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Newsletter below submitted by Ayako Tsuruta
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Newsletter below submitted by Ayako Tsuruta
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~ PAST NEWS ~

Thursday 7pm on March 19, 2015, Plowman Chamber Music Competition will present renowned Russian pianist SERGEI BABAYAN in a solo piano recital in Columbia, Missouri.

About pianist Sergei Babayan: "Sergei Babayan began his career in the United States, Japan, and the UK, winning several consecutive prizes in major international competitions, including the Cleveland, Hamamatsu, and Scottish international competitions. As soloist, he has performed with the Mariinsky Theater, London, Cleveland, Baltimore, Detroit, BBC Scottish, and New World symphony orchestras, the Warsaw and Rotterdam philharmonic orchestras, and the Orchestre National de Lille. He has collaborated with conductors Valery Gergiev, Yuri Temirkanov, David Robertson, Neeme Järvi, Tugan Sokhiev, Hans Graf, and Kazimierz Kord, among others. Mr. Babayan is a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory and has studied with Georgy Sarajev, Vera Gornostayeva, Lev Naumov, and Mikhail Pletnev. His deep interest and love for the music of Bach led him to study with Helmuth Rilling, and he also studied conducting in order to deepen his orchestral understanding. Mr. Babayan’s concerto repertoire includes 54 concertos, and he has made several highly-praised recordings for EMC, Connoisseur Society, Pro Piano, and Mariinsky labels. As a soloist and chamber musician, Mr. Babayan has appeared at numerous major music festivals, including Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Salzburg Festival, Gergiev Festival in Rotterdam, Stars of White Nights in St. Petersburg, and Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugano. Among his chamber music partners are Martha Argerich, Daniil Trifonov, Ivry Gitlis, and the Borodin Quartet. He has made numerous appearances with Valery Gergiev in recent years in the most prestigious venues. Their live performance of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 5 was recorded for Medici TV. Mr. Babayan will remain as the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Gilliam Artist-in-Residence at the Cleveland Institute of Music."

Newsletters from the Past President

From: Miyamoto, Peter M.
Sent: Mon, May 5, 2014 6:11 pm
Subject: RE: MMAMTA Reminders - March 31, 2014

Dear MMAMTA Members:

Hope your spring is going well as we barrel towards the end of another busy year.

Reminder that this Friday, May 9 is our MMAMTA Annual Spring Luncheon and Meeting at the Golden China Restaurant in Jefferson City (2021 Missouri Blvd) at 11am. Note that this is a change from the original date listed in the handbook. At this meeting, Paola Savvidou will be taking over as MMAMTA President, so I'd just like to say how much I've enjoyed serving you all during my tenure.

I'd also like to mention that at this meeting, we'll already start going over events and dates for the coming year, so if you are a chair of an event, please be prepared with a summary of the event from 2013-14, and try and nail down date/venue for the coming year. Since the handbook get made during August, it would be great if all members can renew with MTNA (don't forget to also renew the MMAMTA affiliation along with MMTA) by the official July 1 start of the year, and get all handbook dates and venues of MMAMTA events to Paola Savvidou (Savvidoup@missouri.edu) by August 1.

Note that we are looking for members to fill several key positions (including Vice-President, President-Elect, and possibly chairs of publicity, website, and Evaluative Auditions Columbia for Fall 2014). I urge you all to get involved! If interested in a position, feel free to contact me or Paola.

If you have any additional items for the agenda, let us know as well.

Best,
Peter Miyamoto, MMAMTA President

From: Miyamoto, Peter M.
Sent: Wed, Apr 9, 2014 3:45 am
Subject: MMAMTA This Weekend Events and a call for Fall Workshop ideas

Dear MMAMTA Members:

This weekend we are lucky to have pianist Bo Tang, on faculty at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, presenting a master class and recital in Whitmore Recital Hall at MU. Attached are posters of his activities including his recital bio and program (Haydn, Liszt Mephisto, Mendelssohn Variations Serieuses, and Prokofiev Sonata No. 6). The master class will include Beethoven Op. 31, No. 1 and Op. 31, No. 3 as well as Brahms Ballade Op. 118, No. 3 and Chopin Ballade No. 1.

The events are:
Saturday, April 12 at 11:00am Bo Tang Master Class
Sunday, April 13 at 3:30pm Bo Tang Recital
and are both in WHitmore Recital Hall. Hope you all can make these events.

Good luck to participants of the MMAMTA Camp and Collegiate Scholarship Auditions this weekend. Also, remember that April 12 is the deadline for applying for the MMAMTA Student Concerto Festival to take place on May 3 at Piano Distributors in Columbia (Beverly Kyriakos, chair).

Finally, reminder that the MMAMTA Spring Luncheon has been moved from May 30 as listed in the handbook to FRIDAY, MAY 9 at 11:00am at the Golden China Restaurant in Jefferson City (2021 Missouri Blvd). Please make not of this change and try and attend this important meeting when Paola Savvidou will take over as President.

If anyone has a potential guest artist clinician for the Fall Workshop, it would be great to hear ideas so we can discuss at the meeting. Let me know if anyone comes to mind!

All the Best,
Peter Miyamoto

From: Miyamoto, Peter M.
Sent: Mon, Mar 31, 2014 5:45 am
Subject: MMAMTA Reminders - March 31, 2014

Dear MMAMTA Members:

Quick reminder that Thursday, April 3 is the deadline for applying for the MMAMTA Camp Scholarship and/or College Scholarship Auditions that take place on Saturday April 12 at Central United Church of Christ in Jefferson City. Karen Larvick is the chair, and the information is in the Handbook.

Also, April 12 is the deadline to apply for the MMAMTA Student Concerto Festival which will take place on May 3 at Piano Distributors. Beverly Kyriakos is the chair, and the information is in the Handbook.

Wanted to get the word out that I have a great guest artist pianist, Bo Tang, who is on faculty at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in China, coming to present a master class and piano recital at MU in Whitmore Recital Hall. His Master Class will be Saturday, April 12 at 11am, and his recital will be Sunday, April 13 at 3:30pm, both events free and open to the public. His recital program promises to be super exciting, including Haydn Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob.XVI:49, Liszt Mephisto Waltz and Prokofiev's Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 82. Hope you can all attend one or both events!

Best,
Peter Miyamoto,
MMAMTA President

From: Miyamoto, Peter
Sent: Thu, Feb 20, 2014 2:34 am
Subject: MMAMTA Newsletter February 20, 2014

Greetings To All! Hope your 2014 is going well! It seems to be just flying by!

LOOKING BACK:
I big thank you to all the participants in the January 26 Annual MMAMTA Teachers Recital and Meeting. Ruth - thank you so much for organizing it all. I thought it was a wonderful diverse program, with organ, voice, and a great mix of solos, duos and two-piano performances.

The meeting that followed recapped our organizations last period, and looked forward to events in the future. Reminder that we are looking for members who would be willing to fill the President-Elect and Vice-President positions for the 2014-15 year.

Also, because Paola Savvidou, who will be taking over the organization's presidency at the next meeting, would have been unable to attend, we have decided to move the MMAMTA Annual Spring Luncheon from May 30 as listed in the handbook, to FRIDAY, MAY 9 AT 11:00AM at the Golden China Restaurant in Jefferson City (2021 Missouri Blvd). Please make not of the change and try to attend this important meeting!

Looking Forward:
Reminder that this weekend is the MMAMTA Musicathon event in Columbia at Macy's (201 N. Stadium, Columbia, MO). Performances run Saturday, 2/22 from 10am-9pm, and Sunday, 2/23 from 11:30-5:00pm. Funds raised benefit the MMAMTA Music Scholarships as well as the Arts Programs at the Boy's and Girl's Club of Columbia.

The Jefferson City Musicathon will be held on March 1 and March 2 at Capital Mall, and performances will benefit our scholarships as well as the Samaritan Center in Jeff City.

Get out to these events, enjoy some music, and donate to a great cause!

Also this Weekend:
Following the highly successful Odyssey Chamber Music Series Kids at Heart: Carnival of the Pianists concert in January that featured many MMAMTA teachers and students performing, the next concert in the Odyssey Chamber Music Series' 10th Anniversary Season is this Friday, February 21 at 7pm at First Baptist Church in Columbia, and features guest artists from Italy including harpsichordist Enrico Baiano and flutist Roberto Maggio. The All-Bach program includes the Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, Cantata No. 68, as well as a flute and harpsichord sonata and a selection from the Well-Tempered Clavier. Paul Crabb will conduct the Odyssey Chamber Ensemble and Bach Collegium Choir in this wonderful music ($20 general admission, $10 students).

Other Upcoming Concerts:
Feb 20-22 at 7:30pm and Feb 23 at 2pm, Central Methodist University Opera Workshop Production - Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, Little Theatre, CMU Fayette campus
Saturday, Feb 22, 7:30pm, Whitmore - Baroque Chamber Music with Enrico Baiano, Roberto Maggio, Rob Shay and others
Sunday, Feb 23, 8:00pm, Whitmore - Bassoon Recital with MU Faculty member Elizabeth Roberts and pianist Paola Savvidou
Tuesday, Feb 25, 7:30pm, Whitmore - Guest Artist Recital with MU Alum Caroline Worra and Janice Wenger, piano
Friday, March 7 (7:00pm) and Saturday March 8 (2:00pm and 8:00pm), Missouri Theatre, Music in Motion: Odyssey Chamber Music Series and Missouri Contemporary Ballet in Collaboration
Monday, March 10, 7:30pm, Whitmore - Guest Artist Piano Recital with Jerry Wong (Faculty Kent State University) in a program that includes a transcription of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf with narration.
Friday, March 14 and Saturday, March 15 at 7:30pm, Missouri Theatre - Show-Me Opera with the University Philharmonic (ticketed event)

Also:
Mid-Missouri Collegiate Chapter (MMCC) is sponsoring a Piano Ensemble Marathon on Saturday, March 8 in Whitmore Recital Hall at 2pm.

All the Best for a wonderful month!

-Peter Miyamoto,
MMAMTA President

From: Miyamoto, Peter M.
Sent: Fri, Jan 3, 2014 2:54 am
Subject: MMAMTA Newsletter - Happy 2014!!!

Dear MMAMTA Members:

As we start a new year, I hope you and your loved ones look back on 2013 with many cherished memories filled with family, friends, fun, and of course fantastic music, and are looking forward to even more of the same throughout 2014!

A quick reminder that Sunday, January 26 is the MMAMTA Teachers' Recital and Semi-Annual Meeting. The recital takes place at 3:00pm at Broadway Christian Church (2601 West Broadway St/ Columbia, MO 65203), with our semi-annual meeting to follow (approximately 4pm). I think it is so important for us teachers to keep performing (hey, if we make our students go through it, we should too!), and this is a friendly environment to bring out old favorites, or challenge yourself with new repertoire! Ruth Robertson is chair of the event, and will send out an invitation eminently.

Also a reminder that even before the Teachers' Recital, we have a FANTASTIC collaboration between MMAMTA, the Odyssey Chamber Music Series, and the Music Education area of the MU School of Music. On Saturday, January 18 at 3pm a concert aimed at children of all ages will take place at First Baptist Church in Columbia (1112 E. Broadway, Columbia 65201). There will be an instrument petting zoo from 2pm, followed by the concert, which features a menagerie of students and teachers from various MMAMTA member studios performing Camille Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals complete with a chamber ensemble and the Peter Schickele narration. This fun-filled concert will be rounded out by Greek composer Nikolas Sideris' Piano Stories for one piano, four hands (performed by MMAMTA President-Elect Paola Savvidou and her husband, Jonathan Kuuskoski), as well as Johnny Appleseed: the Fun Variations for Kazoo and Piano by MU Alum Patrick Dell!, performed by the composer (on kazoo) and former MMAMTA President, Ayako Tsuruta. It will be a fun event for kids of all ages, so get the word out, and bring your students! Admission is free!

Don't forget the deadline to request a Musicathon time is Feb 1 for the February 22 and 23 event at Macy's Columbia (Paola Savvidou, Chair) and the March 1 and 2 event at Capital Mall in Jefferson City (Jan Houser, chair). Funds raised will be split between MMAMTA Scholarships and a local charity (the Boys and Girls Club of Missouri - Columbia location in support of their arts and music program for Columbia, and the Samaritan Center for the Jefferson City Event). I've attached posters for you all to put in your studios - perhaps put a donation fishbowl out in your studio and see if donations come in - remember the $$$ helps MMAMTA Scholarship funds!

Good luck to all winners of the MTNA Competitions now competing in the West Central Division Competition in Des Moines, Iowa on Jan 10-12. I'm going to brave the cold and travel with the MU participants, so see you up there if you are going! Also, best of luck to all of you preparing students for the Missouri Federation of Music Clubs Student Auditions - don't forget to get your applications in by January 10th! For those of you with students playing a full concerto, don't forget that the Jefferson City Symphony Orchestra Piano Auditions take place on Feb 1 at Lincoln University (application deadline Jan 20). Entrants perform the entire work with a second piano (they must supply their own accompanist), and the winner receives a $500 honoarirum and performs their concerto with the Jefferson City Symphony Orchestra on May 13, 2014.

On behalf of the MMAMTA Officers, I wish you all the Best Wishes for the New Year to the MMAMTA Membership. I hope your 2014 is full of beauty and inspiration as we continue to lead the next generation of young musicians on their musical journeys.

Best,
Peter Miyamoto,
MMAMTA President

From: Miyamoto, Peter M.
Sent: Fri, Nov 1, 2013 9:17 am
Subject: MMAMTA Newsletter - JCSO Competition, CCO Invitation and Composition Competition

TO ALL:

Good luck to all with students entering MMTA or MTNA competition next week at Washington University in St. Louis. See you there!

Reminder that the Evaluative Audition Application is due - TODAY!!! Please enter students - it is a great event (in both Columbia and Jefferson City), and it generates revenue for our MMAMTA Scholarships.

Got a request to send out invitation to the Columbia Civic Orchestra concert next Saturday in Missouri Theatre. It features pianist John Orfe in Bartok Piano Concerto No. 2

The Jefferson City Orchestra just got me their piano concerto competition application form. I usually include that in the MMAMTA Handbook, but I contacted them in August, and I only got the application form yesterday.

Member Helen Haynes also wanted me to forward you information for a new composition competition.

NOTICE: My term as president of the organization runs through the spring, and I happily will serve out my term. From the May meeting, Paola Savvidou will take over as President. I have decided that I do not have the time to create the MMAMTA Handbook and Directory, and am stepping down from the MMAMTA Handbook Chair at that time too. In other words, we will need someone to collate the information and create the annual handbook. We will discuss this at the January Semi-Annual Meeting, but wanted to give people time to consider taking over this position. If you are interested, please contact me via email.

Can you believe it is November? Hope you all had a happy Halloween!

-Peter Miyamoto, MMAMTA President

From: Miyamoto, Peter
Sent: Thu, Oct 3, 2013 2:18 am
Subject: MMAMTA Newsletter 10.2.13

Dear MMAMTA Members:

Can you believe we are in October now? Seems like September just went by in a flash!

Looking Back – September
I hope you all enjoyed the Marvin Blickenstaff Fall Workshop! Despite being a Football weekend, I thought turn out was great (my tally was 33 people). Thanks again to Beverly (and Charlie) for opening their studio and home, and to the MMTA Matching Grant Program for helping out with expenses (especially since the football weekend hiked up the hotel costs enormously!). I thought Marvin was as inspirational as always - what a great way to start the teaching year.

Congratulations to all of you with students who participated in the MMTA Pre-Collegiate District Auditions this past weekend. For those of you going on to the state auditions at Washington University in November, don't forget that the deadline for applying for state is this coming Monday, Oct 7.

Present Tense / Immediate Future
Again, remember that student who passed to MMTA State Audition must apply by Monday, October 7 (postmark). Teachers of Pre-Collegiate students who received "1" ratings must fill out Form C and mail with one check made out to MMTA ($35/student; $20 teacher fee) to Sue Knutson, who is filling in as MMTA Pre-Collegiate Chair for Sara Steele-Miller, who has had to step down due to illness (we wish her well). Information is available on missourimta.org website at:
http://www.missourimta.org/pre-collegiate-auditions/

Also in the immediate future, this coming Saturday, October 5th is a busy day:
1. Good luck to all of you with student performing in the Women's Symphony League's Missouri Symphony Society Fall Showcase Auditions.
2. On October 5th, I am also presenting an interesting recital with violinist Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio at MU's Whitmore Recital Hall, 7:30pm including Bach Violin and Piano Sonata, and works by Brahms, Richard Strauss, Lutoslawski and Fazil Say.
3. Finally, throughout the day, Paola Savvidou is organizing a series of Wellness Workshops presented in part by the MMCC (Mid-Missouri Collegiate Chapter), including workshops in Mindful Stress Reduction, Heart-rate Variability Monitoring, Yoga Nidra and Zumba. While these events are pretty much at full capacity, if there is interest from our organization, perhaps we can look into organizing something similar for our membership in the future.

Future Tense
MMAMTA HONORS RECITALS
For those of you with students who earned "1" ratings at District Pre-Collegiate Auditions, or those of you with Collegiate students going to MMTA State Auditions, MMAMTA holds Honors Recitals to give additional performance experience as they prepare:
1. MMAMTA Honors Recital I - Saturday, October 26 from 2pm at First Baptist Church in Columbia (1112 E. Broadway). If you have students interested in participating, contact Ayako Tsuruta by email (atsuruta at aol dot com) no later than Friday, October 18th.
2. MMAMTA Honors Recitals II - Sunday, November 3 at 1:30pm and 3:00pm at Columbia College's new performance space, Bixby Hall in the Science Building. If you have students interested in participating, contact Beverly Kyriakos (beverlykyriakos at gmail dot com) no later than Friday, October 25th.

Please Note: The second Honors Recital is listed correctly in the Programs Calendar, 2013-14 section of the Handbook (2013-14 MMAMTA Handbook, page 12). It is listed incorrectly in the Classical Music Concerts in Columbia and Jefferson City section (Handbook, page 19) as occurring on Saturday November 2 from 1pm at FBC - a Saturday, Nov 2 event will not happen.

MMTA State Auditions, 2013 - Washington University, November 6-10
From the missourimta.org website:
Hotel is the Sheraton in Clayton 63105 (5-8 minutes away from the music building).
For a reservation, just mention MMTA. 1-800-325-3535   www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton

The music building is close to, but NOT on the main WU campus. The exact address is: 560 Music Center, 560 Trinity Avenue, St. louis, MO 63130. Everything for auditions is held in this building which has its own parking lot of maybe 24-30 spaces, with free street parking around the building. Nearby is a business district with metered parking and some free lots. The lots are an easy walk to the building.

Looking Even Further Ahead
Other Events in November
MMAMTA's Evaluative Auditions deadline remains November 1st for both the Columbia and Jefferson City events (information available on pages 25-30 of the handbook). The Jefferson City event will take place on Saturday, November 23 at Lincoln University. New this year: the Columbia event will be scheduled on both Friday afternoon, November 22 and Saturday morning, November 23. $20 entrance fee.

Note: The MU Faculty Recital of Paola Savvidou and Jonathan Kuuskoski, piano duet: Music by Living Composers, has been rescheduled from Saturday Nov 16 to Tuesday, November 12 at 8:30pm in Whitmore Recital Hall at the MU School of Music.

All the Best,
Peter Miyamoto,
MMAMTA President

2013 Fall Workshop with Marvin Blickenstaff
September 7, Sunday 9:15am-2:30pm

Pictured below are mostly MMAMTA members, with visiting guests including MU students from Piano Pedagogy and non-member local teachers. Our events are usually open to EVERYONE who loves music! Thank you for sharing your day with us.

September 2013 Message from the President

2013 Fall Workshop SCHEDULE

Dear MMAMTA Members:

Welcome to another year! I'm looking forward to serving you as the organization's president for a final year before our President-Elect, Paola Savvidou takes hold of the reigns. As always, please do not hesitate to contact me if you need any information, or have any questions about the organization.

MARVIN BLICKENSTAFF WORKSHOP - THIS WEEKEND
As you know, our Fall Workshop with Marvin Blickenstaff is this Saturday, September 7 at 9:00am at the Kyriakos Studio (THANK YOU - Beverly and Charlie). I'm attaching a poster for the event that has the full program (see left). Do consider carpooling as parking is limited.

Non-members are welcome for a $10 fee, but we are trying to keep track of numbers, so if you know someone is coming, let me know by email (miyamotop@missouri.edu). Don't forget to bring your potluck lunch item!!!

And again, thank you to the MMTA Matching Grant program that provided funds towards this event!

MMAMTA HANDBOOKS
Handbooks are created and going to print as we speak. Forgive me for any inaccuracies or misinformation - there are bound to be some - but let me know when you find them and I will keep the website version up to date and try and get the word out through newsletters or special bulletins! For those of you who indicated that you would pick up hardcopies at the workshop, I will have one with your name on it there. For those of you who indicated you wanted them mailed, I hope to get those out in the next few days. You may still request a hard copy, but we are not making enough for the entire membership - we find plenty of members are finding it easier to access the information on the mmamta.org website.

A note on two of the handbook's sections: In consultation with Karen Larvick, chair of the Camp Scholarships event, some changes were made to that event. These will be talked about at the January 26 Semi-Annual Meeting and approved before being finalized, but in the interest of expediency I included the revisions in the handbook. Likewise, I revised the Chair Descriptions now that we have some new positions and have gotten rid of some others. I hope to also use part of the January meeting to approve those as well.

OTHER EVENTS BY MMAMTA MEMBERS
I mentioned last spring that it was going to be a busy week. MU Trombone Professor and MMAMTA member, Tim Howe will present a trombone recital with our President-Elect, Paola Savvidou on Sunday, Sept 8 at 7:30pm in MU's Whitmore Recital. On Monday night, September 9th, I will be presenting a solo piano recital at 7:30pm in Whitmore that consists of Bach Prelude and Fugue in Ab Major, WTC I, Mozart Sonata in F Major, K. 332, Schubert "Wanderer" Fantasie, Chopin Mazurkas, Op. 59 and the Brahms Piano Pieces, Op. 119. Hope you can come out and enjoy.

One event that I announced last spring was a recital with Janice Wenger on Fortepiano, but this has been cancelled. But, you can see her perform on Sunday, September 15 at 3pm with Beverly Kyriakos' daughter, soprano Marika Kyriakos (MU Whitmore).

EVENTS and EVENT DEADLINES
SEPT 9 (Mon) MMTA District (Pre-Collegiate) Honors Auditions application deadline, midnight. Information at missourimta.org
SEPT 11 (Wed) MTNA Performance and Composition Competitions application deadline - 3pm EST. Information and application (online only) at mtna.org
SEPT 22 (Sun) MMAMTA Preview Recitals in Jefferson City (Our Savior's Lutheran Church at 2pm - Jan Houser and Karen Larvick, chairs) and in Columbia at Broadway Christian Church (1:30 and 3:00pm, Beverly Kyriakos, chair)
SEPT 28-29 MMTA District Auditions - Columbia College. Good luck to all!

Please note that the MOSS Women's Symphony League Piano Showcase application is due on Sep 23 (Monday). Application forms are included in the MMAMTA Handbook you will be receiving or on the MMAMTA website.

PASSWORD
[You must be current MMAMTA member to access this web page.]

I hope to see you all at the Workshop this weekend, and if not, then at another musical event in the future. Have a great year, and best of luck in all your musical endeavors!

Sincerely,
Peter Miyamoto,
MMAMTA President

May 2013 Message from the President

Dear MMAMTA Members:

IMPORTANT REMINDER:
Spring Meeting Friday, May 31 at Arris Pizza in Columbia

I hope everyone still has the date Friday, May 31 at 11:30am saved for our MMAMTA Annual Spring Luncheon and Meeting.  Remember that the venue was change, so DON'T go to Sophia's -  THE VENUE IS NOW Arris Pizza IN COLUMBIA, 1020 E. Green Meadows Rd, #102, Columbia MO, 65201.  The  restaurant (http://www.arrispizzaonline.com/) has a lunch buffet (salad bar, pizza, spaghetti, soups and appetizers) as well as a menu with salads, panini, pizzas and greek entrees.  You can’t miss it, it’s in the shopping complex right next to Columbia’s Kohl’s on Nifong and Green Meadows.  I'd like to start the meeting at 11:30am, so if we could actually arrive around 11:15am to order, we'll get to our meeting (and the food) that much sooner!

If you have any items that you'd like included on the agenda, please email to me no later than Monday, May 27.  All Chairs of MMAMTA events, I will be soliciting summaries of your events in the coming days. If you are continuing next year as a chair, it would help if you could let me know any dates that have been confirmed, or at least a projected date of your event.

Save the Date: September 7, 2013
We now have a date for our Fall Workshop with Marvin Blickenstaff - Saturday, September 7 (approximately 9am-3:00pm) at the Kyriakos Studio in Columbia (thanks Beverly and Charlie!!!). It will be a busy "members weekend" with Janice Wenger's fortepiano recital scheduled on Friday, September 6 at 7:30pm, Trombonist Tim Howe and Pianist Savvidou in recital on Sunday September 8 at 7:30pm and Peter Miyamoto's Faculty Recital on Monday, September 9 at 7:30pm, all in MU's Whitmore Recital Hall.

RENEW MEMBERSHIP
Reminder it is time to renew your MTNA membership, which runs from July 1 and ends June 30.
Online: http://www.mtna.org/membership-information/renew-membership/
or I'm sure you have all received MTNA mailings!
Make sure you are renewed for MMAMTA as well as MMTA and MTNA.
To be listed in the hard copy of our 2014-15 MMAMTA Directory, you must renew by July 15, 2013.

Looking Back – April/May
Wow, April flew by! Congratulations to MMAMTA Pre-Collegiate Audition winners Hope Keitahn (cello student of Mary Manulik) and Levi Manring (piano student of Peter Miyamoto) who performed in the master classes of Peter Wiley and Frederic Chiu. Congratulations also to MMAMTA member Ayako Tsuruta, who organized another successful Plowman Chamber Music Competition, which this year brought 15 competing ensembles from across the country (58 competing musicians), awarded $10,000 in prize money, and presented master classes by world famous judges, pianist Frederic Chiu, Randy Gardner, horn and cellist Peter Wiley, and this year was expanded to include recitals by Frederic Chiu, the Verdehr Trio and Peter Wiley with pianist Anna Polonsky as well as a lecture on stage fright by Frederic Chiu.

The 2013 MMAMTA Concerto Festival was cancelled. The MMAMTA scholarship auditions were scheduled for April 13 in Jefferson City.

Present Tense – May
Good luck to all participants in the National Guild of Piano Teachers Auditions (Teacher Division of American College of Musicians). This event runs May 14-17 in Jefferson City and May 20-15 and 28-30 in Columbia. Future Tense - 2013-2014

MMAMTA Fall Workshop with Marvin Blickenstaff: September 7, 2013
MMTA District (Pre-Collegiate) Auditions: September 28 and 29, 2013
MMTA State Auditions: November 7-10, 2013 at Washington University in St. Louis
MTNA National Conference: March 22-26, 2014 in Chicago

April 2013 Message from the President Elect

Sent: Mon, Apr 15, 2013 5:17 pm
Subject: Re: MMAMTA FW: 2013 Summer Music Camps at Mizzou

Dear MMAMTA Members,

Just a reminder that the deadline to apply for the MU 2013 Summer Piano Camp is fast approaching (April 22nd)! For more information as well as a sample schedule, please visit:http://music.missouri.edu/camps/index.html

If you have questions, please contact me, Janice Wenger (WengerJ@missouri.edu) or Jonathan Kuuskoski, Camp Coordinator, (KuuskoskiJ@missouri.edu).

Best,

Paola Savvidou

March 2013 Message from the President

Sent: Sat, Mar 30, 2013 2:51 pm
Subject: MMAMTA Newsletter 3.30.13

Dear MMAMTA Members:

Happy Spring to all! Let's hope we have some spring like weather now!

Looking Back – February/March

We had great participation in the Jefferson City and Columbia MMAMTA’s Musicathon Events on February 23rd and 24th, raising funds for our MMAMTA scholarships, Hurricane Sandy Relief through the Red Cross, and the Samaritan Center in Jefferson City.  Thanks to Jan Houser, Paola Savvidou and and especially Chris Vitt, in her last year of co-chairing the event, as well as all the participants and their families for making this such a great event for our community.

I’m happy to announce we had TWO winners in the MMAMTA Pre-Collegiate Auditions for the Plowman Master Classes.  Hope Keithahn (cello student of Mary Manulik) will perform the Saint-Saens Allegro Appassionato, op. 43, in the master class of Peter Wiley (former member of the Beaux Arts Trio and the Guarneri String Quartet) on Friday, April 5th at 12pm in Whitmore Recital Hall on the MU Campus.  Pianist Levi Manring (piano student of Peter Miyamoto) will perform the first movement of the Beethoven Les Adieux Sonata in the Frederic Chiu Master Class on Friday, April 5th at 2pm in Whitmore.  Both events are free and open to the public.  Come out and see some inspiring teaching by master performers and teachers!

Present Tense – PLOWMAN Events and MMAMTA deadlnes

A complete list of the Plowman events appears at the end of this newsletter, but I think some events that may be of particular interest to the MMAMTA membership are:

THURSDAY, APRIL 4

            Frederic Chiu Piano Recital, 7pm at Missouri Theatre (tickets are $20 general admission, $10 Students), but group rate $5 tickets are available to you, your students, families and friends if you respond to a previous email “MMAMTA Special Discount” before midnight on April 2, with the check arriving by April 2 (firm deadline) to Odyssey Chamber Music Series at First Baptist Church, 1112 E Broadway, Columbia, MO 65201-4910.

FRIDAY, APRIL 5

            Frederic Chiu Lecture: “Stage Fright – A Different Perspective,” at 10:30am in McKee Gym on the MU Campus.  McKee is located about a half block from the MU School of Music.  From the School of Music, walk south on Hitt Street and it is a building on the left hand side about three buildings down from the Memorial Union.  The building is located right across from the parking lot for the new MU Student Center, just walk up the stairs to the Gymnasium.  Free and open to the public.

            Peter Wiley Master Class, at 12pm in Whitmore.  Free and open to the public

            Frederic Chiu Master Class, at 2pm in Whitmore. Free and open to the public

SUNDAY, APRIL 7

            Plowman Chamber Music Competition Final Concert and Awards Ceremony, 1:30pm at Missouri Theatre.  Hear the five finalist chamber groups compete for the $5,000 grand prize, and vote for the audience prize!  Tickets - $20 at the door.

MONDAY, APRIL 8

            Recital with Peter Wiley, cello and Anna Polonsky, piano, 7pm at the First Baptist Church (1112 E. Broadway) – Free event!

MMAMTA co-sponsors the Master Class events and Frederic Chiu Lecture events, so I hope to see lots of you at these events!

IMPORTANT MMAMTA EVENT DEADLINES:

Don’t forget that the deadlines for the MMAMTA Camp and College Scholarshps and the Student Concerto Festival are coming up in the coming weeks:

MMAMTA Camp and College Scholarships, April 13, 2013 at Central United Church of Christ in Jefferson City

            Application Due: April 4 (MMAMTA Handbook, pages 42-44)

MMAMTA Student Concerto Festival, Saturday, April 27th at 1:30 and 3:30pm at Piano Distributors

            Application Due: April 13 (MMAMTA Handbook, page 41)

Forms can be downloaded from the website handbook (remember the password for members is MusicalEducation).

NOT SO DISTANT FUTURE – MAY

I hope everyone still has the date Friday, May 31 at 11:30am saved for our MMAMTA Annual Spring Luncheon and Meeting.  Due to a new reservation minimum that Sophia’s Restaurant in Columbia has imposed, WE ARE CHANGING THE VENUE, so please take note!  The luncheon/meeting will now take place at Arri's Pizza, 1020 E. Green Meadows Rd, #102, Columbia MO, 65201.  The  restaurant  has a lunch buffet (salad bar, pizza, spaghetti, soups and appetizers) as well as a menu with salads, panini, pizzas and greek entrees.  You can’t miss it, it’s in the shopping complex right next to Columbia’s Kohl’s on Nifong and Green Meadows.  I think the plan will be to meet at 11:30, and start the meeting at around 11:45, or promptly after we have ordered the food.

If there’s anything you’d like to have discussed at the meeting, please don’t hesitate to email me anytime before the meeting, and I’ll include it on the agenda.

All the Best,

Peter Miyamoto,
MMAMTA President

Complete Plowman Competition and Festival Schedule
www.PlowmanCompetition.org

April 4 (Thu)
3-4pm, MU Whitmore Hall - Verdehr Trio Convocation (discussion)
7pm, Missouri Theatre [$$] - Plowman Commencement & Piano Solo Recital by Frederic Chiu

April 5 (Fri)
10:30-11:30am, MU McKee - Lecture by Frederic Chiu "Stage Fright: A Different Perspective"
12-2pm, MU Whitmore Hall - Cello Master Class by Peter Wiley
2-4pm, MU Whitmore Hall - Piano Master Class by Frederic Chiu
7pm, FBC [$$] - Verdehr Trio, co-presented by Odyssey Chamber Music Series & the Mizzou New Music Initiative

April 6 (Sat)
9:30am-5:30pm, FBC [$$] - Plowman Competition Semi-Finals (15 Ensembles, 20 min each)
   9:30am piano trio (piano, oboe, bassoon)
9:50am saxophone quartet
10:10am string quartet
10:30am saxophone quartet

10:50am - 15 min break -

   11:05am piano trio (piano, violin, cello)
11:25am woodwind quintet
11:45am string quartet
12:05pm piano trio (piano, flute, clarinet)

Lunch

2:30pm brass quintet
2:50pm piano trio (piano, violin, cello)
3:10pm saxophone quartet
3:30pm string quartet

3:50pm - 10 min break -

   4:00pm saxophone quartet
4:20pm piano trio (piano, violin, cello)
4:40pm woodwind quintet

7pm, MU Whitmore Hall - Horn Master Class by Randy Gardner

April 7 (Sun)
1:30pm, Missouri Theatre [$$] - Plowman Competition Finals Concert & Awards Ceremony (5 Ensembles, 30 min ea) - Includes our famous reception while the judges deliberate, and Vote for your favorite ensemble for the Audience Prize!
6-8pm, Private Home - "A Celebration of Chamber Music" sponsored by Odyssey Chamber Music Series. $25 /$40 for two Tickets are sold online beginning March 1 [Click Here] and at the door.

April 8 (Mon)
7pm, FBC - Recital by Peter Wiley, cello & Anna Polonsky, piano (FREE admission)

FBC - First Baptist Church in Columbia, MU - University of Missouri
Odyssey - Odyssey Chamber Music Series
[$$] - Tickets available for purchase
[^] - Event for Judges & Participants only

March 21, 2013 - Frederic Chiu Recital Special Discount
Due this Tuesday, April 2, 2013!

Concert Pianist Frederic Chiu

April 4, 2013 - Thursday at 7pm
Missouri Theatre
Frederic Chiu, Piano Recital Program

Chopin’s Etudes Op. 25-1, Op. 10-3,4,10,11,12
Debussy Cloches à travers les feuilles from Images
Ravel Une barque sur l’océan
Chiu’s own transcription of Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kijé Suite
The fiendishly difficult Prokofiev Toccata
Beethoven/Liszt: Symphony No. 5

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Sent: Fri, Mar 22, 2013
Subject: MMAMTA Special Discount (& Competition!) on Frederic Chiu Piano Recital/Plowman Commencement, Apr 4

Dear MMAMTA Members:

The 2013 Plowman Competition (run by MMAMTA member Ayako Tsuruta) is just around the corner, featuring 15 stellar chamber ensembles from across the country competing for a $5,000 grand prize on April 6-7. Along with the competition semi-finals and gala finals concert, the Plowman Chamber Music Festival (April 4-8) features performances, master classes and lectures by the 2013 judges Frederic Chiu (international concert pianist), cellist Peter Wiley (former member of the Beaux Arts Trio and Guaneri String Quartet), and Randy Gardner (Philadelphia Orchestra and Cincinnati Conservatory) as well as the Verdehr Trio, composer Don Freund, and pianist Anna Polonsky (see complete listing at the bottom of the email, or visit the www.plowmancompetition.org website).

As a thank you to Mid-Missouri Area Music Teachers Association (MMAMTA) for its support, Odyssey/Plowman is offering $5 Group Discount to all the MMAMTA members, their families, friends and students to the Plowman Commencement & Frederic Chiu Piano Recital at the Missouri Theatre, Thursday at 7pm on April 4, 2013. One ticket per name/person, please.

The offer is good ONLY until Tuesday, April 2 at 11:59pm.
Here is what you need to do:

1.       Provide the name of an MMAMTA member (or yourself if you are a member) as a reference, either by using this form to mail with the check, or by filling the “Special Instruction to the Seller” box on Paypal;

2.       Check payable to "Plowman" MUST arrive on/before April 1, 2013, to Odyssey Chamber Music Series at First Baptist Church, 1112 E Broadway, Columbia, MO 65201-4910, - OR - Pay via Paypal (surcharge) from Odyssey's web site under "Tickets" web page – scroll down to "MMAMTA Special” at www.OdysseyMissouri.org/tickets,

3.       Pick up the ticket at the Missouri Theatre beginning 6pm on April 4, 2013;

4.       AND, a MMAMTA member who is referenced the most wins a pair of tickets to Plowman Competition's Finals Concert & Awards Ceremony on April 7, Sunday at 1:30pm! (You do not need to be present at the concert. Announcement will be made on the Plowman's "Blog & Laureate News" web page.)

Your MMAMTA member reference:
Your Information             Name:
Mailing Address:

Email:
Number of Tickets ($5/each per name):   1. 2.
3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8.

February 2013 Message from the President

February 21, 2013 - Winter Storm Q!

Fri, Feb 22, 2013 10:59 pm
MMAMTA Newsletter, February 2013

Dear MMAMTA Members:

Looking Back – January/February

It has almost been a month since MMAMTA kicked off the calendar year with the terrific MMAMTA Teachers’ Recital, which included performances by members Susan Quigley-Duggan, Meg Gray, Karen Larvick, Peter Miyamoto, Jennifer Muniz, Ruth Robertson, Paola Savvidou, and Tim Werts, and guest spouse Jonathan Kuuskoski!  Bravo to all for wonderful Mostly Mozart performances.  A nice audience filled Jefferson City’s First Christian Church.  Thanks to Ruth Robertson for organizing this event’s third edition, and Gretchen Huedepohl for helping to procure the venue.

Our organization’s semi-annual meeting took place right after the concert.  Thank you to all who were willing to stay after the concert and share your thoughts on a wide range of topics.  The next meeting is scheduled for Friday, May 31 in Columbia.  Look for more information on that over the coming months.

Present Tense – MUSICATHON WEEKEND

Musicathon 2013 is upon us – February 23rd and 24th at Macy’s of Columbia and Capital Mall in Jefferson City.  Student and Member performances at these music marathons will help raise funds for the MMAMTA Student and Camp Scholarships as well as the Samaritan Center (Jefferson City), and the Red Cross (Columbia).* Please come out and support this great fundraiser!  Many thanks to Jan Houser, Chris Vitt and Paola Savvidou for all their help in organizing this event, and to Piano Distributors for their support, as well as all participating MMAMTA Studios.

We are now making an effort to document all our events. If you make a program for your segment of the marathon, can you please send a copy (probably electronic is easiest) to the appropriate Musicathon chair. Jan, Chris and Paola/can you compile the programs along with a schedule of all the studio blocks and forward to Nancy?

*Columbia fundraising was originally going to be directed toward the MTNA Recovery Fund, but due to the generosity of MTNA members, state affiliates and local associations, MTNA was able to give grants of $1,000 to those individuals who requested disaster assistance from MTNA and have taken the drive off their website. In place of this charity, Musicathon Columbia will support Hurricane Sandy Relief through the Red Cross.

NOT SO DISTANT FUTURE – February/March/April

MMAMTA Event Deadline Reminders:

MMAMTA Pre-Collegiate Auditions for Plowman Judge Master Classes (cello, piano, horn)
Application Due Mar 1 (MMAMTA Handbook, page 40)
Audition for Participation: Saturday, March 23,1-3pm at MU Whitmore

If chosen, you must be available for the appropriate master class:

Peter Wiley, cello master class, Friday, April 5th, 12-2pm Whitmore
Frederic Chiu, piano master class, Friday, April 5th, 2-4pm Whitmore
Randy Gardner, horn master class, Saturday, April 6th, 7:30-9:30pm Whitmore

You might want to check out the full list of Plowman Festival events at:
http://www.plowmancompetition.org/complete-schedule.html

MMAMTA Camp and College Scholarships,
Saturday, April 13, 2013 at Central United Church of Christ in Jefferson City
Application Due: April 4 (MMAMTA Handbook, pages 42-44)

MMAMTA Student Concerto Festival,
Saturday, April 27th at 1:30 and 3:30pm at Piano Distributors
Application Due: April 13 (MMAMTA Handbook, page 41)

Junior Festival Participants:
Good luck to all participants of the MFMC Junior Festivals in Jefferson City and Columbia, and the MFMC Student/Collegiate Auditions in Jefferson City.

Into the Future:

Keep the Date: Friday, May 31 for the next MMAMTA Semi-Annual Meeting.  Details about the Columbia location coming soon.

I’m pleased to announce that we have received a MMTA Matching Grant Award to fund the guest artist workshop to be presented in the fall by Marvin Blickenstaff.  If the scheduling works out, we may be able to use this as our fall workshop event.

The Missouri Music Teachers Association needs two people to serve as pre-collegiate auditions chair and collegiate auditions chair.  Some hotel and mileage is reimbursed for attending the competitions/conference in November.  This year the MMTA State auditions will take place at Washington University on November 7-10, 2013.

I have been contacted by photojournalism student at MU who is interested in photographing a “high achieving pianist” for a project on child musicians.  If you have a student who you think might be interested, I can get you in touch.

All the Best,
Peter Miyamoto,
MMAMTA President

January 2013 Message from the President

TO MMAMTA MEMBERS:

Wishing you all a Happy New Year, with all the best wishes for a musical 2013!

1. The MMAMTA Teachers' Recital and Semi-Annual Meeting are on Sunday, January 27 at 3pm and 4pm respectively at First Christian Church in Jefferson City. If you are interested in performing in the recital (Mozart repertoire especially welcome), please contact Ruth Robertson. If you have any agenda items for the meeting, please contact Peter Miyamoto (MiyamotoP@missouri.edu).

2. Good luck to members with students participating in the West Central Division MTNA Competition at KU in Lawrence, KS on Jan 11-13! Good luck to all those performing in the Missouri Music Educators Association Workshop/Conference in Tan-Tar-A on Jan 23-26!

3. Consider participating in the MMAMTA Musicathons presented on Feb 23 and 24 at the Columbia Mall in Columbia (Chris Vitt and Paola Savvidou, co-chairs), and on Feb 23 at the Capital Mall in Jefferson City (Jan Houser, chair).

Remember the following other deadlines for musical events in the area:

January 12 – Missouri Federation of Music Clubs Junior Festival deadline for Junior Festival forms and fees for District II (Held at Columbia College, First Christian Church and First Baptist Church on March 2 -with make-up date on March 4, First Baptist Church). If you have questions, please contact Chris Vitt or Cara McMillan.

January 15 – Missouri Federation of Music Clubs Student/Collegiate Auditions in Voice, piano and instruments. Auditions held March 2 at the First Christian Church in Jefferson City - make-up day is Sunday, March 3rd at First Christian Church in Jefferson City.

January 20 – Jefferson City Symphony Orchestra Piano Auditions. Competition on February 2 in Mitchell (Richardson) Auditorium, with winners concert on April 23, 2013.

January 23 - Missouri Federation of Music Clubs Junior Festival District III (held on March 9 at the First Baptist Church in Jefferson City). Critique sheets (to Denise Gillam) have a February 22 deadline. If you have questions, please contact Jan Houser.

February 1 MMAMTA Musicathon application deadline (see pp. 37-39 of MMAMTA Handbook).

Again, Happy New Year to All, and hope to see you at the MMAMTA Teachers Recital, Semi-Annual Meeting, and Musicathon events!

-Dr. Miyamoto

December 2012 Message from the President

Dear MMAMTA Members:

Looking Back - November
It has been a busy month - MMAMTA Evaluative Auditions in Jefferson City and Columbia as well as the MOSS Piano Showcase on November 17, and of course the MMTA and MTNA State Auditions and the MMTA Conference held in Bolivar, MO Nov 8-11. Congratulations to all teachers, students and parents for all the triumphs and personal bests, publicly recognized or not. It’s so often in these performance crucibles that students take their biggest strides forward!

I wanted to recognize some MMAMTA member results from Bolivar. Congratulations to:

MMTA 6 Winner – Kathleen Meininger, piano (Mabel Kinder, teacher)
MMTA 10 Winner - Junyi Wu, piano (Beverly Kyriakos, teacher)
MTA Sr. High Winner – Mingu Kim, violin (Amy Appold, teacher)
MMTA Collegiate Lower Runner-Up - Xiaoxiao Du, violin (Susan Jensen, teacher)
MMTA Collegiate Upper Honorable Mention - Bendict Sin, violin (Susan Jensen, teacher)
MMTA Collegiate Upper Honorable Mention - Tamara Kitchen, violin (Eva Szekely, teacher)
MMTA Collegiate Upper Honorable Mention - Michael O'Neill, trumpet (John Perkins, teacher)
MMTA Collegiate Graduate Winner – Verena Abufaiad, piano (Peter Miyamoto, teacher)
MMTA Collegiate Graduate Runner-Up - Hyunki Yoon, piano (Peter Miyamoto, teacher)
MMTA Collegiate Graduate Winner - Erik Hassell, violin (Eva Szekely, teacher)
MMTA Collegiate Graduate Runner Up - Rachel Edwards, violin (Susan Jensen, teacher)
MMTA Collegiate Graduate Honorable Mention - Katherine Jones, violin (Susan Jensen, teacher)
MMTA Collegiate Graduate Honorable Mention - Courtney Burris, violin (Susan Jensen, teacher)
MTNA Junior Strings Winner – Priscilla Liow, violin (Carolina Neves, teacher)
MTNA Young Artist Senior Voice Winner - Levi Gerke (Susan Quigley-Duggan, teacher)
MTNA Young Artist String Winner – Graham Woodland, violin (Eva Szekely, teacher)

Good luck to Priscilla, Levi, and Graham, who will proceed to the West Central Division Competitions at Kansas University in Lawrence, KS Jan 11-13, 2013.

The 2013 MMTA State Auditions have been announced as happening at Washington University, November 7-10, 2013 in St. Louis.

Present Tense - December
December is a busy month, with lots of music making in the area. A few MMAMTA member related concerts coming up fast:

Odyssey Chamber Music Series Concert “Holiday Bells and Drums: on Friday, Dec 7 at 7pm, First Baptist Church, Columbia $20/10
Jefferson City Cantorum: The Christmas Concert, led by Glenn Webb, Jan Houser, piano. Sat, Dec 8 at 7pm in Miller PAC, JC $10/$8/$5 or $25 Family
Odyssey Music @ Lenoir Woods. Miyamoto/Tsuruta Duo (Nutcracker, Gershwin, Anderson’s Sleigh Ride and more) on Wed, Dec 12 at 6pm at Lenoir Woods in Columbia. Open to the Public; Free Admission.

Into the New Year- January and Beyond
Don’t forget that on Sunday, January 27th (Mozart’s Birthday), we will hold the third annual MMAMTA TEACHERS’ RECITAL at First Christian Church in Jefferson City at 3pm, followed by the MMAMTA Semi-Annual Meeting (all members encouraged to attend). It’s a great way for members to get to know each other musically. If you are interested in participating in the recital, please contact our Vice-President, Ruth Robertson (singeruth@hotmail.com), and I hope to see you ALL at the meeting!

It is not too early to be planning for your studio’s participation in the MMAMTA Musicathon – fundraising marathons of presented at the Columbia Mall on Feb 23-24 (Chris Vitt and Paola Savvidou, co-chairs), and on February 23 at the Capital Mall in Jefferson City. A great, low-stress opportunity for your students to perform and raise money for our programs and chosen charities, and to have fun while doing it! Dates and locations will be confirmed over the next month.

Upcoming Application Deadlines to watch for:
January 12 – Missouri Federation of Music Clubs Junior Festival deadline for Junior Festival forms and fees for District II (Held at Columbia College, First Christian Church and First Baptist Church on March 2 -with make-up date on March 4, First Baptist Church). If you have questions, please contact Chris Vitt or Cara McMillan.

January 15 – Missouri Federation of Music Clubs Student/Collegiate Auditions in Voice, piano and instruments. Auditions held March 2 at the First Christian Church in Jefferson City - make-up day is Sunday, March 3rd at First Christian Church in Jefferson City.

January 20 – Jefferson City Symphony Orchestra Piano Auditions. Competition on February 2 in Mitchell (Richardson) Auditorium, with winners concert on April 23, 2013.

January 23 - Missouri Federation of Music Clubs Junior Festival District III (held on March 9 at the First Baptist Church in Jefferson City). Critique sheets (to Denise Gillam) have a February 22 deadline. If you have questions, please contact Jan Houser.

February 1 - MMAMTA Musicathon application deadline (see pp. 37-39 of MMAMTA Handbook).

One item to note:
MMAMTA will not proceed with a pre-collegiate concerto competition in 2013. Details will follow at the January 27 Semi-Annual Meeting.

Season’s Greetings
On behalf of the Mid-Missouri Area Music Teachers Association, I wish you all season’s greetings. May your holiday season be filled with friends, family, and… music, and may you all have a healthy and happy 2013!

All the Best,

Peter Miyamoto,
MMAMTA President

November 2012 Message from the President

Sent: Thu, Nov 1, 2012 8:31 am
Subject: MMAMTA November Newsletter

To All:

Hope you and your families had a Happy Halloween.  Don’t forget to set your clocks backwards this Saturday night – I’m sure the extra hour will come in handy!

EVALUATIVE AUDITIONS DEADLINE IS TODAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2012.

Please send your enrollment forms (pp.26-27 of the MMAMTA Handbook) to the appropriate Chair (Deborah McAlexander for Jefferson City and Janice Wenger for Columbia).  Remember that there were some inaccuracies in the original Handbook – the correct date for both JC and Columbia is Saturday, November 17, 2012, and the events take place at Lincoln University and the MU School of Music, respectively.  The updated form and information is available on the online version of the handbook on our mmamta.org website (thanks, Ayako!)

MMTA/MTNA AUDITIONS AND MMTA CONFERENCE

Good luck to all participants, teachers and parents of the 2012 MMTA Auditions and MTNA Competitions at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, MO November 7-11.  Directions and maps and parking permits as well as a copy of the Auditions Booklet are all available at the missourimta.org website.  Remember that this year, the MMTA Conference will be held at the same time, and will feature a piano recital by Cliburn Competition winner Haochen Zhang in Pike Hall, Saturday, Nov 10 at 7:30pm.

MOSS FALL PIANO SHOWCASE, NOVEMBER 17 in MISSOURI THEATRE

The Moss Fall Piano Showcase will take place on November 17 at 7pm in the Missouri Theatre.  Congratulations to all who participated in the October 6 audition.

UPCOMING MMAMTA MEMBERS CONCERTS:

Mon, 11/5, 7:30pm            MU Faculty Brass Quintet (Howe), WRH

Tue, 11/6, 7:00pm            The Mikado with the JC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (Ruth Robertson, director).
Mitchell Auditorium, Lincoln University

Fr/Sa, 11/9-10, 7:30 MU Show-Me Opera Scenes (Seitz, director).  Missouri Theatre

Sun, 11/11, 7:00pm Amy Appold with the Columbia Civic Orchestra in Sibelius Violin Concerto.
Missouri Theatre. $15 General, $5 Students

Mon, 11/12, 7:30pm MU Faculty Violin Recital (Szekely), all-Beethoven Violin Sonatas.
Whitmore Recital Hall at the MU School of Music.

Sat, 11/17, 7:00pm Women's Symphony League presents Fall Piano Showcase, Missouri Theatre.

Mon, 11/26, 7:30pm MU Faculty Piano-Duo Recital (Savvidou).  Program includes Mozart Variations, Schubert
Fantasie and Debussy Petite Suite. Whitmore Recital Hall at the MU School of Music

Hope you all have a wonderful and musical month!

Peter Miyamoto,
MMAMTA President

October 2012 Message from the President

From: Miyamoto, Peter M.
Sent: Mon, Oct 8, 2012 12:16 pm
Subject: MMAMTA Newsletter, October 8, 2012

Dear MMAMTA Members:

Happy Columbus Day!  It has been a busy month!

First (long overdue), I want to thank all of you who made the Amy Greer MMAMTA Fall Workshop such a great success.  By all the comments I’ve received from members, I think it was extremely informative and enjoyable (who knew it was so difficult to walk and clap at the same time!).  Thanks especially to Beverly Kyriakos (and Charlie) for opening their BEAUTIFUL home for the event, to Denise, Jan, Ruth and Paola for their help in organizing the event, and to all the members who brought such yummy dishes!

PLEASE NOTE (ERRATA):

In the PROGRAMS CALENDAR section of the handbook, the Federation events in March 2013 need some clarification:

The March 2 Federation Festival event at Columbia College is a junior festival (gold cup) event whose parallel Jefferson City event takes place on Saturday, March 9 at First Christian Church in Jefferson City (correctly listed).  The JEFFERSON CITY event listed on March 2 (Sat) is the NFMC State Auditions for collegiate students.  In that entry, I think I might have confused people by incorrectly including the term “Federation Festival” – strike that!!!  Hope it’s clear now.

REMINDERS:

MMAMTA Honors Recitals are set up for October 21 (contact Beverly Kyriakos) and October  27 (contact Ayako Tsuruta) at First Baptist Church in Columbia.

The 2013-2014 Odyssey Concert Series kicks off on Friday, October 12 with a program including Beethoven, Ravel, Saint-Saens, Schoenberg and Liebermann ($20/$10).  Check out further listings of the Music and New Media at the Crossroads October 2012 Festival and other events in the Classical Music Listing of the Handbook!

CONGRATULATIONS:

1.  Congratulations to all teachers with students who passed District Auditions, and good luck at the State Auditions at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Nov 8-11.  Reminder that you must enroll your students by 5pm today,  and that your registration and check must be postmarked by tomorrow, Tuesday, October 9 (MMTA is giving us the extra day since today is a federal holiday).

2.  Congratulations also to all teachers with students competing in the Women’s Symphony League/Missouri Symphony Society’s Fall Piano Showcase Auditions this past weekend.  Reminder to send in the bio for the concert by Oct 29, and good luck at the Nov 13 rehearsal and Nov 17th event in Missouri Theatre.

3.  Congratulations to so many of our members with recitals and performances in the last few weeks (Janice Wenger, Jackie Lordo and Jennifer Muniz, Ayako Tsuruta, Judy Shaw, Tim Howe, Susan Jensen and Eva Szekely with the Esterhazy Quartet).  Don’t be shy, if I’ve inadvertently left your upcoming concert out of the Handbook, feel free to contact me (MiyamotoP@missouri.edu) and I will try to include it in a future newsletter, or on the up-to-date website version of the handbook.

Best of luck with all the preparations for MMTA and MTNA Auditions and MOSS Showcase!

-Peter Miyamoto,
MMAMTA President

August 2012 Message from the President

From: Miyamoto, Peter
Subject: MMAMTA Announcements - August, 2012
Date:Thu, Aug 2, 2012 12:21 am

Dear MMAMTA Members:

I hope you are all having wonderful summers, full of music, friends, family and fun!

I’ll be working on updating the MMAMTA handbook this month as well as the current membership list. Event chairs – please send me updated info for 2012-13.

I’m pleased to announce that MMAMTA’s fall workshop will be presented by pianist, writer and teacher, Amy Greer (http://tenthousandstars.net/bio.php):

Amy Greer Workshop

Date: Saturday, September 22nd, from 9am-3pm
Location: Beverly Kyriakos’ house - 103 Knollwood Court in Columbia
Parking will be limited – so members should consider carpooling
Topics: Topics will be confirmed later, but will most likely include a session on Rhythm and Movement and a session on the psychological issues of practicing and performing.
Potluck: As always, the event will include a potluck lunch, so start thinking about that favorite dish to bring!

2012 MMTA and MTNA Auditions and Competitions Dates:
September 8                   Honors Theory Project Deadline
September 10                 District Pre-Collegiate Deadline
September 12, 2pm         MTNA Competitions Deadline
September 29-30            District Auditions
October 8                       Pre-Collegiate Deadline (for State Auditions)
October 8                       Collegiate MMTA Honors Auditions Deadline
November 8-11     MMTA and MTNA Competitions at Southern Baptist University in Bolivar, MO
January 11-13, 2013        West Central Division MTNA Competitions, KU, Lawrence, KS
March 8-12, 2013            National Rehearsals and Competitions, Anaheim, CA

Other MMAMTA dates to save (more dates to come as event chairs check in with me!):
August 18 Pot-luck gathering for MMAMTA members at Miyamoto residence pending interest
October 21 Honors Recital, First Baptist Church, Columbia
October 27 Honors Recital, First Baptist Church, Columbia
January 27, 2013 MMAMTA Teachers Recital & Semi-Annual Meeting, First Christian Church, Jefferson City

Happy to report that MMAMTA Camp Scholarship winners Jade Forck, Lucia Blankenship and Eddie Crouse all attended the MU Piano Camp where they had private lessons, music history and music theory classes, ensemble and chamber coachings, attended concerts and demonstrations (organ, percussion and orchestral), and performed in a final concert.  MMAMTA Camp Scholarship winners Cynthia Graeler and Taylor Burkhardt both attended the Brevard Music Center in western North Carolina, where they attended chamber, orchestral and opera performances throughout the festival’s six weeks and participated in concerts, master classes and lessons.

Several MMAMTA members were featured as soloists with the Missouri Symphony in its Hot Summer Night’s Series this summer.  Peter Miyamoto performed Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Beverly Kyriakos performed the featured part in Saint-Saens’ Organ Symphony, and Leo Saguiguit soloed in Lee Actor’s Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra.

All the Best,

Peter Miyamoto,
MMAMTA President

Newsletter from the President

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Newsletters from the Past President

2013 Fall Workshop with Marvin BlickenstaffSeptember 7, Sunday 9:15am-2:30pm

September 2013 Message from the President

May 2013 Message from the President

April 2013 Message from the President Elect

March 2013 Message from the President

March 21, 2013 - Frederic Chiu Recital Special DiscountDue this Tuesday, April 2, 2013!

February 2013 Message from the President

January 2013 Message from the President

December 2012 Message from the President

November 2012 Message from the President

October 2012 Message from the President

August 2012 Message from the President

2013 Fall Workshop with Marvin Blickenstaff
September 7, Sunday 9:15am-2:30pm

March 21, 2013 - Frederic Chiu Recital Special Discount
Due this Tuesday, April 2, 2013!