November 1, 2021
President’s Note

We need your suggestions! The TMTA Nominations Committee has extended the deadline for nominations so you can contribute and send in your recommendations for nominations for next year’s elections. We will be voting on President-Elect, VP for Student Activities, VP for Business Activities-Elect, and two Directors. Please put on your thinking caps and send in names of TMTA members you feel would be excellent leaders to guide us out of this pandemic, and forward into the future. I know you can think of at least one person that fits this bill – please let us know about them. Nominations can be submitted here for Directors and here for Officers.

Congratulations to all our budding Mozart’s and Beethoven’s who sent in compositions for the MTNA/TMTA contest. The winners and honorable mentions are listed below and we will look forward to hearing their new compositions next summer at convention! You won’t want to miss any of them.

And lastly, read about new TMTA Board member, Shelly Davis. She will be a fantastic member of the board, and already has begun plans to increase TMTA’s presence on social media. And we all know how important this is in enlisting new members and spreading the word about the great programs we have in Texas. She will have an article in the next newsletter enlisting your help to do this.

Be Healthy, Be Kind, Be In Tune with TMTA

Dr. Roy Wylie, NCTM
TMTA President
Deadlines

Suggestions for nominees for TMTA Officers and Board of Directors - November 15

Dates

MTNA/TMTA Performance Contest - November 13-14
Texas Music Teacher is now Online!
You should have gotten your email letting you know that the 2021 Fall TMT is now online and available for you to read. If you didn’t see it, just click on the picture and go to the issue. It’s also available on the TMTA website. The TMT is now in full-color and with links that actually work! Thanks go to Editor Scott Donald, the TMTA Officers, and Christiana Clark for getting this transferred to the new platform. I know you will enjoy reading it on any and every device you would like. Should you have difficulty accessing it, just call the TMTA office to get help.
 
(Also, the TMTA office will be happy to print you a black and white copy, should you not be able to access it online at all.)
MTNA/TMTA Composition Results
Dr. Evan Mitchell, NCTM, MTNA/TMTA Composition Competition Chair
The MTNA/TMTA Composition Competition winners for each state have been announced. The winner from each category will now advance to the divisional round of the competition and they will be invited to perform their compositions at the 2022 TMTA convention. Congratulations to all who entered, and to the winners listed below!
 
Elementary:
Winner: Joanna Mo, Student of Yiming Wu
Honorable mention: Clara Propst, Student of Sherry Frush
Junior:
Winner: Grant Qu, Student of Liang Liang
Honorable mention: Yunxi He, Student of Liang Liang
Senior:
Winner: Jenny Wei, Student of Yiming Wu
Honorable mention: Benjamin Who, Student of Ann Witherspoon
Young Artist: (no entries)
The judge was Mr. Kevin Day.
Meet Your TMTA Board
Shelly Davis, NCTM, Communications Director
Shelly Davis, NCTM has been a member of TMTA since the early 1990's. She got her start in the Brazos Valley MTA and transitioned to East Texas MTA in 1993 where she has served in every office from president to clean-up crew. Recently, Shelly was TMTA SA Theory Coordinator after fulfilling many other duties on the SA Committee. In addition to her thriving private piano studio, Shelly also teaches general music classes at a local daycare and a charter school, and has served as a church pianist and choir director. She and her guitar-playing husband, Duane, have four mostly musical kids. 
 
“I am excited to continue my service to TMTA as Director of Communications where I will be working closely with our TMTA office personnel, TMT editor, and the Social Media chair. I hope to increase TMTA's presence online to help spread the word about our great state organization and its offerings and programs available for teachers, parents, and students.”
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