Please mark your calendars...
KMTA conference
Baker University
Baldwin, Kansas
June 8-9, 2012
KMTA - Capitol Federal Honors Auditions
November 5 - 6, 2011
Emporia State University
District Auditions dates & deadlines available online at www.ksmta.org
Our 2011 Conference at Emporia State was one of the most practical and empowering conferences we have had! Here are some comments from teachers who certainly felt that way!
"WOW!! This year's KMTA State
Conference in Emporia was SO full of
energy and creativity! Each day was
really packed with new ideas to try,
games to play, musical approaches to
teaching, undiscovered music to
discover, and great teacher
interaction! I was not only inspired to
add new things to my teaching, but to
sit down and play piano for a week
non-stop!!! Now.......which idea will I
use first??????"
-Betty Todd Smith
"The KMTA Conference is definitely a
summer highlight! A common theme
this year was how to stimulate the
creative spark in your studio. The
speakers provided practical tools for
this concept including the use of
images and imagination, effective
communication, and studio games
and activities."
-Corinn Shantz
Plan now NOT to miss out on more take-away ideas for your class and studio next summer!
Sally Buxton, KMTA President
If you ever needed a motivator to increase the possibilities of participation in some wonderful, carefully encouraging auditions, this could be it!
KMTA Auditions include a "Plan B" for piano and strings students who can complete three pieces by three classical composers, and who may advance from the District to the State Honors' Auditions competitive track.
"Plan C" piano and strings students may play two memorized pieces by classical or pedagogical (not method) composers, and may also advance to the State Honors competitive track.
"Plan D" is a NON-COMPETITIVE TRACK open to solo or ensemble works for brass, strings, woodwinds, percussion, voice, and piano students who play two contrasting pieces (including pedagogical), and will be awarded ratings, comments, and ribbons at the District level.
A NEW PIANO DUET TRACK THIS YEAR!!
Students may play two contrasting compositions that need not be memorized, and may advance to the State Honors competitive level. For more information, contact David Tauscher, KMTA VP for Auditions.
For complete information on KMTA's activities, go to www.ksmta.org