanor Gummer • Eleanor Gummer with Sarah Silvia, NCTM •Leann Osterkamp He • Meg Krieg, NCTM • Stephen Lewis, NCTM • Szu-Chia Lin • Christina Liu, NCTM • Roger McVey, NCTM • Kira Miller, NCTM • Marina Munter, NCTM • Jan Rowen Music, NCTM • Dilyara Oliver • Greg Presley, NCTM • Melody Puller • Representation and Advocacy Committee • Karen Scholten • Anna Schultz • Sarah Silvia, NCTM • Jeff Snedeker • Rhonda Snook • RoseMarie Tamburri • Ricardo de la Torre, NCTM • Ryan Worswick • Chiao-Yu Wu

Concerts, Recitals, and Student Performance Sessions

Honors Recital No. 1 – Saturday at 11 am
More Music with Mengyiyi Chen – Saturday at noon
Honors Recital No. 2 – Saturday at 3 pm
Guest Artist Bardin-Niskala Duo – Saturday at 8 pm
Honors Recital No. 3 – Sunday at 11 am
More Music with Carter Mitchell, euphonium; Flora Cummings, viola; and Izel Ochoa-Read, piano – Sunday at noon
Young Composer Project Recital – Sunday at 3 pm
Works in Progress with Naomi Niskala and An-Lin Bardin – Sunday at 4 pm
WA Winners and Commissioned Composer Concert – Sunday at 7 pm
Honors Recital No. 4 – Monday at 11 am
More Music with Central West Quartet, Donut Friday Quartet, and Burrow Vision Quartet – Monday at noon
Lesson with the Artist: Naomi Niskala – Monday at 1 pm
Honors Recital No. 5 – Monday at 3 pm

Meetings, Meet-ups and Other Events

MAP and Visiting Artist meeting – Saturday at noon
Sip & Stitch, Drink & Draw, Crafts & Coffee – Sunday at noon
Annual Member Meeting – Sunday at 12:45 pm
Hike the Umtanum Canyon – Sunday at 5:15 pm
Trivia night – Sunday at 8:30 pm (after the WA Winners Concert)
MLP Chair Meeting – Monday at 8 am
WSMTA President and Chapter Presidents – Monday at noon

Food service

Coffee and treats
Saturday 9 am and 2:45 pm
Sunday 8 am (top-up at 9:45 am) and 2:45 pm
Monday 8 am (top-up at 9:45 am)
Box Lunch – Everyday at noon (you can eat your lunch in the Band and Choir rooms)
Banquet Dinner – Saturday at 5 pm (Happy Hour) and 6 pm (Dinner)
Post Concert receptions – After both evening concerts (Saturday and Sunday)

PLEASE NOTE
• Times and presenters are subject to change. Look here during the conference for the most up-to-date schedule.
• All presentations are 45 minutes unless otherwise noted.
• More Music sessions vary in length and recitals and concerts may last an hour or more.
• Most events will be held in the Jerilyn S. McIntyre Music Building at Central Washington University. For a floor plan of the building, click here.

SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2026

9:00 am

Check-In Desk
9:00 am to 6:00 pm
• McIntyre Rotunda

Welcome with coffee, tea, and treats
9:00 am
• McIntyre Rotunda

10:00 am

Silent Auction
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
• McIntyre Hall

Quiet Room
10:00 am to 10:00 pm
• McIntyre 113

11:00 am

Honors Recital No. 1
Piano
• McIntyre 175 / Recital Hall

Shades of Childhood: The Poetic World of Mel Bonis’ s Scènes enfantines
Mengyiyi Chen
• McIntyre 150 / Band Room

Taking Back Your Power and Finding Strength Within
Marina Munter, NCTM, Kira Miller, NCTM, and Rhonda Snook
• McIntyre 153 / Choir Room

12:00 noon

Box Lunch
• McIntyre Rotunda

More Music
Mengyiyi Chen, piano
• McIntyre 150 / Band Room

Combined MAP Chair and Visiting Artist Meeting with Samantha Yeung and Selina Chu, NCTM
• McIntyre 144J / Faculty Lounge

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1:00 pm

Clara Schumann: Romantic Trailblazer
Sarah Silvia, NCTM and Eleanor Gummer
Click here for session handout.
• McIntyre 150 / Band Room

Healthy Piano Technique: An Introduction to the Taubman Approach
Dilyara Oliver
Click here for session handout.
• McIntyre 153 / Choir Room

2:00 pm

The Forbidden Pleasures of Playing, Teaching, and Creating Transcriptions
Roger McVey, NCTM
• McIntyre 150 / Band Room

Applying Montessori Methods to teach students with ADHD, Disabilities, and preschool age
Anna Schultz
• McIntyre 153 / Choir Room

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2:45 pm

Coffee, tea, and treats
• McIntyre Rotunda

3:00 pm

Honors Recital No. 2
Piano
• McIntyre 175 / Recital Hall

Travel the World through Music
Representation and Advocacy Committee
• McIntyre 150 / Band Room

4:00 pm

The Art of Subtraction: Accompanying at the Highest Level
Leann Osterkamp He
• McIntyre 150 / Band Room

Nuts and Bolts of Teaching Music Online
C.R. Ryan Worswick
• McIntyre 153 / Choir Room

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5:00 pm

Happy Hour and Wine Raffle
Banquet Dinner at 6:00 pm
• Sue Lombard Hall

8:00 pm

Guest Artist Concert
Bardin-Niskala Duo
• McIntyre 175 / Recital Hall

9:00 pm

Post-concert reception
• McIntyre Rotunda

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SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2026

8:00 am

Check-In Desk
8:00 am to 5:00 pm
• McIntyre Rotunda

Coffee, tea, and treats
• McIntyre Rotunda

Silent Auction
8:00 am to 5:00 pm
• McIntyre Hall

Quiet Room
8:00 am to 10:00 pm
• McIntyre 113