2021-2022 Emails/Newsletters
May 18, 2022
Dearest Teachers,
PIANO CAMP (JUNE 26-JULY 1)
Utah State University (with Kevin Olson) is organizing a 6-day music Summer Camp in Logan, UT.
The registration is open to pianists ages 14-18. Besides daily performances and outdoor activities, students will have private lessons as well as group classes with world-class guest artists and USU Piano Faculty.
The Application Deadline is JUNE 1.
https://cca.usu.edu/music/events/summer/piano/
Thanks to Suzy Clive for bring this information to our attention!
May 9, 2022
Dear teachers:
Save the date! Our last meeting of this school year is Friday, May 27th 11:00 AM at the Cottonwood Grille in Boise. You will have a free lunch, we will socialize, and will discuss the year passed and the year to look forward to! Please, Respond to this email so I will know the numbers to reserve a table for us.
I am so looking forward to seeing all of you!
Thank you so much for your hard work this year!
Blessings,
Irina
April 19, 2022
Hello Everyone,
Just a friendly little nudge to start thinking about Bach repertoire. The 2023 Festival will be on Saturday, February 11. Attached are the categories if you need a refresher on rep choices. I don’t foresee any major revisions coming. The committee hasn’t reviewed pricing for 2023 yet, so we will keep you updated if there are any changes on that.
You may want to check the programs from this past recital to see what categories didn’t get played much—I’d love to see more entries in suites, some of the larger works, Italian Concerto, etc. And invite your strings and woodwind and organist teachers to participate too!
Warmly,
Adam Bendorf
Chair, The Bach Festival & Competition
661-607-3255
April 18, 2022
Hello, TVMTA Teachers!
The registration deadline for Spring Showcase sign-ups is next Wednesday, 4/20/22. Just login at treasurevalleymtaregistration.org and click "Pay Fees" and you will be able to register your students for the recitals. You will then receive a Google Form to complete details. You can also mail a check for your total registrations payable to TVMTA c/o Suzy Clive 3038 W Newbury Ct, Eagle, ID 83616. If there is room and you have students performing on more than one recital, the registration fee is just $10 for the second recital. This will be handled on a first come, first served basis, but we will surely try to accommodate everyone!
This promises to be a fun and enriching event! If any of you know someone with a food/refreshment truck who would like to be at our event in the parking lot May 7, Dunkley's has okayed it! Please email julidraneystudio@gmail.com. Thanks! -Juli
Our Spring Showcase 2022 will be held Saturday, May 7, 2022 at the beautiful Dunkley Music Recital Hall! Enter your students (including your college students!) in this fun and enriching performance opportunity!
Each performer will receive a beautiful performance ribbon. Each recital will begin with a brief Teacher TED talk given by one of our wonderful member teachers (10 min or less). There will be lovely decorations and perhaps a refreshment wagon outside! Bring your best repertoire to perform on our teacher recital at the end of the day!
The registration fee for student performers is $20. TVMTA teacher and college student registration fee is $10.
Repertoire length is limited to 5 minutes per student and there is room for roughly 20 performers per recital. If you have a student with a slightly longer work they wish to perform, you can email for permission. However, it is not guaranteed as we are trying to accommodate as many performers as possible
The sign-up deadline has been extended to April 20.
9:00am Adult Learners
11:00am Baroque and Classic Period
1:00pm Romantic Period
3:00pm 20th - 21st-century
5:00pm Jazz/Contemporary/Originals
7:00pm Ensemble (duets, concerti, trio, quartet, combo...)
8:30pm TVMTA Member Teachers Recital
Registration forms are available on the treasurevalleymtaregistration.org website under the "Pay Fees" tab. Once you register and pay for your students, you will be sent a Google Form to complete regarding your student’s repertoire.
Please direct questions to Juli Draney julidraneystudio@gmail.com. Thank you!
April 5, 2022
Hello, Teachers!
I recently received a request asking what the $20 was for regarding Spring Showcase. I thought I would extend this information to the group. In brief, here are the selling points for your students:
Juli
March 27, 2022
To our amazing teachers,
Here are some updates for Certificate of Achievement - April 9, at Boise State University, Morrison Center.
Dates to remember:
March 28 - All schedules are final. If you have students who are cancelling, please let us know. Double check your students' schedules. There may be a few minutes difference in their time.
March 28 - All volunteers for your studios must be entered so that assignments can be made available to you. Volunteers - Each studio is responsible for providing 1 half day volunteer for every 5 students entered. If you as the teacher are not able to volunteer, you are expected to provide a parent or student 14 years of age or older. Volunteers must be provided to make this event successful and is required whether the students are in person or video.
AM volunteer times are: 8:00 am - 12:30pm
PM volunteer times are: 12:30pm - 5:00pm
Volunteer duties will be hospitality, front desk registration, door monitors, and runners.
April 1- Volunteer assignments will be available.
April 2 - All Video submissions must be completed and emailed to seegmiller.ethan@gmail.com
Guidelines for video submissions are: Technic, performance of repertoire, and sight reading have to be recorded in one take.
Have your student introduce themselves, what level they are playing, the names and composers of the pieces in order of performance and hold up the original music when they announce the pieces.
The sight reading should be in a sealed envelope that is opened on camera by the teacher or parent. There can be time to review it - then played one time.
The video needs to be uploaded by the student or parent to YouTube in unlisted mode, the link sent to the teacher and the teacher sends the link to seegmiller.ethan@gmail.com by April 2.
No late entries will be accepted.
Musicians West has promised the sight reading examples will be made available to us by today and we will send to those teachers who have students who are making videos.
April 8 -Theory tests and ear training tests and answer keys will be sent to all teachers so that they may copy the tests, proctor them with their students, and administer the ear training tests as well. Please grade them and send the results to seegmiller.ethan@gmail.com by April 8.
No late results will be accepted.
Masks are not required in the Morrison Center. You are welcome to wear a mask if preferred
We are very much looking forward to this wonderful event and appreciate your hard work preparing your students and providing support on the day of the event.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
Luann Fife
Chair, Certificate of Achievement 2022
March 25, 2022
Our Spring Showcase 2022 will be held Saturday, May 7, 2022 at the beautiful Dunkley Music Recital Hall! Enter your students (including your college students!) in this fun and enriching performance opportunity!
The sign-up deadline has been extended to April 20.
Each performer will receive a beautiful performance ribbon. Each recital will begin with a brief Teacher TED talk given by one of our wonderful member teachers (10 min or less). There will be lovely decorations and perhaps a refreshment wagon outside! Bring your best repertoire to perform on our teacher recital at the end of the day!
The registration fee for student performers is $20. TVMTA teacher and college student registration fee is $10.
Repertoire length is limited to 5 minutes per student and there is room for roughly 20 performers per recital. If you have a student with a slightly longer work they wish to perform, you can email for permission. However, it is not guaranteed as we are trying to accommodate as many performers as possible
9:00am Adult Learners
11:00am Baroque and Classic Period
1:00pm Romantic Period
3:00pm 20th - 21st-century
5:00pm Jazz/Contemporary/Originals
7:00pm Ensemble (duets, concerti, trio, quartet, combo...)
8:30pm TVMTA Member Teachers Recital
Registration forms will be available on the treasurevalleymta.org website. Once you register and pay for your students, you will be sent a Google Form to complete regarding your student’s repertoire.
Please direct questions to Juli Draney julidraneystudio@gmail.com. Thank you!
March 17, 2022
Hi everyone!
You received our 2022 Sonatina Competition repertoire list yesterday. I am very excited about our repertoire! I believe that our choices will be appealing to students, and so many of the pieces are easily available and are part of our standard teaching repertoire. Many thanks to our Sonatina Repertoire Committee, Tawna Love, Rebecca Wren (and me!) for the hours they worked on this project, and to those teachers who reviewed the list and made suggestions. And thank you to Ethan Seegmiller for his help with the website.
Spring is a great time to plan our students' repertoire for next year. Please consider this repertoire when planning for your students and encourage them to enter this wonderful event.
Please email me if you have any questions or suggestions.
Best regards,
Amy Audas
2022 Sonatina Repertoire Chair
March 16, 2022
Dear Colleagues,
Please see the attached 2022 Sonatina Repertoire List made available by our Sonatina Committee. We thank Sonatina Competition Chair Suzanne Clive and her team for putting in many hours in compiling this list. Special thanks for score samples included in the chart!Sonatina Competition is open to students of TVMTA members. Non-member teachers may participate, but will be charged a $20 fee. Please consider joining our organization at MTNA.org. Entry fees for Levels YB-2 are $25 per student. Levels 3-5 are $30 per student. Levels 6-10 are $40 per student. Level Young Artist is $45 per student. Young Artist should submit repertoire for approval to the Competition Chair (clivepianostudio@gmail.com) by October 1, 2022. Responses are generally given within 48 hours. For more details, please go to our website at www.treasurevalleymta.org.
Regards,
Polina Bratkov
TVMTA Secretary
March 10, 2022
Dear teachers,
The schedule for Certificate of Achievement on April 9 is finalized and viewable in "2022 Student Schedule." Virtual students have also been given times, but for fitting into the judges' schedules. Videos for virtual students need to be submitted to Luann Fife by April 2.
Volunteer assignments also need to be submitted under "Manage Volunteers." Teachers are required to provide 1 half-day volunteer for every 5 students they register.
--
Ethan Seegmiller
2021–2022 TVMTA Webmaster
treasurevalleymta@gmail.com
February 23, 2022
Dear teachers:
I have great news!
As many of you know, my term as a president expires this May. I am so thrilled to announce that our remarkable vice president and program coordinator, Svetlana Nagachevskaya-Maddox gracefully agreed to step in and take on a role of the TVMTA President. With her professionalism, dedication, and vision, Svetlana will be an indispensable leader for us to follow and to be inspired. I am so much looking forward to experience the growth of TVMTA under her leadership.
Blessings,
Irina
February 23, 2022
Dear teachers:
Our Sonatina Repertoire meeting this Friday is cancelled due to the fact that our dedicated Sonatina Competition committee needs an extra meeting to finalize the list. As soon as the list is complete, it will be uploaded on our website for your convenience.
Blessings,
Irina Albig
February 11, 2022
Good morning,
I wanted to remind everyone that the repertoire and your choice of video or in person participation in Certificate of Achievement on April 9 at Boise State University - Morrison Center is due by February 12 (tomorrow). Please be sure to enter all the necessary information for repertoire AND your choice of video or in person. The next step will be scheduling and this information is necessary to make that happen efficiently. I am looking forward to a great event this year! If you have Level 10 Students, be sure to send their list of repertoire to me at your earliest convenience to be approved.
Best,
Luann Fife
Chair - Certificate of Achievement 2022
February 2, 2022
To all our amazing teachers!
The website is open from February 1 - 12 for entering your students' repertoire for Certificate of Achievement. Please also indicate if they will be participating in person at Boise State on April 9 or sending a video by April 2. This information will expedite scheduling. Please check the Musician's West website at www.certificateofachievement.org to see the most updated information for the syllabus for technique, sight reading, aural skills, repertoire and theory requirements. There have been some minor changes. If you have a level 10 student, please remember to send their program to me as soon as possible for the committee to review and confirm.
2022 PARTICIPATION OPTIONS:
Students will have 2 options this year for participation.
Option 1: Live In Person with a judge at Boise State University for sight reading, technique, and repertoire April 9 at Boise State University, Morrison Center Theory and ear training tests will be proctored and graded by each individual teacher and scores sent to Ethan Seegmiller by April 8, 2022.
Option 2: If unable to attend on April 9,2022, a video recording of sight reading, technique, & repertoire must be completed and sent to Luann Fife by April 2, 2022. Teachers will proctor and grade the theory and ear training tests and submit the scores by April 2, 2022. Please email the scores of the ear training and theory tests to Ethan Seegmiller.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
Luann Fife
Certificate of Achievement Chair - 2022
January 30, 2022
TVMTA: Friday, February 4th, 2022 Treasures of Treasure Valley Recital / 6:15 pm at Dunkley Music Recital Hall / Open the hall at 6:00 pm
1. No more than 3 students participants per studio (Depending on numbers of the participants, you might be able to add the other students. Please contact me if you desire to add the students more than three. )
2. Teachers’ performances are also welcome.
3. Any instruments ( included voice ) and any style of performance will be allowed.
4. Please fill out the form below.
-Ex. JJ Miller, 15years old, Allegretto by Shinichi Suzuki ( duet with Micah Miller) and the other.
- When you have the students more than three after contacting with me, please write No.4 or No.5 … before the student’s name and fill the students information in the same column as the other student.
5. Please submit this form by Thursday, January 31.
6. Please protect yourself from Covid.
TVMTA : Treasures of Treasure Valley, Michiko Miller
January 17, 2022
Dear TVMTA: Teachers,
TVMTA: Treasures of Treasure Valley Recital
On Friday, February 4th. At Dunkley Music Recital Hall.
At 6:15pm start. Open the door at 6:00 pm.
First, I wanted to apologize to you all for the short notice about “Treasures of Treasure Valley Recital”. I informed that the date of the event was on 3rd of February at the board meeting a few days ago. On Friday, February 4th is the day of the recital. I will apologize and correct it.
I have attached the registration form and details of the event. Please read it through, if you have any questions, please let me know!
mjmmusicstudio1@gmail.com
Michiko Miller
January 17, 2022
Dear teachers,
This is a reminder that registration for Certificate of Achievement is due by January 23. No late registrations will be accepted. Please see the TVMTA website for information about this great event and let me know if you have any questions. I have also attached to this email the technique that is required for this from Level Prep to Level 9.
Best,
Luann
January 17, 2022
Dear Teachers,
We had our January TVMTA Board meeting last Friday. The minutes from the meeting are in the attachment.
Some of the key points from the meeting:
1. Bach Competition - possibly make it a statewide event in the future and open it up to the non-member teachers
2. New Master Class Chair - Greg Taboloff
3. Looking for a new Chair for Treasures of theTreasure Valley
4. Fundraiser
5. Sonatina Competition - Showcase in February!
6. Looking for a new Certificate of Achievement Vice Chair
7. Irina Albig will be passing on her position of TVMTA President to the next candidate
Our next meeting will be held in May. Please come and get involved! We want to get to know you and hear your ideas!
January 12, 2022
Dear teachers:
This is a short reminder about our TVMTA board meeting this Friday, January 14th 10:30AM at Dunkley Music. I hope most of you can come as we will discuss all the upcoming events this Spring. Among them are: Bach's Festival, Certificate of Achievement, and Spring Showcase. I am very excited for our students to be involved in these engaging programs and evaluations! Please, come join us to learn, support and socialize. If you are able, come join us for lunch at the Costa Vida afterwards!
See you this Friday,
Irina
December 30, 2022
Hello Teachers,
Just a quick reminder that the Jan 8 deadline is quickly approaching. Also, don’t forget that you can enter any Baroque composer! The TVMTA web site is unfortunately not properly updated with Bach info, but you can find all the details and register at this Google Forms site: https://forms.gle/Cpndms85pMyPSjkp6.
Instruments: keyboard, strings, woodwinds, ensembles
Registration deadline: January 8, 2022
Festival Event: February 12, 2022 @ Dunkley Music
Thank you to all of you who have registered. We are going to have a wonderful Festival!
Sincerely,
Adam Bendorf
Chair, Bach Festival & Competition
661-607-3255
December 30, 2022
Hello TVMTA members,
This is just a reminder that I'm getting ready to assemble and format articles for our January 2022 TVMTA newsletter, so if you have a submission, I need it by this Friday Dec 31st. We could use one or two more submissions, that would be very much appreciated!
Robert Morrison
December 28, 2022
Dear Teachers,
Merry Christmas and a Happy New 2022 Year from TVMTA Board!
The registration for Certificate of Achievement opens December 29, 2022. Please see the document with all the details on registration, repertoire, scheduling, participation options and fees. We thank our Certificate of Achievement Chair Luann Fife for her hard work!
2022 IMPORTANT EVENT DATES
December 29, 2021 – January 23,2022---COA Phase I--To Register/Edit Student
February 1-12, 2022---COA Phase II--To Enter Student Repertoire
March 6, 2022---COA Student Schedules Available
March 8-19, 2022---COA Phase III--To Enter Volunteers
April 9, 2022--Certificate of Achievement, Boise State University
Dearest Teachers,
PIANO CAMP (JUNE 26-JULY 1)
Utah State University (with Kevin Olson) is organizing a 6-day music Summer Camp in Logan, UT.
The registration is open to pianists ages 14-18. Besides daily performances and outdoor activities, students will have private lessons as well as group classes with world-class guest artists and USU Piano Faculty.
The Application Deadline is JUNE 1.
https://cca.usu.edu/music/events/summer/piano/
Thanks to Suzy Clive for bring this information to our attention!
May 9, 2022
Dear teachers:
Save the date! Our last meeting of this school year is Friday, May 27th 11:00 AM at the Cottonwood Grille in Boise. You will have a free lunch, we will socialize, and will discuss the year passed and the year to look forward to! Please, Respond to this email so I will know the numbers to reserve a table for us.
I am so looking forward to seeing all of you!
Thank you so much for your hard work this year!
Blessings,
Irina
April 19, 2022
Hello Everyone,
Just a friendly little nudge to start thinking about Bach repertoire. The 2023 Festival will be on Saturday, February 11. Attached are the categories if you need a refresher on rep choices. I don’t foresee any major revisions coming. The committee hasn’t reviewed pricing for 2023 yet, so we will keep you updated if there are any changes on that.
You may want to check the programs from this past recital to see what categories didn’t get played much—I’d love to see more entries in suites, some of the larger works, Italian Concerto, etc. And invite your strings and woodwind and organist teachers to participate too!
Warmly,
Adam Bendorf
Chair, The Bach Festival & Competition
661-607-3255
April 18, 2022
Hello, TVMTA Teachers!
The registration deadline for Spring Showcase sign-ups is next Wednesday, 4/20/22. Just login at treasurevalleymtaregistration.org and click "Pay Fees" and you will be able to register your students for the recitals. You will then receive a Google Form to complete details. You can also mail a check for your total registrations payable to TVMTA c/o Suzy Clive 3038 W Newbury Ct, Eagle, ID 83616. If there is room and you have students performing on more than one recital, the registration fee is just $10 for the second recital. This will be handled on a first come, first served basis, but we will surely try to accommodate everyone!
This promises to be a fun and enriching event! If any of you know someone with a food/refreshment truck who would like to be at our event in the parking lot May 7, Dunkley's has okayed it! Please email julidraneystudio@gmail.com. Thanks! -Juli
Our Spring Showcase 2022 will be held Saturday, May 7, 2022 at the beautiful Dunkley Music Recital Hall! Enter your students (including your college students!) in this fun and enriching performance opportunity!
Each performer will receive a beautiful performance ribbon. Each recital will begin with a brief Teacher TED talk given by one of our wonderful member teachers (10 min or less). There will be lovely decorations and perhaps a refreshment wagon outside! Bring your best repertoire to perform on our teacher recital at the end of the day!
The registration fee for student performers is $20. TVMTA teacher and college student registration fee is $10.
Repertoire length is limited to 5 minutes per student and there is room for roughly 20 performers per recital. If you have a student with a slightly longer work they wish to perform, you can email for permission. However, it is not guaranteed as we are trying to accommodate as many performers as possible
The sign-up deadline has been extended to April 20.
9:00am Adult Learners
11:00am Baroque and Classic Period
1:00pm Romantic Period
3:00pm 20th - 21st-century
5:00pm Jazz/Contemporary/Originals
7:00pm Ensemble (duets, concerti, trio, quartet, combo...)
8:30pm TVMTA Member Teachers Recital
Registration forms are available on the treasurevalleymtaregistration.org website under the "Pay Fees" tab. Once you register and pay for your students, you will be sent a Google Form to complete regarding your student’s repertoire.
Please direct questions to Juli Draney julidraneystudio@gmail.com. Thank you!
April 5, 2022
Hello, Teachers!
I recently received a request asking what the $20 was for regarding Spring Showcase. I thought I would extend this information to the group. In brief, here are the selling points for your students:
- a community-wide event, a true "Spring Showcase" sponsored by the Treasure Valley Music Teachers Association
- hearing other students from other studios
- beautiful performance ribbon
- playing on a gorgeous Steinway with fun decorations
- a short pre-recital lecture by a professional music teacher
- possibly a refreshment wagon(s) outside - if Dunkley's will allow
- a non-competitive celebration of music and excellent performance opportunity
Juli
March 27, 2022
To our amazing teachers,
Here are some updates for Certificate of Achievement - April 9, at Boise State University, Morrison Center.
Dates to remember:
March 28 - All schedules are final. If you have students who are cancelling, please let us know. Double check your students' schedules. There may be a few minutes difference in their time.
March 28 - All volunteers for your studios must be entered so that assignments can be made available to you. Volunteers - Each studio is responsible for providing 1 half day volunteer for every 5 students entered. If you as the teacher are not able to volunteer, you are expected to provide a parent or student 14 years of age or older. Volunteers must be provided to make this event successful and is required whether the students are in person or video.
AM volunteer times are: 8:00 am - 12:30pm
PM volunteer times are: 12:30pm - 5:00pm
Volunteer duties will be hospitality, front desk registration, door monitors, and runners.
April 1- Volunteer assignments will be available.
April 2 - All Video submissions must be completed and emailed to seegmiller.ethan@gmail.com
Guidelines for video submissions are: Technic, performance of repertoire, and sight reading have to be recorded in one take.
Have your student introduce themselves, what level they are playing, the names and composers of the pieces in order of performance and hold up the original music when they announce the pieces.
The sight reading should be in a sealed envelope that is opened on camera by the teacher or parent. There can be time to review it - then played one time.
The video needs to be uploaded by the student or parent to YouTube in unlisted mode, the link sent to the teacher and the teacher sends the link to seegmiller.ethan@gmail.com by April 2.
No late entries will be accepted.
Musicians West has promised the sight reading examples will be made available to us by today and we will send to those teachers who have students who are making videos.
April 8 -Theory tests and ear training tests and answer keys will be sent to all teachers so that they may copy the tests, proctor them with their students, and administer the ear training tests as well. Please grade them and send the results to seegmiller.ethan@gmail.com by April 8.
No late results will be accepted.
Masks are not required in the Morrison Center. You are welcome to wear a mask if preferred
We are very much looking forward to this wonderful event and appreciate your hard work preparing your students and providing support on the day of the event.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
Luann Fife
Chair, Certificate of Achievement 2022
March 25, 2022
Our Spring Showcase 2022 will be held Saturday, May 7, 2022 at the beautiful Dunkley Music Recital Hall! Enter your students (including your college students!) in this fun and enriching performance opportunity!
The sign-up deadline has been extended to April 20.
Each performer will receive a beautiful performance ribbon. Each recital will begin with a brief Teacher TED talk given by one of our wonderful member teachers (10 min or less). There will be lovely decorations and perhaps a refreshment wagon outside! Bring your best repertoire to perform on our teacher recital at the end of the day!
The registration fee for student performers is $20. TVMTA teacher and college student registration fee is $10.
Repertoire length is limited to 5 minutes per student and there is room for roughly 20 performers per recital. If you have a student with a slightly longer work they wish to perform, you can email for permission. However, it is not guaranteed as we are trying to accommodate as many performers as possible
9:00am Adult Learners
11:00am Baroque and Classic Period
1:00pm Romantic Period
3:00pm 20th - 21st-century
5:00pm Jazz/Contemporary/Originals
7:00pm Ensemble (duets, concerti, trio, quartet, combo...)
8:30pm TVMTA Member Teachers Recital
Registration forms will be available on the treasurevalleymta.org website. Once you register and pay for your students, you will be sent a Google Form to complete regarding your student’s repertoire.
Please direct questions to Juli Draney julidraneystudio@gmail.com. Thank you!
March 17, 2022
Hi everyone!
You received our 2022 Sonatina Competition repertoire list yesterday. I am very excited about our repertoire! I believe that our choices will be appealing to students, and so many of the pieces are easily available and are part of our standard teaching repertoire. Many thanks to our Sonatina Repertoire Committee, Tawna Love, Rebecca Wren (and me!) for the hours they worked on this project, and to those teachers who reviewed the list and made suggestions. And thank you to Ethan Seegmiller for his help with the website.
Spring is a great time to plan our students' repertoire for next year. Please consider this repertoire when planning for your students and encourage them to enter this wonderful event.
Please email me if you have any questions or suggestions.
Best regards,
Amy Audas
2022 Sonatina Repertoire Chair
March 16, 2022
Dear Colleagues,
Please see the attached 2022 Sonatina Repertoire List made available by our Sonatina Committee. We thank Sonatina Competition Chair Suzanne Clive and her team for putting in many hours in compiling this list. Special thanks for score samples included in the chart!Sonatina Competition is open to students of TVMTA members. Non-member teachers may participate, but will be charged a $20 fee. Please consider joining our organization at MTNA.org. Entry fees for Levels YB-2 are $25 per student. Levels 3-5 are $30 per student. Levels 6-10 are $40 per student. Level Young Artist is $45 per student. Young Artist should submit repertoire for approval to the Competition Chair (clivepianostudio@gmail.com) by October 1, 2022. Responses are generally given within 48 hours. For more details, please go to our website at www.treasurevalleymta.org.
Regards,
Polina Bratkov
TVMTA Secretary
March 10, 2022
Dear teachers,
The schedule for Certificate of Achievement on April 9 is finalized and viewable in "2022 Student Schedule." Virtual students have also been given times, but for fitting into the judges' schedules. Videos for virtual students need to be submitted to Luann Fife by April 2.
Volunteer assignments also need to be submitted under "Manage Volunteers." Teachers are required to provide 1 half-day volunteer for every 5 students they register.
--
Ethan Seegmiller
2021–2022 TVMTA Webmaster
treasurevalleymta@gmail.com
February 23, 2022
Dear teachers:
I have great news!
As many of you know, my term as a president expires this May. I am so thrilled to announce that our remarkable vice president and program coordinator, Svetlana Nagachevskaya-Maddox gracefully agreed to step in and take on a role of the TVMTA President. With her professionalism, dedication, and vision, Svetlana will be an indispensable leader for us to follow and to be inspired. I am so much looking forward to experience the growth of TVMTA under her leadership.
Blessings,
Irina
February 23, 2022
Dear teachers:
Our Sonatina Repertoire meeting this Friday is cancelled due to the fact that our dedicated Sonatina Competition committee needs an extra meeting to finalize the list. As soon as the list is complete, it will be uploaded on our website for your convenience.
Blessings,
Irina Albig
February 11, 2022
Good morning,
I wanted to remind everyone that the repertoire and your choice of video or in person participation in Certificate of Achievement on April 9 at Boise State University - Morrison Center is due by February 12 (tomorrow). Please be sure to enter all the necessary information for repertoire AND your choice of video or in person. The next step will be scheduling and this information is necessary to make that happen efficiently. I am looking forward to a great event this year! If you have Level 10 Students, be sure to send their list of repertoire to me at your earliest convenience to be approved.
Best,
Luann Fife
Chair - Certificate of Achievement 2022
February 2, 2022
To all our amazing teachers!
The website is open from February 1 - 12 for entering your students' repertoire for Certificate of Achievement. Please also indicate if they will be participating in person at Boise State on April 9 or sending a video by April 2. This information will expedite scheduling. Please check the Musician's West website at www.certificateofachievement.org to see the most updated information for the syllabus for technique, sight reading, aural skills, repertoire and theory requirements. There have been some minor changes. If you have a level 10 student, please remember to send their program to me as soon as possible for the committee to review and confirm.
2022 PARTICIPATION OPTIONS:
Students will have 2 options this year for participation.
Option 1: Live In Person with a judge at Boise State University for sight reading, technique, and repertoire April 9 at Boise State University, Morrison Center Theory and ear training tests will be proctored and graded by each individual teacher and scores sent to Ethan Seegmiller by April 8, 2022.
Option 2: If unable to attend on April 9,2022, a video recording of sight reading, technique, & repertoire must be completed and sent to Luann Fife by April 2, 2022. Teachers will proctor and grade the theory and ear training tests and submit the scores by April 2, 2022. Please email the scores of the ear training and theory tests to Ethan Seegmiller.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
Luann Fife
Certificate of Achievement Chair - 2022
January 30, 2022
TVMTA: Friday, February 4th, 2022 Treasures of Treasure Valley Recital / 6:15 pm at Dunkley Music Recital Hall / Open the hall at 6:00 pm
1. No more than 3 students participants per studio (Depending on numbers of the participants, you might be able to add the other students. Please contact me if you desire to add the students more than three. )
2. Teachers’ performances are also welcome.
3. Any instruments ( included voice ) and any style of performance will be allowed.
4. Please fill out the form below.
-Ex. JJ Miller, 15years old, Allegretto by Shinichi Suzuki ( duet with Micah Miller) and the other.
- When you have the students more than three after contacting with me, please write No.4 or No.5 … before the student’s name and fill the students information in the same column as the other student.
5. Please submit this form by Thursday, January 31.
6. Please protect yourself from Covid.
TVMTA : Treasures of Treasure Valley, Michiko Miller
January 17, 2022
Dear TVMTA: Teachers,
TVMTA: Treasures of Treasure Valley Recital
On Friday, February 4th. At Dunkley Music Recital Hall.
At 6:15pm start. Open the door at 6:00 pm.
First, I wanted to apologize to you all for the short notice about “Treasures of Treasure Valley Recital”. I informed that the date of the event was on 3rd of February at the board meeting a few days ago. On Friday, February 4th is the day of the recital. I will apologize and correct it.
I have attached the registration form and details of the event. Please read it through, if you have any questions, please let me know!
mjmmusicstudio1@gmail.com
Michiko Miller
January 17, 2022
Dear teachers,
This is a reminder that registration for Certificate of Achievement is due by January 23. No late registrations will be accepted. Please see the TVMTA website for information about this great event and let me know if you have any questions. I have also attached to this email the technique that is required for this from Level Prep to Level 9.
Best,
Luann
January 17, 2022
Dear Teachers,
We had our January TVMTA Board meeting last Friday. The minutes from the meeting are in the attachment.
Some of the key points from the meeting:
1. Bach Competition - possibly make it a statewide event in the future and open it up to the non-member teachers
2. New Master Class Chair - Greg Taboloff
3. Looking for a new Chair for Treasures of theTreasure Valley
4. Fundraiser
5. Sonatina Competition - Showcase in February!
6. Looking for a new Certificate of Achievement Vice Chair
7. Irina Albig will be passing on her position of TVMTA President to the next candidate
Our next meeting will be held in May. Please come and get involved! We want to get to know you and hear your ideas!
January 12, 2022
Dear teachers:
This is a short reminder about our TVMTA board meeting this Friday, January 14th 10:30AM at Dunkley Music. I hope most of you can come as we will discuss all the upcoming events this Spring. Among them are: Bach's Festival, Certificate of Achievement, and Spring Showcase. I am very excited for our students to be involved in these engaging programs and evaluations! Please, come join us to learn, support and socialize. If you are able, come join us for lunch at the Costa Vida afterwards!
See you this Friday,
Irina
December 30, 2022
Hello Teachers,
Just a quick reminder that the Jan 8 deadline is quickly approaching. Also, don’t forget that you can enter any Baroque composer! The TVMTA web site is unfortunately not properly updated with Bach info, but you can find all the details and register at this Google Forms site: https://forms.gle/Cpndms85pMyPSjkp6.
Instruments: keyboard, strings, woodwinds, ensembles
Registration deadline: January 8, 2022
Festival Event: February 12, 2022 @ Dunkley Music
Thank you to all of you who have registered. We are going to have a wonderful Festival!
Sincerely,
Adam Bendorf
Chair, Bach Festival & Competition
661-607-3255
December 30, 2022
Hello TVMTA members,
This is just a reminder that I'm getting ready to assemble and format articles for our January 2022 TVMTA newsletter, so if you have a submission, I need it by this Friday Dec 31st. We could use one or two more submissions, that would be very much appreciated!
Robert Morrison
December 28, 2022
Dear Teachers,
Merry Christmas and a Happy New 2022 Year from TVMTA Board!
The registration for Certificate of Achievement opens December 29, 2022. Please see the document with all the details on registration, repertoire, scheduling, participation options and fees. We thank our Certificate of Achievement Chair Luann Fife for her hard work!
2022 IMPORTANT EVENT DATES
December 29, 2021 – January 23,2022---COA Phase I--To Register/Edit Student
February 1-12, 2022---COA Phase II--To Enter Student Repertoire
March 6, 2022---COA Student Schedules Available
March 8-19, 2022---COA Phase III--To Enter Volunteers
April 9, 2022--Certificate of Achievement, Boise State University
September 20, 2021
Dear teachers,
The TVMTA Fall Social is this Friday, September 24 at Gay Pool’s house at 11277 Verde Lane, Boise at 10:30 am. Gay will be providing coffee, tea, and juice. She would like to know how many are coming, hopefully many will be able to!!
Please let me know what food you would like to bring to share at this fun social. We will need:
Salads
Lunch dishes
Desserts
Please email me at idahomusicacademy@gmail.com to let me know!
Thank you!
Luann Fife
**Vaccinated members only**
September 19, 2021
Dear teachers,
Idaho Music Academy will be moving to a new location November 1 that will be very close to the current location. The lease is ending October 31 and will not be renewed here. I am very much looking forward to our new location which will provide much better access and parking. New address and more details to follow soon.
Best,
Luann Fife
September 11, 2021
TEACHERS: PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO YOUR SONATINA COMPETITION PARTICIPANTS. THANK YOU!
Hello Parents, Teachers and Students, Judges and Volunteers!
This is an informational email intended to let you know the policies and procedures TVMTA has in place for Sonatina Competition, to protect families from the Covid virus. These policies were developed in cooperation with Boise State University and will be strictly enforced. These policies apply to students, parents, judges, teachers, volunteers and anyone else participating in or enjoying the event.
BSU has been very generous in allowing us the use of their facilities, but that is conditional on our complying with the following guidelines. If you know that you cannot comply with the following requirements, we respectfully ask you to please not participate in the event, as we do not want to lose these privileges in the future. Thank you in advance for your cooperation!
COMPETITION DAY
1. Everyone entering the building must wear a face mask completely covering their nose and mouth for the duration of their visit to the Morrison Center. Hand sanitizer will be available at the front desk, with every door monitor, and inside every judging room.
2. Visitors should socially distance from each other.
3. Each competitor may be accompanied by a maximum of ONE adult in the building. No siblings or second parents may tag along. The only exception to this rule is if there is only one parent available and two children competing at times close to each other. In this case the adult may accompany both children, and the sibling may wait with the parent for the competitor to play.
4. Participants are to wait in the parking lot or in their cars until checking in at the front desk. You may check in a maximum of 15 minutes before your assigned performance time.
5. Students and their adult companion must leave the Morrison Center immediately after their performance. There will be NO warm ups allowed at the Morrison Center. Please do not wander around the building.
6. Judges will wipe off the keys after each performance and wear a mask at all times, except during mealtimes and breaks. Volunteers will wear a mask at all times.
6. Results will be posted online only. There will be no posting of results in the Morrison Center.
RECITAL PROTOCOL
1. No more than 2 guests (age 14 and older) per finalist may attend an evening recital. These guests must be both willing and able to wear a mask for the duration of their time in the Morrison Center. We will attempt to livestream the competition so that others may watch the recitals if desired. A link will be available on our website on competition day.
2. Students are to wear masks at all times, but they may remove their mask while performing. Students should replace their mask after performing, being sure to cover both the mouth and nose with the mask.
3. After the recital, participants and guests will be asked to leave the building immediately. Chatting, congratulating, taking pictures, etc. will not be allowed at all inside the Morrison Center. Feel free to do these things after you exit the building.
We thank you for your cooperation and hope for a wonderful and edifying experience for our students! Please direct any questions to your teacher, who can communicate questions or feedback to the Sonatina Committee directly. Parents should not directly contact the Sonatina Committee.
Now go practice!!! ;)
Your 2021 Sonatina Committee, Treasure Valley Music Teachers Association
September 4, 2021
2021 Sonatina Competition Registration will be open until September 30, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. Please do the following things....
September 1, 2021
Enjoy these photos and videos from the 2021 Summer Showcase!
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwOxFeOzrsea5o5MKjSJgRpbOLJgDchtz
Dear teachers,
The TVMTA Fall Social is this Friday, September 24 at Gay Pool’s house at 11277 Verde Lane, Boise at 10:30 am. Gay will be providing coffee, tea, and juice. She would like to know how many are coming, hopefully many will be able to!!
Please let me know what food you would like to bring to share at this fun social. We will need:
Salads
Lunch dishes
Desserts
Please email me at idahomusicacademy@gmail.com to let me know!
Thank you!
Luann Fife
**Vaccinated members only**
September 19, 2021
Dear teachers,
Idaho Music Academy will be moving to a new location November 1 that will be very close to the current location. The lease is ending October 31 and will not be renewed here. I am very much looking forward to our new location which will provide much better access and parking. New address and more details to follow soon.
Best,
Luann Fife
September 11, 2021
TEACHERS: PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO YOUR SONATINA COMPETITION PARTICIPANTS. THANK YOU!
Hello Parents, Teachers and Students, Judges and Volunteers!
This is an informational email intended to let you know the policies and procedures TVMTA has in place for Sonatina Competition, to protect families from the Covid virus. These policies were developed in cooperation with Boise State University and will be strictly enforced. These policies apply to students, parents, judges, teachers, volunteers and anyone else participating in or enjoying the event.
BSU has been very generous in allowing us the use of their facilities, but that is conditional on our complying with the following guidelines. If you know that you cannot comply with the following requirements, we respectfully ask you to please not participate in the event, as we do not want to lose these privileges in the future. Thank you in advance for your cooperation!
COMPETITION DAY
1. Everyone entering the building must wear a face mask completely covering their nose and mouth for the duration of their visit to the Morrison Center. Hand sanitizer will be available at the front desk, with every door monitor, and inside every judging room.
2. Visitors should socially distance from each other.
3. Each competitor may be accompanied by a maximum of ONE adult in the building. No siblings or second parents may tag along. The only exception to this rule is if there is only one parent available and two children competing at times close to each other. In this case the adult may accompany both children, and the sibling may wait with the parent for the competitor to play.
4. Participants are to wait in the parking lot or in their cars until checking in at the front desk. You may check in a maximum of 15 minutes before your assigned performance time.
5. Students and their adult companion must leave the Morrison Center immediately after their performance. There will be NO warm ups allowed at the Morrison Center. Please do not wander around the building.
6. Judges will wipe off the keys after each performance and wear a mask at all times, except during mealtimes and breaks. Volunteers will wear a mask at all times.
6. Results will be posted online only. There will be no posting of results in the Morrison Center.
RECITAL PROTOCOL
1. No more than 2 guests (age 14 and older) per finalist may attend an evening recital. These guests must be both willing and able to wear a mask for the duration of their time in the Morrison Center. We will attempt to livestream the competition so that others may watch the recitals if desired. A link will be available on our website on competition day.
2. Students are to wear masks at all times, but they may remove their mask while performing. Students should replace their mask after performing, being sure to cover both the mouth and nose with the mask.
3. After the recital, participants and guests will be asked to leave the building immediately. Chatting, congratulating, taking pictures, etc. will not be allowed at all inside the Morrison Center. Feel free to do these things after you exit the building.
We thank you for your cooperation and hope for a wonderful and edifying experience for our students! Please direct any questions to your teacher, who can communicate questions or feedback to the Sonatina Committee directly. Parents should not directly contact the Sonatina Committee.
Now go practice!!! ;)
Your 2021 Sonatina Committee, Treasure Valley Music Teachers Association
September 4, 2021
2021 Sonatina Competition Registration will be open until September 30, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. Please do the following things....
- Log into your teacher account. https://www.treasurevalleymtaregistration.org/
- Update your student list. If you have students that are no longer taking lessons from you please "delete" them from your list. This leaves the student and their record in the computer system, but removes them from your list.
- If you have new students add them to your list.
- If you have a transfer student who has participated previously and you need their record transferred to your account so you can register them please contact Ethan Seegmiller seegmiller.ethan@gmail.com to have the student record moved to your account before you try to register the student. This change has to be verified with their previous teacher. Allow time for that verification to happen.
- Be sure you have paid your TVMTA Membership. If you paid your dues after August 30th please send a copy of your receipt to Ethan Seegmiller seegmiller.ethan@gmail.com to have the registration website updated BEFORE you begin registering your students for Sonatina Competition otherwise you will be charged the "non-member" rate.
- Register & pay for your Sonatina Competition students before 11:59pm 9/30/2020. The computer system is set to automatically shut off at midnight. Please register early in case there are complications. Ethan Seegmiller will not be available after 10pm on September 30th to assist you with problems.
- If you try to log into your teacher account and you cannot get in, type in your email address and click "send my password"....CHECK your spam folder if you do not receive the email with a password rest. We have tested this and the system is sending temporary passwords. Occasionally, using a different browser can solve the problem.
September 1, 2021
Enjoy these photos and videos from the 2021 Summer Showcase!
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwOxFeOzrsea5o5MKjSJgRpbOLJgDchtz
