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JMTA High Notes
November 2023—Vol. 27, no. 3 JMTA Meeting and Program at Keyboard Connection & over Zoom Thursday, November 9, 2023: 9:30am meeting and program afterwards: “Musicality: Should It Really Be the Icing on the Cake?” with Dr. Gary Smart, UNF Professor of Music _____________________________________________________________________________ President’s Pen Dear Colleagues, We work diligently to engage our students in a wide variety of music. Besides the core repertoire available from many publishers, we have scores from different eras, styles, and levels. With this abundance, one type that is still not well-known, at least to me, is the music of Eastern Asia. According to an article in the New York Times, “works by Asian composers make up only about 2 percent of American orchestral performances planned for the coming season” (NYTimes.com). Following are some Eastern Asian composers that we can become acquainted with, from Liveabout.com: Sheng – Originally from China, Sheng teaches at the University of Michigan, and is a composer, pianist, and conductor. He has been “commissioned by the White House, has had his works performed by many of the world’s leading orchestras and performers, and has become the New York Ballet’s first resident composer. Sheng’s music is a melodic and unclouded blend of Bartok and Shostakovitch” (liveabout.com). Chinary Ung – Born in Cambodia, Ung moved to the U.S. in his early 20s, studying clarinet at the Manhattan School of Music. His music is a mix of Cambodian and Western, and in 1989 he was the first American to win the Grawemeyer Award. He teaches composition at UC San Diego. (liveabout.com) Isang Yun – Yun, born in Korea, moved to Tokyo at 16 to study at the Osaka Conservatory. Later, journeying through Europe, he “ended up in Germany where he wrote the majority of his compositions, which included symphonies, concertos, operas, choral works, chamber music, and more. His music style is regarded as avant-garde with Korean influence” (liveabout.com). Tan Dun – Originally from China, Dun moved to NYC in the 1980s to study music at Columbia University. His musical style mixes experimental, classic Chinese, and Western. “It is almost a guarantee you’ve heard music by Tan Dun thanks to his original film scores for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero. What’s more, for opera fans, Tan Dun’s world premiere of his opera The First Emperor took place at the Metropolitan Opera on December 21, 2006” (liveabout.com). Toru Takemitsu – Born in Japan, Takemitsu was a self-taught composer who won many awards. In 1957, he received international recognition for composing Requiem. Besides traditional Japanese music, Takemitsu was inspired by “Debussy, Cage, Schoenberg, and Messiaen,” and “is considered one of the first prominent Japanese composers to be recognized in Western music” (liveabout.com). With the rise of anime and popularity of videogame music, many students are already familiar with composers like Mamoru Fujisawa, known as Joe Hisaishi, who is a “Japanese film composer born in 1950 who has over 100 film scores and solo albums to his name. Dubbed ‘the John Williams of Japan’ by Pitchfork in 2017, he has won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Music seven times” (Goldsteinmusic.com). Hisaishi, who chose his name because of its kanji translation of “Quincy Jones”, is well known for composing music for the Studio Ghibli anime films which are increasingly popular. Two videogame composers of note, that many of your students are probably familiar with, are Koji Kondo, who worked on the original Super Mario and Legend of Zelda games, and Nobuo Uematsu, who worked on the Final Fantasy series. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/23/arts/music/asian-composers-classical-music.html https://www.liveabout.com/famous-asian-classical-composers-723781 https://goldsteinmusic.com/joe-hisaishi/#:~:text=Mamoru%20Fujisawa%2C%20better%20known%20as,for%20Best%20Music%20seven%20times As music teachers who broaden your students’ horizons with a variety of music, you have many pieces you must know at any given time. If you have, say, 20 students, and each of those students are working on 5 pieces, you are teaching around 100 pieces at the same time. You work hard for your students, and in this month of thankfulness, I am thankful for each one of you! Have a blessed Thanksgiving and holiday season. High Notes will be back in January. Sincerely, Angie Angie Holt President, JMTA _____________________________________________________________________________ JMTA Meeting Minutes Thursday, October 12, 2023, 9:30am Keyboard Connection/Zoom Present (In-person): Sandra Stewart, Lorraine Sears, Sandra Roberts, Rhonda Danielson, Lisa Barwell, Paulette Kilts, Sheryl Dubberly, Ronald Touchton Present (Zoom): Lynn Freeman, Denise Homesley, Mary McKee Call to Order: 9:43am (Sandra Stewart) Parliamentarian: (Lynn Freeman)
Treasurer’s Report: (Damon Martin and Stefanie)
Vice-President/Membership: (Mary McKee) • Newish members were present:
COMMITTEE REPORTS: Programs: (Open)
Communications & Social Media Update: (Angie Holt)
Social: (Sandra Stewart)
Student Recitals: (Lorraine Sears & Gavin Taylor)
Scholarship: (Kamila Shahtakhtinski)
Student Day: (Angie Holt)
Altruistic: (Sandra Roberts)
Community Service Awards: (Joan Cordell)
Ethics: (Betty Atkinson)
Historian: (Paulette Kilts)
Wellness Liaison: (Lisa Barwell)
Old Business:
New Business:
Adjourned: 10:02am (Sandra Stewart) Presentation: “From… The Art of Practicing” by Dr. Michael Bovenzi Submitted by Stefanie Batson-Martin, Recording Secretary _____________________________________________________________________________ JMTA TREASURY REPORTS September Submitted by Stef & Damon Martin 10/02/2023 ________________________________________________________________________ JMTA MONTHLY PROGRAMSNOVEMBER JMTA Meeting and Program Our November meeting will be on Thursday, November 9 at 9:30am at Keyboard Connection, 9912 San Jose Blvd. Refreshments will be served. Following the meeting, Dr. Gary Smart, Professor of Music at UNF, will be with us to present a program on: “Musicality: Should It Really Be the Icing on the Cake?” About Dr. Smart: "Gary Smart's career has encompassed a wide range of activities as composer, classical and jazz pianist, and teacher. Always a musician with varied interests, he may be the only pianist to have studied with Yale scholar/ keyboardist Ralph Kirkpatrick, the great Cuban virtuoso Jorge Bolet, and the master jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. A true American pluralist, Dr. Smart composes and improvises a music that reflects an abiding interest in Americana, jazz, and world musics, as well as the Western classical tradition." - https://webapps.unf.edu/faculty/bio/n00008326 (Click on the above website link for more information about Dr. Smart.) For those of you who cannot attend in person, following is the Zoom link: November 9 Topic: JMTA November Meeting - 11/9/23 Time: Nov 9, 2023 09:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://unf.zoom.us/j/98372515262?pwd=dlFiZ3pPaGxWWjJDRmFNcEIwZGZ3Zz09 Meeting ID: 983 7251 5262 Passcode: 207061 ________________________________________________________________________ JMTA Student Recitals 2023-2024 We had a great opening recital at River Garden on Sunday, October 22! 23 students participated, and about 40 of the residents were in attendance. River Garden made delicious refreshments for us to enjoy. Our next Student Recital is Sunday, December 3, 2023, at Arlington United Methodist Church. Start time 3:00pm. Submissions are due to Co-Chair Gavin Taylor at [email protected] by November 22. Thank you to all teachers who participated in this last recital; everyone submitted their applications by the deadline! View the JMTA Recitals page on the website for more detailed information on guidelines and application process. https://www.jaxmta.org/jmta-student-recitals.html Also, be on the lookout for information on a Community Recital opportunity for our Intermediate and Advanced students at the Proton Therapy Institute on a Tuesday evening in April, date TBA. - Lorraine Sears, Student Recitals Co-Chair Following are pictures from the October 22nd recital. STATE NEWS2023 FSMTA State Conference October 19-22, 2023 Lakeland, Florida The 2023 FSMTA State Conference was held at the beautiful Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida, on Thursday, October 19 through Sunday, October 22. JMTA members were in attendance. JohnWillard Utuk gave a workshop on composition (see his report on the next page, which he will be presenting for our April program as well), and Dr. Erin Bennett performed in the Teacher’s Recital. Denise Homsley, FSMTA Treasurer, assisted with the conference, and Kama Rasmussen-Li, District 4 President, attended as our district representative at the Executive Board meeting. Rhonda Danielson subbed for Ed Varela at the State Student Day meeting, and Paulette Kilts spoke at the local/district luncheon to encouraged districts to contribute to their historical archival. Angie Holt presented JMTA’s activities and events at the local/district luncheon. 2023 FSMTA State Conference COMPOSE, CREATE, & COLLABORATE: How poetry, imagination, and storytelling combine to create a unique musical experience By JohnWillard Utuk On Friday 10/20, I spoke about how musical cryptograms and ciphers can be used as introductions to student composing and how using your students’ sources of what they get excited about in their personal lives can help with their own playing and composition process. I highlighted 3 examples that involved collaboration with colleagues and the piano solos I wrote are meant to help piano teachers supplement their own student’s repertoire. There was also brainstorming and lively discussions where participants shared their ideas and possible projects to try out. There were around 15 attendees at my workshop. A Musical Cryptogram is a sequence of pitches that utilizes the relationship between the note names and letters of the alphabet to spell out words. “Cipher Composing” involves taking words and “hiding” them in the music. This can be both a fun, yet challenging way to write music, which can also prove to be more satisfying since the composer (students) have a personal connection not the word(s)/themes they write about! The possibility to “tell a story”—how the piece was created, what inspired it, how the music relates to what’s hidden—is one way to provide a “unique musical experience” for the audience and player(s). Composers like Bach, Schumann, Ravel, and Shostakovich used this technique. The two common systems used in the Romantic Period were the French (English) method and German method. Famously, in German key notation, B-flat was named ‘B’ and B-natural was named ‘H’. ________________________________________________________________________ DISTRICT IV NEWSStudent Day The annual District IV Student Day testing will be held in the spring of 2024 in Jacksonville, date TBA. Student Day levels go from Primary through 12. This month let’s look at the audition repertoire that can be used, and Level 3 written and aural theory. For the audition repertoire, pieces must be originals; no arrangements and no traditional pieces or folk melodies are allowed. Levels primary and 1 require two memorized pieces; beginning with level 2, three memorized pieces are required. Beginning with Level 5, each of the three pieces must be from a different musical period. (The first page of the repertoire list is shown on the left, and most of Level 5 on the right.) Level 3 covers seven sections in written theory: key signatures, scales, intervals, chords, rhythm, terms & symbols, and meter/time signature. Page 1 of the written theory guidelines is on the next page. In Level 3 aural theory, there are eight sections: scales, intervals, chords, dictation (Rhythm), rhythm, melody, dynamic, and touch. Page 1 of the aural theory guidelines is also shown below right. You can go to FMTA.org, click on Student Activities, FSMTA Non-Competitive Events, and go down to Members of FSMTA to put in the password and choose your level to print off. For the audition repertoire, under the Piano Guidelines, click on Suggested Repertoire for a guideline of pieces for each level (not required to use any of these pieces). If you would like further helps for you student to learn the written and aural theory and keyboard skills, you can purchase a consumable written theory workbook for your student, as well as keyboard skills helps and an aural theory USB flash drive that follows exactly what is needed for that level of Student Day. You can order the packet (around $21) from Music Masters through email: [email protected]. (packet cover shown on right.) Their phone number is (954) 752-2856. You can also go to their website to see sample pages: http://musicmasterstheory.com/ (This is a separate company and is not required; if you would rather, you can just use the forms on the FMTA website.) Please let me know if you have any questions regarding District IV Student Day. - Angie Holt, District IV Student Activities Chair ([email protected]) ________________________________________________________________________ Over Coffee With . . . This month we are getting more acquainted with a newer member of JMTA, Cheryl Dubberly. CHERYL DUBBERLY Q. Tell us a little bit about yourself. A. I was born in Waycross, Georgia. We grew up in Valdosta, Georgia. Q. What inspired you to begin music lessons? A. When I was 8 years old I decided I wanted piano lessons. My mother made it happen and took piano lessons regularly in Valdosta. Q. Did you have a favorite music teacher(s) that made music more enjoyable? A. My first and favorite music teacher was my afternoon choir director. It must have been a cherub choir that met at First Baptist Church. Harold Cartee was a wonderful teacher who we all loved dearly. Q. Tell us about some things you have been/are involved in musically. A. My favorite thing to do right now is to go to the Coffee Concerts with the Jacksonville Symphony. I have had season tickets for a few years now and always enjoy going with friends. Technically I am retired but I am in my third act and am building up my piano studio. I live in a retirement community on the Southside. I am not actively performing. In another lifetime I served many times as a church accompanist but no longer do that. Q. Do you have a story of something that happened during one of your performances and how you handled it? A. While teaching elementary music in Valdosta, Georgia I had a boy faint in a rehearsal once and it was terrifying. He was ok but for a few minutes it was touch and go. You just carry on.....that was so many years ago. In the opposite direction I moved to Yokosuka Japan in 1994. I was the third elementary music teacher at a very large elementary school. The first year I played piano with the existing 4th and 5th grade chorus who had a field trip to Tokyo Disneyland. The first time we took the kids to sing on the Small World Stage we were stuck in a traffic jam. I had a Japanese friend who convinced them to even let us in the park and then we even rescheduled to take them back to perform again. These are more choral experiences and not so much piano performance because for quite a few years I did not teach private piano but now I have been back teaching private piano for 4 years now. I was a piano major and am just returning to my roots and original passion. Q. What advice would you give teachers to encourage students to practice more? A. Nicola Cantan who has an online piano teacher membership has published a book called Practice Pie. She has great advice on practicing. I am still working on ways to motivate students to practice more, telling them practice makes progress. Q. What advice would you give to help curb nerves before a performance? A. Nerves before performances are such a big issue. I have listened to a podcast and have been a patreon member with Christina Whitlock who I follow and has a podcast and a patreon membership. She had a series this summer all about her favorite books. One book she recommends is on mindset and performances. It's still something I think we never ever stop studying to help our students be mentally prepared before performing. Performance is all mindset. Q. What is one of the most interesting places you've visited? A. I have lived in some very interesting places and have gotten to visit other interesting places because of where I lived. I lived in Bavaria, Germany for 7 years and spent 15 years in mainland Japan as well as in Okinawa. It was a lifetime. I taught with the Department of Defense Dependent Schools for 22 years teaching elementary music in the schools on bases serving military families. Q. What do you find to be a challenge in teaching music and what do you find that helps? A. Teaching music in the schools and teaching private piano have different challenges. Teaching private piano the issues may be finding time for self and a healthy balance of work and free time and things that you do to feed your soul and to take care of ourselves. Q. Who are some of your favorite music composers? A. I like Aaron Copland and I like Beethoven. The past three years I have been on a new journey getting caught up with piano methods, preferred piano methods, new teaching strategies and piano literature available digitally as well as hard copies. I have been learning about new composers of children's music and the levels and I will never stop learning. Teaching music as a private piano teacher never ends. I have made quite a few friends and piano teachers I follow but am happy to make in person piano teacher friendships and networks too! I recently attended the NCKP conference this past summer and it was so helpful and gave me new directions and paths to follow. ________________________________________________________________________ AREA CONCERTS AND RECITALS Community Hospice PerformancesIf you would be interested in performing a recital at the Hadlow Center at the Community Hospice and Pallative Care on Sunbeam Road, they sponsor a monthly performance titled First Friday Recital Series, with performances starting at 11:30 a.m. If you are interested, please contact Dr. Sandra Stewart at 904-333-9280. University of North Florida Music EventsClick on link for more information/tickets for each: https://www.unf.edu/coas/music/events.html Thursday, November 9 36th Annual Great American Jazz Series Presents: 35th Anniversary UNF JE1 CD Release Concert Featuring music and artists from the recording with UNF JE1. JB Scott, Artistic Director, UNF JE1 Director Location: Lazzara Performance Hall – 7:30pm Wednesday, November 15 UNF Wind Symphony and Concert Band Present: A Carnival of AnimalsDr. Erin Bodnar, Conductor Performing music by Karel Husa, Holly Harrison, Viet Cuong, and Haley Woodrow. Location: Lazzara Performance Hall – 7:30pm Friday, November 17 and Sunday, November 19 UNF Opera Theater presents: Hansel and GretelComposer, Engelbert Humperdinck; Librettist, Adelheid Wette Curtis Tucker, Conductor Dr. John Daugherty, Director Location: Andrew A. Robinson Theater: November 17--7:30pm; November 19--3:00pm Saturday, November 18 jemFest “Jacksonville Electroacoustic Music Festival (jemFEST) returns featuring Grammy-Award winning performer, Nick Photinos. Special thanks to the Eisen Experiential Grant.” Dr. Joshua Tomlinson, Director Location: Fine Arts Center Recital Hall – 7:00pm Wednesday, November 29 Jazz Combo NightLynne Arriale, Director Location: Andrew A. Robinson Theater – 7:30pm Thursday, November 30 36th Annual Great American Jazz Series presents: Swing into the Holidays! “UNF jazz ensembles performing Christmas and holiday big band jazz.” JB Scott, Artistic Director, UNF JE1 Director Location: Lazzara Performance Hall – 7:30pm Friday, December 1 A Choral Christmas in Ponte Vedra“Ponte Vedra Concert Hall celebrates the season with an evening of holiday music, welcoming choirs from University of North Florida. Featuring excerpts from Handel’s Messiah, traditional carols and selections from the Great American Songbook, family and friends alike can sing along with their favorite Christmas carols.” Dr. Cara Tasher, Director of Choral Studies Location: Ponte Vedra Concert Hall – 7:00pm Sunday, December 3 MESSIAHUNF Chamber Singers, Lawson Ensemble and Friends. Sachiko Frampton, Collaborative Keyboard Artist Dr. Cara Tasher, Conductor Location: St. Paul’s by-the-Sea – 4:00pm Monday, December 4 Student Chamber Music RecitalDr. Erin Bennett, Coordinator Location: Fine Arts Center Recital Hall – 7:30pm Wednesday, December 6 Piano Student Recital“Featuring the students of Dr. Erin Bennett, Dr. Gary Smart and Dr. Michael Mastronicola.” Location: Fine Arts Center Recital Hall – 7:30pm Thursday, December 7 Opera Workshop PerformancesDeana Barone, Director Location: All Saints Episcopal Church in San Marco – 4:00pm Friday, December 8 UNF Brass Ensembles in Concert“Featuring the UNF Ceremonial Brass, Brass Quintet and Trumpet Ensemble” Dr. Randall Tinnin, Director Location: UNF Green – 1:00p* *”In the event of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Fine Arts Center Recital Hall (45/1200).” Sunday, December 10 A Cozy Choral ChristmasDr. Cara Tasher, Director Location: Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd – 5:00pm Wednesday, December 13 UNF Faculty Recital: Classic Jazz Greatest Hits“Dr. Gary Smart, Dr. Marc Dickman, Dr. Bill Prince and friends perform the music of Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Bix Beiderbecke, Clarence Williams, the Duke of Dixieland, Sidney Bechet, Dave Tough, Jelly Roll Morton, Kid Ory, Jack Teagarden, King Oliver, and others!” Dr. Marc Dickman, Coordinator Location: Fine Arts Center Recital Hall – 7:30pm Jacksonville University Music EventsClick on link for more information and how to get tickets for each: https://viewer.joomag.com/creative-arts-series-2023-2024/0546091001658934607?short& Saturday, November 11 Second Annual Choir Jazz Festival Concert“Featuring Rob Dietz, Guest Artist” Location: Terry Concert Hall – 7:30pm Monday, November 13 Chaber Music Ensembles Concert“Brass, Strings, Woodwind and Guitar ensembles perform chamber works.” Location: Terry Concert Hall – 7:30pm Tuesday, November 14 JUWE Fall Concert“The Jacksonville University’s new Director of Bands, Professor Ted Shistle conducts an evening of band favorites.” Location: Terry Concert Hall – 7:30pm Florida State College at Jacksonville Music EventsClick on link for more information: https://www.fscj.edu/docs/default-source/wilson-center/fine-arts-calendar.pdf?sfvrsn=3b7dc316_2 Thursday, November 17 Jazz Concert“Under the director of Mr. John Thomas, this concert will feature toe-tapping musical selections that will please jazz enthusiasts.” Location: South Campus Wilson Center Main Stage – 7:30pm Thursday, November 30 Symphonic Band Concert“Under the director of Dr. Paul Weikle, the band will perform diverse musical selections that will close out the fall semester.” Location: South Campus Wilson Center Main Stage – 7:30pm Friday, December 1 Choral Concert“Under the direction of Dr. Tommy Shapard, the Men’s Chorus, Women’s Chorus and The Chorale will present seasonal selections as we head into the holidays.” Location: South Campus Wilson Center Main Stage – 7:30pm Saint John’s Cathedral Events Click on link for more information: https://www.jaxcathedral.org/events/ Sunday, November 26 St. Andrews Day Evensong“Each November, St. John’s Cathedral Choir celebrates the Feast of St. Andrew with a festal service of choral evensong. One of our most beloved annual musical traditions, the St. Andrew’s Day Evensong features the Cathedral choir, Cathedral brass, and Jacksonville Pipes and Drums. The evensong is free and is followed by a reception in Taliaferro Hall. All are welcome!” Location: 256 East Church Street, Jacksonville – 5:00pm Friday Musicale Events Click on link for more information and tickets: https://fridaymusicale.com/events/ Friday, November 10 – Saturday, November 11 UNF Shakespeare Presents: Othello – The Moor of Venice“UNF Shakespeare presents an original adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello, using a unique multi-lingual approach reflecting global dialects of the era.” Location: 645 Oak Street, Jacksonville – both dates 7:00-9:00pm Friday, December 1 Antonio Vergara Quartet“Friday Musicale is excited to present the Antonio Vergara Quartet. A recent graduate of the UNF School of Music with a focus on jazz saxophone performance, Antonio has performed with many of Jacksonville’s leading performers. An accomplished composer as well as saxophonist, Antonio’s concert features his own original compositions for small jazz ensemble, with a focus on creative rhythmic structures, modern harmonies, and inventive forms for improvisation.” Location: 645 Oak Street, Jacksonville – 7:00-9:00pm Thursday, December 14 First Coast Flute Choir“First Coast Flute Choir returns to Friday Musicale! After last year’s fantastic Halloween Nights concert, we’re excited for this year’s holiday program. Join us for a fun night of music for this elite ensemble of Florida flutes, ranging from bass to piccolo and everything in between!” Location: 645 Oak Street, Jacksonville – 7:00-9:00pm The Florida Chamber Music Project EventsClick on link for more information and tickets: https://flchambermusic.org/concerts-2/ Sunday, November 19 Barber & Mozart String Quartet, Opus 11 – Samuel Barber String Quintet in G minor, K. 516 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Location: Beaches Museum Chapel, 525 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach – 3:00-4:00pm The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra EventsClick on link for more information and tickets: https://www.jaxsymphony.org/concerts-tickets/23-24-season/ Friday, November 10 & Saturday, November 11 Mahler’s Symphony for Alma Florida Blue Classical Series Courtney Lewis, Conductor Location: Jacoby Symphony Hall – 7:30pm Sunday, November 12 JSYO Fall ConcertJacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra Concerts Location: Jacoby Symphony Hall – 5:00pm Friday, November 17 and Saturday, November 18 Home Alone in Concert Symphonic Night at the Movies Grant O'Brien, Conductor; Jacksonville Symphony Chorus Location: Jacoby Symphony Hall – 7:00pm both nights Sunday, November 19 Big Band Feature: East to West Jazz Series James Jenkins, Jazz Series Curator and Jacksonville Jazz Collective Director The Jacksonville Jazz Collective Location: Jacoby Symphony Hall – 3:00pm Friday, December 1 and Saturday, December 2 Tchaikovsky & Barber Florida Blue Classical Series Kevin Fitzgerald, Conductor; Joyce Yang, Piano Location: Jacoby Symphony Hall – 7:30pm Thursday, December 7 through Sunday, December 10 Holiday Pops Paysafe Pops Series Tim Hankewich, Conductor Ryan Silverman, Vocalist; Jacksonville Symphony Chorus; Dancers from DA School of the Arts Location: Jacoby Symphony Hall – Various times _______________________________________________________________________ Did you know? Residents of Duval county, if they have a Jacksonville Library card, can use the many electronic resources from the https://jaxpubliclibrary.org/digital-library. Getting a library card is free. All that's needed is your driver's license and sign up in person at any of the 21 branches. The card allows the use of Kanopy - which has free streaming movies, documentaries, educational resources [older teens/adults]. I saw a documentary "Making the Grade" which profiled Irish students and piano teachers whose students are preparing to take the Irish Royal Academy of Music Examinations. It was funny, moving, informative, and relatable, especially seeing snippets of the teacher's lessons in action and how the students feel about piano and their teachers overall. I highly recommend members watch it (and explore the other resources available from JPL)! - JohnWillard Utuk ________________________________________________________________________Find A Teacher Section on Jaxmta.org Teachers, please take a moment to check out your information on our Find a Teacher page of the JMTA website (jaxmta.org). If you would like to edit, add, or delete any information, please email our Internet Media chair Angie Holt at [email protected]. ________________________________________________________________________Need a Sponsor? Does anyone in the JMTA need a sponsor or need help in any way? If so, John Scott, owner of Jacksonville School of Music & First Coast School of Music, is interested in helping our organization. If interested, contact John at [email protected]. His direction phone number is 904-248-1848. ________________________________________________________________________ Music Exchange Do you have too much music collected in your studio? Is there some you think you'll never use? Bring your unneeded music to any JMTA meeting. Bring home something new to you! Look for the "Free Music" spot. Music does not have to be brand new. ________________________________________________________________________Have you found us on Facebook? Follow JMTA on Facebook for the latest happenings, photos, videos, and more! ________________________________________________________________________ Events CalendarPlease view our website for any updates or additions to these events, as well as for more details including application deadlines: www.jaxmta.org. Thursday, November 9 9:30 – Meeting After - Program JMTA General Meeting and Program – Dr. Gary Smart Keyboard Connection/Zoom 9912 San Jose Blvd., 32257 Sunday, December 3 3:00pm JMTA Student Recital Arlington United Methodist Church, 1400 University Blvd. N., 32211 Thursday, January 11 9:30am District 4 Meeting Keyboard Connection 9912 Sand Jose Blvd., 32257 Sunday, February 4 2:00pm District 4 Sonatina / Sonata Festival UNF Recital Hall Thursday, February 8 9:30 – Meeting After - Program JMTA General Meeting and Program – Dr. Anita Renfroe Keyboard Connection/Zoom 9912 San Jose Blvd., 32257 Stay tuned for more events to come! High Notes is distributed on the first of the month excluding June-August and December. All submissions are due by the 20th of the month prior to distribution. Submissions may be sent to [email protected]. |
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