MASTA NOTES Publication of the American String Teachers Association, Michigan Chapter S u m m e r 2 0 0 8 & M e m b e r D ir e ct o r y The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance heralds the solo and collaborative artists of our String Faculty. VIOLIN Yehonatan Berick Aaron Berofsky Andrew Jennings Stephen Shipps VIOLA Rebecca Albers Yizhak Schotten CELLO Richard Aaron Anthony Elliott Where excellence comes to DOUBLE BASS collaborate. Diana Gannett HARP Joan Raeburn Holland STRING PEDAGOGY Robert Culver Congratulations to David Requiro First Prize Winner, 2008 Walter W. Naumburg International Cello Competition (UM student of Richard Aaron) Founded in 1880, the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance offers superior conservatory training at a world-class research university. With an array of programs, prestigious faculty and exceptional student talent, we’re equally committed to excellence in performance and academics. www.music.umich.edu SBV-200 N ATHAN E AST D EPENDS ON Y . AMAHA “When I'm looking for that ‘Upright’ sound, I reach for my Silent Bass. The sound qualityisrichandfullandthe feel is very comfortable. In my arsenal of basses, my SVB-200 has become an importantinstrumentforlive gigsaswellasinthestudio.” -NathanEast RenownedBassArtist . . . VA L U E Q U A L I T Y S U P P O RT P R O F E S S I O N A L I S M ©2008YamahaCorporationofAmerica.Allrightsreserved•www.yamaha.com MASTA NOTES MASTA 2008-2009 Executive Board Summer 2008 President Table of Contents Mark Kotchenruther 2948 Oakwood Drive SE Grand Rapids, MI 49506 7 President’s Message H: 616.974.9018 O: 616.493.8600 x 5544 Mark Kotchenruther [email protected] 10 Michigan Music Conference Headline Presenter and Sessions Valerie Palmieri President-Elect Larry Dittmar 12 Chamber Music Communication and Rehearsal Strategies 3456 Gettyburg Diane Winder Ann Arbor, MI 48015-1541 15 “FORE!”; Twelfth Annual Jerry Bartlett Golf Outing H: 734.662.8811 [email protected] David Reed 17 Low Strings Teacher Needed Past President Janice Peterson & Student Chapter Coordinator Steve Reed 17 Welcome “Newbies” 1610 Sun Prairie Drive Jan Flower St. Joseph, MI 49085 18 In Remembrance of Mark Setterlind H: 269.429.8120 O: 269.926.3377 Leslie Wimsatt; reprinted from the Escanaba Daily Press [email protected] 21 2008 Chamber Music Festival [email protected] Anne Kearney-Looman Secretary 21 Dexter Community Orchestra Announces its 4th Season & MASTA Camp Session III Don Parrish Wendy Stuart 22 2008 Report from MYAF! 2231 Kolomyia Court West Bloomfield, MI 48324 Diane Winder H: 248.884.2872 27 MASTA Camps Sessions I and II Report [email protected] Dan Scott Treasurer 28 Updated MASTA Website Under Development Robert Reed Rick Dapprich 905 East Cross Street 28 Troy Suzuki and Bass Workshop Report Ypsilanti, MI 48198 H: 734.487.9879 Claire Charboneau [email protected] 30 MASTA Camps Sessions III Report Wendy Stuart Member-at-Large Janice Flower 1370 Linden Cove Departments Dewitt, MI 48820 H: 517.669.6023 [email protected] 5 MASTA Executive Board Directory 6-7 MASTA Project Directors and Affiliates Directory 6 Advertising and Submission Information 6 2008-2009 MASTA Calendar 24 MASTA Board Meeting Minutes 33 MASTA 2008-2009 Member Directory 41 MASTA Institutional and Corporate Member Directory 42 ASTA Membership Application 43 Advertiser’s Index Cover: MASTA Camps Session III Recreation Director Brian Barber. Photo by BettyAnne Gottlieb the MASTA website: www.astamichigan.org 5 Michigan Chapter MASTA Project Directors American String Teachers Association Chamber Music Festival CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2008-2009 Anne Kearney-Looman www.astamichigan.org 622 Beech Street East Lansing, MI 48823 SEPTEMBER 2008 FEBRUARY 2009 H: 517.337.4519 [email protected] 1 Deadline for MASTA Outreach Grants 15 MASTA Notes Submission Deadline 13 MSBOA Music Education Workshop MASTA Camp Sessions I & II 20 MASTA Fall Board Meeting & MARCH 2009 Dan Scott MSBOA String Orchestra Reading Session 8329 Golfside Drive 10 MASTA Chamber Music Festival, MSU Jenison, MI 49428 OCTOBER 2008 28 MSBOA State Solo & Ensemble Festival H: 616.856.1657 18-21 National ASTA Conference, Atlanta, GA O: 616.667.3266 1 MSBOA All-State Audition [email protected] Applications Due APRIL 2009 4 MSBOA Elementary/MS Workshop MASTA Notes Editor & Website 17 MSBOA All-State Orchestra audition 1 Outreach Grant Application Deadline Rick Dapprich schedule posted on MSBOA website 17 MSBOA Youth Arts Soloist Audition, CMU 2231 Kolomyia Court 18 Biannual Solo Competition TBA Troy Suzuki Workshop/Bass Workshop West Bloomfield, MI 48324 18 & 25 MSBOA Middle Level String Clinics 23-25, 30 MSBOA State Band & Orchestra Festival H: 248.202.1060 O: 734.480.2280 NOVEMBER 2008 MAY 2009 [email protected] 1 MASTA Notes Submission Deadline 1-2 MSBOA State Band & Orchestra Festival Membership Chair 1-2 MSBOA All State Orchestra Auditions 7-9 Michigan Youth Arts Festival, WMU Kathleen Scafuri 8 MSBOA Music Ed Survival Camp, CMU 9 MASTA Spring Full Board Meeting, WMU 1912 Midchester Road 34th Annual Okemos Suzuki Workshop West Bloomfield, MI 48324 15 Nominations for MASTA Teacher of the JUNE 2009 H: 248.683.2925 Year and Administrator of the Year Due [email protected] 10-21 Blue Lake Suzuki Family Camp for Strings DECEMBER 2008 & Piano MMC Coordinator 21-23 MASTA String Camp Session I Valerie Palmieri 13 MSBOA Band & Orchestra Adjudicator Howell Nature Center 22359 Anna Maria Court Workshop 24-26 MASTA String Camp Session II Novi, MI 48374 16-20 Mid-West Music Conference, Chicago, IL Howell Nature Center H: 248.668.9945 28-July 4 MASTA String Camp Session III C: 248.974.6922 JANUARY 2009 Howell Nature Center [email protected] [email protected] 1 Outreach Grant Application Deadline JULY 2009 10 MSBOA Music Education Workshop Okemos Suzuki Workshop 15 MASTA Teacher of the Year and TBA MASTA Board Retreat Paul Rebeck Administrator of the Year Ballots Due 812 North Verlinden 22-24 Michigan Music Conference, Grand Rapids AUGUST 2009 Lansing, MI 48915 22 MASTA Winter Board Meeting H: 517.267.9969 24 MASTA General Membership Meeting and 1 MASTA Notes Submission Deadline [email protected] Annual Luncheon MASTA Notes is the triennial publication of the Michigan Chapter, American String Teacher’s Association Advertising Info: Advertising space is available in MASTA Notes at single issue and annual rates. Space is available in dimensions: full page (8” x 10”), half-page (8” x 5”), and quarter page (4” x 5”). Advertising should be submitted in digital format, preferably via Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) files. Interested parties should contact the editor for pricing and additional format information. Submission Info: Articles submitted for publication should be in the following computer formats: Most operating systems: text files (.txt) or text-only articles; text pasted directly into email; Acrobat files (.pdf) Macintosh operating systems: Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, or PageMaker documents; Microsoft Word documents (.doc); Apple Pages (.pages) documents. Windows operating systems: Microsoft Word documents (.doc) Other program files may be converted to a format usable by MASTA Notes. Please contact the editor for questions regarding article format and submission. 6 visit the American String Teachers Association website: www.astaweb.com MASTA Project Directors PReSIDeNT’S MeSSAGe – AuGuST 4, 2008 Studio Teaching Nancy Koski Dear MASTA members, PO Box 397 East Jordan, MI 49727 It is with great reverence and respect for the tradition of string teaching in Michigan that I assume the presi- H: 231.536.3444 C: 231.675.6298 dency of this great educational organization. I would like to thank Steve Reed for his outstanding leadership [email protected] over the past two years. Steve saw through the incorporation of MASTA, helped MASTA in hosting the 2007 ASTA National Conference in Detroit, and provided great leadership in maintaining our many great State Solo Competition programs and activities. Dan Long 1524 Warwick Court Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Next, I would like to thank Carl Gippert for his many years of service as our Director of Outreach and H: 734.769.1270 Michigan Coordinator of the National Orchestra Festival. Carl decided to step down from this position at [email protected] the end of this past school year. While Carl will be missed, I would like to welcome back Kelly Kramer who will be taking over Carl’s position on our MASTA board. Kelly served for many years as Coordinator State String Outreach National Honors Orchestra of MASTA activities for the Midwest Conference in Ann Arbor, and then helped develop the new Michigan Kelly DeRose Music Conference in Grand Rapids. 1476 Cornell Road Muskegon, MI 49441 Welcome also to Larry Dittmar who is our new President-Elect and will assume the presidency of MASTA H: 231.759.3277 in 2010. Larry brings many years of experience as a string educator and has been active in retirement, most O: 231.759.8506 x8544 [email protected] recently in developing instrumental music programs in Kenya. Larry has great vision and expertise and is a great addition to our board. Troy Suzuki and Bass Workshop Director announcement pending Congratulations to Dan Scott and Wendy Stuart who again organized and led our string camps this past Youth Arts Festival summer. Thanks also to all of you who participated as teachers and counselors, or by encouraging students Diane L. Winder to attend. For those of you who have sent students to these camps, I know you are aware of the high quality 510 Browning Avenue of instruction and the fun experiences that the students get by attending our MASTA Camps. We’re always Ypsilanti, MI 48198 trying to get the word out about these and our other great MASTA activities, so please take advantage of all H: 734.484.9964 of our MASTA workshops, clinics, and camps this coming school year. Check the calendar in this newsletter O: 734.487.1421 [email protected] and mark the dates in your home and work calendars. Our Biannual Solo Competition will take place this year on Saturday, October 18 in Ann Arbor. If you MASTA Program Affiliates have any students who are qualified and interested in either competing as a performer, or participating in the Blue Lake Suzuki Family Camp event as an observer, please plan ahead to attend this enriching experience. Dan Long has organized this Marilyn Kesler competition for many years and it is nothing less than top notch. You can review the competition guidelines 2452 Arrowhead and get an application for the competition from our website. Okemos, MI 48864 H: 517.349.9459 One of my goals during the next two years is to maintain all of the good programs that MASTA offers and O: 517.349.4460 [email protected] keep MASTA pointed in the right direction. I would also like to explore new ideas and expand MASTA’s reach throughout Michigan; specifically, I would like to improve the service to our membership in Northern MSBOA Liaison Michigan. Michigan is a large state, and the distance, time and money necessary to participate in MASTA Linda D. Williams Trotter activities can often be prohibitive for those members and their students who live outside of Lower Michigan. 28418 Fontana Drive Southfield, MI 48076 Therefore, I am looking to create and implement some specific programs to help reach these northern commu- H: 248.353.0063 nities. If you have suggestions, please contact me. C: 313.310.9369 O: 248.865.6720 x6889 Finally, after attending a summer workshop and teaching at a couple of summer music camps, I feel ener- [email protected] gized and ready for what the new school year will bring and hope that you have recharged in your own way SAA Liaison too. Geri Arnold 3750 Miller Road Best wishes for a great year! Ann Arbor, MI 48103 H: 734.663.2228 [email protected] Mark Kotchenruther MASTA President the MASTA website: www.astamichigan.org 7 Music & Dance Education First Department of Music & Dance A heritage of excellence since 1854 Audition Dates for 2008–2009 Music November 7 Dance November 7 January 16 February 6 February 6 April 3 March 6 April 3 Clinics and other opportunities for high school students: emich.edu/music/html/events.html Apply online at emich.edu. For information about EMU, call 800.GO-TO-EMU. Phone: 734.487.4380 | Fax: 734.487.6939 | Web: emich.edu/musicdance                                   Michigan Music Conference Headline Presenter and String-Oreinted Sessions Announced submitted by Valerie Palmieri, MMC Coordinator An exciting line up of great sessions by terrific presenters and fabulous concerts has been assembled for the 2009 Michigan Music Conference being held January 24-27, 2008 at the Amway Grand Hotel in Grand Rapids. This year MASTA will present Michael Allen as its headline presenter. Dr. Allen will give two sessions and be one of our guests of honor at our annual MASTA luncheon on Saturday. Make sure to mark your calendars and get your release days now! The Amway Grand Hotel is currently accepting room reservations. A preview of our conference’s string-oriented sessions is listed below-see you there! Michael Allen currently serves as Professor of Music at Florida State University. His education includes a bachelor’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, a master’s degree from Case Western Reserve University, and a Ph.D. in music education from The University of North Texas. Dr. Allen began his teaching career in the public schools of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Under his direction, the Denton High School Orchestra appeared in concert at the Texas Music Educators Association Convention in 1986, 1988, 1990 and 1992 as the TMEA Honor Orchestra. Dr. Allen currently serves as editor-in-chief of the Florida Music Director. He has published articles in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Instrumentalist, American String Teacher, Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, Florida Music Director, and The Bulletin for the Council for Research in Music Education. In addition, Dr. Allen is coauthor of Essential Elements for Strings 2000, a comprehensive string method book series published by the Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra, a three-volume series published by G.I.A., and serves as an educational consultant for the Super-Sensitive Musical String Company. Dr. Allen has conducted student orchestras and presented teacher workshops at national and state music educator conferences in thirty-five states, Canada and Australia. Thursday events and Sessions • Every Child Can and Introduction to Suzuki Education, Geri Arnold presenter • Conducting Symposium • Technology Seminar • MASTA Board Meeting and Dinner • Opening Concert Grand Rapids Community Guitar Ensemble, Wayne State Concert Chorale, and CMU Chamber Winds Friday Sessions • Navigating the Slippery Slope: Shifting Games for Cello and Bass in Studio and Classroom, Dr. Diane Winder • Large Chamber Ensembles and their Impact on Developing a Quality Instrumental Music Program, Jed Fritzmeier • We Already Know how to Perform: How to incorporate “Creating and Responding” Into the High School Band or Orchestra Rehearsal or….. Meeting the Requirements set forth by the M.I.C., Catherine DePentu • A Pedagogical Model for Beginning String Class Instruction, Michael Allen • Tools for Success - Developing the Young String Player : High School, Alan MacNair • Teaching in An Urban District-Secrets to Success, Susan Dietrich-Reed • Tools for Success - Developing the Young String Player : Middle School, Alan MacNair • Amp Up The Strings, Eric Hudson • Bodymapping for Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention, Dr. Judy Palac • So you Have to Teach Choir, But you are a Band/Orchestra Director?, Michael Rais • Fiddlin’ Fun: The Inclusion of Alternative Styles in a Beginning Orchestra Curriculum, Amy Marr • Chamber Music Rehearsal Techniques, Kypros Markou 10 visit the American String Teachers Association website: www.astaweb.com