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N E W S L E T T E R Fall 2012

NMC to Honor Theodore Legislative Memo: Arts and Bikel. Judy Collins, and PaulN EArts WEducation S IssuesL E in theT Shaffer with 2012 American Democratic and Republican Eagle Awards Party Platforms T E R Annual Membership Meeting and Leadership in Music Symposium to be held N E W S L E T November 27th

The National Music Council will host itsT E R 30th Annual American Eagle Awards Luncheon on November 27th at New York City’s Hard Rock Café. This year’s American Eagle honorees include N E W S L E T Theodore Bikel, Judy Collins, and Paul With the focus on the November 6 Shaffer. Additional awards will be given presidential election, the National to children’s television innovator SonnyT EAssociation R for Music Education Fox and Cracker Barrel Old Country (NAfME) studied the Democratic and Stores. Republican platforms to see what they say (or don’t say) about arts and The Council’s Annual Membership education reform. Chris Woodside, Meeting will precede the awards assistant executive director for luncheon at 9:30 am. The annual advocacy and public affairs at NAfME, Leadership in Music Symposium will cautions, however, that “party platforms feature this year’s honorees and begin are, to a large extent, convention at 10:45 in the Hard Rock Café’s New ‘window dressing,’ and they often do not York Room. accurately reflect the views of the nominees. Nevertheless, they are a For the first time, the symposium and legitimate jumping off point for gaining a awards ceremonies will be webcast for better understanding of each party’s worldwide viewing. Click here for general analysis of the issues.” additional information on the honorees tickets, and sponsorship opportunities. Woodside’s assessment of the two “requiring a super-majority for platforms from an arts education and any tax increase, with exceptions education standpoint is as follows: for only war and national emergencies, and imposing a cap The Democratic Platform limiting spending to the historical • A significant portion of the average percentage of GDP so Platform is devoted to discussing that future Congresses cannot investment in education. STEM, balance the budget by raising Pell, and affordable education are taxes.” all themes that are prioritized. • On sequestration, no mention • The Democratic Platform whatsoever is made of the impact includes the following statement that these cuts will have on on arts and culture: “Democrats nondefense programs, including are proud of our support for arts education funding. The Platform funding and education. We are calls for eliminating the defense committed to continuing the sequester, but nothing more: policies and programs that have “Sequestration—which is severe, already done so much for our automatic, across-the-board cuts creative arts industry and in defense spending over the economy. Investment in the arts next decade—of the nation’s strengthens our communities and military budget would be a contributes to our nation’s rich disaster for national security, cultural heritage. We will imperiling the safety of our continue to support public funding servicemen and women, for the National Endowment for accelerating the decline of our the Arts, for the National nation’s defense industrial base, Endowment for the Humanities, and resulting in the layoff of more and for programs providing art than one million skilled workers. and music education in primary Opposition to sequester is and secondary schools. The bipartisan; even the current entire nation prospers when we Secretary of Defense has said protect and promote the unique the cuts will be devastating to and original artistic and cultural America’s military. Yet the contributions of the women and current President supported men who create and preserve our sequestration, signed it into law, nation’s heritage.” and has threatened to veto Republican efforts to prevent it.” Read the Democratic Platform • STEM learning is prioritized throughout the education content The Republican Platform of the Platform (a similarity • The Platform calls for “Reining in between the GOP and DNC Out-of-Control Spending, platforms); however, the arts are Balancing the Budget, and not mentioned. Ensuring Sound Monetary Policy.” It also continues to Read the Republican Platform support a call for a balanced budget constitutional amendment

2 The NAfME Advocacy and Public Affairs balanced, and also include music staff will monitor education and arts education. issues during the U.S. Presidential The benefits of a high-quality classroom campaign this fall. Follow those and music experience are boundless: other developments. • The intellectual and technical Roz Fehr, NAfME managing editor for skills developed through music news, September 13, 2012. © National education lead to more Association for Music Education comprehensive brain (NAfME.org) development, which contributes to academic achievement in other areas, such as math and Music Education: Core to reading; Orchestrating Success • The honing of self expression and creativity, which not only A Statement on the Importance of helps keep students in school but Maintaining Classroom Music in also motivates them to work America’s Schools from The Music harder in other classes and Education Policy Roundtable assists them with becoming more actively involved in the As America prepares to elect its next community as adults; President and Congress, the providers • Performance opportunities that and supporters of sequential, standards- encourage and nurture lifelong based music education encourage all connections and an appreciation policymakers to maintain a strong for the arts; educational foundation for student success in our schools. Music • Enhanced teamwork prowess, education is an important element of discipline, and problem solving comprehensive education, as skills, all of which aid in molding recognized in federal education better employees and citizens; legislation. The Music Education Policy and Roundtable remains committed to • A profoundly positive influence protecting and growing music programs on students in disadvantaged in our nation’s schools. communities. With record deficits at national and state levels, music educators understand the The “hollowing out” of school music difficulties elected officials and programs and declining access to music administrators face in maintaining the education for our neediest students proper curricular balance in the poses a serious threat to the American classroom. During a time of increased education experience. In response, The focus on the implementation of math Music Education Policy Roundtable and reading score-based accountability made public its Legislative Agenda. We systems, teacher evaluation reform, and encourage its wide dissemination. charter school growth, however, it is When Congress returns in 2013, The more important than ever that the Roundtable will be ready and willing to national education conversation remain engage both majority and minority leaderships in dialogue focused upon

3 new ways to join together in tackling the first to examine financial resources for challenges facing the future of music music education beyond staffing levels. education. Research such as this can inform budget and policy debates over support Working with our country’s leadership, for music and the arts, while districts the members of The Music Education weigh the costs and benefits of cutting Policy Roundtable believe that funding. collaborating on a new education agenda, one in which policymakers are To investigate this issue further, mindful of all core components required Fermanich’s study focused on a school to produce a successful classroom district which served over 70,000 learning experience, is imperative. students during the 2009-2010 school America’s music educators look forward year. The district includes urban, to tackling this challenge, while suburban and rural schools with a total continuing to orchestrate success for district budget of $853 million. From that students all across the nation! $13.9 million was allocated to music education representing 1.6% percent of total district expenditures. The sample Study First to Detail the school district is moderately diverse with Costs of Comprehensive 25% minority students and 25% of the Music Education student population designated eligible for Title 1 funds available for low-income families. Participation in elective music NAMM Foundation-funded research programs in the district’s middle and shows cost averages $187 per high school levels mirror the district’s student annually for K-12 music demographics, with minorities equally as education programs likely as whites to participate.

A first-of-its-kind study outlines the “This study sheds light on the true costs actual costs of a comprehensive K-12 of a comprehensive music education,” music education program. The research, said Fermanich, a Research Associate funded by the National Association of at the University of Colorado - Denver. Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation’s “It also asks school districts to carefully Sounds of Learning research initiative, assess the effects of ‘cutting’ music calculates a cost for music education education programs as they seek to averaging $187 per student annually in reduce expenditures or re-allocate funds the sample school district. away from the arts to tested subjects that are measured for accountability Mark L. Fermanich of the Center for purposes.” Education Policy Analysis in the School of Public Affairs, now part of Based on total enrollment, the study the Buechner Institute for Governance in reveals that the music education costs the School of Public Affairs at the average $187 per student annually. University of Colorado - Denver Costs averaged $195 per student at the conducted the in-depth case study of elementary level (grades 1-5) where spending for music programs in a large general music, a 45-minute music class school district. The study, first published per three-day cycle, is mandatory. Per in Journal of Education Finance, is the

4 student spending in middle school subjects that are not assessed for state averaged $189 and $143 in high school, accountability purposes. But research as music instruction is elective at the suggests involvement in music secondary level. programs may keep kids in school and boost success in other academic The school district examined in this subjects, particularly in math (Deasy study is committed to a robust music 2002; Fiske 1999; Helmrich 2010). The program with general music and public also supports arts education with instrumental music offerings for all 93% of Americans responding that the grades. The principals and teachers arts are essential for providing students surveyed in the study placed a high with a well-rounded education. value on music’s benefits to their students and their schools. In addition to “This study represents only a first step,” universal elementary music said Fermanich. “Much more can be participation, the study found that over learned through more complete 50 percent of students in middle school research into financing and resource and high school participate in elective uses of music and other arts programs.” band, choir and orchestra offerings. The study also found that these core education funds gave these schools better access to quality music Music Making Helps Boomers instruction. Additionally, participation in Stay In the Groove school music programs correlated to lowered drop out rates and higher NAMM’s music making activities during school engagement. Life @50+, the AARP National Event & Expo in New Orleans show how music “School districts are facing tough helps to maintain the brain throughout choices as state and local education life funding is strained. NAMM encourages school districts to consider the many benefits of music education in comparison to the relatively low cost within the overall budget as revealed by this study,” said Joe Lamond, president and CEO of NAMM. “We cannot sell a child’s education short for what are pennies on the dollar. Music education is among the best investments we can make in our schools and for our children.” New Orleans, LA, September 19, 2012—With growing research evidence The combined forces of national high supporting music’s beneficial impact on stakes accountability with the passage the brain, leading advocates for healthy of the federal No Child Left Behind aging are encouraging past and present (NCLB) law (20 U.S.C. §6301, 2001) musicians to stick with their instruments and the ongoing budget crisis have led or recommit to learning one. The school districts to reduce funding for therapeutic power of music will be put to

5 the test this weekend (Sept. 20-22) at strengthen the aging brain. Scientists at Life @50+, the AARP National Event & Northwestern University’s Auditory Expo in New Orleans, as the conference Neuroscience Laboratory found that opens with a drum circle, attendees stop continuing to play music or take lessons into the music making pavilion that will functions as a sort of physical workout run throughout the show, and with the for the brain. The resulting “auditory closing session that will feature the fitness” can help us as we age to positive effects that music making has perceive speech and recognize sounds on the brain. in noisy environments.

To demonstrate the interplay of rhythm Playing music also has been shown to on brain function, Mickey Hart, the help compensate for age-related longtime Grateful Dead percussionist cognitive decline. A 2011 study by and Trustee of American Folk Life Brenda Hanna-Pladdy, a Center, Library of Congress, will neuropsychologist at the Emory headline the closing session at AARP University School of Medicine with neurologist Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Department of Neurology, confirmed Ph.D., a professor at the University of that individuals with at least 10 years of California, San Francisco. Dr. Gazzaley instrumental musical training helped has extensively studied how the brain preserve cognitive benefits, including handles memory, attention and aging. memory, as they aged. The Life’s Rhythms Reimagined featured session will be held from 2 to While Hanna-Pladdy’s study looked at 3:30 p.m., Saturday at the Ernest N. the later-in-life benefits of having Morial Convention Center. learned a musical instrument as a child, her findings also suggest that it’s never The interactive panel’s rhythm and brain too late to get involved in making music. health experts aim to “bang the drum” Playing music in advanced age is also for additional research on the positive associated with maintaining visuospatial interplay between music and cognitive judgment and the ability to interpret and health. Introduced by Mary Luehrsen retain what one sees. from the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), Saturday’s panel is a must-see feature at the annual AARP Musical America Releases member conference. Visa Guide for Visiting Artists NAMM also supports one of the most popular events at the AARP conference Musical American has recently released -- a hands-on music-making pavilion U.S. visas for visiting artists: How to that includes an invigorating rhythm navigate the maze experience that will “drum” home the importance of music making to maintain The study surveyed managers, a healthy brain throughout life. presenters, lawyers and the U.S. government to find out how to speed Hart and Gazzaley’s session reinforces this sometimes overwhelming process. recent studies that show how playing a The guide focuses on the proven musical instrument can exercise and methods for success:

6 preview the latest instruments, products ♦ The realistic visa application timeline and tools relevant to today’s music ♦ What performing groups need for P-1 classrooms. visas ♦ The best way to get a visa for an “Now in its sixth year, Music Education unknown artist Days continues to celebrate and support music educators in their very important ♦ Application tips from USCIS & the role of inspiring children to learn to play U.S. State Dept. music,” said Mary Luehrsen, executive

director of the NAMM Foundation. “This Download the Free Special Report event brings together music education

professionals to network with the industry and each other, but it also NAMM Foundation Invites offers tools to create even better music Music Teachers and School programs in their districts.” Administrators to Attend "Music Education Days" at Music Education Days will again feature the 2013 NAMM Show inspiring musical performances each morning beginning at 9:30, followed by session briefings and program highlights. Afternoon breakout sessions will cover topics for music educators ranging from “How to Start a Mariachi Program” and “Technology for Music Educators” to “Adding Group Guitar to Your Program” and “Top 10 Tips for Music Teacher Success.” In addition to networking and reviewing best practices, teachers will have the opportunity to explore miles of new music product displays and examine new products and technologies they can Carlsbad, CA, October 1, 2012—The use in their schools. National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) invites music Registration for Music Education Days is educators and school administrators $25 per person from Oct.17, 2012 until from across the country to Anaheim, Jan. 3, 2013, and $50 per person from Calif. to experience NAMM’s “Music Jan. 4-23, 2013. There will be no Education Days.” The sixth annual event registration onsite. Music educators can will be held January 26-27 at the 2013 RSVP here before Jan. 3, 2013 to NAMM Show. receive an invitation.

Hosted by the NAMM Foundation, music About The NAMM Foundation educators and school administrators will The NAMM Foundation is a nonprofit have access to NAMM’s premier organization with the mission of industry-only music product trade show, advancing active participation in music- where they will have an opportunity to making across the lifespan by

7 supporting scientific research, increase participation. Recent new philanthropic giving and public service members are Norman Spivey and programs from the international music Katherine Ciesinski. products industry. For more information about the NAMM Foundation, visit www.nammfoundation.org. ASCAP

ASCAP Music Chosen for Library of Congress National Registry

Last May, the Library of Congress announced 25 new additions to the National Recording Registry, and ASCAP members are among those with musical works being selected for the esteemed collection. These include MEMBER REPORTS Prince and the Revolution’s Purple Rain, a live recording of The Grateful Dead’s 1977 concert at Cornell’s Barton Hall, AATS Donna Summer’s "I Feel Love" and Leonard Bernstein’s 1943 debut with the The American Academy of Teachers of New York Philharmonic. Other ASCAP Singing meets five times a year in New members selected for their notable York City to discuss opinion papers. The performances are Parliament and Stan last year was devoted to Keeping Music Kenton and His Orchestra. in the Schools: Advocating for the Arts as Core Curriculum, an issue of great The 13th Annual ASCAP Concert importance in 2012. The members of Music Awards Held in NYC the Academy believe that all children should have the opportunity to The 13th annual ASCAP Concert Music participate in musical activities and Awards were held in May at Merkin receive music education from highly Concert Hall at the Kaufman Center in qualified and inspired teachers. The New York City. ASCAP member, paper was presented at the NATS composer, musician, and author Peter Conference in Orlando and can be read Schickele hosted the invitation-only in its entirety at the Academy website: event, which recognized the www.americanacademyofteachersofsing achievements of ASCAP’s 2012 Concert ing.org.. Readers are invited to post Music Honorees who represent the comments through the moderator. diverse aesthetic spectrum of the Papers written by the Academy are concert music world. These honorees available for the use of other authors as included George Walker, Roulette, long as there is an acknowledgement of Bridge Records, Delta David Gier, the source. Kathleen Supové and 21 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award The Academy is implementing online recipients. conferencing to accommodate members outside the New York area in order to

8 ASCAP "Adventurous Programming" new program entitled CULTIVATE, Awards Presented at League of directed by composer and Copland American Orchestras and Chorus House founding clarinetist Derek America Conferences Bermel. CULTIVATE was conceived of as a creative workshop and mentoring This past June, ASCAP presented 24 program dedicated to developing the awards to orchestras which have talents of exceptionally gifted American demonstrated exceptional commitment composers in the initial stages of their to contemporary composers, including professional careers. the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Songwriter/Producer Alonzo "Zo" Lee Minnesota Orchestra and the San Records with Students in St. Louis Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. Awards were presented to four choral As a part of the ASCAP Songwriter ensembles – San Francisco Choral Residency @ America SCORES, a Artists, Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble, mentorship program funded by The Piedmont-East Bay Children’s Choir, ASCAP Foundation that provides a and Coro Allegro – for prominently platform for songwriters to engage and featuring music written within the past inspire elementary and middle school 25 years during the 2011-2012 concert students in under-resourced season. neighborhoods, Grammy Award-winning songwriter and producer Alonzo “Zo” The ASCAP Foundation "Sunlight of Lee (Ludacris, Britney Spears) recorded the Spirit" Award Made Possible by a song with the students of America Mariana and Paul Williams SCORES St. Louis. The song, “I Believe In Me,” was written and produced by Zo, ASCAP Foundation President Paul Tendai for The Trak Starz/Starz Angels Williams and his wife Mariana have and America SCORES students from 14 established The ASCAP Foundation cities across the nation. It features "Sunlight of the Spirit" Award to be Psalm One, Flo and the America presented to an individual who is SCORES St. Louis students. exemplary in recovery and in music creativity. The inaugural presentation of 44th Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor the scholarship will be made by Paul Awards Announced and Mariana on December 12th at the annual ASCAP Foundation Awards ASCAP has announced the winners of Ceremony held in New York City. the 44th Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards for outstanding print, broadcast The ASCAP Foundation and Copland and new media coverage of music. The House Inaugurate Emerging winners, including Blues music Composers Institute program Beale Street Caravan and Chorus America, will be honored at a This summer, Copland House, with special invitation-only ceremony and major support from The ASCAP reception on Wednesday, November Foundation, successfully inaugurated a 14th at ASCAP’s New York offices. new Emerging Composers Institute. Five gifted young composers participated in the launch of this exciting 9 ASCAP Invades the 35th Mill Valley ASCAP Rocks CMJ at The Canal Film Festival Room

ASCAP was proud to produce the first- ASCAP held its annual showcase as ever Mill Valley ASCAP Music Café, a part of the CMJ Music Festival on series of music showcases at this year’s Wednesday, October 17th featuring Mill Valley Film Festival, one of the bands from across the musical spectrum longest-running and influential film and around the country, including festivals for independent and world Monsters Calling Home, Air Traffic cinema in the country. John Doe, Controller and Gemini Club. Pomplamoose, Robert Schwartzman, 2AM Club and more all brought their unique flavor to the 3-day event. ASCAP Celebrates Women Behind the Music ASCAP Launches ASCAP OnStage ASCAP kicked off its 4th annual ASCAP ASCAP announced the launch of Presents… Women Behind the Music in ASCAP OnStage, a new addition to October at the swanky New York club ASCAP's public performance survey. Tenjune. The series is designed to This new program provides ASCAP encourage and recognize women in the members an opportunity to receive music community, highlighting not only royalties when their music is performed women songwriters and artists, but live at venues of all sizes throughout the women working in all facets of the country. With ASCAP OnStage, writer business, including managers, members can notify ASCAP of live attorneys, label executives and music performances of their work with just a publishers. Events were also held in Los few basic details and a list of the Angeles and Atlanta. performed songs. A royalty, based upon venue license fees, is then distributed to Songwriting Retreat Gives Vets New the writers and publishers of the songs Outlet for Stories of War as part of their quarterly ASCAP distribution. The ASCAP Foundation and Bob Woodruff Foundation partnered with ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO Pre- U.S. Songwriter Darden Smith in Sale Announced presenting Songwriting With: Soldiers, a new collaborative program initiated with The eighth annual ASCAP "I Create the goal of providing stress relief for Music" EXPO will take place April 18th – returning U.S. veterans of Iraq and 20th, 2013 in Los Angeles, CA at the Afghanistan suffering from Post Loews Hollywood Hotel (formerly called Traumatic Stress (PTS) and traumatic the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel). brain injuries. Ten former military Registration will open on November 1st, servicemen and women had a unique but a Pre-Sale via the ASCAP EXPO opportunity to share their stories with Twitter (@ascapexpo) and Facebook professional songwriters during the pages (www.facebook.com/ascap) will retreat at the Cedarbrake Renewal be held on October 30th and 31st. Center in Belton, Texas, from October 26th-28th, 2012.

10 The Chopin Foundation of the In December, the Karkowska Sisters United States Duo presented a highly entertaining and educational program, “Virtuosity th The Chopin Foundation of the United - Chopin and the 19 Century Paris,” States is a national non-profit with Kasia, piano and Ania, violin. organization based in Miami, whose In January 2012, we presented mission is to support young talented three outstanding 2011 Chopin musicians, and make classical music Scholarship recipients: 15-year-old accessible to the general public. We Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner, 17-year- present programs locally in South old Drew Petersen (both studying at Florida, and nationally and Juilliard) and 18-year-old Kate Liu internationally in partnership with other (just accepted to Curtis); charming musical organizations and presenters. and accomplished teenagers all, The Chopin Foundation is a member of they wowed the audience with their the International Federation of Chopin youthful bravura. Societies. In February, Kinga Augustyn, violin The 2011-2012 season of the Chopin and Magdalena Baczewska, piano, Foundation has been truly exciting in its performed a beautiful valentine of a eclectic showcase of concerts and in its program called “The Romantic global reach. We are also pleased to Violin.” report that our “Chopin for All” FREE Concert Series, initiated in 1996, has In March, our annual Young Pianists been more successful than ever. Concerts featured 31 of South Attendance at both venues is Florida’s best young local pianists, impressive, and continues to grow, ages 9-17, as recommended by local season after season. Our salon-style music teachers; 15 young pianists Membership Concerts at La Gorce performed in Broward and 16 in Country Club in Miami Beach enjoyed Coral Gables in an all-Chopin an average attendance of 140 per program, leaving audiences concert. astounded at the caliber of playing. In April, an outstanding 24-year old 1. The “Chopin for All” FREE Concert American pianist, Sara Daneshpour, Series in South Florida consisted of enchanted the audience with her seven monthly concerts, each verve and virtuosity, and presented twice: on Saturdays at the Broward County Main Library in Fort In May, in a real Grand Finale, 19- Lauderdale and on the following year-old Nikolay Khozyainov from Sundays at Granada Presbyterian Russia, the youngest finalist of the Church in Coral Gables. The series 2010 Int’l Chopin Competition who opened in November 2011 with came to us fresh from taking First Eduard Kunz, a phenomenal young Prize at the 2012 Dublin International Russian pianist who came to us via Competition just days before, the Winners’ Exchange Program with concluded the season and left the International Paderewski Piano audiences breathless, clamoring for Competition. more, and declaring him a superstar.

11 2. The Membership Series of salon- and Atmospheric Science, we style concerts this season presented presented an American rising star of three Masters of the Piano, all jurors the cello, Jonah Kim, accompanied of the 2010 National Chopin Piano on piano by Geoffrey Loff, a doctoral Competition. The Chairman of the student at UM/Frost School of Music. Jury, Agustin Anievas, opened the On February 17, in collaboration series on November 11, 2011; Tian with the City of Sunrise, “The Ying, faculty member at the Frost Romantic Violin” concert with Kinga School of Music, was featured on Augustyn and Magdalena February 26, 2012; and an exquisite Baczewska was presented at the concert by Juana Zayas closed this Sunrise Civic Center. elegant series on April 15. All concerts were held at La Gorce 5. In March 2012, at the Annual Country Club in Miami Beach. Conference of the Music Teachers National Association, the Chopin 3. The Scholarship Program this year Foundation for the first time awarded brought in 20 applications from Chopin Prizes, of $500, $1,000 and young pianists ages 14 to 17 years $1,500, to three young pianists, in old. The Scholarship Committee three age categories. The top winner selected eight full ($1,000) of the 2012 MTNA Chopin Prize, Yi- scholarships in all four-year Yang Chen, will be presented in this categories, and four half ($500) season’s “Chopin for All” FREE awards to first-year promising Concert Series. The Chopin applicants, as encouragement to Foundation will continue these continue their studies. awards for years to come, thus encouraging young piano students 4. Collaborative and Special Events. from all over the country to study the This season was very special for us, music of Frederic Chopin. as it included two appearances by the electrifying, internationally 6. Two issues of our semi-annual renowned pianist Claire Huangci, magazine Polonaise, Fall 2011 and Winner of our 2010 National Chopin Spring 2012, were published and Piano Competition. She started our distributed this season. For each season with a collaborative concert edition, 3,500 copies were mailed to as part of Festival Miami on October schools of music and music 9, 2011, performing Rachmaninoff’s teachers, as well as to our partners, Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Frost members, Chopin Societies and Symphony Orchestra, Thomas selected music organizations around Sleeper conducting, to a sold-out the world, and young pianists across concert hall, and returned to South the USA. Florida on April 1, 2012, to perform Saint-Saens’ Piano Concerto No. 2 7. International Involvement. In in G Minor, Op. 22, with the Boca November 2011, the American First Raton Symphonia led by Philippe Prize Winner of our 2010 National Entremont. Chopin Competition, Claire Huangci, In between, on January 29, 2012, in performed in Poland, as part of our collaboration with the University of Winners Exchange Program with Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine both the Paderewski International 12 Competition and the National Delta Omicron International Institute of Fryderyk Chopin in Music Fraternity Warsaw. In exchange, we presented in South Florida two internationals: Delta Omicron International Music the First Prize Winner of the 2010 Fraternity welcomed a new National International Paderewski Patron. Dr. Nickitas Demos, Professor Competition, Eduard Kunz, and the of Composition and Coordinator of youngest finalist of the 2010 Composition Studies at the Georgia International Chopin Competition, State University School of Music, was Nikolay Khozyainov, both from inducted in Lexington, Kentucky at the Russia. Claire toured Poland again Delta Omicron Triennial Conference by last September, performing five Jennifer A. Klafeta, International concerts in Warsaw, Lodz and within President. The induction occurred after the Chopin Festival in Antonin. the premier of his Delta Omicron Foundation Thor Johnson In August 2012, Jadwiga Gewert, Commissioned piece “Rites of Executive Director of the Chopin Passage.” Foundation, represented the USA Chopin Societies at the meeting of the Delta Delta Chapter was reactivated on Board of Directors of the International April 22, 2012 on the campus of the Federation of Chopin Societies in Georgetown College, Georgetown, Gaming, Austria. Kentucky. Presiding at the installation of the chapter was Ann Jones, Past International President. The Conductors Guild Delta Omicron International Music The Conductors Guild will hold its next Fraternity’s mission is to promote and annual conference June 15-18, 2013 support music and musicianship. The at the St. Louis Union Station Marriott. Fraternity was founded in 1909 at the The next Conductor Training Workshop Cincinnati Conservatory of Music by will be hosted by the Virginia Symphony three undergraduate students. It is the Orchestra at Regent University in only music organization of its kind Norfolk, Virginia, December 18-20 with founded by students for students. With JoAnn Falletta and Jorge Mester. The over 28,000 initiated members, the fifth annual Frederick Fennell Memorial Fraternity strives to develop professional Conducting Masterclass will be held at competency and musical achievement the Eastman School of Music February among its members and is an 7-9, 2013. This coincides with the 60th outstanding service organization. The anniversary of the Eastman Wind Fraternity and its affiliated Foundation Ensemble and will include a special award summer scholarships and anniversary concert with workshop educational grants annually to selected faculty members Donald Hunsberger, alumni and collegiate members and an Mark Scatterday and Michael Votta Jr. annual scholarship to Interlochen. More information is available on Annual rotating grants are awarded to www.conductorsguild.org. chapters for use in the community or campus. The Delta Omicron Foundation sponsors the Delta Omicron Studio at

13 the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, the teaching approach to obtain the New Hampshire and has seat designation. Upon completion of endowments at the Metropolitan Opera, requirements, applicants are granted the Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center designation MTNA RMM Specialist or for the Performing Arts. Fraternity MTNA Group Teaching Specialist. information may be accessed at www.delta-omicron.org. 2012 MTNA Collegiate Chapters Piano Pedagogy Symposium The second MTNA Collegiate Chapters Piano Pedagogy Symposium will be MTNA held November 3–4, at the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music Teachers National Association Music. The Symposium is designed to continues to develop new programs and further promote communication, initiatives to meet the needs of its fellowship and collaboration among independent and collegiate teacher future music professionals. membership and further the value of music study nationwide. Activities and 2013 MTNA National Conference new initiatives include: The 2013 MTNA National Conference will be held March 9–13, in Anaheim, MTNA Hosts Music Teaching California. Highlights of the conference Professionals from Iraq include recitals by the Ahn Trio and the MTNA hosted a group of music teaching Anderson & Roe Piano Duo. Nearly professionals from Iraq to national 2,000 teachers, exhibitors and student headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, on competitors are expected to attend this September 7, 2012, as part of the event. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program. Their program is arranged by the Institute of NFMC International Education (IIE). The visitors were studying music education The 57th Biennial Convention of the in the public and private sectors in National Federation of Music Clubs will communities in the United States. be held at the Hyatt Regency Greenville, Greenville, SC on June 25-29, 2013. Recreational Music Making and The Biennial Young Artist Competition Group Piano Specialist Program will also be held at the Hyatt Regency in The newly created MTNA Specialist Greenville, June 24-26, 2013. The Program provides music teachers an concert featuring the winners will be on opportunity to obtain a designation as a June 27. Management of the winners teaching specialist in the areas of RMM will begin immediately and winners will (Recreational Music Making) and/or be featured throughout the United Group Piano. The Specialist States during the 2013-2015 biennium. designation demonstrates to the public, The preliminary judging of the NFMC employers, and peers that a teacher has Ellis Duo-Piano Competition is currently devoted special attention to a particular underway with a semi-finalist teaching approach and has determination being made by December demonstrated specific understanding of 10, 2012. The finals are scheduled for

14 June 5-6, 2013 at Belhaven University in exhibitions. They provide instruction in Jackson, MS. The Ellis winners will also urban, suburban and rural communities be managed by NFMC. in 45 states and include a diverse network of community arts education The NFMC website has been updated providers including community schools and you can find current information by of the arts, arts and cultural centers, and clicking on www.nfmc-music.org. NFMC arts education divisions of performing Headquarters are in Greenwood, IN. arts organizations, museums, park and The 32nd President is Carolyn C recreation departments, local arts Nelson; she resides in Fargo, North councils and other organizations. Dakota. Current national initiatives and partnerships include the MetLife Foundation Partners in Arts Education National Guild for Program, the Creative Aging Initiative Community Arts Education and Engaging Adolescents Initiatives, and the Community Arts Education Leadership Institute. Major initiatives in National Guild Turns 75: Celebrating its history have included Creative the Past, Embracing the Future Communities—a $4.65 million, multi- year collaboration with the NEA and the Founded in 1937, the National Guild for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Community Arts Education is Development—and the New Arts celebrating its 75th year as the leading Schools and Centers program, for which service organization for community arts the National Guild received a 1995 NEA education providers in the United Challenge Grant. States. The National Guild’s mission is The National Guild remains dedicated to to support and advance access to the continued growth and diversity of its lifelong learning opportunities in the arts. membership; to connecting its members It pursues this mission primarily by with highly relevant, quality programs fostering the creation and development and services; and to increasing of nonprofit arts institutions and awareness about the value and positive government agencies that ensure impact of community arts education so community-wide access to arts that all Americans will understand and education. Today the National Guild appreciate the value of music and the provides essential research and arts in their lives and in the lives of their information resources, professional communities. development and networking opportunities, advocacy, funding, and Register Now for the Conference for high-profile leadership to its 460+ Community Arts Education in Dallas member organizations and the broader October 24 is the advance registration field of 7,500+ community arts education deadline for the National Guild’s providers nationwide. Conference for Community Arts Education (www.communityartsed.org) The National Guild’s member institutions to be presented in Dallas, November 14- collectively serve 1.2 million students, 17, 2012. Presented annually, the employ over 16,000 teaching artists, conference provides essential and reach an additional six million professional development and Americans through performances and networking opportunities for staff, 15 faculty, trustees, and teaching artists. Horton has over a decade of experience For more information and to register in youth development, arts education, online, visit www.communityartsed.org. and community engagement. Previously The program features dozens of he served as program director for the workshops, roundtables and program Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ)’s showcases designed to help you Employment & Technology Center, increase participation and impact, where he developed Technology & Arts enhance performance, raise money, (TechnoArts) learning initiatives serving sustain key programs, and advocate for more than 350 Harlem youth. Prior to music and arts education. Key topics this position, Horton was the video and this year include collaboration and performing arts coordinator for HCZ’s partnership, measuring impact, and TRUCE Arts & Media program, a 2005 ensuring equitable access to arts recipient of the prestigious Coming Up learning opportunities. Taller Award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Some of the nationally renowned Humanities. He also served as a speakers and trainers who will be performing arts and video teaching artist presenting at this year’s conference working with young people to develop include Gigi Antoni, president & CEO, their voices through film and theater. Big Thought; Eric Booth, arts Horton is the founder of The Cure consultant, educator and author; Shakti summer program which teaches Butler, artist and racial equity educator; community members about HIV/AIDS Roy Ernst, New Horizons Bands through the arts. He has also produced founder; Ayanna Hudson, NEA director numerous events showcasing and of arts education; Sarah Johnson, highlighting the artistic achievements of director of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music NYC youth, and has worked in Institute; Marc Bamuthi Joseph, artist collaboration with The Fund for the City and youth arts leader; Jan Masaoka, of New York in developing web portals board development and nonprofit that would provide links to resources for management expert; John McCann, under-serviced communities nationwide. leadership consultant and educator; He studied theater at Southern Dennie Palmer Wolf and Thomas University in Baton Rouge, LA and is a Wolf, well esteemed consultants; and graduate of Columbia University's many others. Institute for Not-For-Profit Management in New York City.

Horton Named National Guild Program Director

James C. Horton has been appointed as SESAC program director for the National Guild for Community Arts Education. Horton SESAC offers a new and ground- will help the National Guild strengthen, breaking development in royalty develop and grow its programs and distribution services for maximum impact, and help develop its strategic priorities, which SESAC has accelerated include collaborations within and beyond domestic/terrestrial radio performance the arts sector. royalty payments from the traditional

16 quarterly distributions to monthly Award”. SESAC Publisher of the Year distributions. The nation’s most honors went to EMI Foray Music. progressive performing rights organization plans to expand the SESAC Honors Film/TV Music monthly royalty distributions to other Composers performance platforms later this year. SESAC honored its stellar roster of top “We are proud to provide this film and television composers with the accommodation to our affiliates and to annual SESAC Film & Television continue SESAC’s legacy of providing Composer Awards. The invitation-only the best level of service to songwriters event was held at the chic Casa Del Mar and music publishers,” said Pat Collins, Hotel in Santa Monica, CA, and President and Chief Operating Officer. celebrated the composers of music featured in the year’s biggest films, SESAC utilizes the advanced tracking primetime television shows and cable technology provided by Broadcast Data programs. Systems (BDS) to monitor radio and ensure the most complete and accurate The SESAC event bestows awards to radio royalty payment to its affiliates. music composers in the categories of SESAC, the first performing rights Network TV, Local TV, Cable TV and organization to fully integrate Film Composing. With over 60 awards fingerprinting technology into its survey given during the evening, some of the and distribution systems, continues to most highly rated shows acknowledged build on the efficiencies of pioneering were Grey’s Anatomy, Dateline NBC, technology to further expedite payments Parenthood, Two And A Half Men and to rights holders. House, among many others.

SESAC Hosts 2012 Pop Music A major highlight of the evening was the Awards Legacy Award presentation to composer/musician Bruce Miller in SESAC awarded Rico Love with top recognition of “the outstanding honors at the 16th Annual SESAC Pop contribution to the world of music” he Music Awards. He was named has made through musicianship, Songwriter of the Year at the event creativity, professional leadership and which was held May 10th at NYC’s entrepreneurial contributions. Miller has Skylight Soho. Multi-platinum superstar composed music for such television Usher made a surprise appearance at shows as Frasier, Designing Women the awards to present his friend and and Becker as well as his work on the collaborator Love with the prestigious groundbreaking documentary, A Man award. From Hope, that was an integral part of Bill Clinton's presidential campaign. Songwriter Jacob Luttrell captured Song Miller was on hand to accept the award of the Year honors for smash hit, in front of his family and colleagues. “Tonight (I’m Lovin'’ You)” as recorded by Enrique Iglesias. Bryan-Michael Cox Celebrated with the “Inspiration

17 SESAC Promotes Peniece Le Gall To were presented. Linda Robbins Director, Writer/Publisher Relations Coleman, John Heins, and Marilyn Devin all wrote new works for strings. SESAC, has announced the promotion Dr. Joyce Johnson, professor at of Peniece Le Gall to the position of Spelman College, presented an exciting Director, Writer/Publisher Relations. Le organ concert at the First United Gall, who will head SESAC’s Atlanta Methodist Church in downtown Atlanta. office, will be responsible for recruiting new and established songwriters and New national officers were elected at publishers in all musical genres as well the convention, and we are proud to as maintaining relationships with current announce that Dr. Leslie Odom Miller, affiliates. Le Gall was most recently oboe professor at University of Florida in SESAC’s Coordinator for the Atlanta Gainesville, will serve as the National office, where she provided support for President for 2012-2015. Our summer all SESAC Atlanta’s special events issue of the journal, PAN PIPES, also including “Tempo Tuesdays,” the features a story about the MacDowell educational lecture series featuring Colony and influences on "Porgy and speakers from various aspects of Bess." business. [email protected]; www.sai- SESAC’s Dennis Lord Receives AMA national.org Award

SESAC’s Executive Vice President Dennis Lord was presented the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for an Executive at the Americana Music Awards held September 12 at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium for his ongoing support of the Americana genre. Lord, who served as president of the first Americana Music Association board of directors, was on hand to accept the award at the event, which honors excellence in the musical genre.

Sigma Alpha Iota

Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity had a wonderful triennial convention in Atlanta, Georgia in August. The IAMA (InterAmerican MusicAwards) series is published by CF Peters, and at this convention world premieres for three new compositions

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