Colorado ASTA Newsletter June 2019 |
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Register Now for the Colorado ASTA Summer Conference The 2019 Colorado ASTA Summer Conference will be held on July 15th and 16th at The Lamont School of Music (University of Denver). We have reduced the cost of conference registration, as well as waived any credit card processing fees, so please register today! ASTA Professional Members, $50 ASTA Student Members, Retired Members, and Professional one-day conference, $25 CBA Members attend FREE! Just simply submit your CBA Summer Conference Registration confirmation! All attendees can enjoy complimentary breakfast and coffee, we well as refreshments throughout the day. Please join us for our add-on lunch banquet at Little India on Monday July 15 for just $22 (includes a buffet lunch and non-alcoholic drink). |
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Colorado ASTA 2-for-1 Club Level Rockies Tickets Purchase your 2-for-1 Coors Field Club Level seats here! $30 per ticket! It's a STEAL! Sections 244 and 245, you can purchase one or more tickets at this price. Monday, July 15 at 6:40 PM Colorado Rockies vs. San Francisco Giants. Wear your ASTA and Rockies PURPLE!
Tickets must be purchased by July 1st. We hope you'll join us for some peanuts and Cracker Jack! Follow this link for more information! |
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Private Teacher Interview: Finding Your Voice - William Hinkie |
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I had the pleasure of interviewing William Hinkie this month. His quiet intelligence and the thoughtfulness were character traits that were immediately apparent and I’m sure are some of his strongest assets in teaching his studio of some forty students. I hope you enjoy reading about his musical journey as much as I did finding out about it in person (ok, over Skype). William’s journey begins in Southern Louisiana, where he grew up. Having interviewed our very own Arlette Aslanian-Townsend who also hails from S. LA, I stepped into the obvious trap of asking, in an area well over a million people, if he knew her. Lo and behold he not only knew her, he went to high school and part of undergrad with her and they studied with the same teacher (Sally O’Reilly)! O’Reilly’s pedagogic approach to teaching was a great influence on William. He says “I took her pedagogy class at least three times-twice at LSU and then when I was at the University of Minnesota doing my DMA, I took it again. The manner in which she laid out the information was just so helpful, such as what order to teach students what materials and so on..” |
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Save the Dates for CMEA 2020 Start making plans now to attend the 2020 Colorado Music Educators Association (CMEA) Clinic/Conference at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. The conference will take place January 22-25, 2020, and featured clinicians will include Richard Meyer (well-known composer and pedagogue) and Liz Dinwiddie (Performing Arts Department Chair, Ashley Hall). |
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Colorado Orchestras Selected for National Orchestra Festival Congrats to the following Colorado school orchestras and their directors for being accepted to perform at the 2020 National Orchestra Festival, which will take place March 4-7, 2020 in Orlando, Florida. Make plans to attend the national conference now (registration will open in September 2019). Cherry Creek High School Orchestra - Jennifer Poole, director Widefield High School Orchestra - Sara Miller, director Lesher Middle School Orchestra - Loni Obluda, director |
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Colorado ASTA Provides Record Number of Summer Camp Scholarships to Students This year's Colorado ASTA Scholarship fund was able to provide over $3000 in financial assistance to a record 19 student applicants to attend summer programs in 2019. Thank you to all who continue to support our scholarship fund through donations and bidding on items at our annual Summer Conference. If you wish to donate, or ask friends and family to consider donating, here is the link: https://my.cheddarup.com/c/donate-to-colorado-asta |
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Please Welcome Leanna Rutka, Colorado ASTA's New Webmaster Colorado ASTA has a new webmaster and newsletter editor, Leanna Rutka! Leanna is an orchestra teacher in Jeffco, and she brings a lot of expertise to the Colorado ASTA board. Please send any items you'd like included in the newsletter or on the website to leannarutka@gmail.com. Just a friendly reminder that all newsletter submissions must be received by the 20th of each month. Please also welcome Leanne Griffey, Secretary, and Cathy Hanson, Southern Colorado Representative. |
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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 leannarutka@gmail.com 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 Leanna Rutka (leannarutka@gmail.com), Colorado ASTA webmaster and newsletter editor, with any questions. |
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