October 2021 draft

NSMTA The SCORE October 2021

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear Friends and Colleagues, Over the last few months, I’ve been digging through the NSMTA hand-me down crates of records that our treasurers have had for, well, apparently nearly 24 years! At the time I was given these crates I did my best to hand these behemoths off to Joni, but she wisely refused to take them. As I’ve looked through the many folders of records, I thought it was rather amusing to see familiar names pop up in letters, notes, checks, and in accounts that no longer exist. It’s yet again another reminder of how much concern and care our members have put into making our chapter be the best it can be over the decades. This month’s meeting will be abit unusual in that we had a speaker (Bonnie Anderson) set for the Monday October 25th meeting, but she had health concerns about traveling with the rise of Covid cases and decided to offer a remote presentation instead. Heidi wanted to have a live presentation and asked me if I would fill in for this month’s program. I agreed to present this month’s program, but I am concerned about the impropriety of a chapter president also presenting a meeting for the very chapter they’re president of, so I will donate the fee I’d be receiving for the presentation to the Bruce Berr and Betty Benton scholarship funds. They are wonderful awards in honor of two cherished members and I’m happy to support them. The program will be on reading a lead sheet. I will be covering how to group chords, create a bass line, create fills, play with different styles, create appropriate voicings and how to reharmonize from a simple to a very sophisticated result. It’s a lot of information and I’ll cover as much of this subject as I can. Again, we will be offering a remote option along with our in-person meeting. I look forward to seeing everyone there! Eric Sutz NSMTA President

Eric Sutz, President

In this Issue

President’s Message ---- ------1

Meeting information --------- 2

Program ------------------------3

AIM ---------------------------- 4

Sonata-Sonatina Festival----6

Competition -------------------7

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• Please enter through the office entrance - to the left of the big sanctuary doors.

• Restrooms are down the first hallway to the left.

• Do not enter or leave through the doors by the playground.

• Masks Required and social distance.

• Refreshments - will be served rather than “buffet style”

Browse through music books on the piano in the narthex before or after our meeting and leave a donation for what you take. All donations will go to our Scholarship Fund helping students go to summer camp. If you have books to give away, please bring them in a box for easy browsing. TAKE HOME YOUR UNSOLD BOOKS after the meeting. The next music sale is usually in March or April.

Monthly Meeting

Monday,

October25th,2021* Our meeting will be presented

in-person WinnetkaCovenantChurch

1200 Hibbard Road, Wilmette

Virtual Meeting also available through Zoom

https://zoom.us/j/8472046954

Meeting ID: 847 204 6954

9:30-10:00Pre-MeetingMUSIC SALE

No Pre-Meeting discussion this month

10:00-11:0

BusinessMeeting

11:00-12:00Program

How to Read and Play from a Lead Sheet



ProgramHow to Read and Play from a Lead Sheet Participants will learn how to group chords, create a bass line, create fills, play with different styles, create appropriate voicings and re-harmonize from a simple to a very sophisticated result. Eric Sutz graduated with a Bachelor of Music from DePaul University in 1980. While at DePaul he played a wide variety of engagements in addition to teaching piano and guitar. He has been employed as a musician, accompanist, arranger, conductor, and teacher for over forty-three years. From 1981-1993 Eric worked full time as a music director, rehearsal and audition pianist for the Candlelight, Marriott Lincolnshire, Wisdom Bridge and Goodman Theater. Eric also taught music theory at Carmel HS and was the assistant and primary choral director, accompanist, and solo pianist for the European tour of the Concert Choir. Eric studied classical piano with Eloise Niwa and Joyce Sklar, conducting with Dr. William Huber and Kevin Stites, and jazz studies with Judy Roberts, Howard Levy, Larry Novak, Willie Pickens, John Campbell, Joel Daley, Mike Kocour, and Greg Fishman. He also studied the history and styles of the great Chicago boogie and blues artists with Erwin Helfer. He has been an active member of the NSMTA since 1978. His book: “How to Play and Teach Popular Music Creatively” was published in 1986 and has had three printings. Eric is a faculty member of the Music Institute of Chicago and Stevenson HS and has been teaching in his Wheeling, IL home studio since 1984. His hobbies include: Martial arts, investing, travel, yoga, scuba-diving, history, natural history and reading.



AIM News Level 3-12 AIM Theory Exam Registration Period: November 15 - December 6, 2021 Please note other important upcoming dates:

October 25, 2021 AIM Survey Responses Due October 31, 2021 Deadline to join NSMTA for participation (see AIM Packet, page 3) November 15, 2021, 9:30am AIM Theory Zoom Judges Meeting January 15, 2022 Repertoire Substitution Request Deadline (see AIM Packet, page 6) Please discuss the 2 exam options (all in-person or fully remote) with your students and submit the AIM Exam Options Survey by October 25. Your responses are extremely important to help determine our needs to accommodate all AIM participants this year. Students will need to commit firmly to either all in-person or fully remote exam at registration. After the registration deadline, students will not be able to switch options as the schedules will be based on options selected. At this time, we are still unable to confirm the locations of the in-person exams or whether it will even be available. Therefore, students that choose this option must be made aware that they may be required to switch to fully remote exams, should circumstances prevent us from offering in-person exams. A final decision will be made by January 1, 2022. Please peruse the AIM Packet prior to the Zoom Judges Meeting. Here is the direct link: https://nsmta.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-22-AIM-Packet.pdf Should you have any general questions, please feel free to email us in advance and we will be sure to address them at the meeting. The Zoom meeting link will be emailed several days prior to the meeting. For those unable to attend, the meeting will be recorded and made available on the NSMTA website. Level 1-2 AIM Exams will be held on one day only: March 6, 2022 (both in-person and remotely). Please note that there is a separate registration period for Level 1-2 AIM Exams.

2021-22 Exam Fees Levels 1-2: $20 Levels 3-8: $30 Levels 9-12: $35

Please find the following on the NSMTA website:

AIM Survey: https://nsmta.org/members-only/ (login to access survey) AIM Packet: https://nsmta.org/aim/

We look forward to seeing you at the AIM Judges Meeting! Jennifer Cohen, Lake Forest coordinator, [email protected] Jia-Yee Tang, Northwestern coordinator, [email protected]





SONATA-SONATINA FESTIVAL

Sunday, February 13, 2022

Music Institute of Chicago 300 Green Bay Road, Winnetka, IL 60093

Online Registration Begins: Monday, December 6, 2021 Online Registration Closes: Monday, January 10, 2022

IMPORTANT REMINDER: If you are entering students in the SSF, your NSMTA dues must be paid by October 31, 2021 in order to avoid paying a non-member fee of $25. NEW: The waiting room will NOT be available, and all parents and families must wait in their cars during the festival. NEW: ALL adults and children must wear masks AT ALL TIMES during the festival, and social distancing will be practiced. Participating teachers may enter up to 10 students. The fee is $30 per student, and all registrations will be ONLINE only. ALL TEACHERS will be required to help in some way on the day of the festival. No substitutes (parents, students, relatives, etc.) are allowed to replace teacher volunteers for their required job. Please plan ahead to make sure you are available on the day of the festival. More information is available on the NSTMA website, https://nsmta.org/events/sonata-sonatina-festival-ssf-2/ If you have questions, please contact SSF chairperson Jennifer Merry at [email protected] or (847) 404-8635.



Co-Chairs Lindsey and Larry Baer ([email protected])

NSMTA Piano Competition 2022

Contest Repertoire

(All selections should be played in the order given, and without repeats, unless otherwise indicated)

Primary (Grades 1-3)

- Tchaikovsky: “Old French Song” from Album for the Young, Op. 39, No. 16

- Haydn: Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI: No. 7: 3rd mvmt (Allegro) Elementary (Grades 4-6)

- Schumann: “From Foreign Lands and People” Kinderszenen, Op. 15 Please play both repeats.

- Kabalevsky: Variations, Op. 40, No. 1 (can be found in Bastien Piano Literature, Vol. 4)

Junior (Grades 7-9)

- Bach: Sinfonia #11 in g minor BWV 797

- Grieg: From Lyric Pieces: “Butterfly” Op. 43, No. 1 and “Kobold” (also called “Little Troll” or “Puck”) Op. 71, No. 3

Senior (Grades 10-12)

- Scarlatti: Sonata in b minor, K. 87/L. 33

- Liszt: Valse Oubliee No. 1, S.215/1



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