Table of Contents
New Jersey Music Teachers Association
Constitution and Bylaws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Code of Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Officers and Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Past Presidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
MTNA Professional Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
MTNA Collegiate Chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
MTNA College Faculty Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
MTNA Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
NJMTA Conference 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
NJMTA Calendar of Events 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Student Activities and Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
General Information
Requirements for Teachers Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
General Guidelines for all NJMTA Auditions and Competitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
MTNA Competitions Music Release Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Composer Classification List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
2012 Winter NJMTA Sponsored Events
NJMTA Children Helping Children Performathon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
2012 Spring NJMTA Sponsored Events
Spring Piano Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Spring Recital – Auditions & Concerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
2012 Fall NJMTA Sponsored Events
Young Musicians Competitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
State Conference Master Class Auditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
NJ Composer Commission Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
High School Scholarship Competitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
2012 Fall MTNA Sponsored Events
MTNA Student Performance Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
MTNA Student Composition Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Registration Entry and Trophy Award Forms
2012 NJMTA Children Helping Children Performathon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
2012 Spring Piano Festival – Registration/Award Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
2012 Spring Recital – Auditions Registration/Award Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
2012 Fall Events – Registration Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Maps and Driving Directions
Caldwell College (CC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Jacobs Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Rider University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Rowan University (RU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Seton Hall University (SHU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Westminster Choir College (WCC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
NJMTA Members Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
NJMTA Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
NEW JERSEY MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Constitution and Bylaws
Proposed 1994 and revised 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2009
ARTICLE 1 – NAME
The New Jersey Music Teachers Association, Incorporated, otherwise known as NJMTA, is an affiliate of the Music
Teachers National Association Inc., otherwise known as MTNA, Cincinnati, Ohio, an exempt organization under Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
ARTICLE 2 – PURPOSE
Section 1.
The purpose for which NJMTA is organized and operated is exclusively literary and educational, as
defined in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and its regulations as they now exist or as
they may hereafter be amended. The purpose of NJMTA shall be the advancement of music
education, and in specific furtherance thereof:
a.
To conduct programs and activities to build a vital musical culture and an enlightened musical
public for the benefit and the general welfare of all persons;
b.
To conduct programs and activities to build a vital musical culture and an enlightened musical
public for the benefit and the general welfare of all persons;
c.
To ensure that every student shall have access to a balanced, comprehensive, and high quality
program of music instruction;
d.
To promote the quality of teaching, research and scholarship in music;
e.
To promote the involvement of persons of all ages in learning music;
f.
To foster the utilization of the most effective techniques and resources in music instruction; and,
g.
To facilitate the education of music teachers.
Section 2.
NJMTA is a not-for-profit organization whose funds are to be used solely to accomplish the
objectives described in Section 1 of this Article 2. No part of the net earnings of the organization shall
inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to members, trustees, officers, or other private persons,
except that the organization shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation
for services rendered, and to make payments and distributions to further the purposes set out in
Section 1 of this Article 2. No substantial part of the activities of the organization shall be the carrying
on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and the organization shall not
participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distribution of statements) any political
campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office. The organization shall not
carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on (a) by an organization exempt for federal
income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any
future federal tax code, or (b) by an organization, contributions to which are deductible under
Section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Section 3.
In the event of the dissolution of this NJMTA, any funds remaining in the treasury, after the payment
of any outstanding debts, shall be contributed to MTNA.
ARTICLE 3 – MEMBERSHIP
Section 1.
Membership classifications and privileges are described in the Bylaws of NJMTA.
Section 2.
NJMTA membership dues will be proposed by the Executive Committee and approved by the NJMTA
Board. These dues will be in addition to those assessed by MTNA.
Section 3.
Membership in the Association can be revoked due to violation of the MTNA Code of Ethics.
Termination will be decided by the NJMTA Executive Board.
ARTICLE 4 – AFFILIATED LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS
Section 1.
Any city, town or district music teachers association may become and remain affiliated with NJMTA
by fulfilling the requirements of membership as stated in the Constitution and Bylaws.
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Section 2.
The Executive Committee may suspend or terminate any affiliated Association at any time for
justifiable cause, as outlined in the Bylaws, subject to ratification of this action by the NJMTA Board.
ARTICLE 5 – OFFICERS
Officers of NJMTA will consist of the President, President-Elect, Vice President of Student Activities, Recording
Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Immediate Past President, MTNA Competitions Coordinator, and Membership
Chairperson. The manner of election of each officer will be defined in the Bylaws.
ARTICLE 6 – EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Section 1.
The Executive Committee will consist of the President, President-Elect, Vice President for Student
Activities, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Immediate Past President, MTNA Competitions
Coordinator and Membership Chairperson.
Section 2.
The Executive Committee will determine the policies of NJMTA in consultation with the Board of
NJMTA and within the limits of the Constitution and Bylaws. It will actively pursue the purposes of
NJMTA and will have control of the disbursements of all funds of NJMTA. Rules and regulations
appropriate for the management of NJMTA may be adopted should it be advisable.
Section 3.
In order to transact business, a quorum consisting of five (5) voting members of the Executive
Committee, at least one of them being the President or President-Elect, must be physically present.
Meetings may, in an emergency, be held by teleconference calls, in which all persons participating
can hear each other, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence at such a meeting.
ARTICLE 7 – NJMTA BOARD
Section 1.
The NJMTA Board will consist of the Executive Committee and the following Chairpersons, unless
otherwise designated as Coordinator as listed on page 9.
Section 2.
The NJMTA Board will make recommendations to the Executive Committee regarding policy and
membership concerns.
Section 3.
The NJMTA Board will have the power to rescind by a two-thirds vote any decision of the Executive
Board.
Section 4.
Fifteen (15) members will constitute a quorum of the NJMTA Board.
ARTICLE 8 – COMMITTEES
The President, with the approval of the Executive Committee, will appoint such standing and ad hoc committees and
chairpersons as required by the Constitution and Bylaws, or as deemed beneficial to NJMTA. The President will be an ex
officio member of all committees except the Nominating Committee. At the President's request the Chairperson of a
special committee may become a non-voting member of the Executive Board.
ARTICLE 9 – MEETINGS
Section 1.
The Annual Meeting of NJMTA will be held at the Conference if this event is held in November, or at a
special meeting specifically called for the Annual Meeting in November. Notice of the meeting will be
given at least thirty (30) days in advance. At this meeting, the President will allow the general
membership to bring forward items for consideration.
Section 2.
A quorum consists of fifteen (15) active members for the election of officers and for the transaction
of business at any Annual Meeting or special membership meeting.
Section 3.
The NJMTA Executive Committee will meet not less than four (4) times per year. Special meetings of
the Executive Committee may be called by the President, or upon the request of five members of the
Executive Committee, or upon a signed petition of twelve (12) Active members of NJMTA.
Section 4.
All meetings of NJMTA will be conducted in accordance with Robert's Rules of Order where applicable
and where they are consistent with the Constitution, Bylaws and any special rules of order which
NJMTA may adopt.
Section 5.
The President may appoint a parliamentarian to provide opinions during various meetings.
ARTICLE 10 – PUBLICATION OF CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS
The NJMTA Constitution and Bylaws will be printed and distributed annually in the Yearbook.
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ARTICLE 11 – AMENDMENTS
Section 1.
The NJMTA Constitution may be amended upon the recommendation of the Executive Committee
and the NJMTA Board at any Annual meeting of NJMTA. Amendments must be agreed upon by at
least fifteen (15) members.
Section 2.
Upon the recommendation of the Executive Committee and the NJMTA Board this Constitution may
be amended by a mail ballot. Approval by at least fifteen (15) members will be required for
amendment. Members will be given at least thirty (30) days notices, in writing, in advance of the
required return date.
Bylaws
ARTICLE 1 – MEMBERSHIP
Section 1.
MEMBERSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS
a.
Active membership is open to all individuals professionally engaged in any field of musical
activity. Active members are entitled to participate in all NJMTA and MTNA activities and
programs, to vote, hold office and receive the publications of NJMTA and MTNA. MTNA strongly
encourages its members to adopt the Code of Ethics as their personal model of professional
conduct.
b.
Student Membership is open to all full-time college students currently involved in music study.
They may hold membership in an affiliated Association where such an organization is available.
Student members are entitled to attend programs and participate in programs of NJMTA upon
payment of the registrations fees and to receive the publications of NJMTA and MTNA. They will
not have the right to vote, hold office, or enter students in any MTNA competitions.
c.
Honorary Membership of NJMTA will be considered for members who have reached the age of
seventy (70) and who have contributed substantial service to NJMTA. They will be recognized at
a Conference and will be entitled to free membership in NJMTA.
d.
Patron Membership is open to individuals and businesses that wish to support the programs of
NJMTA and MTNA. Patron members are entitled to attend programs of the Association, and to
receive all publications. They will not have the right to vote or to hold office.
ARTICLE 2
a.
REVOCATION OF MEMBERSHIP
No person who has been convicted of a crime involving the sexual or other abuse of a person
may be a member of NJMTA. Any accusation that a member of NJMTA has been convicted of a
crime involving sexual or other abuse of a person will be reported to the President of NJMTA
who will immediately report the accusation to the President of MTNA. The president of MTNA
will appoint a three-person committee to ascertain the validity of a conviction. If the committee
substantiates that a person has been convicted of a crime involving sexual or other abuse of a
person, the President of MTNA will immediately terminate the membership of that person. Any
membership terminated under this section will be reinstated upon the filing with the MTNA
President of a certified copy of the judgment reversing the conviction.
b.
TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP
A person’s membership may be revoked for cause, other than non-payment of dues, by a twothirds vote by a ballot of all the Board of NJMTA. The vote for revocation shall occur only after
the member complained against has been advised of the complaint so lodged and has been
given reasonable opportunity to present information on his or her behalf. Such member, if
membership is revoked, may appeal for reconsideration of the decision by the Board. In no event
will a dues refund be given. Revocation of membership for nonpayment of dues within the
prescribed time period shall be automatic and not subject to any further procedure.
c.
RESIGNATIONS
A member in good standing may resign from the Association by submitting a letter of resignation
to the President who will remove that member from the membership roster.
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ARTICLE 3 – FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year will commence on July 1 and end on June 30.
ARTICLE 4 – MEMBERSHIP YEAR
The membership fee for all categories of membership is due on the first day of the membership year, after which date
members are not in good standing and are not entitled to any privileges of membership until dues are paid for the
current membership year. In order to enter students in any event held by NJMTA or MTNA, members must have paid
their dues and hold a current membership card.
*MTNA membership goes from July to June.
ARTICLE 5 – ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Section 1.
A Nominating Committee will consist of the Immediate Past President and three Active members of
NJMTA. The three members will be elected by the Board and must agree to serve in this capacity. The
Nominating Committee will elect its own chairman. If a vacancy occurs on the Nominating
Committee, the replacement member will be the member who received the next highest number of
votes in the ballot for Nominating Committee members. The Nominating Committee will prepare a
slate of not more than two (2) candidates for each office.
Section 2.
The Active members of NJMTA will elect by a majority vote the officers of the Association.
Nominations from the floor will be allowed providing the nominee is eligible and has agreed to be a
candidate. This consent must be given in writing or in person at the meeting. Election by members
must be by a secret ballot, and each office must be voted on separately. Should there be only one
nominee for an office, the President may recommend election by general consent. The election will
take place at the Annual Meeting in June.
Section 3.
The President-Elect, upon completion of his or her term of office, will become President of the
NJMTA. Should the elected President-Elect be unable to assume the Presidency, the President will be
elected, for that term only, in the same manner as that of the other officers.
Section 4.
Each officer will be elected for a term of two (2) years. The President may not serve more than two
(2) consecutive years. Officers, who are continuing for further terms under the incoming President,
must have their names submitted in writing to the Nominating Committee.
Section 5.
All terms of office officially begin on July 1 following the Annual Meeting and will be completed two
(2) years later on June 30. All documents will be transferred to the newly elected officers by July 1
after the elections.
Section 6.
A vacancy in any office, except that of President, will be filled by the President in consultation with
the Executive Committee and with the approval of the Board of NJMTA. A President-Elect selected in
this manner cannot assume the office of President without being elected to that office.
ARTICLE 6 – DUTIES OF NJMTA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Section 1.
The President will be the principal elective officer of NJMTA and will preside at all meetings of
NJMTA, the Executive Committee and the NJMTA Board. The President will act as an ex-officio
member of all committees except the Nominating Committee. The President will have the power to
appoint Standing & Ad Hoc Committees and will perform other duties applicable to the office as
prescribed by the parliamentary authority adopted by NJMTA.
Section 2.
The President-Elect will preside in the absence of the President and will be the Coordinator of the
State Conference.
Section 3.
The Vice President – Student Activities will preside in the absence of the President and PresidentElect.
Section 4.
The Recording Secretary will record the minutes of all meetings of the Executive Committee, the
NJMTA Board, maintain records of all meetings, and will distribute copies of the minutes in a legal
form to all members of the Executive Committee and the NJMTA Board.
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Section 5.
The Treasurer will be responsible for overseeing, in cooperation with the President, all financial
affairs of NJMTA, and will serve as Chairman of the Finance Committee The Treasurer will be
responsible for the preparation of periodic reports to the Executive Committee, a written annual
report to the entire membership, and to forward financial information to the NJMTA accountant at
the end of the fiscal year for tax preparation. After the return is prepared, the Treasurer shall review
the return so that it accurately reflects the information held by the Treasurer. Upon the Treasurer’s
approval, the Auditor will sign and file the return.
Section 6.
The Immediate Past President will serve as an advisor to the Board. If the Immediate Past President
can no longer serve, the previous Past President will serve.
Section 7.
The Auditor will be responsible for the preparation of all tax returns and other legal obligations
required of the Association in the State of New Jersey. The Auditor will also forward copies of all
legal filings with the MTNA National Office. The Auditor will also preside over the secret balloting
during election of officers. Further duties will be dictated by the President and the Executive
Committee.
ARTICLE 7 – AFFILIATED LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS
Section 1.
Any city, town or district music teachers association may petition to the Executive Committee for
affiliation in NJMTA by providing evidence that the following requirements have been fulfilled:
a.
That two (2) copies of the Local Association governing document(s) (e.g., Constitution, Bylaws,
Articles of Incorporation) have been filed with the Secretary and that they are consistent with
those of NJMTA.
b.
That its fiscal and membership years coincide with those of NJMTA.
Section 2.
Upon determining that a petitioning local music teachers association has fulfilled the requirements of
Section one (1) of this Article, NJMTA will approve the petition.
Section 3.
In referring to its affiliation it will use the phrase "Affiliated with the New Jersey Music Teachers
Association." This specified phrase will be included in the constitutions of all affiliated Local
Associations.
Section 4.
If a local music teachers association has affiliated with NJMTA as a Local Association, all members of
that Local Association must be members of both NJMTA and MTNA.
Section 5.
Annual renewal of a Local Association will be made without reconsideration by NJMTA provided:
a.
That the affiliate has not formally notified NJMTA that it wishes to discontinue affiliation.
b.
That all changes in the Constitution and Bylaws of the affiliated Local Association have been filed
with NJMTA, that they are consistent with the Constitution and Bylaws of NJMTA, and have been
approved by NJMTA.
c.
That all provisions of Section one (1) and four (4) of this Article continue to be fulfilled.
ARTICLE 8 – COMMITTEES
Section 1.
The NJMTA Student Activities Committee will consist of the Vice President for Student Activities,
chair; President, the Student Activities Coordinator (Awards Coordinator), and the following chairs:
Recital Auditions, Judging Coordinator, Young Musicians Competition, Concerto Competition, High
School Scholarship, Composer Commission Competition, Master Class Coordinator, and Spring Piano
Festival.
Section 2.
The Communications Committee will consist of the Yearbook Editors, Newsletter Editor, Web Site
Coordinator, Advertising Chairperson and Archivist.
Section 3.
The Past Presidents Advisory Committee will consist of all Past Presidents of NJMTA who are active
members of NJMTA. They will serve in an advisory capacity to the Executive Committee and will meet
as is deemed necessary. The NJMTA Immediate Past President will be the Chairperson.
Section 4.
The Conference Committee will consist of the President, the President-Elect, the NJMTA Young
Musicians Competitions Coordinators, and the MTNA Competitions Coordinator.
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Code of Ethics
Vision and Values
The mission of MTNA is to advance the value of music study and music making in society and to support the
professionalism of music teachers.
The mission is accomplished by members who teach with competence, act with integrity, volunteer services
to MTNA programs, provide professional support for colleagues and communities, and comply with all laws
and regulations that impact the music teaching profession.
The mission calls for an ethical commitment to students, to colleagues, and to society.
Code of Ethics
Commitment to Students
The teacher shall conduct the relationship with students and families in a professional manner.
 The teacher shall respect the personal integrity and privacy of students unless the law requires
disclosure.
 The teacher shall clearly communicate the expectations of the studio.
 The teacher shall encourage, guide and develop the musical potential of each student.
 The teacher shall treat each student with dignity and respect, without discrimination of any kind.
 The teacher shall respect the student's right to obtain instruction from the teacher of his/her choice.
Commitment to Colleagues
The teacher shall maintain a professional attitude and shall act with integrity in regard to colleagues in the
profession.
 The teacher shall respect the reputation of colleagues and shall refrain from making false or
malicious statements about colleagues.
 The teacher shall refrain from disclosing sensitive information about colleagues obtained in the
course of professional service unless disclosure serves a compelling professional purpose or is
required by law.
 The teacher shall respect the integrity of other teachers' studios and shall not actively recruit
students from another studio.
 The teacher shall participate in the student's change of teachers with as much communication as
possible between parties, while being sensitive to the privacy rights of the student and families.
Commitment to Society
The teacher shall maintain the highest standard of professional conduct and personal integrity.
 The teacher shall accurately represent his/her professional qualifications.
 The teacher shall strive for continued growth in professional competencies.
 The teacher is encouraged to be a resource in the community.
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Officers and Committees
For the most updated board positions, check www.njmta.com.
Officers
President
President-Elect
Vice President – Student Activities
Recording Secretary
Co-Treasurers
Immediate Past President
MTNA Competitions Coordinator
Membership Chairperson
Auditor
Diane Hou
Wei-Yuh Christina Xie
Grace Chang
Rose McCathran
Chiu-Tze Lin, Linda Fields
Chiu-Ling Lin
Deborah S. Gers
Phemie Chien
Deborah S. Gers
Board Members
Arts Advocacy Chairperson
Community Outreach
College Faculty Forum
Historian
MTNA Foundation Chair
MTNA Professional Certification Chair
MTNA Student Composition Competition
MTNA Composer Commission Competition
Student Chapters Advisor & Chairperson
Betty Stoloff
Yelena Uzlaner-Massotti
Phyllis Lehrer
Margaret Knight
Elena Benedict
Ting Ting Lien
Carmen Mateiescu
Eunju Joung Kim
Ingrid Clarfield
Standing Committees
Communications Committee
Yearbook Editor
Yearbook Advertising
Newsletter Editor
Web Site Coordinator
Conference Planning Committee
Nominating Committee
Student Activities
Chair
Judging Coordinator
Composer Commission Competition
High School Scholarship Competition
Master Class Coordinator
Spring Piano Festival
Spring Recital Auditions
Coordinator
Piano – North Jersey
Piano – Princeton Area
Piano – South Jersey
Strings
Chinese Folk Instruments
Winds, Brass & Percussion
Voice
Young Musicians Competition
Piano
Strings
Chinese Instruments
Winds, Brass & Percussion
Voice
Megan Hofreiter
Victoria Chow
Yvonne Chin
Yvonne Chin
Wei-Yuh Christina Xie, Chair
Chiu-Ling Lin, Lillian Livingston, Betty Stoloff, Ingrid Clarfield,
Grace Chang, Chiu-Tze Lin
Grace Chang
Tomoko Harada
Eunju Joung Kim
Margaret Knight
Kyu-Jung Rhee
Sakiko Ono, Chang Liu
Grace Chang
Sophia Agranovich
Jessica Tsai
Veda Zuponcic
Ingrid Tang
Yi Yang
Renae Block
Li-Chan Chen-Maxham
Hwei-Lan Luo
Ingrid Tang
Yang Yi
Renae Block
Li-Chan Chen-Maxham
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Past Presidents
In January of 1954, Frances Clark and Louise Goss organized the first committee of music educators interested in founding a
state chapter of MTNA. Frances Clark was the Founding President and Louise Goss chaired the first nominating committee.
In the fall of 1954, the first elected president was installed at the first Conference. Listed below are the past presidents of
NJMTA who have volunteered their time and their expertise on behalf of the music profession.
1954 – 1956
Hoyle Carpenter
1984 - 1988
Lillian Livingston
1956 - 1958
Eric Steiner
1988 - 1992
Ingrid Clarfield
1958 – 1962
Thomas Kincaid
1992 - 1994
Margaret Knight
1962 – 1964
Dorothy Morse
1994 - 1996
Rachel Heard
1964 - 1968
Thomas Richner
1996 - 1998
Yining Wang
1968 – 1970
Paul Keuter
1998 - 2000
Julia Lam
1970 - 1972
Richard Chronister
2000 - 2002
Marianne Lauffer
1972 - 1974
Marge Ritchie
2002 – 2003
Miriam Eley
1974 - 1976
Joseph Prendergast
2003 – 2005
Deborah Gers
1976 - 1978
Mildred Savarese
2005 – 2007
Betty Stoloff
1978 - 1980
Gus Ferri
2007 – 2009
Lillian Livingston
1980 - 1984
Sam Holland
2009 – 2011
Chiu-Ling Lin
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MTNA Professional Certification
Chairperson: Ting Ting Lien
Co-Chair: Marcia Yurko
MTNA Professional Certification is the only existing national certification program for the independent studio music teacher.
This Certification Program exists to improve the level of professionalism within the field of applied music teaching. It benefits
the members of the profession, as well as the public who interacts with the profession. For the music teaching professional,
Certification provides prestige, recognition, the potential for student recruitment and increased earning power. For the
public, Certification helps readily identify competent applied music teachers in their communities. The designation of
Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM) is given to successful candidates who meet the professional competencies and
standards required for MTNA certification. All applied music teachers who actively engage in the profession are eligible for
MTNA Professional Certification. The NEW MTNA Certification process is now available, which began on January 1st, 2010.
Certification candidates are now required to complete these projects:
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Explanation of teaching philosophy
Analysis of teaching pieces
Video of teaching
Description of teaching environment
Discussion of business ethics and studio policies
Visit www.mtnacertification.org or email mtnacertification@mtna.org for more information about the new process and to
download a PowerPoint presentation that outlines the new process. On this website, you can also find detailed description of
the requirements, forms, fee information and other materials, including articles about video recording lessons. To contact
MTNA national headquarters, please e-mail your request to mtnanet@mtna.org, phone (888) 512-5278 ext.0 or mail to:
MTNA Certification Request: 441 Vine St., Ste. 3100 Cincinnati, OH 45202-3004
You may also log on to www.mtna.org for more and the most current information.
For more information, contact:
Ting Ting Lien, Chairperson
Phone: (732) 274-2033
Email: Tinglien@comcast.net
Nationally Certified Teachers in New Jersey
Fiorella Araya-Cheng
Taubyl Bell
Bing Bing Chang
Ingrid Clarfield
Diane Dollak
Sara Renaud Ernst
Yunyun Feng
Linda Fields
Cheryl Goodwin
Louise Goss
Meral Guneyman
Jeannine Hamburg
Tomoko Harada
Jennifer Herring
Ikumi Hiraiwa
Megan Hofreiter
Anita Juntilla
Laura E. Klein
Margaret Knight
Julia Lam
Phyllis Lehrer
David J. Leifer
Miriam Lerner
Ting Ting Lien
Kum Foong Teresa Lim
Chiu-Ling Lin
Fang Ting Liu
*Please refer to www.MTNA.org for the most current information.
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Lillian Livingston
Rose Elizabeth McCathran
Rosalie Schweikert
Margaret Sheneman
Lyndall Soden
Deanna Yeo Tan
Frances L. Taylor
Kristen Topham
Yining Wang
Debra Wiggins
Wei-Yuh Christina Xie
Grace Junghee Yang
Marcia J. Yurko
An-Li Young
MTNA Collegiate Chapters
Chairperson: Ingrid Clarfield
The New Jersey MTNA Collegiate Chapter is under the direction of Professor Ingrid Clarfield. As collegiate members, students
have the opportunity to expand their professional careers in pedagogical and musical events with other great musicians from
around the country.
This past year, the NJMTA Collegiate Chapter of Westminster Choir College successfully raised enough money for several
members of the Collegiate Chapter to attend the MTNA National Conference in Milwaukee, WI, where they were able to
attend many outstanding sessions, as well as assist in Professor Clarfield’s presentation. The Collegiate Chapter has also been
active in community outreach programs in such locations such as The Pavilions at Forrestal Assisted Living Facility in
Princeton, NJ, where they have given outreach recitals to the patients and faculty there.
Recent activities include preparation for the NJMTA Conference in fundraising endeavors. The Collegiate Chapter will be
selling used music and maintaining a silent auction for Master Classes given by Westminster Choir College piano faculty
members. All proceeds will go to the Collegiate Chapter to help finance their attendance at the MTNA National Conference in
New York, NY in March 2012.
The Collegiate Chapter has a variety of new members, undergraduates and graduate students, who are very enthusiastic
about how their experiences in NJMTA and MTNA with help them with their future. Each member is enthusiastic about the
chapter and being a part of NJMTA and MTNA.
This year's members of the NJMTA Collegiate Chapter of Westminster Choir College include Rose McCathran (Jr. Faculty
Advisor), Candice Choi (President), Feifei Tang (Vice-President), JinKyoung Ha (Treasurer) and Ashley Grant (Secretary).
Collegiate Chapters
An MTNA collegiate chapter is the future music teacher's connection with the larger community of committed music
professionals—a community committed to inspiring and developing the utmost professionalism in all its members. MTNA
collegiate chapters provide a way to fill gaps—to provide the information and experience necessary to complete an education
as both a knowledgeable, inspiring music teacher and a successful entrepreneur.
Mission Statement
MTNA collegiate chapters provide educational, musical, social and professional experiences that augment the student’s
formal course of study, acquaint students with professional opportunities and career options in the field of music, and
develop professional leadership skills. Collegiate chapters also provide an important opportunity for MTNA college faculty
members to increase their participation in MTNA activities by becoming a collegiate chapter advisor.
For more information please contact MTNA National Headquarters at 441 Vine St., Ste. 3100, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-3004;
(513) 421-1420; (888) 512-5278; Fax (513) 421-2503; E-mail: mtnanet@mtna.org.
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MTNA College Faculty Forum
Chairperson:
Phyllis A. Lehrer
College Faculty Forum
Provides opportunities for communication and collaboration on professional issues affecting college music faculty and
recommends major college faculty program initiatives, projects and services to the MTNA Board of Directors.
Mission Statement
To provide opportunities for communication and collaboration on professional issues affecting college music faculty and to
recommend major college faculty program initiatives, projects and services to the MTNA Board of Directors.
NJMTA Initiatives
The 2011 NJMTA State Conference will feature a panel discussion: “On to College: Making Choices for Music Study?” This panel
of college and university teachers will discuss the "next steps" for students leaving high school and going on to college. Some
of the questions will include: Should pianists major in music? Can or should they double Major? What are the pros and cons of
double majoring? Are there many colleges/universities offering this possibility? What are the career potentials of the person
who has majored in performance or pedagogy vs. the double major (liberal arts and music or music education and piano, for
example? Panelists include Phyllis Lehrer (Westminster Conservatory, Westminster Choir College), Veda Zuponcic (Rowan
University), Ena Barton (Westminster Conservatory, Westminster Choir College), Richard Woo (Westminster Conservatory),
and Wayne Heisler (The College of New Jersey).
Please forward your suggestions for activities that would be of interest to:
Phyllis A. Lehrer
lehrer@rider.edu
For more information please contact MTNA National Headquarters at 441 Vine St., Ste. 3100, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-3004;
(513) 421-1420; (888) 512-5278; Fax (513) 421-2503; E-mail: mtnanet@mtna.org or Deborah Martin at dsmartin@ithaca.edu
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MTNA Foundation
Chairperson: Elena Benedict
America’s Music Future
The future of music education is firmly in the hands of today’s music teachers and students. America’s musical future needs a
sound foundation built by teachers dedicated to the education of their students. Those teachers need a strong system to
support their continuing improvement as educators, business people and cultural-bearers.
MTNA Foundation Purpose
Music Teachers National Association, with its 25,000 independent and collegiate member teachers, is an important part of the
support system moving music teaching into the twenty-first century. The MTNA Foundation, established in 1989, is committed
to keeping America’s music future alive for succeeding generations by supporting programs that demonstrate the value and
enhance public understanding of the music teaching profession. The MTNA Foundation supports comprehensive programs
that nurture the creation, performance, study, and teaching of music.
MTNA Foundation Programs
Take a few moments to think about music and its place in your daily life. Consider becoming a part of the support system
through your involvement in the MTNA Foundation. You can help the MTNA Foundation with your investment in programs
that:
 Award teacher enrichment grants to MTNA members for private study or collegiate level coursework.
 Encourage educational projects and community outreach through matching grants to MTNA local associations.
 Offer workshops, seminars, symposia, and other educational programs on topics and issues of importance to the
music teaching profession.
 Encourage the generation and performance of new American music through the national composition commission
program.
 Bring about the creation of new works by American composers with the MTNA Shepherd Distinguished Composer of
the Year award.
 Encourage student achievement with awards for MTNA national performance and composition competitions at
elementary, junior high, high school, and collegiate levels.
 Enable students to participate in MTNA competitions through travel grants.
Investment
The MTNA Foundation enriches the cultural environment of countless communities – including yours. It supports the
professional development of teachers and students that, in turn, aids in our nation’s quest for excellence. You investment in
the MTNA Foundation will help MTNA members and their students achieve their goals and provide support for the
continuation of our cultural richness.
When you invest in the MTNA Foundation you are cultivating the art of music in America. You become an investor who is
personally committed to keeping music alive for the next generation.
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Frances Clark-Louise Goss Endowment Fund
Marvin Blickenstaff Endowment Fund
We in New Jersey take special pride in the Frances Clark-Louise Goss Endowment fund and the Marvin Blickenstaff
Endowment Fund, which will be a perpetual investment ensuring the continuation of MTNA Foundation grants and programs
for the future. Frances Clark and Louise Goss were the two of the founding members of the New Jersey Music Teachers
Association.
Contribution Categories
The Founders Society
Platinum Circle: $10,000 or more
Gold Circle: $2,000-9.999
Silver Circle: $2,500 – 4,999
Bronze Circle: $1,000- 2,499
Benefactor: $500-999
Guarantor: $250-499
Sustainer: $100-249
Supporter: $50-99
Friend: $25-49
Donor: Up to $25
INVEST IN AMERICA’S MUSICAL FUTURE
The names of all contributors who give $10 or more within a fiscal year will be published in the
October/November issue of AMT. In order to be listed, all contributions must be received by June
30. Please visit the MTNA foundation website at www.mtnafoundation.org for more information.
Enclosed is my contribution to the MTNA Foundation,
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Frances Clark-Louise Goss Endowment Fund
Marjorie Means Cogswell Endowment Fund
Amanda Vick Lethco Endowment Fund
Margaret Lorince Endowment Fund
Lynn Freeman Olson Endowment Fund
Margaret Ott Endowment Fund
Robert Pace Endowment Fund
Amanda Penick Endowment Fund
Shirley Raut Endowment Fund
Helene M. Robinson Endowment Fund
Elnora Hartman Stickley Endowment Fund
Please Cut and Mail to: MTNA Foundation, 441 Vine St., Ste. 3100, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Contributions are deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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NJMTA 2011 STATE CONFERENCE
“Liszt and Beyond”
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 18-20, 2011
Gill Chapel & The Bart Luedeke Center, Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road (Route 206), Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Conference Schedule
Friday, November 18, 2011 – BLC
Sunday, November 20, 2011 – BLC
7:309:30
8:30
NJMTA Board Annual Reports Meeting for
Members
Special Guest:
Benjamin Caton, MTNA President
9:30
Registration & Refreshments
9:40
Welcome
9:4511:15
Presentation:
Young and Impressionable?
Jennifer Linn
NJMTA Young Musicians Competition
Winners Recital
*Odd ages for piano, 15 and over for other instruments,
voice, and Chinese instruments.
Saturday, November 19, 2011 – Gill Chapel & BLC
8:45
Registration & Refreshments – Gill Chapel
9:30
Welcome
9:3511:30
Intermediate Master Class – Gill Chapel
Jennifer Linn
11:4512:30
MTNA Certification – Gill Chapel
Be Nationally Certified! Are you ready for the
Challenge?
Chair: Ting Ting Lien
Special Guest: Benjamin Caton, MTNA President
11:3012:30
College Faculty Forum – On to College:
Making Choices for Music Study?
Phyllis Lehrer
12:30
Lunch & Exhibition Hall Visit
12:30
Lunch & Exhibition Hall Visit
1:303:30
Advanced Master Class
Eduardus Halim
1:303:30
Lecture Recital: Liszt – Transcendental Etudes
Eduardus Halim
3:30
50th Anniversary Cake Celebration
3:454:45
Don’t Prepare your Students for
Competitions: Prepare Them to Make Music
Veda Zuponcic
4:005:15
Independent Music Teachers Forum:
Four Hands and More
Hendry Wijaya, Panel Chair
5:006:30
Composer Commission Winners Recital
MTNA Performance Competition Winners
Recital; NJMTA Chinese Instruments Recital
5:307:00
NJMTA Young Musicians Competition
Winners Recital
7:00
NJMTA Banquet
50th Anniversary Celebration Keynote:
Benjamin Caton, MTNA President
*Even ages for piano, 14 and under for other
instruments, voice, and Chinese instruments
*NJMTA gratefully acknowledges Rider University for its gracious hospitality. We thank the faculty members and the administrative
staff for supporting the work of NJMTA.
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NJMTA 2011 STATE CONFERENCE
Guest Artists
Eduardus Halim
Eduardus Halim has captured the imagination of piano lovers the world over with the originality and maturity of his interpretations. An
ethnic Chinese who was born in Indonesia and given a Muslim name, he studied the violin and piano as well as Javanese dancing before
moving to New York, where he established himself as a pianistic force and earned the rare privilege of becoming the last pupil of the
legendary Vladimir Horowitz.
Eduardus Halim's distinctive approach to the piano is matched by a charismatic personality. He has captured the attention of the media and
been profiled by The New York Times (Arts & Leisure), The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Piano Quarterly and Clavier.
He was a disciple of Vladimir Horowitz to whom he was recommended by Harold C. Schonberg and David Dubal. He started his international
concert career with a 1988 after winning the Young Concert Artists International Auditions. Since his debut, Mr. Halim has met success
appearing with such orchestra as the Baltimore Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, the Malaysian Philharmonic,
Philadelphia Orchestra, and among others. Recital engagements have carried Mr. Halim to audiences around the world. In 1997 he made a
triumphant recital debut at Wigmore Hall in London, earning an invitation from the BBC to return in 1998 for a broadcast from the hall.
Since his 1987 New York debut, Mr. Halim has performed with such orchestras as the Baltimore Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland
Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Malaysian Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Montreal Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Russian National
Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony and San Francisco Symphony, BBC Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Singapore Symphony Orchestra and
Vancouver Symphony.
Mr. Halim has performed recitals at prestigious venues around the world, including Alice Tully Hall and the 92nd Street Y in New York, and
the Kennedy Center in Washington. Festival appearances have taken him to Ravinia, Grant Park, Newport, Stockholm, the Minnesota
Orchestra's Viennese Sommerfest and Wyoming's Grand Teton Festival. In 1997 he made a triumphant recital debut at Wigmore Hall in
London. The following year at the invitation of the BBC, Mr. Halim performed a live radio broadcast from the same hall. In December 1999,
he was the invited soloist for the Milwaukee Symphony’s historic performance in Havana, Cuba. It was the first appearance there by a
professional American orchestra in more than 40 years.
Mr. Halim's recordings include Presenting Eduardus Halim: A Program of Piano Transcriptions on the Arabesque label, and two discs
devoted to Granados and Chopin on the Reservoir Studio Productions label. Of the Chopin album, Stephen Wigler of Amazon.com wrote,
"Anyone who misses Vladimir Horowitz would be wise to investigate this all-Chopin recital by Eduardus Halim, the last of the master's
students. He is a born Chopinist. Rather than call him his master's disciple, it would be better to call him his successor." Eduardus Halim
Plays Chopin was named one of the top classical instrumental CDs by Amazon.com/newCDnews.com.
Mr. Halim’s awards and honors include the Young Concert Artists International Auditions as well as the Avery Fisher Career Grant. Mr. Halim
recently has been appointed as Music Professor and holder of the Inaugural Sascha Gorodnitzki Faculty Chair in Piano Studies, Department
of Music and Performing Arts at Steinhardt, New York University.
Jennifer Linn
An accomplished pianist, teacher, and clinician, Jennifer Linn holds the title of Manager-Educational Piano for Hal Leonard Corporation. In
addition to her contribution as a composer and arranger for the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library, her work includes serving as Editor and
recording artist for the G.W. Schirmer Performance Editions Clementi Sonatinas Op. 36, Kuhlau Selected Sonatinas, and Schumann Selections
from Album for the Young, Op. 68. Ms. Linn also served as Assistant Editor for the HLSPL Technique Classics Hanon for the Developing
Pianist and Czerny: Selections from the Little Pianist, Opus 823.
As a clinician, she has presented recitals, workshops, master classes and HLSPL showcases throughout the United States and Canada,
including the World Piano Pedagogy Conference, Music Teachers National Association conventions, Music Teachers Association of California
and MTNA state programs throughout the country. Many of her compositions have been selected for the National Federation of Music
Clubs festival list and the London College of Music repertoire list and are frequently recommended in reviews by Clavier and American Music
Teacher magazines.
Ms. Linn's teaching career spans more than 25 years and includes independent studio teaching of all ages, as well as group instruction and
piano pedagogy at the university level. In 1999-2000, Ms. Linn served as visiting lecturer in piano pedagogy at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. She has also been on the faculty of the Illinois Summer Youth Music Piano Camp for several years. Her students have
successfully competed in state and national level auditions. As an active member of MTNA, she has served as the composition chair for the
West Central Division as well as vice president of the St. Louis Area Music Teachers Association. Ms. Linn received her B.M. with distinction
and M.M. in piano performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music where she was the winner of the
concerto-aria competition. She was also named the outstanding student in the graduate piano division and given the prestigious vice
chancellor's award for academic excellence and service.
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NJMTA 2011 STATE CONFERENCE
Guest Artists (Cont.)
Vivian Fung
Vivian Fung has distinguished herself among the foremost composers of her generation. Since earning her doctorate from The Juilliard
School in 2002, Miss Fung has increasingly embraced non-classical influences, including jazz and non-Western sources such as Indonesian
gamelan and folk songs from the minority regions of China. The New York Times has described her work as “evocative,” and The Strad hails
her Uighur-influenced music as “vital as encountering Steve Reich or the Kronos for the first time.” Chicago Tribune described Miss Fung’s
most recent work Yunnan Folk Songs as conveying “a winning rawness that went beyond exoticism.”
Highlights of Miss Fung's recent world premieres include: Yunnan Folk Songs by Fulcrum Point New Music Project in Chicago; new choral
works by the acclaimed Suwon Civic Chorale in South Korea; Chant by pianist Margaret Leng Tan at the Museum of Modern Art in New
York; Piano Concerto Dreamscapes by pianist Jenny Lin with Metropolis Ensemble in New York City; and the standing-ovation premiere of
her String Quartet No. 2 commissioned by the Shanghai Quartet for its 25th anniversary season.
Miss Fung’s upcoming projects include a composer spotlight at Americas Society in NYC featuring her works performed by the rising stars of
Canadian music; a new violin concerto for violinist Kristin Lee and the Grammy-nominated Metropolis Ensemble in New York City; the world
premiere of a new work for full orchestra led by Gerard Schwarz to celebrate the Eastern Music Festival’s 50th anniversary; and her
Pizzicato for String Quartet for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Opening Night program this September 2011.
Miss Fung has traveled extensively for her work. In 2004, she traveled to Bali, Indonesia as part of the Asia Pacific Performance Exchange
Program, sponsored by the UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance. In summer 2010, as an ensemble member of Gamelan Dharma
Swara, she completed a performance tour of Bali including competing in the Bali Arts Festival.
Miss Fung’s music has been commercially released on the Telarc, Çedille, and Signpost labels. She has an impressive body of compositions
commissioned and performed by such ensembles as the Seattle Symphony, San José Chamber Orchestra, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra,
American String Quartet, Afiara String Quartet, Escher String Quartet, Music from China, and American Opera Projects to name a few.
Miss Fung has been composer-in-residence of the Music in the Loft chamber music series in Chicago, the San José Chamber Orchestra, and
the Billings Symphony. She has also completed residencies at the MacDowell, Yaddo, and Banff arts colonies as well as two residencies at
the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Miss Fung is the 2010 New York Foundation for the Arts’ Gregory Millard fellow. She has received numerous
awards and grants from ASCAP, BMI, American Music Center, American Composers’ Forum, and the Canada Council for the Arts.
Born in Edmonton, Canada, Vivian Fung began composition studies with composer Violet Archer. Other early influences include her mentors
David Diamond, Narcis Bonet, and Robert Beaser. Miss Fung is affiliated with The Juilliard School and is an associate composer of the
Canadian Music Centre.
Miss Fung’s works have increasingly become part of the core repertoire. Recognized by the New York Times as “the most memorable part”
of the Ying Quartet’s concert at Weill Recital Hall, Miss Fung’s Pizzicato was part of the quartet’s repertory for two seasons. Her Glimpses
for prepared piano is being embraced by a diverse group of pianists, including Margaret Leng Tan and Vicky Chow. After the world premiere
of Miss Fung’s String Quartet No. 2 by the Shanghai Quartet at the Freer Gallery in Washington D.C., the Shanghais have included the work
on their roster, including giving the Canadian premiere at the Edmonton Chamber Music Society this past March.
Veda Zuponcic
Veda Zuponcic, Professor of Music at Rowan University, with 45 years of experience as a collegiate and pre-college teacher, will discuss her
philosophy about competitions and will share her ideas about preparation for public performance. A frequent adjudicator at national and
international competitions, she will enlighten you about the judging process from the inside out.
Veda Zuponcic began her pianistic teaching career at Indiana University in 1967 as a Graduate Assistant, while still a 19-yearold undergraduate. Upon completion of her Master of Music degree, she was engaged by the Philadelphia Musical Academy in 1968 where
she taught private piano and class piano for three years before accepting a position at then Glassboro State College, (now Rowan
University) in 1971. During her almost 40 year tenure at Rowan, she has built a reputation as a successful teacher of students of all ages and
all levels of ability, having built a prize-winning class of students at both collegiate and pre-college levels. Her interest in pre-college teaching
began as a result of her work in the former Soviet Union, observing the strong teaching in the preparatory schools of the Moscow State
Conservatory, where she served as an Exchange Professor; and as Dean of the Moscow Conservatory Summer Schools.
Miss Zuponcic has been in frequent demand as a clinician, presenting workshops and master classes throughout the world, including the
Barcelona Liceo, Moscow State Conservatory, Tashkent Conservatory, Temple University, Eastman School of Music, and the Oxford
(England) Piano Festival among many others. She has been a featured Clinician for Minnesota MTA, Delaware MTA, Texas MTA State
conventions; and numerous local and regional MTNA chapters, including Philadelphia MTA, SJMTA, Northern Virginia MTA and Delaware
MTA.
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NJMTA 2011 STATE CONFERENCE
Guest Artists (Cont.)
Her students have been prizewinners in the Philadelphia Orchestra Competition; San Angelo, TX Competition; the Bartok Kabalevsky
Competition, Artists International, the Young Pianists Competition, Washington D.C.; the Stravinsky Competition, ARTS/NFAA Competition,
Kingsville, TX Competition; Josef Hofmann Competition; Princeton Piano Competition; Liszt-Garrison Competition; and MTNA National
Collegiate, Senior and Junior High School Competitions. Her students at Rowan University have won the NJ/MTNA competition 15 times
since 1995, advancing to the Eastern Division. Of those students, 6 have advanced to the National competition, and all the others received
either Alternate or Honorable Mentions. Of the 6 National finalists, 4 students received 2nd or 3rd place awards. This record of success is an
acknowledgement of the solid technical and artistic preparation of her students over a period of 18 years.
She has served on juries numerous national and international competitions, including the Gina Bachauer Junior and Senior
Competitions; Viardo Competition; MTNA Junior, Senior and Young Artists National Competitions; Eastman School of Music Competition;
Kharkov Ukraine Young Artists Competition; and Nis, Serbia Young Artists Competition.
Phyllis Alpert Lehrer
Phyllis Alpert Lehrer is known internationally as a performer, teacher, clinician, author and adjudicator. She has enjoyed an active career as a
soloist, collaborative artist and clinician in the United States, Belgium, Canada, United Kingdom, El Salvador, Taiwan, Japan, Sweden, Russia,
Tajikistan, Brazil and the Republic of Georgia. Ms. Lehrer is professor of piano and director of graduate piano pedagogy at Westminster
Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, N.J. A founding member of the International Society for the Study of Tension in Performance,
she contributes regularly to the Music Teachers National Association, the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy and the World Piano
Pedagogy Conference. She has contributed several chapters to their acclaimed book A Symposium for Pianists and Teachers: Strategies to
Develop the Mind and Body for Optimal Performance, published by Heritage Press, and has co-authored, with Barry Green, the Inner Game of
Music Piano Workbook published by GIA. In addition, she has written practice suggestions for the four books of Etudes for the Development
of Musical Fingers from the Frances Clark Library (Alfred) and edited Chopin: An Album (Carl Fischer) and works by Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee
and others for FJH Publications.
With Paul Sheftel, Phyllis Lehrer has co-edited Debussy, An Album and the anthologies Mastering Classic Favorites and More Mastering Classic
Favorites for Carl Fischer. Ms. Lehrer’s articles, interviews, and reviews on piano pedagogy, music, and health have appeared in Clavier
Companion, Early Childhood Connections and The European Piano Teachers Journal. Her CD’s include solos and duos with pianist Ena Bronstein
Barton. In March of 2007 she was honored as a Music Teachers National Association Foundation Fellow, a program that “honors deserving
individuals who have made significant contributions to the music world and the music teaching profession.”
Ms. Lehrer has a Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music and a Master of Science in Piano
from the Juilliard School of Music. She is currently professor of piano at Westminster Choir College and on the piano faculty at Westminster
Conservatory.
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NJMTA CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2012
2012 Winter NJMTA Sponsored Events
NJMTA Children Helping Children Performathon
Saturday & Sunday, February 25 & 26, 2012 – Bristol Chapel & Williamson Hall, Westminster Choir College (WCC)
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
2012 Spring NJMTA Sponsored Events
Spring Piano Festival
Sundays, February 26 & March 4 – Princeton and Erdman Halls, Westminster Choir College (WCC)
Registration Deadline: Monday, January 23, 2012
Annual Recital Auditions: Recital Auditions, Honors and High Honors Recitals
Registration period: Wednesday, January 18 – Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Audition 1 – Piano
Sunday, April 15 – Seton Hall University (SHU). *Cap 350 entries for this audition date.
Recitals
North Jersey Center – Saturday & Sunday, May 12 & 13 (Caldwell College)
Students auditioning on 4/15 (SHU) must choose from the above recital options
Audition 2 – Piano
Sunday, March 18 - Westminster Choir College (WCC). *Cap 500 entries for this audition date.
Recitals
Princeton Center – Saturday & Sunday, April 28 & 29
Students auditioning on 3/18 (WCC) must choose from the above recital options
Audition 3 – Piano
Sunday, April 1 – Westminster Choir College (WCC). *Cap 500 entries for this audition date.
Recitals
Princeton Center – Saturday & Sunday, May 5 & 6
Students auditioning on 4/1 must choose from the above recital options
Audition 4 – Piano
Sunday, April 22 – Rowan University (RU)
Recitals
South Jersey Center – Saturday & Sunday, May 19 & 20 (RU)
Students auditioning on 4/22 must choose from the above recital options
Audition for – Strings, Winds, Brass, Percussion, Voice, Chinese Folk Instruments
Sunday, April 15 – Westminster Choir College (WCC)
Recitals
Instrument Center – Saturday & Sunday, May 12 & 13
All students who received Honor or High Honor on 4/15 must perform at these recitals.
Young Musicians Competition
Sunday, November 4, 2012 – Westminster Choir College (Piano & Chinese Instruments)
Saturday, November 10, 2012 – Rowan University (String, Winds, Brass, Percussion & Voice)
Registration Deadline: Piano: Thursday, September 20, 2012
Other instruments: Monday, October 1, 2012
Conference Master Class Auditions for Piano
Sunday, November 4, 2012 - WCC
Registration Deadline: Thursday, September 20, 2012
Composer Commission Competition
Sunday, November 4, 2012 - WCC
Registration Deadline: Monday, October 1, 2012
High School Scholarship Competition
Saturday, November 10, 2012 – Rowan University
Registration Deadline: Thursday, September 13, 2012
2012 MTNA Sponsored Events
MTNA Student Performance Competitions
The state level of the MTNA Performance Competitions will be held on Saturday, November 10, 2012 – Rowan University
MTNA Student Composition Competition
Consult the MTNA website (MTNA.org) for more information & deadline.
2012 NJMTA State Conference:
Saturday & Sunday, November 17 & 18, 2012 – Location TBD
2012 MTNA Conference
Saturday – Wednesday, March 24-March 28, 2012, in New York, NY
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Student Activities and Events
General Information
Requirements for Teacher Participation
General Guidelines for all NJMTA Competitions
MTNA Competitions Music Release Form
Composer Classification List
2012 Winter NJMTA Sponsored Events
NJMTA Children Helping Children Performathon
2012 Spring NJMTA Sponsored Events
Spring Piano Festival
Spring Recital - Auditions & Concerts
2012 Fall NJMTA Sponsored Events
Young Musicians Competition
State Conference Master Class Auditions
NJ Composer Commission Competition
High School Scholarship Competition
2012 Fall MTNA Sponsored Events
MTNA Student Performance Competition
MTNA Student Composition Competition
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General Information
Requirements for Teachers Participation
NJMTA Cooperative Teacher Work Requirements
The New Jersey Teachers Association is a nonprofit organization comprised of educators working to promote musical
excellence and to motivate students to strive for quality standards. The NJMTA Board is a small group of volunteers who
devote many hours to the execution of the group’s purpose. It is stated in the MTNA code of Ethics, found in this Yearbook,
under Responsibilities to Our Colleagues, that members shall participate as fully as possible in the activities of the MTNA and
that members shall provide professional assistance to one another when such assistance is requested. Together, we work for
the benefit of all.
As it has become an enormous endeavor, we need you, the teachers, to participate actively in order to maintain the same high
quality that has made this organization so valuable to the students of New Jersey. With every event, there are a myriad of
important details that must come together to make them successful.
We need your help!
The board of Directors has determined the following policies concerning teacher participation:
1.
To remain a member in good standing, all teachers who enter students in any event must help. Job choices are listed
on the reverse of every registration form. If this form is not completed, the registration form will be returned to the
teacher and the students will not be entered.
2.
At the discretion of the Student Activities Coordinator(s), teachers in poor health may be excused from assisting.
3.
If a teacher is unable to help on an audition/competition day due to work obligations, a qualified, responsible
substitute, high school-aged or older, may be sent. If the substitute does not appear, that teacher’s registration form
will not be accepted the following year.
4.
For some events, a duty deposit fee is required for all participating teachers. Please read carefully to each event’s
guideline page. The duty deposit fee will be refunded when he/she completes his/her duty.
General Guidelines for all NJMTA Auditions and Competitions
Student Eligibility
Students from Elementary through College level are invited to audition, as long as the following requirements are
met:
1. The student or the teacher is a resident of New Jersey or:
2. The lessons take place in New Jersey
Teacher Eligibility
Every student’s teacher must be a member in good standing of NJMTA and, must have paid their dues by January 1,
2012 for spring events, or September 1, 2012 for fall events. The teacher who enters the student must be that student’s
primary teacher in the area of performance of the competition. All sponsoring teachers must assist at both the
auditions and the recitals.
Application Fees
Application Fees are non-refundable for all NJMTA events.
Application Forms
All application forms should be sent by regular mail. No certified mail.
Original Music
Unless the music is out of print, all original music must be provided to the judges with the exception of Chinese
Instruments events. For out-of-print or music downloaded from the Internet, students need to submit the Copyright
Music Release Form (page 29) to judges at the time of audition.
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Memorization
All solo music must be memorized for students participating in Piano, Voice and Chinese Instruments
auditions/competitions.
For string instruments, memorization is optional for Recital Audition but memorization is required for Young Musicians
Competition.
Memorization is optional for Woodwinds/Brass/Percussion instruments as well as Piano Duets and Ensembles.
Dress Code
GIRLS should wear a dress, or skirt or dress slacks with blouse or sweater. Dresses and skirts should be at least knee
length when seated. Pants must be full length – no capris. Leggings are permitted under dressy tops. Dress shoes
with heels attached or dress sandals with backs are allowed. No flip-flops, casual sandals, or platform shoes.
BOYS should wear a suit or dress slacks with dress shirt, sweater or sports coat. Ties are an option.
No jeans or sneakers, please! It is the teacher's responsibility to convey this information to their students. This dress
code applies to all student activities: auditions, competitions, festivals and recitals.
Accompanists
Teachers and/or their students are responsible for obtaining and appropriately compensating their own accompanists
prior to the events. In order to avoid scheduling conflicts with other students using the same accompanist, teachers
MUST list the accompanist’s name on the registration forms prior to submission. Teachers may not accompany their
students in auditions. NJMTA will provide a recommended list of accompanists should you require one.
Photography
No flash photography is allowed during the recitals. Video cameras may be set up at the back of the recital hall and
photographers are requested to stay there during the recital. There will be ample opportunity to take both group and
individual photographs at the end of each recital.
Problems and Questions
Should there be any problems, please contact the appropriate member of the Student Activities Committee.
Scheduling problems should be directed to the Center Coordinator. Under no circumstance should the chairpersons’
phone numbers be given to parents. Problems and questions should only be communicated between the teacher and
the chairperson of the event.
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Composer Classification List
This list is not exclusive. If you have repertoire concerns, please contact the appropriate national coordinator.
Baroque (B); Classical (C); Romantic (R); Impressionistic (I); Contemporary (Con)
Accolay, Jean-Baptiste
Achron, Joseph
Albéniz, Isaac
Albeniz, Mateo
Albinoni, Tomaso
Albrechtsberger, Johann
Arban, Jean-Baptiste
Artutunian, Alexander
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann
Bach-Busoni
Bach-Rachmaninoff
Balakirev, Mily
Balay, Guillaume
Barat, Joseph Edouard
Barber, Samuel
Bartók, Béla
Bassett, Leslie
Beach, Amy
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Berg, Alban
Berio, Luciano
Bériot, Charles-Auguste de
Bernstein, Leonard
Bilotti, Anton
Bizet, Georges
Blavet, Michel
Bloch, Ernest
Boccalari, Edoardo
Boccherini, Luigi
Böhme, Oscar
Borne, François
Boulanger, Lili
Bowen, York
Bozza, Eugène
Brahms, Johannes
Breval, Jean-Baptiste
Bridge, Frank
Britten, Benjamin
Bruch, Max
Burton, Eldin
Bush, Geoffrey
Busoni, Ferruccio
Busser, Henri
Caplet, André
Capuzzi, Giuseppe Antonio
Cassadó, Gaspar
Chabrier, Emmanuel
Chaminade, Cécile
Chopin, Frédéric
R
Con
R
C
B
C
R
Con
C
B
C
R
R
R
R
R/Con
Con
Con
Con
R
C
Con
Con
R
Con
Con
R
B
Con
R
C
R
R
R/I
Con
Con
R
C
R/Con
Con
R
Con
Con
R
R
I
C
Con
R
R
R
Cimarosa, Domenico
Clarke, Herbert
Clementi, Muzio
Cooke, Arnold
Copland, Aaron
Cords, Gustav
Corelli, Arcangelo
Corigliano, John
Couperin, François
Cowell, Henry
Creston, Paul
Crumb, George
Crusell, Bernhard
Damaré, Eugene
Damase, Jean-Michel
Danzi, Franz
David, Ferdinand
Debussy, Claude
Dela, Maurice
Delibes, Leo
Dello Joio, Norman
Demersseman, Jules
Denisov, Edison
Desenclos, Alfred
Desportes, Yvonne
Devienne, François
Dick, Marcel
Dohnányi, Ernst von
Donjon, Johannes
Doppler, Albert Franz
Dornel, Louis-Antoine
Doughtery, Celius
Dubois, Pierre Max
Dukas, Paul
Duparc, Henri
Dutilleux, Henri
Dvorák, Antonin
Eccles, Henry
Elgar, Edward
Enesco, Georges
Falla, Manuel de
Fauré, Gabriel
Finzi, Gerald
Florio, Caryl
Françaix, Jean
Franck, César
Françoeur, François
Franz, Oscar
Frumerie, Gunnar de
Ganne, Louis
Gaubert, Philippe
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C
R
C
Con
Con
R
B
Con
B
Con
Con
Con
C
R
Con
C
R
I
Con
R
Con
R
Con
Con
Con
C
Con
R
R
R
B
Con
Con
Con
R
Con
R
B
R
R
I/Con
R
Con
R
Con
R
C
R
Con
R
R
Goedicke, Alexander
Gershwin, George
Ginastera, Alberto
Glazunov, Alexander
Glière, Reinhold
Gluck, Willibald Christoph
Godard, Benjamin
Goëns, Daniel van
Goltermann, Georg
Granados, Enrique
Grétry, André
Grieg, Edvard
Griffes, Charles
Guilmant, Alexandre
Haddad, Don
Handel, George Frideric
Hartley, Walter
Haydn, Franz Joseph
Heiden, Bernhard
Henselt, Adolph
Hindemith, Paul
Honegger, Arthur
Hoover, Katherine
Hovhannes, Alan
Hüe, Georges
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk
Ibert, Jacques
Ireland, John
Ives, Charles
Jacob, Gordon
Jeanjean, Paul
Jolivet, André
Kabalevsky, Dmitri
Kennan, Kent
Khatchaturian, Aram
Khatchaturian, Karen
Klughardt, August
Knorr, Ernst-Lothar von
Koch, Erland von
Kodály, Zoltán
Kreisler, Fritz
Krenek, Ernst
Kroll, Bernhard
Krommer, Franz
Kurka, Robert
Lacour, Guy
Lalo, Edouard
Lantier, Pierre
Larsson, Lars-Erik
Lebedev, Alexy
Lecuona, Ernesto
R
Con
Con
R
R/Con
C
R
R
R
R
C
R
I
R
Con
B
Con
C
Con
R
Con
Con
Con
Con
R/Con
C
I/Con
R/I
Con
Con
I
Con
Con
Con
Con
Con
R
Con
Con
Con
R
Con
Con
C
Con
Con
R
Con
Con
R
Con
Composer Classification List (Cont.)
Lees, Benjamin
Levitski, Mischa
Liebermann, Lowell
Libermann, Rolf
Ligeti, György
Liszt, Franz
Lunde, Lawson
Lutoslawski, Witold
MacDowell, Edward
Maros, Rudolf
Martin, Frank
Martinu, Bohuslav
Massenet, Jules
Mendelssohn, Felix
Menotti, Gian Carlo
Messiaen, Olivier
Milhaud, Darius
Mlynarski, Emil
Molter, Johann
Mompou, Federico
Monti, Vittorio
Moszkowski, Moritz
Mouquet, Jules
Moussorgsky, Modest
Mozart, Leopold
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart/Kreisler
Muczynski, Robert
Musgrave, Thea
Nardini, Pierto
Neruda, J.B.G.
Nicholson, Charles
Nielsen, Carl
Osborne, Willson
Ostransky, Leroy
Paderewski, Ignace
Paganini, Niccolo
Palmgren, Selim
Peck, Russell
Penderecki, Krzystof
Pergolesi, Giovanni
Persichetti, Vincent
Con
R
Con
Con
Con
R
Con
Con
R
Con
Con
Con
R
R
Con
Con
Con
R
C
Con
R
R
R
R
C
C
C/R
Con
Con
C
C
R
R/Con
Con
Con
R
R
I/Con
Con
Con
B
Con
Persichetti, Vincent
Piazzolla, Astor
Pieczonka, Albert
Pierné, Gabriel
Popper, David
Poulenc, Francis
Prokofiev, Sergei
Pryor, Arthur
Quantz, Johann
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Ravel, Maurice
Reger, Max
Reinecke, Carl
Ries, Franz
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai
Rivier, Jean
Ropartz, Guy
Rossini, Gioacchino
Roussel, Albert
Rueff, Jeanine
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Sammartini, Giovanni
Sancan, Pierre
Saraste, Pablo de
Satie, Erik
Scarlatti, Alessandro
Scarlatti, Domenico
Schölzer, Pyotr
Schmitt, Florent
Schubert, Franz
Schumann, Robert
Scott, Cyril
Scriabin, Alexander
Seitz, Friedrich
Shostakovich, Dmitri
Sibelius, Jean
Simons, Gardell
Singelée, Jean-Baptiste
Smith, Grace Wiley
Soler, Antonio
Spohr, Louis
Sancan, Pierre
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Con
Con
R
Con
R
Con
Con
R/Con
B
R
I
R
R
R
R
I/Con
R
R
I/Con
Con
R
B/C
Con
R
I/Con
B
B
R
I/Con
C/R
R
I/Con
R/Con
R
Con
R
Con
R
Con
B
R
Con
Squire, William Henry
Stamitz, Carl
Stamitz, Johann
Strauss, Richard
Stravinsky, Igor
Sutermeister, Heinrich
Szymanowski, Karol
Taffanel, Paul
Tansman, Alexandre
Tartini, Giuseppe
Tauriello, Antonio
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich
Tcherepnin, Alexander
Tcherepnin, Ivan
Telemann, Georg Philipp
Ten Have, Willem
Ticheli, Frank
Tomasi, Henri
Tower, Joan
Turina, Joaquin
Turner, Kerry
Uhl, Alfred
Varèse, Edgar
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Veracini, Francesco
Villa-Lobos, Heiter
Viotti, Giovanni
Vitali, Tommaso
Vivaldi, Antonio
Walton, William
Wanhal, Johann Baptist
Warlock, Peter
Weber, Carl Maria von
Webern, Anton
Weckerlin, Jean-Baptiste
Wieniawski, Henryk
Wolpe, Stefan
Wuorinen, Charles
Ysaÿe, Eugène
Zambarano, Alfred Pasquale
Zeckwer, Camille
Walton, William
R
C
C
R
Con
Con
I/Con
R
Con
B
Con
R
Con
Con
B
R
Con
Con
Con
Con
Con
Con
Con
R/Con
B
Con
C
B
B
Con
C
Con
C/R
Con
R
R
Con
Con
R/Con
R
R
Con
2012 Winter NJMTA Sponsored Events
NJMTA Children Helping Children Performathon
Benefit for Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC®)
The NJMTA Children Helping Children Performathon is an opportunity for students of all levels and ages to perform for
both artistic enrichment and community service.
Recitals are free and open to the public.
Students are encouraged (not required) to submit a poem, a drawing, an essay, a collage or a painting to reflect on the
title “What Music Means to Me.” In addition, this written or visual companion work could be related to any piece of
music.
New for 2012: Collection of Aluminum Soda/Juice Can Top Pull Tabs. Ronald McDonald House receives cash for the tabs
and the money then goes back into maintenance of each house.
Chairperson:
Betty Stoloff
Dates and
Locations:
Saturday and Sunday, February 25 & 26, 2012
Westminster Choir College, Bristol Chapel and Williamson Hall
How to Enter:
Complete the registration form in the “Registration Entry and Trophy Award Forms” section of the
book. Complete a separate registration form for each performer. Photocopy registration form as
necessary. Send registration forms and the additional companion work to Betty Stoloff. After
receiving the registration form, Ms. Stoloff will send the teacher a Donation Record and
Permission Slip and envelopes for each of the students.
Send registration forms to:
Betty Stoloff
31 Crestview Drive
Kendall Park, NJ 08824
Recital Format:
All recitals will be about 1 hour, with 45 minutes of music and 15 minutes of set-up, awards and
photos.
Fee:
There is no Registration fee. Students collect donations for any of the 3 Ronald McDonald Houses
in New Jersey. Checks should be made out to:
Ronald McDonald House,
Ronald McDonald House of New Brunswick, or
Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey
SUGGESTED MINIMUM COLLECTION: $55 PER STUDENT.
Registration
Deadline:
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Teachers, we need your help. Please plan to help out at the recitals.
Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC®), a non-profit, 501 ©(3), creates, finds and supports programs that directly improve the
health and well being of children. RMHC fulfills its mission by creating programs that address targeted needs, and by supporting these
programs through its global network of local Chapters in 51 countries and regions. RMHC Chapters are run by boards comprised of
members of the local medical community, business and civic leaders, parents/volunteers, and McDonald’s representatives.
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2012 Spring NJMTA Sponsored Events
19th Annual Spring Piano Festival
This is a non-competitive program, which provides musical growth through evaluation and encouragement. The teacher
and parents are invited to attend the private audition; however, since space is very limited we suggest no more than two
persons attend the audition with the student.
Chairpersons:
Sakiko Ono
sakiko.ono@gmail.com
Chang Liu
changliu74w@yahoo.com
Awards:
Both written and verbal comments will be given. Students receiving an Excellent rating will be
awarded a certificate and Gold Seal. A Very Good will be awarded a certificate with a Silver Seal.
Students receiving an Excellent or Very Good rating for three years will be awarded a medal,
trophies for five and seven years and plaques for 10 years and beyond.
The certificates and the written evaluations should be picked up after 5:00 p.m. on the audition
day. If a teacher cannot pick them up personally, he/she can send another person with the release
form (which is available online) signed by the teacher to pick them up in his/her place.
Dates and
Locations:
Sundays, February 26 & March 4, 2012
Westminster Choir College, Princeton and Erdman Halls
How to Enter:
Mailing registration: Fill out the entry forms located in the “Registration entry Forms” section of
this book (forms are also available at the NJMTA website). For students earning a medal or trophy,
please mark it on the registration form. Send the forms together with the Registration Fees (only
teacher’s personal check or money order will be accepted) and the Duty Deposit Fee in two
separate checks to the Festival Chairperson listed below. Write the checks payable to “NJMTA
Festival.”
Online registration: Details will be announced later on the NJMTA website.
Send fees and forms to:
Sakiko Ono
17 Quaker Road
Princeton Junction, NJ 08550
Fee:
$35 for a 15-minute session with the adjudicator. Fees are non-refundable.
Duty Deposit Fee:
A $50 separate refundable check will be collected for teacher’s duty deposit upon registration.
This fee will be refunded when the teacher’s duty is fulfilled.
Registration
Deadline:
Both mailing and online registration and the checks should be received no later than Monday,
January 23, 2012. Please note that the registration is only completed upon the receipt of the
checks.
Note: Registration forms will be entered on a first-come, first-served basis. Once that date is filled,
entries will be directed to another date. To receive your date and time preferences, enter your
registration form earlier.
Student Eligibility:
Students of all levels and ages whose teachers are members in good standing of NJMTA. Late
beginners and adults are encouraged to take part.
Teachers Eligibility:
Teachers must be members in good standing of NJMTA and, except for new members, must have
paid their dues by January 1, 2011. Teachers must also agree to work for half a day at the festival.
Repertoire:
Student must perform two memorized pieces of contrasting styles. Pieces may be by the same
composer as long as they are of contrasting styles. Pieces must be a minimum of 16 measures in
length. Be sure to set aside enough time to allow the judge to adequately discuss the performance
with the student.
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2012 Spring NJMTA Sponsored Events
Spring Recital – Auditions & Concerts
for Piano, Strings, Winds, Brass, Percussion, Voice & Chinese Instruments
This program is intended for the well-prepared student who is capable of accepting the challenge of the concert platform.
Students selected through the audition must perform in the recitals.
Coordinator:
Grace Chang
Chairpersons:
Piano: Jessica Tsai (Princeton)
Sophia Agraovich (North Jersey)
Veda Zuponcic (South Jersey)
Strings: Ingrid Tang
Winds, Brass & Percussion: Renae Block
Voice: Li-Chan Chen-Maxham
Chinese Instruments: Yang Yi
Audition/Recital
Dates and
Locations:
Audition 1 – Piano
Sunday, April 15, 2012 – Seton Hall University (SHU)
*Cap at 350 entries for this audition day
Recitals
North Jersey Center – Sat. & Sun., May 12 & 13 Caldwell College (CC)
Students auditioning on 4/15 must choose from the above recital options.
Audition 2 – Piano
Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Westminster Choir College (WCC)
*Cap at 500 entries for this audition day
Recitals
Princeton Center – Sat. & Sun., April 28 & 29, 2012 (WCC)
Students auditioning on 3/18 must choose from the above recital options.
Audition 3 – Piano
Sunday, April 1, 2012 – Westminster Choir College (WCC)
*Cap at 500 entries for this audition day
Recitals
Princeton Center – Sat. & Sun., May 5 & 6, 2012 (WCC)
Students auditioning on 4/1 must choose from the above recital options.
Audition 4 – Piano
Sunday, April 22, 2012 – Rowan University (RU)
Recitals
South Jersey Center – Sat. & Sun., May 19 & 20, 2012 (RU)
Students auditioning on 4/22 must choose from the above recital options.
Audition for Strings, Winds, Brass, Percussion, Voice & Chinese Instruments
Sunday, April 15, 2012 - Westminster Choir College (WCC)
Recitals
Instrument Center – Sat. & Sun., May 12 & 13, 2012 (Rider University)
All students who received Honor or High Honor on 4/15 must perform at these recitals.
How to Enter:
Mailing registration: Complete both sides of the entry form located in the “Registration Entry and
Trophy Award Forms” section of the book (forms are also available at NJMTA website). Make
copies as needed. The registration form will be returned if not completed in full and students will
not be entered in the event. Phone entries, email entries, or entries not on the correct form will
not be accepted. Do not mix piano entries with other instruments. Teachers must submit a
separate entry form and a separate check for each audition date per instrument.
Online registration: Details will be announced later on the NJMTA website.
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Entries will be treated on a “first come, first served” basis. Once that center or date is filled,
entries will be directed to another center or date. Do not make special requests. Since there are
four different audition dates for piano with two corresponding recital options, please direct
students who have a conflict to another center or date. Once the schedule is completed, a $5.00
fee (cash or check from teacher, no checks will be accepted from parents of students) will be
charged for each schedule change if the change is feasible.
For students earning a trophy, complete the trophy/Awards column and submit it at the time of
registration. Trophy requests cannot be honored after the audition date.
Checks should be made payable to “NJMTA Auditions.” Send separate entry forms and separate
checks for each audition day per instrument to:
Fee:
Piano:
Grace Chang
202 Fairfield Lane
Hillsborough, NJ 08844
Strings:
Ingrid Tang
29 Sequoia Drive
Dayton, NJ 08810
Winds, Brass, Percussion & Voice:
Renae Block
7 Cooper Avenue, Suite B
Marlton, NJ 08053
Chinese Instruments:
Yang Yi
48 Zaitz Farm Road
West Windsor, NJ 08550
Solo auditions: $35 per student. Ensemble auditions: $25 per student. Fees are non-refundable.
For Chinese Instruments: Students of non-NJMTA member teachers pay double the registration
fees.
A separate refundable check for each audition center will be collected for teacher’s duty deposit
upon registration (see below).
Duty Deposit Fee:
For teachers entering students to Recital Auditions in ALL instruments, a duty deposit fee is
required for all participating teachers of all instruments. The duty deposit fee will be refunded
when he/she completes his/her duty.
For 2012 auditions, please send:
$50 to enter up to 10 entries
$75 to enter 11-20 entries
$100 to enter more than 20 entries
Registration Entry
Period:
Registration period is January 18 to February 1, 2012. Entries must be postmarked no later than
Wednesday, February 1, 2012. A $5 late fee will be charged to each entry of registration between
February 2 and February 5, 2012. Entries mailed after February 5, 2012 will be returned and students
will not be entered to the event.
Student Eligibility:
Piano, Strings, Woodwind, Brass and Percussion - Students from elementary through college level
are invited to audition. Ensembles must register through the same teacher on the same form.
Voice – Students from Middle School through Adult are invited to audition. Auditions are open to
soloists and to vocal ensembles. Ensembles must register through the same teacher on the same
form.
Teachers Eligibility:
Teachers must be members of NJMTA (except for Chinese Instruments) in good standing and,
except for new members, must have paid their dues by January 1, 2012. All sponsoring teachers
must assist at both the auditions and the recitals.
Parents will not be accepted as a substitute for teachers to do the duty. The duty deposit will be
refunded to the teacher when he/she completes his/her duty. If the teacher failed to fulfill his/her
duty, the deposit will be used to hire a monitor or another teacher to do the duty.
Classifications:
For the purpose of these auditions:
Piano students should be classified as follows regardless of age:
Elementary (El) – Bach Minuet, Intermediate (Int.) – Sonatina, and Advanced (Adv.) – Sonata.
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Strings, Winds, Brass and Percussion students’ classifications are determined by age and length of
study as follows:
(El) – less than 3 years of study, (I) – 3-6 years of study, (Adv) – more than 6 years of study.
Voice student’s classifications are determined by age and length of study as follows:
(El) up to 2 years of study, (I) – 2-4 years of study, (Adv) – more than 4 years of study,
(Adult) – above college age, non-professional.
Evaluations:
The evaluation sheets will be mailed with the audition schedules. Only teachers should fill out the
evaluation form, giving all the requested details, noting the timing of each piece and making
certain that each student chooses 1st and 2nd choice of recital dates. This information is used to
prepare the program, so please list keys, opus numbers, and anything that will identify the music
without any doubt. Judges’ decisions are final.
Performance Time:
Piano: Maximum time allowed for elementary level is 5 minutes, intermediate level is 10 minutes,
and advance and college levels are 15 minutes.
Strings, Winds, Brass & Percussion: Maximum time allowed through Grade 10 is 12 minutes, grades
11-collegiate and adult are 15 minutes.
Voice: Maximum time allowed is 15 minutes.
There is no minimum.
Please be advised that students are required to perform at their assigned schedule. Switching time
slots or replacing with other students is not allowed. If the student can't make it they forfeit their
spot. Students are not permitted to share music because of scheduling difficulties. Students
without music will be allowed to audition at the appointed time but will automatically receive a
rating of Honorable Mention.
Memorization:
All solo pieces must be memorized for piano, voice and Chinese instruments for both the audition
and recital. Memorization is optional for winds, brass, strings, percussion, duet or ensemble
repertoire.
Accompanists:
Teachers and/or their students are responsible for obtaining and appropriately compensating their
own accompanists prior to the events. In order to avoid scheduling conflicts with other students
using the same accompanist, teachers MUST list the accompanist’s name on the registration forms
prior to submission. Teachers may not accompany their students in auditions. NJMTA will provide
a recommended list of accompanists should you require one.
Repertoire:
Piano: Students must perform two compositions from standard repertoire, from two different
musical periods, and contrasting pieces are recommended. See the Composer Classification List
(page 31) and General Information section of this yearbook. All pieces must be at least 16 measures
without repeats. Students not fulfilling this requirement will receive an Honorable Mention
regardless of the quality of performance. The selection is at the discretion of the teacher.
No arrangements or simplified editions of works originally written for piano will be accepted.
Published transcriptions of the other instruments or ensemble (such as Bach/Busoni’s Chaconne,
Chinese tradition folk songs) will be acceptable as long as they are original by the composers.
Method book pieces without composer indicated or listed as “adopted by” or “arranged by” are
not acceptable.
Repeats will not be played unless the piece is very short or the repeats affect the integrity of the
piece. Variations must be performed in their entirety. Students are required to perform only one
movement of a Sonata. Bach Preludes & Fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier do not need to
be performed as a set. A group of short pieces such as Chopin Preludes can be considered as one
piece if they do not exceed the maximum time allowed in their level.
Ensemble repertoire may be four to six hands, for one piano only. Students may perform one
piece only, at any level. Published arrangements are acceptable. Memorization for piano duet is
optional, but one extra copy must be prepared for judge if the students do not memorize the
piece.
Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion: Two contrasting pieces – one from either the Baroque or
Classical era, and one from either Romantic or Modern era. Alternately, two contrasting pieces
within one time period may be chosen. Selections may be for solo instrument, solo instrument
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with accompaniment, or ensembles of two or more in number. Only one movement of a sonata or
concerto should be performed. Pieces written with a piano accompaniment must be performed
with accompaniment. Selection of the repertoire is at the discretion of the teacher. Arrangements
and transcriptions should only be used if no suitable age appropriate literature is available. No
simplified arrangements will be accepted. It is the intention that the repertoire should be chosen
from the solo literature for each respective instrument.
Voice: Solo: Students must perform three contrasting compositions from standard classical vocal
repertoire. One must be in English, one must be in a foreign language, and the third may be either.
One selection from the Musical Theater is allowed if desired.
Ensemble: Two selections from standard ensemble repertoire. One must be in English. One
selection from the Musical Theater is allowed if desired.
The selection is at the discretion of the teacher.
Chinese Instruments: Students must perform one piece from memory.
Awards:
Performers and Honorable Mention students will receive certificates. Students receiving a High
Honors Rating will perform in a High Honors Recital, and those receiving an Honors Rating will
perform in an Honors Recital. Honorable Mention certificates will be mailed.
As an incentive and reward for those students who have performed in same category either High
Honors or Honors Recitals for three, five, seven and ten or more years, there are special awards.
Medals will be given for three-year accomplishment, trophies for five and seven years and plaques
for 10 years and beyond. The performances need not be given in consecutive years. They may be a
combination of High Honors and Honors performances. However, since this is a performance
program, the student must have played in each year’s recital.
Recital Rules:
Performers should arrive at least 15 minutes before their recital time, check in with the recital host
and be seated in the programs order with the other performers. Students are required to provide
their own accompanists for the recital.
Student should only perform in the recital that he/she is assigned and perform the piece that the
judge chose during the audition. Student performs in a recital that is not assigned for him/her by
chairperson should not receive the credit toward his/her award accumulation.
Except for piano, the maximum length of the piece that the students perform at the winners'
recital is 8 minutes for students up to 10th grade and 12 minutes for students from 11th grade up
and for all adults.
Student who arrive late and miss their place in the recital program may not be allowed to perform.
Due to time constraints this will be at the discretion of the recital host. Maps are provided to all
locations at the back of this book and teachers should see that each student is given a copy.
Students and their families are required to stay for the entire recital, so that the performer may
receive their certificate. Please suggest that families not bring very small children to the recitals.
Please note the dress code outlined in the General Information section of this book. No children
dressed in sports clothes will be allowed to perform.
Students who are absent from the recitals will not receive their certificates and under no
circumstances will be allowed a credit towards an award for this year. This is a performance
program and a performance by the student is required.
Recital host should report the students who are absent from the recitals and return all the awards
and certificates of absent students to the chairperson.
No flash photography is allowed during the recitals. Video cameras may be set up at the back of
the recital hall, and photographers are requested to stay with their equipment during the recital.
There will be an opportunity to take both group and individual photographs at the end of each
recital.
Teachers are expected to attend their students’ recitals to support their students and assist the
recital host.
Please read the “General Information” page in this Yearbook for Participating Teachers Requirements.
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2012 Fall NJMTA Sponsored Events
Young Musicians Competition – Piano
Chairperson:
Hwei-Lan Luo
Competition Date
and Location:
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Westminster Choir College, Princeton Hall
Recital Dates and
Locations:
Friday & Sunday, November 16 & 18, 2012
Location TBD
Awards:
1st Place Winners – Trophies as well as Performances in the Winners Recital at the NJMTA State
Conference
2nd Place - medal
3rd Places and Honorable Mention - Certificates
Certificates will be sent to Participants upon request.
All winners should make arrangements to pick up their awards at the State Conference if they
cannot attend the award presentation at the conference.
How to Enter:
Teacher should print all the required information on both sides of the entry form located in the
“Registration Entry and Trophy Award Forms” section of the book and collect fees from students.
Mail the entry form with ONE teacher’s check payable to “NJMTA Competition” to:
Hwei-Lan Luo
10 Blossom Hill Drive
Plainsboro, NJ 08536
hweilanl@yahoo.com
Fee:
$40 per student. Fees are non-refundable. Please make one check for the total registration fee.
Only teachers’ checks will be accepted.
Duty Deposit Fee
$50 duty deposit fee is required for all participating teachers. The deposit check will be returned
after the duty is fulfilled. Please send the job form and a duty deposit check in the amount of $50.
The deposit check will be cashed if the teacher fails to fulfill his/her assigned job. Please
understand that we are very short of volunteers and need all the teachers’ support for the event.
Please send a separate check from the Registration Fee.
Registration
Deadline:
Postmarked no later than Thursday, September 20, 2012. A late fee of $35 is charged for entries
postmarked between September 21 and September 24. Absolutely no forms will be accepted
postmarked after September 24. Entries postmarked after September 24, 2012 will be returned.
Application forms will not be processed until the late fee is received. Application forms must be
sent by regular mail. NO CERTIFIED MAIL, PLEASE!
Student Eligibility:
Entrants must have studied the performance medium of the competition with the same member
teacher for a minimum of six months of the nine months proceeding immediately the first day of
the month in which the state competition is held. Students of any age are invited to compete.
Students will be grouped according to their age as of October 1st of the competition year.
Exceptions to the six-month eligibility requirement will be allowed in the following situations:
 If the regular teacher is incapacitated or on sabbatical leave
 If the family moves out of the area
 In the case of a collegiate freshmen or transfer students
Under such circumstances, a certified letter from the original teacher explaining and approving the
change in teachers must be submitted with the official application form. Both teachers must
satisfy teacher eligibility requirements for NJMTA competitions and both teachers must be
recognized in any matter related to the competition.
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Teachers Eligibility:
The teacher must be a member of NJMTA and current membership dues to NJMTA must be paid
on or before September 1st of the competition year. An exception to the September 1st payment of
teacher dues will be granted to a teacher joining NJMTA for the very first time. The one-time
exception will allow the teacher to pay state dues on or before the postmarked deadline of the
competition. An NJMTA member with Student Membership status may not enter students. The
teacher and the entrant may not be the same individual. The Primary teacher of the performing
medium of the competition must be the teacher who enters the student in the competition.
Repertoire:
Selection of the repertoire is at the discretion of the teacher, with the following requirements:
Two compositions from standard repertoire from memory:
1. Either Baroque or Classical
2. Either Romantic or Modern
* Please use MTNA Composer Classification List in the yearbook (page 31) for your reference.
 Variations must be performed in their entirety.
 Students are required to perform only one movement of sonata/sonatina.
 Both Prelude & Fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier by Bach must be performed to
count as one piece.
 Repeats will not be played unless the piece is very short or the repeats affect the integrity
of the piece.
 No arrangements or simplified editions of works originally written for piano will be
accepted.
 Published transcription of the other instruments or ensemble (such as Bach/Busoni’s
Chaconne, Chinese tradition folk songs) will be acceptable as long as they are original by
the composers.
 A group of short pieces such as Chopin Preludes can be considered as one piece if they do
not exceed the maximum time allowed in their age group
Maximum
Performance time:
Through age 10
10 minutes
Ages 11-14
15 minutes
Ages 15-17
17 minutes
Ages 18-collegiate
20 minutes
Students who go over the time limit might be stopped by judges during the competition.
The competition is scheduled by age. Due to the complexity of scheduling, any requests regarding time preference or
schedule change will not be honored.
Please also check the General Guidelines for all NJMTA Auditions and Competitions under the General Information page
of this Yearbook.
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2012 Fall NJMTA Sponsored Events
Young Musicians Competition – Strings
Chairperson:
Ingrid Tang
Competition Date
and Location:
Sunday, November 10, 2012
Rowan University, Glassboro
Recital Dates and
Locations:
Friday & Sunday, November 16 & 18, 2012
Location TBD
Awards:
1st Place Winners – Trophies as well as Performances in the Winners Recital at the NJMTA State
Conference
2nd Place - medal
3rd Places and Honorable Mention - Certificates
Certificates will be sent to Participants upon request.
All winners should make arrangements to pick up their awards at the State Conference if they
cannot attend the award presentation at the conference.
How to Enter:
Teacher should fill out the entry form located in the “Registration Entry and Trophy Award Forms”
section of the book. Make copies as needed. Be sure to collect fees from the students and supply
all requested information on both sides of the form. Fees are non-refundable.
Send only ONE check for strings only, payable to “NJMTA Auditions” with the completed
registration form to:
Ingrid Tang
29 Sequoia Drive
Dayton, NJ, 08810
tang.ingrid@gmail.com
Fee:
$40 per student. Fees are non-refundable.
Duty Deposit Fee
$50 duty deposit fee is required for all participating teachers. The deposit check will be returned
after the duty is fulfilled. Please send a separate check from the Registration Fee.
Registration
Deadline:
Entries must be postmarked no later than Monday, October 1, 2012. Entries mailed after that date
will be returned.
Student/Teacher
Eligibility:
Same as Young Musicians Competition for Piano, see respective section for details.
Repertoire:
Two contrasting pieces from different time periods for unaccompanied solo, or solo with
accompaniment. Selection of the repertoire is at the discretion of the teacher. Students are
required to perform only one movement of sonata/sonatina or concertos. Repeats will not be
played unless the piece is very short or the repeats affect the integrity of the piece.
Arrangements and transcriptions should only be used if no suitable age appropriate literature is
available. No simplified arrangements will be accepted. It is the intention that the repertoire
should be chosen from the solo literature for each respective instrument. Memorization is
required.
Accompanists:
Teachers and /or their students are responsible for obtaining and appropriately compensating
their own accompanist prior to the events, and must list them on the registration form to avoid
scheduling conflicts with other students using the same accompanist. Teachers may not
accompany their own students in the audition, but is allowed for the winner’s recital. NJMTA will
provide a recommended list of accompanists should you require one.
Maximum
Performance time:
Through age 10
Ages 11-14
Ages 15-17
Ages 18-collegiate
10 minutes
15 minutes
17 minutes
20 minutes
Please read the “General Information” page in this Yearbook for Participating Teachers Requirements.
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2012 Fall NJMTA Sponsored Events
Young Musicians Competition – Chinese Instruments
Chairperson:
Yang Yi
Competition Date
and Location:
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Westminster Choir College, Princeton Hall
Recital Dates and
Locations:
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 16, 17 & 18, 2012
Location TBD
Awards:
Awards will be presented to the students in each of the following age groups: Age 10 and under,
Age 11 to 14, Age 15 to 17, as well as Age 18 and above. It is designed for ONE (for all Chinese
instruments) or TWO (Guzheng and Chinese Instruments) instrument categories depending on the
number of contestants entered for the competition. They could be either a solo instrument or
ensemble.
1st Place Winners – Trophies as well as Performances in the Winners Recital at the NJMTA State
Conference
2nd Place - Medal
3rd Places and Honorable Mention - Certificates
Certificates will be sent to Participants upon request.
All winners should make arrangements to pick up their awards at the State Conference if they
cannot attend the award presentation at the conference.
How to Enter:
NJMTA member teachers should fill out the entry and forms located in the "Registration Entry and
Trophy Award Forms" section of this book. Make copies as needed. Be sure to collect fees from
the students and supply all requested information on both sides of the form. Fees are nonrefundable.
Students with non-NJMTA member teachers should register themselves in the same procedure
mentioned above, with a double fee from below.
Send only ONE check for strings only, payable to "NJMTA" with the completed registration form,
to:
Yang Yi
48 Zaitz Farm Road
West Windsor, NJ 08550
Fee:
Solo: $40 per student. Ensemble: $20 per person per ensemble group. Fees are non-refundable.
Students under non-member teachers are also qualified for the Chinese instrument competition
and audition; they will have to pay double the fees.
Duty Deposit Fee
$50 duty deposit fee is required for all participating teachers. The duty deposit fee will be refunded
when he/she completes his/her duty. Please send a separate check from the Registration Fee.
Registration
Deadline:
Entries must be postmarked no later than Thursday, September 20, 2012. Entries mailed after that
date will be returned.
Student Eligibility:
Same as Young Musicians Competition for Piano; see respective section for details.
Except: Students under non-member teachers are also qualified for the Chinese instrument
competition and audition; they will have to pay double the fees.
Teachers Eligibility:
The teacher must be a member of NJMTA and current membership dues to NJMTA must be paid
on or before September 1st, 2012. An exception to the September 1st payment of teacher dues will
be granted to a teacher joining NJMTA for the very first time. The on-time exception will allow the
teacher to pay state dues on or before the postmarked deadline of the competition. An NJMTA
member with Student Membership status may not enter students. The teacher and the entrant
may not be the same individual. The Primary teacher of the performing medium of the
competition must be the teacher who enters the student in the competition.
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Repertoire:
Selection of the repertoire is at the discretion of the teacher, with the following requirements:
Solo: Two pieces of contrasting style and tempo from memory.
Ensemble: One piece (preferably memorized).
Accompanists:
Teachers and/or their students are responsible for obtaining and appropriately compensating their
own accompanist prior to the events, and must list them on the registration form to avoid
scheduling conflicts with other students using the same accompanist. Teachers may not
accompany their own students. NJMTA will provide a recommended list of accompanists should
you require one.
Maximum
Performance time:
15 minutes
Please read the “General Information” page in this Yearbook for Participating Teachers Requirements.
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2012 Fall NJMTA Sponsored Events
Young Musicians Competition – Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion
Chairperson:
Renae Block
Competition Date
and Location:
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Rowan University, Glassboro
Recital Dates and
Locations:
Friday & Sunday, November 16 & 18, 2012
Location TBD
Awards:
1st Place Winners – Trophies as well as Performances in the Winners Recital at the NJMTA State
Conference
2nd Place - medal
3rd Places and Honorable Mention - Certificates
Certificates will be sent to Participants upon request.
All winners should make arrangements to pick up their awards at the State Conference if they
cannot attend the award presentation at the conference.
How to Enter:
Teachers are to complete the competition entry form located in the “Registration Entry and
Trophy Award Forms” section of the book. Teachers should collect fees from the students and
supply all requested information, on both sides of the form. Fees are non-refundable. Send ONE
check (no cash accepted) for all winds, brass, percussion and voice entries (please do not mix with
piano entries), payable to “NJMTA Competition” to:
Renae Block
7 Cooper Avenue, Suite B
Marlton, NJ 08053
Fee:
$40 per student. Fees are non-refundable.
Duty Deposit Fee
$50 duty deposit fee is required for all participating teachers. The duty deposit fee will be refunded
when he/she completes his/her duty. Please send a separate check from the Registration Fee.
Registration
Deadline:
Entries must be postmarked no later than Monday, October 1, 2012. Entries mailed after that date
will be returned.
Student/Teacher
Eligibility:
Same as Young Musicians Competition for Piano; see respective section for details.
Repertoire:
Selection of the repertoire is at the discretion of the teacher, with the following requirements:
 Two contrasting pieces – one from either the Baroque or Classical eras, and one from
either the Romantic, Impressionistic or Modern eras.
 Selections may be those written for solo instrument (unaccompanied) or solo instrument
with accompaniment; however, pieces written with an accompaniment must be
performed with the accompaniment.
 Memorization of pieces is not required, but is recommended.
 Only one movement of a Concerto or Sonata should be performed, unless the movements
are very short, or are meant to be played uninterrupted. The total amount of performance
time for multiple movements of one piece should be no more than half of the allotted
time per age group. (i.e. 5 minutes for ages 10 and under, 8½ minutes for ages 15-17, etc.)
 Repeats should not be taken unless the piece is very short, or the lack of repeats would
affect the integrity of the piece.
 Arrangements and transcriptions should only be used if no suitable age appropriate
literature is available. No simplified arrangements will be accepted. It is the intention that
the repertoire should be chosen from the solo literature for each respective instrument.
Accompanists:
Teachers and/or their students are responsible for obtaining and appropriately compensating their
own accompanist prior to the events, and must list them on the registration form to avoid
scheduling conflicts with other students using the same accompanist. Teachers may not
accompany their own students. NJMTA will provide a recommended list of accompanists should
you require one.
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Maximum
Performance time:
Through age 10
Ages 11-14
Ages 15-17
Ages 18-collegiate
10 minutes
15 minutes
17 minutes
20 minutes
Please read the “General Information” page in this Yearbook for Participating Teachers Requirements.
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2012 Fall NJMTA Sponsored Events
Young Musicians Competition – Voice
Chairperson:
Li-Chan Chen-Maxham
Competition Date
and Location:
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Rowan University, Glassboro
Recital Dates and
Locations:
Friday & Sunday, November 16 & 18, 2012
Location TBD
Awards:
1st Place Winners – Trophies as well as Performances in the Winners Recital at the NJMTA State
Conference
2nd Place - medal
3rd Places and Honorable Mention - Certificates
Certificates will be sent to Participants upon request.
All winners should make arrangements to pick up their awards at the State Conference if they
cannot attend the award presentation at the conference.
How to Enter:
Teachers are to complete the competition entry form located in the “Registration Entry and
Trophy Award Forms” section of the book. Teachers should collect fees from the students and
supply all requested information, on both sides of the form. Fees are non-refundable. Send ONE
check (no cash accepted) for all winds, brass, percussion and voice entries (please do not mix with
piano entries), payable to “NJMTA Competition” to:
Li-Chan Chen Maxham
31 Woodbury Road
Edison, NJ 08820
maxchen@juno.com
Fee:
$40 per student. Fees are non-refundable.
Duty Deposit Fee
$50 duty deposit fee is required for all participating teachers. The duty deposit fee will be refunded
when he/she completes his/her duty. Please send a separate check from the Registration Fee.
Registration
Deadline:
Entries must be postmarked no later than Monday, October 1, 2012. Entries mailed after that date
will be returned.
Student/Teacher
Eligibility:
Students of any age are invited to compete. Students will be grouped according to their age as of
October 1st of the competition year. More details could be found in the respective section of Young
Musicians Competition for Piano.
Repertoire:
Three songs, memorized, from standard classical vocal repertoire among the following:
 Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionist or Modern.
 The songs should have contrasting styles and tempi.

One must be in English, one must be in a foreign language, and the third can be either, or
a different foreign language.

Memorization is required.
Accompanists:
Teachers and/or their students are responsible for obtaining and appropriately compensating their
own accompanist prior to the events, and must list them on the registration form to avoid
scheduling conflicts with other students using the same accompanist. Teachers may not
accompany their own students. NJMTA will provide a recommended list of accompanists should
you require one.
Performance time:
Maximum 12 minutes
Please read the “General Information” page in this Yearbook for Participating Teachers Requirements.
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2012 Fall NJMTA Sponsored Events
State Conference Master Class Auditions for Pianists
The Master Class Audition for Pianists is held each year in November. The winners will perform for the Guest Artist at the
Advanced Master Class session during the State Conference.
Chairperson:
Kyu-Jung Rhee
Audition Date and
Location:
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Westminster Choir College, Princeton Hall
Winner(s):
The winner(s) will be chosen and will perform at the New Jersey Music Teachers Association State
Conference, November 17-18, 2012. Teachers will be notified as to the exact time of the
performance.
Location TBD
How to Enter:
Use the competition entry form located in the “Registration Entry and Trophy Award Forms”
section of the book. Fill in all the required information on both sides of the form. Mail ONE check,
payable to “NJMTA Competition” to:
Kyu-Jung Rhee
3 William Street
Milltown, NJ 08850
goyescas_1999@yahoo.com
Fee:
$40 - Fees are non-refundable.
No duty deposit fee is required for Master Class (MC). For teachers participating in both Young
Musician Piano (YMP) & MC, please send only one $50 duty check to the YMP chairperson.
Registration
Deadline:
Postmarked no later than Thursday, September 20, 2012. A late fee of $35 is charged for entries
postmarked between September 21 and September 24. Absolutely no forms will be accepted
postmarked after September 24. Entries postmarked after September 24, 2012 will be returned.
Application forms will not be processed until the late fee is received. Application forms must be
sent by regular mail. NO CERTIFIED MAIL, PLEASE!
Age:
13 years or older
Student Eligibility:
Entrants must have studied the performance medium of the competition with the same member
teacher for a minimum of six months of the nine months proceeding immediately the first day of
the month in which the state competition is held. Exceptions to the six-month eligibility
requirement will be allowed in the following situations:
 If the regular teacher is incapacitated or on sabbatical leave
 If the family moves out of the area
 In the case of a collegiate freshmen or transfer students
Under such circumstances, a certified letter from the original teacher explaining and approving the
change in teachers must be submitted with the official application form. Both teachers must
satisfy teacher eligibility requirements for NJMTA competitions and both teachers must be
recognized in any matter related to the competition.
Students who were selected to play last year are not eligible to audition two years in a row.
Only one collegiate student will be chosen.
Teachers Eligibility:
The teacher must be a member of NJMTA and current membership dues to NJMTA must be paid
on or before September 1st of the competition year. An exception to the September 1st payment of
teacher dues will be granted to a teacher joining NJMTA for the very first time. The one-time
exception will allow the teacher to pay state dues on or before the postmarked deadline of the
competition. An NJMTA member with Student Membership status may not enter students. The
teacher and the entrant may not be the same individual. The Primary teacher of the performing
medium of the competition must be the teacher who enters the student in the competition. All
sponsoring teachers must assist at the auditions.
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Repertoire:
One selection of 10 minutes or less from the advanced repertoire from any musical period in any
style, such as a movement from a Beethoven Sonata. The selection is at the discretion of the
teacher. No arrangements or simplified editions will be accepted. Repeats will not be played,
unless the repeats affect the integrity of the piece. Variations must be performed in their entirety.
Memorization is required.
Please read the “General Information” page in this Yearbook for Participating Teachers Requirements.
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2012 Fall NJMTA Sponsored Events
New Jersey Composer Commission Competition
Each year, NJMTA commissions a NJ composer to write pieces for this competition: three piano pieces of different levels,
one flute/violin/cello and piano ensemble. The first page of each piece will be available for viewing on the NJMTA website
by the end of May. Copies of scores will be available at the Spring Recitals, or by mail. To purchase scores, contact the
chairperson after June 1.
Chairperson:
Eunju Joung Kim
Audition Date and
Location:
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Westminster Choir College, Princeton Hall
Winner(s):
The winner(s) will be chosen and will perform at the New Jersey Music Teachers Association State
Conference, November 17-18, 2012. Teachers will be notified as to the exact time of the
performance.
Location TBD
How to Enter:
Teachers must complete the competition entry form located in the “Registration Entry and Trophy
Award Forms” section of the book. Indicate “NJCC” in the Age & Event column. Include the name
of the piece and all other requested information on the entry form. Send one check and entry
form to:
Eunju Joung Kim
8 Victoria Court
Moorestown, NJ 08057
eunkjk@comcast.net
Fee:
$30 entry fee for solo piece
$20 for each performer in an ensemble
Please make checks payable to “NJMTA Competition.” Fees are non refundable.
Registration
Deadline:
Postmarked no later than Monday, October 1, 2012.
Memorization:
Memorization is required for all solo pieces. Memorization is optional for duet and ensemble
pieces.
Audition Pieces:
A piano student can only enter in one level (Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced) in the piano solo
category but is allowed to enter in another category such as piano duet or piano with
flute/violin/cello. Only students can enter the competition. No adult professional accompanists are
allowed.
Separate application fees must be paid for each category.
Please read the “General Information” page in this Yearbook for Participating Teachers Requirements.
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2012 Fall NJMTA Sponsored Events
High School Scholarship Competition
Chairperson:
Margaret Knight
Competition Date
and Location:
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Rowan University, Glassboro
Awards:
There will be two scholarships from NJMTA, each for $1,500:
1. for a student who will be pursuing Performance
2. for a student who will be pursuing Music Education/Pedagogy
The winners will perform at the NJMTA State Conference in mid-November. If there is more than
one winner in either category the award will be shared. An alternate may be designated in each
category if the performances warrant such an award.
The judges reserve the right to withhold either or both awards if they think that the standard of
either the repertoire or the performance is below that of college entrance for a music major.
How to Enter:
Teachers are to complete the competition entry form located in the "Registration Entry and
Trophy Award Forms" section of the book. Please make sure to fill out the following columns:
1. Instrument: Please indicate the instrument next to HSS/High School Scholarship column.
2. Indicate whether it is for Performance major or Education/pedagogy major.
3. Event code: HSS
4. Please also check in the appropriate column any other NJMTA/MTNA competition the
applicant will participate in on the same date.
Be sure to include all other requested information on both sides of the form and send, with the
essay and NJMTA participation list, to:
Margaret Knight
3 Blueberry Road
Shamong, NJ 08088-8627
margaretknight@comcast.net
Fee:
$40 for applicant entering only the category of performance major or music education major
$60 for applicant entering both categories of performance and music education major.
No duty deposit fee is required for the High School Scholarship Competition.
Registration
Deadline:
Entries must be postmarked no later than Thursday, September 13, 2012.
Student Eligibility:
Any student, resident of New Jersey, who is graduating from high school and plans to major in
music in college.
Teacher Eligibility:
The teacher must have paid NJMTA dues for the past two years including the current year.
Repertoire:
Program should not exceed 30 minutes in length for all instruments. Should the program run
longer, the judges reserve the right to make appropriate cuts.
Piano
One piece from each of the following four style periods:
 Baroque - any Prelude and Fugue from J.S. Bach's WTC, Books 1 or 2
 Classical – A sonata movement or work of similar difficulty
 Romantic
 Contemporary
Strings, Voice, Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion
Equivalent college entrance requirements
Composition and Music Theory
Contact the scholarship chairperson for requirements
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Requirements:
Performance major
65% - performance in audition
25% - essay of about 2 pages stating the student's goals for him/herself in music. His/her vision for
the community in music, and what he/she hopes to learn in college. The NJMTA board committee,
excluding the applicant's teacher(s) will judge the essays.
10% - A list of participation in NJMTA sponsored events (not necessarily award received)
Music Education major
50% - performance in audition
40% - essay of about 2 pages stating the student's goals for him/herself in music. His/her vision for
the community in music, and what he/she hopes to learn in college. The NJMTA board committee,
excluding the applicant's teacher(s) will judge the essays.
10% - A list of participation in NJMTA sponsored events (not necessarily award received)
* All required documents must be submitted with the application form by the deadline.
Accompanists:
Teachers and/or their students are responsible for obtaining and appropriately compensating their
own accompanist prior to the events, and must list them on the registration form to avoid
scheduling conflicts with other students using the same accompanist. Teachers may not
accompany their own students. NJMTA will provide a recommended list of accompanists should
you require one.
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2012 Fall NJMTA Sponsored Events
MTNA Student Performance Competition
Chairperson:
Deborah S. Gers
debgers@embarqmail.com
Competition Date
and Location:
State level will be on Saturday, November 10, 2012, Rowan University, Glassboro. For details see
the April/May issue of American Music Teacher for rules, applications and deadlines.
General
Information:
The April/May issue of American Music Teacher Magazine contains a supplement with all the
necessary information for entering these competitions. This information can also be found on the
national website, www.mtna.org.
Entrants are responsible for providing their own accompanists. NJMTA provides a list of
recommended accompanists should you need one. A teacher may not accompany his or her own
student.
You must register online at: www.mtna.org. Deadline for entry is midnight EDT, Tuesday,
September 11, 2012.
Student and teacher eligibility requirements are outlined specifically in the AMT supplement.
Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
Classifications:
MTNA Junior Performance Competitions sponsored by:
 Baldwin Piano Company, sponsor of the piano competition
 Yamaha Corp. of America, Orchestral Strings Department, sponsor of the string
competition
 The MTNA Foundation, sponsor of the woodwind competition
MTNA Senior Performance Competitions sponsored by:
 Yamaha Corp. of America, Piano Division, sponsor of the piano competition
 Kawai America, sponsor of piano duet competition
 The MTNA FOUNDATION FUND, sponsor of the brass, string, voice and woodwind
competitions
MTNA Young Artist Performance Competitions sponsored by:
 Steinway & Sons, sponsor of the piano competition
 The MTNA FOUNDATION FUND, sponsor of the brass, string, voice and woodwind
competitions
MTNA Young Artist Chamber Music Performance Competition sponsored by:
 Allen I. McHose Scholarship Fund
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2012 Fall NJMTA Sponsored Events
MTNA Student Composition Competition
Chairperson:
Dr. Carmen Mateiescu
Competition Date
and Location:
Deadline: mid-September 2012, exact date TBA in May 2012.
Go online to www.mtna.org/competitions for rules and applications.
Intent:
The intent of the composition competition sponsored by the Music Teacher's National Association
is to encourage creativity and self-expression in student musicians through the art of composing
and to recognize their achievements as well as the significant work of their teachers.
Awards:
Winners of the state competition will proceed to the Eastern Division competition.
Plaques will be presented.
How to Enter:
All applications and payments MUST BE SUBMITTED ONLINE at www.mtna.org.
Mail one complete copy of the application (all pages) and the Student Entry Fee to:
MTNA Competitions
441 Vine Street, Suite 3100
Cincinnati, OH 45202-3004
Mail one complete copy of the application (all pages) and four scores of the composition to:
Dr. Carmen Mateiescu
825 Village Road West
Princeton Junction, NJ 08550-5211
Fees:
Elementary (age 5-10)
Junior (age 11-14)
Senior (age 15-18)
Young Artist (age 19-26)
cmateiescu@rider.edu
$50
$70
$100
$100
(Entrants should be of age as of January 1st, 2012.)
Registration
Deadline:
Mid-September 2012. Exact date TBA in May 2012. Check online at www.mtna.org.
Submission
Requirements:
 The performance time must not exceed ten (10) minutes.
 A composition that includes a copyrighted text must be accompanied by a written statement
from the copyright holder giving permission to use the text. If the text is in the public domain, a
statement signed by the student and teacher indicating this fact must accompany the entry.
 A fully realized score, completely notated by the composer, is required. The manuscript must be
in the composer’s handwriting or in the form of a computer printout produced by the composer.
 Measures of the composition must be numbered, preferably at the beginning of each system.
 All materials must be labeled with the name of the composition, the name of the student and
the category (Elementary, Junior, Senior, Young Artist). The name of the teacher or school must
not appear on the score.
 No change may be made to the manuscript once it has been submitted with the application.
 Any composition that does not meet the Submission Requirements will be disqualified.
Compositions for prepared piano are not permitted at the request of competition host and
piano companies providing instruments.
Competition Rules:
Performance parts are required for performances at the state, division and national concerts, but
do not need to be submitted with the original application materials.
 A copy of the score of each national winner will be kept by MTNA.
 MTNA is not responsible for lost or damaged manuscripts or parts.
 A composition may be in any style for any medium.
 Entrants must have prepared the composition with the teacher listed on the application.
A national first-place winner may not participate in the same competition category again.
Refer to www.mtna.org for any additional information.
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Registration Entry
and
Trophy Award Forms
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NJMTA Children Helping Children Performathon 2012
Registration Form
Ronald McDonald House Charities, Inc.®
Creating and supporting programs that improve the health and well-being of children.
Please complete a separate registration form for each performer. Photocopy this page as needed.
Student’s Name: __________________________________________________________________________
Age: _________
Repertoire: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Composer: ___________________________________________________________________
Performance Time: _________
Teacher’s Name: _____________________________________
Parent’s Name: _____________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________
City, State, ZIP: ______________________________________
City, State, ZIP: _____________________________________
Phone: (_________)_________ - __________________
Phone: (_________)_________ - __________________
Email: ______________________________________________
Email: _____________________________________________
Please indicate first, second, third and fourth recital choices by writing 1, 2, 3 and/or 4 on the lines below:
Saturday, February 25, 2012 – Bristol Chapel
Sunday, February 26, 2012 – Williamson Hall
1:00 _________
1:00 _________
2:00 _________
2:00 _________
3:00 _________
3:00 _________
4:00 _________
4:00 _________
5:00 _________
5:00 _________
6:00 _________
6:00 _________
7:00 _________
7:00 _________
8:00 _________
8:00 _________
The recital time will be divided in two parts: there will be about 45 minutes of performance and about 15 minutes of set up,
certificates distribution and photos.
To allow for the maximum number of participating teachers and students, most of the recital hours will be shared by
several teachers.
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2012 Spring Piano Festival – Registration/Award Form
Please PRINT all information clearly in black ink. Photocopy this form as needed. Complete both Registration/Award Form and Teacher Jobs Form and submit
them to the festival chairperson, with TWO separate checks - ONE check for the total Registration fee and another check for the Duty Deposit. Make your check
payable to: NJMTA Festival. Registration deadline is Monday, January 23, 2012.
Teacher Name: ___________________________________________________________
Notes: _____________________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip: ___________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Telephone: ______________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Email: __________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
MEMBERSHIP ID NUMBER: _________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Student Name
Age
Date Preference
(circle one)
Fee
Time Preference
(circle one)
Awards
(circle one)
$35
2/26
3/4
No Pref.
AM
PM
No Pref.
3
5
7
10
$35
2/26
3/4
No Pref.
AM
PM
No Pref.
3
5
7
10
$35
2/26
3/4
No Pref.
AM
PM
No Pref.
3
5
7
10
$35
2/26
3/4
No Pref.
AM
PM
No Pref.
3
5
7
10
$35
2/26
3/4
No Pref.
AM
PM
No Pref.
3
5
7
10
$35
2/26
3/4
No Pref.
AM
PM
No Pref.
3
5
7
10
$35
2/26
3/4
No Pref.
AM
PM
No Pref.
3
5
7
10
$35
2/26
3/4
No Pref.
AM
PM
No Pref.
3
5
7
10
$35
2/26
3/4
No Pref.
AM
PM
No Pref.
3
5
7
10
TOTAL FEE:
JOB DUTY FEE:
$50
Place an asterisk (*) by names of siblings. We schedule siblings 15 minutes apart. If you have special requests, please indicate in the box of Notes.
If the Teacher Jobs Form is not completed, it will be returned to you.
Awards honor students who have received Very Good or Excellent certificates for 3, 5, 7, 10 or more years, including 2012. They need not be consecutive years.
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2012 Spring Piano Festival – Teacher Jobs
All teachers are expected to work either a morning or afternoon shift. The Duty Deposit Fee will be refunded when duty is fulfilled. If you cannot fulfill your duty, the duty
fee will be charged. No substitutions are accepted.
Date Preference
Shift Preference
Sunday, February 26
8:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Sunday, March 4
12:30PM – 5:00 PM
Unable to attend on either day
Duty Deposit Fee to be charged
If you cannot do your duty for some reason, please inform the Festival Chairperson in advance.
I understand and accept my responsibilities as a Teacher Participant.
___________________________________________________________
Teacher signature
Mail registration form and payment to:
Sakiko Ono
17 Quaker Rd
Princeton Junction, NJ 08550
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2012 Spring Recital Auditions – Registration/Award Form
Please print all information clearly in black ink. Photocopy this form as needed. Complete both sides of the registration form and submit it to the audition chairperson,
with one check for the total fee. Make your check payable to: NJMTA Audition.
Category
Teacher Name: _______________________________________________________________
Piano
Address: ____________________________________________________________________
Winds, Brass & Percussion
City, State, Zip: _______________________________________________________________
Audition Center
Telephone: __________________________________________________________________
Email: ______________________________________________________________________
MEMBERSHIP ID NUMBER: ____________________________________________________
Student Name
Repertoire
(circle one)
Age
Timing
El.
Int.
Adv.
Adult
El.
Int.
Adv.
Adult
El.
Int.
Adv.
Adult
El.
Int.
Adv.
Adult
El.
Int.
Adv.
Adult
El.
Int.
Adv.
Adult
El.
Int.
Adv.
Adult
El.
Int.
Adv.
Adult
El.
Int.
Adv.
Adult
Strings
Voice
Chinese Instruments
Audition Date
Recital Dates
SHU – Piano
Sunday, April 15, 2012
North Jersey – 5/12 & 5/13/12
WCC – Piano
WCC – Piano
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Princeton - 4/28 & 4/29/12
Princeton - 5/5 & 5/6/12
RU – Piano
Sunday, April 22, 2012
South Jersey – 5/19 & 5/20/12
Voice, Strings,
Winds etc.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Princeton - 5/12 & 5/13/12
Fee
Instrument / Vocal Part
Years of Awards
(Including 2012)
Accompanist Name /
Special Notes
TOTAL FEE:






For siblings and duets, please group students together and place an asterisk (*) by names of siblings who wish to audition concurrently.
Complete separate registration forms for each instrument category and for piano complete separate forms for each audition date.
If the reverse of this form is not completed, it will be returned to you.
Teachers are required to send a separate $50 - $100 (see registration fee section) refundable check for teacher’s duty deposit upon registration.
Awards honor students who have performed in any combination of High Honors or Honors Recitals for three, five, seven, and ten or more years, including 2012. They need
not be consecutive years, but the student must have actually played in the recitals. Retroactive trophies will not be given. The awards request must be sent in at the same
time as the registration form. No late orders will be taken over the phone. Please list each award year and name of previous teacher for transfer students.
The medals and trophies will be sent directly to the recital location.
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2012 Spring Recital Auditions and Concerts – Jobs
All teachers entering students are required to help. Registration forms will be returned if this page is not completed, and your students will not be scheduled.
I cannot help for both audition and recital dates, please cash my duty check.*
All teachers are required to choose a job for both audition and recital.
Check which Audition Center you are using:
Audition Jobs - Check In
I cannot help in audition day, please hire someone to do my job.*
or
March 18
April 1
8:30 – 12:30
April 15
or
April 22
12:30 – 5:00
Awards Recital Jobs
All teachers are expected to attend their students’ recitals and help.
Check the Center(s) that Applies.
North Jersey – Teachers need to help at least two recitals.
Princeton – Teachers need to help for two recitals or more.
South Jersey – Teachers need to help at least two recitals.
Strings, Voice, Winds etc.: Princeton - 5/12 & 5/13/12
Teachers sending students to two or more different dates/centers must help at these dates/centers.
*No parents will be accepted as substitutes for teachers to do the duty. The duty deposit will be refunded to the teacher when he/she completes his/her duty. If the
teacher failed to fulfill his/her duty, the deposit will be used to hire monitor or another teacher to do the duty.
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2012 Fall Events – Registration Form
Please PRINT all information clearly in black ink. Photocopy this form as needed. Please send separate form and separate check for each event category
Event Code
Teacher Name: ______________________________________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip: _____________________________________________________________
Telephone: _________________________________________________________________
Email: _____________________________________________________________________
MEMBERSHIP ID NUMBER: ___________________________________________________
Student Name
*Age
Event
Code
Event Name
YMP
YMW
YMCI
YMV
Young Musicians Competition: Piano
Young Musicians Competition: Winds
YMS
MC
Young Musicians Competition: Strings
CCC
HSS
Composer Commission Competition
Instrument
Young Musicians Competition: Chinese Instruments
Young Musicians Competition: Voice
Conference Master Class
High School Scholarship
Repertoire
Accompanist Name /
Special Notes
Length
Fee
TOTAL FEE:
*Student’s age as of October 1 of the competition year.
The competition is scheduled by age. Due to the complexity of scheduling, no schedule changes or requests will be honored. Students should reserve the entire day for the
competition.
Submit the registration form to the competition chairperson with a check for the registration fee, payable to NJMTA Competition. All teachers entering students to Young
Musicians Competitions must complete the job form and submit a separate check of $50 as deposit.
If entering more than one competition, please submit separate forms and checks to different chairpersons.
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2012 Fall Young Musicians Competitions – Job Form
All teachers entering students are required to help. You will be contacted for the job assignment at the time of receiving your students’ competition schedule.
Registration forms will be returned if this page is not completed, and your students will not be scheduled.
A.
I don’t have time to do the duty and will donate $50 to NJMTA.
B.
I will do my job duty. (Please choose at least two options from the following list.)
1. Job before the competition day:
Saturday, November 3, 2012, facility set up, around 5:00pm (YMP only)
2. Jobs on the competition day:
Check In / Monitor
Sunday, November 4, 2012 – Westminster Choir College (YMP & Chinese Inst.)
Morning
or
Afternoon
(Two hours per shift for YMP)
Saturday, November 10, 2012 – Rowan University (YMS, YMV & Winds Inst.)
Morning
or
Afternoon
Pick up judges at Princeton around 8:20am (YMP only)
Drop off judges to Princeton train station around 4:30 or 5:00pm (YMP only)
Breakfast set-up and clean-up, around 8:00-9:30
Lunch set-up and clean-up, around 11:00-1:30
Facility clean-up after the competition (late afternoon)
3. Job after the competition Day:
Trophies / medals pick-up (from Warren area) and delivery (to the winners recital – Friday evening, November 16, 2012).
Also help the Friday evening (November 16) winner recital. Arrive 45 minutes prior to the recital time.
Teachers who have health concerns or other special conditions may send responsible substitutes of high school age or older. Please indicate your situation on the job
form.
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Maps and Driving Directions
Caldwell College (CC)
Jacobs Music
Rider University
Rowan University (RU)
Seton Hall University (SHU)
Westminster Choir College (WCC)
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Caldwell College (CC)
120 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, NJ 07006
(973) 618-3000
From the NJ
Turnpike (Exit 15W)
or the Garden State
Parkway (Exit 145):
Take Route I-280 West to Exit 5B (527 North Caldwell). At the end of Livingston Avenue, turn right
onto Eagle Rock Avenue and take the first left onto Roseland Avenue. At the end of Roseland
Avenue, turn right onto Bloomfield Avenue and turn right into the campus entrance.
From Route I-80
Westbound (from
New York):
Take Exit 52, following signs for the Caldwells onto Passaic Avenue. Go 3.4 miles and turn left
onto Bloomfield Avenue. Go approximately two miles and turn right into the campus entrance.
From Route I-287:
Take Exit 41 to Route I-80 Eastbound, and follow directions below.
From Route I-80
Eastbound (from
Pennsylvania):
Take Exit 47B onto Route 46 East. After the second traffic light (Hook Mt./Chapin Road), stay
right and follow the signs for “The Caldwells - Newark” onto Bloomfield Avenue. Take
Bloomfield Avenue through West Caldwell (four traffic lights) and Caldwell (six traffic lights).
The campus entrance will be on the right.
Local:
From the west, follow Bloomfield Avenue as described above. From the east, take Bloomfield
Avenue to the first traffic light west of the Verona-Caldwell town-line and turn left into the
campus entrance.
By Bus:
Caldwell College is served by Decamp Bus #33 and New Jersey Transit Bus #29.
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Jacobs Music
2540 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
(609) 434-0222
From the East:
Take Rt. 195 to end. It will become Rt. 129 North. Follow Rt. 129 through three traffic lights, and Rt.
129 will become Rt. 1 North. Follow Rt. 1 to the fifth exit, Whitehead Road. Exit and turn left at the
stop sign and then right at the first traffic light, Business Rt. 1 (Brunswick Pike). Go to the second
traffic light, Texas Avenue. Jacobs Music Company is on the right.
From the West:
Via Route 1: Take Rt. 1 from Pennsylvania to New Jersey. Exit at Whitehead Road. Turn left at the
stop sign and then right at the first traffic light. Go to the second traffic light, Texas Avenue.
Jacobs Music Company is on the right.
From the North:
Take Rt. 1 South through Lawrenceville. After the I-295 overpass, Rt. 1 will divide. Stay to the right,
Business Rt. 1 (Brunswick Pike). At the third traffic light, Texas Avenue, make the jug handle.
Jacobs Music Company is on the right.
From the South:
Take I-295 to exit 60. Stay to the left. Follow signs for Rt. 129 North. Follow Rt. 129 through three
traffic lights, and Rt. 129 will become Rt. 1 North. Go to the fifth exit, Whitehead Road. Turn left at
the stop sign and then right at the first traffic light, Business Rt. 1 (Brunswick Pike). Go to the
second traffic light, Texas Avenue. Jacobs Music Company is on the right.
Via I-95:
Take I-95 North across the Delaware River to the exit for Rt. 1 South. Proceed a short distance to
where Rt. 1 divides. Stay to the right; this is Business Rt. 1 (Brunswick Pike). At the third traffic
light, Texas Avenue, make the jug handle. Jacobs Music Company is on the right.
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Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
(609) 896-5000
From New York and North:
From the NJ
Turnpike:
Take the New Jersey Turnpike south to exit 7A (I-195 West). Follow I-195 west to the exit for I-295
north toward Princeton. I-295 will become I-95 south. Take exit 7A off of I-95 to U.S. Route 206
south (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right. From Route 1 South: take the exit for
Interstate 95 South (sign says "To Pennsylvania." Bear right at junction, following signs for I-95
south (Pennsylvania). Take exit 7A off of I-95 to U.S. Route 206 south (Trenton). Rider is a quarter
mile on the right.
From South Jersey:
From the Garden State Parkway: take exit 98 (I-195 west). Follow I-195 west to the exit for I-295
north toward Princeton. I-295 will become I-95 south. Take exit 7A off of I-95 to U.S. Route 206
south (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right.
From I-295 North:
I-295 will become I-95 south. Take exit 7A off of I-95 to U.S. Route 206 south (Trenton). Rider
is a quarter mile on the right.
From Philadelphia, South and West:
From Philadelphia:
Take I-95 north, straight over the Delaware River into New Jersey. Take exit 7A off of I-95 to U.S.
Route 206 south (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right.
From the
Pennsylvania
Turnpike:
Take the Pennsylvania Turnpike east to the main Philadelphia exit 28 and follow the signs to I-95
north. Continue on I-95 north, straight over the Delaware River into New Jersey. Take exit 7A off
of I-95 to U.S. Route 206 south (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right.
1. Franklin F. Moore Library
2. Alumni Gymnasium
3. Daly Dining Hall
4. Josephy P. Vona Academic Annex
5. Van Cleve Alumni House
6. Zoerner House
7. West House
8. President's House
9. Emmaus House (Catholic Student Center)
10. Switlik Residence Hall
11. Conover Residence Hall
12. Olson Residence Hall
13. Hill Residence Hall
14. Gee Residence Hall
15. Ziegler Residence Hall
16. Wright Residence Hall
17. Lincoln Residence Hall
18. Kroner Residence Hall
19. Memorial Hall
20. Anne Brossman Sweigart Hall
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21. Fine Arts Center & The Yvonne
Theater
22. Science and Technology
Center
23. Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority
24. American Language Academy
25. Alpha Xi Delta Sorority
26. Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority
27. Gill Memorial Chapel
28. Poyda Residence Hall
29. Maurer Physical Education
Center
30. Warehouse
31. Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity
32. University House
33. Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity
34. Ridge House
35. Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity
36. General Services Building
37. The Bart Luedeke (Student)
Center
38. P.J. Ciambelli Hall (Office of
Admissions)
Rowan University (RU)
201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, NJ 08028
(856) 256-4000
Directions to Wilson Music Center:
From the North
(Northern NJ, New
York, etc.):
Take the NJ Turnpike South to Exit 4 (73 North). In approximately 1 mile, take I-295 South. Follow I295 to Route 42 South (Atlantic City). Exit Route 42 South onto Route 55 South. Follow Rte. 55
South to exit 50A (Glassboro-Mullica Hill). Take Route 322 East (2 miles) to the campus.
**Make a left at the first light after the Crossing Apartment complex and make a right turn into
campus, immediately after the railroad tracks. The first building on your right is the Rowan
Engineering School; park in the gravel lot opposite the building and walk to the next building on
the right, Wilson Hall.
From Philadelphia:
Take the Walt Whitman or Benjamin Franklin Bridge to I-676 South toward Atlantic City. Shortly
after I-676 becomes Route 42 South, exit right onto Route 55 South. Take that to exit 50A
(Glassboro-Mullica Hill). Take Route 322 East (2 miles) to the campus. Proceed with ** above.
From the West:
Take I-95 to the Commodore Barry Bridge. Follow Route 322 East (15 miles) to the campus.
Proceed with ** above.
From Central NJ:
Take Route 70 West to I-295 South. Follow I-295 to Route 42 South (Atlantic City). Exit Route 42
South onto Route 55 South. Follow that to exit 50A (Glassboro ‹Mullica Hill). Take Route 322 East
(2 miles) to the campus. Proceed with ** above.
From the East:
Take the Garden State Parkway to the Atlantic City Expressway. Take the Expressway to Exit 38
(Williamstown). Turn left after exiting and follow Route 322 West (8 miles) to the campus. Proceed
with ** above.
From the South:
From the South
From the South (Maryland, Delaware, etc.) Take I-95 North to the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Take
the NJ Turnpike to Exit 2 and follow Route 322 East to the campus. Proceed with ** above.
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Seton Hall University (SHU)
400 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079
(973) 761-9000
From I-280 East:
Take the Center Street, Orange Exit 11. Turn right onto South Center Street (South Center Street
becomes Centre Street.) Follow it approximately 2 miles to the intersection of South Orange
Avenue and Centre Street. Enter the University through the Farinella Gate across the intersection
on South Orange Avenue.
From I-280 West:
Take Exit 11B, Day Street/Essex Avenue, Orange. Off-ramp becomes Freeway Drive West. Make a
left at the second light onto South Day Street (Joyce Carnegie Place). Make a left at the next light
onto Freeway Drive East. Turn right at the next light onto South Center Street. (South Center
Street becomes Centre Street.) Follow it approximately 2 miles to the intersection of South
Orange Avenue and Centre Street. Enter the University through the Farinella Gate across the
intersection on South Orange Avenue.
From I-78 East:
Take Exit 49B (Maplewood). Stay to the right off the exit. Make the second right, which is a jug
handle, and cross over Springfield Avenue onto Valley Street. Take this street approximately 3
miles to South Orange Avenue. Turn right and proceed 1 mile to the University. Enter through the
Farinella Gate on the right.
From I-78 West:
Take Exit 50B (Millburn), and turn right onto Vauxhall Road. Go three lights and bear right onto
Valley Street. Take this street approximately 3 miles to South Orange Avenue. Turn right and
proceed 1 mile to the University. Enter through the Farinella Gate on the right.
From the Garden
State Parkway
(North or South):
Take the Garden State Parkway to Exit 145. Follow directions for 280 West.
From the NJ
Turnpike:
Take the New Jersey Turnpike to Exit 15W. Follow directions for 280 West.
From New York
City:
Go through either the Lincoln or Holland tunnel. From the Lincoln Tunnel, take the New Jersey
Turnpike South to Exit 15W. From the Holland Tunnel, take the New Jersey Turnpike North to Exit
15W. Follow directions for 280 West.
From Pennsylvania:
Take the Pennsylvania Turnpike East to the New Jersey Turnpike North. Get off the Turnpike at
Exit 11 (Garden State Parkway North). Take the Parkway to Exit 145. Follow directions for 280
West.
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Westminster Choir College (WCC) of Rider University
101 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 921-7100
From the North:
Take the N.J. Turnpike south to exit 9 (New Brunswick). Take Route 18 North (approximately one
mile) to Route 1 South. Turn right onto U.S. Route 1 South-Trenton, and take Route 1 to Princeton
(approximately 14 miles) to the light at Harrison Street (Sunoco station on corner). Turn right onto
Harrison Street; stay on Harrison for four additional lights. Fourth light is intersection of Harrison
with Hamilton Ave; at light turn left onto Hamilton. Stay on Hamilton for two blocks. Second block
is intersection of Hamilton with Walnut Lane; Westminster is on the right at this point. Turn right
onto Walnut.
From the East:
Take the New Jersey Turnpike to exit 8. Take Route 33 West to Hightstown; turn right onto
Stockton St. (Route 571 West), which becomes Washington Rd. Take Washington through
intersection with U.S. Route 1 to light at Nassau Street (Route 27). Turn right onto Nassau then
take third left onto Chestnut St. After two blocks Westminster will be on the right.
From the South:
Either take the N.J. Turnpike to exit 8. Follow directions in "From the East" above.
Or take U.S. Route 1 North to light at Washington Rd. (Route 571). Follow jug handle to turn
left onto Washington. Take Washington through intersection with U.S. Route 1 to light at
Nassau Street (Route 27). Turn right onto Nassau then take third left onto Chestnut. After
two blocks Westminster will be on the right.
Or take I-95 North into N.J. Follow directions in "From the West" below.
From the West:
Take the Pa. Turnpike to exit 28 (Philadelphia). At the tollbooth, proceed straight ahead following
sign for U.S. Route 1 North/I-95. Stay on the road for approximately five miles. Turn onto I-95 and
continue into New Jersey. Take exit 7B (Route 206 North - Lawrenceville). Proceed on Route 206
North for approximately five miles into Princeton to the light at Nassau Street. Turn right and take
Nassau Street to the light at Chestnut Street. Turn left onto Chestnut; after two blocks
Westminster will be on the right.
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Campus Map
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1. Main Entrance
2. Williamson Hall
3. Visitor Parking
4. Erdman Hall
5. Taylor Hall
6. Bristol Hall
7. William H. Scheide Student Center
6
8. Talbott Library-Learning Center
9. Seabrook Hall
10. Dayton Hall
11. Ithaca Hall
12. Princeton Hall
7
13. The Playhouse
514. Relocatable Classrooms
15. Faculty/Staff Parking
18
16. The Cottage
17. Student/Conservatory Parking
18. Hamilton House
2
4
1. Main Entrance
2. Williamson Hall
3. Visitor Parking
4. Erdman Hall
5. Taylor Hall
6. Bristol Chapel
7. Scheide Student Center
8. Talbott Library
9. Seabrook Hall
10. Dayton Hall
11. Ithaca Hall
12. Princeton Hall/
Westminster Conservatory
13. Student/Conservatory Parking
3
14. The Playhouse
15. Relocatable Classrooms
16. Faculty/Staff Parking
17. Cottage
18. Hamilton House (Dean’s residence)
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NJMTA
Members Directory
*NCTM--Nationally Certified Teacher of Music
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NJMTA Sponsors
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NJMTA CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2012
2012 Winter NJMTA Sponsored Events
NJMTA Children Helping Children Performathon
Saturday & Sunday, February 25 & 26, 2012 – Bristol Chapel & Williamson Hall, Westminster Choir College (WCC)
Registration Deadline: Monday, January 23, 2012
2012 Spring NJMTA Sponsored Events
Spring Piano Festival
Sundays, February 26 & March 4 – Princeton and Erdman Halls, Westminster Choir College (WCC)
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Annual Recital Auditions: Recital Auditions, Honors and High Honors Recitals
Registration period: Wednesday, January 18 – Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Audition 1 – Piano
Sunday, April 15 – Seton Hall University (SHU). *Cap 350 entries for this audition date.
Recitals
North Jersey Center – Saturday & Sunday, May 12 & 13 (Caldwell College)
Students auditioning on 4/15 (SHU) must choose from the above recital options
Audition 2 – Piano
Sunday, March 18 - Westminster Choir College (WCC). *Cap 500 entries for this audition date.
Recitals
Princeton Center – Saturday & Sunday, April 28 & 29
Students auditioning on 3/18 (WCC) must choose from the above recital options
Audition 3 – Piano
Sunday, April 1 – Westminster Choir College (WCC). *Cap 500 entries for this audition date.
Recitals
Princeton Center – Saturday & Sunday, May 5 & 6
Students auditioning on 4/1 must choose from the above recital options
Audition 4 – Piano
Sunday, April 22 – Rowan University (RU)
Recitals
South Jersey Center – Saturday & Sunday, May 19 & 20 (RU)
Students auditioning on 4/22 must choose from the above recital options
Audition for – Strings, Winds, Brass, Percussion, Voice, Chinese Folk Instruments
Sunday, April 15 – Westminster Choir College (WCC)
Recitals
Instrument Center – Saturday & Sunday, May 12 & 13
All students who received Honor or High Honor on 4/15 must perform at these recitals.
Young Musicians Competition
Sunday, November 4, 2012 – Westminster Choir College (Piano & Chinese Instruments)
Saturday, November 10, 2012 – Rowan University (String, Winds, Brass, Percussion & Voice)
Registration Deadline: Piano: Thursday, September 20, 2012
Other instruments: Monday, October 1, 2012
Conference Master Class Auditions for Piano
Sunday, November 4, 2012 - WCC
Registration Deadline: Thursday, September 20, 2012
Composer Commission Competition
Sunday, November 4, 2012 - WCC
Registration Deadline: Monday, October 1, 2012
High School Scholarship Competition
Saturday, November 10, 2012 – Rowan University
Registration Deadline: Thursday, September 13, 2012
2012 MTNA Sponsored Events
MTNA Student Performance Competitions
The state level of the MTNA Performance Competitions will be held on Saturday, November 10, 2012 – Rowan University
MTNA Student Composition Competition
Consult the MTNA website (MTNA.org) for more information & deadline.
2012 NJMTA State Conference:
Saturday & Sunday, November 17 & 18, 2012 – Location TBD
2012 MTNA Conference
Saturday – Wednesday, March 24-March 28, 2012, in New York, NY
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