Monday Morning Musicale is scheduled for February 2, 10:00 a.m. in Graves Recital Hall. Call Martha Buckalew (267-6293) or email mhbuckalew@sbcglobal.net today to sign up to play. You can bring unique teaching pieces or try out a solo scheduled for an upcoming performance on one of Grave’s excellent concert grand pianos. Memorization is not required.
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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 16, 2009. This state-wide program has a two-fold goal: To recognize excellence in music teaching and to measure dedication to OMTA/MTNA. Any Central East District Member may nominate any peer who is a nationally certified teacher of music and has gone through at least one renewal period. The nominee must also be or have been actively involved in OMTA/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. Please take advantage of this opportunity to nominate a teacher who you believe deserves this recognition. No special application form is needed. Please send a letter with supporting information about the teacher you are nominating to Annette Suhovecky, 7642 Glanmore Ct., Dublin, OH 43017. Also, it may be emailed to Annette@brierhill.net. Call 614-889-5348 for more information.
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MTNA Conference
The deadline for early registration for the MTNA conference in Atlanta is Feb. 16. This conference is a great opportunity to meet new colleagues, re-connect with old friends and continue learning about new materials and teaching techniques. Also, it will be warmer in Atlanta! Plan to attend the MTNA Gala on Monday night, where Rebecca Johnson will become Ohio’s newest Foundation Fellow.
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A letter to Susan Treer, president:
We are Doctoral students at the University of Missouri-Kansas City doing
research for a presentation at the 2009 Music Teacher’s National Association
national conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Our research is about how the present
economy has affected private music teaching.
We are looking for private music teachers of any instrument to take 10 minutes
out of their busy schedules to complete an online anonymous national survey to
help us with our research for our session presentation in Atlanta at the end of
March. We would greatly appreciate it if you could participate in our survey
and could also forward this on to your members and encourage them to participate as well.
We need several hundred responses from across the nation. Please feel free to send this link to any private music teachers that you know.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=WHXP_2bsgy1ASCvcsp_2bWOyaw_3d_3d
Thank you so much for your time and your responses!
Gulimina Mahamuti and Erika Kinser
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Concert Announcement