IN THIS ISSUE
Music Progressions Resource Handbook Now Available!
Back to the Future Festival Needs Committee Chairs
DATES TO REMEMBER
Dec. 19 - Christmas Recitals
Jan.
15 - Coffee Chat
(Topic: Gadgets and Gizmos)
Feb. 7 - The Classical Spillover Effects of Teaching from Jazz Fakebooks
Feb. 25-27 KMEA/KMTA Workshop
Mar. 6-7 Back to the Future Festival!
Mar. 20-24 - MTNA Conference
Apr.
9 - Coffee Chat
(Topic: Sharing Ideas for Personal and Professional Growth)
May 1-2 - Music Progressions
Jun. 1 - Recap & Potluck Dinner
Jun. 11-12 - KMTA Conference
NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES
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Music
Progressions Resource Handbook Now Available!
After hours of work updating and re-compiling, the 2009 version of the
Music Progressions Resource Handbook is now available! The Resource Handbook
may be downloaded for free from the Music
Progressions page of the KMTA website. If you would prefer to order
a printed copy, please contact KMTA Secretary, Pat Ziegelmeier, as indicated
on the KMTA website.
Special Note: Packets with printed copies of all the udpated materials will be available at Senseney Music through the end of December! You can pick up your packet there, sign for it, and then mail payment to Marlene Hallstrom. Thanks to Senseney for graciously allowing us to utilize their store in this way!
Back
to the Future Festival Needs Committee Chairs
Plans
for the Back to the Future Festival on March 6 and 7, 2010 are
progressing very nicely! (Download
the flyer from the WMMTA website.) The WMMTA Festival Committee is
looking for several volunteers to serve as Committee Chairs for the festival:
Schedule
Coordinator - handle student entry forms and organize according to
scheduling requests.
Worker Coordinator - schedule and oversee the teachers who have
volunteered to help in different areas the weekend of the festival.
Program Coordinator - design and print copies of the program, including
sponsor and student information.
Equipment Coordinator - keep a list of needs for the performances
and make arrangements for rental and moving of instruments.
Decorations Coordinator - purchase and set up decorations at the
festival location.
Please contact
Joanne Ehrlich (ancey7@cox.net) if
you would like additional information or are willing to chair one of these
committees. Watch for festival entry forms in the January WMMTA eNews
and on the WMMTA website.
Mentor
Luncheon Report
What does 6 WMMTA teachers + 6 SMTA teachers + a delicious
box lunch =? A lively noon-time sharing of questions and answers by everyone
+ lots of fun! One student asked how to keep track of progress in our
teaching, and this sharing and comparing of common problems and solutions
was one affirming answer! Another answer to that question, the mentors
were eager to agree, is Music Progressions.
The discussion ranged from marketing ideas, to reaching students of varying cultures, to new ideas learned from the Recreational Music Making concept. WMMTA members who shared their ideas (and were gratified to hear the eagerness of this next generation of teachers!) were Joanne Ehrlich, Megan Desmarais, Michal Rector, Sylvia Coats, Judith Fear, and Sally Buxton.
WMMTA
Christmas Recitals
WMMTA teachers are invited to reserve a time slot to hold their
studio Christmas recital in the beautiful DeMattias Performance Hall at
Newman University. Time slots are available throughout the day (9:00 a.m.
- 5:00 p.m.) on Saturday, December 19, 2009. To reserve your spot, please
contact Carole Pracht (prachtc@newmanu.edu).
If you have any news you'd like to submit for inclusion in the next issue of WMMTA eNews, please submit it to Natalie Wickham by e-mail.