Recap of CMEA 2019

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Broadmoor for CMEA 2019. See below for photo highlights and links to handouts from sessions. Please also consider filling out the 2019 CMEA Feedback Survey (whether you attended CMEA or not). Having your feedback will help us plan future conferences that cater to the needs and interests of our membership. 

Jim Palmer | Artistry, Engagement, and Reinforcement: The Three Ingredients of Artistic Rehearsals that Lead to Superior Results | Handout

Jim Palmer | Orchestral Bowings: Connecting the Technical with the Expressive to Achieve Superior Performances | PowerPoint

Jim Palmer | It’s All About Tone: Achieving a Warm, Beautiful Sound with Your Orchestra | Handout

Duane Padilla | Ukulele Boot Camp for Bowed String Instrument Teachers | Handout

Lindsay Fulcher | More Bridges, Fewer Walls: Building Connections with Communities in your Orchestra Program and Beyond! | Handout

Lindsay Fulcher | The Joy of GarageBand: It’s Not Just for General Music | Website

Lindsay Fulcher | Creativity and Musicality in the Very Beginning Strings Class | Website

Katherine Jetter | Healthy Wrists and Hands in String Players | Handout | PowerPoint

Rebecca Jonas | Mental Health Means More Than A Day Off | PowerPoint

Rebecca Jonas | A Jazz and Rock Approach to Teaching Music Theory in Orchestra | PowerPoint

Bob Kreutz | Sympathetic Vibration: A Practical Approach to Better Intonation for Strings | Handout | PowerPoint

Rob Stahly | Maximizing Your Microphones | Handout

Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun | Thumbs Up, Cellists! How to set up thumb position | Handout

String and Full Orchestra Reading Session | Handout

Private Teacher Interview: Arlette Aslanian-Townsend

Colorado ASTA is initiating a series of interviews with Colorado private studio teachers in order to create a community of support for teachers at all stages of experience. Whether you’re just starting out or have been teaching for thirty years, hearing about other teachers’ experiences can really help us to gain perspective on our own paths in teaching. I hope you’ll find this series interesting and please recommend teachers you know so we can grow this community of learning about learning!

-Philip Ficsor ASTA Private Teacher Liaison

mountainviolinist@gmail.com

For the Kids and Music

~A Profile of Arlette Aslanian-Townsend~

Arlette Townsend is a well-known and admired studio teacher in the Denver area. She describes her early years as a teacher and performer as developing organically through her contacts with teachers and colleagues she met along the way. Her sunny demeanor and pleasant outlook grows out of over thirty years of teaching and performance experience and her perspectives are ones that we can all learn from. Here is her story.

Arlette spent her formative years in Louisiana (where her father was on the music faculty of LSU as a conductor), but regularly travelled to Colorado in the summers because her father was involved with the Central City Opera as a conductor. She moved to Colorado in 1988 to play in the Gilbert and Sullivan festival in Boulder and later that year transferred from LSU to enroll at CU-Boulder. She continued her studies with legendary pedagogue William Starr...

Registration Now Open for CCAP 2019

Hopefully you have seen the CASTA Certificate Advancement Program dates in the last few newsletters.  In case you missed it, here they are:

Saturday, April 13: Parker Performing Arts School

Saturday, April 13: Ft. Lewis College, Durango

Saturday, May 4: Front Range Community College, Ft. Collins

Registration for CCAP 2019 is now open!

Click here to register

This is a member benefit for you and your students through ASTA. You can download the requirements from the national ASTA website.

Questions? Please contact Margaret Miller at violaco@comcast.net.

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University of Illinois to Offer Paul Rolland Workshop in July

PAUL ROLLAND STRING PEDAGOGY WORKSHOP

July 7-13, 2019

Registration is now open for this workshop hosted by the School of Music at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This internationally-acclaimed program is recognized for its innovative relevance to string teachers, performers, and serious college students. At our workshop you will learn the ground-breaking playing and teaching principles and techniques of Paul Rolland from world renowned pedagogues, several of whom studied with him and collaborated with him in numerous workshops; and others who have adapted Rolland pedagogy to cello, bass, chamber music, and conducting.

Contact:

Joanne May, Artistic Director - ecphilharmonic@gmail.com

Aaron Jacobs, Managing Director - ajacobs4@illinois.edu

Website: 

publish.illinois.edu/paul-rolland-workshop/

Join DYAO for the Next Concert on February 24th

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

Registration is now open for Camp Con Brio, String Camp of the Rockies. Visit www.campconbrio.com for more information.

Register Now Open for Just Chamber Music Summer Youth Festival

Make your 2019 summer plans to attend now.

Eight Days - June 17 – 20 and June 24 – 27

Just Chamber Music is a quality chamber music experience where aspiring young musicians grow musically and individually within a supportive environment.

Coaching with professional faculty is an integral part of the program as students are challenged to build skills and encouraged to explore new ideas.

Master classes with the 2019 special guest artist:

Ross Gasworth, cellist with Trio Céleste

Ensemble-in-Residence at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts

University of California, Irvine

Strings:

Overture Ensembles: 2:30-4:30PM

Conservatory Ensembles: 4:30-7:30PM

Jubilate Woodwinds

2:30-4:30PM

Festival Concert

June 27, 2019

This unique program places emphasis on fostering leadership, critical thinking and communication skills through the study of selected chamber music works.

Register now and join us for 8 days of excitement exploring the world of chamber music.

Visit www.justchambermusic.com for program details and registration information.

Upcoming Events and Important Dates

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 13, 2019: CCAP Festival (Denver Site)

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

May 4, 2019: CCAP Festival (Northern Site)

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