AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE V IRGINIA M USIC TEACHERS New sN tes ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED AND AFFILIATED ON OCTOBER 18, 1964, WITH MUSIC TEACHERS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION President’s Notes Paulo Steinberg, NCTM, VMTA State President Volume 51, Number 1, Spring 2015 Dear Fellow Music Teachers: between them. All you have to do is sending an email to their president to ask for their schedule. hope the first two months of 2015 have brought As I said before, I am always open to sugges - Ito you joy, inspiring music, and much success! tions. If you have any concerns, do not hesitate to Talking about success… I recently attended the email me. I am not any kind of savior, but I am MTNA Southern Division Competitions at the interested in helping our association GROW University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Our State which, in turn, contributes to our own growth. did so well! I am so proud of our students who per - YOU ARE IMPORTANT TO THIS ORGANI - formed beautifully! Congratulations to them and ZATION and I value your feedback and comments. to their teachers! We had 6 winners (1st place), I hope to see you at the National Conference Paulo Steinberg, NCTM who will advance to the final round, performing in Las Vegas. If not, please make an effort to attend President during the MTNA National Conference in Las our Annual State Conference at Wintergreen Susan Atkins, NCTM Vegas at the end of March: Resort this summer. You will be glad you came! I President-elect Becky Wallenborn • Junior Composition: Kevin Su, student of VMTA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2015 Vice President, Membership Marjorie Lee; BE INSPIRED! Mun Lee Han, NCTM • Junior Performance String: Jason Hwang Susan Atkins, VMTA President-elect Treasurer (cello), student of Dana McComb Laura Cardin • Senior Performance Voice: Nikole James oin us at beautiful Wintergreen Resort for Secretary (soprano), student of Margaret McNulty JVMTA’s Annual Conference, July 16 –19, 2015. Lisa Moxley, NCTM • Senior Performance Woodwind: Drake Everyone said it couldn’t be done, but this confer - Certification Stoughton (sax), student of Timothy Roberts ence just may be even better than last year’s. In Samantha Luck • Senior Piano Duet: Katie Bode/Muli Yu, stu - coordination with the Wintergreen Summer Music IMTF dents of Marjorie Lee and Rosita Mang Festival and Academy, there will be something for Donna Halleck • Young Artist Performance Piano: Min Ji Lee, everyone, including your family and friends. Expe - State Chair for Local Associations student of John O’Conor rience six concerts in the relaxing atmosphere of the Wintergreen Resort. Attend inspiring work - Gabriella Ryan Immediate Past President We also had 4 Honorable Mentions: shops, master classes and network with other music teachers. Enjoy world-class meals in a breath-taking Jeanette Winsor, NCTM NewsNotes Editor • Junior Performance Piano: Eric Lin, student of location. Or, take advantage of the many amenities Marjorie Lee offered at the resort such as golf, tennis, swimming, • Junior Performance Woodwind: Jean Kim hiking, and more. I encourage everyone to stay for (oboe), student of Yeong Kim the entire conference—Thursday night through • Senior Performance Piano: Evelyn Mo, stu - Sunday morning. Each day has worthwhile and dent of Thomas Mastroianni and John memorable events you won’t want to miss! O’Conor Our featured speaker is Barry Green, author of • Young Artist Performance Woodwind: Jacob The Inner Game of Music, who will be staying for Moyer (clarinet), student of Garrick Zoeter the entire conference and presenting two workshops designed to inspire and motivate. Our guest artists I am so glad I got to visit your association in Elisabeth Adkins and Edward Newman will perform 2014. Thanks to all the chapters who welcomed a recital Thursday night, July 16. The conference is and fed me (with great food, beautiful music capitalizing on a Schubert theme with a Michael and/or interesting discussions). You can’t imagine White lecture on Friday morning (Schubert Piano how much I enjoyed visiting you, and I hope you Music) and a vocal master class focusing on Schu - will also take the time to attend the great programs bert lieder on Friday afternoon. On Friday night a offered by your chapter this year. A few associa - symphony concert featuring the VMTA Concerto © Copyright 2015 tions are located close to each other (within an Virginia Music Teachers Association hour), which would facilitate some exchange (VMTA Annual Conference… continued on page 9) Pianno4-tté includingg music bbyy Bach, Rachmaninoff,inoff, GriegG i g,g andd BarberB b Saturday,, April 11, 2015 2 pm SSteinwi way Piiano GGalleryll Wendelle E.. 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The 9:00–12:00 Exhibit Hall open (Skyline) Tschedule is subject to last minute changes, so stay updated by 11:00–12:00 Coffee Concert—WPA Academy Students and Wintergreen visiting the VMTA website at www.virginiamta.org. For a com - Festival Orchestra Players (Dunlop) plete Wintergreen Summer Music Festival schedule, visit the Coffee will be served during the performance Wintergreen Performing Arts website at www.wintergreenper - 12:00 PM Close of Conference formingarts.org. All VMTA members (including all conference VMTA Conference Fees attendees) will receive the WSMF Ticket Booklet by mail at the • Conference Fee for VMTA members—$100 ($80 if regis - beginning of May. The WSMF runs from Monday, July 6 –Sunday, tered by May 1) or $40 per day August 2, and it will include more than 200 events and perfor - • Conference Fee for Non-members (general)—$120 ($50 mances. Tickets for all WSMF paid events go on sale at 9:00 AM per day) on Monday, May 4. Pricing is subject to change; check your con - ference book when you arrive. • Conference Fee for full time college students—FREE • Workshop fee for Non-members—$20 per workshop Thursday, July 16—VMTA Conference schedule begins • Workshop Fee for holders of the WSMF Season Pass 10:00–3:00 VMTA Presidents Summit (Windsong) Holder—Free 3:30–5:00 Conference Registration (Mountain Inn Lobby) • WSMF Individual Tickets...concerts during the conference 5:00–6:30 Executive Board Meeting and Dinner (Windsong) FREE for VMTA Conference Attendees; daily attendees 7:30–9:30 Concert Artist Recital—Elisabeth Adkins and Edward Newman and guests receive 25% discount on tickets during the con - (Dunlop) ference. All other WSMF concerts—25% discount for Con - Friday, July 17 ference attendees. 8:00–9:00 Conference Registration (Mountain Inn Lobby) • WSMF Season Pass for VMTA members attending the 8:00–9:00 VMTA Continental Breakfast (Ballroom) Conference—25% discount 9:30–11:30 Workshop #1—Michael White— Schubert’s Piano Music (Dunlop) 11:00–5:00 Exhibit Hall Open (Ballroom Lobby) What do the attendees get for their registration? Full registration— In addition to all workshops, Thursday night 11:15–12:30 Workshop #2—Barry Green— The Inner Game of Music (Ballroom) concert, Friday night concert, Commissioned Composer concert, 12:45–1:45 Lunch on your own Academy concert, Saturday night concert, Breakfast for 3 morn - 2:00–3:30 Workshop #3—Ted Cooper— The Blank Slate: First-Year Piano ings, heavy hors d’oeuvres cocktail party on Saturday night, Sun - Technique (Ballroom) day coffee concert. Only one ticket will be given out for each 2:00–3:00 Masterclass/Vocal Intensive—Arianna Zukerman, Soprano concert. Members must buy additional tickets at 25% discount. (Dunlop Pavilion) 3:45–4:15 Workshop #4—Ann Cyptar, M.S., CCC –SLP— Protecting and Daily rate —Breakfast on the morning they arrive, all daily Healing the Voice (and the Miracle of the Straw) (Ballroom) activities are free, evening concert ticket can be purchased at a Saturday, July 18 25% discount. 8:00–9:00 Conference Registration (Skyline) 8:00–9:00 VMTA Continental Breakfast (Skyline) New This Year! Bring a non-member friend and share a $50 8:30–9:45 VMTA Business Meeting (Skyline) discount! When you register yourself and a non-member friend, 9:00–3:30 Exhibit Hall open (Skyline) you will both receive a $25 rebate. Both participants must be 10:00–11:30 Workshop #5—Barry Green— Bringing Music to Life and Mastery of paid full registration participants to qualify. I Music (Skyline) 11:45–12:45 Book Signing—(Skyline) and Lunch on your own 11:45–12:45 Collegiate Chapter meeting (Pryors Porch) 12:45–1:45 Commissioned Composer Concert—Brian Throckmorton “Silent Silent Night” (Skyline) 2:00–3:30 Academy Concert— Schubert Lieder featuring Academy Voice Students (Dunlop) 2:00–3:30 IMTF Meeting (Pryors Porch) 3:45–5:15 Workshop #6—Phillip Keveren— Supplemental Repertoire That Inspires and Prepares (Skyline) 5:15–5:45 Pre-Concert Talk with Erin Freeman (Dunlop) 6:00–8:00 Concert—Wintergreen Festival Orchestra, Erin Freeman, Conductor (Dunlop) 8:00 PM VMTA Cocktail Party (Pryors Porch) S PRING 2015 3 2015 Conference: . Guest Artists & Workshops Edward Newman started his musical career GUEST ARTISTS as a child prodigy in Rockville, Maryland, at ELISABETH ADKINS AND EDWARD NEWMAN the age of 5. Over the past 5 decades in the DC region, he has established a standard of Elisabeth Adkins’ richly varied musical life excellence that is highly regarded by his makes her equally at home in solo, orchestral, peers and the press alike.