WELCOME 2012-2013 YEAR!!

We are excited to start a new year of enriching chapter meetings!  We will continue to hold most of our meetings at Caroline Jennings home. All meetings will be held at Noon on the second Tuesday of the month. At the first meeting in September, you will receive a list of dates and presenters for our meetings this year.

When: Tuesday, September 11th, Noon

Where: Caroline Jennings Home: 559 East 300 South #13, St. George

Presenter: Rachel France "Teaching the young beginner through singing, solfegge, dictation, reading, and transposition"

Warm Summer Days. . .

We've just had our first planning meeting as a new presidency, and are working on a great year of presenters and meetings for our St. George Chapter of UMTA.

Meetings will be held the second Tuesday of each month at noon.  Most meetings will be held at Caroline Jennings "centrally located" home near Dixie College.  Other locations will be announced when needed for that months meeting.

It should ab a great year of learning, growth, and fun friendships all wrapped into one!  If you know of other teachers who would like to benefit from this great association, be sure to invite them to a meeting!  They will be SO glad you did!!

END OF YEAR MEETING. . .

The new 2012-2014 UMTA- St. George Chapter Presidency:

Left to Right:  Patrice Hunt, Vice President; Rachel French, President; Carole Terry, Treasurer; Cynthia Coombs, Secretary

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

The 2nd week of May, and our numbers were fewer, but we still had a great luncheon and had fun visiting and making plans for next year.  

We have been VERY blessed to have Caroline Jennings be our chapter president for the past two years.  She has done a REMARKABLE job! 

 (And it was very generous of her to open her home to us for our meetings and the luncheon!!)


Looking forward to good things in the Fall.  Hope everyone enjoys their summer break!!

MARCH'S CHAPTER MEETING

Our chapter meeting for March has been moved to Tuesday, March 20th (at noon), due to Spring Break.

There is a group of early childhood music teachers in town who are teaching the "Let's Play Music" curriculum.  It was developed by a BYU alum, and has spread through America and Canada.  It is similar to Kindermusik, Orff, Kodaly, etc.  

As piano teachers it is valuable for us to understand this program because their students are our potential students once they finish the program!  They have a partnership program where they will recommend teachers once students have finished their program.  There are three steps to become an affiliate.

1. Read the packet available through email from Caroline Jennings

2. Attend a teacher presentation (our March meeting)

3. The last step is to go attend an actual class.

Becoming an affiliate is totally up to you, but by coming to our meeting you will be almost half done!

Come learn something new!  

JAZZ UP YOUR TEACHING!!

Jerald Simon presented a great workshop on incorporating Jazz and improvising into our teaching curriculum.

His website has a wealth of information and several free downloads.  You might want to visit his website at Music Motivation






We learned how easy it is to teach a student a basic left-hand, three-note pattern, then to add right-hand 6th interval chords in any sequence, and the student gets an instant "new age" experience with music they "composed."

Jerald has a great talent and ability to improvise and change music into different styles that are engaging and inspiring to all ages, but which are especially attractive to youth.  His demonstrations and suggestions helped us see some new potential in our own studios.

All in attendance were given a CD and a jazz book to help us in our teaching.

It was a great 60 minutes!!  Thanks, Jerald!

(If you want some great resources, be sure to visit his website.  There's a wealth of information!!  MUSIC MOTIVATION)

Happy New Year!!

We have some great presentations to look forward to in the next few months.  Be sure to join us at the Piano Gallery at noon:

January 10 - Business Practices to Help Your Piano Studio presented by Coila Robinson, UMTA President

February 21 - Music Motivation 

presented by Jerald Simon

March 13 - Sight Reading 

presented by Nancy Jensen, NCTM

March 24-28 MTNA National Conference 

New York City

April 10 - Stephanie Talbot Stuart presentation

May 8 - Closing Social - Electing New Board Members

We'll see you there!!

NEW SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS. . .

We're back for another exciting year of workshops and motivating meetings with our St. George Chapter of Utah Music Teachers Association!  We're looking forward to the presentations that have been lined up for this year and hope to see many piano teachers take advantage of membership in the Music Teachers Association.


ALL MEETINGS WILL BE HELD THE 2nd TUESDAY EACH MONTH AT THE PIANO GALLERY at NOON. (unless otherwise noted...)


(If you're not sure how to join, simply visit JOIN UMTA and you will be directed.)

Here's a brief overview of what will be presented this year:

September 13 - Tips on Teaching Memorization

presented by Dr. Nancy Allred

October 11 - Giving Your Students More Bang for Their Buck!" presented by Bonnie Slaughter

October 14-15 UMTA State Conference - 

Salt Lake Community College, Sandy, Utah

November 1 - Liszt Performance and Poetry 

presented by Dr. Mykola Suk, UNLV

December 13 - Christmas Party / Performance Fun

January 10 - Business Practices to Help Your Piano Studio presented by Coila Robinson, UMTA President

February 21 - Music Motivation 

presented by Jerald Simon

March 13 - Sight Reading 

presented by Nancy Jensen, NCTM

March 24-28 MTNA National Conference 

New York City

April 10 - Stephanie Talbot Stuart presentation

May 8 - Closing Social - Electing New Board Members

We'll see you there!!

KEVIN OLSON IS COMING!!!

Our final association meeting for the 2010-2011 year is sure to be a HUGE success and one you won't want to miss!

KEVIN OLSON, pianist, composer, and educator will be presenting our workshop for May at The Piano Gallery, Thursday, May 12th at Noon. Come early as we are expecting a good crowd to join us.

Call Caroline Jennings at 801-631-8697 for further details.

SEE YOU THERE!!