Closing comments.

Closing comments. To supplement the reports included in this October/November 2009issue of American Music Teacher, special materials shared at the 2009Pedagogy Saturday have been posted on the MTNA MTNA Music Teachers National AssociationMTNA Middle Tennessee Nursery Association (McMinnville, Tennessee)website: Roush'sPowerPoint presentation and handout, Roulston's "SelectedBibliography: Adult Learning," Michelle Conda's presentationand a bibliography of "Selected Resources Related to AdultLearning" that was prepared by the MTNA Planning Committee planning committeen (in local government) → comit�� m de planificaci��n. Inaddition, audio recordings of several of the Pedagogy Saturday sessionsare available from Reynolds Media Group. Whether our adult students make music recreationally or performsome of the same repertoire that music majors play on degree recitals,we need to remember Robert Schumann's maxim ("There is no endto learning.") We can be inspired by de Goya's observation,when the Spanish artist was in his 10th decade of life and exploring anew artistic medium (lithography lithography(lĭthŏg`rəfē), type of planographic or surface printing. It is distinguished from letterpress (relief) printing and from intaglio printing (in which the design is cut or etched into the plate). ). As we recall Goya's poignantself-portrait that showed his long, thick beard and his crippled crip��ple?n.1. A person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limbs: cannot race a horse that is a cripple.2. A damaged or defective object or device.tr.v. limbs,as he walks with the assistance of two canes, we can relish his joyous joy��ous?adj.Feeling or causing joy; joyful. See Synonyms at glad1.joyous��ly adv. phrase "Aun aprendo!" ("I am still learning!") LikeSchumann, we can declare with conviction, "There is no end tolearning." And as the jazz musician Quincy Jones has suggested,"When we're over the hill, that's when we pick upspeed." Today's adults face a wide range of opportunities to study amusical instrument and to be involved in making music independently orwith others. It's never too late to begin or resume music lessons.We understand that, throughout life, all living creatures need to benourished nour��ish?tr.v. nour��ished, nour��ish��ing, nour��ish��es1. To provide with food or other substances necessary for life and growth; feed.2. by food. It also seems appropriate to recognize thatthroughout life, all people benefit from being nourished musically andinvolved in making music. Music is for everyone! BONUS BYTE To access the supplemental materials mentioned, visit www.mtna.organd click Programs, then Conference, then 2009 Conference, ThenPre-Conference Materials. A link to order audio recordings of thesessions may also be found on this page. by Barbara English Maris, NCTM NCTM National Council of Teachers of MathematicsNCTM Nationally Certified Teacher of MusicNCTM North Carolina Transportation MuseumNCTM National Capital Trolley MuseumNCTM Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage