December 2018 E-Notes

Ohio Music Teachers Association

Music Teachers National Association

is pleased to announce the results of the

Composition Competition for Ohio:

Junior:

Winner: Margaret Chen, Student of Nancy Bachus

Honorable mention: Rhys Ceron, Student of Amy Immerman

Senior:

Winner: Lucas Huang, Student of Bradley Sowash

Honorable mention: Edward Dan, Student of William Tennant

This year, the Ohio judges were Douglas Knehans, Carrie Magin and Steve Rouse.

Winning and representative compositions automatically advance to the division competition. The results of that competition will be announced in the middle of December.

Congratulations to all of the participants in the competition! We hope that the comments you receive from the judges will be helpful to you and your teacher. Your efforts are to be commended and we hope that you will continue to learn and grow as a composer. Good luck with your musical studies!

2019 Foundation Fellow Nominee:

Mrs. Sheila Vail

The OhioMTA Executive Board has nominated Sheila Vail as Ohio's 2019 MTNA Foundation Fellow. Please join us in recognizing her outstanding work, service and dedication to OhioMTA and MTNA.

To honor Mrs. Sheila Vail, please send your contribution to the MTNA Foundation. Donations may be made by check or by clicking here.

Be sure indicate that your gift is for Foundation Fellow, and enter "Sheila Vail" in the box provided.

EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: DECEMBER 5th

The early registration deadline for the MTNA Conference (March 16-20, 2019) is December 5th ... Don't delay... Take advantage of the lowest price now!

MTNA 2019 Conference Registration

2019 OhioMTA State Conference

Session Proposal Deadline: January 5, 2019

Commissioned Composer of the Year Deadline: December 15, 2018

Click on this link for complete details!

Presenter/Composer Submissions

Thank you, OhioMTA Past President and Webmaster Richard Van Dyke -

OhioMTA Past President Richard Van Dyke will be stepping down as Webmaster at the end of this month.

Thank you, Richard for your expertise and service as Webmaster over the years!

OhioMTA is now currently in need of a new volunteer Webmaster, beginning in January 2019. The main duty is to keep the current website updated. Optional duties include any degree of revamping of the website.

Please contact President Sonya Szabo-Reynolds at [email protected]

if you can help us, or if you can recommend someone.

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