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June 1, 2021
President’s Note

Check your calendars and put the dates of June 18-20 with a big star on them. That’s when we will be having our unconventional events! Richard will provide more details below.

Here is a second video from Martha Hilley about the wonderful Teacher Enrichment Conference that the TMTA Trustees are planning for us. That’s on August 7th on the beautiful Mary Hardin Baylor campus. Registration form is on the TMTA Website. I hope to see a great many of you there. I’ve missed you all!

OK – I want to congratulate you all for the very responsible way in which you have handled yourselves and your studios during these stressful times. We have worked together, and seem to have gotten a handle on this terrible virus. I know we still will have too many more people succumb to this disease, but I think I will retire my cheerleading hat at this point. Thank you all for doing what was necessary to stay safe. I know everyone will continue to be vigilant and mindful of those around you, and get vaccinated, if you are comfortable doing that. The more, the merrier, as they say! I can’t really express how proud I am of all the members of TMTA in the myriad ways you have faced this situation head on and figured out some way to keep your students practicing and making music. I’m sure that they probably were an inspiration to you as well!

Rah, rah, rah – sis boom bah. (Shakes pompom in each hand for the last time, and puts them back in their box in the attic.)

Until next time –

Be Safe, Be Healthy, and Be In Tune with TMTA

Dr. Roy Wylie, NCTM
TMTA President
LAST CHANCE TO VOTE FOR TWO NEW DIRECTORS
TO THE TMTA EXECUTIVE BOARD TODAY!
Deadlines

June 1
Deadline to Vote for new Board Directors
Deadline for Convention Activities
Deadline for Ensembles (Ensemble Chairs)
Deadline for Performance Contest State Video Uploads

Dates

Friday, June 18 - Collegiate Conference
Saturday, June 19 - Independent Music Teachers Forum
Sunday, June 20 - Delegate Assembly/General Session

Saturday, August 7 - Teacher Enrichment Conference
2021 Summer Virtual Events
Richard Fountain, NCTM, President-Elect

It’s only a couple of weeks until our “un-Convention” on June 18-20! Here are some schedule details as well as registration/Zoom links for each day’s activities. Thanks again to all of the chairs who have done such great work to organize these events.

Friday, June 18 – TMTA Collegiate Conference
Facilitator: Dr. Mario Ajero, NCTM

10 am – Opening remarks by Dr. Ajero
10:15-10:45 am – Q/A on “Building your Pre-College Studio”; Dr. Chien-Jung Chen (Music Academy of Houston)
10:45 am-12 pm – Collegiate Student Sessions from UT Austin, UT Rio Grande Valley, and Stephen F. Austin
12-1 pm – Lunch Break and Networking
1-1:30 pm – Teaching with Technology; Dr. Mario Ajero (Stephen F. Austin State University)
1:30-2:15pm – Collegiate Poster Sessions from Baylor and Texas Tech
2:15-3:00pm – Job Applications in Academia; Dr. Oscar Macchioni (University of Texas at El Paso)

Registration is free and open to not just TMTA Collegiate Members but also to all TMTA Members. Register here.
 

Saturday, June 19 – IMTF Forum
Facilitator: Dr. Scott Donald, NCTM
2-3 pm – Revisiting our Core Values; Alison Barr; Zoom link
3-4 pm – Mindfulness in the Studio; Matthew Kline; Zoom link
4-5 pm – Where do we Go from Here?; Scott Donald; Zoom link
No advance registration is required. Dr. Donald invites us all to send him some projects that we have done during the Covid era that have actually changed the way we teach, interact with students, present content, etc. Please send those ideas to him at scottadmta@gmail.com.
 

Sunday, June 20 – Delegate Assembly/General Session, including New Faculty and Commissioned Composer recitals
Facilitated by Dr. Richard Fountain, NCTM, Dr. Roy Wylie, NCTM, and Stathia Orwig, Delegate Director I
 
3-5:30pm ZOOM LINK
President’s welcome and opening remarks – Dr. Roy Wylie, NCTM
Vice President for Business Activities – Spring Seals, NCTM
Commissioned Composer from 2020 – Dr. Todd van Kekerix, NCTM
Teacher of the Year awards and Best of State – Linda Parr and Dr. Dino Mulic
Commissioned Composer from 2021 (and announcement of 2022 winner) – Dr. Todd van Kekerix, NCTM
Delegate Assembly – Stathia Orwig and Sheryl Speelman, Delegate Directors
New Faculty performances – Dr. Oscar Macchioni, NCTM
If you have not yet sent your delegate information to Dr. Fountain, please send their names and email addresses to him at fountainr@wbu.edu as soon as possible.
 
No advance registration is required, but we will be contacting the delegates in advance to gather any comments or questions they may have.

See you all later this month!
In Memoriam

We were saddened to hear of the passing of longtime TMTA member and tireless worker, Roberta Gober. She did so much to strengthen TMTA and make it the great organization it is today. Here is some information about her musical life.

Roberta Shirley Hash Gober, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed from this life on May 9, 2021, after a brief illness. Roberta was born on August 21, 1940, in Childress, Texas, to Robert Hash and Addie B Kelley Hash. Roberta’s father was instrumental in developing her passion for music; as a young girl, she sang and played the piano. In addition to her many musical activities, Roberta was an excellent student, and graduated Valedictorian of Childress High School Class of ’58. She attended Abilene Christian College, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Music Education.

After graduating from college, Roberta and husband Lloyd moved to Austin, Texas where she was employed as an elementary music education teacher in the Austin Independent School District. Later, Roberta taught for several years at Brentwood Christian School. Roberta taught hundreds of children and many adults to play the piano. She started teaching private lessons in Childress at the age of twelve and continued to teach piano for the next sixty-seven years, until 2020. She served for many years on the board of the Texas Music Teachers Association. She was named the Austin District Music Teachers Association’s Teacher of the Year in 1987, Texas Music Teachers Association Teacher of the Year in 2000, edited the TMTA Journal for many years, and was an inductee of the TMTA Hall of Honor. Perhaps her greatest musical legacy is the fact that she began a legacy of music educators when her daughter Becca became an elementary music teacher, and later her granddaughter Michal became a band director. The complete obituary can be found here.
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