Eastside MTA
Calendar of Events
Eastside MTA Monthly Programs will be held in person at Newport Covenant Church.
Eastside MTA
Calendar of Events
The Eastside MTA Chapter holds general meetings every month except December, March, June, July, and August. Several opportunities are available for students of active members.
Membership
Active membership is open to all individuals professionally engaged in any field of musical activity, upon application and payment of requisite fees. All members of WSMTA local chapters shall be members of WSMTA. All WSMTA members shall be members of the Music Teachers’ National Association, Inc., MTNA.
Student Events
Join by August 1 ~ to enter students in the MTNA Performance, WSMTA Outstanding Artists Competitions,
and MTNA Composition Competition.
October 15 ~ to enter students in Chapter MAP .
January 2 ~ [new members] to participate in WSMTA MAP.
Eastside MTA
EVENTS
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Purpose
To conduct programs and activities to build a vital musical culture and an enlightened musical public for the benefit and the general welfare of all persons;
To ensure that every student shall have access to a balanced, comprehensive, and high-quality program of music instruction;
To improve the quality of teaching, research, and scholarship in music; To promote the involvement of persons of all ages in learning music;
To foster the utilization of the most effective techniques and resources in music instruction; and,
To facilitate the education of music teachers.
1 MTNA and WSMTA dues deadline
9 Deadline for submitting articles for the September Opus
9 EMTA Board Meeting, 10am
11 Deadline for MTNA Performance and Composition Competition online registration. Note: Application deadline is noon Pacific time
11 Deadline for WSMTA Outstanding Artist Competition registration
15 Deadline for submitting articles for the October/November Clarion
23 EMTA General Meeting, 9:30am, Welcome Luncheon
5 District I-II conference, Prince of Peace Church, Shoreline
6 EMTA Student Chapter Recital, 5:15 – 6:45pm, Pei-Hsin Kao, chair
14 Deadline for submitting articles for the October/November Opus
14 EMTA Board Meeting, 9am
14 EMTA New Member Luncheon, 11am, Yunbo Cassady’s Home, Bellevue
15 Dues deadline for renewing members for participation in Music Artistry Program. Note: Members who renew after this date will be required to pay non-member rates for MAP (Jason Kuo, Chair)
19 EMTA Ribbon Festival, Bear Creek United Methodist Church, Woodinville
26 EMTA Nancy Drake Memorial Scholarship Concert: Spencer Myer, Eastside Church, Bothell WA, 7:00 pm
28 EMTA General Meeting, 9:30am, Workshop: Spencer Myer:
“Muscle Memory: Friend or Foe?”
5 Deadline for submitting articles for the December/January Clarion
9-11 MTNA Performance Competition, CWU, Ellensburg (Julie Swienty, chair)
9-11 WSMTA Outstanding Artist Piano Competition, CWU, Ellensburg (Cherie Felts, chair)
11 Deadline for submitting articles for the November Opus
11 EMTA Board Meeting, 10am
17 EMTA Student Chapter Recital, 5:15 – 6:45pm, Pei-Hsin Kao, chair
25 EMTA General Meeting 9:30am, Speaker: Mikhael Voskresensky: Topic TBD
1 MTNA NW Division Competition (Mary Kaye Owen, chair)
9 Deadline for submitting articles for the December Opus
9 EMTA Board Meeting, 9am
9 Holiday Tea at Yunbo Cassady’s home, 10am
5 Deadline for submitting articles for the February/March Clarion
6 Deadline for MAP registration
6 Deadline for Student Chapter fee for MAP ($10 per student) Submit payments online at www.eastsidemta.org OR write checks payable to EMTA and send to Nancy Jang
10 Dues deadline for NEW MEMBERS for participation in the Music Artistry Program. New members who join after this date will be required to pay non- member rates
13 Deadline for submitting articles for the January Opus
13 EMTA Board Meeting, 10am
15 Deadline for Student Essay Event applications
15 Deadline for Willard Schultz Scholarship Competition registration
27 EMTA General Meeting 9:30am, Online Speaker: Cathy Kautsky: “Debussy in Paris: Poets, Politics, and the Piano Intertwined”
10 Deadline for submitting articles for the February Opus
10 EMTA Board Meeting, 10am
22 Deadline for Young Composer Project entries
23 EMTA Student Chapter Recital, 5:15 – 6:45pm, Pei-Hsin Kao, chair
24 EMTA General Meeting 9:30am, Online Speaker: Jocelyn Swigger:
“Introducing Agnes Tyrrell”
5 Deadline for submitting articles for the April/May Clarion
3-8 EMTA Music Artistry Program
10 Deadline for submitting articles for the March Opus
10EMTA Board Meeting, 10am
15-19 MTNA Conference, Minneapolis
16 EMTA Music Artistry Program Honors Recital
31-Apr 5 Willard Schultz Scholarship Competition, Crossroads Community Center
No General Meeting in March
14 Deadline for submitting articles for the April Opus
14 EMTA Board Meeting 10am
22 State Honors Recitalist Selection results due
28 EMTA General Meeting 9:30am, Program Speaker: Yimo Zhang:
“Repertoire Choices for Intermediate-level Piano Students”
3 EMTA Music Literacy Program, Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Redmond
5 Deadline for submitting articles for the June/July Clarion
5 EMTA Board Meeting, 9am
5 May Luncheon at Renata Schumskaya’s home, 10:30am
12 Deadline for submitting articles for the May Opus
18 EMTA Student Chapter Recital, 5:15 – 6:45pm, Pei-Hsin Kao, chair
31 Chapter President’s Reports and Officer List due
9 Deadline for submitting articles for the May Opus
9 EMTA Board Meeting, 10am
28-30 WSMTA Conference, Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA
general info & inquiry
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