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News and Announcements of Bluebonnet Music Teachers Association, Williamson County Texas, USA

Tuesday, August 25, 2015


BLUEBONNET MTA
August 24, 2015

Dear Teachers:


NEXT MEETING

The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 8 at Panera Bread in Cedar
Park at 9:30 am. If you missed the last meeting, we missed you. Check our
newsletters at
http://bluebonnetmta.org/ so you know what we discussed. We had a great
meeting.


YEARBOOK

We will not be passing out printouts of the yearbook. You may print your own
yearbook. It is on line at http://bluebonnetmta.org/yearbook.html


MUSICIANS WELLNESS FORUM

Dear Colleague:

I would like to invite you and your students to the 2nd annual Musicians'
Wellness Forum.

The Musicians Wellness Forum is designed to explore the struggles of common
performance injuries often suffered by musicians (but not limited to).
Guest clinicians will discuss the results and solutions offered by various
techniques. This year we will have sessions on yoga for musicians, Muscle
Activation Techniques (MAT), post injury pedagogy/practice techniques and
managing Mental Health related to performance injury.

Early registration is $25/teacher and $10/students w/ID (payment at door).

Saturday, September 26th, 2015
Registration: $25 pre-sale September 24th
Students (at door): $10 w/ID online registration encouraged

Location: Steinway Piano Gallery
12980 Research Blvd
Austin, TX 78750

Dr. Artina McCain
Assistant Professor of Piano
Texas Lutheran University
1000 W Court St
Seguin, TX 78115
http://www.tlu.edu/music
214-529-3024


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Lillian Simmons
Secretary
Bluebonnet MTA
http://bluebonnetmta.org/


BLUEBONNET MTA
August 21, 2015


Dear Teachers:

The general monthly meeting of Bluebonnet MTA was held on August 21 at Panera
Bread. Present were Sarah, Martha M, Martha V, Lillian, Nancy.


IT WAS RESOLVED THAT:

Nancy Anton will be the VicePresident and Membership Chair for the 2015-2016
school year.
Scott Donald will speak at October meeting about books.


NOTES

Nancy asked that we send our overflow referrals to her.
 Martha M reported that Scott Donald will speak about books at the October
meeting.
The ensemble videos and photos are now on line at:
http://bluebonnetmta.org/ensemble.html
Tentatively, we are considering having a teacher party in January.
Susan Paradis website has great teaching resources at:
http://www.susanparadis.com/
Piano Maestro has excellent play along activities at:
https://www.joytunes.com/apps
Ensemble rehearsals are tentatively planned at Floyd Piano Co. in Cedar Park.

JOB ASSIGNMENTS

Martha M will send invitations to music schools in Williamson County.
Martha M will look into participating in composition contest.


Lillian Simmons
Secretary
Bluebonnet MTA
http://bluebonnetmta.org/



BLUEBONNET MTA
August 16, 2015

Dear Teachers:


NEXT MEETING

The next general meeting of Bluebonnet MTA will be held on Friday August 21
at
Panera Bread in Cedar Park at 9:30 am. Lillian will go over registration
procedure for SA. If you missed the last meeting, we
missed you. Check our newsletters
at http://bluebonnetmta.org/ so you know what we discussed. We had a great
meeting. We hope to see you there.
Panera Bread, 10900 Lakeline Mall Drive, Cedar Park 78717 996-8300.
Turn from 183 onto Lakeline Mall Drive by Strait Music. This is
one half block east of 183. Turn left into the shopping center behind
Denny's.



Lillian Simmons
Secretary
Bluebonnet MTA
http://bluebonnetmta.org/



BLUEBONNET MTA
June 14, 2015

Dear Teachers,


Welcome to the news school year! Now we have our annual events established and
set up. We should have a smooth and fun performance!


NEXT MEETING

The next general meeting of Bluebonnet MTA will be held on Friday August 21
at
Panera Bread in Cedar Park at 9:30 am. If you missed the last meeting, we
missed you. Check our newsletters
at http://bluebonnetmta.org/ so you know what we discussed. We had a great
meeting. We hope to see you there.
Panera Bread, 10900 Lakeline Mall Drive, Cedar Park 78717 996-8300.
Turn from 183 onto Lakeline Mall Drive by Strait Music. This is
one half block east of 183. Turn left into the shopping center behind
Denny's.


CHANGE TO BY-LAWS

------ Original Message ------
Received: 08:22 PM CDT, 05/21/2015
From: "Martha Vallee" <mvallee1@earthlink.net>
Subject: RE: Distribution of Funds

New Article in the By-Laws: Upon dissolution of the
organization, the remaining assets will be transferred to another tax exempt
organization to be used for educational purposes, the Texas Music Teachers
Association.


NOTES

SA registration
Please be aware that the deadline for regular registration in Student
Affiliate
is September 15. If you register your students in SA on September 16 or
thereafter, you will need to pay the late registration fee, which is $17 per
student.

Trophies
Teachers, please pass out the trophies handout to your students at the
beginning
of the school year. You can find it in the yearbook on line at
http://bluebonnetmta.org/yearbook.html

Ensemble
At this time of the year, parents begin to plan their summer vacation for
next
year. This is a good time to promote the ensembles to the parents, so that
they
can plan to attend next summer. The ensemble promotional information and
videos
are at: http://bluebonnetmta.org/sa.html


Lillian Simmons
Secretary
Bluebonnet MTA
http://bluebonnetmta.org/