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Immediate Past PresidentKathryn Southworth33 Layton Dr.Canterbury, NH 03224
(603) [email protected]
President ElectCheryl Laughlin NCTM64 Dunklee StreetConcord, NH 03303
(603) [email protected]
Vice President for ProgramsMarie Mendelow85 Pondview Dr.Merrimack, NH 03054
(603)[email protected]
Vice-President for CompetitionsMila Filatova 234 North Adams St.Manchester, NH 03104(603) 218-3212 [email protected]
Vice-President for MembershipLynne Wilby NCTM40 Main St.Kingston, NH 03848
(603) 642-8861 [email protected]
Secretary/PublicityJacqueline Morin NCTM15 Marion St.Concord, NH 03301
(508) 633-5534 [email protected]
TreasurerRebecca VerPlanck, NCTMPO Box 347Chocurua, NH 03817
(603) [email protected]
Evaluations ChairMeagan Robidoux Maganti42 Halls Mill Rd.Newfields, NH 03856
(603)[email protected] Fall Festival ChairJacqueline Morin15 Marion Street Concord, NH 03301
(508) [email protected]
The mission of MTNA is to advance the value of music study and music making to society and to support the professionalism of music teachers.March 2016
Dear Members,
For those of you who haven’t met me, I am Cheryl Laughlin, President-Elect for NHMTA. As many of you know, Lisa Cleveland, who was elected to the Presidency this past summer, has recently accepted a position as Assistant Director of Education at the Indian Hill Music School in Massachusetts. This is a wonderful opportunity for Lisa, but it has, unfortunately, made it very difficult for her to manage her NHMTA duties in the way she would like. So, I am currently serving in her role as President until an official transition can be made. Although I’m entering into the President’s position much sooner than expected, I am greatly looking forward to having an active role in our Association’s mission.
Have you checked out our website at nhmta.net to find all the great events we offer? Our Association has so many opportunities for our teachers and their students; I am so proud to be a part of it. Here are just some of the events that we’ve presented or been involved with over the past several months:
I, along with eleven other NHMTA members, attended the Quad State Conference held in Vermont in October. The workshops were informative, the performances wonderful, and it was both stimulating and fun to meet teachers from other states. Our NHMTA commissioned composer, Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee, had her composition entitled “Why?” premiered by pianist Diane Anderson. A recording and score of Dianne’s work has now been submitted to MTNA for the MTNA Distinguished Composer of the Year’s competition.
In November we held both the MTNA Fall Competition and the NHMTA Fall Festival. NHMTA members Gregg Pauley, Paul Dykstra, and Sylvana Sokolov-Grubb, along with myself, assisted our VP for Competitions, Mila Filatova, in running the Fall Competition. I wish to thank all of them for their service to all of the students and teachers involved. Results from the Competition can be found in this newsletter.
March 2016 www.nhmta.net
Cheryl Laughlin
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The network dedicated to New Hampshire’sprofessional music teacher –teaching, performing and composing.
The NHMTA Fall Festival was, once again, ably run by Jacqueline Morin, with assistance from the participating teachers and the Collegiate Student Chapter from Plymouth State University. Many thanks to Dr. Carleen Graff for continuing to encourage this chapter to thrive as well as participate in NHMTA events in so many helpful ways!
In February, NHMTA members were offered a free session on the Feldenkrais Method, presented by concert pianist and Feldenkrais practitioner Alan Fraser at the Concord Community Music School. Learning about how this method could be applied to studying a musical instrument was both valuable and fascinating to the participants!
Looking ahead, please find materials pertaining to our non-competitive Evaluations, including the application form and bios for composer of the year Scott Joplin. These can also be found on our website, nhmta.net.In the fall, NHMTA will hold our own State Conference on Oct. 15, 2016 at the Concord Community Music School. If you would like to be involved in helping to facilitate this event, please contact our Vice-President for Programs, Marie Mendelow at [email protected]. Our conferences are a wonderful opportunity to re-connect or meet with other members while continuing to stay on top of our craft through presentations by nationally recognized pedagogues. Please save the date and consider joining us if you can!
Find more details about all of these events as well as important materials for our non-competitive Evaluations. Additionally, you will find memorial tributes to two long time revered members, Arlene Kies and Kathleen Arecchi, both of whom lost courageous battles with cancer this past month. NHMTA, and countless members of the larger New Hampshire musical community, are in indebted to their significant legacies as musicians, mentors, and friends. In closing, I would like to thank the executive board for their hard work and dedication. I am looking forward to working with you over the next two years.
I hope to see all of you at our upcoming events!
Cheryl Laughlin, Acting President, NHMTA
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Dianne Rahbee, left, is presented with the NHMTA Commissioned Composer Award by Lisa Cleveland, NHMTA President at the Quad State Convention.
2016 Evaluations ScheduleDate Site Coordinators
4/30/2016 Piano North Conway Music Center Becky VerPlanckSaturday 1976 White Mountain Highway PO Box 347
North Conway, NH 03860 Chocorua, NH [email protected]
5/7/2016 Piano Seacoast Academy of Music Lori BennettSaturday 105 Post Road 3 Corbin Drive
North Hampton, NH Dover, NH [email protected]
603-749-1214
5/7/2016 Piano Plymouth State University Connie ChesebroughSaturday Silver Center for the Arts PO BOX 384
17 High Street N. Woodstock, NH 03262Plymouth, NH [email protected]
603-745-3902
5/15/2016 Piano Darrell's Music Hall Marie MendelowSunday 75 Main Street 85 Pond View Road
Nashua, NH Merrimack, NH [email protected]
5/21/2016 Piano CCMS Cheryl LaughlinSaturday 23 Wall Street 64 Dunklee
Concord, NH Concord, NH [email protected]
603-226-0690
2016 Eastern Division Competition
Results
Junior Piano: Steven Wang - Alternate
Senior Piano: Kevin Chen - Honorable Mention
Teacher: Mila Filatova
Scott Joplin Beginner Biography 2016 NHMTA Evaluations
Scott Joplin was an African-American composer born in Texarkana, Texas in the United States of America in 1868. He and his five brothers and sisters were all very musical. His father was a railroad worker and played the violin. His mother worked as a house cleaner and played the banjo.
Scott Joplin began playing the piano when he was seven years old but his parents couldn’t afford to buy a piano or pay for lessons. Joplin would go to people’s houses and play their piano while his mom cleaned. He also liked to sing, play the cornet, mandolin, and banjo. A cornet is a brass instrument very similar to a trumpet. Madolins and banjos are stringed instruments that are played like a guitar.
Joplin mainly taught himself to play music but also learned from friends. When he was eleven years old, a local German music teacher, Julius Weiss, heard the talented boy and offered to teach him piano for free. Joplin studied folk and classical music and his teacher helped Joplin find a used piano of his own.
When he was 14, he left home and worked as a traveling musician and later began composing. He wrote marches, songs, and waltzes during this period. A march is a piece of music with a strong beat that is written to be marched to (like a band marching in a parade). A song is a piece of music with words. A waltz is a dance with a feeling of 3 counts in a measure.
By the 1890s, ragtime music became wildly popular. Ragtime was a new type of American piano music that combined European, American, and African music. Ragtime has ‘ragged’ rhythms and is filled with syncopations (accents on off-beats). Pieces written in the ragtime style are called rags. Scott Joplin composed about 50 rags throughout his life. One of his most popular pieces, The Maple Leaf Rag, was published in 1899 and sold over 75,000 copies in the first six months. Other compositions are The Entertainer (which is fondly nicknamed “The Ice Cream Truck Song” by many students), The Pineapple Rag, and Easy Winners. Like classical music, Joplin’s rags are written down and are to be played exactly as written. This is different from jazz in that jazz can be improvised. Improvise means to make up or create in the spur of the moment. Joplin warned that it is never correct to play rags fast.
Joplin died in 1917 at the age of 50. The ragtime craze soon went out of style as people became more interested in jazz. There was new interest in ragtime in the 1950s when records became widely available and again in 1973 after the release of the movie The Sting which featured a recording of Joplin’s composition, The Entertainer.
In 1976, Joplin was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, fifty-nine years after his death, in honor of his contributions to American music. Joplin is often called the “King of Ragtime” and is the remembered as the greatest composer of ragtime music.
Seacoast MTAMeeting Dates and Hosts:March 11 – Gail Adams, Kittery ME – presentation by guest speaker Elizabeth Manduca: Studio Communication in the Digital AgeMay 13 – Adrienne Starrs, Salem NH – presentation by Meagan Maganti and Erica Picciano on setting up a studio website.
Upcoming Events:Teacher Workshop – with Randall Hodgkinson and Leslie Amper, Friday, March 4, at 10:00 A.M.. at Seacoast Academy of Music.
Saint Patrick’s Day Recital – Sunday, March 13, 3:30 P.M. at Webster at Rye This is an open recital for all ages and all levels. There is a $5 participation fee.
Honors Recital -- Sunday, June 5, at 3:00 P.M. at Bratton Recital Hall at UNH, in Durham
Scott Joplin Advanced Biography 2016 NHMTA Evaluations
Scott Joplin was an African-American composer born in Texarkana, Texas in 1868. He was the second of six children, all of whom were very musical.His father, Giles Joplin, was an ex-slave from North Carolina who worked as a railroad laborer. He played the violin. His mother, Florence Givens, was a free-born woman from Kentucky and she played the banjo.
Scott Joplin began playing piano when he was seven years old but his parents couldn’t afford to buy a piano or pay for lessons. Joplin’s mother was a house cleaner and would bring along the young Scott Joplin when she worked. He would play the piano at one of her client’s houses whenever he could. He also liked to sing, play the cornet, mandolin, and banjo. He was mainly self-taught but also learned from friends. When he was eleven years old, a local German music teacher, Julius Weiss, heard the talented boy and offered to teach him for free.
Joplin studied folk and classical music and his teacher helped Joplin find a used piano of his own.
When he was 14, he left home and worked as a traveling musician in minstrel shows, vaudeville, and in dance halls. Minstrel showsand vaudeville are both performances of music, dance, and skits. Minstrel shows differ in that they focus on the music of the African-American people. In 1884, Joplin began composing. He wrote marches, songs, and waltzes during this period.
By the 1890s,ragtime music became wildly popular. Ragtime was a new type of American piano music that combined European music, the American march, and African folk music. Ragtime is characterized by its ‘ragged’ rhythms and is filled with syncopation (accents on off-beats). Pieces written in the ragtime style are called rags.Scott Joplin composed about 50 rags throughout his life. One of his most popular pieces, The Maple Leaf Rag, was published in 1899 and sold over 75,000 copies in the first six months. Other compositions are The Entertainer (which is fondly nicknamed “The Ice Cream Truck Song” by many students), The Pineapple Rag, and Easy Winners. Like classical music, Joplin’s rags are written down and are to be played precisely as written. This differs from jazz in that jazz can be improvised. Joplin warned that it is never correct to play rags fast.
In the early 1900s, Joplin and his wife Belle moved to Missouri and he focused on teaching, composing and performing. He moved to New York City in 1907 and searched for someone to produce an opera he wrote named Treemonisha. Unfortunately this was never performed in his lifetime due to lack of interest in this project.
Joplin died in 1917 at the age of 50. The ragtime craze soon went out of style and was replaced by the newly popular jazz movement. There was new interest in ragtime in the 1950s when records became widely available and again in 1973 after the release of the movie The Stingwhich featured a recording of Joplin’s composition, The Entertainer.
In 1976, Joplin was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, fifty-nine years after his death, in honor of his contributions to American music. Joplin is often called the “King of Ragtime” and is the remembered as the greatest composer of ragtime music.
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Passing: Arlene P. KiesRelease Date:
Monday, February 15, 2016
Arlene Pepe Kies died peacefully at home on February 11, 2016, following a two-year battle with cancer. She confronted her illness with dignity, strength and grace, and continued to support and be present for the people she loved. Her surviving loved ones include her husband, Christopher; her daughters, Antonietta, Marianne and Charlotte; her siblings, Gerald, Judith and James; sons-in-law George and Chad; and countless friends and colleagues. Arlene will be dearly missed and remembered forever by all.Arlene was so many things to so many people; she was a loving wife, teacher, mother, friend, mentor and pianist extraordinaire. Her energy, passion and generosity were
limitless in each and every one of these endeavors. As everyone around her also knew, she was a prodigious cook and possessed remarkable talent in languages and writing. It was sometimes hard to believe Arlene was only one person. She truly lived her life for others, with boundless patience, selflessness and grace in every word and gesture.Arlene received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in piano performance, with honors, from the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Theodore Lettvin on a full scholarship. She was a recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Vienna, Austria, and a New Hampshire Individual Artist Fellowship from the N.H. State Council on the Arts, and was a New England States Touring Artist. In addition to performing nationally and abroad as a soloist and chamber musician, Arlene taught piano at Phillips Exeter Academy (1981–1995) and was a Murkland Lecturer in music at the University of New Hampshire, where she was a devoted faculty member for twenty years (1995–2014). Arlene was recognized both within the University and at the national level for her teaching: she was a recipient of the University’s College of Liberal Arts Excellence in Teaching Award (2012) and received the Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award (2015), which “publicly recognize[s] specific teachers by spotlighting their extraordinary impact on the lives of students.”
Initial memorial services will be private. A public memorial service will be held to celebrate Arlene’s life in the near future.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Department of Music Gift Fund (checks should be made out to UNH Foundation), referencing Arlene Kies, to:UNH Foundation, Inc., Elliott Alumni Center, 9 Edgewood Rd, Durham, NH 03824.Alternatively, you can make your gift online by visiting this website:• Under “Giving Opportunities”, select “OR... Click to view additional giving opportunities or make multiple selections”• Scroll to the bottom and select “Other Fund”.• Enter the dollar amount.• Enter fund description: DEPT OF MUSIC GIFT FUND.• Scroll down and select the line “Is your gift in honor/in memory of someone special” and add Arlene Kies’s name.
—The Kies family
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Students receive certificates and medals at the Fall Festival
2015 Fall Festival Concord Community Music School
November 7, 2015- 67 performers -
As outgoing President, I attended the MTNA National Conference in Las Vegas in April of 2015. In addition to the many stimulating presentations and performances, I was present at two events during which NHMTA received special honors.
NHMTA was given an award for “Member Recruitment and Retention” at the Annual Business Meeting of the Association. This award was presented to several states that have either maintained steady membership for a number of years, or who have
increased their membership overall. I was very pleased to accept this award on behalf of NHMTA.
Additionally, Dr. Carleen Graff, NCTM, was designated a “Foundation Fellow”. This means that her name was presented to fellow members as well as students and their parents, etc., and that over $1000 was donated to the MTNA Foundation in her name. Carleen was presented with this award at the MTNA Gala.
Congratulations to Carleen for receiving special recognition for her many years of service to MTNA and NHMTA, and for her many years of being a valued mentor and colleague to so many students and teachers! Being nominated as a Fellow is a substantial honor reflecting her huge contribution to the larger New Hampshire musical community and beyond. Carleen’s many achievements can be found in her biography in this newsletter.
Respectfully,Kathryn SouthworthImmediate Past President
Dr. Carleen Graff, NCTM, MTNA Foundation Fellow
Carleen Graff is Professor of Music at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire, where she teaches piano performance, piano pedagogy and class piano. Dr. Graff holds the D.A. in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Northern Colorado, the M.A. in Applied Piano from the University of Denver and the B.M.E. from Illinois Wesleyan University. She is the recipient of the Master Teacher Certificate from the Music Teachers National Association and the New Hampshire Music Teachers Association’s Teacher-Member of the Year Award.Dr. Graff is the founder of the biennial Piano Monster Concerts (1982), the summer Junior and Senior Piano Monster Festivals (1993), and the Contemporary Piano Festival (1999) at PSU. She is a workshop clinician for music teachers’ groups, presenting master classes, lecture/recitals, and sessions in digital keyboard ensembles, technology for the piano studio, class piano techniques and numerous piano pedagogy topics. A frequent adjudicator for competitions and evaluations throughout the United States and Canada, she has performed solo and chamber recitals in New England, the Mid-West and Germany. She has been a presenter at the German Piano Teachers Association in Schwerin, Germany,
giving a lecture/recital on George Crumb’s Eine kleine Mitternachtsmusik, and in May 2013 she was a presenter at the European Piano Teachers Association giving a lecture/recital on American Four-Hand Piano Music Inspired by Dances. Her students have received numerous awards for their performances and studies, including the MTNA Competitions, the Granite State Piano Competitions, various concerto performances, and graduate programs in piano performance and pedagogy.
Dr. Graff also teaches pre-college piano students, and oversees the teaching of young piano students from the community at PSU. In addition, she directs the Plymouth Digital Keyboard Orchestra for young students and has many digital keyboard works published by Ogilvy Music in Denton, Texas: concertos, original works, arrangements of orchestral compositions and arrangements of Christmas carols. She served MTNA for two terms as the National Coordinator of the MTNA Collegiate Artist Performance Competition and as National Chair of the MTNA Composition and Performance Competitions. As past-president of MTNA Eastern Division, she completed a two-year term on the Board of Directors in March 2004 and served as Chair of the Collegiate Chapter Forum and Chair of the Collegiate Chapter Task Force. She also served two two-year terms on the national nominating committee. She has had several articles published in the American Music Teacher on the subjects of Festivals and Competitions, MTNA Collegiate Chapters, and reviews of piano ensemble music. A past Certification Commissioner, one of seven on the national board, Dr. Graff worked on administering the MTNA Professional Certification program, which exists to improve the level of professionalism in music teaching. She has held several offices on the NHMTA Board.
Carleen Graff
THE ALAN FRASER PIANO INSTITUTE
CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: June 24-June 29, 2016 Come to the fourth Concord Community Music School Alan Fraser Piano Institute, a one-week intensive that guarantees you a breakthrough in your own playing and in your teaching as well! Canadian pianist Alan Fraser has an international career as a performer and educator. Author of three books on piano technique and soon to be profiled in Clavier Companion magazine, Fraser has developed a new approach to piano technique to improve the link between body use and musicianship. Each day of the Institute begins with a Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lesson where the principles of movement you'll later apply to piano are first experienced in the whole self. Fraser then lectures on a central aspect of piano technique before moving on to individual work with participants. Many lessons are observed by the whole group while some are given in private, depending on the participant's wishes. In this Institute Alan Fraser will also be working with other instrumentalists and singers, and individual lessons will be offered to those for whom a whole week's study is not possible.
For more information: - http://www.pianotechnique.net/AlanFraserInstitute/Concord2016/
- or contact Kathryn Southworth, onsite Institute coordinator, at (603) 496-5266. - Sample Alan Fraser's teaching and lecturing at www.pianotechnique.org
or search on YouTube for the Alan Fraser Piano Institute.
Passing: Kathleen Arecchi
Kathleen Arecchi passed away on February 5, 2016, after a ten-year battle with cancer. Dr. Arecchi was Professor of Music (Voice and Musical Theatre) and Coordinator of Voice Performance Studies. She held a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Saint Joseph (CT), the Master of Music in Voice Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music, and the Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Maryland.
Dr. Arecchi began at Plymouth State College in 1979 as a sabbatical replacement, joining the faculty full-time in 1980. Kathleen received the PSU Distinguished Teaching Award in 2012. Her students have received awards in singing competitions, both classical and musical theatre, and have been accepted into prestigious graduate music programs. Many are enjoying success as professional singers in regional companies, on national tours, in New York, and on major cruise lines.
Dr. Arecchi served PSU as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies from 1990-1993. She then returned to Music, Theatre, and Dance in a split appointment in order to serve as the first director of the Silver Center from 1993-1995.
Dr. Arecchi was a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) since 1974 and served NATS in numerous leadership roles, including on its national board and as the founding member and first president of the Granite State Chapter.
A NATS member since 1978, she was a founding member and first President of the Granite State Chapter of NATS (New Hampshire). She also served as the NH District Governor, the New England Regional Governor (2006-2010), and was at the time of her death completing her second term as the NATS Vice-President for Workshops.
Over her career Kathleen performed in numerous musical theatre, operetta, and opera productions. At Plymouth State, she served as producer, music director or stage director for many productions in the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance, among them: Iolanthe, City of Angels, Carousel, Trouble in Tahiti, Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, a program of opera scenes: Sinners, Saints and Sirens, The Drowsy Chaperone, and Les Misérables. She also served as the Music Director of PSU’s award-winning production of Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld (Third-Place National Opera Association) and as casting consultant for the Papermill Theatre (Lincoln, NH) for over twenty years.
Kathleen will be greatly missed by colleagues, and former and current students. Donations may be made to the Kathleen Arecchi Memorial Scholarship at Plymouth State University, University Advancement, 17 High Street, MSC 02, Plymouth, NH 03264 in care of Vice President Paula Lee Hobson.
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MTNA Fall Competition Report, 2015 Congratulations to the hard working students and teachers who participated in the Competition this year! State Winner List Place Name Instrument Teacher(s) New Hampshire Elementary Composition - 1 entry
Representative Ania Szczeszynski Cindy Hayes New Hampshire Junior Performance Piano - 4 entries
Winner Stephen Wang Piano Mila Filatova Alternate Maxine Park Piano Mila Filatova Honorable mention Alessandra Mariano Piano Mila Filatova Penny Brant Piano Gregg Pauley New Hampshire Junior Performance String - 1 entry
Representative Justin Zhou Cello Emmanuel Feldman New Hampshire Senior Performance Piano - 12 entries
Winner Kevin Chen Piano Mila Filatova Alternate Grace Templeton Piano Gregg Pauley Honorable mention Samuel Vaughn Piano Mila Filatova Noah Jacobs Piano Paul Dykstra Daiyao Zhang Piano Silvana Sokolov-Grubb Eric Vaughn Piano Mila Filatova Cindy Sun Piano Philip Feng Emma Theberge Piano Paul Dykstra New Hampshire Senior Performance String - 1 entry
Representative Nanako Shirai Violin Peter Zazofsky
NHMTA 2015 Fall Competition Report
MTNA Fall Competition Report, 2015 Congratulations to the hard working students and teachers who participated in the Competition this year! State Winner List Place Name Instrument Teacher(s) New Hampshire Elementary Composition - 1 entry
Representative Ania Szczeszynski Cindy Hayes New Hampshire Junior Performance Piano - 4 entries
Winner Stephen Wang Piano Mila Filatova Alternate Maxine Park Piano Mila Filatova Honorable mention Alessandra Mariano Piano Mila Filatova Penny Brant Piano Gregg Pauley New Hampshire Junior Performance String - 1 entry
Representative Justin Zhou Cello Emmanuel Feldman New Hampshire Senior Performance Piano - 12 entries
Winner Kevin Chen Piano Mila Filatova Alternate Grace Templeton Piano Gregg Pauley Honorable mention Samuel Vaughn Piano Mila Filatova Noah Jacobs Piano Paul Dykstra Daiyao Zhang Piano Silvana Sokolov-Grubb Eric Vaughn Piano Mila Filatova Cindy Sun Piano Philip Feng Emma Theberge Piano Paul Dykstra New Hampshire Senior Performance String - 1 entry
Representative Nanako Shirai Violin Peter Zazofsky
REPERTOIRE LEVELS
PIANO REPERTOIRE LEVELS
VOICE
REPERTOIRE
LEVELS
(synopsis of the New York State School Music Association Manual)
Elementary Level 1
Alfred Piano Lesson series levels 1A - 2 Kenedy A Skye Boat Song Bastien Piano Lesson series levels Primer -2 Parker Gift to be Simple
Haydn Serenade Level 1 Old Irish Eileen Aroon
Agay From Bach to Bartok No. 1A Alfred Piano Lesson series level 3 Level 2
Bartok Mikrokosmos Vol. I & II Dowland Come Again, Sweet Love Bastien Piano Lesson series level 3 Purcell Passing By
Kabalevsky 24 Pieces for Children (1-8) Quilter The Ash Grove
Barber The Daisies Level 2 Copland Simple Gifts
Alfred Piano Lesson series level 4 Rodgers In my Own Little Corner
Bartok Mikrokosmos Vol. III Bastien Piano Lesson series level 4 Level 3
Gretchaninov Children's Album Giordani Caro Mio Ben Kabalevsky 24 Pieces for children (9-17) Schubert Heiden Rosenlein
Martini Plaisir d'amour Level 3 Gretchaninoff A Slumber Song
Alfred Piano lesson series level 5 Niles Wayfaring Stranger Beethoven Twelve German Dances Bernstein Tonight
Burgmuller 25 Easy Progressive Studies Op. 100 Clementi Sonatinas, Op. 36 Level 4
Kabalevsky 24 Pieces for children (18-24) Scarlatti O Cessate di Piagarmi
Handel Wher'er You Walk Level 4 Schumann Du Bist Wie eine Blume
Albeniz Malaquena Copland I Bought me a Cat Bartok Mikrokosmos Vol. V Schmidt Much More
Gillock Lyric Preludes in Romantic Style Mozart Sonata in F Major Level 5
Schumann Scenes from Childhood Scarlatti Se Fiorindo e Fedele
Schubert Du Bist die Ruh Level 5 Faure En Priere
Bach, J. S. Two part inventions Barber Sure on this Shining
Night Beethoven Sonatas Op. 49 Vaughan Williams Roadside Fire
Brahms Waltzes Op. 39 Rodgers Some Enchanted
Evening
Chopin Nocturnes Op. 9 Schumann In the evening Op. 12 Level 6
Bach Quia Respexit Level 6 Mozart Abendempfindung
Bach, J. S. Prelude & Fugue in C Major Donaudy O Del Mio Amato Ben Beethoven Sonata Op. 2 No.1 Schubert Standchen Gershwin Preludes Chausson Les Papillons
Mozart Fantasia in d minor Persichetti The Grass Schubert Four Impromptus Op. 90 Sullivan Poor Wandering One
Rodgers Soliloquy
NHMTA 2016 STUDENT EVALUATION PROGRAM APPLICATION FORM
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Student's name Repertoire KITS Aural Tech. KITS Comp. Amount test KITS KITS Quiz level Y/N Y/N Y/N Step level $
Total Amount
Feel free to make extra copies of this application form. Send this application and appropriate check(s) to your Area Coordinator (check the newsletter for locations and your coordinator's name) postmarked on or before April 1, 2016. Please make all checks payable to NHMTA. Your area coordinator will notify you of your students' assigned playing times, and give you all other pertinent information about the day's events. Please email Meagan Maganti, NHMTA Evaluations Chairperson, with any questions: [email protected].
Postmark Deadline for MTNA Fall Competition
Wednesday, September 16, 2015, 3:00 pm (EST)
2015 Quad State ConferenceOctober 2-3, 2015
St. Michael’s College, Burlington, Vermont
Postmark Deadline for NHMTA Fall Festival
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
NHMTA Fall FestivalSaturday, November 7, 2015Concord Community Music
School, Concord, NH
NHMTA Fall CompetitionSaturday, November 14, 2015
St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH
Postmark Deadline for Student Evaluations
Friday, April 1, 2016
MTNA National Conference April 2-6, 2016
San Antonio, Texas
NHMTA Student EvaluationsMay - June 2016
NHMTA Fall Conference Oct. 15, 2016
Concord Community Music School
2015-2016NHMTA Calendar of Events
