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There are lots of exciting things happening in the Rally world! Here are a few:
• Voice Rally – Dana Guidroz has graciously offered to chair Voice Rally. The first competition in many years will take place at Southeastern Louisiana University on Saturday, April 18. The syllabus is located on the LMTA website, with minor changes. Please contact Dana at [email protected] for more information.
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RALLY NEWS
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ABOUT SUBMITTING
SESSION PROPOSALS
FOR THE LMTA CONVENTION IN
LAFAYETTE.
Patti Misita LMTA President This issue of the SCORE has some reminders about important events taking place around the state. You will also find important information about all the upcoming rallies for piano, strings and voice. Please be sure to read about the changes for this year including how to access the rally database. I want to thank Carla Breaux and Robin Ebeyer as they continue to work in implementing the new rally website. Click here to continuing reading Patti’s article
The Musical Art’s Society of New Orleans
Presents: 2015 Concerto Showcase in New Orleans
Saturday, March 28th, 7:30 pm, Roussel Hall, Loyola University
Featuring the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medalists of the 2014 New Orleans International Piano Competition.
Click here to continue reading about the 2015 Concerto Showcase.
S C R E MARCH 2015
Click here for EXCITING Collegiate News
Click to hear Myrna Setiawan play Chopin’s Etude Op. 10, No. 4
Click here for information about LMTA Elementary
Auditions
Click here for MusicLink Foundation information
LMTA STATE CONVENTION UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE OCTOBER 1-‐2, 2015
CONVENTION GUEST ARTIST
• String Rally – Sonia Feres-Lloyd is our chair
for this event. It will take place at The Livingston Parish Literacy and Technology Center, an extension of SLU and located in Walker. The date is Saturday, April 25. The syllabus is located on the LMTA website. Please contact Sonia at [email protected] for more information.
• Harp Rally – Unfortunately, Harp Rally will not take place this year. Those involved have decided to take a break from it.
• Piano Rally – Of course, these take place all around the state starting in March and going all the way to May. Please consult the website (www.lmta.org) for individual district chairs to contact for more information.
o Syllabus Changes – Thanks to Laura Pray, our fabulous webmaster, there has been a detailed revision to the syllabus. IMPORTANT CHANGES include how to register students to participate. PLEASE print a new copy of this syllabus and discard the old. We have also tried to make the information more stream-lined and easy to find.
o Level I Requirements – Please consult the syllabus for a slight change in the requirements for Level I Performance
o Transfer Students – IF YOU HAVE A TRANSFER STUDENT WHO PARTICIPATED IN RALLY LAST YEAR – contact Carla at [email protected] to switch them to you.
o New Teachers to Rally – please contact me at [email protected] to get you signed up in the data base. I will need name, address, phone, email, and MTNA number, if you have one.
o Former Teachers – please get on the database website – www.rally-lmta.org and update your students NOW. Consult the instructions on www.lmta.org or the “Help” box in the upper right-hand corner on the database website for details on how to do this. Contact Carla or me with any questions or problems.
Thanks and I look forward to a wonderful Rally season. Robin Ebeyer, NCTM, LCTM Vice President of Rallies and State Rally Chair 337-423-6262 [email protected]
RALLY NEWS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 From the President continued… Louisiana continues to rank first in MTNA Certifications! Thanks to all of you for your commitment to upholding this standard of excellence! Thanks to Sue Steck-Turner and Katherine Tobey for their commitment to supporting our members as they go through the certification process. Emily Hirsch has resigned her position as board member at large due to personal circumstances. Lauren Lewandowski (NOMTA) has agreed to fulfill the remainder of Emily’s term. I would like to welcome her to the executive committee and to thank her for her willingness to serve. I hope many of you are planning to attend the MTNA Conference, March 22 – 25, in Las Vegas. LMTA will again support the Foundation Fund by sponsoring a state table at the Gala. We will honor Regina Walker as our Louisiana Foundation Fellow for 2015. Karla Salas Ruiz from LSU has won the LMTA collegiate travel award. She will receive a $500 grant to assist her with travel expenses to the national conference. LMTA offers two $500 awards to collegiate chapter members each year in order to encourage our youngest members to be involved. I hope those of you who wish to attend the 2016 conference in San Antonio will apply for this grant. Information is available through your chapter advisor. Louisiana was well represented at the South Central Division Competitions. Congratulations to all those who participated. We are proud of our students and teachers and are pleased that we are able to support our young musicians. You can see all Louisiana winners by clicking here. The Torgrimson Swanzy Competition will be held June 6, 2015 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Alexandria. This will be the first time this event has been held outside a university. We appreciate your patience as we work with a new venue. Thanks to Robin Ebeyer, our Rally Chair, for organizing this event. The LMTA Summer Board Meeting will be held at The Wesley Center on Saturday, August 29, 2015. If you serve on the Board please mark your calendar for a day of sharing ideas for the future of LMTA. Our 2015 LMTA Convention will be held at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, October 1-2. LaWanda Blakeney, President-elect, LAMTA members and local hosts Susie Garcia and Chan Kiat Lim are already hard at work planning an exciting and rewarding experience in the great city of Lafayette. Our guest artist will be Myrna Setiawan. Guest clinicians include Glenda Austin from Hal Leonard and Linda Christensen from Joy Tunes. Mark your calendars to join us for great music, great food and great hospitality!
Each will play a piano concerto with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Carlos Prieto.
Program: Schumann - Concerto in A minor, Op 54 - featuring
Gold Medalist Marianna Prjevalskaya (Spain) Prokofiev - Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 - featuring Bronze Medalist Kenny Broberg (USA)
intermission Beethoven - Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73
"Emperor" - featuring Silver Medalist Florian Feilmair (Austria)
Ticket available through the LPO website, www.lpomusic.com
For more information please visit our website, www.masno.org
Florian Feilmair will be performing a solo piano recital
on Sunday, March 29, 3:00 pm in Loyola's Roussel Hall.
Contributed by Joni Jenson, LMTA College Faculty Forum Chair
Concerto Showcase continued from page 1
Looking for something fun and motivating for your piano students and you this summer?
The 2015 NEW ORLEANS PIANO INSTITUTE July 19-26, Loyola University, New Orleans, La.
Sponsored by the Musical Art’s Society of New Orleans www.masno.org
An intensive solo performance program for intermediate and advanced
college, high school, and junior high school pianists. 2015 NOPI participants receive private lessons, master classes, and attend lectures and
discussions. In addition there will be the NOPI Solo Piano Competition with 2 age groups (16 and under, 17 and older) with 3 monetary prizes for each group! And the NOPI Concerto Competition. (Sponsored by The Steinway Society and Hall Piano Company), the winner will perform with the N.O, civic symphony. All events take place in Roussel Hall, the music building on the beautiful campus of Loyola University right across the street from our beloved Audubon Park. Housing is available at the Loyola dormitory! All master classes, lectures, and student recitals are free and open to the public. ABOUT THE PROGRAM:
• Institute participants will receive FOUR private lessons and perform in ONE master class. • NOPI Solo Competition participants will receive THREE private lessons and perform in ONE master class. • Active Observers will receive TWO private lessons and observe all NOPI master classes, lectures, and
performances. • Participants may play on a Showcase Recital at the end of the Institute with scholarship prizes awarded. • Performers may compete in a Concerto Competition for the opportunity to perform with New Orleans
Civic Symphony and a $500 cash award. 2015 NOPI Faculty: Constance Carroll, Kevin Chance, Alan Chow (Co-director), Frank Heneghan, Shearon Horton, Igor Resnianski. (Co-director) Guest Artists: Peter Mack and Stanislav Khristenko will perform recitals and master classes! Deadline for applications is May 1, 2015 For more information and to download our brochure-please visit our website http://masno.org/nopi.html or contact Joni Jensen (local director) at [email protected].
Pssst! Know something that you’d like to share? Turn it into a session proposal! We’re now accepting proposals for sessions from members who wish to present at the 2015 LMTA Convention, October 1-2 at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Session length is 50 minutes. Collegiate members should include the name and contact information for their faculty advisor. Please submit the following no later than April 1:
Presentation topic Brief (50-word maximum) description of session Name and contact information for all presenters (e-mail, phone and mailing address) Biography of all presenters (50-word maximum) Equipment needs
Send all information to La Wanda Blakeney, LMTA President-elect [email protected]
CALL FOR SESSION PROPOSALS
COLLEGIATE CHAPTER NEWS Christy Corley, Collegiate Chapter
The Collegiate Chapters had their annual meeting at the LMTA State Convention in Ruston, LA, last October. After getting acquainted over lunch, those in attendance elected new officers. They are President: Mary Buller, McNeese Vice President: Su Hsueh Lo, McNeese Treasurer: Colin Smith, U-Louisiana, Lafayette Secretary: Kendrick Celestine, McNeese LMTA generously provides travel stipends for two collegiate members to attend the MTNA National Convention. New guidelines were adopted to apply for the award. It is now open to any student who is a member of a LMTA Collegiate Chapter. They must write a short essay stating why they wish to attend the convention and have a supporting reference from their Collegiate Chapter Advisor. Karla Salas Ruiz from LSU is the recipient of this year’s travel award. Karla, we wish you safe travel and hope you gain much from attending this year’s convention in Las Vegas! Other Events: Pedagogy Saturday, March 14 McNeese State University Department of Performing Arts and the Lake Charles Piano Teachers Association is hosting Pedagogy Saturday on Saturday, March 14, 2015. All LMTA members are invited to attend. The clinician for the day will be Dr. Scott Price from the University of South Carolina, a well-known performer, master class clinician, and presenter. Dr. Price is also the founder of the Carolina Lifesong Initiative that is dedicated to providing piano lessons and music experiences for students with special needs and in fostering best practices in teaching and teacher training. Pedagogy Saturday Events 9:00-Noon Masterclass with Dr. Scott Price 1:30 Teaching Students with Autism, Dr. Price 3:00 Approaches to Working with Autistic Students, Alfred Tuminello, Director of the McNeese Autism Program 7:30 Guest Artist Piano Recital, Dr. Price All events take place in the Shearman Fine Arts Annex and are free to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Christy Vogt-Corley at [email protected]. Other Events: Sean Chen, Banners Series, McNeese State University, March 26-27 Sean Chen, Van Cliburn Crystal Award Winner 2013, will be performing a recital on Thursday, March 26 and giving a master class on Friday, March 27 as a part of the Banners Series at McNeese State University. More information can be found at: http://www.banners.org/season/THE-CLIBURNS-SEAN-CHEN
Upper Elementary Auditions were held October 10, 2015 at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. There were seven students and two teachers participating. Serving as adjudicator was Dr. Rick Seiler from the University of Louisiana at
Monroe. A $50 check was awarded from LMTA to the Alternate and a $100 check was awarded to the winner. Cassie Yang, student of Chia-Ling Lien of Baton Rouge was named alternate, and Katie Wang, also a student of Lien was named winner. Two Honorable Mentions were named – Hana Le and Sophie Puljak, both students of Jeanne Patterson. Elementary Auditions is an
Elementary Auditions Jeanne Patterson, LMTA Elementary Auditions Chair
MusicLink Foundation Katherine Tobey, Chair
Based on the belief that any child with musical potential deserves the opportunity to nurture this talent, The MusicLink Foundation links low income families with qualified music teachers who are willing to reduce their fee (by at least half) to make the lessons more affordable. The MusicLink Foundation also offers summer music camp scholarships. If you are already teaching a student at a reduced rate because of financial need, please consider registering as a MusicLink teacher so you can take advantage of discounts on music, materials, teaching aids, electronics and software. If you would like to become a MusicLink teacher, or find out more about the program, visit http://www.musiclinkfoundation.org/tchrinfo.php4