Minutes of Meeting

BLUEBONNET MTA


Dear Teachers:


MINUTES OF MEETING

The monthly general meeting of Bluebonnet MTA was held at Panera Bread in Cedar Park.
Present were: Martha M, Mary L, Dianne, Lillian


IT WAS RESOLVED THAT:

The officers for next school year will be:
President: Martha M
VicePresident: Al
Secretary: Lillian
Treasurer: Martha V.
Student Affiliate Chair: Lillian
Theory Chair: Mary A
Assistant Theory Chair: Dianne and/or (tentative) Stephanie
Fall Festival Chair: Lillian
Fall Festival  Assistant Chair: Dianne
Spring Chair: (tentative) Dianne
Spring Festival Assistant Chair: Lillian
Judges: Mary A
Certificates, Ribbons, Bars Chair: Lillian
Ensemble Chair: Martha M
Yearbook Chair: Lillian
Sunshine Chair: Dianne

New ruling for ensemble: Students must have the song completely memorized and pass a memory test before they are allowed to be in the ensemble.
For festivals: Teachers must provide copies of Festival Student Information sheet to students.
These requirements will be inserted in the  yearbook.


NOTES

Tentative dates for events
Fall
Fall festival date: November 15
Theory test date: first Saturday in November.
Spring
Spring theory date: first Saturday in February.
target date for Spring Festival: April 25

Report:
Forty students participated in the Spring Festival.

Next Meeting
The next meeting will be held at Panera Bread on Tuesday September 9.
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.

Assignments
Martha M will make reservations at Steinway for the next school year.
The honors recital will be held the first week of June, because it's one week before the convention.

Video Clip
Here's an account of the famous duel between Mozart and Clementi:
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBmNPP1jpx8
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws-cR5lc7Co


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

April Minutes

MINUTES OF MEETING

The monthly meeting of Bluebonnet MTA was held on April 1 at Velocity Music
Academy.
Present were Dianne, Martha M, Martha V, Lillian, Mary A.


OFFICERS

The following officers were nominated for the 2014-2015 school year:
President Martha M
VicePresident Al
Treasurer Martha V
Secretary Lillian
Theory Chairman Mary A
Assistant Theory Chair Dianne
SA chairman Lillian
Ensemble Chair Mary A
Composition Chair Kathy R
Sunshine Chair Dianne
Festival chairs open


NOTES

Romantic Festival
Martha will email electronic instructions for open auditions to Lillian.
Lillian will insert them in the yearbook.

Next Meeting
The next meeting will be a brunch and installation of officers on Tuesday May
13 at Panera Bread. 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.

Assignments
Martha V will look into getting set up at PayPal.
Lillian will be the honors recital chairman.
Martha V said she is qualified to be voice judge in the future.
Dianne said she will call Sara and Stephanie about their membership.
Martha M said she will send a thank you note to Strait.
Romantic Festival monitors will be:
Dianne all day
Martha M morning and early afternoon
Martha V afternoon

Meeting announcement

BLUEBONNET MTA


Dear Teachers,


Next meeting
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday April 1 at Velocity Music Academy at
8:30 am.
Martha M will deliver blank festival certificates to teachers.
Mary A will pass out theory medals. Martha M will pass out the festival
schedule.


Honors Recital
The Honors Recital will be from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on Saturday June 7.


Agenda
nominations of officers
location of next meeting
theory medals will be handed out
trophies for ensembles?


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

Minutes March 2014

The monthly meeting was held at Velocity Music Academy on March 18. Present
were Lillian, Martha M, Martha V, Al, Mary A, Dianne, Stephanie.


IT WAS RESOLVED THAT:

1.
Students will get trophies for festivals. Students must collect twelve points
to get a trophy.
An Excellent rating is worth 1 point,
a Superior minus is worth 2 points,
a Superior is worth 3 points,
a Superior plus is worth 4 points.
The trophies will be engraved Great Composers Festival, Bluebonnet MTA,
student name, year.
Festival chairs must keep records of student ratings.
The points will start accruing next school year.

2.
Ensembles students will get a $50 stipend this year. The checks will be
handed out at the recital. The checks will be accompanied by a letter
announcing the stipend and stating that this stipend was approved for this
school year only.


NOTES

Mary A said she would like to be in charge of judges next school year.
Martha M reported that she has confirmed reservations at Steinway for recital
and festival.
Martha M will deliver certificates to teachers. Teachers must complete
students' names. Mary A. will send certificate template to teachers.
For musicianship, the minor scales should be harmonic. Martha M will prepare
instructions.


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

Announcements March

BLUEBONNET MTA


Dear Teachers:


MEETING

The next meeting will be Tuesday March 18 at Velocity Music Academy at 8:30
am. Mary A will bring the theory tests.


AGENDA

Trophies for festival winners
Promotion of Honors Recital
Should we pay for ensembles expenses?


EASY FESTIVAL PIECES

This book contains primer level pieces by great composers. I recommend it:
Favorite Festival Solos - 10 Great Nfmc Selections (Early to Later
Elementary)
by Hal Leonard Corp.
Lillian


EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

My studio's recital will be Saturday March 22. The announcement is at
http://musicrrtx.blogspot.com/ You are invited.

All teachers are invited to announce their recitals at this blog page. Let
me
know if you would like to announce, and I will approve you to post in that
blog.

Lillian


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

Minutes of February meeting

Minutes of meeting of Bluebonnet MTA

The general meeting was held at Velocity Music Academy on February 18.
Present were Martha M, Dianne,Al, and Lillian.


ENSEMBLES

Martha M gave a presentation about ensembles. There will be two ensembles.
One for levels primer through 2, and one for levels 3 through 10.
The elementary level piece will be Arabian Nights , Famous & Fun Pop Duets
book 3 by Carol Matz, by Alfred,
The advanced piece will be I dreamed a dream from Les Miserables by Boublil
and Schonberg's by Hal Leonard Piano duets Vol 14.
Pieces must be memorized by May 1. Bluebonnet MTA may provide a scholarship
for an interested student who needs financial help. Parents convention badges
are available for about $15 per person through chairman Martha Marks.


SPRING FESTIVAL

Musicianship will be required for the Spring Festival. The musicianship
requirements are at http://bluebonnetmta.org/festivals.html The festival
auditions will be open auditions, so adult relatives only may enter the
adjudication room. The registration deadline is March 26. Please update the
registration deadline in your yearbook. No flash photographs will be
allowed.


RESOLUTION

It was resolved that:
The yearbook will be published next school year in the website without the
teachers' emails and addresses.


NOTES

The next meeting will be Tuesday March 11 at Velocity Music Academy at 8:30
am.
Martha M will prepare a sheet listing fees for events for next year's
yearbook.


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

Meeting announcement February

BLUEBONNET MTA


Dear Teachers:


NEXT MEETING

The next meeting will be on Tuesday February 11 at Velocity Music Academy in
Cedar Park at 8:30 am.

We will have an Ensembles presentation by Chairman Martha Marks.
The Ensembles of Bluebonnet MTA will perform at the 2014 State Convention in
Houston in midJune .
Students who have passed their theory tests may participate.
Ensemble Chair: Martha Marks
Students are required to attend mandatory rehearsals,
perform with the group in a local honors recital in June,
perform with the group at the state convention. It is awesome to see these
groups performing on eight grand pianos. This would make a nice family
vacation. Rehearsals are Sundays in Cedar Park in May. The registration
deadline is in February .
Here are videos of ensemble performances at the convention:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNhBAHZc7Oo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B90QwYSkLYMzZnp6dTVYWGhxYms/edit?pli=1
This video shows a view of the audience


THEORY REMINDER

From: Mary Adams
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 12:07 PM
Subject: BLU MTA/TMTA Spring Theory tests time, directions and informations

Good morning members,
Our Spring Theory test is on February/8th from 8am to 2pm at Texas State
University ( http://www.rrc.txstate.edu/about/sites.html ) Round Rock. I will
have all the volunteers coming as early as 7:30am (the university door will
be open by that time). Students will start arriving at 7:45am. ... Below is
the time for each level. I won’t be able to give any
make-ups this time. Students need to come at their assigned time. Please, no
exceptions.

8am to 10am = Levels 1, 4 and 7

10am to 12pm = Levels 2, 5 and 8

12pm to 2m = Levels 3, 6, 9 and 10.

I have one more file to send to the volunteers (theory test monitor duties).
I need to scan it and send it to you but my fax machine is broken. I will
send
it before the test day for sure.


OTHER AGENDA ITEMS

Publicizing the Honors Recital


OTHER EVENTS

Sewanee Summer Music Festival:
http://www.sewaneemusicfestival.org/



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