Register Now for the 2018 Colorado ASTA Summer Conference - Early Bird Pricing Extended Through Tuesday, July 3rd!

The 2018 Colorado ASTA Summer Conference will be held Monday, July 16th and Tuesday, July 17th at The Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver. Here is a preview of the wonderful sessions being offered:

Work-Life Balance: Steps To Take Now To Ensure You're Still Standing Next June

Traveling Around the Cello Fingerboard with Ease

Top 5 Technologies Suggested by Music Teachers

The Joy of GarageBand: It's Not Just for General Music

The ASTA String Curriculum: Ideal for Classroom and Studio

Teaching Vibrato and Spiccato

Teacher and Conductor as Communicator

Score Study Matters: Teaching Musicianship Through Interpretation

Review of Basics for Cello and Bass

Maximizing Your Microphones as Recording Tools For Your Ensemble

It's All About the Thumb

Hooked on Harmony: How to Hook You Students Through Fun and Relevant Music Theory Instruction

From Bach to Rock: How to Make Your String Orchestra Sound Authentic Playing Non-Classical Rep

Fitting the Model Without Changing Everything You Do: How to Use the State Evaluation System Effectively in Your Classroom

Tried and True Orchestra Music Reading Session

Creating Digital Portfolios (and websites) to Tell Your Story

"Why do they act like that?" Teaching Students That Come From Poverty

Early registration is still effective through the end of the day Tuesday, July 3rd for only $60 for both days! (After Tuesday, the price will go up to $75.) 

$45 for one day (your choice).

Students and retired member registration is $45 for both days.

CBA Members who are attending the CBA conference can check out the Colorado ASTA Conference AT NO COST. Simply send us a copy of your CBA conference registration confirmation. You can add-on the Monday lunch banquet for just $22.

Every conference registration includes:

- Daily coffee, continental breakfast, water, and snacks

- Monday, July 16 conference lunch banquet buffet at Little India Restaurant

- Complimentary certificate of conference completion for professional development clock hours

REGISTER HERE NOW

Offering graduate credit is a possibility! More conference information will be coming soon.

Please join us in July!

Contact us with any questions.

Congratulations to the Orchestras Selected to Perform at CMEA 2019

Please join Colorado ASTA in congratulating the follow schools/directors on their invitation to perform at the 2019 CMEA Clinic/Conference.

Denver School of the Arts High School

Enrique Lasansky, Director

Cherry Creek High School

Jennifer Poole, Director

Rock Canyon High School

Benjamin Dale, Director

Altona Middle School

Jill Fischaber, Director

Bell Middle School

Barbara Casanova, Director

Save the Dates for the 2019 Colorado ASTA Large Group Orchestra Festival

Colorado ASTA is pleased to be offering three regional sites for the Large Group Orchestra Festival in 2019. For the first time ever, we will also be adding a state-level festival (by invitation). 

Regional Events

Southern Site (William J. Palmer High School)

Saturday, March 2, 2019

Metro Denver Site (Gateway High School)

Monday, March 4, 2019

Northern Site (Fort Collins High School)

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

State-Level Festival (by invitation)

Macky Auditorium, CU-Boulder

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

ASTA Mentor Program: 5 Spots Still Open - Apply Today

If you are in your first 5 years of teaching and would like additional guidance from an experienced school string/orchestra teacher, apply today for the ASTA Mentor Program. It is designed to connect early career teachers (mentees) with skilled string specialists (mentors).

There are 5 spots still open for mentees to enroll for the 2018-2019 school year. Applications will be accepted through July 15, 2018, with assignments made on a first-come, first-served basis.

Mentee Application

Deadline July 15, 2018

Register Now for Junior Music Program at Rocky Ridge Music Center

There are ten spots open in the Junior Music Program this summer (July 17 to 29) at Rocky Ridge Music Center. The program is open to students between age 10 to 15 in the following instrument areas: flute, clarinet, saxophone, piano, voice, composition, and strings (violin, viola, cello, bass). Audition is not required for this younger group. Follow this link for more information and the online application: http://www.rockyridge.org/program/junior-music-program.

Registration Now Open for Camp Con Brio, String Camp of the Rockies

Camp Con Brio, String Camp of the Rockies

Alison Mayes, Director

Middle School and High School Camp

August 1-4, 2018

www.campconbrio.com

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 460234, Aurora, Colorado 80046

Camp Location: Golden Bell Camp and Conference Center, 380 CR 512, Divide, Colorado 80814

Email: campconbrio@gmail.com

Phone: 720-663-9038

Upcoming Events and Important Dates

July 1, 2018: Early Registration Due for CASTA Summer Conference

July 16-17, 2018: Colorado ASTA Summer Conference

November 1-3, 2019: Western States Honor Orchestra

January 23-26, 2019: CMEA Clinic/Conference

February 7-9, 2019: Colorado All State Orchestra

March 2-5, 2019: Colorado ASTA Large Group Orchestra Festival (Regionals)

March 6-9, 2019: National ASTA Conference (Albuquerque, NM)

April 23, 2019: Colorado ASTA Large Group Orchestra Festival (State Level)

Thank you to the following businesses for supporting Colorado ASTA!

Do you have an article, announcement, or other information you'd like to share with the Colorado ASTA membership? If so, we'd love to include it in our monthly newsletter! Please send your newsletter submissions to hsmith26@cherrycreekschools.org by the 20th of each month, and we will be sure to add them the next newsletter, which is published at the beginning of each month. Contact Hannah Smith (hsmith26@cherrycreekschools.org), Colorado ASTA webmaster and newsletter editor, with any questions.