January 2013 newsletter - Minnesota Music Teachers Association

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January 2013 [MMTA NEWSLETTER]
MTNA Foundation Fellow Award
Raeanna Gislason, NCTM, Chair
Reminder to MMTA members who are planning to celebrate with Marianne Bryan at the
Monday night Gala at the MTNA National Conference in Anaheim: Tell President Kirsten
Levorson you are attending so the two reserved MMTA tables will be filled with our MMTA
members. We may need an overflow, who knows!
This month of January several of our talented Minnesota students travel to Kansas for the
West Central Division Competition. Donations to the MTNA Foundation help to support these
nationwide competitions and to fund the top prizes at the National Conference. First, thank
you to MMTA members who have contributed this past year. Second, very best wishes to all
the students who will be competing in Kansas. We wish we could see all of them in Anaheim!
Here is the impressive list. Zillions of CHEERS!!!
Henry Tiger Wang, Junior piano. Alexander Braginsky, teacher.
Andy Xue, Senior piano. Paul Wirth, teacher.
Jason Li Shu, Senior String-violin. Sally O’Reilly, teacher.
Cydney Chamberlain, Voice-Soprano. Siri Caltvedt, teacher.
Alysha Grosz & Paige Reiners, Senior Piano Duet. Roger McVey, teacher.
Matthew Taylor Harikian, Young Artist Piano. Kent McWilliams, teacher.
James Joseph Zabawa-Martinez, Young Artist String-violin. Sally O’Reilly, teacher.
Tyler Jay Cessor, Woodwind-Saxophone. Eugene Rousseau, teacher.
Stephen Wu, Elementary Composition. Dorothy Sandquist, teacher.
Jessica He, Senior String Composition. Dorothy Sandquist, teacher.
Chamber String and Wind Ensembles:
Northwestern College Trio. Barbara Rogers, teacher/coach.
Carl Christenson, Seoyon Susanna Lim, Benjamin Osterhouse
Twin Cities Saxophone Quartet. Eugene Rousseau, teacher/coach.
Benjamin Cold, Jeffery Kyle Hutchins, David Kahn, Alexander Richards.
Independent Music Teachers Forum - I’m Going to Disneyland, Are You?
Suzanne Greer, Chair
Music Teachers National Association Conference
March 9 – 13, 2013
Disneyland Resort!
Anaheim, California
MTNA has promised to engage, educate and entertain us at this year’s
National Conference! With performers such as Anderson & Roe and the Ahn
Trio, keynote speaker Rick Beyer, and masterclasses with Peter Mack and
Ingrid Clairfield, this shouldn’t be hard to do! Not to mention that we will be
at the heart of America’s playground in Anaheim at the Disneyland Resort.
Pedagogy Saturday looks very promising. A total of five tracks will be offered
and attendees are encouraged to mix and match among Advance Piano/Teaching Artistry, Collegiate/Young
Professional, Jazz/Popular Piano, Recreational Music Making, and Teaching Those With Special Needs. Of special
interest in the advance piano category are teaching techniques for students with small hands.
Sun and fun awaits – exhibit halls, forums, camaraderie with colleagues, and the conference gala at which
Dr. Marianne Bryan will be recognized as our 2013 Minnesota Foundation Fellow!
I hope to see you this March at “the happiest place on earth…where dreams really do come true.”