IN THIS ISSUE
Back to the Future Festival Report
2010 MTNA Conference Blog Posts
DATES TO REMEMBER
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
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TEACHERS
NEEDED!
If
you have any openings in your studio, please let WMMTA Referral Chairperson,
Margaret Dietz, know (whd9@juno.com
or 722-2554). We are receiving numerous calls from families looking for
teachers and want to make sure we have a current list of potential teachers
to whom we can refer them. Thanks!
FESTIVAL
SPONSORS
We
are so grateful for the following organizations that sponsored our Back
to the Future Festival!
Back
to the Future Festival Report - Joanne Ehrlich
The
Back to the Future Festival is this weekend! With well over 100 students
participating, we are looking forward to a grand time with lots of musical
performances and fun activities.
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A
piano and clarinet ensemble performs "Merry Widow Waltz,"
an original arrangement by Sally Buxton
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Students
gather to learn the steps of the minuet, instructed by Sylvia Coats
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Parents,
teachers, and students enjoy exploring the fabulous display tables
provided by the Piano Technicians Guild
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The
Back to the Future Suite, composed by Dr. Roy Howard for
the occasion, is a hit!
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Bartolomeo
Cristofori (a.k.a. Marty Hess) blasts 300 years into the future
to tell us all about the piano, eagerly responding to questions
from our wonderful emcee, Joanne Ehrlich. Gorgeous background music
is provided by student of Christy Williams - Marie Williams.
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Cheerful
registration table workers, Laura Vollen and Karen Wagner, greet
students and their families as they arrive for the festival!
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Invitation
to Melissa Low's Workshop!
SMTA member, Melissa Low, will be presenting her graduate workshop
on Friday, April 9, from 3:30-6:30 p.m. in Room B203 of Duerksen Fine
Arts Center at WSU. The workshop is titled, "Music Teaching in the
Culturally Diverse Postmodern Classroom: Cultural Awareness." It
would be great if we could support her as she concludes her time in school
and launches into teaching full-time!
2010
MTNA Conference Blog Posts Available
Several WMMTA members recently returned from Albuquerque, NM,
where the 2010 MTNA Conference was held. Natalie Wickham blogged the conference,
and you can find an index of all of her posts at Music Matters Blog on
the Conference Blog Index post: http://musicmattersblog.com/2010/03/25/2010-mtna-conference-blog-index/
Paul
Reed
You are invited to attend Paul Reed's solo piano
recital on Sunday, April 25, 2010, at 3:00 p.m. in Wiedemann Hall at WSU.
The recital will include works by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Faure, and Griffes.
Tim
Shook
Tim Shook has been selected to be West Central Division Director-Elect.
The Director-Elect term is 2010-2012 and he will be Director from 2012-2014.
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