MTNA Studio Festival program: one teacher's "soaring" endeavor.

MTNA Studio Festival program: one teacher's "soaring" endeavor. For most music teachers, the primary focus and goal is, and alwaysshould be, their student's ultimate musical success and love ofmusic making. MTNA MTNA Music Teachers National AssociationMTNA Middle Tennessee Nursery Association (McMinnville, Tennessee)offers several tools to aid music teachers with attainingtheir own professional goals, as well as their students' goals. TheMTNA Studio Festival Program is specifically geared in showcasing the"everyday" student's talents. That's why, like somany others, independent music teacher and MTNA member Aurelia Campbell,NCTM NCTM National Council of Teachers of MathematicsNCTM Nationally Certified Teacher of MusicNCTM North Carolina Transportation MuseumNCTM National Capital Trolley MuseumNCTM Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage , of Hartwell, Georgia Hartwell is a city in Hart County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,188 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Hart CountyGR6. GeographyHartwell is located at (34.352738, -82. , hosted a Studio Festival Program. Campbell and other music teachers benefit from hosting a Festivalin six ways: 1. It allows teachers and students to participate in a nationallysponsored program that is open to students of all ages and levels ofadvancement. 2. It is a performance opportunity that is simple, convenient andat little or no cost to the teacher and at reasonable cost to thestudent, without the travel or scheduling complications typicallyassociated with a larger festival, since the event can be held in theteacher's own studio. The Studio Festival Program is an ideal eventfor any studio because there are no set rules and it can be tailored tomeet each teacher's individual needs. 3. It serves as an incentive for practice and selection ofappropriately challenging repertoire. 4. It provides an opportunity for students to receive supportivecritique from an experienced musician (judge)--of the teacher's ownchoosing--and an official certificate recognizing their participation.Optional Festival medals with the official MTNA Studio Festival logo,"the soaring star," can be purchased for the students as well. 5. It provides national recognition to students, teachers andjudges for participation in a non-competitive event and inspiresstudents in their musical accomplishments. 6. It provides a performance and evaluation opportunity forstudents in geographical areas where that opportunity isn't readilyavailable, and allows non-piano teachers and students, who have fewerperformance opportunities than piano teachers and students, to showcasetheir talents. To get her Studio Festival going, Campbell referred to her StudioFestival Program Starter Kit. As an MTNA member, Campbell has access tothe free kit, which offers guidelines guidelines,n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. for "setting up" aFestival. Included in the kit are: * One (1) Organizational Checklist/Timeline * One (1) Budget Worksheet * One (1) Judge's Guideline Sheet * One (1) Judge's Comment Sheet (copies to be duplicated bythe teacher as needed as neededprn. See prn order. ) * One (1) Sample Letter to Parents * One (1) Festival Performance Schedule * One (1) Order Form for student certificates and medals * One (1) Press Release and information about publicizing pub��li��cize?tr.v. pub��li��cized, pub��li��ciz��ing, pub��li��ciz��esTo give publicity to.Noun 1. publicizing - the business of drawing public attention to goods and servicesadvertising yourStudio Festival With these resources, Campbell chose 23 of her piano students andheld a Studio Festival Program on April 29, 2005, at the AureliaCampbell Studio in Hartwell. Bethany Banister, Catie Lynn Banister, Christi Banister, LydiaBanister, Lindsey Bleech, Ginny Ginny is most often used as a short form of the name Virginia, but often also refers to Ginevra, Geneva, Genevieve and other Juniper-related names. 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GeographyBuford is located at (34.117080, -83.998535)GR1. , to judge theevent. Mann, an MTNA and Georgia MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system.(2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. member, was named the 2004 GeorgiaMTA Teacher of the Year. The Festival was successful and was featured in the May 26, 2005edition of The Hartwell Sun, but Campbell summed it up best in a letterto MTNA: "Hope you will enjoy seeing a Studio Festival 'inaction.' ... We think the program is great, and [everyone receives]value from it. Thanks to MTNA for providing this for us." For more information about hosting your own MTNA Studio FestivalProgram, go to www.mtna.org/studiofest.htm.