Colorado ASTA Newsletter December 2019 |
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Board Election for President-Elect Upcoming Board Election for President-Elect: online voting will take place in December through mid-January. Email Alison Mayes if you are interested or have recommendations. Candidates running for President-Elect: |
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Member Spotlight: Alison Mayes, Colorado ASTA President |
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Building from Strength to Strength An Interview with outgoing Colorado ASTA President, Alison Mayes By Philip Ficsor December, 2019 On a snowy, late November evening, I spent an hour or so chatting with Alison Mayes, Colorado ASTA’s fearless leader for the past several years. Her thoughtful responses and cheerful demeanor reinforced the sense that as President, Alison has been a force for good in creating an ASTA chapter here in Colorado that is thriving. However, many of you may not know the details of her background, so here’s a retelling of the conversation we had. |
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ASTA Elizabeth A. H. Green School Educator Award Winner... Please congratulate Alison Mayes on winning the 2020 ASTA Elizabeth A. H. Green School Educator Award! This recognition is awarded to an educator with a "current and distinguished career in a school orchestra setting". Alison embodies that description: "Alison was hired into her position at Parker Performing Arts to begin the string program. Her experience and expertise as a string specialist made her the perfect fit for an arts-centered school. After establishing the middle level orchestra at PPA, she founded the 3rd and 4th grade elementary program, fulfilling the community’s wishes for even more robust instrumental music opportunities. Alison’s leadership as the department chair helped serve her school through continued efforts to maintain and grow the string program. Alison serves our greater string community through her work with the Longmont Youth Symphony Strings Ensemble as an instructor. She continues her teaching service in her local community of Parker through the Colorado Chamber Orchestra Elementary Instrumental Music Program at two area elementary schools. The state of Colorado values leadership in our musicians. Alison has sponsored and led Tri-M Honor Society chapters at her current and past schools helping to facilitate musical and general citizenship in our youth to help them lead our society into a more fulfilling future. The Colorado ASTA chapter is thrilled and lucky to have Alison lead as our chapter president. Her leadership and guidance helped Colorado earn national recognition in our state’s growth in ASTA membership. She has also led our state as the Colorado High School All State Orchestra Chair, Conducting Class Instructor in Boulder, Colorado, and as the founder and director of the Middle and High School Camp Con Brio String Camp of the Rockies in Divide, Colorado since 2001." Way to go, Alison! We are proud of your leadership and friendship! Colorado ASTA has lots to be proud of! Learn more about the other 2020 national ASTA award winners. |
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Colorado ASTA Lifetime Achievement Award and Outstanding String Teacher Please cast your vote! Voting for these two state awards goes through January 10th, 2020. Winners will receive their awards at the CMEA conference. Please check out the ASTA website for more information on the candidates! Lifetime Achievement Award Russell Guyver Cameron Law Kristin Rangel Barbara Risner Outstanding String Teacher Dr. Lindsay Fulcher Anne Paulu Leanna Rutka Chen Wu |
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CMEA 2020 Save the Dates! January 22-25, 2020 in Colorado Springs, CO Planning ahead? Take a look at the Draft Schedule! Register for the conference! |
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Save The Date! - 2020 National ASTA Conference March 4-7, 2018 in Orlando, FL View the full schedule available below Early Registration Ends December 4th! Presenters from Colorado: Lindsay Fulcher (UNC) Gregory Walker (CU Denver)
Margaret Berg (CU Boulder) Rebecca Jonas (HRHS) Colorado ensembles performing in the 2020 National Orchestra Festival
Cherry Creek High School Orchestra - Jennifer Poole, Director
Widefield High School Orchestra - Sara Miller, Director |
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Large Group Orchestra Festival - FULL! Regional Events: Monday, March 2 at Parker Performing Arts School
Tuesday, March 3 at Fort Collins High School
Wednesday, March 4 at Longmont High School State-Level Event (Invitational) Monday and Tuesday, April 13 and 14 at CU Boulder *Due to a surge in demand, 2021 will likely expand to four regional sites.* |
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Save the Dates! 2020 CASTA Certificate Advancement Program Date and Locations listed here. Please look for information about registration in January. Please direct any questions to Margaret Miller, CASTA CAP Chair, violaco@comcast.net This program is a member benefit for ASTA members. The new handbook will be in the ASTA website this fall. Saturday, April 18 at Parker Performing Arts School Saturday, April 25 at Angevine Middle School in Lafayette
Saturday, April 25 at Fort Lewis College, Durango Saturday, May 2 at Front Range Community College, Ft. Collins Online registration will begin in January. Stay tuned for updates! |
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Colorado All State Orchestra February 6-8, 2020 at CSU Fort Collins |
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Colorado MS/HS Summer String Camp Camp Con Brio String Camp of the Rockies June 29-July 3, 2020 - Middle and High School Camps
Brochures will be available at CMEA and sent to your school upon request. Inquire at CampConBrio@gmail.com. |
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Newly Formed Student Community Orchestra Launched about a month ago in the south Denver area, the Rocky Mountain Youth Orchestra is a newly formed student community orchestra. Rehearsals take place at Cornerstone Church in Lone Tree. Teachers, please consider encouraging your students to take advantage of this new opportunity! For more information, please contact, Sara Reyes, sara@rmyo.org |
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Looking To Revitalize Your String Program? From funding to technology, from relevance to creative contemporary music, what big dreams do you have that would help keep your program exciting and inspiring? Take this survey to submit ideas or connect with Colorado colleagues to continue this conversation! |
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CMEA and CASTA Guest Clinician Suggestion Survey Please consider recommending your favorite clinicians to present on behalf of string education at our state conferences! Submit your suggestions here: |
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CMEA Ensemble Selection Survey Share your thinking around the CMEA ensemble selection process. What is working? What needs improving? |
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Job Openings If you know of any current string job openings, or any upcoming anticipated openings (retirements, maternity leave), please let us know so we can add it to our website.Send us the information and we'll put it on our website. |
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Looking to Advertise in the CASTA Newsletter? Just a friendly reminder: if you would like to advertise with Colorado ASTA (on our website and in our newsletter), your business or organization must be an institutional member of ASTA. The membership rate is only $175 per year! Looking to highlight success in the CASTA Newsletter? Please send program, area, school highlights, stories, article ideas, etc. to Webmaster leannarutka@gmail.com for our monthly e-newsletter and website. We would love to show-off you and your students! Additionally, Dr. Joel Schut from CU Boulder is serving as Editor for The American String Teacher Journal. You can send him your ideas at joel.schut@colorado.edu. |
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CMEA 2020 Guest Clinicians 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), Liz Dinwiddie (Performing Arts Department Chair, Ashley Hall), and Kirk Moss (frequent Guest Conductor and Clinician). |
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Upcoming Events and Important Dates September 20, 2019: Western States Honor Orchestra Audition Deadline, 5:00pm November 7-9, 2019: Western States Honor Orchestra Festival @UNC Greeley November 12, 2019: Colorado All State Audition Deadline 5:00pm January 22-25, 2020: Colorado Music Educators Association (CMEA) Conference February 6-8, 2020: Colorado All State Orchestra @CSU Fort Collins March 2-4, 2020: Regional Large Group ASTA Orchestra Festivals March 4-7, 2020: National ASTA Conference in Orlando, FL April 13-14, 2020: Colorado ASTA State Orchestra Festival @CU-Boulder |
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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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