Eastside Chapter, WSMTA Chapter Meeting
President KaiLi Yang opened the meeting at 9:43 am.
Minutes
The January minutes were approved as posted.
The finance report was made available to members. (see attached) Sherry Owen outlined the income and expense numbers.
Membership Report
Jeanne Ellis shared that member Rhoda Hinckley passed away. She will be sending the member updates through Joan Crow.
Lauri Mitchell passed around the referral sign up sheet. Teachers have the choice to have their email addresses listed on the website. All certified teachers will be identified on the website.
Correspondence
Risa sent a sympathy card to the Hinckley family.
Scholarship Competition
Julie announced that the student schedules were being finalized. These schedules will be mailed to the teachers.
Adjudications
Adjudication packets were made available to the members. Donna Bender explained the packets and how to prepare the paperwork for adjudications.
Ribbon Festival
Sherry Owen read an announcement from Carmen stating that students will be able to grade their own theory exams. The students will then fill out a report based on their results and share them with their teachers so they can see areas where improvement is needed.
Library
Pamela Huang reported that two new books on Brahms and Liszt from the series The Great Masters are now available.
Vice President Visit
District Vice President Carol Hibbard brought greetings from WSMTA. She read through the mission and values statements of WSMTA, and she talked about the upcoming WSMTA and MTNA conferences. She shared different events and programs that WSMTA provides, including the Leadership seminar and certification.
New Business
Sharon Van Valin lost a pair of brown glasses at the February 1st workshop. Please let her know if they are found.
Nicole Kim announced that she has become a Steinway Artist.
Yunbo Cassady announced that Steven Spooner will be in concert at Sherman Clay Seattle March 7th at 12pm.
Ivona Kaminska Bowlby announced that Cornish will have two workshops this summer; one for 10 and under and one for teenagers. The application deadline is in April. The Seattle International Music Festival is adding two new festivals in April: the Romantic festival and the Contemporary festival. She handed out brochures.
Eric introduced the program presenter Yelena Balabanova who will speak on Russian literature and teaching styles.
The meeting adjourned at 10:24am.
Respectfully submitted,
Stephanie White, recording secretary