ILLINOIS STATE MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATIONGOVERNING BOARD MEETING

Friday, November 4, 2016 at 8 am

AGENDA

OPENING ITEMS Call to order, Quorum Ascertained Greetings and Introductions Approval of Agenda Approval of Previous Minutes from April 2016 Central Office – Justin Hedrick, ISMTA Executive Assistant - oral report

OFFICERS’ REPORTS

President – Lynette Zelis

First Vice President, Conference – Karen Ball

Second Vice President, Local Associations – Deborah Lynch

Treasurer’s Report – Jeff Kleinsorge-

o CHAIR REPORTSAIM – Helen Grosshans

Certification – Susan Lipnick College Faculty – Rochelle Sennet

Collegiate Chapters – Chee-Hyeon Choi

Competition Coordinator – Jennifer Cohen

Composer Commissioning Chair – Amy Jo Sawyer

Composition Competition - Matthew Hagle

MTNA Foundation Report – Debi Inch

Group Piano Chair – Susan Osborn

Independant Piano Chair - LeAnn Halvorson

Membership – Yeeseon Kwon

Nominating Committee - Janice Razaq

String Chair – Sue Slater

Voice Chair – Sonja Mihelcic

District Chair Reports

LOCAL ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS’ REPORTS

NEW BUSINESS1. Nomination of Chris Goldston as President elect2. Matt Hagle (Chris Goldston) - Composition Winners3. Helen Grosshans - AIM search tool - CODA4. Chris Goldston & Jeff Kleinsorge - AIM Syllabus PDF5. Jennifer Cohen – New rules to be enforced in all district level competitions 6. Addition of 2 AIM positions to the board – State AIM Theory Chair & AIM

Performance Chair7. Addition of new ISMTA Conflict of Interest Amendment

UPCOMING DATES Next ISMTA board meeting, Sunday, April 23, 2017, 1 pm ECD Meetings and Competitions: January 15, Central Michigan University MTNA 2017 National Conference March 18 - 22: Baltimore, Maryland

ADJOURNMENTThank you for all your hard work and cooperation!!

Minutes from the April 24, 2016 ISMTA Board Meeting

Meeting was called to order at 1pmQuorum was confirmed by Justin

Members present: Lynette Zelis, Marcia Lehe, Debi Inch, Susan Lipnick, Dora Diephouse, Patti Nyien, Janice Razaq, Janis Haustein, Chee Hyon Choi, JeongSoo Kim, Karen Ball, Chris Goldston, Jennifer Cohen, LeAnn Halvorson, Linda Barker, Susan Osborne, Deb Lynch, Mary Beth Molenaar, Helen Grosshans, Sonja Mehilcic, Jane Bruggeman, Christy Nielsen, Donna Glaub.

Approval of the Agenda: Chee Hyon Choi, seconded by Chris Goldston

Corrections to previous minutes: Under New business: Mary Beth Molenaar, not Melissa Dalley, asked for a raise for Melissa Dalley. Piano Trio’s and ensemble repertoire suggested for commissioning compositions in 2017. Minutes approved with corrections: Chee Hyon Choi, seconded by Marcia Lehe.

Secretary absent: Minutes taken by Debi Inch and written up by Lynette Zelis

Justin: Central office: A lot of award, plaque and bar orders- these need to be sent in by word document or excel sheet or just email Justin directly.

Lynette Zelis, president, report:

Dora Diephouse the new Wellness Chair - Nursing degree and masters’ in public health. Seasonal updates on website to come: Infection control - sick student attendance to lessons.Affects of technology use on teachers, students. She will give members input on what is going on in health, wellness. Every 6 weeks, a new blog or article online. For conference: Healthy input for lifestyles. She welcomes ideas for wellness workshops and conference sessions.

Chee Hyon Choi: new collegiate chair. We have 915 members in ISMTA. Amy Jo Sawyer is the new composer commissioning chair.

Conference attendance - we want members to stay for entire day on Saturday. Do we want to offer access to recorded conference sessions, recitals to members for a fee? Video uploads of performances:Chris Goldston suggested we need permission of some sort, need to find out from MTNA. Check into livestream to see if we should do this in the future.

We had a teacher of the year this year and honored our long term ISMTA members - 50+ years!

Karen Ball: 1st VP of conferences Report:Next conference is at Illinois Wesleyan, conference artist and pedagogy clinician is Tony Caramia. Proposal request emails go out every 2 weeks. Deadline May 30th. We have rooms reserved at the Eastland Suites, 3 mi from campus. $89 for king suite, $79 for double, $79 for single king. Shuttle to campus available daily. Parking across from music building. Exhibits so far: LeAnn Halvorson, Local Music store, Debi Inch - foundation table.This year we have a Hospitality room hosted by local chapters.2017 - Olivet is a possible location for the conference, checking on availability at this point.Presenters: Topics, names, bios will be sent out to board. We will choose 12.Chris Goldston mentioned that it’s a good idea to know names and bios of each presenter, many agreed.Deb Lynch - 2nd VP Local Assoc. Report - mentioned that written report is good as read.

Treasurer Report, Jeff Kleinsorge not present, Chris Goldston read and explained report. Requests for reimbursements need to be sent in right away to close out books properly. Helen Grosshans: Still getting AIm stuff from Mary Beth Molenaar. Request to local chapters: AIM Checks made out to ISMTA not ISMTA student foundation. Also, as we are using AIM , if we see any errors, please send these to her ASAP.

Susan Lipnick, Certification Chair Report:ISMTA has 4 newly certified members this year. Lynette Zelis encouraged college students to become certified upon graduation. She stressed how much you learn from the entire process.

Chee Hyon Choi, Collegiate Chapters Chair report:Chee would like to have a collegiate chapters poster session at the next conference. This may help get more students at the conference. Presentation at lunch on Sat? Lynette Zelis suggested to reward the best?

Jennifer Cohen: Competitions coordinator. Report as written.

Debi Inch, Foundation Chair report: Apply for location association awards. Grants available for individual teachers, local assoc, state assoc and students. Will have the raffle again this year. 2 fellows so far: Patti Nyien and Bruce Berr.

Susan Osborne, Group Piano Chair, report:No one coming forward yet to present at the conference. We need someone to present that would appeal to a wide range of teachers. Lynette Zelis suggested a panel discussion. Susan suggested that she can also help Debi with MTNA Grant info.

LeAnn Halvorson, Independent Music Teachers Chair Report:She is currently looking into a Google Ads grant to promote ISMTA. Also, getting a session together for the upcoming conference.

Janice Razaq, Nominations committee chair report: This is the year we nominate a President Elect. Accepting nominations for teacher of the year currently - deadline June 1.

Voice Chair: Sonja Mihelcic report: New voice syllabus testing went well. Openning age to younger students helped bring up the number of students tested.

Local Associations reports: Look good all around, lots of activities benefiting students and teachers across the state.

Membership report to come in May from Susan Twitty, not present. Lynette Zelis requests that all local membership chairs be a very good personality as they are the 1st face of ISMTA to newcomers.

String Chair: Sue Slater not present, Mary Beth Molenaar reported for her: New string program will begin testing this coming year.

New Business: Website does not work properly, especially for updating and for reporting - very important for our treasurer and tax purposes. Alejandro Cremaschi, previous Colorado State president, can build us a new website for a low cost comparatively, This will make reporting easy and have a teacher directory. Our tax issues will be taken care of with his site as well.Discussion of having our competition registration online now - Chris said it would not be difficult to add. Patti Nyien worked with Alejandro and felt he was easy to understand and good for ISTMA. Chris proposed we hire Alejandro, Dora seconded the motion. All approved.

Other discussion: Jane Bruggeman; wants to know if studio price survey’s are OK if they are anonymous. Lynette Zelis mentioned that this is a question for MTNA and Gary Ingle is our FTC representative. Janice Razaq said we should avoid this entirely.

Next board meeting: Nov. 4, 8AM at Illinois Wesleyan. Next spring is the last sunday in April, 1pm online. Please save the date - if judging, arrange to be finished by 1pm.

Meeting adjourned at 2:40pm.

Officers Reports:

President ReportPresident - Lynette Zelis

ISMTA President ReportTo all ISMTA board members, committee chairs, local presidents, our Executive Assistant Justin Hedrick and his assistant Sarah Schwartz - thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to ISMTA and MTNA. I could not do this job without your complete

cooperation.

In September, I went to the yearly MTNA leadership summit in Cincinnati, OH. This is always an interesting time to meet with all of the state presidents and learn the ins and outs of MTNA from its leadership to its finances.

Updates for ISMTA - new goals and results from last years work:1. Talks with Superintendent and assistant superintendent of schools have not been

effective. For one reason or another, the State of IL doesn’t want to start a program where students can get high school credit for music lessons with a certified teacher.

2. Create more collegiate chapters in IL - we are now having a poster session at this conference for the collegiate chapters and other activities. Hoping this will drum up interest and inspire new membership. .

3. Membership is holding steady - we have talked about having brochures available for local music stores and IL colleges to have around to help raise awareness of ISMTA. We need to be relevant to all of the generations that are represented in our membership. Previous brochures are outdated and not attention getting. I want to say Thank you to Susan Twitty for all of her years of service to ISMTA. Our new membership chair is Yeeseon Kwon. I know she will do a wonderful job!

4. Ramp up interest in certification &- interest more collegiate members, who get ½ off. There have been more teachers certified this year! These members will be mentioned in the general board meeting for the state. Thank you to Susan Lipnick for all of her efforts!

5. We have a wellness chair, Dora Diephouse - now we need to get wellness articles on the website and offer some wellness programs at our conferences.

6. Our new website has a “Find a teacher” link that prospective students could use to find teachers by Zip code. Do our teachers know about this> We need to get more of our membership to take advantage of this resource.

7. Honor longterm members - 50+ years - at our annual banquet. This year we will be honoring Mary Maddox from the Kankakee Valley MTA.

8. Composer Commissioning program is up and running, thanks to Amy Jo Sawyer, our state chair. Please visit our website for more information - applications are due Nov. 30th.

9. We have two new MTNA fellows from ISMTA - Patti Nyien & Bruce Berr. Patti’s $1000 has already been raised!

10. Please remember to attend the general board meeting at 10 AM today and the winners recital on Sat. night at 5:30 PM.

11. Minnesota has a wonderful program for music students with disabilities. I have been in contact with Beth Bauer from Wheaton College about setting up a similar program in ISMTA to coincide with our AIM program. The program is call Music Bridges - information is available on the MN MTA website.

At the national conference, we have been asked to split a table (and cost) with Michigan. If you are going to the banquet, please let me know.

We had our first online meeting via “Go to Meeting” in April of this year. We were able to cut costs for ISMTA and for the members traveling a great distance to Champaign.

Respectfully submitted,Lynette Zelis

Chair Reports

ISMTA Board Report for November 2016 meeting:From Susan Lipnick, NCTM, ISMTA Certification Chair

Certification Numbers:

Since the current fiscal year started on July 1, 2016, two ISMTA members have become Certified through the Administrative Verification process. Four teachers are in the process of becoming Certified: One, an ISMTA member, is using the Administrative Verification process; three are working their way through the Teacher Profile Projects process. Of these three, one is an ISMTA member and one is a member of a collegiate MTA chapter in Illinois. The third teacher has no affiliation with ISMTA.

Last year (2015-2016), five ISMTA members became Certified, one through the old examination option (no longer available) and the rest through the Administrative Verification process. Additionally, an ISMTA member who had let the Certification designation lapse for many years had it reinstated.

Getting the Word Out:I thank all of the local Certification chairs/contacts who last year encouraged their local Chapter members who are collegiate or university music faculty members to become Certified through the Administrative Verification process. This year, I am encouraging local MTA chapters to hold presentations on Certification on both processes (Administrative Verification and Teacher Profile Projects). I have put together a program for local chapter Certification chairs/contacts to share with their chapters; one local Certification chair has taken me up on this offer so far. I am also available to give Skype presentations on Certification, which I have done with one chapter so far this year. I will also present this program in person later this year to my local MTA chapter.

-- Susan Lipnick, NCTM, ISMTA Certification Chair

ISMTA Board MeetingNovember 4, 2016

2016 Competition ReportMTNA Competition is underway for the preliminary state competition held on Saturday, November 5 and Sunday, November 6, 2016 at Illinois Wesleyan University. Enrollment is as follows:Young Artist Division: Piano – 9 entrants (down 2 from 2015)

Strings – 4 entrants (up 1 from 2015)Woodwinds – 6entrants (up 3 from 2015)

Senior Division: Piano – 17 entrants (up 8 from 2015)Strings – 4 entrants (up 1 from 2015)

Junior Division: Piano – 15 entrants (up 3 from 2015)Strings – 3 entrants (up 1 from 2015)

Additionally, the following categories had 1 entrant and will automatically advance to the Division Competition as Illinois State Representatives:

Young Artist Brass, Senior BrassSenior Piano Duet Chamber Music WindChamber Music String

ISMTA state final competition for Junior and Senior divisions and ISMTA Collegiate Piano competition will be held on Saturday, November 5 and Sunday, November 6, 2016 at Illinois Wesleyan University.

Junior and Senior finalists first competed at the District Auditions and were chosen by the judge(s) as district winners, representing their district at the state finals. Each district report should be attached separately. ISMTA Collegiate Piano Competition is only held at the conference.Finalists are as follows:

Collegiate – 8 entrants (down 8 from 2015)

Senior Piano – 4 district finalists Junior Piano - 6 district finalists

Elementary Piano and Piano Duet auditions held at the district level do not advance to finals.

Winners Recital is currently scheduled on Saturday, November 5, 2016, 5:30 pm at Westbrook Auditorium. All competition winners from Saturday’s competitions are invited to perform.

Judges for the competitions are as follows:MTNA Junior Piano Competition – Saturday, November 5, 2016

Dr. Paul Kenyon from Olivet Nazarene UniversityDr. Jeffrey Brown from Western Illinois UniversityDr. Silvan Snegrutiu from Millikin University

ISMTA Junior Piano Competition – Saturday, November 5, 2016Dr. Jonathan Bowman from Eastern Illinois UniversityDr. Samuel Gingher from Millikin UniversityDr. Pei-I Wang from Millkin University

MTNA Senior Piano Competition – Sunday, November 6, 2016Dr. Ilia Radoslav from Illinois Wesleyan UniversityDr. Karen Ball from Olivet Nazarene UniverisyDr. Joshua Russell

ISMTA Senior Piano Competition – Saturday, November 5, 2016Dr. Paul Kenyon from Olivet Nazarene UniversityDr. Jeffrey Brown from Western Illinois UniversityDr. Silvan Snegrutiu from Millikin University

MTNA Young Artist Piano – Sunday, November 6, 2016Dr. Paul Kenyon from Olivet Nazarene UniversityDr. Jeffrey Brown from Western Illinois UniversityDr. Silvan Snegrutiu from Millikin University

ISMTA Collegiate Piano – Saturday, November 5, 2016Dr. Meng-Chun ChienDr. Samuel Gingher from Millikin UniversityDr. Pei-I Wang from Millkin University

MTNA Strings – Sunday, November 6, 2016Dr. Lisa Nelson from Illinois Wesleyan University

MTNA Woodwinds Competition – Sunday, November 6, 2016Dr. Perry Rask from Millikin Univeristy

Thank you to all district chairs and competition coordinators for all their hard work in helping to run the competitions smoothly.

District Chairs:East District Chair – Silvan Snegrutiu*Northeast District Chair – Grace JuangNorthwest District Chair – JeongSoo KimSout District Chair – Huei Li ChinWest District Chair – Grace Trang

Competition Coordinators:Junior Competition – Chee Hyeon ChoiSenior Competition – Rochelle SennetYA/Colleigiate and Chamber – Geoffrey Duce*Judges Coordinator – Brenda Conroy

*We welcome Silvan Snegrutiu as East District chair and Geoffrey Duce as YA/Collegiate coordinator.

Respectfully submitted,

Jennifer Cohen, NCTMIllinois State Competitions ChairNovember 1, 2016

REPORT FROM COMPOSER COMMISSIONING PROGRAMOCT 25, 2016AMY JO SAWYER, CHAIR

The ISMTA Board chose music composed for a “Trio” as the required genre for the Composer Commissioning Program for 2017. The winner of the competition will have his/her music performed at the ISMTA Conference in 2017. The selected music will then be sent to the MTNA Composer Commissioning Program Competition. The winner of that contest will have their music performed at the MTNA Conference in 2018.

Information was sent out via the State ISMTA Website in September, 2016. Four people have inquired but have not yet sent in samples of their compositions. The deadline was first established for Oct 31, but has now been extended to Nov 30.All requirements and guidelines are on the ISMTA website.Contact Amy Jo Sawyer for further information: AmyJo@apci.net

Foundation ChairISMTA Foundation ReportNovember 4, 2016Debi Inch, Chair

We had 2 baskets of music teacher gifts which were raffled at the state conference November, 2015. Lynd Corley’s family made a donation of $1,000 to support the funds for her foundation fellow. Donations from local associations and individuals completed our total of $2035.00 which was phenomenal for one state conference.

I send out a formal thank you letter each quarter to all the donors to the foundation. The National Foundation chair, Jenny Thomason has begun emailing the donors in a spreadsheet with names and addresses so we can send thank yous in a mail merge form that makes it a reasonable process.

I have been working with our President, Lynette Zelis, to add a fresh approach to the conference. The ISMTA hat and T shirt from the 2015 conference were a positive approach and appreciated by all the members attending the conference. This year we have a foundation table with a very professional and reusable banner to represent the foundation.

Bruce Berr and Patti Nyien are our 2017 foundation fellows. We will have all checks made out to ISMTA so that we can direct the funds exactly how we want them directed. It is a bit more work for our treasurer to do it this way, but we will avoid the huge troubles we had last fall getting the funds directed for our fellows.

The giving for the first through 3rd quarters for Illinois was $3007.00. Considering we only had one fellow, we contributed $2007.00 to the foundation before our fourth quarter which will be our largest due to the conference fund raising.

The following chart shows the grants, awards, and rebates we have received from National according to their records for 2015 and 2016:

Year Category Amount

Number of

Recipients2015 Teacher Enrichment Grants Awarded 1,000.00 1 Christina Tio2015 Affiliate Grants Awarded 0.00 02015 Competition Rebate 2,815.00

2016 Teacher Enrichment Grants Awarded 2,750.00 4 Julie Badowski, Aubrey Faith-Slaker, Akiko Konishi, Christina Tio

2016 Affiliate Grants Awarded 0.00 02016 Competition Rebate 3,550.00

Contributions Received for 2015 Fellow Helen Grosshans 1,235.00Contributions Received for 2016 Fellow Lynd Corley 1,225.00Contributions Received for 2017 Fellow Patti Nyien 1,175.00Contributions Received for 2017 Fellow Brue Berr 0.00

Respectfully submitted,Debi Inch debinchpianostudio@sbcglobal.net

Group Piano Chair

This year's Group Piano conference contribution will consist of a panel discussion.  Included are participants who, together, have experience in just about every area of group piano. I have prepared several topics of discussion for the panelists and will allow time at the end for questions.

Here is the title and description:

"Teaching the Class, Teaching the Individual: A Discussion of Issues, Techniques, and Ideas Pertaining to Teaching Group Piano."

Obviously the term "Group Piano" is broad, covering many specialties: Keyboard Skills for Music Majors, Keyboard Skills for Piano Majors, College Class Piano for Non-Music Majors (sometimes known as Leisure Piano), Community Class Piano aimed at specific age-levels (Adult, Teenage, or Young Child), Group Piano Lessons as supplement to Private Piano Study, Piano Ensembles Classes, etc. While the categories are abundant, teaching strategies related to all categories are similar.  What goes into making a piano class exciting, interesting, and engaging?  How do you consider pace and presentation when you are teaching a variety of students? How do you insure the education of the individual while teaching the whole? Our panel of seasoned group piano teachers will include Bruce Berr, Christopher Goldston, Jennifer Merry, and Susan Osborn.  Together, they represent a broad spectrum of experience and will discuss topics with general, specific and unique suggestions to enlighten every teacher of group piano. 

Susan Osborn

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Independent Music Teachers Forum Chairman report for board meeting on November 4th, 2016

Last Spring, on Lynette's request, I checked into what it would take to open a Google AdWord account for ISMTA to promote our teachers in our organization. I opened a Google AdWord account for my own business, Halvorson Music Studio, to experiment with it before trying it in a bigger venue. It seemed easy to do, although I don't receive many student information requests, it does give me a presence on the internet. I have received a few student requests from internet

places, but I have a lot of different places now with information for my piano studio. I advised Lynette against opening a Google AdWord for the ISMTA chapter of MTNA because I experienced other internet companies clicking on the Google AdWord and creating their own ad about my company with false information. I spent a lot of time contacting each of these companies and asking them to take the information down. Then, I contacted Google and they gave me instructions of how to mark the companies that I didn't authorize to create information so they could contact them. Within a day, those companies had dropped their ads, but it was a ton of work and I constantly need to check on it to make certain they aren't popping up again. Long story, short, the clicks I received were more from these companies than from actual potential students.

I did ask Deborah Smith of SIUE to present a program for the Independent Music Teachers Forum. I also asked Joseph Welch if he would present a program. I told Karen Ball that if Deborah Smith didn't present a program that I wanted the program that Joseph Welch is presenting to be the Independent Music Teachers Forum program.

Sincerely,LeAnn Halvorson, NCTMIndependent Music Teachers Forum Chairman ISMTA 

String chair 2016 String AiM Annual Report

In April 2016, KVMTA (Kankakee chapter) entered 7 students in the AiM String exam.  Level 1- 2 studentsLevel 3 - 3 studentsLevel 4 - 2 students

There is a committee working on revising the string syllabus.

Respectfully Submitted,Susan Hofmann Slater

AIM VOICE REPORTFall 2016

New voice syllabus is taking its final shape and is currently on various spreadsheets. The challenge we experienced was due to expanding the syllabus by 2 levels. The intention of this syllabus will help teachers and students to achieve better outcomes in their school choir programs, ILMEA auditions, Solo and Ensemble, and get comfortable with the specifics of vocal music.

The syllabus will soon be ready to be formatted and sent to peer review. It should be in print some time towards the end of December, 2016.

I invite any of the colleagues to direct any questions they might have to me. I would be happy to offer further information and will send e-mail when the syllabus is done.

Sonja Mihelcic

District ReportsTO: ISMTA Board

FROM: Dr. Silvan Negruțiu, ISMTA East District Chair

DATE: October 22, 2016

SUBJECT: Report to Board: 2016 East District Auditions

The 2016 ISMTA East District Auditions were held on Saturday, October 22 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. at Millikin University School of Music in Kaeuper Hall. Dr. Geoffrey Duce from Illinois State University was the adjudicator for all divisions.

Five students entered the Elementary Piano division, six entered the Junior Piano division, and three entered the Senior Piano division. One entrant from each division canceled their performance last minute. One cello student entered the Junior Strings division, but the string competition was canceled due to low enrollment in this category at the state level. The total amount of entries in all divisions came to 11, excluding the four cancelations. Seven teachers were represented. Below are the competition results.

Senior Piano:  WINNER — Lorin Nugent (student of Robin Scott) Honorable Mention — Minjoong Kim (student of Jiafeng Yan)

Junior Piano: WINNER — Benjamin Keating (student of Chee-Hyeon Choi)Honorable Mention — Jonathan Lau (student of Susan Crawford)

Elementary Piano: 1st Place — Guang Tian Chen (student of Jiafeng Yan)2nd Place — Zhaoxin Pearl Sun (student of Jing Hao)3rd Place — Gino Moriconi and Alex Orantia (both students of Maria Horváth)

Respectfully submitted,

Dr. Silvan Negrutiu

West District

The ISMTA West District auditions were held on Saturday, Oct 15, 2016 at the Lecture Recital Hall of Illinois Central College in East Peoria. Pam Bates of Eureka College was the adjudicator.

Entrants:

Elementary Piano Duet: 1Elementary Piano: 5Junior Piano: 4Senior Piano: 0

Elementary Duet

Honorable Mention - Nathaniel Ninnam & Allison Ninnam (students of Rebecca Gebbink)

Elementary

First Place: Felicia Cai (student of Chee Hyeon Choi)Second Place: Ivy Dong (student of Rosa Chang)Third Place: Allison Ninnam (student of Rebecca Gebbink)Honorable Mention: Nathaniel Ninnam (student of Rebecca Gebbink)

Junior

Winner: Benjamin Yang (student of Angela Mitchell-Simonson and Julia Tsien)Honorable Mention: Kevin Xu (student of Dr. Chee Hyeon Choi)

Respectfully submitted,

Grace TrangWest District Chair

Local Association Reports

DAMTA

Fall 2016 ISMTA Board Reportrespectfully submitted by Dr. Pei-I Wang, President of DAMTA

1. Membership and Meeting Location Our chapter currently has 16 members with one student member and one newly-joined cello faculty member. We meet at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois on the first Friday of September, October, December, February, March, April, and May.

2. AIM We had 41 students participate in our AIM Performance exams on April 16, 2016. 8 of our members entered students. Our upcoming AIM Theory exams are scheduled on November 12, 2016. We anticipate 15 students.

3. CertificationDr. Pei-I Wang is the new member of the NCTM in Piano on June 30.

4. Activities

On March 4, DAMTA nominated Dr. Maria Horvath as Member of the Year. On September 2, 2016, DAMTA members discussed the summer reading

“Musician’s Yoga” by Mia Olson and shared their ideas of musicians’ wellness. On October 7, DAMTA met at member Dr. Maria Horvath’s house to hear her

presentation: “18th-century Fortepiano” and her performance on her beautiful fortepiano.

On October 30, DAMTA will hold its annual Duet Festival. This year’s themes were Disney music as well as the featured composer-Dr. Samuel Gingher. Students are encouraged to wear costume. A best costume will be voted by audiences, and the prize will be awarded to the student. From the record of registrations, there will be 50 students to perform in the recital. The fund raised through the event will contribute to our DAMTA scholarship fund: students will be able to audition in the spring to receive one of two music camp scholarships ($250 each).

The upcoming program includes presentations by Kristin Maletich, Mark Valenti, and Dr. Samuel Gingher (http://damta.net/calendar-3)

Egyptian Egyptian Chapter Music Teachers Association Report for November 4, 2016

All is going well for the Egyptian Chapter MTA in Southern Illinois. We are pleased that we have a new member and two collegiate members this year, to make 19 members.

Monthly programs and events for the Fall Semester: Sept. 7: Welcome to the start of the year of ECMTA, and “A Little Concert on Rebuilt Piano” held at SIU so music students could attend the meeting, and two of them joined MTNA!!Sept. 16: Our “Teachers Concert, with Musicians of ISMTA and Friends”, held at SIU.Oct. 5: Reinforce Basic Techniques for Beginning Piano Students, by Reiko Schoen.Nov. 2: Theory of simple and combined meter and figured bass, by Yuko KatoDec. 7: Discussion on the article “Defining Success” in American Music Teacher magazine,

Aug / Sep, 2016. And our Cookie Exchange!Jan. 4: Roundtable Discussion Feb. 1: Passing tones, neighboring tones, suspensions, and counterpoint, by Yuko KatoMar. 1: AIM Test Study / Review Apr. 1: AIM Theory and Performance Exams.Apr. 5: Program TBAMay 3: End of Year Evaluation, and Pot Luck Lunch.

Our Member of the Year for 2016-17 is Cully Bell.

ECMTA Officers for the 2016 – 2017 year are: President – Donna Glaub Treasurer – Ruth Snowman Secretary – Erin Price AIM Chair – Jill Skinner Program Chair – Reiko Schoenwww.ecmusicteachers.org 

Respectfully submitted by Donna Glaub

Gateway Arch EastGateway Arch East MTA Board report for November 2016

Officers:President - LeAnn Halvorson, email: LeAnnHalvorson@musicperceptions.comVice President - Gill CerbinSecretary - Tara WrightTreasurer - Karen Koch

Current other jobs:

AIM Liaison - Amy Jo SawyerCertification - Karen KochMembership - Debbie MeierNewsletter - Karen KochDirectory - Joan WitteAIM Theory Scheduler - LeAnn HalvorsonAIM Performance Scheduler - Joan WitteAIM Performance Repertoire Checkers - Debbie Meier, Ruth Stith, and Mary

AndersonAIM Exam Printing, Collating, Teacher Binder Preparation - Gill CerbinAIM Aural Exam Recording of CD's - LeAnn HalvorsonSite Coordinator for SWIC AIM - Heidi ShepherdSite Coordinator for SIUE AIM - Huei Li ChinSchubertiad Coordinator for SWIC - Heidi ShepherdDay of Play Coordinator for SWIC - Heidi Shepherd

Webmaster for the GAE website - Lauren Halvorson, email: fishmas1@gmail.com

Website: http://www.gatewaymusicteachers.org/

Membership: Currently at 28, which is lower than last year at this time.

. Theory AIM Report - LeAnn Halvorson - Thanks to all participants and teacher

volunteers. 11 Teachers at SWIC; 56 students; Only 1 make up test scheduled before testing; No rescheduled exams this year scheduled during testingJ 3 Teachers at SIUE; 8 students

Both locations: 17 – Level 3, 15 at SWIC and 2 at SIUE10 – Level 4, 8 at SWIC and 2 at SIUE

10 – Level 5, 7 at SWIC and 3 at SIUE 8 – Level 6, 7 at SWIC and 1 at SIUE 5 –

Level 7, 5 at SWIC 3 – Level 8, 3 at SWIC

4 – Level 9, 4 at SWIC 3 – Level 10, 3 at SWIC

1 – Level 11, 1 at SWIC 3 – Level 12 , 3 at SWIC

Performance AIM Report - Joan Witte - Thanks to all who participated in this year's AIM exams. We had thirteen teachers participating in performance exams at SWIC with a total of 110 students registered, and four teachers participating at SIUE with a total of thirteen students registered.

As a reminder, if you have a student who passed the theory exam in February but did not complete the performance exam in April, he/she still receives a pin but not

a certificate. The student may either take the performance exam at the same level next year or advance to the next level of theory.

Congratulations to the following students who completed level 9 or above: level 9 – Lauren Cerbin, student of Stephanie Owen; Jordan Nguyen, student of Amy Jo Sawyer; Stacey Pettit, student of Deb Meier; Andrew Romano, student of LeAnn Halvorson; level 10 – Alp Aktuna, student of Huei Li Chin; Sienna Stroud, student of Amy Jo Sawyer; Walter Thomas-Patterson, student of Mary Anderson; level 11 – Grace Choi, student of Ruth Stith. The following students completed the theory exam: level 10 – Diana Risse, student of Amy Jo Sawyer; level 12 – D.J. Crockett and Jacob Nguyen, students of Amy Jo Sawyer; Tyler Slaby, student of Frances Gregg.

These students and teachers are to be commended for their hard work!In addition to plaques/bars and certificates, those students mentioned above who

received a passing score on both theory and performance will also be awarded cash prizes from GAE in the following amounts: $25 for level 9, $50 for level 10, $75 for level 11, and $100 for level 12.

2016-17 Calendar of GAE Programs and EventsFri., Aug. 19, 10 a.m. – “Certification,” presented by former GAE member and ISMTA Certification Chair, Susan Lipnick via Skype; Swing City Music, Collinsville. Susan will discuss the procedures and benefits of obtaining MTNA National Certification.Fri., Sept. 16, 10 a.m – “Myofascia Release for Your Arms and Shoulders,” presented via Skype by Eric Sutz, faculty member of the Music Institute of Chicago; Swing City Music, Collinsville. Fascia is the term used to describe the connective tissues of the body. Dysfunction in this tissue can occur over time and causes a great deal of movement restriction and pain. Learning how to release that tissue will give you the opportunity to create the correct movement patterns and range of motion to create movement efficiency. Please bring baseballs, yoga tune-up balls, or lacrosse balls. No special clothing needed.

Fri., Oct. 21, 10 a.m. – “Marketing in the Music Business,” presented by Dr. Joseph Welch, McKendree University piano faculty; Hettenhausen Center for the Arts, McKendree University, Lebanon. Dr. Welch, an active and eclectic performer and teacher, will be exploring the tools of branding and marketing to present our businesses in a way that attracts customers. He will also address the “do’s and “don’ts” of networking.Sat., Oct. 22 – ISMTA South District Auditions: SIUE campus, Dunham Hall 1109, time TBA; Dr. Huei Li Chin – chair, (618) 650-2089, hchin@siue.eduFri.-Sun., Nov. 4-6 – ISMTA Conference; Illinois Wesleyan University, Normal, ILFri., Nov. 18, 10 a.m. – “ISMTA Conference Feedback,” presented by GAE members attending ISMTA State Conference; Miller Music, Swansea.Wed., Jan. 18, Midnight – Level 3-12 AIM Theory Registrations due to the following: Student Registration & Fee Form to Karen Koch along with a check for the total fees.

Teacher Judging Form and Student Registration & Fee Form to LeAnn Halvorson. Forms are available in the AIM Supplement and on the website.Sun., Jan. 15 – AIM Repertoire substitution requests due to Stephanie Myers, hisamimyers@gmail.com.Fri., Jan. 20, 10 a.m. – “Schubertiad” – art gallery tour, teacher performances, and luncheon; Schmidt Art Center, SWIC. If you are performing, call or email Heidi Shepherd with program information.Sat./Sun., Feb. 18-19 – AIM Level 3-12 Theory Exams at SWIC; T.B.A. at SIUEWed., Mar. 15, Midnight – AIM Repertoire Forms due. Forms are available in the AIM Supplement and on the website. Send to: Mary Anderson (postal mail only), or Deb Meier or Ruth Stith, email.Wed., Mar. 22, Midnight – AIM Levels 1-12 Performance Registrations due to the following: Student Registration & Fee Form to Karen Koch along with a check for the total fees for levels 1 & 2 only. Teacher Judging Form and Student Registration & Fee Form to Joan Witte. Forms are available in the AIM Supplement and on the website.Fri., Mar. 17 , 10 a.m. – Program information and location TBASat-Wed., Mar. 18-22 – MTNA National Conference; Baltimore Marriot WaterfrontFri., Apr. 21 – Program information and time TBA; SIU-Edwardsville.Sat./Sun., Apr. 22-23 & 29-30 at SWIC – AIM Performance Exams, all levels, at SWIC; T.B.A. at SIUE. Please note that exam times have changed for SWIC entries. Saturday exams are ONLY from 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Apr. 22 and ONLY from 1:30-5:00 p.m. on Apr. 29. Sunday exams are 1:30-5:00 p.m. both days.Fri., May 19, 11 a.m. – Lunch and Annual Business Meeting; Ruby Tuesday restaurant, Fairview Heights, IL. Elections, Member of the Year selection, AIM evaluation, etc.“Day of Play,” Schmidt Art Center, SWIC – Date and time TBA

Concerns: As our faithful membership ages, we are maintaining fewer membership

numbers. We have had new members in the past few years, but we are not gaining

on numbers for our organization. How do attract more members? Once we get new

members, how do we keep them? How do we get more members to participate in

meetings and activities provided by the group? This Fall there were three fantastic

programs with fewer than 10 members in attendance. Food is always an attraction

and we get more members at meetings with a meal involved, but that isn't always a

possibility at every location.

Joliet

Joliet Area Music Teachers AssociationISMTA Board Report, November 2016

MEMBERSHIPJAMTA currently has 17 members. Areas of proficiency represented include: piano, voice, flute, harp, violin, music theory, music history, composition and accompanying.

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSICAIM Exams are held at Joliet Junior College. The most recent exam enrollment was as follows: January 23, 2016 (Levels 1A, 1B, 1C and Theory III-XII)--75 students April 16, 2016 (Levels II-XII Performance) – 34 students

Exam dates for 2017 are scheduled for January 21st and April 22nd.

Aural exam exercises for Levels III-XII are pre-recorded by the AIM Chair (via mp3’s and iTunes) and downloaded to iPods for student use; levels prepared are determined by enrollment.

CERTIFICATIONJAMTA currently has three professionally certified teachers in its membership.

PROGRAMS2015-2016 programs included composition, masterclass, approach to young beginners, favorite character pieces, and two recitals (ensemble and solo).

2016-2017 programs will include: Presentations: Dr. Paul Kenyon: Performing with Poise Eric Sutz: Classical Improvisation Grading Piano Literature

Chamber Music Performance Holiday Repertoire – discussion and performance Annual Student Recital (February) In-house Panel Discussions

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIESSummer 2016: Annual Kankakee Valley Piano Camp, Olivet Nazarene University, BourbonnaisNovember 2016: Biennial Piano Fest (in collaboration with KVMTA)

Respectfully Submitted,

Kathy HosterPresident/JAMTA

Northwest SuburbanNORTHWEST SUBURBAN MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

ISMTA BOARD MEETING REPORT, NOVEMBER 2016

The Northwest Suburban chapter meets on the 3rd Monday of the month at the Rolling Meadows Library. As of October 17 we had 122 members.

Our first two meetings this year featured programs by George Radoslavjevic, titled “Wind and Water: Debussy and Motion,” and by Svetlana Belsky, who discussed the repertoire for our awards competition on April 29, 2017. On November 28 four of our own members, Jennifer Cohen, Vonnie Mrozinski, Helen Grosshans and Bev Taylor will present “Studio Crawl 2.0.” In January Dr. Bruce Berr will design a presentation on topics requested by the membership. The February 20 program will be given by Christopher Goldston and is titled “Yes, You CAN Teach Composition.” On March 20 several of our members will present an Independent Music Teachers program on “The 21st Century Piano Teacher.” Our final speaker for the year will be Dr. Mary Beth Molenaar discussing “Girl Scout Tricks – What Music Teachers can Learn about Retention from Scouting” on April 17.

We are very excited this year to sponsor a workshop with Peter Mack titled “Lessons with Peter Mack” which will feature a Lecture/Recital on Sunday, March 5, 2017, and continue on Monday, March 6. We want to encourage members from other ISMTA chapters to attend, and have brought brochures for publicity to this conference.

Our chapter has already held several events this fall. Our 23rd Festival of Pianos took place at Northbrook Court on September 25 and included over 300 participants playing duets on multiple grand pianos. We held both classical and pop/jazz recitals on October 16, and will hold recitals again in April. Our Sonata-Sonatina Festival will be Sunday, November 6, and a Gold Medal recital will follow on November 13. AIM exams will take place at Harper College on November 13, January 29, March 12, and April 23.

An informational coffee for AIM was held early in October. We will enjoy a holiday party in December and will finish the year with a luncheon in May. Pictures from many of these events will be posted on our website and on our Facebook page.

Respectfully submitted,Suzanne Murray, President

SALT CREEK

MTNA Chapter of the Year 2011

Salt Creek Association meets on the third Thursday of each month, excepting December.

We are pleased to welcome 6 new members this year giving us a membership of 39 with 2 honorary members, 8 Nationally Certified teachers and 3 Foundation Fellows. We are honored to have Janet Hickey chosen as 2016 Teacher of the Year. Our annual Fall Festival on October 16, 2016 had a registration of 75 students of all age groups performing pieces about “Animal Themes.” A new web page format is up and running; committee chairs have successfully made necessary adjustments in some difficult situations so all upcoming events are now in place. We completed minor adjustments to the wording of our Constitution.

The Glorious Grands Board continues planning for Monster Concert III next year. Early in 2017 registration and parts assignment should begin. The event will replace the annual Fall Festival next year.

We are beginning discussion about the possibility of an all Chopin Recital in collaboration with the Chopin Foundation of Chicago as they prepare to dedicate a new statue of Chopin (like the one in Warsaw) in the Millennium Park area of downtown Chicago.

Programs Salt Creek 2016-17An excellent and diverse program schedule was planned for all our monthly meetings.September 15 Chicago Sinfonetta rehearsal with Anderson and RoeOctober.20 Brunch and panel discussion: “Performance Opportunities for Our Students”November 17 Eric Sutz “Classical Improvisation” January 2017 Seymour Bernstein Video presentationFebruary 16 Joseph Cisar “How to Jazz Up Your Studio” March 16 Eunbae Lee “Collaborative Pianist Program”April 20 Yana Reznik Master ClassMay 18 Tim Sleep Naperville Carillon: Tour and Demonstration

Respectfully submitted,

S. Janis Haustein, SSND President, Salt Creek Association