JANUARY 2005 NEWSLETTER



DATE: January 18 2005
PLACE: H&H Music, 713 FM 1960 W.
TIME: 9:30 AM—Board Meeting 10:15 AM—CCMTA Meeting 11:00 AM—Program
 GUEST: JOHN GIBSON
PROGRAM: PIANO PERFORMANCE

John Gibson is a very talented and confident young student at Houston Baptist University. He studies with Dr. Daniel Kramlich and is interested in performing part of his Junior Recital for us. His program is:
Bach Partita in c minor #2     Beethoven Sonata Op. 81a     Ginastera Danzas Argentinas


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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

• Saturday, January 8th — 3:00 PM -- Composition Winners Recital — H&H Music, 713 FM 1960 W.


• Saturday, February 5th — Spring Theory Test — Cypress Creek Christian Community Center


• Sunday, February 13th — TMTA Local Perfonnance Contest — H&H Music


DEADLINES

• January 7th — Spring Theory Test entries & fees to Chairman Brad Love


• January 8th - CCMTA/TMTA Composition entries to Chairman Linda Anthony after Winners Recital


• January 18th meeting — World of Music entries & fees to Chairman Linda Anthony


• January 18th meeting — CCMTA Piano Contest entries & fees to Chairman Wendy Wells


• January 18th meeting — TMTA Local Performance Contest entries & fees to Chairman Don H. Harris


• January 18th meeting — Publication Competition entries & fees to Chairman Tern Matchett


• January 18th meeting — Convention Ensembles entries & fees to Chairman Dorothy Kirkpatrick (see below)


• January 31st - Items for February newsletter to editor Doris Erickson


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Ensembles for Convention: As reported in last month’s newsletter, we will not be able to send any ensembles to the TMTA Convention in June unless one or two directors come forward. If so, perhaps the deadline can be extended. Stay tuned for developments.


Right From the Composer’s Mouth: Dorothy had a question from one of our teachers regarding the ensemble piece “The Hermit Crab Cha Cha,” and she went right to the composer asking whether the instructions in measure 27 (“R.H. 1 octave higher to end”) meant playing it 1 octave higher both times, or to begin at the repeat. She received the following reply from Kevin Olson of Elmhurst College:

“My original intention was that ‘RH 1 octave higher to the end’ would apply just to the repeat of m.27 through to the end, but I didn’t make it very clear in the instructions. Most people perform the 8va both times, and that’s fine with me. How’s that for a wishy-washy answer? Maybe the kids performing it can decide which way they like more--they have the composer’s permission to do that!”


From the President:

Dear CCMTA Members,

Happy New Year to all, and here’s hoping that you have the best year ever! The Spring Theory Test is coming up in about a month, so get those workbooks out, and go after it. The Original Composition Contest Winners will perform in a recital on Sunday, after which their compositions will be off to state. Best wishes to all of our local winners!

See you at the January meeting.

Becky May



Furthermore. . . Don Harris spent his Christmas holidays in Maui, Hawaii. He says it was so beautiful and peaceful. He called it his “first” trip, implying a return.... Dorothy Kirkpatrick and her husband Peter recently spent a week in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Hope she has details for our vicarious enjoyment.... JoAnne Griffith, among others, heard from three of her ex-students this Christmas and was very excited about what they are doing artistically. One was on the Grand Opera Stage in Milan, Italy this summer, in a very successful appearance. While teaching her piano, JoAnne heard her beautiful voice and told her she ought to study opera—and she did! Another piano student of hers always said his first love was acting, but he put his piano study to good use playing piano for college productions, enabling him to put himself through drama school. He now plays the part of Amy’s clerk on “Judging Amy” on CBS Tuesday nights at 9:00. Still another young man is now head of music production on the children’s educational program “Barney” on Channel 8. He had studied for a while with Jerry Sue Greenhill, who gave him to JoAnne knowing of her work in composition, because that was his main interest. He went on to earn a Masters in Music and also has his own recording studio. JoAnne says, regarding them all, WOW!....I echo that, and we’d love to hear from some others of you who have been teaching for a long time and what you hear from your former students. Let us share in your excitement as JoAnne has done.