www.msmta.org A bi-monthly publication of the Maryland State Music Teachers Association October 2015

Affiliated with Music Teachers National Association

Maryland State Music Teachers Association

From the President… News From the BoardI have just had my first Board meeting and now am doing my first newsletter.

It just seems like yesterday that I agreed to be President and suddenly I am in the thick of things. They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks - - well this old dog is slowly conquering the computer with

the help of Junko, my husband Dave and colleague Elaine Newhall. I’d never heard of things like mailchimp!

It is truly an honor to have been asked and I’ll do my best to keep you all informed of upcoming events and important information. I have a wonderful, enthusiastic and hard working Board of Directors and I know we’ll have a successful year. Junko is such a hard act to follow. She has been and continues to be an enormous help as I transition into this position. I can’t thank her enough.

Lori McCarthy and I attended the Leadership Summit in Cincinnati in September and it was really wonderful to meet with state presidents from all over the country and hear of their different accomplishments and ideas. The summit did clear up a few of the FTC concerns.

Thank you to all for an informative, successful conference.

Looking forward to an exciting and rewarding musical year.

addeNdum to: msmta rules GoverNiNG all msmta eveNts

At the MSMTA Board Meeting on October 5, it was decided to add the following language (letter f. in bold) to paragraph 4 of the Rules page in the MSMTA Student Activities Book.

4. To avoid any possible perception of unfairness, the following rules apply to all competitive events:

a. Teachers may not sit with, nor identify in any way with, their students in the presence of judges.

b. Students, parents and teachers must not engage the judge in conversation until all decisions have been announced.

c. Only the chair(s) may know the identity of the teachers and their respective students in any competitive event. No written record of these names may be publicly displayed or open to sight at any time before or during a competition. Paperwork given to judges must not contain a student’s or teacher’s name, and monitors will refer to competitors only by their program number.

d. The chair(s), or others involved in registering students, will not serve as a judge in any event in the competition.

e. No judge may critique a competitive recital in which his own students are participants.

f. The criterion for judging at all MSMTA events is a polished artistic performance of whatever piece is being performed.

g. The judge(s) shall make decisions with no input from the monitors or others in the audience. For all competitive events, tardiness is strictly enforced (events with awards and monetary prizes).

h. All judges’ decisions ARE FINAL!!!

PresidentConstance Fischel6072 Warmstone CourtColumbia, MD 21045-4045

treasurer & VP FinanceClaudette Horwitz5004 Barkwood PlaceRockville, MD 20853

VP student actiVitiesDaniel Lau507 Walker AvenueBaltimore, MD 21212-2624

VP MeMbershiPAnn McCandliss4429 Buena Vista AvenueBaltimore, MD 21211-1206

VP PublicationsRichard Hartzell1817 Arcola AvenueSilver Spring, MD 20902-2830

VP certiFicationMary Wolf12841 Crescent Run StreetLa Plata, MD 20646-4178

recording secretaryDavid Holmes6586 Dovecote DriveColumbia, MD 21044-4108

corresPonding secretaryDouglas Guiles10359 Cullen TerraceColumbia, MD 21044

historianHelen Smith Tarchalski1802 River Watch LaneAnnapolis, MD 21401-2009

MeMber-at-largeAnn Matteson5204 Paducah RoadCollege Park, MD 20724-1138

iMMediate Past PresidentJunko Takahashi

LocaL association Presidents

anne arundel MtaChristene Sanders

Mta greater baltiMoreWendy Balder

Mta bowieJeannine Case

carroll county MtaNancy Rodo

Mta charles countyMary Wolf

greater coluMbia MtaHelen Weems

eastern shore MtaRaymond Hobbs

Frederick county MtaLaurel Carroll

howard county MtaBok Hwa Kim

greater laurel MtaWendy Johnston

MontgoMery county MtaCynthia Cathcart

Prince georges MtaJanet Swaney

Mta southern MarylandDebra Smedley

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msmta News

studeNt activities

certiFicatioN aNd YouNatioNal & state

October 2015

The MTNA Professional Certification Program exists to improve the level of professionalism within the field of music teaching. Certification helps readily identify competent music teachers within the community and provides these teachers with prestige, recognition and the potential for student recruitment and increased earning power. It provides the best indicator to our society that MTNA and its members view the teaching of music as a profession requiring not only dedication but also intense preparation.

Did you know that Maryland lags behind the states, coming in at #49, with less than 10% of its members listed as certified, as compared to Louisiana at #1, with over 38% of its members that are certified? Only DC and Vermont have worse rankings.

Certification is not required to be a good teacher, but it is a standard of excellence in our society that values professionalism, that is evidenced in the areas of engineering, science and medicine.

If you are interested in certification, if you have questions on the process, or wonder what certification could do for you in your teaching area, please check out the website mtnacertification.org or feel free to contact me. I welcome any and all inquiries!

Mary Wolf (mgw1023@gmail.com)VP for Certification

msmta auditioNs For the mtNa competitioN

The Maryland State auditions for the Music Teachers National Association competition were held at Washington Adventist University on October 4, 2015. As usual there were many fine performances. Our excellent judges were:

Audrey Andrist, Jeffrey Chappell, and James Litzleman for piano. Richard Hartzell for VoiceDannene Drummond for WoodwindsJudy Silverman for Strings

Many thanks to Ann McCandliss, I-Wen Tzeng and Kevin McCann who served as monitors. Also a big thank you to Daniel Lau for arranging for the beautiful venue at Washington Adventist University as well as helping to open the building, set up rooms and clean up at the end of the event.

The winners are:

Junior Piano Winner: Abigail Lo – Student of Hyun-Sook Park Alternate: Michelle Tang – Student of Katerina Zaitseva Honorable Mention: Justin Hung – Student of Yevgeniya Oleshkevich

Senior Piano Winner: Seth Schultheis – Student of Phillip Kawin Alternate: Grace Wang – Student of Marjorie Lee Honorable Mention: Justin Liu – Student of Chia-Hsuan Lee

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standinG coMMittee cHairs

adVertising

Claudette Horwitz

bylaws/ParliaMentar-ian

David Holmes

certiFication

Ann Matteson

college Faculty

TBA

coMMunity outreach and education

Deborah White-Bondhus

coMPosition coMMissioning

Li-Ly Chang

conFerence

Carol Wolfe-RalphJunko Takahashi

Finance

Claudette Horwitz

Fund raising

TBA

indePendent Music teachers

Helen Smith Tarchalski

legal adVisor

Randy Reade

local and student associations

Kathryn Stansbery

Mtna Foundation

Carol Wolfe-Ralph

MsMta Foundation/Fundraising

TBA

MeMbershiP

Ann McCandliss

noMinations

Ann Matteson

Publications

Kathryn Stansbery

Publicity

Christine Couch

student actiVities

Yoon Huh

technology

Cynthia Cathcart

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Young Artist Piano Winner: Matthew Palumbo – Student of Yong Hi Moon Alternate: Jidong Zhong – Student of Daniel Lau Honorable Mention: Hengyue Lin – Student of Marian HahnJunior Woodwind Winner: Vincernt Igusa (Bassoon) – Student of Terry Ewell Alternate: Vivian Yuan (Flute) – Student of Susan Brandt Honorable Mention Hannah Lee (Flute) -- Student of Carolyn Oh

Senior Woodwind Winner: Jason Hong (Clarinet) – Student of Albert Hunt Alternate: Annie Zhao (Flute) – Student of Carolyn Oh

Junior Strings Winner: Olivia Chen (Violin) – Student of Amy Horman Alternate: Noelle Naito (Violin) – Student of Olga Khroulevitch

Young Artist Voice Winner: Cheranjana Thuyacontha (Soprano) – Student of Mariana Mihai-Zoeter Alternate: David Cook (Tenor) – Student of Mariana Mihai-Zoeter

In addition we have several students who will be Maryland’s Representatives at the Division level. These were the only entries in their category and thus did not need to compete. They are:

Kenneth Naito (Senior violin student of Olga Khroulevitch) Joselle Royer and Allaine Hontiveros (Senior piano duet students of Lisa Sedares) Geogrey Cua (Young Artist violin student of Preston Hawes)

Douglas Guiles and Junko Takahashi, Co-Chairs

msmta composers circledecemBer 6, 2015

Teachers of Composition!! Students need to get their compositions ready!!! Since the MSMTA Conference is only one day this year, our event is scheduled for Sunday, December 6 at 3:30 p.m. It will be held at University United Methodist Church, 3621 Campus Drive in College Park, Maryland. This recital is a wonderful way for students to showcase their compositional skills and this year each teacher can enter four students. Also teacher compositions are welcome. Please use the 2015-16 application form in the Student Activity Booklet which will come out in the fall. The deadline for applications should be postmarked no later than November 9, 2015.

We print the compositions of the students in a Composers Circle Booklet which is given to each student and their participating teacher and all performers receive a certificate. There are to be no CD’s or recordings used during the performance without permission from the chairs. Students are so proud to play their own pieces and usually play them with more expression because they understand the meaning of their composition. It is amazing how creative they can be (even young ones) and this is always a delightful recital of original works.

Ann Matteson and Joanna Greenwood, Co-chairs

msmta-asta striNGs plus Festival The date for the MSMTA-ASTA Strings Plus Festival has been changed to Sunday, March 13, with the application deadline changed to Monday, February 1.

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mtNa marYlaNd compositioN wiNNers

Music Teachers National Association is pleased to announce the results of the composition competition for Maryland.

Elementary:

Representative: Liam Darnell, Student of Kristin ButlerJunior:

Winner: Dennis Erickson, Student of Junko Takahashi

Honorable mention: William Chen, Student of Ruth Peng

Honorable mention: Sarim Haider, Student of Julian Trail

Honorable mention: Phoebe Hong, Student of Jeongseon Choi

Senior:

Winner: Margaret Bartol, Student of Valerica Maican

Young Artist:

This year, the Maryland judges were: Fernando Benadon Li-Ly Chang Thanh Vo

Winning and representative compositions automatically advance to the division competition. The results of that competition will be announced in the middle of December.

Congratulations to all of the participants in the competition! We hope that the comments you receive from the judges will be helpful to you and your teacher. Your efforts are to be commended and we hope that you will continue to learn and grow as a composer. Good luck with your musical studies!

Hui-Yen Chang, Maryland Composition Coordinator

Christopher Goldston, National Composition Coordinator

memBer News

A composition entitled, “Beethoven’s Fit,” written for brass quintet (two Bb trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba) by Jeffrey H. Bauer has recently been published! For more information, see http://www.balquhiddermusic.com/BQ-120.htm.

The pianist Madeline W. Xu, a nine-year-old student of MSMTA member San-Qing Lu-Bennaman, recently returned from Russia where she had a performance with the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra and another with the Siberian Symphony Orchestra, both under the baton of Vladimir Lande. Both sold-out performances had audiences of 2,200. She performed the Haydn Piano Concerto in D Major Hob. XVIII:11. She also played two Chopin encores, an etude and a waltz. She will return to Russia in June 2016 to perform Mozart’s Piano Concert K. 537 in D Major, the “Coronation”. Madeline has been a student of Ms. Lu-Bennaman since the age of five. Her teacher performed for more than a decade with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.

2016 Rockville competitionfor Solo piano & Solo Strings

Date of competition: may 1, 2016 Winners Recital: may 7, 2016location: montgomery college Rockville, mD

rockvillecompetition@gmail.com301-838-5594

Application Deadline: April 1, 2016

Rockville competition966 Hungerford Drive, no. 27

Rockville, mD 20850

there is no teacher work requirement.

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The Carroll County Music Teachers Association is off to a great start as we inducted our officers for the year. President- Nancy Rodo, Vice-President- Kathy Kaneda, Treasurer- Carole Gauthier, and Secretary- Charlotte Young. Many thanks to Charlotte, who stepped in to help with this role, and to Kathy and Carole who continue for another year in their respective offices. The season began with our Pie Social and first business meeting and workshop. A big thanks to Kathy who offered her home and hospitality to those who attended for a fun, social night.

The first meeting/workshop of five for the year was a wonderful presentation by Charlotte Young, who presented findings from her Master’s thesis. Entitled “Neuromusical Research and the Private Music Lesson- A Literature Review”, Charlotte shared a wealth of the most current research relating music and brain responses. Members learned about EEG responses, how IQ is enhanced, how music and language are interrelated, how to apply this research directly in our lessons, and resources available both online and in hard copy to continue to learn how neuromusicology study can aid in our teaching. This was an excellent presentation with handouts, a powerpoint, and a vast amount of detail that directly applies to how we teach and why we use certain methodologies in our studios.

This year we will continue to have short business meetings followed by workshops to help members directly in their studios. Our November meeting will be a sharing on “The Books I Love” where members will share a resource that they absolutely cannot do without in their studio. There is so much to learn from each other as professionals in this great career called “music teacher.” Thanks goes to Menchey Music of Westminster, who again this year, is our host for all of

our meetings.

Our student events are many over the school season: CCMTA Costumed Recital on Hallowe’en Day, CCMTA Music in the Mall in early December to play music in nearby Towne Mall in Westminster, MSMTA Keyboard Musicianship testing, CCMTA Solo and Ensemble Festival, MSMTA Theory testing, and combined CCMTA and MSMTA Scholarship Competition for students of all ages elementary- high school division. A new event, Spring Recital, will be held as well in the late spring. A huge thank you goes to

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This coming Academic Year MTAGB will host several student and teacher activities, starting with a general meeting and presentation by Leo Wanenchak.

Leo Wanenchak graduated from the Peabody Conservatory, and enjoys a successful career as a pianist, choral conductor, organist, composer, and educator. Formerly the academic dean and director of Walden School’s choral program, Leo is currently the assistant conductor of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society. He maintains a private studio of musicianship, piano, and vocal students, and has performed widely in the U.S. and abroad. Many thanks to Tom Mathis at Menchey Music in Timonium for agreeing to host this presentation, followed by a simple carryout dinner on the premises.

The presentation, entitled “Steps to Larger Repertoire”, discussed the following: “At every level of our students’ progress they encounter ‘The Next Piece’ and it is longer, larger and more difficult. We will discover practical, useful, simple steps created as practice games. This will result in the new piece being manageable and learned thoroughly....Our students’ sight reading and problem solving skills will greatly benefit.”

As per Mr. Wanenchak’s instructions, each of us brought along four different colored markers in order to mark copies of music to be discussed by the group. We started from one of the very beginning pieces, First March, from Pageants for Piano, which Mr. Wanenchak likes to use with his transfer students. Right from the start, a beginning student is encouraged to see patterns, even in a piece of eight measures in which three notes are used. We filled this page with two colors, showing the two basic patterns in that piece. Quickly we went through pieces of progressing difficulty from Pageants.

McDaniel College which provides us with performing hall space as well as practice rooms when needed for all events.

We look forward to a great year!

Nancy Rodo, President

After marking The Dance of the Spider with our colored markers, we drew dots on a chart showing the dynamic level for each measure of the 28-measure piece. Next, we connected the dots, creating a graph of dynamic changes and levels for the entire piece. The last piece which we studied was Edvard Grieg’s Notturno from Lyric Pieces. Quickly, Mr. Wanenchak had us mark the bass notes only, through the first 14 measures. One of our group, posing as a student, played that sequence. It was an ear opener! Next, Mr. Wanenchak played the right hand part on measures 21 through 32 in blocks, creating another delightful ear opener.

The presentation ended soon after, and we enjoyed dinner and conversation. Many of us walked away with ideas as to how we might implement some of these ideas in our next lessons. What I got from this presentation was that a student is encouraged right from the start to look at a musical score intelligently.

The Music Matinee group, chaired by Barbara Stumpf, continues to meet on the first Wednesday of each month to perform repertoire for one another, inviting constructive criticism – or not – of our own playing, or brainstorming on how to teach a student a piece of music. This year we will be focusing on Russian Composers. This coming Wednesday we will be performing pieces by Moussorgsky, Rachmaninoff and other Russian composers, to be determined at our first meeting of this school year!

In February and March respectively, Joanna Greenwood will chair the Musicianship Testing at the Lutherville School of Music, and Pat Graham will chair the Theory testing at the Peabody Conservatory. Thank you, Joanna and Pat, for doing this over many years!

Other student activities coming up this year: Ann McCandliss will chair a Hallowe’en Piano Party at Roland Park Prebyterian Church on Friday October 30 (to avoid a conflict with the childrens’ trick or treating activities on the 31st); Barbara Stumpf will chair the Adult Repertoire gathering on November 1, which will be held at the home of Marjorie Liss, who has kindly hosted this event year after year; I-Wen Tseng will chair the Fall student recital and Spring Honors recital in November and May respectively, both held at the CCBC at Essex Fine Arts Auditorium, thanks to faculty member Patti Crossman; Ann McCandliss

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Frederick County Music Teachers is looking forward to a wonderful year of music. We began with a business meeting which included our newest member of FCMTA, Sheila Jones. It is always a pleasure to get together with friends, old and new! We have some fantastic meetings planned for

the year. In October, Bonnie Kellert will speak about Intermediate Repertoire; in November Dr. Wayne Wold of Hood College will speak about teaching composition. For students, we have our Halloween Recitals and Fall Festival coming up. I am very grateful for our board members continuing to serve: Ruth Carson as VP; Bobbie Rastall as Treasurer; Miyako Zeng as Secretary. Sincerely,

Laurel Carroll, President

Greater Laurel Music Teachers Association held our first meeting of the year on September 17 at the home and studio of Wendy Dengler. Prior to the business meeting, teachers enjoyed a discussion on “Motivating Students.” We will meet again at Wendy Dengler’s studio on January 21, 2016 and look forward to a teacher-led discussion on “Teaching Students How to Practice Effectively.”

The Stephanie Laios Improvisation and Composition Festival, chaired by Anne Matteson will be held on October 18 at University United Methodist Church in College Park. The creative composers among our students enjoy this festival. One of our most popular recitals of the year is the Halloween Festival, where students come dressed in costume and perform Halloween music. We always have a special guest or two who make it fun for all.

Greater Columbia Music Teachers Association has a website -- gcmta.net -- which is a beauty to behold. We are indebted to member Wendy Johnston for spearheading this project and seeing it through to completion. It will continue to be tweaked, but it is a powerful tool for our membership.

We anticipate a year of our usual events, with a new twist -- we are holding our meetings at the homes of teachers who will conclude each meeting with a studio presentation of teaching techniques.

Helen Weems, President

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has arranged for Brian Ganz to give a presentation for teachers, followed by a master class for our students, at the Towson Peabody Preparatory campus; and she will coordinate a Piano Party entitled “I Love this Piece!” in April at the Steinway Store of Baltimore in Hunt Valley. Thank you, Ann, I-Wen, Patti, Barbara and Marjorie for all of your good work!

Wendy Balder, President

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On November 7 is our Orchestra Concerto Competition and Instrumental Concerto Competition. The following week is the Piano Concerto Competition. Winners of the competition on November 7 will play with a small Chamber Ensemble in an Honors Concert on November 15 at Belcroft Bible Church in Bowie. All concerto competitions are chaired by Douglas Guiles. This competition is a wonderful event and we received many entries. Right on the heels of concerto competitions is the December 5 Ensemble Festival, chaired by Jeff Beaudry, where any music by two or more performers on piano or other instruments is welcomed. We are happy to announce that Greater Laurel Music Teachers has just launched a new web-site. We can be found at glmta.net for information on meetings and events.

Wendy Johnston, President

Participating students may dress in costume (but not required) and prizes are given for the correct answers in the ‘educational’ portion! Our annual holiday luncheon will take place at Outback Steakhouse in Bowie on Wednesday, December 16.As a special note of interest, one of our founders, Sylma Gottlieb, who died of pancreatic cancer in December of 2013, and whose family bequeathed to MTAB a generous “Gottlieb Memorial Scholarship” for graduating seniors, was nominated and then selected to be inducted into the Bowie Hall of Honor. The ceremony took place at Bowie City Hall on Sunday, September 20. At that time, Sylma was recognized for all her many contributions to the arts and music in the city of Bowie.

Jeannine Case, President

MTAB held its first general meeting of the season on Wednesday, September 9, at Belcroft Bible Church in Bowie.

After the meeting, there was a member presentation featuring duet piano and vocal selections for our December 5 Ensemble Festival. This was followed by some Classical piano and flute repertoire for our February 27 Classical Competition. Presenters included Kathy Hunt, Nadine Wobus, Barbara Lancaster, Jeannine Case, Barbara Kornreich, Elizabeth White, Janet Swaney, Mary Parker and Karen Rajnes, flute and piano student of Beverly Rajnes and Jeannine Case. Our next general meeting will be held on November 18, and will feature a hands-on iPad presentation given by Michele Avrick, with special attention to Theory apps. Some of MTAB’s first student events of the season include our annual Halloween Musicale on Saturday, October 24, at Belcroft Bible Church, chaired by Janet Swaney, and our December 5 Ensemble Festival, chaired by Nadine Wobus and held at Village Baptist Church. We have decided, as a special feature, to include some ‘teacher duets’ in each of these events, and at the conclusion of each of our Halloween recitals, we annually present an ‘educational’ portion which this year will include identifying some musical instruments via computer.

Prince George’s Music Teachers’ Association held its Fall Meeting on September 24 in Temple Hills, Md. Members received the Directory listing current members’ names and a calendar of events for the 2015-2016 year. Following the business meeting, a program of music featuring the 2016 Broad Creek Festival Music List was performed by Linda Head and Ann Matteson.

PGMTA is looking forward to the Stephanie Laios

Composition/Improvisation Festival on Oct. 18 in which it joins Greater Laurel Music Teachers and Music Teachers Association of Bowie.

On October 25, PGMTA will hold a Student/Adult Recital. Both of these events will take place at the University United Methodist Church at UMCP.

PGMTA will also host the MSMTA Keyboard Musicianship Test at Prince George’s Community College on December 5. Looking ahead, the Saul Roas Memorial Scholarship Competition, featuring Latin-American music, will take place on February 6 and the Broad Creek Music Festival will take place on the weekend of March 12-13.

Janet Swaney, President

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The Carlos Ralon Traditional Hymn Festival opened what promises to be a very productive and busy year for our MTASM students and teachers. The Hymn Festival, held on September 20th, was dedicated to the memory of Mr. Carlos Ralon, long-time piano technician and supporter of MTASM and featured two programs of students and

teachers performing traditional hymn arrangements.

We are now busy preparing for our Keyboard Musicianship exams and an afternoon of fall recitals, both scheduled for the weekend of October 24th and 25th. Music of contemporary composers will be the theme of our November events, including general recitals and a program of student compositions and featured composer Mr. Tom Sills.

A highlight of our year is our annual Christmas Marathon, a day-long event including several recitals

featuring students of all ages and their family members as they bring us Christmas spirit with their beautiful music and contribute canned goods for donation to a local soup kitchen. We look forward to an exciting spring as well, including piano masterclasses with Dr. Audrey Andrist, Spring Festivals for voice and piano, our annual Honors Recitals, and MSMTA events as well. Here’s to a wonderful year!

Debbie Smedley, PresidentMTA Charles County began its year on Friday, September 11, with a business meeting followed by a program “The Music Studio: Farm Girl Style”, presented by our own Patricia Blanchard, where she shared her passion for teaching and running a music studio with a philosophy of hard work and excellence.

Fall events will include an Ensemble Festival in October and the MSMTA Keyboard Exam on November 7th.

Mary Wolf, President

Our new year began with one of my favorite membership meeting presentations: the one we give ourselves. We discussed, in a round-table (sans table) format, ideas about teaching method books, transitioning from method books to repertoire, and lesson plans. We discussed incorporating theory into lessons and recital preparation. It’s always helpful and energizing to hear what other teachers are doing in their studios, and what works for them. Some of us present at that meeting may even break out of our comfort zones and try a new approach and different books for our students.

Isn’t it encouraging to hear how much we can still talk about without crossing the line of the FTC ruling?

Moving ahead, the effects of our teacher grants were very positive, expanding the skills of teacher members will surely help their students. In other news, even before our first Ensemble Recital ideas and suggestions are coming in to make it more successful next year. I figure this means the current year’s event will be a success and we’ll hopefully be adding it as a permanent feature in the schedule here in Montgomery County.

Cynthia Cathcart, President

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Laurie Farber2020 Greenberry RoadBaltimore, MD 21209-4541585-944-0999caviaporcellus@hotmail.com

Mariana Mihai-Zoeter101 Corral DriveStephens City, VA 22655540-869-2255soprano.mariana@gmail.com

Wendy Poole1105 Hoover StreetAnnapolis, MD 21403443-876-5285pianomama68@gmail.com

Jane G Wasser5063 Jericho RoadColumbia, MD 21044410-997-3385Janewasse@aol.com

Ka Nyoung Yoo10622 Sandown WayWoodstock, MD 21163240-997-9712nyung486@gmail.com

Fernando Benadon17951 Moore RoadDickerson MD 20842202-885-3452Fernando@american.edu

Linda Joyce Bryant8224 Kerry CourtChevy Chase, MD 20815301-656-2186bryantlinkda85@gmail.com

Alyssa Amber Cox10 Leeward CourtAnnapolis, MD 21043412-848-1254Alyssacoxsoprano@gmail.com

New memBers

Membership in MSMTA is thriving as we continue to add new members. Please see the list below and reach out to the new members at the Local Association level.

Ann McCandliss, VP Membership

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Danielle Drobny15711 Mahogany Circle, No. 203Gaithersburg, MD 20878240-498-5874ddrobny@gmail.com

Chad David Jones21290 Mayfaire Lane, Unit 201Lexington Park, MD 20653240-434-6939cdjguitar@Yahoo.com

Carol Lynn Pardoe512 O’Donnell CourtSeverna Park, MD 21146410-991-2494pardoecl@hotmail.com

Claire Weber717Park Avenue, No. 3TBaltimore, MD 21201267-496-6286mlleclairewerrber@gmail.com

Hye E Kim7193 Somerton CourtHanover, MD 21076(703) 839-5821Piano Angiekim0817@gmail.com

Sheila Rose Jones5639 Denfield PlaceAdamstown, MD 21710(301)874-6384Piano Sheila_rose@msn.com

Michael Langlois9630 Milestone Way, No. 2079College Park, MD 20740(847) 650-3040Piano, Accompanying, TheoryLanglois1@gmail.com

Melissa McMahan2209 Kimball PlaceSilver Spring, MD 20910(317)345-0000Voice, PianoMmcmahan222@gmail.com

Jody Sageman507 Grand Champion DriveRockville, MD 20850(240) 413-4096Piano jodysageman@comcast.net

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Please email all notices and copy for inclusion in the October 2015 MSMTA newsletter by October 5, 2015, to:

rlhartzell@verizon.net or mail to:

Richard Hartzell MSMTA Newsletter Editor 1817 Arcola Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20902-2830

Tel: (301)-649-4112

The MSMTA Newsletter is published five times per year by the Maryland State Music Teachers Association, Inc.

Claudette Horwitz and Elizabeth White, contributing editorsCirculation: 725

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Kelly Rae Stoneberger1208 Weymouth StreetWestminster, MD 21158(720) 838-5013Voicekellystoneberger@hotmail.com