CNYAMT Mission
"We desire to promote enrichment
and education in the musical arts
for teachers and their students."
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President’s Message
Happy St. Patrick's Day and Happy Spring! At this time of year, I always reflect on how fortunate we are to be able to provide the variety of events that engage our teachers and their students in honing their musical skills with participation in festivals, competitions, masterclasses, recitals, and community concerts. We are ever grateful to our dedicated event chairs, their committee members and our generous underwriters for their gracious support of our members and our future musicians. THANK YOU!
JoBeth Dellinger:
Artist Pianos Advanced Piano Competition
Tom Hosmer, Hosmer Violins:
Instrumental Competition
David Constantino:
Piano and Organ Center Music Marathon
Neva Pilgrim, Patti T. Buechner, Gayle Ross:
Vocal Competition
Syracuse Sounds of Music Association:
Summer Camp Tuition Assistance Program and String Community Masterclass & Workshop
Plan now to attend the competition and scholarship winners recitals
taking place in March, April, & May.
Mark your calendar for these important application deadlines:
March 7:
Baroque, Classical, and Sonatina Festival
March 15:
Senior Scholarship Competition
March 23:
Vocal Competition
April 17:
Instrumental Competition
April 17:
Brookdale Community Outreach Concert
May 1:
Camp Tuition Assistance and Senior Merit Scholarship
See you at the next Board Meeting:
April 8, NSEA Building, 9:30 a.m., 210 South Main St., North Syracuse
Bernadette
bckessler@twcny.rr.com
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CNYAMT Calendar
Take a look at all of the exciting events we have coming up in our
CNYAMT year!
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CNYAMT hosts the
Symphoria Instrument
Discovery Zone
Our teachers and students hosted the popular pre-concert event on February 8th at Symphoria’s Kids Concert II. Our team included Deborah Guarneiri, Gayle Ross, Rick Shaffer, Michelle Wilcox, and student teachers, Yashu Ren and Maiya Fitzgibbons with her mom, our wonderful photographer, Lisa Fitzgibbons. Special thanks to our dedicated teachers and their students who continue to make this event a success!
The next Discovery Zone is March 21
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. Please consider joining us in supporting Symphoria or send one of your students to represent your studio. Contact Bernadette ASAP: bckessler@twcny.rr.com
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Baroque, Classical,
and Sonatina
Piano Festival
The Piano Festival will be held at Artists Pianos in East Syracuse, on Saturday, March 28th. The registration deadline is March 7th.
The purpose of the festival is for students to explore, prepare, and play one selection from the Baroque and/or Classical periods or one movement from a Sonatina. Our judge is Rachael Hidlay from Ithaca, New York.
For complete information and registration forms, go to cnyamt.org and select Baroque, Classical, and Sonatina Festival under the Festivals and Competitions drop-down menu. For further questions, contact James Vatter: cjameslee88@aol.com
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CNYAMT
String Community
Workshop & Masterclass
When: Saturday, March 7, 2020
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Where: First Baptist Church of Manlius
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Group classes, private lessons, parent talks, and more!
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Guest clinicians and teachers from the greater CNY area:
Thomas McAvaney
Zachary Sweet
Carrie Reuning-Hummel
Meghan O’Keefe
Workshop details and registration are posted at: cnyamt.org.
For further information see the attachment below
or contact Michelle Wilcox at: michelle.p.wilcox@gmail.com.
Applications are still being accepted.
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CNYAMT Senior Scholarship Competition
Teachers with graduating seniors, it's time to plan ahead for the Senior Scholarship Competition! The competition is open to any senior student of a CNYAMT member who plans to continue musical activities in college (does not have to be a music major). Two prizes may be awarded in the amounts of $1,000 and $500!
Please check out all of the details, rules, and requirements on the application form linked below. The written application deadline is March 15, 2020. YouTube audition videos are due April 1, 2020.
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Community Outreach
The Maple Downs Community Outreach concert on Valentine’s Day was a sweet celebration for the residents of Maple Downs thanks to our teachers, Kim Farrell, Patricia DeAngelis, Amy Heyman, and Gayle Ross. Their students created a wonderful concert and the residents LOVED it! Special thanks to Kim Farrell in making this special event happen!
Pictured left to right:
Front row- Lucy Barrara, Emma Reinhardt, Michael Francis
Back row- Ava Taylor, Kaelem Michel, Daniel Luo, Kim Farrell, Hannah Li
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CNYAMT Sunshine
Did you know that Suzanne Sweeney is our Sunshine Chair? Suzanne has done a wonderful job of expressing our sympathy, condolences, or get well wishes to members who have lost a loved one or a pet, had surgery, or required hospitalization for an illness. If you know of a member in need, email the contact information to Suzanne at stsweeney@verizon.net and she will be happy to send a little “sunshine” their way.
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CNYAMT Vocal Competition
Encourage your students to enter the CNYAMT High School Vocal Competition on April 18, 2020.
(Application postmark deadline: March 23rd.) $880 in prize money and gift certificates is available to be awarded to the winners in grades 9 – 12. All first, second, third-place winners and Honorable Mentions gain invaluable experience performing at the Winners Recital on April 25. Senior winners may be invited to perform on Civic Morning Musicals “Young Artists Live” recital May 31st. At least one of the winners, and perhaps two, will be invited to perform on the Society for New Music’s “Rising Stars” programs during July for Cazenovia Counterpoint, and paid an honorarium for that performance. Participants gain experience, receive constructive comments from professional judges, perhaps prize money, and an important item to list for college applications.
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Music
Marathon
Saturday, March 28 10:00 – 6:00 pm
102 Lawrence Ave. East, North Syracuse, NY
The Piano and Organ Center kicks off this annual fundraiser with a $500.00 donation for the Senior Merit Scholarship and the Summer Music Camp Tuition Assistance Program. The Senior Merit Scholarship is awarded to a high school senior pursuing a college degree majoring in music. The Summer Music Camp Tuition Assistance awards are given to students attending summer music camp that have participated in 3 or more CNYAMT events this year.
This year’s schedule includes the studios of John Ferrara, Lisa Zippi, Barb Irwin, Patricia DeAngelis, Gayle Ross, Bernadette Kessler and a concert featuring our 2019 camp tuition winners; Kaelem Michael and Ava Brown. Performance times are still available and each student will receive a 15% off certificate from the Piano and Organ Center for any purchase at the store.
To schedule your studio, contact Bernadette Kessler with 3 choices of times: bckessler@twcny.rr.com. If you cannot perform, please consider taking up a collection to represent your studio and make a donation on the homepage of our website: www.cnyamt.org
Every dollar counts and is greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance for all you do to support our future musicians.
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CNYAMT Instrumental Competition
We are pleased to announce the Central New York Association of Music Teachers Instrumental Competition, which will be held on May 2, 2020. The competition is open to all wind, brass, percussion, and string students, ages 10 through 18, in two divisions. CNYAMT membership is not required to participate.
The winners of each division will perform on the winner's recital on May 3, 2020 at 1:30 pm at Park Central Presbyterian Church. All entrants will receive a certificate of participation and written comments from professional judges.
We have found this competition to be a terrific "warmup" for NYSSMA. Not only does this opportunity give your students the chance to perform, but also to receive comments that will enhance their NYSSMA performance! The deadline for applications is April 17, 2020. An application and pertinent information can be found on our website at
www.cnyamt.org
under the festivals and competitions tab.
We appreciate your consideration, and hope that you will enter your students for this invaluable experience. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact either competition chair, and please pass along this information to anyone you think might be interested!
Competition Chairs
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CNYAMT Music Camp Program
May 1st is the deadline to apply for tuition assistance for 2020 summer music camps. The eligibility requirements are listed below and on the application at our website: cnyamt.org Information and links to website listings of local, national, and international music camps are located under the Fundraisers & Scholarships drop-down menu: Music Camp Tuition Assistance.
* The referring teacher must be an active CNYAMT member, participating in yearly events.
* The teacher must be the instructor of the major instrument the applicant will study at the camp.
* Student must be currently taking lessons from a CNYAMT teacher and have participated in 3 of this year's CNYAMT events (September 2019-May 2020).
* Students in Kindergarten thru Grade 12 may apply.
* First time applicants receive priority if funds are limited.
For further information, contact:
Bernadette Kessler, Scholarship Chairman
bckessler@twcny.rr.com
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Senior Merit Scholarship
*For High School Seniors Pursuing a College Degree in Music*
The 2020 Music Merit Scholarship forms are now available on our CNYAMT website. If you have a student who is a high school senior and is planning to major in music next year at an accredited university or college, please encourage them to apply. If they meet the following eligibility requirements and are interested in applying, they must have their applications in by May 1, 2020. It has been determined by the scholarship committee that the award this year will be $1,000 to be divided among deserving applicants. Student must be a high school senior in good academic standing on track to graduate during the current academic year.
1. The student must
currently
be taking lessons from a CNYAMT teacher.
2. The student must have participated in CNYAMT performances, events, or competitions during the past three years.
3. Students who have won the Senior Scholarship Competition are not eligible for this scholarship.
4. The student must be approved by their current CNYAMT teacher. (signature needed on last page)
5. Students must submit their scholarship application before the deadline date,
May 1, 2020.
(This Senior Merit Scholarship should not be confused with
the Senior Competition Scholarship for which the student must compete.)
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Need more info? Check out our website!
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