UT MTNA Chapter

A new executive member has joined us at the beginning of the semester, as the Vice Director of Programs!



Ana Moiseeva has been working with Italian, Russian and English operas, which are Mozart’s Don Giovani, Le nozze di Figaro, The Magic Flute. Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Britten’s Turn of The Screw, Dove’s Mansfield Park, Tchaikovski’s Eugene Onegin; The Queen of Spades, Donizzetti L’Elisir d’amore, Lucia di Lammermoor, Bizet’s Carmen, Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann, Puccini’s La Boheme, Verdi’s Falstaff, Traviata, Rigoletto.


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TA Ana Moiseeva just recently got her doctorate degree in Music Performance/Opera Coaching at the Butler School of Music. Works as a TA at the Butler Opera Center and Butler School of Music. She came to the USA in August 2019 from Georgia to pursue her dream of becoming an opera coach. Before coming to the US, she was an accomplished piano accompanist in Georgia and Europe. The choirs which she used to accompany were awarded with titles of “best choirs” all over Europe. Ana herself was recognized as the best choir accompanist of Georgia. She fell in love with opera as a child, when upon hearing Mozart’s Don Giovanni she was pulled towards the magical world of music. Don Giovanni, by a turn of fate, was the first opera she worked on at Butler Opera Center as an opera coach, 25 years after seeing it for the first time.



We are so glad to have you on board, Ana! 🌷

🍁 Tomorrow, in addition to our office hour 6-7pm in 3.113, we’ll have a little booth in the lobby of Butler School of Music.

Feel free to stop by to say « hi » and ask questions! 🍁

✨ Next Monday at 6PM in 3.113, join us for a special event: our very own Margaret Brown will talk about her last publication. Feel free to stop by whenever you want! ✨

And finally, here is our last committee member, our remarkable president 🍁

"Jeanne has appeared as soloist with such orchestras as the Orchestre Symphonique de Cannes, the Orchestre Symphonique Azuréen and the Orchestre Philharmonique des Musiciens de Montréal. She performed numerous recitals in Europe, North America and Asia, and received several Prizes in national and international competitions.

An active chamber musician, Jeanne co-founded the Ensemble Benzaiten, the repertoire of which uniquely blends mandolin and piano. In June 2018, the ensemble released a CD dedicated to Schubert. They performed at the French National radio France Musique and toured in Europe and North America. Her second CD, presenting art songs by Lazar Weiner and recorded with Bass-Baritone Mikhail Smigelski, will be released on streaming platforms in September 2023.

In March 2022, she received the 1st Prize at the Sidney Wright UT collaborative competition. Jeanne forms a duo with French violinist Katia Darisio and is the pianist of SoundMap Ensemble, a contemporary chamber orchestra led by Prof. Januibe Tejera.

Jeanne graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris and she holds a Master’s degree from the University of Montreal where she studied alongside Professor Dang Thai Son. She is a DMA candidate at UT Austin under the tutelage of Anton Nel.

She has been exploring the repertoire of French female composers of the Belle-Époque period and 20th century. She has presented her research at national and state conferences such as MTNA, TMTA and CMS. She works as a keyboard Teaching Assistant at UT Austin."

Very important deadline ahead! Feel free to contact us if you have questions, we can help! 📚🎶

Session proposals are due September 29 for the upcoming MTNA Collegiate Symposium at the University of Michigan! Click here to submit a proposal: https://www.mtna.org/Symposium/Proposals/Symposium/proposals.aspx?hkey=a39556ab-9842-40bb-aeb8-d0433bd05ef3

Let's now introduce our terrific Vice-President, Ellen Sirower. You can find below a few informations about her :-)

"Pianist Ellen Sirower is a versatile soloist, chamber musician, and educator currently based in Austin, Texas. Ellen graduated with high honors from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor with bachelor’s degrees in philosophy and piano performance, where she studied under Amy I-Lin Cheng. She is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in piano performance at UT Austin’s Butler School of Music studying under Gregory Allen, where she also received her master’s degree. She works as a keyboard Teaching Assistant, plays with Ensemble SoundMap, and maintains a studio of pre-college students. Energized by her teaching experience and philosophical education, Ellen also pursues academic research in the intersection between philosophy and piano pedagogy. She has been published in the Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research and The Frances Clark Center’s Piano Magazine, with a forthcoming article in American Music Teacher."

You are invited to our first pizza hangout of the semester, a great opportunity to meet peers!



Come and bring a friend - we’ll have pizzas and board games ready for you!

Who we are & what we do!

Join us next Monday from 6 to 7 pm for our weekly hangout! Bring your smile, your fears and your questions 😋😵‍💫❓📚

Register to MTNA through this link in order to benefit from our events! https://www.mtna.org/MTNA/JoinandRenew/Membership/Membership_Types.aspx

Happy first week of classes everybody! We hope you are adjusting to your new schedule and that this coming year is bringing you inspiring projects. Let’s introduce our treasurer and events coordinator, Margaret Brown!

Margaret is a PhD student in Music and Human Learning at the University of Texas at Austin, where she is a TA in class piano and piano pedagogy. She currently researches musicians’ gaze behavior using eye-tracking technology.

Let's introduce today our terrific social media coordinator. Seonju is behind almost all of our lovely designs. A few words about her:

"Pianist Seonju Jo first debuted her solo recital on the international stage in TIMF (Tongyeong International Music Festival) Fringe Concert in South Korea when she was 13 as a youngest participant at this festival. She has performed a lot, with several Orchestras and as an accompanist, and has been a winner of several music competitions. She was also selected as presenter in the poster session in the 2023 MTNA National Conference. She earned her MM degree in piano performance and is continuing her DMA degree, working as a Teaching assistant at University of Texas at Austin with Professor Gregory Allen. Now, she serves as a pianist, accompanist and instructor in South Korea and the United States."

It is time to reveal the first member of our 2023-2024 UT MTNA Chapter: Matthew Nell, our secretary !🌿

A few words about Matthew:

Matthew is a pianist and percussionist composer studying at UT Austin. He is grateful to his composition teachers: Donald Grantham, Yevgeniy Sharlat, Russel Podgorsek, and currently Omar Thomas. In his music, Matthew blends conventional and modern techniques to strike a balance between familiarity and novelty, focusing especially on band and chamber music. His band piece, "Strut", won the 2023 Barbara Buehlman Prize. Matthew is also interested in the piano and music education; he had the privilege of studying piano pedagogy under Margarita Denenburg and teaching through UT’s Piano Project. He is thrilled to continue his study of the piano under Patti Wolf.

In a few days, we’ll start introducing members that will serve on the 2023-24 Chapter Committee. In the meantime… Can you guess who is hiding below? 🌿