SCALE OLYMPICS WORKSHOPS

Do you have questions about the new harmonization lead sheet option?  Are you unsure of how to teach it to your students?  How do you prepare students to enter all eight events?  Are you curious about the judging guidelines for each event?  Are you new to OMTA and simply need help demystifying the handbook?  If you want answers to these – or other – questions, sign up for these two workshops!  They are FREE for OMTA members.  Enrollment is limited to 24 participants.  You must register to participate.

DATE

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Registration Deadline:  Friday, August  6

TIMES

9:00am – 10:30am

and

10:45am -12:15pm

LOCATION

Jazz Academy

769 East Long Street – 4th Floor • Columbus, OH • 43203

Lincoln Theatre Complex

Enter through the double red doors.  There is an elevator.  Free parking is available in the lots next to and across from the theatre.  You may also park on the street.

Workshop #1 – Understanding Scale Olympics

Cynthia Adams will answer any and all questions you have about this huge event.  Joining her will be other Scale Olympics veteran teachers, who will share their tips on preparing students to enter one or all eight events.  This workshop will be held in the Medium Rehearsal Room.  To learn more about Cynthia visit www.CynthiaAdamsPianoStudio.com.

Workshop #2 – Understanding the New Harmonization Lead Sheet Option

Bradley Sowash will walk you through the fundamental aspects of the New Harmonization Lead Sheet Option, and will offer a practical approach to teaching the chord symbols, key signatures and accompaniment styles.  This workshop will be held in the Keyboard Studio and will be hands on for all participants.  To learn more about Bradley visit www.BradleySowash.com.

ENROLLMENT IS LIMITED TO 24 PARTICIPANTS.

YOU MUST REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE.

The workshops will be held concurrently and are being offered twice.  You may attend one or both.  If you want to attend both, then you need to register for both.  For example, register for the 9:00am Workshop #1 AND the 10:45am Workshop #2.

To register, call Cynthia Adams (614) 327-1395.  No emails please.

http://www.ceomta.com/student-events/scale-olympics

Links are being updated on the page as they are available.  Check back often!

June ’10 CE District Newsletter

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Deadline for applications for Grants for Professional Development  is June 1st, 2010.  Please click on the link below.  Don’t miss this opportunity!

http://www.ceomta.com/general-information/grants-for-professional-development

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1911 Weber Baby Grand Piano – Serial #66835. 6 ft. Philippine Mahogany, refinished and rebuilt with Renner parts, new hammers. Piano was bought from a family who bought it from the Chicago World’s Fair. Reportedly Paderewski played this instrument at the Fair. Beautiful piano.  $15,000.  Call 614-486-0313 or email at meotr1@aol.com.  Click below for photos:

Weber piano for sale

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This website will be updated in August, along with the publishing of the 2010-11 Activities Guide.  Keep checking back for the latest on our upcoming events next year.  Have a great summer, everyone!

Honors Recital

Graves Piano & Organ

As the final of three Solo & Ensemble Recitals held this year at Graves, the Honors Recital presents the 2010 winners from our most prestigious events: OhioMTA/Graves, Buckeye, and Summer Study Scholarship Competitions.  Come hear the amazing performances by these young artists!

Monday, May 10th, 2010  9:30 a.m.

Board meeting and New Member Luncheon

The Executive Board and Committee Chairmen will meet at Westerville Christian Church.  The meeting will be followed at noon with the New Members Luncheon.

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The 2010 Slate of Officers and Committee Chairmen is very close to completion!  Click below to find out who will be leading our organization for the next two years.  Thank you to everyone who has volunteered!  It is an incredible team of members.

2010-12 officers and chairmen

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Click below to view the list of winners for this year’s Summer Study Scholarship Auditions.  Thanks to everyone who helped on that day and congratulations to these students and their teachers!

SS Scholarships Winners List 2010

Your schedules are full to the brim with  responsibilities for this Passover/Holy Week, to be certain! Set aside

Monday, April 5^th – 9:30 – noonish

to relax and enjoy BRADLEY SOWASH as he presents

“LEARN YOUR CHORDS KID.”

Bradley is Columbus’s own pedagogue/composer/performing artist and has his works published by Kjos Music Company. He gets to the heart of learning points with humor and energy.

With 2010 Scale Olympics just around the corner, you don’t want to miss this inspiring morning with the Master of Chords,

BRADLEY SOWASH.

Graves Piano and Organ Company, Karl Road

This conference will also include a quick Annual Membership Meeting, during which we all vote to approve the 2010-11 burget and the 2010-12 slate of officers!  See you there!!

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Here are a few other announcements:

State Invitation

MEMO-MTNA

Early Interval April 10th

After three years of doctoral studies, Gulimina Mahamuti of Mansfield, Ohio, who comes from Karamay City in northwestern China, will receive her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance on May 8, 2010.  She was selected to attend The Harry S Truman Good Neighbor Award Luncheon on May 6, 2010. 

Recently, her article, “Professional Development Makes You Recession-Resistant,” originally published in the Sept/Oct 2009 issue of Clavier Companion, was translated into Italian and appears in Didattica (http://www.aasp.it/Documenti_folder/resistereallarecessione.html).  As a guest artist, Gulimina has accepted the invitation to perform with Southeast Kansas Symphony Orchestra in November, 2010.

Gulimina will be taking over as Piano Workshop Chairman for the Central East District.  Welcome, Gulimina!

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Coming To Columbus 4-hour Workshop for Piano Teachers Reinvigorate Your Piano Studio! Date: April 3, 2010 Time: 1:00 – 5:00 Place: Columbus, OH Register Now! Date Not Convenient? Call Musikgarten at 1.800.216.6864 to see about additional dates and locations.

Reinvigorate Your Piano Studio This four-hour, hands-on workshop, developed primarily for piano teachers, includes both theory games and lesson planning strategies: Learn new ways to engage your students in theory games. Ideal for your group theory classes, these games are a great way to invigorate your theory lessons, keeping them fun and relevant – and to build the rhythm and pitch reading skills the students need. Start your young beginners on a road to success with a five-week program which will delight them and prepare them for success. Singing and moving tune the ear and refine the body, laying the foundation for success in learning to play the piano. The lesson plans fully explain all the singing and movement activities, as well as the keyboard activities which are layered on at an appropriate time and pace. Cost: $40! Includes: 7 Theory Notation Games Lesson Plans for including games in your teaching Date: April 3, 2010 Time: 1:00 – 5:00 Place: Grave’s Piano and Organ Company           5798 Karl Road           Columbus, OH 43229           Call the Musikgarten office at 1-800-216-6864 or click here to register.

SUMMER PIANO ACADEMY 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
For Serious Young Pianists, Ages 12-18
June 20-July 10, 2010

Dear Teachers, Students, and Parents:

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Piano Academy will celebrate its 25th anniversary this summer! To mark this special event, we are pleased to offer a roster of world-renowned master teachers, who have dedicated their lives to teaching talented young pianists.

GUEST MASTER TEACHERS >> learn more
Read Gainsford | Joseph Kalichstein | Menahem Pressler | Karen Shaw |                         André-Michel Schub | Nelita True |André Watts.

FACULTY >> learn more
Karen Taylor | David Cartledge | Christopher Harding | Ruth Morrow | Alice Rybak |    Daniel Schene |Gregory Sioles.

Students from across the United States and around the world will participate in two private lessons a week,  master classes, daily group classes, theory, ensemble classes, and student performances. In addition, we offer an opportunity to work with a certified Feldenkrais practitioner. The Piano Academy takes place during the IU Summer Music Festival, a spectacular collection of orchestral performances, chamber music concerts and solo recitals.

It all adds up to three weeks in which gifted pianists are immersed in an intensive and inspiring musical environment, and a community that fosters close friendships and memories that last forever.

Click here for more information and application materials:
www.music.indiana.edu/summer/piano-academy

            All good wishes,
   
           Karen Taylor, Founder and Director

OhioMTA Graves 2010 Results

Join us on Sunday, March 28th, 2010, at 3:00 p.m. at Graves for the Winners Recital!

March CE District Newsletter

Ohio MTA Central East District

Please click on the link below for more information:

http://www.ceomta.com/student-events/out-and-about

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Nominations for our district’s Independent Certified Teacher of the Year and Collegiate Certified Teacher of the Year will be accepted until Monday, February 15, 2010.  This state-wide program has a two-fold goal: To recognize excellence in music teaching and to measure dedication to OhioMTA/MTNA.  Any Central East District member may nominate any peer who has been nationally certified for at least five years.  The nominee must also be or have been actively involved in OhioMTA/MTNA at the local, state, or national level and must be known for distinguished service and devotion to the cause of music.  Anyone who has received this award in the past cannot be nominated again (see p.11 of the activities guide for past nominees). 

Please take advantage of this opportunity to nominate a teacher who you believe deserves this recognition. Send a letter with supporting information about the teacher being nominated to Annette Suhovecky, 7642 Glanmore Court, Dublin, OH, 43017 or submit by e-mail to annette@brierhill.net.  Call 889-5348 for more information.

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Other important CEOMTA dates and Announcements:

February 12th is the deadline for Buckeye Auditions Applications.  Please click below for more information

www.ceomta.com/student-competitions/buckeye-auditions

and to download the registration form:

http://www.ohiomta.org/state.asp?page=buckeyeauditions

District Festival will take place on Saturday, February 27th at Capital University.  Please come and enjoy the many recitals presented throughout the day!

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Other concert announcements around town:

Chamber Music Columbus Presents: Wu Han, piano; Philip Setzer, violin; David Finckel, cello in concert on Saturday, February 13, 2010, 8 p.m.

Performing:

Franz Schubert           Trio in B-flat major, op. 99, D. 898

Franz Schubert           Trio in E-flat major, op. 100, D. 929

Southern Theatre: 21 East Main Street at South High Street, Columbus

Tickets:  $35 (Main Floor), $30 (Loge and First Balcony), $15 (Second Balcony), and those 25 and under and students half price.  Tickets are available only through the CAPA Ticket Office (614-469-0939) and TicketMaster.  Full and partial (flex) season tickets are still available through Chamber Music Columbus at 614-267-2267.

For information, call Chamber Music Columbus at 614-267-2267 or check out the Chamber Music Columbus Web site at http://www.CMColumbus.org. 

Season Ticket Holders:  If you cannot make this concert, and don’t have friends who can use your tickets, please reply to this email so you can either exchange them for another concert, or turn them in for tax credit. 

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Here’s an upcoming concert announcement from Early Music in Columbus:

Flanders release.cwk (WP)

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Here’s an update about Summer Programs at Interlochen:

ICCA programs brochure 2010