Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association

Professional Development & Support Services

Certification

Certification For information concerning MTNA's national certification process, go to www.mtna.org or contact Martha Smith, VMTA Coordinator or Diane Perett, NVMTA Coordinator.

Committee to Promote Performing Opportunities with Orchestras

Nancy Genovese, 703-534-7311; Frances Vaughan, 703-765-0063. The purpose of this committee is to develop and maintain relations with the area orchestras that accompany NVMTA senior concerto winners and to publicize the resulting performances.

Dues & Membership

Amy Rothstein, 703-827-9513
Membership Dues: $119 (MTNA $59, VMTA $20, NVMTA $40)
Renewals are billed by MTNA, payable by June 15. Members who miss the June 15 deadline will not be listed in the following year's NVMTA directory. Contact Amy Rothstein about changes in address, telephone numbers, and email accounts. MTNA offers a first-time members' 50 percent discount in membership fee for those joining after January 1. VMTA and NVMTA do not offer this discount. Members 70 and over have the option of a 50 percent discount on their local NVMTA dues, as well as a 25 percent discount on their MTNA and VMTA dues.

MusicLink Foundation

Martha Smith, State Coordinator, 703-243-7164. MusicLink connects promising students in financial need with professional music teachers. Teachers interested in working with MusicLink either by offering partial/full scholarship lessons or by developing the program should contact the state or local coordinator or visit the web site www.musiclinkfoundation.org.

NVMTA Newsletter

Laura Marchisotto Bogart, Editor 703-556-9317
Advertising: Bettye Cooley, 703-830-4819
Submit concise copy to editor Laura Bogart by email attachment to laurapianostudio@gmail.com. Articles may be edited for clarity and space. See online calendar for deadlines.

NVMTA Web Site

Consult www.nvmta.org for regularly updated calendar and contact information, as well as to download competition, festival, and administrative forms. Send submissions by e-mail to martha.smith@comcast.net.

Professional Development Grants

Martha Smith, Chairman, 703-243-7164; Jacqua Yeomans, Assistant Chairman, 703-522-3083
Grants of up to $300 are awarded annually to NVMTA members seeking assistance in upgrading their teaching skills. Priority is given to teachers seeking National Certification, to those wishing to attend state or national conferences, or those researching pedagogy topics. To apply, send a letter outlining your plans, your budget, and your needs to the chair by April 30, 2010. Awards will be announced at the Scholarship Winners Recital in May.

MTNA Code of Ethics

http://www.mtna.org/AboutMTNA/CodeofEthics/tabid/468/Default.aspx.

NVMTA Scholarship Endowment Fund

Co-Chairs: Martha Smith, 703-243-7164, Jacqua Yeomans, 703-522-3083, Peggy McNulty, 703-356-3219
In 2000, in celebration of our 50th anniversary, NVMTA established an Endowment Fund. Initial funds included $5,372 from the Estate of Alma Grayce Miller and $3,565 donated in memory of Caurine Easterling. Since then, the Fund has received generous donations in honor of the teachers, students, family members, and friends listed below. On September 30, 2009, the value of the fund exceeded $70,000. Money donated to the fund is invested to ensure growth and to provide revenue for achievement awards and the composition festival. NVMTA welcomes contributions of any size. Please send your check to the NVMTA Treasurer, indicating whom it honors.

Designated Scholarships and Festivals(Combined contributions of at least $5,000) Named Scholarships and Competitions(Combined contributions of at least $2,000) Combined contributions of $500 or more

Teacher Referral Service

Go to www.nvmta.org/find-a-teacher.php.

Woman's Club of Arlington: Reservations & Teacher Guidelines

  1. Use e-mail to request a reservation from Linda Gutterman
    In your e-mail include the following:
    • your name
    • mailing address
    • phone number
    • date and time requested
    • room requested (upstairs only or upstairs and downstairs)
    Include set-up and clean-up time in hours requested. The start time of your contract should be when you need access to the building, not the start time of your recital.
  2. Reservations must be requested at least 30 days in advance.
  3. Contract will be sent 60 days in advance, with payment due 30 days before your reserved date.
  4. Multiple reservations will be included in one contract, and payment for all will be expected 30 days before the first date.
  5. On the By-Laws & Contracts page of this site, read the Woman's Club contract and house rules for your obligations and responsibilities as a renter.
  6. Obtain the keys from Linda Gutterman on your way to the recital/event. E-mail Linda several days in advance for directions and details on key pick-up.
  7. Do not give chairman's phone number or e-mail address to parents.

Yahoo Group

Moderators: Ronda Sprague, 703-393-7080 and Andrew Horowitz, 703-229-3109
NVMTA has established a Yahoo Group (loop) to keep members informed about our calendar of events. The primary purpose of the loop is to send out automatically generated reminders in advance of NVMTA meetings, events and postmark deadlines. The loop will also be used to notify members of schedule changes, additions, and corrections that don't make it into the Newsletter. NVMTA members may subscribe or unsubscribe automatically. To sign up for the loop, send a blank e-mail, with no subject and no text in the body to nvmta-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

Have your name removed by sending a blank email, with no subject and no text in the body to nvmta-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com. The loop will not be used to send advertisements or promotions, except for those that are sponsored by or are directly related to NVMTA. Businesses and nonprofit groups wishing to reach our membership are encouraged to purchase space in the Newsletter. The Newsletter is also where member performances should be posted. Subject lines for loop messages will contain specific descriptions so that members may immediately delete items that don't apply to them. Meeting minutes from the past 12 months will be posted in the files section of the loop. Each time a new file is posted, members will be notified automatically. From time to time, NVMTA may choose to post other files on the loop which may be of interest to members, but which are not suitable for displaying publicly on www.nvmta.org. These files might include sample studio policies, budget reports, repertoire lists, etc.


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