consenting to be MMTA Chairs:

Dr. Ruth Robertson - MMTA College Auditions Chair

D'Ann Hawkins - MusicLink Chair

Jan Houser - NCTM Scholarship Foundation Chair

Please forgive me if I have failed to recognize a member who has "cheerfully" accepted a recent MMTA chair responsibility. Thank you to all our officers and chairs. Without dedicated and active members there would be no MMTA.

Reasons to attend the MMTA State Convention:

• To be a part of the learning opportunities that MMTA's President-Elect Millie Mehnert has organized. Bring a new convention attendee to experience it with you.
• To listen to the excellent student performances. Experience the joy of music and applaud their efforts.
• To greet MMTA members that you have not seen in awhile. Connecting with other teachers is what MMTA is all about.
• To attend the inspiring clinics. Renew your enthusiasm for our profession.
• To hear our convention guest artists, Alvin Chow and Angela Cheng. Outstanding musicians.
• To visit the Southwest Missouri State University campus and to say thank you to "Sam" for being the school host representative.

A very inspiring interview with Roslyn Arnold was printed in the summer issue of RECORD, the Kappa Delta Pi publication. Roslyn Arnold is Associate Professor at the School of Teaching and Curriculum at the University of Sydney in Australia. She has developed a concept she calls empathic intelligence. She defines empathic intelligence as "an intelligence that recognizes and values the function of caring, not only for altruistic reasons, but because that quality, informed by reason and mobilized by affect, can make a difference to individuals and communities." At the end of the article she stated "arts based education and student-centered literacy programs are a natural home for the development of empathic intelligence." I e-mailed a note to her asking if she would consent to expand on her Kappa interview, specifically to MMTA members concerning the relationship between music instruction and emphatic intelligence. She was most generous to respond with the following remarks.

"I think the most important way that an emphatically intelligent teacher can help students is to give as much attention to the feeling aspect of playing, practicing, and rehearsing as is commonly given to technical aspects. I think for musicians, this means helping students to find the words (and the music) to describe and express feelings. Finding the words means developing a vocabulary to provide a range of nuances. Even making students aware of the value of reflecting upon their own feelings about a work, or their playing, or their frustrations or their triumphs, gives them permission to become even more alive. In turn, the empathic teacher models a level of comfort in expressing his/her own feelings, mindful too that the balance has to be struck between being intrusive and being helpful. Ideally, words and music cooperate to increase consciousness, expressiveness, aliveness."

I will continue to communicate with Roslyn Arnold. I find her thoughts most compelling. Many of our students are seeking answers to many questions through their music. Please let me know if you have questions you would like me to pose to Ms. Arnold. Thank you to Roslyn Arnold for taking the time to share with MMTA members a brief glimpse into your empathic intelligence concept.

I hope to see EVERYONE at the state convention

Steven Houser, NCTM

janzstudio@mail.ultraweb.net

Lincoln U.

Updating Our Profession at SMSU November 8-11, 2001

For this year's convention at Southwest Missouri State University, we will be updating our profession with sessions which present a new teaching method, offer insight into lyrical form in romantic music, teach us about the latest and best home-based business practices, acknowle the importance and relevance of the live concert, and with a special session which presents our guest artists, Angela Cheng and Alvin Chow, in a demonstration of duo and duet piano playing!

An exciting new addition for MMTA is Poster Sessions, vignettes of topics accompanied by visuals. The visuals are displayed on a series of long tables and interpreted by the individual presenters as you literally walk through them. Dr. Paul Henley of SMSU will be organizing these for us. One already confirmed is an exploration of how we learn one of the most fundamental components of music: scales. Linda Ross Happy of UMKC presented this poster session at the National Convention in Washington, D.C., 2001 and will repeat it for Missouri. The other presenters and their topics will be listed in your MMTA Convention Program.

Our banquet on Friday night will have 3 significant features: barbeque from the Sodexho Marriot that challenges Kansas City's culinary reputation; award winning "fiddler" Bob Holt; and square dancers who perform to his music. This lively demonstration of "old time" music and dance has evolved from the British Isles across America and into Missouri. Bob will talk about a renewed interest in traditional music, the origin of his songs, his "fiddling" technique and the importance and place of the style and interpretation of his music in the culture of our country. You don't want to miss this feast extra ordinary and some truly unique entertainment! And remember our students are welcome to attend this showtime event.

Cynthia Siebert of "Friends of Chamber Music" in Kansas City speaks to us on Friday at the Independent Music Teacher Forum luncheon about the invaluable experience of attending live concerts, how they enrich our lives and the lives of our students. Jacqueline Gilpin will speak about her incredible achievement in certification and what it really means to earn that credential at Saturday's Local Association luncheon.

Missouri Certification Chair, Anne Manahan, will give an overview of the renewed interest, nationwide, in National's new certification, and conduct a lively discussion for all those who are interested in promoting Independent Music Teacher professionalism through certification. She will also be offering the certification exam at convention. You can still sign up. Just contact her.

The convention sessions will begin Friday morning, November 9th, in SMSU's technology lab. That day will conclude with a Southwest Missouri State University "Faculty Showcase" followed by our banquet with its entertainment. The final program is Saturday evening, November 10^th, when our guest artists, Angela Cheng and Alvin Chow present a duo/duet piano recital (program enclosed in this issue).

And of course, all our wonderful students will perform throughout the weekend in competitions and for evaluations and ratings.

Can it get any better? You bet it can, if you all come!!!

See you in Springfield, November 8, 9 and 10, 2001!

Millie Mehnert NCTM

jmehnert@unicom.net

If you have any questions about guidelines, rules, or contact people for the MMTA auditions, remember that all the information about the auditions--including downloadable/printable application forms--is online at www.missourimta.org/auditions.html or www.mwsc.edu/~mmta/auditions.html

Many of you know that our outgoing MMTA Collegiate Auditions Chair, Juanita Becker, has accepted a new appointment at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee. Thanks to Juanita for her many hours of work as Auditions Chair, and good luck to her in her new position!

At press time for the last issue of Notes, we did not yet have the name and contact information for the new MMTA Collegiate Auditions Chair. I am pleased to announce that Dr. Ruth Robertson has agreed to fill that position.

Those of you who may be entering students in the MMTA Collegiate Auditions, please find the "yellow pages" with the Audition Information in the last issue of Notes and fill in this contact information for Dr. Robertson:

Dr. Ruth Robertson

1721 Hayselton Drive

Jefferson City, MO 65109

Telephone: 573 761 1433

E-mail: ruthrober@aol.com

Please note that student and teacher application forms for MMTA Collegiate Auditions will be sent to Dr. Robertson as well.

Many thanks to all you who support MMTA and MTNA auditions. As always, I am very interested to hear any suggestions for improvement of our auditions process.

Brent Hugh

bhugh@griffon.mwsc.edu

... Ice cream cones

... Fireflies

... Ah, the lazy days of summer. Missouri Music Teachers convention in November seems soooo far away.... Well, set down that glass of ice tea and make plans to attend the convention this year in Springfield. President Elect Millie Mehnert has been working overtime to create another excellent MMTA convention. The Local Association Luncheon will feature sp1eaker Jackie Gilpin, an enthusiastic, professional, recently certified teacher from KCMTA.

Lay aside the suntan lotion and inform Executive Secretary Carol Borgstadt of elections of new officers in your local association. Did you have an interesting program this past year? Share the information. Other local associations are looking for fresh ideas for programs.

While lounging by the pool, give some thought to applying for an MMTA Local Association grant for next year. The guidelines and applications will be given to local association presidents at the board meeting in November.

See you all in Springfield, SPLASH!

Kathy Miller, NCTM

kmiller@iland.net

Checking - $9,040.13

Money Market - $20,168.73

CD - $20,600.33

Barbara Hamel

bhamel@cmc.edu

National imposes a deadline of 30 days for test requests so we won't know until a month before our convention how many applicants will be taking the tests. The proficiency examinations are not as long as the Certification exam which has taken some people up to the maximum of three hours to complete. They can all be given concurrently.

At the session on Saturday, I will explain the new procedures to all non-certified members. I am looking forward to seeing everybody again in November.

Anne Manahan, NCTM

amanahan@coin.missouri.edu

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Because I am fairly new to the state of Missouri, Steven Houser asked that I take the time to introduce myself. I have been on the faculty at Lincoln University for one year. I teach piano, class piano, theory and music appreciation. Before coming to Lincoln, I taught piano pedagogy, class piano and theory at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston Illinois. I was active in the Illinois Music Teachers Association, sponsoring Eastern's student MTNA chapter as well as coordinating the state collegiate auditions.

My PhD and masters degrees are from the University of Oklahoma, and in between my times in graduate school, I taught in Little Rock and Conway, Arkansas. At that time, I was an active member of the Arkansas State Music Teachers, and was state chair of their K-12 auditions for several years. It will be very interesting to compare the similarities and differences between all of these state auditions!

I presently live in Columbia with my 2 cats and a beautiful Boston grand piano. I am enjoying Missouri very much - the beautiful scenery, the friendly people and a lively arts community. If you need to contact me about state auditions, I can be reached via phone: 573-681-5290, (work) 573-474-5240 (home) or by e-mail. I look forward to working with you.

Meg Gray

graym@lincolnu.edu

VOICE TRAINING FOR YOUNG SINGERS

Let me begin by saying that I believe it is absolutely essential that those children interested in music training on any instrument, should first have a sound foundation in piano training. It sets up so many aspects of music study in just the correct and essential way. As a private voice instructor and church organist/choir director, I am thankful every day for my 12 years of piano study.

Until recently, I would never have considered teaching voice to anyone younger than fourteen. Into my life walked a delightful six year old who already had studied voice for two years and was in need of a new teacher. So I began a journey of wonder and delight. I have since taken one more young singer into my studio and am sure that I am learning as much about this process as are they. Both study piano, violin, and dance and one even harp. Music is an essential part of their lives and I am enjoying providing the best vocal training I can for them. At the state convention, I hope to present a session on this subject and welcome others with interest in this topic to share their ideas with us.

Sharon Gray, NCTM

grays@griffon.mwsc.edu

Convention

Born in Hong Kong and immigrating to Canada at the age of twelve, Angela Chang was later educated at The Juilliard School and Indiana University. In 1986, she won a Gold Medal in the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition. Two years later she became the first Canadian to win the prestigious Montreal International Music Competition. In 1988, she received the Canada Council's Career Development Grant, recognizing her as one of today's most important artists. Ms. Cheng has captured First Prize in the Mae M. Whitaker International Competition, the University of Maryland International Piano Competition, and, most recently, the Palm Beach International Piano Competition. She has appeared with such orchestras as the Montreal Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, Boston Pops, Toronto Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, and in major solo and chamber music recitals throughout North America and Europe. In 1991, she was bestowed with the Medal of Excellence by the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Her elegant and sensitive style at the keyboard is on display in her most recent recording of Mozart Concerti, in which she collaborates with Mario Bernardi and the CBC Vancouver Orchestra.

Artists

A native of Miami, Florida, Alvin Chow graduated as Co-Valedictorian at the University of Maryland where he was a student of Nelita True. He received the prestigious Victor Herbert Prize in Piano upon graduation from the Juilliard School where he studied with Sascha Gorodnitzki and held the Joseph Battista Memorial Scholarship at Indiana University as a student of Menahem Pressler. Venues for his performances have been the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Steinway Hall in New York and the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. He has become widely known as a chamber musician, performing with his wife, Angela Cheng, and his twin brother, Alan. He captured first prize in numerous competitions such as the Civic Orchestra of Chicago Young Soloists Competition and the National Symphony Young Soloist Competition. Having taught many prize-winning students, Chow has earned recognition as a much sought-after teacher. During 1987-88, he was the first Fulbright College Visiting Artist in Piano at the University of Arkansas. Formerly a professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, he is currently on the artist faculty of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

ANGELA CHENG and ALVIN CHOW, pianists

MMTA 94^TH Convention

Southwest Missouri State University, Ellis Hall

November 10, 2001, 7:30 p.m.

P R O G R A M

Sonata in D Major, K. 448 Mozart

Allegro con spirito

Andante

Allegro molto

Sonata for Two Pianos F. Poulenc

Prologue

Allegro molto

Andante lyrico

Epilogue

Billy the Kid A. Copland

I. The Open Prairie

II. In a Frontier Town

a) Cowboys with Lassos

b) Mexican Dance and Finale

III. Billy and his Sweetheart

IV. Celebration after Billy's Capture

V. Billy's Demise

VI. The Open Prairie Again

Petite Suite C. Debussy

En bateau

Cortege

Menuet

Ballet

From Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 A Dvorak

No. 4 in F Major

No. 6 in A^b Major

Allen Myers, originally from Dayton, Ohio, currently teaches piano at the Lydia Lovan Community School of Music at William Jewel and formerly taught Jazz history and jazz arranging/composing there as an adjunct faculty member. He received a Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano Performance and Music Education from Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music, Berea, Ohio, and a Master in Music Degree in Jazz Studies from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Convention Personalities

Peter Collins is Associate Professor of Piano and Coordinator of the Keyboard Area at Southwest Missouri State University. He received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. He earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Michigan where he received the Regents 1 Fellowship and the Amy Young Evers Fortepiano Scholarship. He served on the faculties of the Interlochen Arts Academy, the Ozark Festival for the Performing Arts, and the Missouri Fine Arts Academy. Collins is founder and coordinator of SMSU's Missouri Chamber Players, touring Scandinavia twice performing American chamber music. He recently performed in Poland as a part of a cultural exchange program between SMSU and the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw. His extensive experience as a collaborative pianist has also resulted in compact disc recordings on the Albany, Centaur, and Hester-Park labels.

Karin Redekopp Edwards, a graduate of the University of Manitoba in Canada and Indiana University, has taught at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and at Carroll College. She served as pianist for the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus and the Milwaukee Symphony. Edwards is associate professor of piano at Wheaton College. Her primary teachers were Alma Brock-Smith and Abbey Simon. While studying with Abbey Simon, she met Mark Edwards, her husband, who became the other half of the duo piano team Redekopp and Edwards. Their concerts include guest appearances with orchestras, concerts on community artist series and university recital series, and feature artists in international symposia and state music teachers' conventions. Recognized as accomplished soloists, each performs regularly with orchestras, in recitals, and in chamber music concerts.

Jacqueline Gilpin has taught piano in her own private studio in Leawood, Kansas, for the last 18 years. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia graduating with Mortar Board Honors and lifetime secondary school certification for Social Studies and Spanish. She is a certified Kindermusik and Orff instructor. She is a nationally certified teacher through Music Teachers National Association in which she has held membership since 1985. For the last 14 years she has accompanied the Leawood Middle School orchestra and toured with them to Washington, D. C., and Europe. Gilpin studied piano and organ at Christian College and Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and later continued her study with Karen Halverhout, a teacher retired from University of Missouri-Kansas City. She also received graduate music study credit at the University of Kansas Piano Pedagogy Seminar during 1992 and 1997.

Paul Henley earned a Bachelor of Music, Music Education degree (Magna cum Laude) from the University of South Dakota and a Master of Arts in Education degree from Chadron State. His masters thesis is titled, "A Melodic and Harmonic Analysis of the Unaccompanied Solo Tuba Works of Vincent Persichetti." He later received his Ph.D. in Music Education from Louisiana State University with his dissertation entitled "The Effect of Modeling and Tempo Gradations as Practice Techniques on the Performance of High School Instrumentalists." Before his appointment at Southwest Missouri State University, he served as Assistant Professor of Music/Music Education at Western Montana College in Dillon.

Prior to earning his Ph.D., Henley was Director of Bands at Wahlert High School in Dubuque, Iowa; Instructor of Tuba at Clark College in Dubuque, Iowa; Director of Bands at Chadron City Schools in Chadron, Nebraska; and Director of Bands with the Belle Fourche Independent School District in Belle Fourche, South Dakota.

Bob Holt and his music are the genuine article, the real thing. His self taught authenticity has evolved over time from listening and continually trying new ways of doing things to get the sounds he wanted and the skills he needed to play "old time" music. What he learned the hard way, he now teaches students so they don't need to experiment the way he did.

Growing up in Ava, Missouri where he still lives, Bob Holt remembers staying with his grandmother on her farm since the age of 4 when his folks went to work. She kept wild black honey bees which "would get you if they got stirred up a little bit" and dominecker roosters which were "mean as suckers." So he stayed inside and played her phonograph, a big Victrola with a cabinet console and stacks of records everywhere. Since his grandpa had died and his grandma left him to pretty much entertain himself, "that old Victrola became my baby sitter."

Many of the tunes he plays today were ingrained in his head long before he could play anything. His dad would whistle them or he heard them on his Grandma's Victrola or the radio. He first played the harmonica and, later, when his dad thought he was old enough he bought him a fiddle. "It's always been the old tunes that I liked best." Most were the ones his dad whistled but didn't know the names. "I probably learned most of the tunes that were played here locally, just by my dad's whistling." Later when he started playing with other people, they told him the names.

Many of the tunes he plays today had their origin in the Appalachian Mountains and the British Isles. "I have never had enough ego to really try to be a showman. I don't like to play concerts or get up on stage and I never did play in fiddle contests for that same reason. This is why I prefer playing for dances."

And playing for those dances has taken him to the Smithsonian and to a performance for the president's wife in Washington, D.C. It has also won him an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. His recording on a Rounder CD titled "Gotta Little Home to Go To" is part of the North American Traditions Series.

Michael Murray is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Music Theory at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield. He holds degrees in composition from the Catholic University of American and the University of Cincinnati. Murray was previously on the faculties of Angelo State University in San Angelo, Tex, and Loyola University in New Orleans.

Marilyn Lowe holds degrees from Knox College and Indiana University where she studied piano under Menahem Pressler. A former pianist with the Fine Arts Trio, her early career focused on performance as a soloist and as a collaborative pianist. Lowe has taught piano, music theory, and composition at the college level and at present is an independent piano teacher. Her students continue to receive high honors in local, state, and national competitions in piano performance and music composition. Active in professional organizations, Lowe served as president of the Missouri Music Teachers Association, as treasurer of the Springfield Area Arts Council, and as a founding member of the Springfield Area Music Teachers Association and the Springfield Piano Teachers Forum. She served as a member of the Committee on Technique, Movement, and Wellness for the World Piano Pedagogy Conference.

Since 1992 Lowe has studied and applied extensively in piano instruction/teaching Edwin E. Gordon's concept of audiation, which is synonymous with Gordon's Music Learning Theory. The outgrowth of this sustained effort is a piano method based on the premise that it is important from the beginning of keyboard study to establish ways of thinking about music, listening to music, studying music, creating and improvising music, and performing music that build on audiation. Significant influences on the thought processes leading toward developing this approach and creating the supporting piano materials include Nadia Boulanger, Murray Baylor, Menahem Pressler, Walter Robert, Dorothy Taubman, and Edwin E. Gordon

Betty J. Neal is a Certified Financial Planner and Investment Representative associated with Edward Jones Investments. She has been with banking institutions for 25 years prior to entering the securities industry. Before beginning with Edward Jones Investments, she was a partner in a successful retirement planning company. She is a member of International Association of Financial Planner, National Association of Female Executives, Missouri Women's Council Foundation, and American Women in Communications. She is active in the Springfield Chamber of Commerce (Small Business Advisory Committee), S.A.L.T. (Senior and Law Enforcement Together), Dogwood Trails Girl Scouts Council (Board of Directors) and SCORE (Counselor to Small Businesses). Cynthia Siebert founded the Friends of Chamber Music in 1975 and has served as Artistic and Executive Director since then. She was the first Kansas City liaison to the Missouri Citizens for the Arts. She is a founding member of the Plains Presenters Syndicate. In addition, she has served as a board member for Chamber Music America and on the board of the Kansas City Chorale, as well as on the Association of Performing Arts Presenters 1992 regional conference panel for Early Music. In 1996 she received the Missouri Arts Award. She has served on the overview panel of the NEA, as well as the Chamber Music/News Music panel. Siebert has served on the music panel for WESTAF (Western States Arts Foundation) and is a five-time member of the Missouri Arts Council's music panel. She was the first chair for the Chamber Music America Presenters Committee and has served on juries for major awards, including the Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Awards.

Siebert graduated from the North Carolina High School of Performing Arts and majored in piano performance and accompanying at the Eastman School of Music. As a professional pianist, she has performed with the American, Meliora, Orford, Colorado, Vermeer, Muir and Emerson String Quartets, Leslie Parnas and Nathaniel Rosen. Most recently, she accompanied the Kansas City Chorale on its Brahms CD on the Nimbus label.

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Southwest Missouri State University

for the

94^th Annual MMTA Convention

November 8-11, 2001

Tentative Schedule

MISSOURI MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

94^th CONVENTION

November 8-11, 2001

Southwest Missouri State University - Springfield, Missouri

Thursday, November 8

5:30 p.m. Executive Committee Supper Meeting

Plaster Student Union, Room 317

Deli Sandwich on Hoagie Roll (Roast Beef, Turkey, or Ham) with Lettuce and Condiments. Chips, Piece of Fresh Fruit, Fresh Baked Cookies and Assorted Sodas.

7:30 p.m. MMTA Board Meeting

Plaster Student Union, Room 317

SHAR

Friday, November 9

8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Convention Registration

Lobby of Ellis Hall

8:00 - 4:30 p.m. Exhibits Open

Ellis Hall, Lower Level

9:00 a.m. "Using MIDI in the Classroom: A discussion of various applications of MIDI software and hardware in the music classroom"

Michael Murray, Clinician

Janice Saffir, Technology Chair, presiding

Ellis Hall, CAI Lab, Room 201

10:45 a.m. "S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté"

This session featuring a slide presentation will present the story of this extraordinary musician (a virtuoso performer on both violin and piano) as well as her intermediate and early advanced piano works, "From My Childhood."

Karin Edwards, Clinician

Ellis 203

Central Band

(Friday cont.)

12:00 noon IMTF Luncheon

Cynthia Siebert, Founder of "Friends of Chamber Music" Series in Kansas City, speaker

Karen Larvick, IMTF Chair, presiding

Plaster Student Union, Ballroom East

California Wrap: Shaved Turkey, Thinly Sliced Cucumbers, Swiss Cheese, and a Spicy Yogurt Sauce Wrapped in a Flour tortilla, served with Pickle Spear and Pasta Salad. Sunshine Cake, Beverage.

1:15 p.m. General Business Meeting

Steven Houser, MMTA President, presiding

2001 MMTA Commissioned Composer,

Allen Myers

Composition for Flute, Cello, and Piano

John Prescott, Commissioned Composer Chair,

presiding

Plaster Student Union, Theater

2:30 p.m. Duos/Duets Session

Angela Cheng and Alvin Chow, Clinicians

Ellis Hall, Recital Hall

3:30 p.m. Collegiate Piano Master Class

Ellis Hall, Recital Hall

5:00 p.m. Faculty Showcase

Ellis Hall, Recital Hall

7:00 p.m. Convention Banquet

Chuck wagon Barbeque: Sliced Barbequed Beef with Buns, Baked Beans, Corn on the Cob, Potato Salad and Cole Slaw, Fresh-Baked Brownies, Beverage

Program featuring Bob Holt, award-winning

fiddler, and square dancers led by

Edna Mae Holt

Plaster Student Union, Ballroom East

Saturday, November 10

8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Registration

Lobby of Ellis Hall

8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Exhibits Open

Ellis Hall, Lower Level

9:00 a.m. "What is Audiation (as defined by Edwin E.

Gordon)? How it is Applied to Teaching and

How It is Developed"

Marilyn Lowe, Clinician

Plaster Student Union, Breakout Room

10:00 a.m. "The Application of Audiation Skills to the Teaching of Intermediate/Advanced Piano Repertoire"

Marilyn Lowe, Clinician

Plaster Student Union, Breakout Room

11:00 a.m. Poster Sessions

Paul Henley, Coordinator

Plaster Student Union Hallway Space

11:15 a.m. New Certification

Anne Manahan, Certification Chair, presiding

Plaster Student Union

12:00 Noon Local Association Luncheon

"Certified: To be or not to be?"

Jackie Gilpin, speaker

Kathy Miller, V/P for Local Associations,

presiding

Plaster Student Union, Union Club

Traditional Quiche Lorraine served with fresh fruit and poppy seed muffin. Carol's Carrot Cake and beverage.

1:30 p.m. "Running Your Business Like a Business: How business plans, forms of ownership, and retirement planning can impact your business."

Betty Neal, CFP, speaker

Plaster Student Union, Breakout Room

2:30 p.m. "Lyrical Form in Romantic Piano Music"

Peter Collins, Clinician

Plaster Student Union

4:15 p.m. MTNA Winners Recital

Ellis Hall, Recital Hall

7:30 p.m. Convention Artist Recital

Angela Cheng and Alvin Chow, pianists

Ellis Hall, Recital Hall

Reception immediately following the

performance.

Tentative Schedule for

MMTA/MTNA

AUDITIONS and COMPETITIONS

Southwestern Missouri State University - Springfield, Missouri

November 8-11, 2001

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8

MTNA Collegiate Piano

MTNA Collegiate Woodwinds

MTNA Collegiate Brass

MTNA Collegiate Chamber Music

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9

MTNA and MMTA Collegiate Percussion

MTNA and MMTA Collegiate Voice

MMTA Collegiate Brass

MMTA Collegiate Piano

MMTA Collegiate Woodwinds

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10

MTNA and MMTA Organ

MTNA and MMTA Strings

MTNA Senior High School and Junior High School Piano

MMTA Pre-College Brass, Woodwind or Harp Scheduled as needed.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11

MMTA Pre-College Piano

2000 MMTA Pre-College Honors Auditions Winners Recital

Exhibits Open 8:00 a.m - 12:00 Noon, Ellis Hall Lower Level

MISSOURI MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION CONSTITUTION

PREAMBLE

The Missouri Music Teachers Association, Incorporated, an affiliate of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), in order to further the art of music; and to promote the growth and professional development of its members by providing programs that encourage and support teaching, performance, composition and research; and being a not-for-profit organization whose funds are used solely to accomplish these objectives, does hereby adopt this Constitution and Bylaws.

ARTICLE I - MEMBERSHIP

Section 1. Membership classifications and privileges shall be prescribed in the Bylaws of Missouri Music Teachers Association, hereinafter designated as MMTA or as the Association.

Section 2. Membership dues shall be proposed by the Executive Committee and approved by the MMTA Board.

Section 3. Membership in the Association may be terminated by the member or revoked by the Association as prescribed in the Bylaws.

ARTICLE II - AFFILIATED LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS

Section 1. Any city, town or area music teachers association may become and remain affiliated with MMTA by fulfilling the requirements of membership as stated in the Constitution and Bylaws.

Section 2. The Executive committee may suspend or terminate any affiliated Association at any time for justifiable cause, as outlined in the Bylaws, subject to ratification of this action by the MMTA Board.

ARTICLE III - OFFICERS

Officers of the Association shall be a President, President-Elect, Vice president for Auditions, Vice president for Local Associations and Student Chapters, Vice president for Publications and Public Relations, Secretary, Treasurer, and Immediate Past President. The manner of election and the duties of each officer shall be defined in the Bylaws.

ARTICLE IV - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Section 1. The Executive Committee shall be composed of the President, President-Elect, three Vice presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Immediate Past President, and Executive Secretary (ex officio).

Section 2. The Executive Committee shall determine policies of the Association in consultation with the MMTA Board and within the limits of the Constitution and Bylaws. It shall actively pursue the purposes of the Association and shall have discretion in the disbursement of all funds of the Association. It may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of Association business as shall be deemed advisable and may, in the execution of the powers granted, appoint such agents as it may consider necessary.

Section 3. In order to transact business, a quorum consisting of five (5) voting members of the Executive Committee, at least one of them being the President or President-Elect, must be present.

ARTICLE V - MMTA BOARD

Section 1. The MMTA Board shall be composed of the Executive Committee, appointed chairs, and the Local Association Presidents.

Section 2. The MMTA Board shall make recommendations to the Executive Committee regarding policy and membership concerns.

Section 3. The MMTA Board shall have the power to rescind by a two-thirds vote any decision of the Executive Committee.

Section 4. Eight members, two of whom must be members of the executive committee, constitute MMTA Board quorum; the president or president-elect must be present.

Section 5. The Executive Committee may submit items of business by mail to the full membership of the MMTA Board requesting a vote via a mail ballot. The contents of the proposals and the results of such mail ballots shall be reported to the Secretary, approved and incorporated in the minutes of the next meeting of the MMTA Board.

ARTICLE VI - COMMITTEES

The President, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee, shall appoint such standing and ad hoc committees and chairs as may be required by the Constitution and Bylaws, or as he or she may deem beneficial to the Association. The President shall be a member ex officio of all committees except the Nominating Committee.

ARTICLE VII - MEETINGS

Section 1. There shall be an annual meeting of the Association, time and place to be determined by the Executive Committee. Notice of such meeting shall appear in the official Association publication at least thirty (30) days prior to the time appointed. At this meeting, the President shall permit the general membership to bring forward items for consideration.

Section 2. Fifteen (15) of the current membership entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the election of officers and for the transaction of business at any annual or special membership meeting.

Section 3. Special meetings of the Executive Committee may be called by the President, or upon the request of not less than five (5) members of the Executive Committee, or upon a signed petition from ten percent of the Active members of the Association.

Section 4. The MMTA Board shall meet two (2) times each year. Prior to such meetings the Executive Committee will meet to prepare various items to be presented before the MMTA Board. Special meetings of the MMTA Board may be called by the President, or upon the request of not less than twenty-five percent of the members of the MMTA Board or upon a signed petition from ten percent of the Active members of the Association.

Section 5. The rules contained in the current edition of Robert's Rules of Order shall govern the Association in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the Constitution and Bylaws of the Association or any special rules of order the Association may adopt.

Section 6. The President may appoint a parliamentarian to provide opinion during various meetings.

ARTICLE VIII - PUBLICATION OF CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS

The MMTA Constitution and Bylaws shall be printed and distributed to the membership annually.

ARTICLE IX - AMENDMENTS

Section 1. This Constitution may be amended upon the recommendation of the Executive Committee and the MMTA Board at any annual session of the Association by a two-thirds vote. Written notice of the proposed amendment(s) must be submitted to the membership of MMTA at least thirty (30) days in advance of the session.

Section 2. Upon the recommendation of the Executive Committee and the MMTA Board, this Constitution may be amended by a mail ballot. Approval by a two-thirds vote shall constitute amendment. The ballot and proposed amendments must be submitted to the members of MMTA at least thirty (30) days in advance of the required return date. The date for return of the completed ballots must be clearly stated on the ballot.

BYLAWS

ARTICLE I - MEMBERSHIP

Section 1. Active Membership shall be open to all individuals professionally engaged in any field of music activity. Those persons holding Active Membership shall be entitled to participate in all Association activities and programs, to vote, hold office and receive the official Association publications. MTNA strongly encourages its members to adopt the Code of Ethics as their personal model of professional conduct.

Section 2. Student Membership shall be open to all full-time students currently involved in music study, who are also members of an affiliated association. Student members shall be entitled to attend programs of the Association upon payment of the registration fee and to receive the official Association publication, but shall not have the right to vote, hold office, apply for national certification, or enter students into MTNA competitions.

Section 3. Patron Membership shall be open to all individuals and businesses who wish to support the programs of the Association. Patron members shall be entitled to attend programs of the Association, and to receive the official Association publications, but shall not have the right to vote or hold office.

Section 4. Honorary Life Membership shall be named by the MMTA Board by a two-thirds majority vote. Honorary Life members shall have been active members for at least twenty-five years and shall have performed outstanding service to MMTA and to the music profession in Missouri or in the nation. Annual dues in MMTA shall be waived. MTNA and Local Association dues shall be paid by the member, if appropriate.

ARTICLE II - REVOCATION OF MEMBERSHIP

No person who has been convicted of a crime involving the sexual or other abuse of a person shall be a member of MMTA. Any accusation that a member of MMTA has been convicted of a crime involving sexual or other abuse of a person shall be reported to the President of MMTA, who shall immediately report the accusation to the President of MTNA, who shall appoint a three-person committee to ascertain the validity of a conviction. If the committee substantiates that a person has been convicted of a crime involving sexual or other abuse of a person, the President of MTNA shall immediately terminate the membership and the certification of that person. Any action authorized by the MTNA President in this resolution may be appealed to the Board of Directors of MTNA.

Any membership terminated under this section shall be reinstated upon the filing with the MTNA President of a certified copy of the judgment reversing the conviction.

ARTICLE III - FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year shall commence on May 1 and shall end on April 30.

ARTICLE IV - MEMBERSHIP YEAR

Section 1. The membership year for all membership categories except that of student membership shall coincide with the fiscal year, July 1 to June 30. The student membership year shall be October 1 to September 30.

Section 2. Annual dues for all categories of membership shall be due on the first day of the membership year, after which date members are not in good standing nor entitled to any of the privileges of membership until dues are paid for the current membership year.

ARTICLE V - ELECTION OF OFFICERS

Section 1. A Nominating Committee shall be appointed by the MMTA President. The committee shall consist of the Immediate Past President and at least two other active members of the Association. The committee shall select its own chair. The Nominating Committee shall prepare a slate of not more than two (2) candidates for each office. This slate shall appear in an issue of the official Association publication at least ninety (90) days before the date of the annual session of the Association.

Section 2. The Active members of MMTA shall elect by a majority vote the officers of the Association. Nominations from the floor shall be allowed, provided the nominee is eligible for election and has consented to be a candidate. This consent must be given in writing or given in person at the meeting. Election by the members must be by secret ballot, and each office shall be voted on separately. In the event of only one nominee for an office, the President may recommend election by general consent. The election shall take place at the annual session of the members in even numbered years.

Section 3. The President-Elect, upon completion of his or her term of office, shall become President of the Association. Should the elected President-Elect be unable to assume the Presidency, the President shall be elected, for that term only, in the same manner as that of the other officers.

Section 4. Each officer shall be elected for a term of two (2) years. The President and President-Elect may serve only one term.

Section 5. The term of office commences thirty (30) days following the election.

Section 6. No officer may hold a national, division or state office concurrently except the Immediate Past President.

Section 7. A vacancy in any office, except that of President, shall be filled by the President in consultation with the Executive Committee, and be subject to the approval of the MMTA Board. A President-Elect selected in this manner cannot assume the office of President without being elected to that office.

ARTICLE VI - DUTIES OF MMTA OFFICERS

Section 1. The President shall be the principal elective officer of the Association and shall preside at meetings of the Association, the Executive Committee, and the MMTA Board. He or she shall oversee the organization of expansion of membership and operation of student auditions. He or she shall implement instructions and decisions of the Executive Committee and the MMTA Board. He or she shall authorize suitable expenditures in accordance with the budget, designate bank depositories, and has authority to countersign all checks drawn against the funds of the Association. He or she shall appoint chairs and members of standing committees and of other committees created by the Executive Committee and the MMTA Board. He or she shall chair the Executive Committee and the MMTA Board. The President shall serve as a member ex officio of all committees except the Nominating Committee. He or she shall perform other duties applicable to the office as prescribed by the parliamentary authority adopted by the Association. An annual report of the activities of the Association and its condition shall be submitted to the

Association and the MMTA Board and placed by the Historian in the MMTA Archives, Missouri Historical Society, Columbia, Missouri.

Section 2. The President-Elect shall assume all duties of the President in the absence of that officer, shall be responsible for the State Convention program and the activities of all committees related to preparation of the annual convention. He or she shall submit to the President an annual report to be distributed to the MMTA Board.

Section 3. The Vice President for Auditions shall administrate all competitions and auditions at the state level, coordinate performance area/repertoire chairs and competition chairs, secure judges for competitions in consultation with the President and arrange for appropriate space for the state auditions and competitions. He or she shall submit to the President an annual report to be distributed to the MMTA Board.

Section 4. The Vice president for Local Associations and Student Chapters shall maintain communication with and direct services for Local Associations and Student Chapters. He or she shall organize efforts to form additional Local Associations and Student Chapters as needed. He or she shall submit to the president an annual report to be distributed to the MMTA Board.

Section 5. The Vice president for Publications and Public Relations shall be in charge of the compilation, printing, and distribution of MMTA NOTES. He or she shall develop other printed materials that are of use to the Association. He or she shall submit to the President an annual report to be distributed to the MMTA Board.

Section 6. The treasurer shall be responsible for overseeing, in cooperation with the President, all financial affairs of the Association, and shall serve as chair of the Finance Committee. He or she shall be responsible for the preparation of periodic reports to the Executive Committee, a written annual report to the entire membership, and perform other duties applicable to the office as prescribed by the parliamentary authority adopted by the Association.

Section 7. The Secretary shall record the minutes of all meetings of the Executive Committee, the MMTA Board and the Association. He or she shall maintain files of reports from various offices, shall distribute copies of minutes in legal form to all members of the Executive Committee and the MMTA Board, and perform other duties applicable to the office as prescribed by the parliamentary authority adopted by the Association.

ARTICLE VII - AFFILIATED LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS

Section 1. Any city, town, or area music teachers association may petition to the Executive Committee for affiliation in MMTA by providing evidence that the following requirements have been fulfilled:

a. That two (2) copies of the Local Association governing document(s) (e.g., Constitution and Bylaws) have been filed with the Secretary and that they are consistent with those of MMTA.

b. That its fiscal and membership year coincide with that of MMTA.

Section 2. Upon determining that a petitioning local music teachers association has fulfilled the requirements of Section one (1) of this Article, MMTA shall approve the petition.

Section 3. In referring to its affiliation, each Local Association shall use the phrase "affiliated with the Missouri Music Teachers Association." This specified phrase shall be included in the constitutions of all affiliated Local Associations.

Section 4. Annual renewal of a Local Association shall be made without reconsideration by MMTA provided:

a. That the affiliate has not formally notified MMTA that it wishes to discontinue affiliation.

b. That it guarantees on the basis of submitted membership rosters that one hundred percent (100%) of its members who meet the requirement of MTNA Active Membership, and one hundred percent (100%) of its Student members, who meet the requirements of MTNA Student Membership, are members in good standing of MTNA.

c. That all changes in the Constitution and Bylaws of the affiliated Local Association have been filed with MMTA, that they are consistent with the Constitution and Bylaws of MMTA and have been approved by MMTA.

d. That all provisions of Section one (1) of this Article continue to be fulfilled.

ARTICLE VIII - STANDING COMMITTEES

Section 1. The Finance Committee shall consist of the President, President-Elect, and Treasurer. The Treasurer shall serve as chair of this committee. The Committee shall submit to the Executive Committee for approval an annual budget based on recommendations of the MMTA Treasurer. The Committee shall authorize an audit at the end of each even-numbered fiscal year. The Committee shall be responsible for all financial records of the Association.

Section 2. The Constitution and Bylaws Committee shall have three (3) members appointed by the President with the approval of the Executive Committee. The committee shall review and prepare changes to the MMTA Constitution and Bylaws as are deemed necessary.

ARTICLE IX - DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION

Upon dissolution and liquidation of the Association, all assets of the Association remaining after all liabilities and obligations of the Association shall be paid, satisfied and discharged, or adequate provisions shall be made therefore, shall be transferred, conveyed and distributed to such nonprofit organization(s) determined by the Executive Committee, provided such distributee organization(s) shall be organized and operated exclusively for charitable, educational, literary or scientific purposes.

ARTICLE X - AMENDMENTS

Section 1. These Bylaws may be amended upon the recommendation of the Executive Committee at any meeting of the MMTA Board by a two-thirds vote. Written notice of the proposed amendment(s) must be submitted to the MMTA Board at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the meeting.

Section 2. Upon the recommendation of the Executive Committee these Bylaws may be amended by a two-thirds vote via a mail ballot open to the members of the MMTA Board. The ballot and proposed amendment(s) must be submitted to the MMTA Board at least thirty (30) days in advance of the required return date. The date for return of the completed ballots must be clearly stated on the ballot.