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JMTA Meeting and Program JMTA Meeting - February 8, 2012 9:15 A.M. – Meet & Greet 9:30 A.M. – Business Meeting 10:30 A.M. Program: Lynne Ariale, “Teaching Jazz Piano” Keyboard Connection 9912 San Jose Blvd. Jacksonville, Florida 32257 The February meeting will be held at Keyboard Connection and will feature Lynne Ariale as our program. She is an Associate Professor of Jazz Studies at UNF and is an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer. She will share with us tips on teaching jazz piano to your students. Please join us for this informative program. From the President’s Pen Congratulations to all the teachers whose students practiced and studied hard to make Student Day a success. A big thank you to Denise for organizing and scheduling the event! I look forward to seeing you all at our next meeting so we can talk about the Honors Recital and Student Day. Have a great week! Beth Martelli JMTA Student Recitals JMTA STUDENT RECITALS Student recitals will be held at 3 p.m. on the following dates:
The following guidelines will help teachers to prepare:
PRINT Student Name Age Level: Beginner Intermediate Advanced Phone Teacher Name Complete Title of Composition Composer Length of piece Membership News We welcome new member Lynne Radcliffe to our organization! Lynne lives in Jax Beach and teaches piano. She currently teaches at the First Coast Community Music School, and in the past has taught at Episcopal High School and Nease High School. She has a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Memphis State University. We also have some new student members joining from UNF. They are all pianists. Erin Bennett is working on getting a collegiate chapter started there.
*Phone number change* Please change your phone number contact for Anne Marie Giffin to 904-437-7112. All current members’ contact information, including those listed above, can be found on the website directory. Please note that there is an updated membership directory on the website effective February 1, 2012. -Lorraine Eaton STUDENT DAY HONORS RECITAL Sunday, Feb. 5 at 3 p.m. Peace Presbyterian Church, 2300 Southside Blvd. (between Beach and Atlantic) Going North on Southside, it is on the left. Concert dress! This is NOT an informal event. Girls – party dresses, long dresses, boys must be in dress shirt and ties. (Attire should be the similar to Multi-Piano Festival). DEADLINE for enrolling students – Weds. Feb. 1. The students names, title of piece, and composer should be sent to Liz Kiebler, [email protected]. We want to make this new event as special as possible. Please inform your students and parents of it now, so they can look forward to being invited to perform. Any student who gets Honors in Performance with at least Achievement in Written and Aural Theory is welcome to perform. There will be a formal printed program and certificates handed out to participants. Thanks to the recital committee – Heather Schaeffer, Lydia Sanchez, Susan Figlietti, Denise Homsley, Liz Kiebler, Sandy Stewart. Please join us on the 5th! For further information, contact Sandy Stewart, [email protected]. Concerto Competition I’m sure everyone is enthused about concertos, again this year. . .our online registration is easy, and we’re looking forward to your participation on March 17th at Jacksonville University. For forms to fill out online go to fmta.org /studentactivities/competitions/forms. Then send $30 per student (made out to JMTA District IV) to Ileana Fernandez (4587 Glen Kernan Pkwy. East. 32224). Deadline is February 29th. -Ileana and Mary Calendar of Events If anyone has an item to add to the calendar, please contact the website administrator at [email protected] Thanks! Feb. 5, 2012 3:00 pm Student Day Honors Recital Peace Presbyterian Church 2300 Southside Blvd. Feb. 8, 2012 9:30 am JMTA Meeting Lynne Ariale, “Teaching Jazz Piano” Keyboard Connection March 14, 2012 9:30 am JMTA Meeting Mary Lou Krosnick Mary Lou Krosnick’s Home March 11, 2012 3:00 pm JMTA Student Recital Jacksonville University March 17, 2012 TBA District IV Competitive Concerto Jacksonville University April 11, 2012 9:30 am JMTA Meeting Concerto Competition Winners Riverside Presbyterian Church May 9, 2012 9:30 am JMTA Meeting Scholarship Winner Home of Aida Rebeiro Submissions for the March Newsletter are due on February 20, 2012. Please send submit them in writing to Tara Mock at [email protected]. |
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