South Central.All four state associations are busily involved with preparations for their 2007 conferences. The Arkansas State MTA conference will be held at Ouachita Baptist University Ouachita Baptist University is private, liberal arts, undergraduate institution. Location Ouachita Baptist University (OBU) is located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Arkadelphia is approximately 65 miles southwest of Little Rock and approximately 73 miles northeast of in Arkadelphia, June 1-2, 2007. A committee is updating the musicianship portion of the state syllabus for the ASMTA festivals; the region map has also been revised. The Louisiana MTA convention will be held on October 18-20, 2007, at Southeastern Louisiana University Southeastern Louisiana University is a state-funded public university that is located in the city of Hammond, Louisiana. It was originally founded in 1925 by Linus A. Sims, the principal of Hammond High School, as Hammond Junior College, located in a wing of the high school in Hammond. Guest clinician will be Ingrid Clarfield. Louisiana is still receiving donations to their SOS SOS, code letters of the international distress signal. The signal is expressed in International Morse code as … — — — … (three dots, three dashes, three dots). fund. A recent donation from Wisconsin enabled them to purchase a digital piano for a teacher who could not yet afford to buy an acoustic piano. Oklahoma MTA will hold its conference June 1-2 at the University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a coeducational public research university located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. in Norman. Pianist Joel Schoenhals and his wife, violist Eva Stern, of Eastern Michigan University Eastern Michigan University, mainly at Ypsilanti, Mich.; coeducational; founded 1849 as a normal school, became Eastern Michigan College in 1956, gained university status in 1959. , will be the featured performers. Composer Robert Vandall will present pedagogy sessions. The 93rd Texas MTA convention will be held June 8-10, 2007, at the Dallas-Fort Worth Hyatt Regency Hotel in Grapevine. The convention theme is "Joining Hands for a Musical Journey." Robert Duke and Brian Chung will be featured speakers. Many exciting sessions and recitals are scheduled. All four states were well represented at an excellent division competition and meeting in January at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. We are eagerly looking forward to the Collaborative Conference in Toronto. --Ruth Pitts, 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 Waco, Texas |
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