OH String Teachers

Are you interested in presenting an OSTA sponsored session at the 2014 OMEA Conference?

Fill out the application and return to Gretchen Zunic by 5/20/13!!

OSTA OMEA Conference Application

*Attention Talented Orchestral Students!*

The National High School Honors Orchestra will be held March 5-7, 2014 in Louisville, Kentucky. Students in the eleventh and twelfth grades during the 2013/2014 school year may apply for stringed instruments positions. Percussion and wind students must be in ninth through twelfth grade during the 2013/2014 school year to apply.
The board of directors in January changed how the process for the NHSHO will work.

Students will now submit their application electronically on this website, http://v2.decisiondesk.com/clients/asta_NHSHO/apply/flexform/1/.
The audition repertoire can still be found on the website (www.astaweb.com under “Competitions and Festivals”) or in the February American String Teacher. Applications submitted on the website will then be reviewed by a National Committee.

Teachers: Please pass this information on to the students you know can benefit from this festival, as well as your colleagues in private teaching. Students will need to be sponsored by an ASTA member.

If you have additional questions, please contact either Jill Bixler at jill_bixler@olentangy.k12.oh.us or Stacy Lemke at lemkest@delawarecityschools.net

ASTACAP  is the ASTA Certificate Advancement Program. For more information click here!

2013 ASTACAP Exams:
Saturday, May 18, 2013   9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Epiphany United Methodist Church
6635 Loveland-Miamiville Road
Loveland, Ohio 45140

Applications due April 12th, 2013.
Examiners are Eve Warner and Jen Leong. Questions? Contact sherry.ellis@cinci.rr.com

TO ACCESS THE ONLINE APPLICATION, CLICK HERE!

Dear O.S.T.A. members,

On behalf of your new Board of Directors I would like to invite you to a few OSTA events next week at the conference.   We will host the reading session on Thursday from 6:30-7:30 in the Delaware room of the Hyatt.  Please come, bring and instrument and play along as we read some fabulous new music.  In addition, Bob Phillips, ASTA President will be on hand to greet OSTA members.  On Friday, please come to the OSTA Breakfast Meeting which will be held from 8am-9:30 in the Grant/Harding room on the first level at the Hyatt.  We’ll be holding a raffle at the breakfast for an ASTA membership and some other prizes.  I’ve also attached is a flier highlighting all of the string sessions at OMEA.  We hope to see many of you next week.

As a board we are working hard to reinvigorate our chapter.  In addition to the events at conference, we are working on holding a solo competition in the string, getting the middle school string camp up and running in the summer, holding a membership drive, and keeping our website current and relevant for you.  If you haven’t visited lately, please check out our website:  http://ohiostringteachers.org     Special thanks to our website chair, Erin Broadhurst for all the work she has done to add new items!!

If you are planning to attend the OMEA Conference next week we hope to see you.  If not, we hope you’ll consider getting involved as we work to move our chapter forward.   Please don’t hesitate to contact me, or any of the board members with any thoughts, questions or ideas.  We’re all very happy to be serving you!!

Musically,

Gretchen Zunic
OSTA Chapter President

Click here for a list of OSTA sessions at OMEA Conference 2013

OMEA Professional Development Conference: February 7-9, 2013, Columbus, Ohio

Click here for the OMEA conference website

Click here for a list of OSTA sessions at OMEA Conference

Click here for a list of OMEA Conducting sessions

ASTA National Conference: February 27 – March 3, 2013, Providence, Rhode Island

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