GCMTA News P Romoting Music Education

May 2018

GCMTA News P romoting Music Education

Notes from the President Dear GCMTA,

Just this morning my husband mentioned to me the importance of “finishing well.” I know we have all had the student whose brain seems to vanish the springtime of their graduating year, the parent who seems to forget in May that they have had the same lesson time for nine months, the student who would just rather be playing outside.... We have been the teacher who is counting down the days to the day after the recital! Every season of life has a finish line, every song we play has a potentially polished finish, and every vacation has an ending. With this in mind, be sure to pace yourself in order to have a strong ending. Keep your goals in focus, nurture your body, mind and soul, and stay true to your purpose and you will Finish Well. And remember every good race is followed by a celebration....Enjoy your summer!

- Eva Bone, GCMTA President

Inside this issue… May Luncheon 2 All are invited to attend the Gwinnett Symphony Wind Jr./Sr. Scholarship 2 Orchestra's "Wildflowers" concert to be held on Sunday, Teacher of the Year 3 May 6th, at 7PM at Discovery High School, 1335 Old Student News 3 Norcross Road, Lawrenceville. Auditions 4 Tickets will be available at the door or can be purchased in advance at Music Day 4 https://gwinnettsymphony.tix.com/Event.aspx? Federated Festival 5 EventCode=1009679. GCMTA Programs 6

1 May 2018

May Luncheon SAVE the DATE! GFMC will be Please join us for our celebratory featuring Dr. Pete May Luncheon and recognition of Jutras at its Fall our 2018 Teacher of the Year! The event will be held on Wednesday, Conference meeting on May 16th, at the 1123 House, September 22 at Piano 1123 Dogwood Drive, Snellville. The meeting will begin promptly at 10:00 with presentation of the Teacher of the Year Award and luncheon to follow. Bambinelli’s will cater; the menu includes Chicken Parmesan, Chicken Alfredo, Tossed Salad and Membership Garlic Rolls. Welcome to YULIA SOBOLEVA as one of our newest members! Please RSVP by Friday, May 10th, She lives in Suwanee, teaches voice and has her master’s degree. to [email protected] if you Deb Hughes will be mentoring her. We also have a reinstating plan to attend. The cost is $12 per member joining us: Dr. Mirna Dinovic – Marietta violin teacher. person; please mail your check We are so glad to have these two ladies join us!! Remember that payable to GCMTA to you can RENEW membership now. It takes only seconds if you pay online. I think GCMTA is the best! Pam Asberry, 1737 Mountain Fort Way, Dacula, GA 30019. Also, I need a few volunteers to provide a dessert item; just let me know what you would like to bring. I look forward to celebrating the Jr./Sr. Scholarship conclusion of another successful GCMTA Jr. Sr. Scholarship was held on March 24, 2018, at year with you! PianoWorks, Duluth, GA. 15 students (13 piano, 2 flute) with 9 ~Pam Asberry teachers competed for scholarships. David Watkins was the adjudicator. Families and teachers of the contestants also enjoyed hearing the well prepared performances in the Recital Hall. Congratulations to the students and their teachers!

Yumi Patterson, Jr./Sr. Scholarship Chairperson

Winners of Scholarships

1st place $800 Elise Park, flute, child of Gloria Park Teachers should have received 2nd Place $600 Ken Wong, piano, student of Yumi Patterson all GMTA Theory Tests and 3rd Place $400 Maggie Simmons, piano, student of Yumi Patterson th GATE exams that were taken at 4 Place $200 Yutian Zou, piano, student of Susan Andrews Music Day and at Local Honorable Mentions (all piano) Auditions. If you have not Claudia Coliba, student of Lisa Gaal received your tests, please Brian Compau, student of Cathy Thacker notify Debbie Murphy at Riley Hinson, student of Deb Hughes [email protected]. Jackson Johnston, student of Yumi Patterson Wesley Rains, student of Eva Bone Elise Park, student of Gloria Park 2 May 2018

“Music therapy is the specialized use of music by a Local Auditions credentialed professional who develops individualized treatment and supportive interventions for people of all are confirmed for Piano ages and ability levels to address their social, Works on February 16, 2019. communication, emotional, physical, cognitive, sensory, and spiritual needs.” Georgia Federation of Music Judges will be Dr. David Clubs will award multiple Music Therapy Scholarships in George and Dr. Jeri-Mae May. There are only two institutions who offer this Astolfi. Price will remain the discipline: Georgia College and State University and UGA. It is a rapidly growing field for those who love same as last year. The GATE music and desire to assist others through music. theory testing will be administered at that time, as well.

TEACHER OF THE YEAR GCMTA Student News: Our 2018 GCMTA Teacher of the Year will be Ken Wong, student of Yumi Patterson, announced at the annual spring luncheon on was selected at the State finals to Wednesday, May 16. Make plans to attend as we participate in GHP Program celebrate our honored teacher! (Govenor's Honors Program) in piano. The four week residential program will The GCMTA TOTY Award is given to encourage be in June-July at Berry College, Rome, and reward excellence and effectiveness in teaching & GA. Ken is an 11th grade student at Gwinnett School of Mathematics, to give honor and recognition for service to Science, and Technology. GCMTA. Any member except current officers may be nominated. The officers and the Immediate Past Two vocal students of Debra Hughes President serve as the selection committee. will be traveling to Australia this summer for the National Honors Mary Ann McTier, TOTY chair Choir. These two already sang at Carnegie Hall in February and have been selected to go on to experience the Sydney Opera House: Kaylyn Manlove-Simmons and Remahlia Kormalos. Kaylyn also won Georgia Federation’s Bailey-Cobb Scholarship this year.

Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology selected Shawn Zhu, student of Deb Hughes, to perform the 3rd movement of Mozart’s concerto with the orchestra at the Infinity Energy Center this past Contact Nora Martin at month. 770-861-4283 for more information.

3 May 2018 Auditions GCMTA's Music Day Congratulations to the following students and teachers from Gwinnett County Music Teachers Association who received recognition at the Competition is scheduled Georgia Music Teachers Association State Auditions! Students in Pre- for Saturday, November College Piano had to pass a theory test and win at Local and Regional 10th, 2018! Now is the Auditions in order to compete at State Auditions. GMTA State Auditions time to start choosing were held at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of literature and preparing Georgia on April 7 and April 21, 2018. your students for a successful performing - Caty Thacker, NCTM, VP of GMTA Auditions experience! Piano Grade 4 Harry Kim, student of Yoonmi Choi, Outstanding Performer Members will be notified Jessica Han, student of Aza Boguslavskiy, Honorable Mention once online registration is opened- probably in Piano Grade 5 August or early Abigal Marley, student of Jean Mann, NCTM, Outstanding Performer September. Piano Grade 6 Gavin Lee, student of Junghee Lee, Honorable Mention Online Registration will be closing Saturday, Piano Grade 8 October 6th, and all Daniel Noelle, student of Marcia Rygh, Award of Excellence checks must be postmarked no later than Piano Grade 9 October 9th. Tina Le, student of Cathy Thacker, NCTM, Honorable Mention Piano Grade 10 Check the GCMTA Vicky Yu, student of Gloria Park, Award of Excellence website for more details. Piano Grade 11 Matthew Tzou, student of Kathryn Dawal, Award of Excellence Ricky Yoo, student of Mijung Jin, Honorable Mention

Piano Grade 12 Riley Hinson, student of Debra Hughes, NCTM, Honorable Mention

Instrumental Concerto Claire Hong, student of Mirna Dinovic, Honorable Mention Retired GCMTA member Bonnie Bowen Brandon Lee, student of Mirna Dinovic, Honorable Mention donated a large quantity of books and sheet music to our chapter prior to leaving Strings/Guitar Grades 2/3 the area. Some was taken at the January Elizabeth Englhardt, student of Kathryn Dawal, Honorable Mention meeting but there is still a lot left! So I will Strings/Guitar Grades 4/5 bring it again to the May meeting. Take Hyunbin Moon, student of Mirna Dinovic, Outstanding Performer- what you can use in exchange for a Conference Recitalist donation of any size; make checks payable to the MTNA Benevolence Fund. If Strings/Guitar Grades 6/7 you took music in January and haven’t Brandon Lee, student of Mirna Dinovic, Outstanding Performer-1st made payment yet, the May meeting is the Alternate deadline to do so. Don’t miss this opportunity to build your music library AND contribute to a worthy cause!

4 Central District Festival May 2018 Many thanks to the fantastic teachers and judges at the Central Federated Festival. Our event was held on March 10th at Hebron Baptist Church in Dacula. We had almost 300 students in piano solo, concerto, piano duet, hymn playing, guitar, and voice. Of those participating, we had 214 Superiors, 10 Excellents, and 3 Satisfactories. 30 students took the Theory Test.

I want to thank the Central teachers who did a great job before and during the event in helping everything run smoothly and for great positive attitudes and smiling faces!

Julie Soh Harbin was the high school adjudicator, and these are the winners from that competition.

1st Place HS: Christian Michael Hui – student of Jean Mann 2nd Place HS: Mechelle Chen – student of Mary Ann McTier 3rd Place HS: Andrew Stephenson – student of Pam Asberry

Honorable mentions: Brandon Eric Hui – student of Jean Mann Sophia Kagansky – student of Pam Asberry

Central Federated Festival will be held on February 23, 2019, at Hebron Baptist Church.

The date for 2019 West Gwinnett Federation Festival is Feb. 23, 2019, at Berean Baptist Church.

5 GCMTA Programs 2018-2019 May 2018

We have a terrific line-up of presenters and programs for the upcoming academic year! Further details will be available on the website in August.

September 26, 2018 Grace Bible Church, Lawrencevile 9:45AM Dr. Benjamin Warsaw Program TBD

October 24, 2018 Grace Bible Church, Lawrencevile 9:45AM Albums for the Young (and Young at Heart) Dr. Grace Huang For centuries composers have written collections titled “Album for the Young,” “Music for Children,” or “Children’s Pieces” for the early to late-intermediate piano student. Some of these collections are well-known and still popular in performance today; others are more “off the beaten path” but every bit as well-written and imaginative, and will engage younger and older students alike. Teachers seeking effective music for recitals, festivals, and auditions will enjoy exploring this diverse collection of 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st century works by Beach, Previn, Gurlitt, Bloch, Casella, and others.

November 14, 2018 Grace Bible Church, Lawrencevile 9:45AM Dr. Thomas Martin Wubbenhorst Personality Characteristics of Music Educators and Performers The results of Wubbenhorst’s published studies have been cited in hundreds of articles and books and indicate that musicians who are educators and musicians who are performers may be more alike than different with regard to personality type and psychological androgyny. In this session we will identify our individual characteristics and explore how these manifest in our teaching styles.

January 23, 2019 1123 House, Snelvile Grace Bible Church, Lawrencevile 9:45AM January Brunch Yumi Patterson, Cathy Thacker and Pam Asberry William Gillock Association USA

February 27, 2019 Grace Bible Church, Lawrencevile 9:45AM Dr. Robert Henry Practicing Like a Pro Is it really possible to learn a piece in an hour, as did Rachmaninoff with Scriabin’s Opus 42 Etude in C-sharp minor? If so, how is this accomplished? What is the ideal practice session? How long should a musician practice? How many times should one repeat something? What should a musician be accomplishing? Is slow practice really important? What does the latest research in neuroscience tell us about learning? These questions and more are answered in this most invaluable presentation.

March 27, 2019 Grace Bible Church, Lawrencevile 9:45AM Dr. Alex Wasserman Master Class

May 15, 2019 1123 House, Snelvile 9:45AM May Luncheon Teacher of the Year 6