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The CLARION Official Bulletin of the Washington State Music Teachers Association

Volume LIX, No. 2 6666666666666666 October, 2006

President’s Corner with Margee Webster

“It never occurred to me that there was anything else to do but become a member of WSMTA.” Now, there’s the quote of the month! What else would a music teacher do but be-come a member of our organization?! I certainly could not say it any better. This quote is by our newest Honor-ary Life Member, Mary Jane Clarke. Mary Jane has a long history with WSMTA and MTNA and we had the chance to thank her and award her with our WSMTA Honorary Life Membership in June at our 2006 Con-ference in Ocean Shores. Surprising her with this was no small feat since she IS the Honorary Life Membership Chair. But with the help of our Exec-utive Manager, Judy Price, and Mary Jane’s husband, Judson, we pulled it off and she was most surprised and elated to receive this award.

Mary Jane has served in probably every capacity possible at the local chapter level and state level of WS-MTA. She is an active adjudicator and conference presenter. In addi-tion to serving as State President, she chaired 2 conferences and continues to be actively involved in our state group and her chapter (Olympia). She was the Arts Awareness and Ad-vocacy Chair for MTNA and recently finished a 2-year term on the MTNA Board of Directors. She is a graduate of University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. Recently, I had the chance to ask Honorary Life Member Mary Jane Clarke some questions and she gave the most insightful answers! Read on:

What keeps you continually involved in WSMTA (and MTNA)?

“I have gained so much knowledge and have so many wonderful friends because of my involvement in WSMTA and MTNA. We are fortunate to be a part of an organization that gives us so many opportunities to grow in our profession. My life has been enriched through my years with WSMTA and MT-NA.”

How did you first hear about WS-MTA/MTNA?

“I remember playing in the WSMTA Auditions every year from childhood through college, so I feel like I always knew about WSMTA. My teacher, Leonard Jacobsen, was the state president when I was an undergraduate. I can remember working on the conferences held at UPS (I think they were called Assemblies back then) and it never occurred to me that there was anything else to do but become a member--so I did as soon as I graduated from college.”

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Invitation to the WSMTA Outstanding Artists

Competition

I would like to invite teachers and especially students to attend our WSMTA Outstanding Artist Compe-tition on Saturday and Sunday, Nov-ember 11 and 12, 2006. It will be held at the Prosser Piano and Organ Re-cital Hall in Tukwila (south Seattle). There are two piano divisions. Stu-dents age 11-14 years of age will per-form in the junior piano division and students 15-18 years will perform in the senior division. This is a wonder-ful opportunity for our students to hear their peers creating beautiful music. There is no charge to attend, and people can choose to stay for one or more performances throughout the day. I will list the hours of com-petition in the November Clarion. If you have questions, you may contact me at [email protected] or phone 1-509-627-6644.

Betty Teel, NCTM OAC Chair

MTNA Performance

Competitions November 10-12, 2006

Highline Community College Des Moines, Washington

You are cordially invited to attend the state level MTNA Performance Competitions at Highline Commun-ity College, Des Moines, WA, Friday through Sunday, November 10-12. Come be a part of this exciting week-end! Bring your students and listen to the top Washington State students. Plan to help for the weekend, or a day, or a few hours. Many hours of volunteer help go into making this event a success and you can be a big part of that success by volunteering.

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WSMTA Contact Information WSMTA Executive Office Executive Manager: Judith Price, NCTM 4904 Hilton Rd. NE Olympia, WA 98516 Phone: 360-459-4338 e-mail: [email protected] WSMTA Website www.wsmta.net

WSMTA Board of Directors President: Margee Webster, NCTM 2246 S Rockwood Blvd. Spokane, WA 99203 Phone: 509-534-9678 e-mail: [email protected] President Elect: Mary Kaye Owen, NCTM 11445 SE 185th Place Renton, WA 98055-4370 Phone: 425-228-8721 e-mail: [email protected] Immediate Past President: Debra Florian, NCTM 16725 Seminole Rd., NE Poulsbo, WA 98370 Phone: 360-697-1965 e-mail: [email protected] Vice President: Jani Peterson, NCTM 2601 Mix Road Moscow, ID 83843 Phone: 208-883-3991 e-mail: [email protected] Executive Manager: Judith Price, NCTM (see above) Treasurer: Patti Robertson, NCTM 209 E Canyon Drive Kennewick, WA 99337-5824 Phone: 509-586-2219 e-mail: [email protected] Ed. Board Chair: Debra Florian, NCTM (see Immed. Past President) Adjudications Chair: Dianne Johnston P.O. Box 655 Kingston, WA 98346 Phone: 360-297-3972 e-mail: [email protected] District I VP: Mona Beach, NCTM 563 Walla Walla Way LaConner, WA 98257 Phone: 360-466-1703 e-mail: [email protected] District II VP: Kaycee Groom 16219 132nd Place SE Renton, WA 98058 Phone: 425-227-0339 e-mail: [email protected] District III VP: Julia Wentz 7911 258th Ave. E Buckley, WA 98321 Phone: 360-829-0836 e-mail: [email protected] District IV VP: Cinda Redman 14711 SE 29th St. Vancouver, WA 98684 Phone: 360-256-8888 e-mail: [email protected]

District V VP: Harriet West 2213 S Beaumont Moses Lake, WA 98837 Phone: 509-765-6585 e-mail: [email protected] District VI VP: Onnie Adams 1516 Goethals Richland, WA 99352 Phone: 509-943-1758 e-mail: [email protected] District VII VP: Karen Schaefer, NCTM 37 E 26th Ave. Spokane, WA 99203 Phone: 509-624-1560 e-mail: [email protected] Clarion Editor: Gary Alan Hind (see below) WSMTA Education Board Ed. Board Chair: Debra Florian, NCTM (see Board of Directors) Ed. Board Member: Marilyn Linde P.O. Box 430 Granger, WA 98932 Phone: 509-854-1583 e-mail: [email protected] Ed. Board Member: Colleen Hunter, NCTM 2911 N 5th St. Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814 Phone: 208-664-0910 e-mail: [email protected] Ed. Board Member: Judith Schoepflin, NCTM 614 E 21st Spokane, WA 99203 Phone: 509-747-906 e-mail: [email protected] Ed. Board Member: Jeffrey Gilliam, NCTM Western Washington University Dept. of Music, 516 High St Bellingham, WA 98225-9107 Phone: 360-650-3709 e-mail: [email protected] Ed. Board Members, Ex-Officio Margee Webster (see President) Dianne Johnston (see Adjudications) Judith Price (see Executive Manager) Linda Burger, NCTM Certification Chair 1629 E. Glass Ave. Spokane, WA 99207 Phone: 509-487-4346 e-mail: [email protected]

The CLARION is published 9 times each year: Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec., Feb., March, April, May, and June. It includes membership news and an-nouncements, and pertinent news of the Music Teachers National Assoc-iation. Articles must be submitted no later than the 10th day of the previous month.

Editor: Gary Alan Hind 20038 Lysir Ct. NE Poulsbo, WA 98370 (360) 697-2591 [email protected]

Editor’s Notes

Sept. CLARION Officers List Corrections

Please substitute “msn” for “aol” in District VII Vice President Karen Schaefer’s e-mail address. Ed. Board member Jeffrey Gilliam’s mailing address has changed to: Western Washington University Dept. of Music 516 High St. Bellingham, WA 98225-9107 Phone: 360-650-3709

Membership Welcome New Members!

Clark County Chapter

Angela Svendsen

Eastside Chapter Valerie Tedrow

Snohomish County Chapter

Laura Everett, student Rose Halcomb, student

Hyejin Kim, student

Moses Lake Chapter Kathy Meek

South King County Chapter

Valerie Tedrow Samantha Young, student

Sunn Valley Chapter

Charla Wheeler

Tri-Cities Chapter Jeremy Neufeld Kathryn Pfaff

Tyler Cannon, student

Whidbey Island Chapter Aimee Beauchemin

Nadean Clarke Passes

Nadean Clarke, an MTNA mem-ber since 1953 who was WSMTA NW Vice President from 1968-70, WS-MTA Treasurer from 1970-1985, and an Honorary Life Member of WS-MTA since 1988, passed away on August 23rd in Port Orchard. She was a member of the West Sound Chapter and a long time active member of the Kitsap County Chap-ter. Nadean served two terms as president of KMTA along with


holding several officer positions throughout her membership. Nadean's passion for teaching piano was an inspiration and a model for her students, parents, and other teachers. She influenced several mu-sic careers throughout the state and worldwide. In addition to being a gifted piano teacher, Nadean was a friend, a mentor, a confidant to many of us in the music community. She will be greatly missed.

Helen Richardson Kitsap County Chapter

West Sound Chapter Treasurer President’s Corner

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What do you do in your spare time?

“Spare time? I don’t think I have much of that! However, I do like to knit, tend my flowers in the summer, travel and be with my family whenever I can.”

What do you want to be when you grow up?

“I haven’t decided that one yet. Probably a piano teacher! I just cannot imagine doing any-thing else that I would love as much as teaching.”

What composer would you like to have lunch with?

“That is a hard one – I think I would like to have lunch with Claude Debussy in Monet’s gar-den at Giverny. I am enthralled with the music of Debussy and how he creates all the colors and effects through sound. I love being in France; I love French food and French Impressionistic painting so the music seems to speak to me through Debussy.”

What do you enjoy about teaching? “I think the challenge of bringing music into children’s lives so that it is meaningful and something of value they can carry for the rest of their lives. I also love working with so many different age groups and person-alities.”

Thank you Mary Jane! Thank you for the enthusiasm, energy, and in-spiration you give to all of us. The Washington State Music Teachers Association is a vibrant or-ganization because of people like

Mary Jane who are not afraid to say, “yes.” I challenge all to get involved and be a part of the many facets of WSMTA. Our involvement benefits our students, enriches our lives and keeps our many fine programs run-ning smoothly. Speaking of running—isn’t that what we do in the fall and never stop until early summer?? Keep on track. Keep your focus on making a more musical tomorrow! Future Events

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MTNA Performance

Competitions (continued from Page 1)

We need many monitors, time-keepers, and registrars. Contact Jani Peterson, MTNA Performance Com-petitions Chair, at [email protected] to volunteer your time. Attending the competition will in-spire you and your students.

WSMTA Conference 2007

The 2007 WSMTA Conference will be held at Washington State Univers-ity in Pullman, Washington June 25-29, 2007 with guest artist Douglas Humphreys from the Eastman School of Music. We are currently seeking propos-als for Conference workshops. The deadline is November 1, 2006. Please submit ideas to:

Karen Hsiao Savage: [email protected]; or

Michelle Mielke, NCTM: [email protected]

Program Reports

MTNA Foundation Fund

Did you know that WSMTA was one of the top five contributors to the MTNA Foundation Fund for 2005? In 2006, the MTNA Foundation Fund awarded fifteen Teacher Enrichment Grants to help fund continuing education and professional development projects. Three of those

grants were awarded to WSMTA mem-bers: Jennifer Bonato (Moses Lake), Harriet West (Moses Lake), and Mary Loeffelbein (Ephrata). Applications for 2007 became avail-able September 1, 2006 -- Postmark deadline: January 10, 2007. The MTNA Foundation Fund award-ed grants to local associations for the ed-ucation and professional development of teachers and for the promotion of music in the immediate community. Three of the fifteen grants were received by chap-ters in Washington: Lake Washington, Grays Harbor, Moses Lake. Applications for 2006 became avail-able September 1, 2006 -- Postmark deadline: February 1, 2007. Guidelines and application forms for 2007 MTNA Foundation Fund grants are available on the Foundation Fund website at www.mtnafoundation.org. Questions regarding the grants may be directed to the MTNA Foundation Fund at (888) 512-5278.

Karen Schaefer, NCTM MTNA Foundation Fund chair

for WSMTA Education

0 ADJUDICATIONS 0

Adjudication Announcements

Bravo to our 555 teachers who entered about 5400 students in the adjudication program in spring 2006. There were adjudications for piano, voice, flute and strings, eval-uated by 58 members of our out-standing team of adjudicators. Our adjudicators provided 1659 hours of time, representing an average of about 3 hours per teacher enrolled. There were 19 Music Link students who took part and 72 students who received High School Credit. As outstanding as those numbers are, there are still at least another 555 WSMTA member teachers who did not participate in the adjudication program who might want to consider entering students this year. This is the time to begin preparation, and ask questions of other chapter mem-bers who understand the benefits. You may go on line, at wstma.net, to locate a brief description of the Adjudication Program by clicking student activities. You will find add-


itional information by clicking “forms” and under “Adjudication Forms” you’ll find the “Adjudica-tions Booklet” which provides the necessary information about the pro-gram. Beyond that you will find most of the necessary forms this year for your participation in adjudica-tions at that website, thanks to John and Margee Webster, who have efficiently and effectively made forms available. All teachers will be able to print off their own forms from the wsmta. net site. If you use Microsoft Word Program on your computer, you will be able to complete your forms at your computer. If you use other word processing programs, you can print the forms and fill them in as usual. You will need to print and turn in your registration forms to your Chapter Adjudication Chair for processing as usual. If you do not use the computer, be sure to be in touch with your Chapter Adjudica-tion Chair, so forms can be made available to you. We don’t want anyone left out, whether or not you use the computer. I would also like to welcome new-ly approved adjudicators, listed be-low, to our team! We thank them for coming on board. These adjudicators do not appear in the WSMTA 2006-20007 Adjudicator List.

Dr. Christopher Bowlby (Piano) 25235 SE Klahanie Blvd. Apt H-102 Issaquah, WA 98029 425 427 8909 [email protected] Dr. Ivona Kaminska-Bowlby (Piano) 25235 SE Klahanie Blvd. Apt H-102 Issaquah, WA 98029 425 427 8909 [email protected] Dr. Milica Jelaca-Jovanovic (Piano)

625 N. Garden St, Apt 204 Bellingham, WA 98225 360 671 4007 [email protected]

There are two additional adjudica-tors, whose names should be on the Adjudicator List. They are: Margee Webster (Piano lower level) 2246 S Rockwood Blvd. Spokane, WA 99203 509 534 9678 [email protected]

Dr. Kevin Hekmatpanah (strings) 639 N. Riverpoint Blvd #J 202 Spokane, WA 99202 509 624 1223 [email protected]

As “continuing WSMTA members” be sure you pay your dues by Oct 15, the qualifying date for entering stu-dents in Adjudications in 2007. New members will need to have paid their dues by Jan 10, 2007, to be eligible to enter students in adjudications spring 2007. Thanks to everyone for making our Adjudication Program outstand-ing in so many ways. Remember to check out the website this fall so you have an idea of how to complete your forms, when the time comes. If you have any questions, please contact your Chapter Adjudications Chair, or me.

Dianne Johnston

Adjudications Chair Certif ication Corner

New MTNA Certification

Program Fee Grants

If you have not visited our state website recently you may not know that WSMTA, in an effort to continue its support of the MTNA Certifica-tion Program, has offered five new Certification Application Fee Grants. One of those grants has already been awarded (see below), but four more are just waiting to be claimed! WS-MTA will reimburse one half of the Certification Application Fee for the first five teachers who successfully apply for certification before July 1, 2007. Procedure:

1. Apply for MTNA Certification by July 1, 2007. 2. Make copies of documentation that you applied and paid the MTNA Certification Application Fee. 3. Submit documentation to the WSMTA Certification Chair: Linda Burger, NCTM 1629 E. Glass Ave. Spokane, WA 99207

If you are among the first five WS-MTA members to apply for certifica-tion, you will be reimbursed for one half of your Certification Application Fee. Now that’s an offer too good to resist!

Congratulations to the following teachers:

WSMTA Professional Certification Renewal in Piano

Ruth Kivi, NCTM, Grays Harbor

WSMTA Certification Grant Recipient

Natalya Syropyatova, Spokane

Linda Burger, NCTM WSMTA Certification Chair

[email protected] 509-487-4346

Enrichment

Arts & A warenessP

Arts in Your Community!

How does your community sup-port the arts? Think beyond the “performing” art of music into thea-ter, dance and visual arts. Our news-paper just published a guide to the arts in our community and once again I was amazed (even though they left some out) at the level of sup-port there is in Olympia. We have a Performing Arts Center that brings in a variety of shows throughout the year, including a “young artist” series of musical per-formers. Our Olympia Symphony performs there. In addition, the com-munity college just completed an arts building and has already booked per-formances. We have two youth orch-estras and an incredible youth theater group. In addition, there are two bal-let schools. We have two other adult theater groups also. Several of the high schools have performing arts centers. St. Martin’s College offers a series of concerts/ lectures, by donation. Artists in our area sponsor “open houses” of their studios too. Our community has two “Arts Walks” in the Fall and Spring. Art-ists show their work in different bus-inesses downtown. There are differ-ent musical groups performing in various venues. It is so fun to wan-der around, seeing the art, listening to the music and running into friends and acquaintances. The “Procession of the Species” parade is a part of the Spring “Arts Walk” and has gained national attention. Participants work all year on their “creations” for this parade. However, there is still room for improvement in finding affordable venues with good pianos for per-formances.


I need to hear from you about how your community supports the arts! Email me at:

[email protected] or write to me at: 3223 Country Club Rd. N.W., Olympia, WA 98502 and brag about your city.

Mary Jo Wright, NCTM Arts & Advocacy Chair

E e NEW MUSIC e E

In Recital—Duets –Books 1-6. FJH Music Co., with CDs, compiled and edited by Helen Marlais.

Teachers know that there are many benefits to be derived by stu-dents when they work in ensembles. Yet many of us put that at the bottom of our list when we assign material. The interesting repertoire in this series might inspire teachers to pre-sent ensemble recitals or, at the least, include duets in studio recitals. The arrangements are imagina-tive, well-written and appropriate to their respective styles. The accom-panying CDs include very useful practice tracks. The introductory pages of each volume list the con-cepts emphasized in that book and also include 2 pages of tips for prac-ticing duets. In addition there is a page of suggestions for using the CD. Some of the books have all equal-part duets, others also include unequal-part duets. Two pages are devoted to bios of the arrangers. Book 3 (Late Elementary), 44 pages, $6.95 includes many familiar pieces: Simple Gifts, When Irish Eyes are Smiling, Roundup, Chopsticks, Sleeping Beauty Waltz, Beautiful Dreamer, Cielito Lindo and Fire Dance. Book 4 (Early Intermediate), 48 pp. $7.95. The repertoire in Book 4 is more varied than that in Bk. 3. It ranges from Mozart to St. Louis Blues to Hava Nagila. The following pieces are included: Two Guitars arr. by Ed-win McLean, Hava Nagila arr. by Melody Bober, Fascination arr. by Kevin Olson, St. Louis Blues arr. by Kevin Olson, Eine Kleine Nacht-musik arr. by Timothy Brown, Pach-elbel’s Canon in D arr. by Robert Schultz, Mourning Doves arr. by Valerie Roth Roubos, and Northern Expedition arr. by Wynn-Anne Rossi. Book 6 (Late Intermediate) in-cludes Rondo alla Turca, Morning

Has Broken, Irving Berlin’s swinging I Love A Piano, The Easy Winners by Scott Joplin, Funiculi Funicula, Hun-garian Rhapsody #2, Afternoon Stomp, a very cute jazzy tune written and arr. by David Karp and the maj-estic Fantasy written and arr. by Tim-othy Brown. This series is a welcome addition to the studio of teachers who enjoy en-semble work.

Gladys Bath, NCTM New Music Chair

District News

District V Conference

With the creation of a new MTNA competition for the senior level: Piano Duet, one-piano/four hands, beginning 2007-2008, District V pre-sents “Twice as Nice,”a concert with duo-pianists, Robin Chadwick and Lynn Lewis, November 3, 2006, 7:00 p.m. at Moses Lake High School Theater. A workshop and master class will be held November 4, 9:30 a.m. – 3:15 p.m at the Moses Lake High School Choir Room Duo-Pianists Robin Chadwick and Lynn Lewis have performed throughout the Northwest including concerts at the Governor’s Mansion, The Evergreen State College, and the Washington Center for the Perform-ing Arts in Olympia, at Centralia College, the WSMTA State Confer-ence in Tacoma and in Salem, Ore-gon. The duo has also participated annually in the Daniel Pollack Master Classes in Olympia. Robin and Lynn will share their ideas on playing en-semble music during the workshop and will give information on the new competition. There will also be an opportunity to sightread ensemble literature. Students will perform en-semble pieces at the Master Class. For additional information and registration, contact me at 509-765-6585 or [email protected]

Harriet West

District V Vice President

District VI Conference

The District VI Workshop with Dr. Jay and Sandra Mauchley presenting, "The Joy of Artistic and Stylistic Performance," is being held

Saturday, October 7, 2006, at the Shalom Church, 505 McMurray, Richland Washington. The morning sessions are from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. Topics cov-ered will include:

(1) How to bring out imaginative color and musical creativity. (2) How to use these skills in art-istic collaboration with strings, winds. (3) Instrumentalist and pianist: How do we communicate with each other?

Lunch is bring-your-own brown bag lunch with beverages and dessert provided by the Tri-cities Chapter. The afternoon session begins at 1:00 p.m. with "Why am I Afraid?" How to deal effectively with stage fright. A master class with a violinist, vocal-ist and flutist with accompanist will conclude the workshop from 2:00 to 3:00. The cost to attend this event is $30 for teachers and $15 for students. No pre-registration is required. If there are any questions, call me at 509-943-1758 or e-mail:

[email protected]

Onnie Adams District VI Vice President

District I – II Conference

“Make the Art of Your Work a Work of Art”

Jody Graves

The District I-II Conference will be held in Marysville at the United Methodist Church, Saturday, October 14, at 8:30 a.m. Registration Sessions begin @ 9:00 a.m.

“A ‘mini-retreat’ for studio teachers. Session is directed to re-visiting and re-freshing how we view our own artistry, and how we nourish and develop the skills and talent we possess in the midst of busy schedules and teaching loads”

What teacher wouldn’t benefit from a workshop like this? Jody will also conduct a master class. Lisa-Maria d’Aquila, Edmonds Chapter will present a most unusual work-shop on Japanese Music, it’s origins and how you can use it in your teaching. In a different workshop, teachers will break into groups to brainstorm about a “dilemma” and then present their solution to the whole group. This year attendees


will be eligible for prizes, and of course, lunch will be served. Contact me for registration information. Phone: 425-227-0339 email: [email protected]

Kaycee Groom

District II Vice President District Vice President Coordinator

Local Chapters

Chapter Spotlight

Skagit Valley “Harmony in Action”

From the San Juan Islands to the foothills of Mt. Baker and the Cas-cades lies the fertile Skagit Valley. Renowned for its rich agricultural land and vast estuarial system of the Skagit River, it produces over 20 thousand tons of seeds annually. From colorful tulip fields to wineries, it is surpassed only by the Nile River for its productivity. Our Skagit Valley Chapter reaches over 1000 students. The County is an artistic mecca for the performing arts. Most recently, the Chapter played a prominent role in the development of a Performing Arts Center, McIntyre Hall, located on the Skagit Com-munity College campus and served several years on its Developmental Board. It also works in liaison with the La Conner Institute for the Per-forming Arts in the featuring of our State Competition Winners in con-cert with honorariums up to $250 dollars each sponsored by the Bank of America. The Skagit Symphony also hosts a program of Emerging Artists annually. Our students are active in their school musical activi-ties and productions and participate in school state competitions and many community arts festivals and activities. Several of our teachers are board members of arts groups throughout the County. The Chapter offers annual awards for students who serve as accompanists as well as in church musicianship. The theme for this year, “Har-mony in Action”, lends itself to the goals of broadening our community role and working together on behalf of student opportunities. The new Board of Directors has had a busy last four months procuring our speakers for the 2006-2007 year. In

addition, the Chapter Directory has been revitalized and reorganized to streamline each committee’s process-ing of information, programs, and requirements. We have added our own local identity with a Logo show-ing our parent organizations, the local tulip, and musical notation. This was a joint effort completed by creative and talented members with-in our chapter. The biggest activity of this year will be our Workshop on February 28th in Mount Vernon. Dell Parkinson will hold a morning ses-sion, open to the public with a special discounted registration fee for WS-MTA members. “Rhythm and Phras-ing Teaching Techniques” is his top-ic. We guarantee you will see more about this in future issues of The CLARION.

Jeanne Sparks, NCTM, President

Skagit Valley Chapter

Jody Graves Concert in Wenatchee

The Wenatchee Chapter will be featuring Dr. Jody Graves in concert Sunday October 22, 2:00 pm, at Grace Lutheran Church, Wenatchee. The concert is titled, “Stories from the Piano,” and in addition to a variety of piano works, she will be sharing pic-tures and highlights from her recent trip to the Middle East. Proceeds from this concert will benefit the chapter’s Senior Achievement Award fund. Jody Graves maintains an exciting and active performing career, and is recognized nationally as a distin-guished performing artist and teach-er of piano. She has most recently toured in the Middle East as a Cul-tural Ambassador for the U.S. State Department. The Middle East Tour, with the Sapphire Trio, included con-certs in Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Dr. Graves is an Associate Profes-sor of Piano at Eastern Washington University and Director of Keyboard Studies. She is in great demand as an adjudicator. Each season takes her across the country as an MTA clini-cian as well. Ms. Graves is especially interested in promoting concert art music and creating unique ways to foster a col-laborative experience between artist and listener. Graves holds a Doctor-ate Degree in Piano Performance and

Literature from the Eastman School of Music, where she was the recipient of the distinguished Teacher of the Year award for her excellence in teaching. For information contact me at: [email protected]

Jimmi Wilson, NCTM

Wenatchee Chapter Edmonds Chapter Workshop:

Recognizing & Managing Performance Anxiety

The Edmonds Chapter is pleased to present “From Butterflies to Stage Fright: Recognizing and Managing Performance Anxiety,” a workshop by Dr. Craig Sawchuck. Dr. Saw-chuck is a Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor at the UW School of Medicine and has done extensive work in the field of anxiety disorders. Check your Sept. Clarion for further information. The workshop will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 28, 2006, at Kennelly Key’s performance venue, “Roy’s Place.” Registration is at 9:30 a.m., or you can obtain pre-registration information by calling Tina Smith at 425-402-8361. Cost of attendance is less for pre-registered WSMTA members and non-members.

South King County Charter Members Honored

The South King County Music Teachers Association honored its ac-tive, charter members at its May 2006 meeting with a cake and coffee recep-tion. We extended a heartfelt thank you to Edna (Bevan) Levack, Ella Mae Durkee, Jacquelyn Holt, Eliza-beth Lien, and Miriam Price for their years of contribution in so many cap-acities to make our chapter success-ful. A display table was set up to show the history of our chapter; it included pictures, news clippings, yearbooks and programs as well as the original, 1973, charter document that was signed by State President David Rostkoski and Northwest District Vice-President Betty Lou Barton. Our chapter concluded that keeping archives is an important job.

Dianne Morton South King County Chapter


Bulletin Board

Violinist Ani Kavafian in Residence at UW

School of Music 2006-07 Violinist Ani Kavafian, renowned as a soloist, chamber musician, and teacher, will be the Hans and Thelma Lehmann Distinguished Visiting Pro-

fessor at the School of Music for 2006-2007, in residence for a week each quarter. Each visit will include master classes, free and open to the public, in which she will coach both solo string students and student chamber music ensembles. Master classes begin Oct. 31. See the U.W. website for more information:

www.music.washington.edu

“We anticipate Ani Kavafian’s three week-long visits to our campus with great delight,” said Robin McCabe, director of the UW School of Music. “She is a world-class artist, an exceptional teacher and communi-cator, and a wonderful human being. Our musical community, both at the UW and beyond, will be greatly en-riched by her contributions.“

WSMTA Board of Directors & Education Board Committee Chairs Lists - July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007

BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMITTEE CHAIRS Arts Awareness Mary Jo Wright , NCTM 3223 Country Club Rd. NW, Olympia, WA 98502 & Advocacy 360-866-7408 [email protected] Commissioned Valerie Roth Roubos 6332 S. Moran Drive, Spokane, WA 99223 Composers Program 509-448-7630 [email protected] Conference Co-chairs Michelle Mielke 245 NW Harrison St., Pullman WA 99163 509-332-2836 [email protected]

Karen Savage 1835 NW Turner Dr., Pullman WA 99163 509-338-9675 [email protected] Development Debra Florian, NCTM (see Immed. Past President) District Vice President Kaycee Groom (see District II VP) Coordinator Finance Patti Robertson, NCTM (see Treasurer) Ethics Kathy Strickland, NCTM 4411 80th Ave. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98335 253-265-2019 [email protected] Grants & Scholarships Connie Hungate 7414 92nd Place SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040-5808 206-232-0117 [email protected] Hall of Fame Lois Yale 9247 Marshall Rd., Bow, WA 98232 360-766-8713 [email protected] Historian/ Archivist Peggy Austin 808 Percival SW, Olympia, WA 98502 360-943-0926 [email protected] Honorary Life Mary Jane Clarke, NCTM 2316 Bowman Ave., NW, Olympia, WA 98502-4405 Membership 360-357-6157 [email protected] Independent Music Rick Seifert 1403 E Horizon, Mukilteo, WA 98275 Teachers Forum 425-267-9084 [email protected] Investments Judith Price, NCTM (see Exectutive Manager) Leadership Seminar Mary Kaye Owen, NCTM (see President Elect) Membership Judith Prichard 1975 Stick Point Lane, Oak Harbor 98277 360-675-5221 [email protected] MTNA Foundation Karen Schaefer, NCTM (see Dist. VII VP) Nominating Marilyn Brossard 11103 View Ridge Dr., Burlington, WA 98233 360-757-0587 [email protected] Waivers/Conf. Fees, Dues Kaycee Groom (see Dist. II VP)


WSMTA Scholarship Cynthia Eubanks, NCTM 3008 NW 132nd Circle, Vancouver, WA 98685 Fund 360-574-4071 [email protected]

EDUCATION BOARD COMMITTEE CHAIRS Adjudicators Colleen Hunter, NCTM (see Education Board) Adjudications Dianne Johnston (see Board of Directors) Certification Linda Burger, NCTM (see Education Board) College/University Jeffey Gilliam, NCTM Western Washington Univ., School of Music Faculty Forum 360-650-3709 516 High St., Bellingham, WA 98225 jeffery.gilliam@ wwu.edu Collegiate Student Michelle Mielke, NCTM (see Conference Co-chairs) Chapter High School Credit Diane Long 3 Viewpoint, Ellensburg, WA 98926 509-925-5427 [email protected] Music Link Marcia Wilke, NCTM 55 Baumeister Dr., Walla Walla, WA 99362 509-525-6452 [email protected] Musicrafters Helen Morgan, NCTM 3517 S. Garfield Place, Kennewick, WA 99337-5197 509-582-5881 [email protected] MTNA Competitions Jani Peterson, NCTM 2601 Mix Road, Moscow, ID 83843 208-883-3991 [email protected] MTNA Composition Patrick Stephens, NCTM 2900 S Massachusetts St., Seattle, WA 98144 Competition Coordinator 206-860-9741 [email protected] MTNA Jr. Performance Jee K. Wong, NCTM 15410 SE 272nd St., #86, Kent, WA 98042 Competition Coordinator 253-638-6244 [email protected] MTNA Sr. Performance Judy Meyers 508 W Plum St., Centralia, WA 98531 Competition Coordinator 360-330-0882 [email protected] MTNA Young Artist/ Onnie Adams (see District VI VP) Chamber Music Competition Coordinator Outstanding Artist Betty Teel, NCTM 109 Fairwood Ct., Richland, WA 99352 Competition Coordinator 509-627-6644 [email protected] Outstanding Artist Debra Florian, NCTM (see Immediate Past President) Competition Committee Organ Jean McKitrick 3405 Hillside Place, Yakima. WA 98903 509-248-1742 Pedagogy Myrna Capp, NCTM 903 W. Fulton, Seattle, WA 98119 206-283-0129 [email protected] Strings/Chamber Music Kent Coleman 17108 16th Ave. SE, Bothell, WA 98012 425-483-4696 [email protected] Student Teachers Judy Baker, NCTM 1101 Grand Ave., Everett, WA 98201 425-252-5528 [email protected] Technology (vacant) Theory Julie Mandery 2985 Whisper Dr. NW, Bremerton, WA 98312 360-830-9302 [email protected] Voice Sandra Glover 4221 S. 252nd St., Kent, WA 98032 253-529-4455 [email protected]


WMEA Liason Carolyn Malnes 16628 62nd Ave. W, Lynnwood, WA 98037 425-743-1660 [email protected] Woodwinds Iris Ingram 11908 N. Lake Shore Dr., Lake Stevens, WA 98258 425-377-0623 [email protected] Workshop List Laurie Eash, NCTM 1924 S. Post St., Spokane, WA 99203 509-747-6964 [email protected] Young Composers Project Marilyn Linde (see Education Board)

WSMTA Chapter Presidents List - July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007

Bellingham Andrea Rose 2815 Kulshan Ave., Bellingham, WA 98225 360-527-9449 [email protected] Clark County Cindy Eubanks, NCTM (see WSMTA Scholarship Fund) Clarkston- Lewiston Annie Flynn 2444 4th Ave., Clarkston, WA 99403 509-758-1024 [email protected] Cowlitz County JoAnn Keller 2744 Rose Valley Rd., Kelso, WA 98626 360-414-8814 [email protected] Eastside Carol Hibbard, NCTM 4234 123rd Ave. SE, Bellevue, WA 98006 425-747-4397 [email protected] Edmonds Tina Smith 16925 29th Dr. SE, Bothell, WA 98012 425-402-8361 [email protected] Enumclaw Shala Gunnells 29924 SE 375th St., Enumclaw, WA 98022-8745 360-802-8907 [email protected] Gig Harbor Suzanne Gilman, NCTM 9516 72nd Ave. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98332 253-851-1102 [email protected] Grays Harbor Merry Jo Zimmer, NCTM 2017 W 6th St., Aberdeen, WA 98520 360-533-8056 [email protected] Kitsap County Krista S. Seely 4590 Island Ave. NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 206-842-7150 [email protected] Lake Washington Mary Anne Szollar 15326 NE 62nd Court, Redmond, WA 98052 425-885-7011 [email protected] Lewis County Linda Schieck 117 Goodrich Rd., Centralia, WA 98531 360-736-6433 [email protected] Lynden Sherry Vanden Bos 1519 Van Dyk Road, Lynden, WA 98264 360-354-1480 [email protected] Mason County Kira Theine 51 E Rainbow Dr., Shelton, WA 98584 360-870-0966 [email protected] Moses Lake Doreen Slaugh 1048 Oregon St., Moses Lake, WA 98837 509-765-9596 [email protected] Mount Rainier Sharon Beattie-White 4615 118th Ave. E, Edgewood, WA 98372 253-863-0559 [email protected] Okanogan County Nora Ridenour, NCTM PO Box 471, Omak, WA 98841 509-826-4323 [email protected] Olympia Brooke Beecher, NCTM 3010 Capitol Blvd., Olympia, WA 98501 360-943-9210 [email protected]


Olympic Penninsula Marilyn McNamara 1193 Atterberry Rd., Sequim, WA 98382 360-683-5759 [email protected] Pullman Kathie Sharp P.O. Box 482, Garfield, WA 99130 509-635-1583 [email protected] Puyallup Valley Mary Ellen Cavelti 11122 State Rd. 162nd E, Puyallup, WA 98374 253-845-2358 [email protected] Seattle William Montgomery P.O. Box 99826, Seattle, WA 98199-0826 206-282-6688 [email protected] Skagit Valley Jeanne Sparks, NCTM 290 Mile High Dr., Camano Island, WA 98282 360-387-1833 [email protected] Snohomish County Debbie Knapp 5709 104th Place SW, Mukilteo, WA 98275-4426 425-493-2547 [email protected] South King County Steve Nehrenberg 19503 122nd Place SE, Renton, WA 98058 253-852-4253 [email protected] Spokane Janice Smith 15604 N Sycamore, Mead, WA 99021-9376 509-467-8147 [email protected] Sunn Valley Rebecca Cook 495 S Nunn, Prosser, WA 99350 509-781-1097 [email protected] Tacoma Paul Twedt P.O. Box 6852, Tacoma, WA 98406 253-752-1333 [email protected] Tri-Cities Peggy NcNeill, NCTM 7624 River Blvd., Pasco, WA 99301 509-546-2513 [email protected] Walla Walla Marcia Wilke, NCTM (see MusicLink Chair) Wenatchee Jimmi Wilson, NCTM 1890 Lower Monitor Rd., Wenatchee, W 98801 509-665-3165 [email protected] West Sound Claire Marshall, NCTM 7251 NE High School Rd, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 206-842-8143 [email protected] Whatcom County Patricia A. Lundquist 2707 Jefferson St., Bellingham, WA 98225 360-733-5261 [email protected] Whidbey Island Judy Prichard (see Membership Chair) Yakima/Ellensburg Jean McKitrick (see Organ Chair)

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Oct. 3: Stephen Beus Benefit Recital, South King County. Oct. 7: District VI Conference in Richland. Oct. 14: District IV hosts Geisa Dutra in Centralia. Oct. 14: District I - II Conference with Jody Graves, Marysville Oct. 21: Deborah Dewey in Spokane. Oct. 22: Jody Graves in Wenatchee. Oct. 28: Performance Anxiety Workshop, Edmonds. Oct. 31: Violinist Ani Kavafian at U.W. Nov. 10-12: WSMTA/MTNA Performance Competi-tions at Highline Community College in Des Moines. Nov. 11-12: WSMTA Outstanding Artist Competition at Prosser Piano & Organ Recital Hall in Tukwila.

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March 23-27: MTNA Conference, Toronto June 25-29: 2007 WSMTA Conference at WSU, Pullman.

In This Issue

✺ District Conferences (page 5)

✺ MTNA Certification Program Fee Grants (page 4)

✺ Adjudication forms computerized (page 3)

✺ WSMTA Chairs and Chapter Presidents Lists (pages 7-10)

✺ WSMTA Conference 2007 (page 3)

✺ Remember to visit your WSMTA Web- site at : www.wsmta.net

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