Austin District Music Teachers Association

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October

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Deadline:  Requests for meeting attendance exemption

 

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General Meeting – Dr. SCOTT DONALD, piano faculty, Orpheus Academy of Music, Austin & UT-San Antonio "Deliberate Practice: What is it, what does it look like and how do I teach it" Bachus Conservatory ~ 8000 Anderson Square #113/Austin, TX 78757

9:45 AM

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JAZZ/POP/ROCK FESTIVAL

8 AM – 6 PM

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Deadline:  Honors I Recital entries

 

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Deadline:  November Newsletter (items postmarked or emailed)

Send to editor Paula Wong pwong1@austin.rr.com

 

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Honors Recital I (Sunday)

1:00 – 5:30 PM

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Deadline:  Original Composition Contest – local entries

 

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Deadline:  DUET FESTIVAL entries

 

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September

Time

1-19

STUDENT AFFILIATE FALL REGISTRATION

 
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General Meeting - Yearbooks distributed and general business meeting

Bachus Conservatory ~ 8000 Anderson Square #113/Austin, TX 78757

9:45 AM

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Deadline: MTNA/TMTA All Student Competitions
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Deadline:  October Newsletter (items postmarked or emailed)

Send to editor Paula Wong pwong1@austin.rr.com

 

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Deadline:  JAZZ/POP/ROCK FESTIVAL entries

 

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Deadline:  FALL THEORY TEST entries

 

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November

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Deadline: Austin Youth Symphony Auditions”

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FALL THEORY TEST (Sunday)

 12 – 6 PM

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General Meeting - Dr. MATTHEW HINSLEY, Executive and Artistic Director of Austin Classical Guitar Society - "Creativity to Community: Arts Nonprofit Success One Coffee at a Time" Bachus Conservatory ~ 8000 Anderson Square #113/Austin, TX 78757

9:45 AM

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Deadline:  Publication Competition – local entries

 

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Austin Youth Symphony Auditions - Preliminaries

 9 AM – 6 PM

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DUET FESTIVAL 12 - 6 PM

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Austin Youth Symphony Auditions – Finals

1 – 4 PM

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Deadline:  HYMN FESTIVAL entries

 

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Deadline:  December Newsletter (items postmarked or emailed)

Send to editor Paula Wong pwong1@austin.rr.com

 

19-20 MTNA/TMTA Performance Competition - Baylor University, Waco, TX

 

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Deadline:  Honors II Recital entries

 

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December

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HYMN FESTIVAL

8 AM – 6 PM

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Honors II Recital (Sunday)

1:00 – 5:30 PM

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General Meeting – Workshop:  KRASSIMIRA JORDAN, Professor of Piano at Baylor University: Teaching workshop onproblems, techniques, and approach to different styles in piano playing.   Triumphant Love Lutheran Church, 9508 Great Hills Trail / 78759

10:15 AM

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STUDENT AFFILIATE SPRING REGISTRATION BEGINS

 

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Deadline:  January Newsletter (items postmarked or emailed)

Send to editor Paula Wong pwong1@austin.rr.com

 

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January

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STUDENT AFFILIATE SPRING REGISTRATION ENDS

 

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Deadline:  Original Composition Contest – State entries

 

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General Meeting –  Karen White, Independent Music Teachers Forum

Bachus Conservatory ~ 8000 Anderson Square #113/Austin, TX 78757

9:45 AM

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Deadline:  SPRING THEORY TEST entries

 

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Deadline:  Publication Competition - State entries

 

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MTNA South Central Division Meeting and Competitions - Austin, TX

 

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Deadline:  PERFORMANCE CONTEST entries

 

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Deadline:  February Newsletter (items postmarked or emailed)

Send to editor Paula Wong pwong1@austin.rr.com

 

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February

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PERFORMANCE CONTEST

12:30 – 6:30 PM

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General Meeting - BRETT BACHUS, LLCM, LTCL, ALCM, Founder and Director of Bachus Conservatory: "London College of Music Exams and More"  Bachus Conservatory ~ 8000 Anderson Square #113/Austin, TX 78757

9:45 AM

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Deadline:  BAROQUE/CLASSICAL FESTIVAL entries

 

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SPRING THEORY TEST

12:00 – 6 PM

13 Deadline: State Ensemble registration  

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Deadline:  March Newsletter (items postmarked or emailed)

Send to editor Paula Wong pwong1@austin.rr.com

 

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BAROQUE/CLASSICAL FESTIVAL

8 AM – 5 PM

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March

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Deadline:  Honors III Recital entries

 

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General Meeting – IDEE K. KWAK, Pianist and wife of conductor Sung Kwak: "The Language of Music", a talk about the warm-ups of the pianists and conductors who have practiced in her home, including Kurt Masur, Robert Shaw, Andre Watts, Gary Graffman, Emanuel Ax, Murray Perahia and Richard Good - Bachus Conservatory ~ 8000 Anderson Square #113/Austin, TX 78757 

9:45 AM

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Deadline:  JANET RUSSELL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST & SCHEDLER CONTEST entries

 

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Honors III Recital (Sunday)

10:30 – 3:00 PM

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Deadline:  April Newsletter (items postmarked or emailed)

Send to editor Paula Wong pwong1@austin.rr.com

 

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MTNA National Conference - NYC, New York

 

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JANET RUSSELL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST & SCHEDLER CONTEST

1:00 – 5:30 PM

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WORLD OF MUSIC TEST (Sunday)

2 - 4 PM

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April

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General Meeting - Performances of the Janet Russell Memorial Scholarship Contest and Schedler Contest winners / SA Business meeting - Bachus Conservatory ~ 8000 Anderson Square #113/Austin, TX 78757

9:45 AM

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Deadline: ROMANTIC/CONTEMPORARY FESTIVAL entries

 
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Deadline:  SOLO CONTEST entries

 

21 ROMANTIC/CONTEMPORARY FESTIVAL 8 AM - 5 PM

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Deadline:  Honors IV Recital entries

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Deadline:  May Newsletter (items postmarked or emailed)

Send to editor Paula Wong pwong1@austin.rr.com

 

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SOLO CONTEST

12 – 7:30 PM

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May

Time

No General Meeting or Luncheon

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Deadline:  Whitlock Memorial Scholarship, Participation Award and Ensemble Award

 

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Deadline:  Honors V Recital entries

 

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Deadline:  Outstanding Student and Senior of the Year Awards

 

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Honors IV Recital (Saturday)

1:00 – 5:30 PM

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Honors V Recital (Sunday)

1 – 6 PM