Bluebonnet News

Lillian Simmons

Secretary

Bluebonnet MTA

Website: http://bluebonnetmta.org/home.html

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1990327091212286/

email BluebonnetMTA@live.com 

Dear Teachers:

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Dear Teachers, how are you all doing? Is everybody OK?

WEBSITE

The wordpress website is up.  I have set up a teacher referral page.

Please go there and add your contact information.

CALENDAR

For your information, the school calendar for Round Rock ISD is now available for the 2020-2021 school year. Go to: https://roundrockisd.org/about-rrisd/calendars/

CLEANING KEYS

Go to:

https://www.steinway.com/news/features/utilty/cleaning-your-piano?fbclid=IwAR2rQ7a5IdnjcvpAV2j6RcGc4t7il6XfYtAAHoCEIu5JaNSXpoRSS2R4AEA

Bluebonnet News

Lillian Simmons
Secretary
Bluebonnet MTA
Website: http://bluebonnetmta.org/home.html
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1990327091212286/
email BluebonnetMTA@live.com 


Dear Teachers:


Hope you all are staying safe.


AUDITIONS

The Festival is being done on line, and is proceeding well.  The Judge has received entries from Lillian and Angela. Judge Eduardo is handling the on-line auditions expertly.


MEETING

There will be no more meetings for the rest of this school year.  If you all need to discuss anything, we can do that by email.


NEW ADDRESS

Eduardo has a new postal address. I'm enclosing updated membership list.


Take care.

Bluebonnet News

Lillian Simmons

Secretary

Bluebonnet MTA

Website: http://bluebonnetmta.org/home.html

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1990327091212286/

email BluebonnetMTA@live.com

Dear Teachers,

PANDEMIC

The coronavirus guidelines

are  that events of ten people or less are acceptable,

but events of more than ten people, the event should be cancelled.

RECITAL

Last week I asked for a vote on whether to cancel the festival recital.  I got a tie vote. I think we need to cancel the festival recital. Because it is an event of more than ten people.  OK, so know that i"m cancelling the festival recital.

FESTIVAL

I think we can go ahead with the Romantic Festival, because it is an event of ten people or less.

Minutes of Meeting

Lillian Simmons

Secretary

Bluebonnet MTA

Website: http://bluebonnetmta.org/home.html

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1990327091212286/

email BluebonnetMTA@live.com

Dear Teachers:

MINUTES

The March general meeting was held on March 10 at Panera Bread.  Present were Angela, Eduardo, Martha M, Lillian.

The following appointments were made for Event Chairmen.

This school year Spring Festival Chair Martha V. This is an open audition.

Appointments for next school year are:

Martha M Fall Festival Chair

Eduardo Spring Festival Chair

Other decisions that were made:

Topics

Eduardo will be  meeting topics chairman

Wordpress

We will set up the website to use WordPress, which is more interactive.

Monitor

Teachers who register Theory test students may pay $50 for a substitute monitor if they have less than five students taking the test. For any additional students the teacher must pay an additional $10 per student for a substitute monitor.

Ear Training

For Ear training at theory tests we will use CDs and internet as a backup.

NOTES

May Recital

The Festival Recital will be an open recital, that is, any student may participate. The chairman is Angela.

Recital

Martha M will call Matthew about setting up a Bluebonnet recital in midAugust.

Festival

The Romantic Festival will be held from 1:00 to 2:00. The judge will be Eduardo.

Promotion

Eduardo will call Cindy to invite her to attend meetings.

We will set up a page of testimonials explaining what benefits teachers get by joining BMTA. We may mention that advanced students may work as accompanists and get paid $25. Thank you to Eduardo for these suggestions.

MEETING

Next Meeting

The April meeting will be held at  Panera Bread in Cedar Park on Tuesday April 14  at 10:30 am .

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.  Turn left at Target.

Last Meeting

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.

Bluebonnet News

MINUTES OF MEETING

The general meeting of BMTA was held on February 11 at Panera Bread. Present were Martha M, Lillian, Angela, Martha V.

It was decided that:

Martha V will be the chair of the Romantic Festival

By email it was decided that Angela will be the chairman of the festival recital in May.

Nominations

The following nominations of officers were made for the 2020-2021 school year.

Treasurer Martha V

President Lillian

VicePresident Martha M

Secretary Lillian

Standing Committees

Theory Chair Martha M

Ensemble Eduardo

Teachers of ADMTA may be substitute monitors at theory tests.

NOTES

Lillian will remind the judge Eduardo to attend the Romantic Festival.

Martha M will invite teachers of TMEA to join BMTA.

The Teacher  of the Year for 2020-2021 school year will be Martha M.

Lillian will add date and teacher name blanks to theory and festival registration forms.

Students will not be required to sit away from their families at recitals.

Out of association teachers will pay $10 to have their students perform at BMTA recitals.

Performance limits at BMTA recitals will be one movement of pieces or 7 minutes maximum time.

Festival superior students will be announced at the BMTA recitals.

Out of association teachers will be invited to BMTA recitals.

Out of association students will be invited to the May recital. All students of Bluebonnet teachers may perform.

There will be three recitals in the 2020-2021 school year: Fall recital in November, Spring recital  in February and Summer recital in June.

bLUEBONNET nEWS

Lillian Simmons

Secretary

Bluebonnet MTA

Website: http://bluebonnetmta.org/home.html

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1990327091212286/

email BluebonnetMTA@live.com

Dear Teachers,

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.

Next Meeting

The February meeting will be held at  Panera Bread in Cedar Park on Tuesday February 11  at 10:30 am .

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.  Turn left at Target.

The agenda is attached. If you would like to add any items, please let me know.

Lillian

Minutes of Meeting

Lillian Simmons

Secretary

Bluebonnet MTA

Website: http://bluebonnetmta.org/home.html

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1990327091212286/

email BluebonnetMTA@live.com

Dear Teachers,

MEETING

Minutes of meeting

The January meeting was held at Panera Bread in Cedar Park on Tuesday January 14 at 10:30 am. Present were Angela, Lillian, Eduardo, Martha M, Martha V.

The Treasurer presented the treasurer's report.

The following appointments were made:

Martha M will be the Spring  Recital Chairman.  She will prepare programs, certificates.

Lillian will prepare a new yearbook page about Bluebonnet recitals.

The following teachers will monitor the theory test. Eduardo, Lillian, Martha M, Martha V.

We will nominate a teacher of the year for next school year.

Martha V will make ear Training CDs.

Eduardo will be the Romantic Festival judge.

The Romantic Festival will be at 1:00-2:00 pm

Eduardo will be the outreach chairman.

Eduardo will be the ensemble chairman next school year.

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.

Next Meeting

The February meeting will be held at  Panera Bread in Cedar Park on Tuesday February 11  at 10:30 am .

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.  Turn left at Target.

PIANO GUILD

The auditions of the Piano Guild will be held on Saturday March 28 in Round Rock.  If you would like to participate, please let me know. Piano Guild of Round Rock: http://www.yrose.us/wp/guild.html