Annual Convention

June 4-5, 2012

Featured Guest Clinician:
Peter Mack

Irish pianist Peter Mack is celebrated for his moving performances and easy rapport with audiences. A choral scholar at Trinity College Dublin and a fellow of Trinity College London, he received a doctorate in piano performance from the University of Washington. He has performed throughout the United States and Europe, as well as in Australia and the former Soviet Union. Known for his extensive repertoire, he has played twenty-five concertos with orchestras. He is the winner of the New Orleans, Young Keyboard Artists, and Pacific International Piano Competitions, and received a Steinway grand piano as first-place winner of the Sherman-Clay Competition. Dr. Mack is in demand as a performer, clinician, convention artist, adjudicator, and teacher. His students are frequent winners of local, national, and international competitions. In 2011 he joined the select group of teachers who have had more than one national winner of the Music Teachers National Association piano performance competitions in the same year, when students of his won both the junior solo and senior duet national finals. Dr. Mack is Professor of Piano Performance at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, and serves on the board of M.T.N.A. In the 2011-12 Season, he will be the convention artist for the Idaho, Minnesota, and New Mexico state conventions, and has upcoming engagements as judge, performer, and clinician in Canada and India. Dr. Mack is a Steinway artist.

"Mack is one of those lucky ones, born with a completely balanced set of talents. He has perfect piano hands, his technique is all but infallible, he has boundless temperament, style and taste, and above all, he communicates directly.... In all capacities he is indefatigable....
--Los Angeles Times

Convention Schedule

Coming Soon!

How to Register

Coming Soon!

Conference Hotel: Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West

3131 Campus Drive, Pymouth, MN
Phone: 763-559-6600
Crowne Plaza Hotel Website

Why Commute When You Can Stay?

The 2012 MMTA convention site, Radisson Hotel and Conference Center Plymouth, has had a name change. Its new official title is Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West, A Hotel and Conference Center. The 2012 MMTA convention will be only 10 minutes from downtown Minneapolis with easy access to I-494 and Highway 55.

You can look forward to the award-winning Europa Lunch Buffet and creative dinner menus. Food and beverages offered during breaks will be kept fresh and ever-changing as the day continues from morning pastries to afternoon Munchies. Your dining experience will be memorable indeed!

The hotel offers 243 graciously-appointed guest rooms with essential amenities and large windows that view the hotel's scenic pond or woodlands. Complimentary high-speed wireless internet is available throughout the hotel. Amenities include complimentary admission to a full-service health club, a 24-hour business center, ample free parking, and a refreshing night's sleep with the Crowne Plaza Sleep Advantage Program. If there's time for shopping, Ridgedale and Arbor Malls are a few minutes away. The hotel is adjacent to Medicine Lake and French REgional Park offering miles of running, biking trails, and much more! There are many public and private golf courses nearby.

Why commute when you can enjoy all there is to offer at our 2012 convention site? Reserve your room now!