Resources for next year

Check out some of these sites for scholarship and networking opportunities:

http://www.mtna.org/ 

Collegiate Membership

Collegiate Membership is open to all college music students who are also members of an affiliated state association and a collegiate chapter if available. College members have access to many MTNA services and receive American Music Teacher magazine, the MTNA e-Journal and member discounts, but do not have the right to vote or hold office. The collegiate membership year runs from October 1 through September 30.

THE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION CHOPIN PIANO COMPETITION

http://www.thekf.org/programs/competitions/chopin/

BACKGROUND

The Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition was established in 1949, in honor of the hundredth anniversary of the death of Frederic Chopin. The inauguration took place at the Kosciuszko Foundation House in New York City, with Witold Malcuzynski as guest artist, and Abram Chasins, composer and music director of the New York Times Radio Stations, presiding. Over the years, many outstanding musicians have been associated with the competition including Van Cliburn, Ian Hobson, and Murray Perahia. Today the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition continues to encourage gifted young pianists to further their studies, and to perform the works of Polish composers.

Prizes: $5,000/ $2,500 / $1,500

REQUIERED REPERTOIRE

1. Chopin

• One Mazurka of the contestant's choice
• Two major works (see application form, below, for selections

2. Szymanowski

• One Mazurka of the contestant's choice
• One work chosen from the following: Theme and Variations; Variations on a Polish Folk Song: Fantasie: Prelude and Fugue; One of the Metopes, Op. 29, or Masques, Op. 34.

3. A major work by J.S. Bach

(excluding The Well-Tempered Clavier)

4. A complete sonata by Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, or Schubert

5. A major 19th-century work

(including Debussy, Ravel, Prokofiev,  Rachmaninoff, etc., but excluding  those in (4) above)

6. A substantial work by an American, Polish, or Polish-American composer written after 1950. 

(the Foundation can suggest repertoire)

Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity. Founded in 1903, SAI and its members are proud of their strong heritage, supporting the art of music.

http://www.sai-national.org/home/Philanthropies/ScholarshipsLoansAwards/ScholarshipGrantProgram/tabid/220/Default.aspx

Register now for the Church Musicians Conference 2011 Enriching Your Spiritual Life through Music and WorshipJuly 16–23, 2011 Green Lake Conference Center W2511 State Highway 23 Green Lake, WI 54951 The Church Musicians Conference is held at the beautiful Green Lake Conference Center in Wisconsin. Workshops are designed to further educate and train those involved in church music leadership and work with nationally and internationally renowned clinicians in both ensemble and workshop settings. In addition you may: Participate in small ensembles Experience worship opportunities every day Connect with other church musicians Attend six evening concerts Revel in the beauty of God's creation Relax and rejuvenate for the upcoming year Shop the J.W. Pepper conference store for all your music needs 2011 Clinicians include: Mark Hayes Adult/Young Adult Allen Pote Youth John Horman Children Timothy Waugh Handbells Stan Pethel Instrumental Joyce Jones Organ Cindy Berry Piano Brad Berglund Worship

http://www.fabm.com/

Please join J.W. Pepper at the 2011 Conn-Selmer Institute!June 12 - 15, 2011 Bethel College 1001 Bethel Circle • Mishawaka, IN 46545 The clinicians tell it all! Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, Dr. Ken Dye, Professor Paula Crider, Dr. Robert Gillespie, Dr. David Gregory, Paul Lavender and a host of others. Exhibitors include: J.W. Pepper, Hal Leonard, Wenger, Remo and more. This year there will be a band reading session, so bring your instruments! You will leave the Conn-Selmer Institute with loads of knowledge and really fired up about teaching! Click here for more information about the 2011 Conn-Selmer Institute! We look forward to seeing you there!