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February 2012 - Volume 15, No. 5

2/5/2012

 
​Newsletter at a Glance
  • February Meeting
  • President’s Pen
  • Student Recitals    Membership News
  • Student Day Honors Recital
  • Concerto Competition
  • Calendar

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:
  1. March 11 – Jacksonville University.
Each student must pay a $5.00 participation fee. Please make copies of the form below for each student entered.

The following guidelines will help teachers to prepare:
  1. Teachers may have 4-5 students participate; however, the total performance time may not exceed 15 minutes for teachers with advanced students. Each student plays only one piece or movement.
  2. Solo performances are to be MEMORIZED. Duets may use music.
  3. Teachers are required to bring a PLATE of cookies. Serving platters will not be provided!
  4. Please stress to the students the importance of proper dress and that they are expected to remain for the entire performance. If a student does not have the whole afternoon free, ask them to wait until the next recital date.
  5. Instruct your students on the proper way to take a bow on stage.
  6. Students should arrive 15 minutes early to be seated and receive instructions!
  7. Teachers are required to attend in order to have students participate. Each teacher will be asked to assist with the program, either by bringing needed items, seating students, or setting up and serving refreshments.
  8. Information must be submitted ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE to ensure that student names will be included on the program. Please adhere to this deadline by sending the form below and a check for the total amount (made to JMTA) to Sandra Stewart, 4782 Harpers Ferry Lane, Jacksonville, FL  32257.
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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.
  • Katie Gellerstedt
  • Ansel Audain
  • Sarah Hartley
  • David Jamison

*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, pianoliz3@gmail.com.
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, iunsuusc@bellsouth.net.

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 admin@jaxmta.org 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 highnotes@jaxmta.org.

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      • Community Proton Therapy Recital
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