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Welcome back to Salem District OMTA!

I hope everyone had a relaxing summer!  This is "Back-to-Teaching-Music" time!  This is a busy time of the year when we teachers may be found frantically--and happily--planning and scheduling our coming year! We have some great meetings planned again this year!

Oct.     6   Melody Morrison - Zoom

Dec.    1   Christmas Brunch - Magnolia on the Green 

Feb.    2   Dr. Lark Powers

March 1   Dr. Thomas Otten

June    2  Wrap-Up Brunch - Basil & Board

Festivals

Baroque Festival - Kellene Goff

Art & Music Festival - Crystal Zimmerman

Syllabus

Fall Syllabus - October 19-21 - Shari Beals

Spring Syllabus - May 17-19 - Kellene Goff and Deborah Butler

Scholarships

Pamela Miller - Crystal Zimmerman

Iva Turner - Trinity Goff

See you on the 15th at Minto-Brown Park!

~Deborah Butler, President, Salem District, OMTA

Our first meeting - Minto-Brown Park

Friday, September 15, 2023 @ 11:00 am

Pick up your 2023-2024 Membership Directory.

Bring a chair and lunch or a snack to share!

Please welcome our New Members

Grace Taylor

gcnpianostudio78@gmail.com

(971) 715-9080

Dr. Asya Gula

asyagulua@gmail.com

Thank you to all our volunteers working on Salem District OMTA events and business!

Esther Fields

Debbie Smith

Jill Foster

Dr. Crystal Zimmerman

Kellene Goff

Trinity Goff

Holly Butler

Shari Beals

Marilyn Reischke

We need you to volunteer!  Please volunteer to help with an event this year. This is needed to keep our organization fresh and moving forward. We need you!!

•Bring Refreshments to a meeting
•Assemble Membership Directory
•Contact Members

•Chair or Co-Chair a Festival

•Help organize our Christmas Brunch, speakers, and meetings

•Help chair a festival

•Board Member

Let us know if you have any questions or ideas.

Fall Syllabus Registration is OPEN!

Shari Beals has stepped up to chair this event

Fall Syllabus: October 19-21, 2023

Deadline: September 22, 2023

Chair: Shari Beals

Location: If you can offer your studio, please let Shari know.

The deadline for entries is September 22 and the exam dates are October 19-21 (Thurs, Fri, Sat).

SalemOMTA.org Webmaster

Benjamin Smith has agreed to be the Web Master this year! Thank you, Benjamin!

Syllabus Rebates Available again this year!

SYLLABUS SCHOLARSHIP GUIDELINES

2023-2024

• Teacher submits a Syllabus Scholarship application to Treasurer.  Treasurer will award a 50% Scholarship, as funds allow, up to $1,000. Teacher will inform the parent and student of this opportunity and get their signatures and mailing address.

• Teacher pays the full Syllabus fees, with fees refunded by the Scholarship amount.

• Full scholarships are available based on teacher's recommendations and available funds.

• Teacher will submit a confidential application to the Treasurer, who will award a 50% scholarship as funds allow.  $1000 will be set aside from General Fund for Syllabus Scholarships.  This applies to any kind of Syllabus examination.  The teacher will pay the full Syllabus fees and be refunded the scholarship amount.  Syllabus Scholarship Application will include the Syllabus Level and amount of the scholarship.

• Scholarship may include a full scholarship, based on the teacher’s recommendation and the availability of funds.  

Presenter: Dr. Thomas Otten, NCTM

In Person: Yes   

Online: Yes

Short Program       

How Do I Get My Student to Sound Arsc? What makes for an arsc performance? This session will delve into issues of tone, rubato, 

rhythm, arculaon, pedal, tempo and how to use these elements to create arstry in student

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Free Piano

Spinet piano, a Straube built in 1941

Please contact Marilyn Reischke: reischkemusic@gmail.com

Pianist Wanted
Paradise Island Chapel is looking for a pianist on Sunday mornings to play three hymns for congregational singing.  Their service begins at 10am, and they will pay $50 per Sunday.  Paradise Island Manufactured Home Park is located on Turner Road south of WalMart.

Please contact Marilyn Reischke at reischkemusic@gmail.com or 503-509-9326

Happy New Year!

I hope you had a restful, peaceful holiday season. And now onward to MUSIC…lots of it! Winter is a wonderful time to make music: Chilly Weather + Blustery + Dark = More Practice! :)

Our first meeting of the New Year will be Friday, February 3, 2023.

Broadway Coffeehouse

1300 Broadway St, Salem, OR, Europe Room, 4th floor (There are parking lots on 5th St.)

  9:30am - 10:00am    Business Meeting

10:00am - 12:00pm  Program:  Dr. Crystal Zimmerman

"Non-Verbal Teaching:  Identifying and Utilizing Learning Styles"

Website Announcement

The phone number and email of each member of Salem District OMTA has been published on our SalemOMTA.org website in order to provide contact information for potential music students. In fact, our new website has already generated at least one new student!  If you would like your information removed or changed, please contact Deborah Butler. ~Debbie Smith, Secretary     

A note from Kellene Goff RE:  Baroque Festival

Hello Teachers, Our Baroque Festival will be held on February 11 at St Mark Lutheran Church in Salem. The deadline for entries will be January 28. Leggiero is open. Feel free to email with any questions, ~Kellene Goff

Spring Syllabus is coming up! 

May 19-21, 2023

Deadline for entries is April 21.

Start planning now.

Voice scholarships are available.

FYI - This is a special notice to let everyone know that Monday Musical Club of Portland is now accepting applications for the 2023 Scholarship Awards Program. The announcement and application are available at our website: https://www.pdxmmc.org/scholarship-info/

This year we will be awarding $16,000 to the top contestants following our auditions on April 15th. The competition is open to students of music, ages 14 through 22, who are studying and living in the state of Oregon or Clark County, Washington. We expect that we will meet the maximum number of applicants very quickly this month, so please disseminate this message quickly to as many eligible students and teachers as possible. We want to give everyone an equal opportunity to apply. Thank you for helping to spread the word. Grant Porter  grantporter0902@gmail.com

As always, please let me know if you have any suggestions or ideas.

See you soon,

Deborah Snow Butler, President

Salem District OMTA