MAY 2008 NEWSLETTER
MAY AWARDS CEREMONY
The Forum in the CYPRESS CREEK CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CENTER
Sunday, May 4th - 3:00 PM
Everyone is invited to adjourn to the adjacent Activity Room for complimentary punch and cookies and a chance to socialize.
We hope you will attend and encourage your students to do so, even if they won’t be performing or receiving awards. They will find it an enjoyable time and perhaps be encouraged to be participants in the future.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
• Tuesday, May 13th, 11 AM - CCMTA Teachers’ Luncheon – Hasta la Pasta (see below)
• June 12-15 – TMTA Convention - Houston
• May 30th – All bills for reimbursement to Treasurer JoAnne Griffith (see below)
CCMTA Teachers’ Luncheon: Hasta la Pasta, where our Teachers’ Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, May 13th, is on Cypresswood Drive—one block from CCCCC. On the agenda besides lunch: Installation of Officers for 2008-2009 and the presentation of Member-of-theYear Award to outgoing president Dorothy Kirkpatrick.
John Hendrickson, Progran Chairman
New Member: Georgia Joice has just been voted in as a new member. We hope to be able to greet her at the Teachers’ Luncheon, to which she has been invited. Her “vital statistics” are: cell 713-446-8527, info@georgiajoice.com
Shirley Annis, Membership Chairman
Another member earns National Certification: Ana Schoellman is now an NCTM. Congratulations!
VERY IMPORTANT--All bills due by the end of May: Please get together all the bills you have for which you expect reimbursment and send them to me no later than the end of May. I will need them when I meet with our accounting firm.
JoAnne Griffith, Treasurer
First Vice President Position Filled: This important office, which is principally that of Program Chairman, will now be occupied by Andrea Cannon, who generously volunteered and was duly elected.
Delegates to Convention Chosen: CCMTA will be represented at the June TMTA Convention by delegates John Hendrickson, President, Dorothy Kirkpatrick. Student Affiliate Chairman, and Marilyn Johnson .
As outgoing president of CCMTA, I want to thank all of you for a wonderful three years. We were put to the test and pulled together. The programs and events put on for our students are tops. You are all great and to be commended.
Soon to be, Immediate Past President of CCMTA
Dorothy Kirkpatrick, President
Scholarship Winners: We have four Summer Camp Scholarship winners this year. The following will be receiving a $300 scholarship toward the summer music camp of their choice:
Janine Arostique, student of Colleen Bell
Bridget Kinneary, student of Rebecca S. May
Helen Yuan, student of Dr. Ariane Liao
Amy Young, student of Judy Boyter
Congratulations to all of these students, and we hope that you enjoy your summer camp.
Also, we have a Senior Scholarship winner this year. The winner of a $1000 scholarship to major or minor in a music-related field in college, is Amanda Yan, student of Dr. Ariane Liao. Congratulations to Amanda, and best wishes for your college studies!
Rebecca S. May, CCMTA Scholarship Chairman
High School Piano Competition was held on 4/6 at Forshey Piano Company. The competition results are as follows:
Junior Division (7 students performed)
1st Place - Lulu Chang
2nd Place - Tonya Belosludstev
3rd Place - Michael Heil
4th Place - Shahrum Lillard
Senior Division (5 students performed)
1st Place - Not awarded
2nd Place - Jacqueline Perrin
3rd Place - Jason Lee
4th Place - Not awarded
Congratulations to all the winners! All the winners will be performing one of their winning pieces at CCMTA May Awards Ceremony on 5/4, Sunday at 3pm. Our generous donors, John Rice from Forshey Piano Company, and Janet Sheahan and Carol Sloane from The Music Rack will be presenting the award plaques and checks to the winners.
CCMTA Young Artist Solo & Ensemble Competition was held on 4/19 at Cypress Creek Christian Community Center. This brand new event lasted all day. Great thanks to all the participating teachers and volunteers who worked at this event all day long from 7:30am to 9:30pm! But it was worth it. It is good to hear the judges commented on the high level of performance of all the contestants. The Winners' Recital was held at 7pm that evening. 1st and 2nd place winners from each grade level in each category performed. There were piano solo, guitar solo, flute solo, piano duet, and guitar ensemble. If you are interested in getting a CD recording of the Winners' Recital for $20, please contact Linda Herring.
Results of Harris Activity Awards Finalized: Cash awards were won by ten of the forty-four students who succeeded in achieving the required number of points for entry in CCMTA's sixth annual Harris Activity Awards Competition. (The cash award winners are itemized below.) In addition to the cash awards, all participants in the competition for this year who qualified with the challenging number of points required will be receiving Award Certificates in very nice Award Presentation folders.
The cash awards will be presented at our Awards Ceremony on May 4th. At the same gathering, the Award Certificates will be given to the involved teachers so they will have the flexibility of presenting the awards to their individual students at their own convenience and in whatever manner they so desire.
Only the most enthusiastic student workers throughout the year were able to meet the challenge of the required number of points for entry. CCMTA proudly commends the enthusiastic work of all involved students and teachers!
Funding for these very special annual awards is made possible through an Endowment Fund set up by Pat Wickey, CCMTA¹s first President, and her family. We are most grateful for their generosity.
Harris Activity Award Winners
(2007-2008)
1st Grade - Perry Lin - $25.00
2nd Grade - Mitchell Wells - $25.00
3rd Grade - Glenda Cheng - $25.00
4th Grade - Christine Jou - $25.00
5th Grade - Whitney Wells - $25.00
6th Grade - Jacob Behling - $25.00
7th Grade - Angela Mattingly - $25.00
8th Grade - Annie Salinas - $50.00
9th Grade - Lauren Hebert - $50.00
10th Grade - Orson Clay - $50.00
(students of Linda Anthony, Colleen Bell, and Wendy Wells)
Furthermore. . . We’re happy to report that Barbara Cowen has come back from a very close call resulting in an emergency angioplasty. She now has stents to keep coronary arteries open, and hopes to resume teaching next week….John Hendrickson had a surprise guest performer for us at the April meeting. He was scheduled to do the program himself, but he got a call from Paul English the night before the meeting. Paul had to cancel his February appearance with us, as he was called away on business at the last minute. So John grabbed him for the April meeting, and he gave us an excellent program on jazz improvisation, with many ideas for how teachers could encourage their students to be creative.
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