Missouri Music

Teachers Association

NOTES

CONTENTS

Reports

From the Editor's Desk 3

MMTA President's Message 5

MMTA President-Elect 9

Minutes of the MMTA Board 13

MMTA Treasurer's Report 17

Certification Chair Report 19

Members in the News 25

Local Association Activities 27

FYI

MMTA Officers 30 Local Association Officers 31

Important Dates to Remember 33 Index to Advertisers 35

MTNA Competition Results 23 & 29

2002 Audition Information Centerfold

The Official Journal of the

Missouri Music Teachers Association

SPRING/SUMMER - May 2002 Vol. XXXIII No. 3

Missouri Music

Teachers Association

NOTES

Official publication of the Missouri Music Teachers Association

Affiliated with the Music Teachers National Association

Kathy Miiller, 22110 Highway Y, St. Robert MO 65583

The purposes of MMTA are: The elevation of the standards of teaching and performance of music; the advancement of American musical composition; the cultivation of fraternal feeling among its members; the development of public taste for good music; and cooperation with the purpose and projects of the Music Teachers National Association.

MTNA/MMTA MEMBERSHIP $69.00 STUDENT $17.00

Send to MTNA, The Carew Tower, 441 Vine St., Suite 505, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-2814

The Missouri Music Teachers Association is a non-profit organization. Subscriptions are included in membership fees and advertising rates. Third class postage paid at Concordia MO 64020. Editorial and circulation address is 29327 Hwy PP, Concordia MO 64020. Phone: 660-463-2359, FAX: 660-463-2359 (Call before transmission), E-mail: cborgstadt@centurytel.net

Editorial Board: William Brown, Kathy Miller

I'm just changing hats! After serving for several years as Local Association Vice-President, I'm switching to Vice-President for Publications and Advertising. Thank you, thank you Virginia Schilb for all your help past, present, and future. Everyone else can help as well: I very much need to KNOW about potential advertisers I can contact for NOTES. Just contact me and I will do the rest.

Kathy Miller, NCTM

Vice-President for Publications, Advertising and Public Relations

kmiller@iland.net

At this time of year most music teachers are guiding their students toward their best effort performances in a variety of musical opportunities. Recitals, Guild, concerti performances, Missouri High School Activities Music Festivals, pre-contest festivals, and concluding academic year studio and degree recitals are just a few of the spring music opportunities. We know that these opportunities are top motivators. We know we are teaching the pursuit of excellence, knowledge, and pride. It's serious business.

Music performances are the tip of the support iceberg. However, relatives, teachers, and friends have devoted hours, years, support, and considerable financial contribution toward each single performer's participation. I believe an emotional and intellectual bonding occurs deep within the soul.

My wife, Jan, received a video today of one of her students performing a piano concerto with the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville orchestra. This student has not studied with Jan in over eight years and is now married and pursuing an advanced degree in piano and chamber music. The video had a written note from the performer's mother conveying a deep heartfelt thank you to Jan.

Years ago I was a college marching and concert band director. We had no scholarships, no money, no practice field, and yet, somehow we organized new marching shows for every home game, performed music that was arranged by me from cassettes given to me by the band members. This was basically an African-American group of college musicians guided by me, an old white musician. We worked hard! Now, years later when we meet on the street or at gatherings, we hug and start to cry real tears. Many of the experiences we lived through bordered on the absurd, but we had a wonderful time together.

Music is that bond between the emotion and the intellect. In our roles as guiders, supporters, and musicians we need to always wade deeper into the awareness and learning pool. We owe our students an honest effort.

Wingert-Jones

Congratulations to Jennifer Linn for accepting the position of MTNA Student Composition Chair. Welcome and thank you for your willingness to take on this responsibility. Also a "thank-you" goes to Mary Davis and Ellen Bottorff who will act as Co-Vice-Presidents for Auditions to fill out the term of Brent Hugh.

Hope I got to see you at the MTNA National Conference. And I hope I get to see you at the MMTA State Conference.

Please take care.

Steven Houser, NCTM

janzstudio@mail.ultraweb.net

Hennessey

Steinway

A LITTLE FORESHADOWING for MMTA CONFERENCE 2002

There is exciting news from the National Conference in Cincinnati! West Central had two winners in the Collegiate Competition, Kory Bickel in voice and a senior from the University of Missouri and Amir Khosrowpour in piano and a junior from the University of Kansas. I had the privilege of hearing Amir's absolutely riveting performance at the competition, and both his and Kory's exciting presentations at the general meeting. For his accomplishment, Amir received a $40,000 grand from the Steinway company!

We have invited both of them to this year's Conference. To date, Amir along with his teacher, Jack Winerock, has accepted the invitation. Their session will focus on the kind of preparation that goes into preparing a student for such a high level competition. This is information Independent Music Teachers can use on all instruments as we prepare our students for a performance where playing is evaluated by a judge. And of course, Amir will play for us. You don't want to miss this session presented by two delightful people.

Of special note: A brief bio of William Wellborn, our 2002 guest artist from San Francisco Conservatory is also in this issue (p. 21). (A more complete bio will appear in the next Conference issue.) Dr. Wellborn is well known on the west coast, particularly in the San Francisco Bay area where he hosted a very popular radio program for several years. He was at the Conference in Cincinnati and I truly look forward to spreading the word about him throughout the Midwest. This warm, personable artist has impressive performance background and much experience in working with students.

This summer Dr. Wellborn is conducting a European tour titled "The World of Liszt." Information about this can be found in NOTES for your consideration (p. 36). And there is a description in this newsletter of the session on Liszt which Dr. Wellborn will present on Friday at the Conference.

Look for a different perspective on the use of technology in your studio in Kirksville Technology Chair Janice Saffir who is the wonderful on-site Conference Chair in Kirksville will work with Kathy Miller to present this.

Mo Western

Janice gave an excellent technology session for MTNA in Cincinnati this past week. You will have an opportunity to sign up for their special presentation when you enroll for the Conference.

We are still working out other topics for sessions, and as usual your input is invaluable. Do you have either a session or an idea for a session to present?

Finally, we will be in a beautiful new music building in Kirksville. Much of the moving from old to new was done over spring break while many of us were at the Conference in Cincinnati. With the educational and inspirational ideas such a trip brings, we are planning a great Conference for you!

Millie Mehnert, NCTM

jmehnert@everestkc.net

Lincoln University

Central Band and Piano

March 10, 2002

President Steven Houser called the meeting to order at 2:30 P.M. at his home, 1108 Booneville Road, Jefferson City, Missouri. Members present were President-Elect Millie Mehnert, VP Local Associations Kathy Miller, Secretary Ginger Schneider, Treasurer Barbara Hamel, Immediate Past President William Brown, Executive Secretary Carol Borgstadt, Certification Chair Anne Manahan, Independent Music Teachers Forum Chair Karen Larvick, and Scholarship/Foundation Chair Jan Houser.

MSP (Moved, seconded, and passed) to accept the November 8, 2001, minutes as printed in the February 2002 NOTES.

MSP to accept the treasurer's 2002-2003 budget proposal as presented by Barbara Hamel.

MSP to pay an annual salary of $4800 to the Executive Secretary, replacing the current hourly pay system, effective May 1, 2002. The Executive Secretary will continue to submit bills for expenses. MMTA will pay for three months of e-mail service annually for the Executive Secretary as voted upon at the January 23, 2000, Committee meeting, and MMTA will pay half of the Executive Secretary's lodging expenses at state conferences as clarified at the March 4, 2001 Committee meeting.

MSP each of the eleven Missouri Division Winners will receive $450.00 from MMTA for travel expenses to National.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT: William Brown will chair the nominating committee. A resignation, effective immediately, was received from VP Auditions Brent Hugh. Kathy Miller will resign as VP Local Associations and become VP Publications/Public Relations.

PRESIDENT-ELECT: Millie Mehnert presented plans in progress for the 2002 MMTA Conference to be held in Kirksville at Truman State University. Plans for the Tri-State 2003 Conference are underway.

Informational flyers will be mailed to MMTA members and prospective members to encourage attendance at state conferences.

VP LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS: MSP to approve a $250.00 grant to Warrensburg MTA for a Master Class and Workshop: "Teaching Technique to the Elementary and Intermediate Student," by Dr. Dorothy Brandwein.

Beckman Violin

MMTA grant money must be used between February 1 and April 30 of the following year or the grant will be rescinded..

CERTIFICATION CHAIR: Four Missouri teachers have been certified: Joyce Berg, Barbara Hamel, Brent Hugh, and Deborah McAlexander.

SCHOLARSHIP/FOUNDATION CHAIR: The $1000 memorial given by MMTA for Jane Allen will be accepted at the 2002 Conference by her son for the MTNA Foundation.

The next executive committee meeting will be held in conjunction with the MMTA Conference in Kirksville, on October 31, 2002. The meeting was adjourned at 5:30 P.M.

UMC

Hume

The budget for FY2002-2003 was approved at the recent MMTA Board meeting, with an estimated $37,430 in income, and $37,400 in disbursements. Our current bank account balances are as follows:

Checking--$6,448.46
Money Market--$12,593.59
CD#1--$21,123.89
CD#2--$17,945.28

This gives us a total of $58,111.22 in assets. We will continue to hold money in our savings accounts where it can gain interest and be used for those years when convention costs rise, the economy worsens, etc. It was also decided at the Board meeting to give the local Warrensburg chapter a $250 grant, and to raise the salary of the Executive Secretary to $4800 per year (she will no longer be paid hourly). This action was long overdue, and we thank Carol for her years of hard work and dedication to MMTA.

This fiscal year ends April 30th, so please get any leftover bills to me as
soon as possible. Happy Spring!

Barbara Hamel, NCTM

bhamel@cmc.edu

CMC

Piano Guild

This is a great opportunity for teachers in the Kirksville area to take advantage of their proximity to an examination center to get this out of the way. If there are private teachers in the area who are not members of MMTA, they too can sign up to take the exam(s). Non members pay a higher fee.

All applications are handled through National, but I will be happy to talk to anyone wanting more information. My number is (573) 442-8564, or send me an e-mail: amanahan@coin.org

Music teachers interested in becoming an MTNA Nationally Certified Teacher of Music should request a Professional Certification Information Packet from: MTNA

The Carew Tower

441 Vine Street, Suite 505

Cincinnati, OH 45202-2811

Tel: (888) 512-5278

FAX: (513) 421-2503

You may also obtain information by visiting the MTNA website at: www.mtna.org.
The MTNA Certification Information Packet contains an application form and all other MTNA forms and materials needed for certification.

CONGRATULATIONS! We want to recognize the following MMTA members who successfully completed the final Certification exam last winter. They are: Joyce Berg, Barbara Hamel, Brent Hugh and Deborah McAlexander. They are now MTNA Nationally Certified Teachers of Music!

Anne Manahan, NCTM

amanahan@coin.org

Missouri Southern

Schmitt Music

WILLIAM WELLBORN, Guest Artist for 2002

William Wellborn is a performer, teacher and lecturer. Concert tours have taken him to 12 states and 5 countries. He has been guest artist for many national and international groups, including the Paderewski Festival and the Chopin chez George Sand festival de piano (La Chatre, France). He has been soloist with many orchestras in this country and abroad, was a member of the Easternmost Piano Quartet, and has been a faculty member of San Francisco Conservatory since 1989. He teaches each summer at the Masterclasses of Saint Malo in Saint Malo, France.

Many organizations have engaged him to give presentations and masterclasses, including several state Music Teacher Associations. He is the founding president of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Liszt Society.

Wellborn holds degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and the New England Conservatory. He has a special affinity for the nineteenth-century idiom. A scholar of historic pianists, he was creator and host of the popular San Francisco radio program "Piano Legacy."

Other activities and accomplishments include contributions as editor to the web-site magazine San Francisco Classical Voice, teaching frequent courses in piano history and opera, and a highly praised recording with soprano Anne-Victoria Banks.

The Students of Franz Liszt

A session to be presented by Dr. William Wellborn

at the Kirksville MMTA Conference

Without doubt one of the most extraordinary musicians of the nineteenth-century, Franz Liszt was also one of the century's most celebrated pedagogues. His pupils included legendary artists such as Moriz Rosenthal, Eugene d'Albert, Arthur Freidheim, and Emil von Sauer, all of them among the most celebrated figures of their time. This presentation presents an overview of some of Liszt's most noted pupils and features many rare recordings by these legendary artists of the past. The lecture also includes numerous references and quotations about the teachings of Liszt, as noted by the participants from many of his masterclasses. Featured works and artists include:

1) Liszt: Ricordanza; Mendelssohn-Liszt: On Wings of Song (von Sauer)

2) Chopin: Mazurkas, Etudes; Liszt: Soiree de Vienne (Rosentahl)

3) Beethoven: selections from the Sonatas (Frederic Lamond)

4) Grieg: selected short pieces (Arthur de Greef)

UMKC

to Korey Bickel

Seitz Violin

Kristine Mezines, student of Zena Ilyashov, won first place and $1000 at the Fite Family Young Artist competition. In 2001, she was named Performer of the Year by the International Leadership Network. She won Search for a Star competition and performed Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra as her award. She was guest soloist with the St. Charles Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's Concerto No. 3. In 2001 she was a winner of the Italian Federation Young Artist Competition. Both Kristine and Lindsay were selected to appear on the National Public Radio Broadcast From the Top.

SW Baptist

Music Center

The Springfield Area Music Teachers Association held a Music Festival for elementary and middle school students on March 10 at Evangel University. The young pianists played for written comments and ratings and were awarded certificates and ribbons. High school students performed in Sessions in Sound where they were able to work one-on-one with Shun-Lin Chou of SMSU. Seventy-77 students participated representing nine teachers. In addition to the certificates and ribbons, four outstanding students were presented with special performance awards.

Programs for the 2001-02 Mid-Missouri Area MTA have included an all-day workshop with Suzanne Guy of Norfolk, VA and a daylong workshop with William Westney, Texas Tech University. Elinor Freer, University of Missouri-Columbia, presented "Laying a Strong Foundation: Assigning Repertoire that Builds Artistry. Meg Gray, Lincoln University, presented "Beyond the 4 B's - A Search for Repertoire That's Off the Beaten Path. Janice Saffir, Truman University, spoke on "Recipe for Musical Performance": How to Teach Students to Play Musically." Kathy Miller, Rolla MTA, presented "Lo Tech Gadgets and Gizmos: Creative and Practical Tools for Teachers and Students." MMTA assisted in hosting the 2002 West Central Division Conference and Competitions at the University of Missouri-Columbia. MMTA members' students have had the opportunity to perform in recitals, Evaluative Auditions, the Musicathon (donations raised to fund music scholarships) and a Masterclass with Manahem Pressler of the Beaux Arts Trio.

Truman University

SEMO

to more of Missouri's Competitors

Second Place Finishes

MTNA Collegiate Artist Chamber Music Competition

President's String Quartet

Katie Collins, Carrie Jones, Carol Carlson, Aaron Ludwig

Elaine Boda, Teacher

Truman State University

MTNA Baldwin Junior High Piano Competition
Lindsay Garritson

Zena Ilyashov, Teacher

MTNA Foundation High School String Competition
Peter Myers, cello

Kenneth Kulosa, Teacher

MTNA Foundation Collegiate Artist Woodwind Competition
J. Hendryx, flute

Mary Posses, Teacher

University of Missouri-Kansas City

Third Place Finishes

MTNA Foundation Collegiate Artist Organ Competition
Jieun Kim

John A. Ditto, Teacher

University of Missouri-Kansas City

MTNA Collegiate Composition Competition
Jorge Alfredo Santa Ana Gurrola

Warren Gooch, Teacher

Truman State University

President Steven Houser, NCTM

President-Elect Millie Mehnert, NCTM

Vice-President for Publications/Advertising/Public Relations

Kathy Miller, NCTM

Co-Vice-President for Auditions Mary Davis, NCTM

Co-Vice-President for Auditions Ellen Bottorff

Secretary Ginger Schneider

Treasurer Barbara Hamel, NCTM

Immediate Past President William Brown, NCTM

Executive Secretary Carol A. Borgstadt, NCTM

Certification Chair Anne Manahan, NCTM

College Faculty Chair Jerry Anderson, NCTM

Commissioned Composition Chair John Preston

Composition/Student Chair Jennifer Anne Linn

Computer/Keyboard Co-Chair Janice Saffir

Computer/Keyboard Co-Chair Diane Hennessey

Constitution/Bylaws Chair Dolores Zupan, NCTM

MMTA Collegiate Auditions Chair Ruth Robertson

MMTA K-12 Auditions Chair Meg Gray

MTNA College Competitions Chair Thomas Stein

MTNA HS/JH Competitions Chair Sue Chiu

Orchestral/Instrumental Chair Marc Fulgham

Organ Chair Gary Miller

Piano/Pedagogy Chair Annette Burkhart, NCTM

Pre-College Chapters Chair Connie Osgood, NCTM

Theory Chair Sherrie Troxel

Voice Chair Sharon Gray, NCTM

Quimby Pipe Organs

*Member through Kansas

at the

95^th Annual MMTA Conference

October 31 - November 3, 2002

Truman State University

Kirksville

Come and visit the new Fine Arts Facility at Truman State University

Meet and fellowship with music teachers from across Missouri

Attend sessions presented by music professionals

Hear Missouri's finest students in all mediums of

musical performance

Attend the conference artist concert featuring

William Welborn, pianist

IMPORTANT DATES to REMEMBER

October 31-November 3, 2002 MMTA State Convention

Truman State University

Kirksville, Missouri

Jan 10-12, 2003 West Central Division Auditions

Augustana College

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

March 15-19, 2003 MTNA Convention

Salt Lake City, Utah

WHERE TO FIND MMTA INFORMATION

SUBJECT ISSUE

Advertisers Index All Issues

Annual MMTA Convention Outline Spring/Fall

Pre-Registration Forms Fall

Annual MMTA Convention Reports Winter

Audition Guidelines, Entry Forms Spring

Certified Members Winter

Local Association Officers All Issues

Membership Directory Winter

State Officer/Chairs All Issues

Constitution and Bylaws Fall

MMTA NOTES DEADLINES

Spring - May March 15

Fall Issue - September July 15

Winter - January December 15

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INDEX of ADVERTISERS

American College of Musicians 18

American Music 27

Beckman Violin 14

Central Band and Piano 12

Central Methodist College 17

Central Missouri State University Auditions Information 7

Geoffrey Seitz 24

Hennessey Music 7

Hume Music 16

Lincoln University 12

Luyben Music 4

Missouri Southern College 20

Missouri Western State College 10

Quimby Pipe Organs 30

Schmitt Music 20

Southeast Missouri State University 28

Southwest Baptist University 25

Steinway Piano Gallery 8

The Music Center of Kirkwood 26

Truman State University 28

University of Missouri-Columbia 16

University of Missouri-Kansas City 22 & 34

University of Missouri-St. Louis Auditions Information 28

Wingert-Jones 6

The World of FRANZ LISZT

July 29-August 13, 2002

Franz Liszt was history's greatest pianist, a prolific composer, and to quote the noted biographer Alan Walker, "the central figure of the Romantic century." To appreciate more fully the music and work of Liszt, Dr. William Wellborn and Professor Adam Wibrowski have organized an exciting itinerary with concerts and lectures, illuminating the most important aspects of the early years of Franz Liszt. From his birth and formative years in Hungary and Vienna, his emergence as a renowned virtuoso, and the romantic retreat to Switzerland with the Countess Marie d'Agoult, Wellborn and Wibrowski trace the journeys of Liszt through the capitals and landscapes of Europe, following his development as a man and musician.

Highlights of this exciting tour include:

Budapest-Liszt Museum, Hungarian dance program

Esterhazy Palace and Liszt birthplace in Raiding

Sopron-city of Liszt's earliest concerts

Vienna-St. Stephen's, Kunsthistorisches Museum

Lucern - Wagner house at Tribschen, Swiss Alps

Geneva - Mont Salèvem Liszt and d'Agoult residence

Chamounix - Mont Blanc, all-Liszt recital

BudaFest Festival and specially arranged concerts

Price of $3795 USD* includes round-trip airfare from New York City, hotel accommodations,** two meals per day, and travel within Europe

For more information contact:

Dr. William Wellborn

415-759-3400, ext. 3518; FAX 415-759-3499

E-Mail: LisztTour@aol.com.

*price based on double occupancy-single rooms available with added surcharge

**round trip travel from San Francisco is also available for an additional $120