The CLARION - Washington State Music Teachers Association

The CLARION
Official Bulletin of the Washington State Music Teachers Association
Volume LX, No. 7 66666666666666666 April, 2008
President’s Corner
with Mary Kaye Owen, NCTM
ber to consider this spring how you
would like to be involved in your
chapter during the 2008-2009 year
ahead. Before another month goes
by, let the chapter president know
where you’d like to be a Volunteer!
Future Events
WSMTA Conference 2008
Bravo!
State Recitalist Competitions
Congratulations to the following
chapter representative, alternate, and
honorable mention recitalists and
their teachers. We look forward to
hearing chapter representatives perform at the June Conference.
I’ve been thinking about our
WSMTA chapters, and how they’re
all run by Volunteers! To my knowledge, there are no idle WSMTA chapters. Chapter meetings, workshops,
activities for students, community
outreaches, and more are in all the
chapters’ publications I’ve seen this
year - not one out of the 35 chapters
seems to be “taking a sabbatical!”
I’ve been volunteering for oneWSMTA-thing-or-another since 1992
(that’s 16 years!), and I sometimes
think, “Only five more years, and I’ll
be FREE!” My official time on the
WSMTA Board of Directors and Education Board will be complete then,
if I’m calculating correctly. Is that
what I really want, though? Voluntarily stopping all WSMTA volunteering would be a major life-style
change. My career has been enhanced, skills have improved, strong
friendships have been formed, my
family has benefited (more than been
neglected - I just asked them if they
agreed, and they said yes), and I’ve
enjoyed the experiences volunteering has given me. (Okay - there
were two or three committee jobs I
didn’t like, so I won’t volunteer for
them again!)
I encourage each WSMTA mem-
Lewis County
Student/Teacher
Rep. Olivia Winbrenner/Robin Chadwick
Alt. David Baker/Chadwick
H.M. Elisha Voetberg, Ruth Newkirk,
Amelia Tobiason/Chadwick
Amanda Ericson/Barbara Coult
Reuben Cummins/Brice Voetberg
Elijah Maxwell/Judy Myers
Miriam Ash, Dani Braun/Chadwick
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Musicianship Examinations
High Honors
Congratulations to the following
students for receiving high honors
scores on their tests, and to their
teachers for a job well done.
Lynden Chapter
Student of Hannah Geneser: Danica Wright
- Level I.
Students of Tammy Rutgers: Laura Voth Levels I & II; Jacob Fallis - Level II; William Tyas - Levels III & IV; Melodie Kirk Level V; Anna Kirk - Levels V & VI.
Students of Karen Scholten: Mackie Vanderveen - Level I; Caleb Miller - Level II;
Jake Kkroontje - Level II; Hannah VanDellen - Level II; Maggie Top - Level III;
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Dr. Regina Yeh
Another Coming Attraction
On the Waterfront
Dr. Regina Yeh will lure you to
her workshop with the title alone!
“The Silk Road in Your Studio: Exploring Contemporary Piano Music
from the Far East”. Yeh has organized a concert series entitled “EastWest Piano Arts” at the University
of Washington, where she teaches
piano. She thus draws on considerable resources in creating this workshop for WSMTA teachers. In her
own words, please read this description of a tantalizing feast for the
mind, the ears, and the spirit.
“Do you like to open your students ears as well as train their fingers by teaching Bartok, Kabalevsky
and Prokofiev? Would you like to
find new repertoire from other cultures to whet your students’ appetites and interest, open their ears to
new frontiers, and show them the
link of Eastern music to masters, Debussy, Scriabin and Chopin, and
show them how we are all connected
through the universal language of
music?
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WSMTA Contact Information
WSMTA Executive Office
Executive Manager:
Judith Price, NCTM
4904 Hilton Rd. NE
Olympia, WA 98516
Phone: 360-459-4338
e-mail: WSMTAoffice@comcast.net
WSMTA Website
www.wsmta.net
WSMTA Board of Directors
President: Mary Kaye Owen, NCTM
11445 SE 185th Place
Renton, WA 98055-4370
Phone: 425-228-8721
e-mail: mary.k.owen@att.net
President Elect: Jani Peterson, NCTM
2601 Mix Road
Moscow, ID 83843
Phone: 208-883-3991
e-mail: jani@turbonet.com
Immediate Past President:
Margee Webster, NCTM
2246 S Rockwood Blvd.
Spokane, WA 99203
Phone: 509-534-9678
e-mail: johnmargee@comcast.net
Vice President: Dianne Johnston
P.O. Box 655
Kingston, WA 98346
Phone: 360-297-3972
e-mail: dianne@silverlink.net
Executive Manager: Judith Price, NCTM
(see above)
Treasurer: Patti Robertson, NCTM
209 E Canyon Drive
Kennewick, WA 99337-5824
Phone: 509-586-2219
e-mail: pattiandken@charter.net
Ed. Board Chair: Debra Florian, NCTM
(see Ed. Board)
Adjudications Chair: Janice Smith
15604 N Sycamore
Mead, WA 99021-9376
Phone: 509-467-8147
e-mail: msmiths1@comcast.net
District I VP: Mona Beach, NCTM
563 Walla Walla Way
LaConner, WA 98257
Phone: 360-466-1703
e-mail: beachmb1@wavecable.com
District II VP: Patrick Stephens
2900 S Massachusetts St.
Seattle, WA 98144
206-380-5579
e-mail: Patrick@pianotempo.com
District III VP: Julia Wentz
7911 258th Ave. E
Buckley, WA 98321
Phone: 360-829-0836
e-mail: lwentz@juno.com
District IV VP: Cinda Redman
14711 SE 29th St.
Vancouver, WA 98684
Phone: 360-256-8888
e-mail: cindapiano@comcast.net
District V VP: Harriet West
2213 S Beaumont
Moses Lake, WA 98837
Phone: 509-765-6585
e-mail: dhwest6@gcpower.net
District VI VP: Onnie Adams
1516 Goethals
Richland, WA 99352
Phone: 509-943-1758
e-mail: onnelle@aol.com
District VII VP: Karen Schaefer, NCTM
37 E 26th Ave.
Spokane, WA 99203
Phone: 509-624-1560
e-mail: sekaren2@msn.com
Clarion Editor: Gary Alan Hind
(see below)
WSMTA Education Board
Ed. Board Chair: Debra Florian, NCTM
16725 Seminole Rd., NE
Poulsbo, WA 98370
Phone: 360-697-1965
e-mail: flostudio@comcast.net
Ed. Board Member: Marilyn Linde
P.O. Box 430
Granger, WA 98932
Phone: 509-854-2625
e-mail: jmlinde@embarqmail.com
Ed. Board Member:
Jeffrey Gilliam, NCTM
Dept. of Music, WWU
516 High Street
Bellingham, WA 98225-9107
Phone: 360-650-3709
e-mail: gilliam@cc.wu.edu
Ed. Board Member:
Margee Webster, NCTM
(see Immediate Past President)
Ed. Board Member:
Colleen Hunter, NCTM
2911 N 5th St.
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815
Phone: 208-664-0910
e-mail: h4d2@verizon.net
Ed. Board Members, Ex-Officio
Mary Kaye Owen, NCTM (see
President)
Janice Smith (see Adjudications Chair)
Judith Price (see Executive Manager)
Diane Stober, NCTM
117 N Franklin Ave.
Wenatchee, WA 98801
Phone: 509-663-7654
e-mail: dalsegno1@aol.com
The CLARION is published 9 times
each year: Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.,
Feb., March, April, May, and June. It
includes membership news and announcements, and pertinent news of
the Music Teachers National Association. Articles must be submitted
no later than the first day of the previous month.
Editor: Gary Alan Hind
20038 Lysir Ct. NE
Poulsbo, WA 98370
(360) 697-2591
basinroad@comcast.net
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WSMTA Officer & Chapter
President Address Changes
Education Board member
Colleen Hunter’s Zip Code
has changed to 83815
Membership
Welcome New Members!
Eastside Chapter
Carolyn P Carson
Margaret Dornay
Clifford R. Robinson
Kitsap County Chapter
Sharon L. Winchel
Seattle Chapter
Elisa Barston
Marnie O’Sullivan
Katrina Gilberts
Bradley A. Holten
Spokane Chapter
Jennifer J. Morrison
Siobbann Paulman
Collegiate Members
Megan E. Hubbell
Ann M. Mayhew
Jonathan Metz
Emily Moore
Kristina F. Nielsen
Jessica Petit
Bravo!
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State Recitalist Competitions
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Yakima-Ellensburg
Student/Teacher
Rep. Jonathan Sharley/Ann Schilperoort
George Parsons/Schilperoort
Alt. Robert Zhang/Marilyn Wilbanks
Susanna Kim/Schilperoort
H.M. Erica Buege/ Danene Knudsen
Anna Willson/Knudsen
Grays Harbor
Student/Teacher
Rep. Laural Backholm/Merry Jo Zimmer
Alt. Savannah Hieronymus/Phyllis
Pieffer
H.M. Noah Aigner/Christine Hill
Whidbey Island
Student/Teacher
Rep. Lisa Taitano/Judith Prichard
Alt. Jake Sele/Lee Beaudoin
H.M. John Kaltenbuck/Kay Boon
Snohomish County
Student/Teacher
Rep. Eric McElroy/Maria Sier
Joshua Chao/Gail Tremblay
Kymberly Stone/Judy Baker
Alt. Laura Everett/Baker
Andrew Romanick/Sier
Stephanie Lam/Tremblay
H.M. Joshua Lim/Baker
Melissa ho/Tremblay
Anna Prykhodko/Baker
Todd Hollenhorst/Rick Siefert
Hyejin Kim/Baker
Rose Halcomb/Baker
Christopher Chalaka/Tremblay
Stephanie Kwon/Baker
Angelica Alancio/Tremblay
Kelsie Roy/Baker
Aliva Chen/Tremblay
Byron Kim/Tremblay
Ian Hathaway/Baker
Felicia Chen/Tremblay
Liezl Fernando/Tremblay
Nathaniel Cutshall/Tremblay
Ransom Cutshall/Tremblay
Musicianship Examinations
High Honors
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Lynden Chapter
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Students of Karen Scholten (continued): Lilly
Kroontje - Level III; Liam Kroontje Level III; Anna Winter - Level III; Isaiah
Stumpf - Level IV; Cassidy VanderHeiden - Level IV; Collin Vree - Level IV;
Tyler stitt - Level V: Brenna VanderHeiden - Level V; Addison Stumpf, Level VI;
Jana Miller - Level VII.
in our diversity, we are all one, enhance your teaching and performing
repertoire and inspire your students
to understand the connection between us all through music. Come
explore gems from a vast repertoire
of music from Asian and Asian
American composers, the “Bartok’s
and Kabalevsky’s” of the East. This
presentation will offer performance
and discussion of examples of contemporary piano music from China,
Japan, and Korea, from beginner to
advanced levels.”
Dr. Yeh’s first teacher was the late
Joy Henderson in Wenatchee. She
was accepted by Bela Siki as a private
student when she was 13, and continued with him through her Bachelors
in Piano Performance. She continued
her studies at the Manhattan School
of Music, where she received her advanced degrees. Sara David Buechner is quoted as having said, “Miss
Yeh is a pianist of wondrous strength
and agility, who unfailingly grasps
the architecture of a musical work
and is able to project that forth in
bold colors. She has an impressive
repertoire which she consistently performs with uncommon technique,
secure emotional grasp and impressive personality.”
Spectacular Harborside Fountains
near the Conference Center
Hotel Space is Limited
On the Waterfront
Future Events
Another Coming Attraction
On the Waterfront
Claire Marshall, NCTM
2008 Conference Co-Chair
Claire Marshall, NCTM
2008 Conference Co-Chair
Students of Carolyn VanderGriend: Emma
Doornbos - Level I; Natalia Read - Level
I; Natalia Read - Level I; Dallas DeJong Level II; Zachary Donahue - Level IV;
Katrine Doornbos - Level IV; Randi Donahue - Level VI; Devon Doornbos - Level
VI; Jordan Donahue - Level VIII.
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venue comes with a slightly different
wrinkle. The Kitsap Conference Center features a sophisticated catering
group, and the rental of the facility is
intertwined with their food service.
When you register for the entire conference, the lunch is included in your
registration fee. This year we are also
including lunch for one day attendees if they register in advance. So –
should you desire to leave the premises for lunch elsewhere, you will in
effect pay twice for your noontime
meal that day. Instead, I definitely
hope you will join myself and your
other colleagues for a relaxing, delicious mid-day buffet, served up in
the room adjacent to the afternoon’s
workshops and recitals. Also, be
sure to register before May 15th to
get the best price. Your Conference
Registration Form is included in
this issue. Looking forward to seeing you in June!
Another view of Sinclair Inlet from
Kitsap Conference Center
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Join Me for Lunch
On the Waterfront
Do you have Asian students in
your studio or Asian parents who are
curious about their own musical heritage but would like to explore this on
the piano, not on ‘traditional’ instruments? With the ease of technological connection from our expanded
global village and the cross-cultural
connections being made by Yo-Yo
Ma’s Silk Road Project showing how,
Does soup, sandwich and salad on
the deck overlooking Sinclair Inlet
and a new small boat harbor, with
the June sun shimmering on the
water sound good? That’s part of
what your registration to WSMTA
Conference 2008 includes. Mmm –
perhaps we can’t guarantee the sun,
but we can hope! Every conference
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If you haven’t already done so,
you’d better make your hotel reservations soon or you won’t be able to enjoy the unusual convenience of staying in a first class hotel on the waterfront, across the courtyard from the
Conference Center. Underneath this
large complex is a 3-tiered parking
garage, with elevators to the hotel,
Conference Center, and a first class
restaurant overlooking the inlet and
new boat harbor.
If it happens to rain, you won’t
have to get a drop on you at this Conference. Elevators access all three facilities. Also, parking is FREE for
Hampton Inn guests. Otherwise, all
other Conference goers will have to
pay $4 every time they enter the
parking garage. And there is NO
OTHER FREE PARKING in the vicinity of the Conference Center. So,
there is another reason to make your
reservations right away! Oh, and
don’t forget, your very reasonable
room rate includes a full breakfast.
Hampton Inn information is in your
March CLARION. Remember, you
need to call the hotel direct, to get the
special rate (1-360-405-0200).
WARNING: The height of all
three entrances to this large parking
garage is ONLY 6’8” and will not accommodate large trucks and large
vans. Mini-vans are OK. Also, if you
aren’t able to make your reservations
before the Hampton Inn fills up, here
are some other hotels in the area that
we can recommend. Some of them
have room for parking large trucks
and vans.
Bremerton Area
Illahee Manor (bed & breakfast)
www.illaheemanor.com
Flagship Inn
www.flagshipinn.com
Midway Inn
www. midway-inn.com
Super8 Motel
www.super8.com
Bremerton Inn & Suites
Silverdale Area
Silverdale Beach Hotel
www.silverdalebeachhotel.com
Oxford Inn Suites
www.oxfordsuites.com
Be forewarned though, at least one of
the other hotels we checked on recently is already booked up for late
June.
Gary Hind
2008 Conference Co-Chair
Education
Grants & Scholarships
Study Grant Application
Deadline Reminder
To all teachers of Student Study
Grant Applicants: just a brief reminder that the application form for
Student Study Grants may be downloaded from our website:
www.wsmta.net
Click on "forms.” Please note that the
deadline for applications this year is
May 1, 2008. If you have any questions please contact Connie Hungate
at cchungate@comcast.net.
Connie Hungate
Grants & Scholarships Chair
Certification Corner
Recommended Resources
At the January 2008 meeting, the
WSMTA Board of Directors voted to
reimburse one half ($100) of the Certification Application Fee for the first
five teachers who apply. Documentation of submitting an approved certification application and fee must be
sent to the WSMTA Certification
Chair before reimbursement is made.
Congratulations to the following
teacher who has qualified for those
grants as of February 29:
Stephanie Hill
Clarkston-Lewiston
If you are thinking about or just
starting the process of becoming certified you might want to check out
the following texts. This is by no
means a complete list, but includes
resources that have been recommended by teachers who have gone
through the process.
• Agay, Denes. Teaching Piano: A
Comprehensive Guide and Reference.
New York: Yorktown Music Press;
1981
• Albergo, Cathy and Reid Alexander. Intermediate Piano Repertoire:
A Guide for Teaching, 4th edition.
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada:
The Frederick Harris Music Co.,
Limited, 2000.
• Baker-Jordan, Martha. Practical
Piano Pedagogy: The Definitive Test
for Piano Teachers and Pedagogy
Students. Miami, FL: Warner Bros.
Publications, 2003.
• Bastien, James; Gregory Nagode.
How to Teach Piano Successfully.
San Diego, CA: Neil A. Kjos
Music Co. 1995-1998.
• Blanchard, Bonnie with Cynthia
Blanchard Acree. Making Music
and Enriching Lives, A guide for all
music teachers. Bloomington, IN;
Indiana University Press, 2007.
• Clark, Frances. Questions and Answers. Instrumentalist Company
• Coats, Sylvia. Thinking as You Play.
Bloomington, IN; Indiana
University Press, 2006.
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• Jacobson, Jeanine M. Professional
Piano Teaching, Book 1, A. Comprehensive Piano Pedagogy Textbook for Teaching ElementaryLevel Students, ed. E. L. Lancaster. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., 2006
• Kern, R. Fred and Marguerite
Miller. Projects for Piano Pedagogy,
Vol. 1. San Diego, CA: Neil A. Kjos
Music Co. 1988
• Kern, R. Fred and Marguerite
Miller. Projects for Piano Pedagogy,
Vol. 2. San Diego, CA: Neil A.
Kjos Music Co. 1989
• Magrath, Jane. The Pianist’s Guide
to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature. Van Nuys, CA:
Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., 1995.
• Uszler, Marianne, Stewart Gordon
and Scott McBride Smith. The
Well-Tempered Keyboard Teacher, 2nd
edition. New York: Schirmer
Books, 2000.
• Music Teachers National Association, American Music Teacher. Vol.
51, No. 5, “Composer Classification List.” Cincinnati, OH: Music
Teachers National Association,
2002.
• “Keyboard Companion” magazine
• “American Music Teacher”
• “Clavier”
• “Piano Explorer”
Congratulations to the following
certified teachers!
WSMTA Certification in Piano
Mary Loeffelbein, NCTM
Moses Lake
Milica Jelaca-Jovanovich, NCTM
Bellingham
Joanna Zagelow, NCTM
Mount Vernon
If you are planning on coming to
the conference in June, you won’t
want to miss Certa Faye Cation and
her cousin Mota Vator, who will be
answering all your questions about
the certification process. Certa Faye
is a famous advice columnist and will
be responding to letters from a variety of teachers. If you have a question,
you can send it to me and I will pass
it on to Certa Faye.
Diane Stober, NCTM
WSMTA Certification Chair
117 N. Franklin Ave.
Wenatchee WA 98801
509 663-7654 DalSegno1@aol.com
PEDAL POINTS
Raising the Roof in Song
Imagine a choral director who had
no idea what the tenor line sounded
like. What if the director had never
read the text? The director never
bothered giving the singers directions about where to breathe. To add
insult to injury, the director forgot
that she was working with an amateur choir and the tempo was so slow
that the singers could not make it
through a phrase in one breath.
A good organist is in many ways
like a good choral director—he or she
is a leader of singers. Many student
organists make the mistake of practicing everything but hymns. If they
do practice a hymn, they often read
all four parts together and practice
the hymn just enough to play the
right notes at the right time.
When teaching a hymn, I’ve found
the following steps are helpful in
making a hymn easy to sing. Although these steps may seem tedious
at first, the process becomes more
automatic over time.
1. Play through the melodic line
and sing the first stanza. How
long does each phrase have to be
so as not to break up a line of
text? If a line of text is too long
to sing in one breath, take care to
break it in a spot that won’t detract from its meaning. Determine where the congregation
should breathe and mark breath
marks. Establish the tempo based on a reasonable phrase length
for an untrained singer.
2. Play through the melodic line
and sing all the other stanzas.
Do the breath marks still make
sense with the text of the following stanzas?
3. Are there times when the text in
one stanza is notated with a half
note, but at the same spot in the
next stanza the text requires two
quarter notes? Are there times
when the rhythm required for
matching the text with the tune
changes markedly from one stanza to the next? The fairly recent
hymn “I Am the Bread of Life” is
chaos when sung by a congregation if the organist has not worked out these details.
4. Are there pick-ups in one stanza
and none in others? This is very
common. Think of the familiar
hymn “Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful.” Stanza one has a pick-up:
“Oh Come, all ye faithful.” Stanza three has no pick-up: “Sing,
Choirs of Angels.” For the singing to be unified, the organist
must play the rhythm that
matches the text.
5. Practice singing and playing only
the melody of an entire hymn
until all of the above details are
secure. As part of this, practice
singing the transition from one
stanza into the next. Often, a
slight easing of the tempo, or
even adding enough time to
breathe and swallow is needed
during the transition between
stanzas so the singers don’t feel
rushed and out of breath.
6. If the hymn is written in fourpart harmony, follow the above
steps with the alto, tenor, and
bass lines. The way the text
matches the music may be different in these parts. If the bass
part is to be played in pedals, be
sure to practice it that way.
7. Put all of the parts together, and
enjoy a musical result.
Although taking the time to thoroughly prepare a hymn might seem
tedious, eventually this preparation
yields itself in a congregation that
sings in a strong, unified manner. It
is a pleasure to play for a congregation that can “raise the roof” in
song. As a fringe benefit, the organ
student has learned valuable lessons
about breathing, phrasing, voice
leading, and the importance of careful preparation.
Joann Richardson, NCTM
WSMTA Organ Chair
Enrichment
E e NEW MUSIC e E
FJH Solo Standouts, Book 1
(Early Elementary/Elementary)
Published by FJH, 5.95
This very attractive collection includes imaginative solos for young
pianists by well respected teaching
composers, including Christopher
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Goldston and Melody Bober. I particularly like The Lady and the Dragon
by Goldston. Tempo indication is
“Slowly and gracefully”, and with
the open fifth in the bass and the lyrical right hand melody, the picture of
a particularly docile dragon with a
lady is evoked. The “B” section is
livelier; perhaps the lady and the
dragon are dancing? Kevin Olson’s
Mozart by a Nose includes charming
lyrics telling the story of a contest
between Mozart and Haydn, which
Mozart won by using his nose to play
an “impossible” note.
Gems for Two by Nancy Lau,
published by FJH, 6.50
This intermediate duet collection
includes a wide range of moods ….
from the energy of the Travelin’ Train
to the lyricism of the Starlight Lullaby
these duets will appeal to lower intermediate students. The parts are of
comparable difficulty, making them
good candidates for siblings or students who want to play together. (I
once had a family where the parents
had to PAY the children to play duets, but that is a different story.)
In Style! , Book 1, by Timothy
Brown, published by FJH, 5.95
Intermediate to Late Intermediate
(“Rants and Reels, Flings and Fancies
—Music of the British Isles”). This
tuneful collection of six solos will
appeal to teenage and adult students.
There is a good variety of moods
created, from the wistful Remembering Tommas (“As if Telling a Story”)
to the power and reverberation of
Dunkirk Bells (“The Bells-Bringing in
the Morning”).
Robin Chadwick, NCTM
New Music Review Chair
Bulletin Board
Portland International
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Summer Creativity
Intensives with Akiko and Forrest Kinney
Explore ways to teach creatively, and cultivate
creativity in yourself and others. Be inspired!
Ten different 2-day Intensives are offered between
July 8th and August 8th. For information, go to
patternplay.com and click on Workshops.
Available March 25: A student version of Pattern
Play, Melody, Volume One. Improvise both duets
and solos. It’s 56 pages and costs $9.95. Available
May 1: Harmony, Volume One. Create arrangements
and improvisations with chords and color tones.
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April 15: Deadline for submitting videos or
DVDs to WSMTA 2008 Conference Co-Chair
Claire Marshall for master class participation.
✺ State Recitalist Competition Winners
May 1: Deadline for 2008-2009 Student Study
Grant Applications (form on WSMTA website).
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May 15: Deadline for receipt of Registration
Forms for lower Conference fee.
✺ Register for the 2008 WSMTA Confer-
June 23-27: WSMTA 2008 Conference in
Bremerton.
✺ Make your Conference Hotel Reserva-
July 6-27: Icicle Creek Chamber Music Institute
& Festival, Leavenworth, WA.
July 7-9: MTNA & Canadian Federation of
Music Teachers Symposium in New York.
and Musicianship High Honors (page 1)
“The Silk Road in Your Studio”
Conference topic (page 1)
ence early and save money (page 3)
tions NOW! (page 3)
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Remember to visit your WSMTA
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The CLARION in full color!
July 12-20: Portland International Piano
Festival. (see article in March CLARION)
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