PAMTA is the local affiliate of the Illinois State Music Teachers Association and the Music Teachers National Association. The objective of this group is to Encourage and exchange of ideas in the field; to Enrich the love and understanding of music; and to Elevate the standards of teaching music by recognizing the experience, training, and challenge necessary for professional growth.

Lending Library

Contact Pam Eyerly, Librarian – to borrow any of these resources.

Books

TITLEAUTHOR
A Piano Teacher’s Legacy, Selected Writings by Richard ChronisterDarling
A Pianist’s LandscapeMontparker
Beautiful Music together: Creating a Private Music Studio for Teacher, Student, and Parent(with CD)Carolyn Biller
Beethoven: The Universal ComposerMorris
How to Play the Piano Despite Years of LessonsCannel/Marx
Inspired Piano TeachingMarvin Blickenstaff
(The) Joy of MusicBernstein
(The) Lives of the MusiciansKrull
Making Music and Enriching Lives: A Guide for Music TeacherBlanchard
Note by Note: A Celebration of the Piano LessonTunstall
Notes, Time, Terms: A Reference BookGreen
(The) Perfect Wrong NoteWestney
Piano Puzzlers: Thirty Popular Melodies and Folk Tunes in Styles of Famous ComposersAdolph
Professional Piano TeachingJacobson
With Your Own Two Hands, Self-Discovery Through MusicBernstein, S.
They Shall Have Music, A Manual for the Instruction of Visually Handicapped Students in the Playing of Keyboard InstrumentsDykema

CDs

  • Browns – The 5 Browns
  • Browns – The 5 Browns: No Boundaries
  • Campbell – Piano Concerts 1987-2005
  • Montparker – Bach, Brahms, Beethoven, Chopin
  • Redekopp and Edwards – Piano Tapestry

DVD

  • Bastien – A Passion for Teaching
  • 2004 Monster Concert
  • 2006 Monster Concert
  • 2008 Monster Concert
  • The Verbier Festival & Academy Piano Extravaganza

VHS Tapes

  • Albergo – Intermediate Repertoire (Goshen Piano Workshop)
  • Badur-Skoda – The History of the Pianoforte
  • Beethoven Lives Upstairs
  • Blickenstaff – Integrating What We Teach
  • Blickenstaff – My First Sonatina
  • Carolyn Sisney for PAMTA
  • Frances Clark – Conversations with Frances Clark
  • Frances Clark – Her Life and Teachings
  • Hinson – Performance Practices
  • Neeley – Technical Routines
  • Neeley – Memorization and Effective Practice
  • Nelita True – Portrait of a Pianist /Teacher
  • Roland – Interactive Music Learning Made Easy
  • Zorn – Practice! But How?
  • 1994 Anniversary Meeting, August 29
  • 1989 Monster Concert
  • 1990 Monster Concert
  • 1991 Monster Concert
  • 1992 Monster Concert
  • 1994 Monster Concert
  • 1996 Monster Concert
  • 2004 Monster Concert

Audio Cassettes

  • Brandy / Eklund 1993 PAMTA program
  • Larry Campbell: January 27, 1997
  • Jennifer Malone, – An Afternoon of Music
  • Frances Clark: Her Books and Methods
  • Nelita True: Portrait of a Pianist / Teacher
  • PAMTA Recital June 23, 1994
  • Zorn – Technique for Older Beginners
  • Zorn – Practice! But How?
  • 1989 Monster Concert
  • 1990 Monster Concert
  • 1995 Monster Concert