www.msmta.org A bi-monthly publication of the Maryland State Music Teachers Association September 2013

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From the President…

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Can’t believe the summer is over! I hope you had a wonderful and restful summer.

As you know from my previous newsletter blurb and my e-mails, we are having a one day conference on Sunday, OctOber 13 at HOward cOmmunity cOllege. The detailed information is included in this newsletter. It promises to be an excellent

conference, thanks to our conference committee, Judy Silverman, Jean Provine, Christine Couch, Yoon Huh, Marilyn Briant and Andrew Zatman, who worked tirelessly during the summer to put this conference together in such a short time. I hope many of you can attend. Also, please keep in mind that we have a general membership meeting during this conference. As we do need a quorum to conduct business, we would like to see all of you there.

In addition to the conference committee, the keyboard musicianship committee, consisting of Bonnie Kellert, Luba Turkevich, Joanna Greenwood, Ann McCandliss and myself, got together a few times during the summer to start revising the syllabus for 2014-2015. You will see a great improvement to an already excellent program. Also, the theory committee, led by Lori McCarthy, has been working through the summer to prepare the tests for this coming year. I often wonder what we would do without so many members willing to volunteer their precious time to continue improving our programs for students.

Lastly, thanks to our excellent VP of Student Activities, Yoon Huh, and all the event chairs, the student activities dates are set for next year. The booklet should be coming out by the end of September.

Have a wonderful start of the year and hope to see you all at the conference on October 13!

Sincerely,

“Celebrating Musical Diversity”2013 Conference

October 13, 2013

String Schedule of Events

9:00 – 10:30 AM Violin Master Class with Elisabeth Adkins from National Symphony

10:45AM – 12:15PM Cello Master Class with Mark Evans from National Symphony

12:30 – 1:45 PM Lunch/General Meeting

1:45 - 3:15 PM Chamber Master Class with Lori Barnet from National Philharmonic

Piano Schedule of Events

11:00 – 12:30 PM Advanced Master Class with Yong Hi Moon from Peabody

12:30 – 1:45 PM Lunch/General Meeting

2:00 – 3:30 PM Early/Late Intermediate Master Class with Dr. James Litzelman from Catholic University

3:45 - 4:45 PM Informative lecture session with Ted Cooper from Levine School of Music

PresidentJunko Takahashi10503 Redosier CourtBethesda, MD 20814

treasurer & VP FinanceClaudette Horwitz5004 Barkwood PlaceRockville, MD 20853

VP student actiVitiesYoon Huh21200 Dorsey Spring PlaceGermantown, MD 20876

VP MeMbershiPAnn McCandliss4429 Buena Vista AvenueBaltimore, MD 21211-1206

VP PublicationsKathryn Stansbery16130 Patapsco Overlook CourtMount Airy, MD 21771

VP certiFicationAnn Matteson 5204 Paducah Road College Park , MD 20740

recording secretaryDaniel Lau507 Walker AvenueBaltimore, MD 21212-2624

corresPonding secretaryDouglas Guiles10359 Cullen TerraceColumbia, MD 21044

historianBonnie Kellert9140 Falls Chapel WayPotomac, MD 20854-2454

MeMber-at-largeConstance Fischel6072 Warmstone CourtColumbia, MD 21045-4045

iMMediate Past PresidentCarol Wolfe-Ralph

local association Presidentsanne arundel Mta

Adriana SchuecklerMta greater baltiMore

Barbara StumpfMta bowie

Jeannine Casecarroll county Mta

Jane McIlvain DennisMta charles county

Mary Wolfgreater coluMbia Mta

David Holmeseastern shore Mta

Raymond HobbsFrederick county Mta

Laurel Carrollhoward county Mta

David Kupersteingreater laurel Mta

Douglas GuilesMontgoMery county Mta

Cynthia CathcartPrince georges Mta

Janet SwaneyMta southern Maryland

Patricia Blanchard

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Maryland State Music Teachers Association

“Celebrating Musical Diversity”2013 Conference

String Schedule of Events

9:00 – 10:30 AM Violin Master Class: Elisabeth Adkins

Elisabeth Adkins, the Associate Concertmaster of the National Symphony Orchestra since 1983, is equally at home in solo, orchestral, and chamber music. She has performed with the NSO, and appeared as concerto soloist for the Dallas Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, and the Seattle Symphony, as well as the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, the Maryland Symphony, the McLean Orchestra, and the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra. A favorite of Washington audiences, she has performed in recital with her husband, pianist Edward Newman, at the Kennedy Center, the National Gallery, and the Phillips Collection. The duo was featured on the inaugural program of radio’s Front Row Washington. As the solo violinist of the 21st Century Consort, she is a noted interpreter of the contemporary repertoire. Ms. Adkins is the daughter of renowned musicologists, and her siblings include three violinists, two cellists, and a soprano. She is well-known for her work with young musicians in master classes and as a faculty member at the University of Maryland, the Catholic University of America, the Levine School of Music, and the NSO’s Youth Fellowship Program. She particularly enjoys the National Orchestral Institute at the University of Maryland, where she works closely with string players preparing to enter the orchestral profession.

10:45 – 12:15 PM Cello Master Class: Mark Evans

Mark Evans has been a member of the National Symphony Orchestra cello section since 1998. He has appeared as soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap, the Kalamazoo Symphony and the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra. In 2002 he formed the Potomac Trio, which was awarded a grant by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities/NEA. He has appeared extensively as a chamber musician. He has held teaching positions at Wichita State University and Indiana/Purdue University Fort Wayne and maintains a private teaching studio at his home in Washington, DC. Mr. Evans holds degrees from Yale University and the Indiana University School of Music, where he was awarded the prestigious Performer’s Certificate. His teachers include Janos Starker and Aldo Parisot.

12:30 – 1:45 PM Lunch/General Meeting

1:45 - 3:15 PM Chamber Master Class: Lori Barnet

Lori Barnet, cellist, is a graduate of Bennington College in Vermont. Her teachers include Robert Newkirk, George Finkel and Barbara Stein Mallow on cello, and chamber studies with Josef Gingold, Artur Balsam, Jacob Glick and Joseph Fuchs. Most recently, she has worked with Phoebe Carrai on baroque cello performance. Miss Barnet has served as cellist with the Richmond Symphony, principal cellist with Penn Contemporary Players, Augusta Symphony (GA), Alexandria Symphony, and Washington Chamber Symphony, and continuo cellist on period instruments for the Washington Bach Consort Cantata Series. She was guest principal of the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra in Ft. Myers for two years and cellist for the Contemporary Music Forum for 20 years, where she also served as consultant to many composers. Current positions include principal of the National Philharmonic, Orchestra 2001 (Philadelphia), and Wolf Trap Opera Orchestra, as well as frequent and diverse appearances as a chamber musician. Solo appearances include those with the Augusta, Alexandria, and McLean Symphonies, Orchestra 2001, National Philharmonic, Washington Chamber Symphony and the George Washington, American and Catholic University ensembles. Miss Barnet has toured in Russia, England, Italy, Denmark and Cuba and is recorded on CRI and Orion records. She has been on the music faculty of The George Washington University Music Department since 1991. She currently serves as the coordinator for string studies, teaches cello and coaches chamber ensembles and also appears frequently on faculty and departmental concerts.

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STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS

adVertisingClaudette Horwitz

bylaws/ParliaMentarianDavid Holmes

certiFicationAnn Matteson

college FacultyTBA

coMMunity outreach and education

Deborah White-Bondhus

coMPosition coMMissioning

Li-Ly Chang

conFerenceCarol Wolfe-RalphJunko Takahashi

FinanceClaudette Horwitz

Fund raisingTBA

indePendent Music teachers

Helen Smith Tarchalski

legal adVisorRandy Reade

local and student associations

Kathryn Stansbery

Mtna FoundationCarol Wolfe-Ralph

MsMta Foundation/Fundraising

TBA

MeMbershiPAnn McCandliss

noMinationsAnn Matteson

PublicationsKathryn Stansbery

PublicityChristine Couch

student actiVitiesYoon Huh

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Continued from Page 2MSMTA CONFERENCE

Piano Schedule of Events

11:00 – 12:30 PM Piano Master Class, Advanced: Yong Hi Moon

Yong Hi Moon is a prize-winning pianist and teacher. Ms. Moon made her solo debut with the Seoul Philharmonic at age ten after winning the National Korean Broadcasting Competition. Among many awards and prizes, Ms. Moon has received top prizes from the Geneva International Competition, Vianna da Motta Competition, Elena-Rombro Stepanow Competition and the Viotti International Competition. Ms. Moon has performed extensively throughout Asia, Europe and the U. S. as a recitalist and with orchestras including the Osaka, Seoul, Tokyo and Korean National Symphony Orchestras. She frequently performs with her husband, pianist/conductor Dai Uk Lee, in duo-piano concerts. Ms. Moon holds a faculty position at the Peabody Conservatory of Music.

12:30 – 1:45 PM Lunch/General Meeting

2:00 – 3:30 PM Piano Master Class, Early/Late Intermediate: Jim Litzelman

James Litzelman maintains an active career as a pianist and teacher. He has performed, lectured and adjudicated in the US, Europe, China, Russia and Mexico, and lectures on piano technique and musicians’ wellness. Dr. Litzelman is on the faculty at The Catholic University of America, teaching applied piano and courses in piano pedagogy. He is chairman of the editorial committee for the American Music Teacher magazine. Dr. Litzelman maintains a private studio at his home in Arlington, VA, where his students have distinguished themselves in local and national competitions.

3:45 - 4:45 PM Lecture: The Blank Slate; First-Year Piano Technique This session focuses on the skills, habits and attitudes necessary to establish a solid technical foundation with first-year students. Film clips from group and private lessons will illustrate teaching strategies that establish and maintain interest in piano technique.

Ted Cooper is a piano teacher and a composer of educational music for the piano. Ted’s interest in composing grew out of his teaching and the need for effective and musical repertoire for his students. Ted’s compositions are published by Alfred and Carl Fischer. His most recent works, Autumn Moon, Noche del Gitano and Around the World on 88 Keys, Books 1 and 2, are published by Alfred, as is a four-volume series of duets for student and teacher titled Side by Side, co-authored with Amy Glennon. His compositions are included on the festival lists of the National Federation of Music Clubs and the Music Teachers Association of California. Ted is a member of ASCAP.

Since 2003, Ted has been a faculty member at the Levine School of Music in Washington, DC, where he maintains a full-time teaching schedule. Before moving to Washington, he spent 14 years at the New School for Music Study—founded by Frances Clark in Princeton, New Jersey —as faculty member, and later educational director and director.

Ted is a frequent conference speaker. He has presented at the Music Teachers National Association Conference in 2009, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002. Videotapes of his teaching have been featured at the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy in Chicago. A review of his teaching from the NCKP can found by clicking on this site. Ted has also presented at state conferences and at local association meetings.

As an author, he has contributed articles to Keyboard Companion, and has served as educational consultant for the Frances Clark Library for Piano Students. He is a recipient of the Group Piano Teaching Award presented jointly by the Music Teachers National Association and the National Piano Foundation.

Ted earned his bachelor of arts and master of arts degrees from Western Illinois University, where he studied pedagogy with Ann Collins. He also earned a professional teaching certificate with distinction from the New School for Music Study, where he was a student of Frances Clark and Louise Goss.

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This year’s Distinguished Music Achievement Awards were given to 42 students in the Junior division and 35 in the Senior division, from the studios of 28 MSMTA teachers. As the chairperson of the DMA Awards, I would like to express my gratitude to all the participating teachers, and my congratulations to all the recipients for their outstanding accomplishments over the years.

2013 DMA Recipients:JuniOr:

Sophia Dittmar (Patricia Blanchard)

Liam Hinton (Patricia Blanchard)

Sierra King (Patricia Blanchard)

Andrew Lawlin (Patricia Blanchard)

Eric MacQuilliam (Patricia Blanchard)

Juhi Narula (Dr. Hui-Yen Chang)

Tatiana Wu (Dr. Hui-Yen Chang)

Jessica Liu (Anne Hsueh Chen)

Aaron M.K. Abshire (Gary Dinn)

Nathan B. Yalung (Gary Dinn)

Aaron Park (Sima Elkis)

Christopher Dong (Christopher Hall)

Showe Liou (Christopher Hall)

Alice Wei (Christopher Hall)

Lauren Matcha (Claudette Horwitz)

Shreya Khanna (Claudette Horwitz)

Phillip Blocker (Edwina Hunter)

Kevin Key (Edwina Hunter)

Christina Chyi (Cherie Jeng)

Michael Hung (Cherie Jeng)

Jacob Chandran (Dr. Bok Hwa Kim)

Kristen Min (Dr. Bok Hwa Kim)

Ken Chen (David Kuperstein)

Jian Soriano (David Kuperstein)

Joseph Weng (David Kuperstein)

Jelena Chen (Olga Kuperstein)

Elissa Huang (Olga Kuperstein)

Nayman Leung (Olga Kuperstein)

Martin Torrey (Mei-Yu Lin)

DiSTiNguiShED MuSiC AChiEvEMENT AwARDS (CORRECTED liST)

STuDENT ACTiviTiES

Emily Wang (Mei-Yu Lin)

Dahbin Park (Alla Merport)

Karina Aliyeva (Dr. Dmitri Nazarenko)

Ethan Chen (Dr. Dmitri Nazarenko)

Jeannette Jiang (Dr. Dmitri Nazarenko)

Samuel Ong (Dr. Dmitri Nazarenko)

Melissa Klein (Yevgeniya Oleshkevich)

Jennifer Chen (Hyun Park)

Christina Zhang (Jamie Fan Pasho)

Emma Mires (Debra Smedley)

Claire Ruble (Debra Smedley)

Henry Chandler (Janet Swaney)

Jenny Chen (Luba Turkevich)

Abbie Tran (Dr. Chen-Li Tzeng)

Anika Shastri (Dr. Svetlana Volkova)

Sharon Sun (Dr. Svetlana Volkova)

Sheng Po Yang (Dr. Svetlana Volkova)

Tien Doan (Deborah White-Bondhus)

Michael J. Butler (Dr. Carol Wolfe-Ralph)

Bradley Porter (Dr. Carol Wolfe-Ralph)

Dotson Hsing (Tzi-Ming Yang)

SeniOr:

Andrea Prevatt (Patricia Blanchard)

Christina Smith (Patricia Blanchard)

Manesha Ramanathan (Deborah Brown)

Tiara Booth (Dr. Hui-Yen Chang)

Angella Lee (Dr. Hui-Yen Chang)

Jelani Lyles (Dr. Hui-Yen Chang)

Joseph M. Manual (Gary Dinn)

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Joshua Lien (Christopher Hall)

Kayla Britt (Edwina Hunter)

Calvin Chao (Cherie Jeng)

Kevin Hwang (Dr. Bok Hwa Kim)

Jamie Park (Dr. Bok Hwa Kim)

Anna Rimlinger (Dr. Bok Hwa Kim)

Minjoo Song (Dr. Bok Hwa Kim)

Katherine Lam (David Kuperstein)

Serena Lao (Olga Kuperstein)

Angelica Li (Olga Kuperstein)

Jamei Wang (Olga Kuperstein)

Kevin Pung (Mei-Yu Lin)

Joseph Choi (Alla Merport)

Tiffany Hu (Yevgeniya Oleshkevich)

Christina Hwang (Yevgeniya Oleshkevich)

Sophie Li (Yevgeniya Oleshkevich)

Marianne Zhao (Yevgeniya Oleshkevich)

Daniel Cheng (Hyun Park)

Jeffrey Yang (Hyun Park)

Rebecca Shaw (Jamie Fan Pasho)

Vivienne Chen (Luba Turkevich)

Joshua Czerwiec (Dr. Svetlana Volkova)

Andrew Fasolyak (Dr. Svetlana Volkova)

Benjamin Moffat (Dr. Svetlana Volkova)

Lucia Xiang (Dr. Svetlana Volkova)

Sophia Zhang (Dr. Svetlana Volkova)

Katherine Southall (Helen Weems)

Eleanor Brown (Deborah White-Bondhus)

Rebecca Pfeiffer (Deborah White-Bondhus)

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STRiNgS PluS ENSEMblE FESTivAl

On March 3, 2013, 42 ensemble groups and 119 young people participated in the Strings Plus Ensemble Festival at The Lutheran Church of St. Andrew, Silver Spring, Md. This was the first year that this competition was sponsored by both American String Teachers Assn. of Maryland/DC and MSMTA. Doing this means both groups may share costs as the String Solo Festival does.

There were ten participating teachers: Richard Chang, Kelly Hsu, John Kaboff, Osman Kivrak, Laurien Laufman, Duck Hee O’Donnell, Jean Provine, Kathleen Scarborough, Judith Silverman, and Catherine Stewart. This year, every participating teacher had a winning group!

We thank our judges: Sarah Foard, Elizabeth Peterson, Leslie Silverfine, and Alicia Ward.

Our volunteer monitors were John Kaboff, Osman Kivrak, Laurien Laufman, Jean Provine, Kathleen Scarborough, and Catherine Stewart. Many thanks to Duck Hee O’Donnell, who provided food and drink hospitality for our judges and monitors.

Duets, trios, quartets, even a septet, performed enthusiastically to parents, teachers and friends. Student groups were comprised of string players, with some groups having pianists. Composers represented included Mozart, Makris, Dancla, Quantz, Dotzauer, Mazas, Kummer, J.S. Bach, Handel, Telemann, Haydn, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Yasuda, Vivaldi, Dvorak, Pleyel, Kivrak, S. Lee, Beethoven, Brahms, Wiggins, and Bayly.

Our thanks to Mr. Greg Twombley, Director of Music and Worship, for permitting us the use of his facility.

We are in the midst of confirming plans for the 2014 Strings Plus Festival. Dates and location will be put forth shortly. Look for it in the Student Activities Handbook. It will probably again be in early March.

Remember this gentle competition - really, it’s more of a chamber music festival - is open to any groups of instruments that include strings. In the past we have had ensembles with flute and strings, guitar and strings and of course, piano and strings.

Begin planning now. Those of us who participate have discovered our students love playing together. Music may be original or arranged. Students are grouped by average age of the players. Sonatas are permitted as long as both players are students, and music does not need to be memorized. Coaches often work with students from other teachers.

Kelly Hsu, ChairmanJudy Silverman, Asst. Chairman

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lOCAl ASSOCiATiONS

After a long and (relatively) peaceful summer, we are all

heading back to our studios and students, full of activities

and plans.

Among the plans we have here in Montgomery County are

the renovation of our website, identifying a better electronic

delivery system for our newsletters, and making more of a

presence on social networking websites. I personally am

inspired by the “tweets” that come out of the Washington

National Cathedral. I figure if an organization as august as

the cathedral can handle Twitter, maybe we can, too.

As the summer winds down, we are also generating our bi-

annual directory. This may be the last one we print on paper,

but we’ll see. Even though I have pretty firmly embraced

on-line-ism, and admit to taking the yellow pages straight

from curbside delivery to recycle bin, I still like having our

directory on paper. If only it were possible to update paper

like we can update a website.

Speaking of paper, we are now entering our second year of a

paper-free newsletter. While it’s nice to save the trees, save

postage, and make the newsletter available whenever our

members want or need to take a look at it, there is a challenge

to be certain of delivery and accessibility. Our new editor,

Bonnie Miller, is working and studying up on how to achieve

this goal for our members. There is software that can enable us

to deliver seamlessly our newsletter directly to every member’s

email account, and we’re hoping to make this happen within

a couple of months. We’ll keep posting our newsletter on

our listserve, and as always, a member who misses their copy

can request another be emailed to them. The personal touch

endures even in the internet age.

Cynthia Cathcart, President

MEMbER NEwSCecylia Barczyk and Elizabeth Borowsky toured the Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania – in May and June 2013. The tour theme was “Music, The Best Bridge for All People,” with 24 concerts in major performance venues, universities, churches, synagogues, and community centers. They were also received and honored by public officials, including mayors, ministers of culture, rabbis, archbishops, and representatives of cultural and social organizations. Their composition, “In Memoriam” (in honor of the victims of the Soviet and Nazi oppression in the Baltic States), was premiered at Pažaislis Muzikos Festivalis in Kaunas, Lithuania. The emotionally-stirring performance brought the audience from tears to spontaneous standing ovation, also holding hands in tribute to the famed Singing Revolution.

Elizabeth Borowsky (piano) and Cecylia Barczyk (cello), both MSMTA members, perform in Vilnius, Lithuania.

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Greater Baltimore MTA begins its 2013-14 season at Menchey Music in Timonium on September 18, 10:00 a.m. to noon. Pamela Sverjensky, former MTAGB V-P and now director of piano at the Levine School of Music, will speak on “The First Three Years: Off to a Great Start with Reading, Repertoire, and Technique.” All are welcome! Student events this year include judged and non-judged recitals, Triple Crown awards, a holiday music marathon for the Baltimore/Towson community, as well as MSMTA musicianship and theory exams. Adult students are slated for both a fall and spring repertoire gathering, with a master class in the fall. Marjorie Liss will be our host and presenter. Teachers’ events include a January gathering with Joanna Greenwood speaking on “Strategies for Teaching Composition in the Private Lesson,” and a June potluck and program TBA. Our monthly Music Matinee begins its second year, focusing on the music of Robert Schumann. Kinderszenen is the joint project for our first meeting – other shared works to come. We’ll also be discussing editions, reviewing books, and enjoying the varied interests and repertoire of our participants.

Barbara Stumpf, President

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national or ethnic origin, sex, age, or disability.

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Additional Programs in:

Chamber Music (M.M., D.M.A.)

Piano Performance (B.M., M.M., D.M.A., Artist Diploma)

Piano Pedagogy(M.M., D.M.A.)

Vocal Accompanying (M.M., D.M.A.)

Announcing Two New Undergraduate Piano Programs

B.M. in Collaborative PianoB.M. in Piano Pedagogy

(no memorization required for auditions, recitals and juries)

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After a summer of travel and, hopefully, relaxation,

the Howard County Music Teachers Association

is ready to begin a new year of teaching! Our

first meeting of the year is September 12, held at

the Music and Arts Center in Chatham Station,

Ellicott City. Over the past year, this has proven

to be a convenient place for us to hold our bi-

monthly meetings. We’ll be starting off our

teaching season with the annual Oktoberfest

Recital, chaired by Sima Elkis on October 12.

This particular recital allows popular, sacred,

country and other musical genres. For this recital

only, memory is not required for piano soloists.

On October 26, we will host the first of our two

MSMTA Keyboard Musicianship Exams, chaired

by Olga Kuperstein. Even though the summer

seemed short, we and our students are ready to

get back into lessons and musical activities!

Kathryn Stansbery, Vice-President

MTA Charles County will begin its year on Friday,

September 13, with a business meeting followed

by a program, “Ready, Set, Go! (Your student’s

very first lesson),” presented by June Miller. Fall

events include a joint masterclass (with MTASM

and PGMTA) and recital featuring Brian Ganz

on October 25 and 26, at Christ Church, La

Plata, which is open to the public. Our teachers

are excited about the year ahead and will also be

preparing students for one of the first MSMTA

Keyboard Exam dates, November 2.

Mary Wolf, President

MTAB will hold its first general meeting of the season

on Wednesday, September 11, at Belcroft Bible Church

in Bowie, with a member presentation featuring both

piano and vocal music for our December Festival,

“Let’s Dance,” as well as classical selections for

our March 1 “Classical Competition.” Presenters

include members Barbara Lancaster, Katya Merchant,

Jeannine Case and Maxine Russell, plus Emily Casey,

former vocal student of Sylma Gottlieb. Some of

MTAB’s first events of the season, after this meeting,

include our annual Halloween Musicale on Saturday,

October 26, at Unity Center of Light, chaired by Janet

Swaney, our November 6 general meeting featuring a

vocal panel/performance by MTAB’s vocal teachers:

Stephen Gibson (who will highlight church music),

Sylma Gottlieb (who will discuss Broadway music),

Barbara Lancaster (who will discuss opera music) and

Nadine Wobus (who will discuss and perform some

jazz music). Our December Festival, “Let’s Dance,”

will be chaired by Betsy Angebranndt and held on

December 7 at Church of the Redeemer, and our

annual holiday luncheon will take place at Outback

Steakhouse in Bowie on Wednesday, December 11.

We hope all members will avail themselves of these

presentations and other events that are beneficial to

continued musical growth and camaraderie with

other members. Thanks to those members who

have worked this summer to prepare our budget, to

complete our Student Activities Book and to prepare

for the programs that will be presented this coming

season!

Jeannine Case, President

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Please email all notices and copy for inclusion in the December 2013 MSMTA newsletter by December 2, 2013, to:kathy.stansbery@gmail.com or mail to: Kathy Stansbery

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The Music Teachers Association of Southern

Maryland had its fall business meeting and workshop

on August 23, 2013, at the studio of Mary Stevens

in California, MD. Handbooks were distributed

and the calendar of events for the 2013-14 academic

year was reviewed. Fall activities include a Hymn

Festival in late September, All Boys and All Girls

Recitals and MSMTA Keyboard Musicianship

testing in October, a Brian Ganz recital and

masterclass in late October (jointly sponsored with

MTACC and PGMTA),

a Kabalevsky and Friends

Festival in November and a

marathon day of Christmas

recitals in December. Guests

and members alike enjoyed

a Technique Workshop by

member Hyun Sook Kim,

followed by a potluck lunch.

Patricia Blanchard, President

The Frederick County Music Teachers Association is looking forward to an exciting fall line-up. We have fabulous speakers coming, such as John Wickelgren and Immanuela Gruenberg, to give presentations in October and November. We continue working to expand our membership, so this will be a wonderful opportunity to invite other colleagues to join us and see what we have to offer. We also sponsor the “Halloween Recital” in October. Students are invited to dress up for their performance of Halloween-themed music. This is an easy way for young students to enter into a public performance without too much pressure. We are so grateful to Christine Pappas for being willing to chair this event! Our Fall Festival will be held November 23, which gives more advanced students a chance to be adjudicated.

I would like to thank our board, which is continuing together for one more year: David Loy - V.P.; Erin Runkles - Treasurer; Miyako Zeng - Secretary. I am grateful to the support of our very dedicated and active members, who make it a joyful event whenever we meet!

Laurel Carroll, President