Eastern Division. (Division News).The Eastern Division Conference and Competitions were held January 10-12, 2003, at Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown College is a small comprehensive college located in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania in Lancaster County. The school was founded in 1899 by members of the Church of the Brethren. It is commonly referred to as "E-town. , Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Seventy student contestants representing the thirteen Eastern Division states competed for top honors. The winners' recital was taped by our local National Public Radio station, WITF. Featured clinicians were Jacqueline Herbein, NCTM NCTM National Council of Teachers of Mathematics NCTM Nationally Certified Teacher of Music NCTM North Carolina Transportation Museum NCTM National Capital Trolley Museum NCTM Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage , Pennsylvania; Robin Armstrong, Maryland; and Bridget de Moura Castro, Connecticut. This month's featured state is Maryland. Gary Dinn, president, has prepared the following. The Maryland State 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. (MSMTA MSMTA Maryland State Music Teachers Association MSMTA Montana State Music Teachers Association ) is in the process of developing some wonderful goals including the creation of our new MSMTA Linked Foundation with a 501(c)(3) nonprofit status and tax exemption from the Internal Revenue Service, meaning that MSMTA will be able to apply legally for grants from major corporations and arts councils. Our new 391-page Theory Syllabus, "Maryland State Music Teachers Association Guide To Comprehensive Musicianship," covers material from elementary through three advanced-placement collegiate theory levels. Curriculum guides are organized by both "Category" and "Level," including Figured Bass, Part Writing, Aural Skills, Notation, Modulation, Transposition transposition /trans·po·si·tion/ (trans?po-zish´un) 1. displacement of a viscus to the opposite side. 2. , Music Analysis, Music History, Ornamentation ornamentation In music, the addition of notes for expressive and aesthetic purposes. For example, a long note may be ornamented by repetition or by alternation with a neighboring note (“trill”); a skip to a nonadjacent note can be filled in with the intervening , Terminology, Voice-leading and numerous other areas of music theory. Students are awarded trophies in three different categories for outstanding achievement in theory. Students may be awarded service points toward the Junior and Distinguished Music Achievement Awards. This invaluable program helps students understand that sharing their special gifts and talents with others is what makes life truly rewarding and fulfilling. --Debra Ronning, NCTM, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania |
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