Eastside Chapter, WSMTA Chapter Meeting
President Carol Hibbard opened the meeting at 9:30 am. The minutes of the April meeting were
read and approved.
Finance
Report
Egle
Peller presented the finance report. (copy attached)
Sherman
Clay Greeting
Gary
Finkelstein welcomed the chapter members to Sherman Clay. He introduced the store employees and
expressed their gratitude for the symbiotic relationship between the chapter
and their business. He requested
that we continue to support the Sherman Clay store by referring business to
them. He also introduced a new
product - the Essex piano - which is currently value priced.
Membership
Report
Rebecca Bennett presented the new members to the chapter.
Any
corrections or changes to member information should be send to Rebecca via
email at emtamembers@gmail.com.
Carol Hibbard also reminded members that they should be receiving the
state newsletter (Clarion) and the national magazine (American Music Teachers). Any members not receiving these
publications should contact Rebecca at the above listed email address.
Correspondence
Report
The chapter received several thank you cards. Cindy Eubanks thanked the chapter for
the donation to the WSMTA Conference Auction. Nathan and Nicholas Woo thanked the chapter for gift
certificates given to them for placing in the Washington State Young Composers
Project.
Teacher
Referral Sign-up
Laurie
Wright reintroduced the teacher referral program. Teachers interested in receiving new students should sign
the referral list. Potential
students from the referral phone line will be directed to these teachers based
upon teacher specialty and geographic location.
District
Conference
Kaycee
Groom, WSMTA District II VP, encouraged teachers to attend the district
conference on October 14th. Jody
Graves will present a workshop and masterclass. Flyers are available.
The conference organizers also are looking for a crafts vendor to be at
the conference.
Scholarship
Recital Report
Selina
Chu announced that the artist at this year's scholarship recital is Mr. Paul
Roberts. The recital will be on
Friday, November 3rd, at 7:30 pm at Cedar Park Assembly of God church in
Bothell. Tickets and flyers are
now available.
Yearbook
Report
Olive
Yau thanked Carol Hibbard and Selina Chu for their assistance in proofreading
the yearbook. Carol reiterated
that members need to have their membership renewed by 7/15 to be listed in the
yearbook.
Opus
Report
Carol
Hibbard presented this report in Diane Giberson's absence. Members are encouraged to receive the
Opus via email which helps to reduce the association's cost. An email should be sent to emtamembers@gmail.com
to begin receiving the Opus electronically. If the file is difficult to read as an email, members can
view it as a webpage.
Workshops
Report
Jennifer Li announced the 2006-2007 workshops. All workshops will be held at Helmer's
Music in Bellevue. The day and
time for each workshop was determined by space availability.
Greg Presley:
Pre-Classic Dance Forms October
7
Paul Roberts:
Masterclass November
4
Steven Spooner:
The Art of Practicing March
4
Adjudication
Report
There
was no adjudication report this month.
Ribbon
Festival Report
Carmen
Still announced that flyers for the 2007 festival were now available after the
meeting and also on-line.
Registration material will be distributed at the October chapter
meeting. Anyone with ideas for
workshops should contact Carmen.
Scholarship
Competition Report
Yunbo
Cassady introduced the 4 co-chairs of the committee and thanked the entire
committee for their work. Rule
booklets are now available. The
operating cost for the competition increased due to the need for two judges for
each division. In addition to
revenue from ticket sales, members can make a donation to the Scholarship
Competition Operating Fund. The
committee is also looking for businesses (including piano studios) that would
like to advertise in the program.
In addition, teachers entering students in a state or national
composition competition are also required to sell tickets to the recital since
these students benefit from the scholarship funds raised through this event.
Carol
Hibbard thanked the committee for all their hard work.
Pre-Meeting
Recital Report
Nicole
Kim announced that there would be no recital prior to the October and April
meetings.
Library
Report
Sherry Owen encouraged members to peruse the library
materials. Suggestions for new
materials are appreciated. Titles
of newly acquired literature will be published in the Opus.
Re-Certification
Points
Carol Hibbard announced that attendance at monthly programs
qualifies as 1/2 certification point.
A list will be passed around during the program to help members verify
their attendance at the program.
New
Business
Joyce
Meech announced that she is giving away her old Keyboard Companion, Clavier,
and American Music Teachers publications.
Anyone interested in these magazines should contact her.
Nicole
Kim announced that she would be performing at the downtown Sherman Clay store
on October 5th at noon.
Dr.
William Chapman Nyaho announced his performance at the Kirkland Performing Arts
Center on April 28th. He
also suggested that the chapter website incorporate a calendar of member
recitals.
Larry
Schacher announced his performance at the Columbia Tower Club on October 1st to
benefit MEOW.com.
Program
Jennifer
Li announced the post-meeting program - Amy Stephens-Chen: Jazz Improv 101.
The meeting adjourned at 10:30 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jeanine Edmonds, recording secretary