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The CLARION Official Bulletin of the Washington State Music Teachers Association

Volume LIX, No. 4 6666666666666 Dec. 2006 – Jan. 2007

President’s Corner with Margee Webster

Spokane is a city of organizers. We have Blooomsday, one of the world’s largest fun runs. As many as 50,000 people have been known to run through the streets, to collect a T-shirt and the right to brag about their time. We have Hoopfest, the world’s largest street basketball festival. Or-ganizers coordinate a host of volun-teers who install basketball courts all over the downtown streets and ref-eree a multi-category tournament in which teams of 3 from all across the nation compete in thousands of bas-ketball games. Then we have the Spokane Music Teachers Association. They have been known to organize a perform-ance of Rachmaninoff’s Third Con-certo with twenty people in the per-formance (all pianists, mind you, gracefully entering and exiting the stage during rests in the music.) Their most recent event was a mon-ster concert with grand 6 pianos and 60 performers on stage at Eastern Washington University. The event raised a few grand for Spokane Music Teacher’s Student Scholarship Fund. What made it an unforgettable experience was the camaraderie and collaboration that took place among

the performers. Picture independent piano teachers and students, in mul-tiple groups of 12 people at 6 pianos, rehearsing together for weeks! Pic-ture the coordination and organiza-tion by leaders, Linda Burger and Verna Wagner to put this concert to-gether. The program had everything from Bach to Gershwin; Mozart to Franckenpohl. This gift of music by the Spokane Music Teachers was enthusiastically received by sold-out audiences in two performances.

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Bravo!

Washington State MTNA Performance Competitions

2006

It was a very blustery and rainy weekend at Highline Community College but that did not “dampen” the spirits of the many performers nor did it “drown” the wonderful music coming from three different build-ings. During this three day competi-tion, we had 117 students performing in thirteen different instrumental cat-egories. The winners in each cate-gory will continue to the Divisional Competition in Pocatello, Idaho on January 12 – 14, 2007. There are many people who play-ed important roles in making this weekend a big success.

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WSMTA Outstanding Artist

Competitions

The 2006 Outstanding Artist Com-petition was held November 10-12 at Prosser Piano and Organ in Tukwila. Thirty teachers from around the state entered 33 students in the Junior Piano Division and 26 students in the Senior Piano Division. The judges for this event were Dr. Margaret Brink from Seattle, Dr. Wayne John-

son from Seattle Pacific University, and Mr. Greg Presley from Gonzaga University. The OAC committee and helpers worked tirelessly all three days.

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Future Events

WSMTA Conference 2007

Washington State University is looking forward to hosting the WS-MTA Conference on June 25-29, 2007! The conference artist will be Douglas Humpherys, piano profes-sor and piano department co-chair at the Eastman School of Music. Dr. Humpherys is a distinguished per-former and teacher who received the gold medal at the inaugural Gina Bachauer International Piano Compe-tition. He has performed, given mas-ter classes, and lectured internation-ally. Dr. Humpherys has chaired jur-ies at the Hilton Head and Rach-maninoff Piano Competitions; addi-tionally, he established and directs the Eastman Young Artists Interna-tional Piano Competition. Dr. Hum-pherys will give two presentations, “Teaching the Piano Music of Schu-bert: Singing, Dancing, and Purple Patches,” and “The Development of Artistry through the Refinement of Practice Procedures.” We have also received fascinating and diverse presentation proposals which promise to be relevant and inspiring. Please save the dates on your calendar and plan to join us at for an exciting 2007 WSMTA Con-ference!

Karen Hsiao Savage: khsavage@wsu.edu; or

Michelle Mielke: mmielke@mail.wsu.edu

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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: Margee Webster, NCTM 2246 S Rockwood Blvd. Spokane, WA 99203 Phone: 509-534-9678 e-mail: johnmargee@comcast.net President Elect: Mary Kaye Owen, NCTM 11445 SE 185th Place Renton, WA 98055-4370 Phone: 425-228-8721 e-mail: mary.k.owen@att.net Immediate Past President: Debra Florian, NCTM 16725 Seminole Rd., NE Poulsbo, WA 98370 Phone: 360-697-1965 e-mail: flostudio@comcast.net Vice President: Jani Peterson, NCTM 2601 Mix Road Moscow, ID 83843 Phone: 208-883-3991 e-mail: jani@moscow.com 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 Immed. Past President) Adjudications Chair: Dianne Johnston P.O. Box 655 Kingston, WA 98346 Phone: 360-297-3972 e-mail: dianne@silverlink.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: Kaycee Groom 16219 132nd Place SE Renton, WA 98058 Phone: 425-227-0339 e-mail: julevamar@aol.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: dhwest@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 (see Board of Directors) Ed. Board Member: Marilyn Linde P.O. Box 430 Granger, WA 98932 Phone: 509-854-1583 e-mail: marilynl@bentonrea.com Ed. Board Member: Colleen Hunter, NCTM 2911 N 5th St. Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814 Phone: 208-664-0910 e-mail: hunters4incda@icehouse.net Ed. Board Member: Judith Schoepflin, NCTM 614 E 21st Spokane, WA 99203 Phone: 509-747-906 e-mail: jschoepflin@whitworth.edu Ed. Board Member: Jeffrey Gilliam, NCTM Western Washington University Dept. of Music, 516 High St Bellingham, WA 98225-9107 Phone: 360-650-3709 e-mail: gilliam@cc.wwu.edu Ed. Board Members, Ex-Officio Margee Webster (see President) Dianne Johnston (see Adjudications) Judith Price (see Executive Manager) Linda Burger, NCTM Certification Chair 1629 E. Glass Ave. Spokane, WA 99207 Phone: 509-487-4346 e-mail: dblburger@juno.com

The CLARION is published 9 times each year: Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec., Feb., March, April, May, and June. It includes membership news and an-nouncements, and pertinent news of the Music Teachers National Assoc-iation. Articles must be submitted no later than the first day of the pre-vious month.

Editor: Gary Alan Hind 20038 Lysir Ct. NE Poulsbo, WA 98370 (360) 697-2591 basinroad@comcast.net

Editor’s Notes

ATTENTION Clarion contrib-utors: The due date for articles has been moved back from the 10th to the 1st of the preceding month.

Membership Welcome New Members!

Clark County Chapter

Teresa Loftus

Grays Harbor Chapter Nikkol Wirta

Lake Washington Chapter

Pamela Liu

Seattle Chapter Raymond May

South King County Chapter

Krissy Cram

Spokane Chapter Ivana Cojbasic

Whidbey Island Chapter

Dianne Boyd

Yakima Chapter Julie Wade

New Collegiate Members

Rose Fujinaka Sarah Clark, Whitworth

Rachel Cutler, Whitworth Heidi Olson, Whitworth Laura Smith, Whitworth Amy Watts, Whitworth

President’s Corner

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WSMTA organizes many events, as well. Most recently it held the WSMTA Outstanding Artist Compe-tition and the MTNA Performance Competitions. The time donated by WSMTA members to these competi-tions is commendable beyond words. Thank you, Betty Teel, for all your work on the Outstanding Artist Com-petition. Thank you, Jani Peterson, Jee Wong, Judy Meyers and Onnie Adams for your countless hours, giv-en to students and teachers from ev-

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ery corner of the state. Looking into the future and the new year, many opportunities await.

• The new WSMTA Chapter of the Year Award offers $300 to the winning chapter. See page 5 of this Clarion.

• Election of our MTNA nation-al officers takes place during January and February. You may vote by mail-in ballot from the AMT (American Music Teacher) or --the quick and easy way -- online at www.mtna.org

• The long-awaited MTNA Nat-ional Conference, with the Can-adian Federation of Music Teachers, is now right around the corner! March 23-27, in Tor-onto is where you will want to be to ring in Spring 2007.

• Celebrate summer with a trip to Eastern Washington for the 2007 WSMTA Conference! There’s something special about Pullman in the summer—maybe it’s Ferdinand’s ice cream; may-be it’s the pleasant warm winds coming off the Palouse hills. Come experience WSU’s beauti-ful campus, the Fazioli pianos, workshops, master classes and friendships, new and old. An-other great conference is being planned, so gather your music teacher friends and converge on Pullman June 25-29, 2007.

Happy New Year!

Bravo!

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Washington State MTNA Performance Competitions

2006 (continued from Page 1)

I’d like to thank my coordinators, Jee Wong- Junior Coordinator, Judy Meyers – Senior Coordinator and Onnie Adams – Young Artist/Cham-ber Coordinator. These three people were my right hand and gave so many hours to help organize this competition. My heartfelt thanks! Sandra Glover sponsored WSMTA, enabling the competition to be held at Highline Community College. She spent the entire weekend with us in-suring that all went smoothly and giving us her help whenever needed.

I truly appreciate all she did for us! The Eastside Chapter donated the funds for providing snacks for the adjudicators and volunteers. With the help of Yunbo Cassidy and Don-na Bender we were well taken care of and we thank you for keeping us going through the day. Finally the following volunteers, though small in numbers, gave their time to help us keep the competition running smoothly. Words cannot express how grateful I was to have them there.

Valerie Tedrow, S. King Co. Chapter Krista Seely, Kitsap Co. Chapter Margee Webster, Spokane Chapter Carolyn Malnes, Edmonds Chapter Sonja Berg, retired WSMTA teacher Patti Robertson, Tri-City Chapter Judy Baker, Snohomish Co. Chapter Gwen Koch, S. King/Seattle Chapter Linda Halvorson, S. King Co. Chapter

Plus 3 student volunteers from Highline Community College: Bill Ferguson, Cary Kingsma and Jennifer Krenning who were very profes-sional and worth their weight in gold! Thank you! Please go to page 4 for the list of winners, alternates and honorable mentions for each category. Congrat-ulations to all of you!

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WSMTA Outstanding Artist

Competitions (continued from Page 1)

If you see Judy Price, Mary Kaye Owen, or Mary Jane Clarke, please thank them for the generous dona-tion of their time which allows you and your students to participate in this competition. I am so grateful for their help! Thanks also to Stephanie Myers who worked with us on Fri-day. The students treated us to fine performances of a variety of litera-ture. The caliber of playing was evi-dent in the number of honorable mentions given, a number the judges are free to determine. Congratula-tions to all the participating students and teachers! Please see page 4 for the list of winners. We especially thank Kerry Prosser and Prosser Piano and Organ for the generous donation of their facility and instruments. Be sure to check

out their new store in Tukwila when it opens to the public in January. Al-so, thank you to Jee Wong who was our on-site coordinator.

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Future Events

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2007 CFMTA-MTNA-RCM Collaborative Conference

in Toronto, Ontario, March 23–27

Music Teachers National Assoc-iation (MTNA) announces the 2007 CFMTA-MTNA-RCM Collaborative Conference, which will take place in Toronto, Ontario, March 23–27, at the Sheraton Centre Toronto. The 2007 CFMTA-MTNA-RCM Collaborative Conference will be a joint conference with MTNA, its sis-ter organization, The Canadian Fed-eration of Music Teachers’ Associa-tions, and the Royal Conservatory of Music. This conference marks the first time in its history that the MTNA National Conference will be held out-side the United States. The Collabor-ative Conference will explore the similarities and differences in teach-ing methods across the United States and Canada. Along with numerous profession-al workshops, sessions, industry showcases and master classes, the conference will also feature evening concerts. 2006 MTNA Senior Piano Competition winner Lo-An Lin and Lucas Porter, winner of the 2006 Can-adian National Music Festival, will play at the Opening Session with The Royal Conservatory of Music Orches-tra. Grammy-winning pianist Yefim Bronfman will perform in recital on Saturday, March 24. On Sunday, March 25, the Toronto Symphony Or-chestra, led by conductor Bramwell Tovey and joined by acclaimed pian-ist Jane Coop, will be in concert. For more information about MT-NA or the 2007 Collaborative Confer-ence, please contact MTNA national

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headquarters at (513) 421-1420, (888) 512-5278, mtnanet@mtna.org or visit the website at www.mtna.org.

Bravo!

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Washington State MTNA Performance Competition

2006 Results (continued from Page 3)

JUNIOR HIGH AWARDS

(ages 11-14)

Piano Student/Teacher Winner Michael Lee/Willard Schultz Alt. Charles Lu/Soonja Kim H. M. Robert Yaman/Peter Mack Meghann Daily/Peter Mack David Golub/Victoria Bogdashevskaya Oliver Aldort/Naomi Aldort Daniel Dickson/Joanna Hodges

String Student/Teacher Winner Oliver Aldort/Amos Yang Alt. Marie Rossano/Kent Coleman H. M. Jason Lu/Leonid Keylin

Wood- winds Student/Teacher Winner Zoe Funai/Bonnie Blanchard Alt. Adam Benton/Fred Winkler H .M. Stephanie Goei/Ruth Bradshaw

SENIOR HIGH AWARDS (ages 15-18)

Brass Student/Teacher Neil Hubert/Judson Scott *Only one Brass entrant and automatic- ally advances to Division.

Piano Student/Teacher Winner Charlie Albright/Nancy Adsit Alt. Brooke Coleman/Barbara Miller H. M. Jeong Choe/Soonja Kim Nazila Dabestani/Michi North Timothy Krippner/Peter Mack and Greg Presley Matthew Palumbo/Judy Baker Lingbo Tong/Barbara Miller

Strings Student/Teacher Winner Gace Choi/Kent Coleman Alt. Emily Choi/Larisa Miropolsky H. M. Jun Kim/Margaret Pressley

Voice Student/Teacher Winner Nataly Wickham/Sandra Glover Alt. William Goforth/Linda Appert H .M. Sonya Meyer/Erin Guinup

Wood- winds Student/Teacher Winner Joseph Bozich/Fred Winkler Alt. Shin Song/Bonnie Blanchard

YOUNG ARTIST COLLEGIATE AWARDS

(ages 19-26)

Piano Student/Teacher Winner George Woodward/Tanya Stambuk Alt. Marissa Jones/Gerald Berthiaume

Strings Student/Teacher Winner Patrick Austin/Kent Coleman Alt. Joel Thoreson/Carrie Rehkopf

Voice Student/Teacher Winner Taylor Ott/Natalie Lerch Alt. Angela Moore/Natalie Lerch

Wood- winds Student/Teacher Winner Jamie Rottle/Fred Winkler Alt. Brooke Logan/Hal Ott H. M. Samantha Bosch/Paul Taub

Chamber Ensemble/Teacher Winner(s) The Cornish Trio/Peter Mack Tracy Hagen, cello Samantha Bosch, flute Jessica Andrews, piano Alt. The Stretta Quartet/Carrie Rehkopf Kimberly Roy,viola, Michelle Vaughn, violin Amanda Kopcsak, violin Dannel Fischer, cello H. M. CWU String Quartet/Carrie Rehkopf Anita Perkins, viola Jessica Char, cello Joel Thoreson, violin David Drassal, violin

Washington State MTNA Competition Adjudicators

Piano – Junior Young Artists: Richard Farner, Judith Cohen, Linda Barker Piano – Senior Young Artists: Christopher Hahn, Deborah Cleaver, Deborah Rambo Strings: Fritz Gearhart, Ken Selden, Myrnie Van Kempen, Joanne Donnellan Voice: Jim Brown, Pam Casella, Charles Peterson Woodwinds: Jennifer Rhyne Chamber Music: Jennifer Rhyne, Joanne Donnellan, Momoko Muramatsu It was a pleasure working with all these adjudicators and I thank them for doing such a great job.

Jani Peterson, Washington State MTNA Compeition Chair

WSMTA Outstanding Artist Competition Winners

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JUNIOR DIVISION

Piano Student/Teacher 1st Sun Chang/Peter Mack 2nd Petrina Jap/Joan Schoepflin 3rd Fred Lu/Lena Vozheiko-Wheaton H. M. Shin Chang/Peter Mack Toby Chen/Mary Toy Rachel Dailey/Peter Mack Eunjoo Lee/Timothy Strong Sophia Mun/Sharon Clark Tania Rivers-Moore/Willard Schultz

SENIOR DIVISION

Piano Student/Teachers 1st Katherine Song/Victoria Bogdashevskaya 2nd Alexander Li/Willard Schultz 3rd Matthew Zhou/Hsin-Chi Liu H. M. Eric Belvin/Helen Belvin Garrick Li/Donna Bender Irvin Lien/Joan Schoepflin Jonathan Spatola-Knoll/Mary Jane Clarke Elizabeth Strickland/Cassandra Carr Belinda Vuong/Anne Schilperoort and Leonard Richter

Betty Teel, OAC Chair

Program Reports

Young Composers Project

Congratulations to all of you who are already involved in helping your students with composition! As you are aware, the results of your com-bined efforts are amazing. The po-tential and rewards far surpass what-ever effort or risk may be involved. Plus, what a great way to have fun with music! If this is a project that you have not been involved in prior to this year, you are encouraged to partici-pate with your students. You will learn much, along with your stu-dents, not only in the doing, but from the helpful comments received from our state’s capable composition judges. Young students will need your help, by demonstration, in the “how” of making sounds on the instrument. Short improvisations are a good way to start, before requiring the written score. Do write for the students in third grade or younger, as the task of

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writing can be overwhelming to young students. Ask the students questions to ignite their imagination and crea-tivity. Suggestions may involve ani-mal sounds, underwater sounds, or anything that they hear as “sounds” in the world they live in. Have them begin a “sounds” collection. Ideas could come from school studies in geography or social studies or from a favorite book or movie. Holidays al-so provide great material for the imagination. With the February 15, 2007 dead-line approaching, you are encourag-ed to carefully read the Rules and Guidelines, published in this issue of The Clarion (see pages 7 & 8). Ques-tions? E-mail Marilyn Linde, YCP Chair, at marilynl@bentonrea.com or phone 509-854-1583 (leave message).

Marilyn Linde

Young Composers Workshop Chair WSMTA Chapter of the Year

The Board of Directors has initia-ted a Chapter of the Year award, as announced at the September Leader-ship Seminar. WSMTA has many chapters with wonderful, full pro-grams that benefit teachers and stu-dents as they promote the goals of WSMTA and MTNA. WSMTA would like to recognize those chap-ters. We encourage any chapter to apply for Chapter of the Year. The winning chapter will receive a $300 monetary award. Information and applications are available from Judith Price, Executive Manager. The entry deadline is March 1, 2007.

Marilyn Linde, Education Board

Education Certif ication Corner

During this season of giving and receiving it seems appropriate to re-cognize and thank WSMTA for their generous support of the MTNA Cert-ification Program. Over the past 18 months WSMTA has awarded $1500 to 16 teachers (some shared a grant!) who have submitted their certifica-tion applications. Each of these teachers completed Step I of the cert-ification process which included sup-plying college transcripts or choosing

to take any or all of the Proficiency Exams. They also verified their per-formance competency through a variety of options. Each one submit-ted three letters of reference and vali-dated two years of teaching experi-ence. Some of the teachers have com-pleted the certification process while others are preparing to take Step II: The Certification Examination or Portfolio. Thank you, WSMTA, for encouraging the professionalism of our organization through these gen-erous grants. The following teachers are recipi-ents of the final four Certification Ap-plication Fee Grants:

Tatiana Lanford, Eastside Kelly Walker, Skagit Valley

Joanna Wilson, Skagit Valley Mary Ellen Cavelti, Puyallup Valley

Best wishes to all of you!

WSMTA congratulates this recent-ly certified teacher:

MTNA Professional Certification in Piano

Beverly Hulit, Snohomish

Linda Burger, NCTM WSMTA Certification Chair

dblburger@juno.com 509-487-4346

Student Study Grants

WSMTA’s student study grant program was launched by a single question posed to me in the fall of 2000: "Does your organization do anything for kids who cannot afford lessons?" At that time many of our teachers were participating in Music Link, and for years we had been giv-ing travel grants to our competition winners to help out with their ex-penses as they progressed to the divi-sion and national levels. Yet, we had nothing in place to help those serious students whose families might be in need of financial assistance Our initial efforts to establish a fund that could provide this type of help was our Double Your Dollars campaign in 2001. That spring, stu-dents, teachers, and chapters all over the state rose to the challenge of a matching grant and by the diligent and dedicated efforts of holding ben-efit concerts, practice-a-thons, bake sales, soliciting direct donations, and with the help of the $3,000 matching grant we raised over $8,000. Then, in

June of 2001, WSMTA received a gen-erous bequest from the estate of Lois Whitner, a former WSMTA president and 52-year member, whose hope was that the earnings from her gift could be used to promote music stu-dy by young people. A committee drafted a plan for student study grants both to answer that initial question and to meet the terms of Lois Whitner’s bequest. Approved by our Board of Directors in 2002, our student study grant program was ready. Over time, other memorial gifts have been adding to our scholarship funds: in honor of Jane Moore in 2001, Janet Mooney in 2003, Joan Moody in 2004, and Mary Jane Carter in 2005. Such memorial donations have the double benefit of being a fine way to honor an esteemed col-league and to increase WSMTA’s ability to help students. It has been exciting and gratifying to see our grants grow over the past four years. Our first grant in 2003 was for $500 to a student of piano. In 2004 we gave $1,7000 to students of piano, voice, and strings. In 2005, $2,860 went to students of bass, vio-lin, cello, and piano, and last year we were able to award $3,450 to students of piano, cello, and violin. We can be proud of our four-year total of $8,510 that has been awarded to WSMTA students. February’s Clarion will list the stu-dy grant requirements and deadlines for applicants. Watch for that article. The one bad part of this job as grants chair is writing the letter of denial to a qualified applicant. I look forward to the time when we have enough resources to fund grants to all appli-cants who qualify. The need is there, and I am proud that we are all work-ing to meet it.

Connie Hungate, Chair Grants & Scholarships

MTNA Fellow Award

Washington State would like to give the designation “MTNA Fellow” to Marcile Mack, Emeritus Music fac-ulty of Seattle Pacific University. Marcile was a leader in WSMTA for many years through her work on the WSMTA Education Board, as a regu-lar state adjudicator and workshop presenter. We need to raise $1,000 to give her this award. If you would

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like to contribute, all you need to do is write a check to “MTNA Founda-tion Fund” for any amount. Write “MTNA Fellow Marcile Mack” on the check memo and send it in to MTNA Foundation Fund, 441 Vine St., Ste. 505, Cincinnati, OH 45202.

Enrichment

Arts & A warenessP

Chapter/Community Challenge!

I like to think of the arts as inclu-sive of all of the visual and perform-ing arts. I would really like to hear from every chapter in order to deter-mine how the arts are being support-ed in communities in our state. Thelma McCoy of Port Angeles is the only person who responded to let me know about the arts activities in her community and Sequim. Wow! After reading what she sent to me, I might be ready to move up there.

Music

Symphony: They have both the Port Angeles Symphony and a cham-ber orchestra in addition to the youth orchestra. Opera: a light opera company. Miscellaneous musical groups: many jazz combos, Sequim commun-ity band, men’s gospel singers, wo-men’s vocal chorus, Peninsula cham-ber singers and girls’ choir, water-front outdoor concerts. Two music clubs: “Monday Mus-icale” who gives scholarships to graduating seniors going on in mu-sic. “Tuesday Lunch & Music” fea-turing local talent. Music Contests: Monday Musi-cale, Port Angeles Symphony and WSMTA, of course!

Other Arts

Theater: Port Angeles and Sequim theatre groups in addition to a child-ren’s theatre group and biblical thea-tre. Ballet: productions. Art: lots of outdoor sculpture downtown and several art galleries. There are also various festivals which include the visual arts.

So. . . . . .What does your com-munity do to support the arts? Can you meet or beat the challenge? Let me know.

Mary Jo Wright

Arts and Advocacy Chair 3223 Country Club Rd. N.W.

Olympia, WA 98502 Phone: (360)866-7408

Email:remmy1011@comcast.net

A IMTF Corner A

The 7+1 overlooked Early Piano Concerti

Below is a list of some very im-portant early works of Mozart that you may not know about. These are beautiful works and may be used at an intermediate level or higher. My resources are various internet sites, the editions themselves and the book Music For Piano And Orchestra, An Annotated Guide, Enlarged Edition, Maurice Hinson, Indiana University Press 1993. The first piano concertos that Mozart composed were done under the tutelage of his father Leopold. Rather than have Wolfgang venture in to the deep waters of orchestration on his own at age seven, Leopold had Wolfgang make arrangements, of other composer’s works. These com-posers, such as C. P. E. and J. C. Bach, were well known in their day. Others were close friends of the Mozart family. Maurice Hinson states that “They are by far the easiest of the con-certos and provide excellent prepar-ation for the more mature works.” The first four “K.37, 39, 40, 41 “are arrangements made in Salzburg in 1767 by Wolfgang - put together for Wolfgang’s tours.”

K 37 No. 1, Concerto in F, Hin-son, 15 min., pg. 202. Concerto in F K.37 is an “arrangement of son-ata movements by Raupach and Honauer.” K 39 No. 2, Concerto in B flat, 14-½ min, Hinson, pg. 202. “Ar-rangement of sonata movements by Raupach and Schobert.” K 40 No. 3, Concerto in D, 12 ½ min., July 1767, Hinson, pg. 202. “Arrangement of sonata move-ments by Honauer and Eckart, and C. P. E. Bach.” This concerto

contains two cadenzas, one is by Mozart. K 41 No. 4, Concerto in G 14 ½ min., July 1776, Hinson, pg. 202. “Arrangement of sonata move-ments by Honauer and Raupach--the Andante: one of the finest movements in all four of these early concertos.” The three K 107’s, are available via Schott. Scholars argue over 1770 – 1772 – 1765. These are available for piano and three string parts and can be performed as a piano quartet. After the piano sonatas of Johann Christian Bach, Six sonates pour le clavecin ou le piano forte, Op. 5, composed in London or Holland in 1765. K.107 Concerto in D (No.1) 13 min. The three following con-certos by Johann Christian Bach have been arranged by young Mozart from three piano-sonatas as independent Small Concertos for the piano. It was in London that Mozart received his first great impressions of Bach, and this work arose no doubt spontan-eously as a result of his stay there. He made use of these three com-positions for a long time, at his public concerts.” K 107, Concerto in G (No. 2), 8 min., Allegro, Allegretto (with 4 variations). K 107, Concerto in E ft (No 3), 9-½ min., Allegro, Allegretto (Rondeaux). Plus One. K 175, Concerto in D, 1773, Hinson states “is Mo-zart’s first attempt at a full-scale keyboard concerto.” Of all his concertos, it was the greatest pop-ular success throughout Mozart’s life. He wrote cadenzas for the first and second movements. Hin-son states that “This enchanting work is unjustly neglected and deserves much more perform-ance. It is a definite crowd pleas-er.”

In closing I would encourage us all to be wary of the quick internet descriptions of works such as these that are labeled “Pastiches.” Such unjust titles affixed to pieces may in-fluence people to think that these works are somehow unimportant and what happens is they become overlooked.

Rick Seifert, IMTF Chair

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E e NEW MUSIC e E

Surprises by Linda Niamath, Frederick Harris Music, elem. level, 16 pages, $5.25

This Canadian composer, born in Vancouver, B.C., continues to pro-duce attractive teaching material. There is a lot of happy music in this volume with energetic rhythms, dot-ted notes, and quick tempi. The wonderful illustrations by William Kimber will delight students and teachers alike. The cover (in bright purple, lavender and gold) is of a bear family dancing around the sofa having a party. Some of the teaching elements found in the material are as follows:

Party Hats has clusters in the left hand with a melody which uses treble clef ledger lines. Tickled Pink in the key of A Maj-or has contrary motion and fea-tures contrasting dynamics. Best Friends uses chromatic 5th and 6th chords in the R.H. which accompany a dotted rhythm bass pattern. New Shoes has a left-hand legato melody in half-notes accompanied by right-hand staccato chords. In the last line you will find ledger line bass notes. There is a full page illustration of a mother and child in the shoe department, as-sisted by a clerk--- all well-dress-ed Raccoons! The Puppet Show is written most-ly in treble clef and features ac-cents and staccatos. This piece is in C Major, however each line also contains measures written in the key of D Flat Major. Who Knew? The illustrations de-pict a 7-character puppet show. Pinwheels is written in parallel 6ths. Rainbow, the final piece, ranges hand over hand, over the entire keyboard.

One caveat: this is not a beginner’s book and can be more accurately des-cribed as late elementary material. This collection is descriptive, creative and diverse.

Gladys Bath, NCTM New Music Chair

Local Chapters Chapter Spotlight

Mason County Chapter

With 961 square miles of land (275 of which are in national park or for-est), and 900 miles of shoreline, Ma-son County represents an outdoor playground for nearly every imagin-able activity. Blessed with dramatic scenery, the county’s topography is marked by hills, rivers, lakes, green valleys, and thick forests. Scenic beauty and a variety of outdoor ac-tivities make Mason County a prime tourist destination, with outdoor en-thusiasts flocking by the thousands every summer from Seattle, or travel-ing from as far away as Oregon to ex-plore some of the finest underwater scuba diving in the Pacific North-west. Our Mason County chapter is a small rural chapter with 7 members. Although small in numbers, we are an active chapter. On-going projects in the chapter include a “Play-a-thon” at our local Wal-Mart on De-cember 2. Our students will solicit pledges prior to the Play-a-thon in order to earn money for our chapter. The students enjoy playing the Christmas carols and the shoppers enjoy hearing them play. On February 10, Jee Wong will hold a master class for our students to prepare them for adjudications. Jee was our adjudicator last spring and our teachers and students felt he was very helpful. Adjudications will be held this year on March 16-17 with Amy Grinsteiner. In October, Serena Mackey from Roland presented a workshop to our association members on “Music in the Method.” We enjoyed Serena’s enthusiastic attitude and her innova-tive ideas on teaching. We also en-joyed using the Roland digital pianos for the workshop and seeing the many features that students and teachers can use. On December 4, we will hold our annual Christmas luncheon. In lieu of a gift exchange this year, we have decided to sponsor two children for the Angel Tree Prison ministry. The number one goal of all teach-ers in our group is to produce life-long musicians. Our students play in adjudications, recitals, church,

school, and at nursing homes. We care about our students, mentor them and mentor one another. The mem-bers of our chapter care about one another and we feel that we as teach-ers are making a difference in our student’s lives.

Alice Johansson, President

Mason County Chapter

Tacoma Chapter's Annual "Joy of Piano Trios" Festival

a Resounding Success

Six concerts featuring eighty-nine piano students from eight studios* performed with violinist Janet Utter-back-Peck and cellist Brad Hawkins, all taking place in the Great Hall of Tacoma's Annie Wright School, Oct-ober 20, 21 & 22. Three "Classic Re-citals" featured repertoire from Mc-Spadden trio arrangements of favor-ite sonatinas to Mendelssohn's Trio in D Minor, Op. 49, 1st movement. Three "Trick-or-Treat" Costume Re-citals featured younger students per-forming seasonally appropriate fare, with locally arranged string parts. Each performer received an individ-ual costume award certificate. Ad-mission was complimentary. Ten percent of gross proceeds from "Passing the Hat" at each con-cert was sent to Tacoma based World Vision, designated for their "Third World Clean Water" fund. Special thanks to Prosser Piano & Organ, for providing a beautiful Nordiska grand piano free of charge for the week of rehearsals. A grand time was had by all!

* Teachers represented: Hyesook Ahn, Barbie Anderson-Gonzalez, Mary Den-zer, Andrea Hanks, Sally Nesheim, Ilona Norins, Paul Twedt, & Karen Wiley.

Andrea Hanks, Co-Treasurer

WSMTA Tacoma Chapter