Calendar of Events August Teacher Ensemble Meeting This informal meeting is to invite interested members to participate in 2,4,6,8 hand piano repertoire on one piano, two pianos, and multiple piano, instrumental duet, trio, quartet and iPad ensembles. Interested members will meet the first and second consecutive Fridays of every month from 11:00 am – 12:00 noon from August through February. These fun sessions are to prepare literature for performance on the Lois Golding Memorial Teachers Benefit Recital on Saturday, January 28, 2017. The iPad group will play on both Adult Soirees’ on Saturday, September 24, 2016 and Saturday, February 25, 2017.
Date: Friday, August 12, 2016 Time: 11:00 am Location: Piano Distributors,11634 N Dale Mabry Hwy Tampa, FL
Meeting/Workshop
Date: Friday August 26, 2016 Time: 9:30 am Program: "Fall Kick-Off: Energizing Your Studio" * Marketing: Getting Students to Your Studio Door * Student Retention: Keeping Students Engaged * Engaging Efficient Effective Practice Techniques: Student Motivation: How to Get Them to the Bench How to Teach Students to Practice Smarter, Not Just More * Engaging Repertoire: Method Level Guidelines Transitioning Intermediate Students From Method Books With Pupil Saver Pieces * Engaging Technology: Incorporating IPad Apps Using YouTube Music Composition: Utilizing Technology Location: Puckett Auditorium at Florida College, 119 N. Glen Arven Ave., Tampa, FL
September Teacher Ensembles
Date: Friday, September 2, 2016 Time: 11:00 am Location: Piano Distributors,11634 N Dale Mabry Hwy Tampa, FL
Teacher Ensembles
Date: Friday, September 9, 2016 Time: at 11:00 am Location: Piano Distributors,11634 N Dale Mabry Hwy Tampa, FL
Fall Adult Soiree This is a non-competitive event for adult students 18 years and above to gather in an informal, enjoyable and relaxed environment to share their music and friendships.
Date: Saturday September 24, 2016 Time: 5:00 pm Location: Piano Distributors,11634 N Dale Mabry Hwy Tampa, FL Chairs: Young-Hee Burchett and Debbie Stassin Entry Application Form Deadline: Thursday, September 15, 2016
Entry Form: MSMTA Adult Soiree Application
October Teacher Ensembles
Date: Friday, October 7, 2016 Time: 11:00 am Location: Piano Distributors,11634 N Dale Mabry Hwy Tampa, FL
District 9 Conference Local Associations: Mid-State MTA, Ridge MTA, Tampa MTA, The Greater Pinellas MTA come together for this yearly one-day conference open to members.
Date: Saturday, October 8, 2016 Location: Puckett Auditorium at Florida College, 119 N Glen Arven Ave, Tampa, FL Registration: To be emailed
Teacher Ensembles
Date: Friday, October 14, 2016 Time: 11:00am Location: Piano Distributors,11634 N Dale Mabry Hwy Tampa, FL
FSMTA Conference
Florida State Music Teachers Association (FSMTA) Conference: This yearly conference is open to members.
Dates: October 27-30, 2016 (Thursday – Sunday) Location: Embassy Suites by Hilton North, 225 Shorecrest Dr, Altamonte Springs, FL Registration: FSMTA Website Conference Registration
November Teacher Ensembles
Date: Friday, November 4, 2016 Time: 11:00 am Location: Piano Distributors,11634 N Dale Mabry Hwy Tampa, FL
Fall Musicale This is a non-competitive non-judged student merit recital.
Date: Sunday November 6, 2016 Time: TBA Location: Puckett Auditorium at Florida College, 119 N. Glen Arven Ave., Tampa, FL Chairs: Lidia Pena and Gail Ott Entry/Application Form Deadline: Friday, October 7, 2016 Guidelines: MSMTA Fall Musicale Guidelines Entry Application Form: MSMTA Fall Musicale Entry Form Permission Form: MSMTA Fall Musicale Permission Form
Teacher Ensembles
Date: Friday, November 11, 2016 Time: 11:00 am Location: Piano Distributors,11634 N Dale Mabry Hwy Tampa, FL
Meeting/Workshop
Date: Friday, November 18, 2016 Time: 9:30 am General Meeting; 10:30 am Teachers Workshop; 11:45 Lunch Clinician: Dr. Grigorios Zamparas Program: “Basic Principles in Piano Playing: Hand Physiology And The Use of Movement to Create A Beautiful, Effortless Tone.”
Location: Puckett Auditorium at Florida College, 119 N. Glen Arven Ave., Tampa, FL
Come join Dr. Grigorios Zamparas, Chair/Associate Professor, Music; Director, Piano Studies, from the University of Tampa Department of Music. Come to a mesmerizing workshop and hear him share some priceless tips on teaching piano technique. *Posture, sitting, arm and hand position *Use of the wrist, thumb, playing staccato/legato, octaves *Examples beginning with Czerny and moving on to Chopin and Liszt
“Learn at Lunch” as we dine in the Presidents Dining Room In Henderson Dining Hall on campus. Come join us for lunch as we engage in an informal Open Forum, “Student Retention.”
December Teacher Ensembles
Date: Friday, December 2, 2016 Time: 11:00 am Location: Piano Distributors,11634 N Dale Mabry Hwy Tampa, FL
Member Christmas Holiday Luncheon Bring a “musical” gift to exchange and join us for lunch.
Date: Friday December 9, 2016 Time: 11:00 am RSVP: By Friday, December 2, 2016 to
[email protected] Location: Chicken Salad Chick, 2790 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL Contact: Debbie Stassin
January Teacher Ensembles
Date: Friday, January 6, 2017 Time: 11:00 am Location: Piano Distributors,11634 N Dale Mabry Hwy Tampa, FL
Teacher Ensembles
Date: Friday, January 13, 2017
Time: 11:00 am Location: Piano Distributors,11634 N Dale Mabry Hwy Tampa, FL
Meeting/Workshop
Date: Friday, January 20, 2017 Time: 9:30 am Program: Teachers as Promoters of Psychological Wellness Clinician: Dr. Charles Turon Location: Puckett Auditorium at Florida College, 119 N. Glen Arven Ave., Tampa, FL
Over the past several years, MTNA has taken a leadership role in promoting musicians' wellness and educating music teachers in injury prevention. Recognizing that psychological well-being is as important a concern as physiological health, these efforts are now being broadened to include psychological wellbeing as well as physical health. Although most music teachers recognize that teaching music inevitably includes psychological components, viewing the teacher as a promoter of mental health may involve venturing into territory outside our areas of training and expertise. This workshop will address the boundary lines which help music teachers know how they can promote the psychological health of their students without stepping into areas better dealt with by mental health professionals. Other specific questions to be discussed include:
What are some of the specific ways that we can proactively promote mental health? What are the boundaries that characterize a healthy teacher-student relationship? What are the teacher's responsibilities in this area? How can we best prepare ourselves for this role?
Teacher Ensembles
Date: Friday, January 27, 2017 Time: 11:00 am Location: Piano Distributors,11634 N Dale Mabry Hwy Tampa, FL
Lois Golding Memorial Teachers Benefit Recital This recital is a tribute to Lois Golding, former pianist and pedagogy professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa, who encouraged teachers to never stop learning. It is through her inspiration we dedicate this teacher participant recital as one way to provide funding to award scholarships to teacher members to encourage piano teachers to continue furthering their education in music.
Date: Saturday, January 28, 2017 Time: 5:00pm Location: Piano Distributors, 11634 N Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, FL Chairs: Virginia Grissom and Linnea Norsworthy Entry/Application Form Deadline: Friday, January 20, 2017 Recital Entry Application: MSMTA Lois Golding Memorial Teachers Benefit Recital Application Grant Requirements: MSMTA Lois Golding Memorial Teachers Education Grant Requirements Teacher Application: Teacher Application Form
February Teacher Ensembles
Date: Friday, February 3, 2017 Time: 11:00 am Location: Piano Distributors,11634 N Dale Mabry Hwy Tampa, FL
Teacher Ensembles
Date: February 10, 2017 Time: 11:00 am Location: Piano Distributors,11634 N Dale Mabry Hwy Tampa, FL
Spring Adult Soiree This is a non-competitive event for adult students 18 years and above to gather in an informal, enjoyable and relaxed environment to share their music and friendships.
Date: Saturday February 25, 2017 Time: 5:00 pm Location: Piano Distributors,11634 N Dale Mabry Hwy Tampa, FL Chairs: Young-Hee Burchett and Debbie Stassin Entry/Application Form Deadline: Thursday, February 23, 2017 Entry Application Form: MSMTA Adult Soiree Application
March In addition to our business meeting and teacher workshop, we also begin open discussion about future teacher workshop ideas for the 2017-2018 upcoming calendar year.
Meeting/Workshop
Date: Friday, March 3, 2017 Time: 9:30 am Program: Playing with Ease in Public: Nothing to do with Talent Clinician: Dr. Judith Jain Location: Puckett Auditorium at Florida College, 119 N. Glen Arven Ave., Tampa, FL
Have you seen well prepared students underperform onstage? What if performing your best under pressure has little to do with how polished your pieces are? During this presentation we’ll explore skills we can teach our students so that they can perform their best when it counts.
District 9 Concerto Competition Students who win this event move on to the Florida State Music Teachers Association (FSMTA) Competition.
Date: Saturday March 4, 2017 Time: 9:00 am Location: Hillsborough Community College Department of Music, Ybor City Campus, 2112 N 15th Street, Tampa, FL Registration: To be emailed
Spring Music Festival This is a non-competitive event held in the form of a recital for students to be adjudicated and play before a judge. All students are awarded trophies.
Date: Saturday, March 25, 2016 Time: To Be Announced Location: Puckett Auditorium at Florida College, 119 N. Glen Arven Ave., Tampa, FL Chairs: Carla O’Connor and Gail Ott Entry/Application Form Deadline: Saturday, February 25, 2017 Guidelines: MSMTA Music Festival Guidelines Application Form: MSMTA Music Festival Application Judges Sheet: MSMTA Music Festival Judge’s Sheet
April Scholarship Competition Students compete for monetary awards.
Date: Saturday, April 8, 2017
Time: TBA Location: Puckett Auditorium at Florida College, 119 N. Glen Arven Ave., Tampa, FL Chairs: Betty Chester and Cheryl Picerno Application Form Deadline: TBA Application Form: To Be Uploaded
May Executive Board Planning Meeting This meeting is also open to all members who are welcomed to help plan, determine and designate future student activity and teacher meeting/workshop dates for the upcoming school 2017-2018 school calendar year.
Date: Friday, May 5, 2017 Time: 10:00 am RSVP: Wednesday, May 3, 2017 to
[email protected] Location: Chicken Salad Chick, 2790 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL Contact: Debbie Stassin
Student Day This is a non-competitive event for students to be evaluated on performance, written theory and aural theory skills.
Date: Saturday, May 6, 2017 Time: 9:00 am Location: Puckett Auditorium at Florida College, 119 N. Glen Arven Ave., Tampa, FL Chairs: Suzanne Day and Betty Chester Entry/Application Form Deadline: Friday, April 7, 2017 Application Forms: MSMTA Student Day Master Forms
End of the Year Business Meeting and Luncheon This meeting and members luncheon is designed to plan, prepare, and present proposed dates for the upcoming 2017-2018 Calendar for Student Events and Business Meeting/ Workshop Dates.
Date: Friday May 19, 2017 Time: 9:30 am RSVP: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 to
[email protected] Location: Chicken Salad Chick, 2790 E Fowler Ave, Tampa FL Contact: Debbie Stassin
Program: This meeting and members luncheon is designed to plan, prepare, and present proposed dates for the upcoming 2017-2018 Calendar for Student Events and General Meeting/Teacher Workshop ideas.
