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“Oklahoma Fancy Dancers” will close the NFMC Conference in Tulsa, OK on Friday night, June 24. See conference information, pages 5-11.
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What’s Inside Table of Contents 3 Contact Information 4 President’s Message
M A G A Z I N E
2016 NFMC Tulsa Conference 5 Official invitation
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6 Daily Schedule 7 Official Call 8 Activity & Meal Reservation 9 Voting Credentials Application / Proposed Bylaws Amendment 10 “A Taste of the Opera” 11 Life Member Breakfast / State President’s Day 12 Milestone Anniversaries 14 Summer Music Centers: Stephen Collins Foster Music Camp 16 American Music: Oklahoma 18 The Healing Power of Music 21 Book Reviews 22 KU Music Study / National Music Week 24 Junior Dance Chairman 25 Thelma Adams Robinson Ballet Award 26 Regional News 27 State News
Advertisers’ Index 2 Hall Leonard 12 Amy Immerman 15 MTNA 16 Clavier Companion 16 NFMC Federation Festivals Bulletin 16 NFMC Junior Compsers Contest 23 Kat Souponetsky Piano 24 NFMC American Music Poster 24 NFMC Thinking of You Notecards 28 NFMC Together We Sing
Business Office: 1646 W. Smith Valley Road Greenwood, IN 46142 Jennifer Griffin, Executive Director Phone: 317-882-4003 Mobile: 317-771-5369 Fax: 317-882-4019 Email: nfmc@nfmc-music.org Web site: www.nfmc-music.org Contact Headquarters for circulation issues. President: Michael R. Edwards 891 NW 73rd Avenue Plantation, FL 33317-1141 Phone: 954-791-9273 Cell: 954-325-0064 Email: micedwards @aol.com Editor: Jean Moffatt P. O. Box 791 Seminole, TX 79360 Phone: 432-758-2419 Mobile: 432-209-0298 Email: jmoffatt20@live.com Advertising Contact: Jennifer Griffin 1646 W. Smith Valley Road Greenwood, IN 46142 Phone: 317-882-4003 Mobile: 317-771-5369 Fax: 317-882-4019 jenniferk@nfmc-music.org State News Chairman: Connie Randall P. O. Box 522 Kaufman, TX 75142 Phone: 248-921-7032 conniebrandall@yahoo.com
Regional Newsgatherers: NE: Mary Ellen Ulmer 168 E. Branch Rd. Mercer, PA 16137 Phone: 724-946-2877 Email: ulmerme@hotmail.com
Summer Music Centers: Mary Ellen Nolletti, chairman 104 County Road 537 Etowah, TN 37331 Phone: 423-263-5889 Email: snupy36@msn.com
NC: Patricia M. Grantier 1111 North First Street, Apt. 2A Bismarck, ND 58501 Phone: 701-222-0970 patg@bis.midco.net
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MUSIC CLUBS MAGAZINE: ISSN 0161-2654 Published three times a year: Autumn, Winter, Spring by the National Federation of Music Clubs, Indianapolis, IN Annual Subscription Price: U.S. $7; Foreign, $22 Single Issue: U.S. $4; Foreign $7 Electronic editions available from ProQuest Indexed by the Music Index
About the Cover: “Oklahoma Fancy Dancers” will close the NFMC Conference in Tulsa, OK on Friday night, June 24. For bookings, “like” Oklahoma Fancy Dancers: Native Dance Troupe on Facebook or email rhoadscon-nywerdy@gmail.com.
Young Artist Presentation Chairman: Melanie Perez 645 Hesper Ave. Metairie, LA 70005 Phone: 504-669-3361 benchwarmers2@cox.net
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The National Federation of Music Clubs is a tax-exempt, non-profit philanthropic and educational organization dedicated to music education and promotion of the creative and performing arts in America since 1898. The Federation is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), and was chartered by the U.S. Congress on August 9, 1982. The mission of the Federation is to support and develop American music and musicians. SPRING 2016
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President’s Message
From the President By Michael Edwards
The spring issue of MCM has the complete official call for the 2016 NFMC Conference. The South Central Region and Oklahoma are excited to be hosting this event. They have planned unique programs and great music for you to enjoy. As always, one of the highlights will be getting together with great friends and meeting new ones. Now it’s time to make your travel arrangements and book your hotel room at the Hyatt in order to attend a Conference with several “firsts.”
State President’s Day – This all-day event is scheduled on the first day of our Conference. State President’s Day will provide tools to help presidents lead their states to reach their full potential in the Federation. How To Make An Old Club New – Learn how a club president has transformed a dying senior club into one of the most vibrant clubs in the state of Florida. This lecture series will be presented in four parts. A Taste of Opera – How about a “tour” that comes to the Hyatt! Members from Opera in the Ozarks will be coming to the Hyatt for a live performance. You will experience opera at its best without even having to board a bus!
From the Chaplain: Greetings, friends. Many of us have grieved the loss of dear friends and colleagues since we gathered last June. We want to remember and honor each one during the annual memorial service. State Presidents, please send your list of deceased members to conniebrandall@ yahoo.com. If you wish to give a memorial contribution in someone’s honor, use the form, which was emailed to you from the NFMC office, and send to Susan Tury.
Lifer Breakfast – See how Texas promotes NFMC life membership. Warning – Be prepared to go to jail!
Thank you for your leadership.
NFMC Lifetime Achievement Award – Who will be recognized as the “first” NFMC Lifetime Achievement Award recipient? Find out at the Friday night banquet!
May He make His face to shine upon us, and be gracious to us.
Finally, there are two powerful articles in this issue that stress the importance of music in our lives. Take time to read and reflect on the impact of “The Healing Power of Music” and “KU Study Researches Music’s Influence.” Who says we don’t need music in our lives?
And give us peace. Amen.
See you in Tulsa! Keeping the Music Alive for the Future!
Michael Edwards, NFMC’s 33rd President
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May the Lord bless us and keep us.
May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us
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DAILY SCHEDULE NFMC Conference, June 21 - 25, 2016 | Hyatt Regency | Tulsa, OK
Music... Lights the Heart of our Nation TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2016 9:00am – 5:00pm
State President’s Day
9:00am – 6:30pm
Online Festival Training
10:00am – 5:00pm Registration
3:30pm – 4:30pm Ecoff/Hryniewicki/Vile, Workshop “How to Organize a Junior Competitive event” 4:30pm – 5:30pm
Festival Chorus Rehearsal
1:00pm – 1:30pm
Budget Committee
6:00pm – 6:30pm
Opera Prelude
1:30pm – 3:00pm
Finance Committee
6:30pm – 9:00pm
A Taste of Opera
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Young Artist Committee
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Sergeants-at-Arms
3:00pm – 4:00pm Regional Vice Presidents Meeting
THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2016 Investment Committee
7:30am – 8:45am
Lifer Breakfast
Executive Committee 5:00pm – 6:00pm (closed)
8:00am – 5:00pm
Registration
9:30am – 10:30am
General Session
Festival Chorus 5:00pm – 6:30pm Rehearsal
10:30am – 10:45am Musical Moment Abigail Szilagyi Joyce Walsh Disability Award
Protocol Committee
7:30pm – 8:30pm
Cavanal Chorale
8:30pm – 9:30pm
Reception Honoring Newbies and State Presidents
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2016 8:00am – 5:00pm
Registration
8:30am – 9:15pm
Formal Opening Session
9:15am – 9:30pm
Musical Moment Christina Greenwood Marilyn Caldwell Piano Award and Lana Bailey PNP Award
9:30am – 10:15pm
Rob Coopman, Speaker “How to Make An Old Club New”
10:15am – 11:30pm Board of Directors 11:30am – 12:15pm Carole Flatau, Workshop “Woody Guthrie” 12:30pm – 1:45pm Regional Luncheons
8:00am – 5:00pm
Registration
8:30am – 10:00pm
Annual Business meeting / General Session
9:30am – 9:45am
Musical Moment Shan Su Wendell Irish Viola Award
10:00am – 11:00pm Competitions & Awards Board 7:15am – 8:45am
3:00pm – 4:00pm
FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016
10:45am – 11:45am
Rob Coopman, Speaker “Partnership for Successful Programs” and “Music Club Board Best Practices”
10:00am – 11:00pm Policy Resolution Committee 10:30am – 12:00pm Festival Chorus dress rehearsal 11:00am – 12:00pm Susan Hong, Workshop Dr. Ouida Keck Award Recipient “Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs” 11:00am – 12:00pm Treasurer’s Forum 11:00am – 12:00pm Parliamentary Procedure with Dr. Bierbaum LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
11:45am – 12:00pm Musical Moment Jim Mayhew Native American Flute
1:30pm– 2:30pm
Festival Chorus Concert
12:15pm – 1:45pm Rose Fay Thomas Luncheon Michelle Place, Speaker
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Finance Division
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Presidents Council
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Arts Division
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Arts Advocacy Committee
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Membership and Education Division
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Periodicals Committee
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Junior Division
5:30pm – 6:00pm
Line up and optional photo opportunity
2:00pm – 3:30pm
FAMA
2:00pm – 5:00pm
Browse and Buy
6:00pm – 7:30pm
Banquet Don Dagenais, Speaker
3:00pm – 3:45pm
Dr. George Keck, Workshop “Arkansas Young Artists”
7:30pm – 8:30pm
Oklahoma Fancy Dancers
8:30pm – 9:30pm
Reception
2:30pm – 3:30pm Headquarters/ Office Committee
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Bylaws Committee
3:45pm – 4:30pm
Jim Mayhew, Workshop “Native American Flute”
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Public Relations Division
4:30pm – 5:30pm
Festival Chorus Rehearsal
2:00pm – 3:00pm
American Music Division
DINNER ON YOUR OWN
8:30 am – 9:15 am
7:30pm – 8:30pm Concert Nicholas Susi, Young Artist Winner
9:30 am – 12:00pm Board of Directors followed by Executive committee
8:30pm – 9:30pm
Noon
2:00pm – 3:00pm Student/Collegiate Division 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Festivals committee
3:00pm– 4:00pm
Rob Coopman, Workshop “Using Multimedia for Membership Growth”
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SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2016 Memorial Service
Adjourn until June 22, 2017 in Dayton, OH
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OFFICIAL CALL NFMC Conference, June 21 - 25, 2016 | Hyatt Regency | Tulsa, OK
Music... Lights the Heart of our Nation An official name badge is necessary for attendance at every NFMC Conference function. Full Registration $100.00. Entitles the registrant to a program book, admittance to all open meetings and programs, evening concerts and receptions. Daily Registration $50. Entitles the registrant to a program book and admittance to all open activities for a single day/evening. Student and Junior member Full Registration $25. No charge for an official name badge for a single meal function. Registration hours: Tuesday, June 21 10:00am – 5:00pm Wednesday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm ATTENDANCE All sessions except for the executive committee meetings are open to all registrants. Each state is encouraged to have at least one representative attend each session. The business meeting of a division or committee is for official business and observers can attend but the chairman will control participation. There will be multiple sessions in most time slots to fit the interests of the attendees. BOARD ATTENDANCE (NFMC Bylaws, Article VI, Section 2C): An unexcused absence from more than one Board session shall be considered a resignation. Board members are asked to inform the recording secretary if they must request an excuse for an absence. The excuse must be received before the conference starts. NFMC CONFERENCE LOCATION Hyatt Regency 100 E 2nd Street, Tulsa, OK 74103 Phone 1-918-582-9000 Group Block Name/Code: NFMC
Hotel Reservation cutoff date: May 30, 2016. Each person is responsible for making his/her reservation. Call the Toll Free Number 888-5911234 OR 1-918-582-9000, ask for reservations; or visit us online at www.tulsa.hyatt.com. If special services are required, please mention
them at the time you make the reservation. The negotiated rate will be honored after May 30, 2016 only if standard rooms are available. The hotel accepts all major credit cards.
Group rates per night plus tax: $119 for Club Level King; $99 for King: $99 Two Double Bed. Check in is 3:00pm; check out is 12:00 am. Conference rates are available for 3 days prior or 3 days following on a space available basis. The Hyatt Regency Tulsa participates in the Hyatt Gold Passport program.
PARKING AND AIRPORT SHUTTLE There is complimentary self-parking at the hotel for registered overnight guests. Valet parking is also available for $15. The hotel offers a free shuttle from the airport. On arrival, call 918-5829000 and ask for airport shuttle service. The shuttle will pick up outside of baggage claim.
HOTEL AMENITIES All rooms will have complementary internet; there is also a fitness center and pool. Your room will have an ironing board, hairdryer, alarm, coffee maker, cable television and refrigerator. Microwave is available upon request. Safety deposit box is available at front desk.
Complimentary “Monscierge” moblie device application, which works on Apple and Google devices, is available for all attendees. Application is updated daily and highlights the meeting agenda, hotel layout/amenities, as well as local attractions and neighborhood restaurants. HOTEL RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE There is a restaurant and lounge in the hotel as well as a coffee shop and gift shop. There are numerous restaurants nearby. WEARING APPAREL This is summertime in Oklahoma. Dress appropriately. The hotel is air-conditioned. Comfortable business attire is expected to be worn at all sessions. The final dinner is NOT formal. State presidents will be seated and recognized at designated tables.
American Festival Chorus: White shirts or blouses, dark slacks or skirts, men wear dark ties.
VOTING CREDENTIALS Voting credentials are available for download on the NFMC website or see page _?_ . You can send the application with your registration.
PROPOSED BYLAWS Bylaw changes will be posted in MCM spring issue (30 day notice is required by the bylaws) and on the NFMC website.
MEMORIAL SERVICE CONTRIBUTIONS The memorial service is scheduled for Saturday morning. Memorial Contributions – Any NFMC member may send a memorial contribution to the national memorial chairman, Susan Tury, using the form that appears in this issue of MCM or online. Deceased Member List – State Presidents are to send a list of names of deceased members since the last NFMC meeting to NFMC Chaplain Connie Randall. Deadline June 1, 2016. REPORTS State presidents should bring a synopsis of the year’s activities for sharing at the Presidents Council. No reports will be read at general session meetings. However, all officers and chairmen are expected to have written reports prepared for publication in hard copy or on a CD. The deadlines are as follows: May 15 is postmark deadline for Committee chairmen to email or mail one page report to his/her Division chairman May 25 is postmark deadline for Division chairmen to send compilation of Division committee reports to NFMC Headquarters
May 25 is postmark deadline for Officers to email or mail.
Reports will be compiled for all convention registrants to read at their convenience. CDs and hard copies will be available at the registration desk for convention registrants. Division Chairmen will be introduced at a general session; they will then introduce their committee chairmen in attendance. No reports will be presented but attendees are encouraged to obtain the packet of reports or the CD, attend Division meetings and meet with chairmen. REMEMBER: Hotel Deadline is May 30, 2016. Deadline for registration and meal reservations is June 1, 2016.
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ACTIVITY & MEAL RESERVATION NFMC Conference, June 21 - 25, 2016 | Hyatt Regency | Tulsa, OK
Music... Lights the Heart of our Nation The NFMC Conference registration fee does not include meals. Tickets for meal functions must be ordered in advance; your packet of tickets will be held at the NFMC Registration Desk. Registration cancellations cannot be accepted after June 10. Meal refunds cannot be made after June 1 unless the tickets can be resold. A meal ticket is required for admittance to all meal functions. All persons attending the Conference are required to register; an official name badge is required for admittance to all events. There is no charge for an official name badge of a single meal function. Those attending more than one function (meal or presentation, workshop or concert) must register. Make check payable to NFMC – Tulsa 2016. Postmark deadline for ticket order is June 1, 2016. Mail check and registration to: Jennifer Griffin, 1646 W Smith Valley Road, Greenwood, IN 46142.
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$21 $21
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June 22 Wednesday A Taste of Opera Includes Tax Deductible Donation of $25 – Opera in the Ozarks 1. Pesto Rubbed French Cut Chicken Breast 2. Pecan Crusted Tilapia 3. Wild Mushroom & Leek Ragot (Vegetarian)
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June 23 Thursday Lifers Breakfast Event is for Federation Life Members Only Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes, Sausage, Roasted Potatoes and Fruit
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$26 $26
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June 25 Friday Presidents’ Dinner 1. Seared Beef Filet 2. Lavender Honey Salmon 3. Cheese Ravioli with Sauteed Spinach (vegetarian)
$49 $49 $49
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Pictures of Conference CD includes mailing
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GRAND TOTAL: $ Name (Print Clearly)___________________________________________________________ Email address____________________________________________________ Address_____________________________________________________ City__________________________________ State______ Zip Code______________________ Federation Office/Chairmanship ______________________________________________________________ Date of arrival___________________________________ List Dietary Needs: ______________________________________________ List Food Allergies:__________________________________________________________ Plan to sing with the American Festival Chorus? Yes ____ No_____ If yes, please indicate vocal part: _____________________________________________
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VOTING CREDENTIALS APPLICATION NFMC Conference, June 21 - 25, 2016 | Hyatt Regency | Tulsa, OK
Music... Lights the Heart of our Nation Delegate must email (preferred method) or mail Voting Credential application to: Tonya Parrish, NFMC Headquarters, 1646 W Smith Valley Road, Greenwood, IN 46142 • info@nfmc-music.org DEADLINE: VOTING CREDENTIALS for all delegates must be requested by email (preferred method) or postmarked by by June 1, 2016. VOTING CREDENTIALS: The voting credentials form is published with the Official Call and may be submitted via email (preferred method) or mail to the national headquarters, Attention Tonya Parrish. Credentials will be available at the registration table by 8:30 am on Friday, June 24, 2016. Delegate’s Name _______________________________________________________________ Email__________________________________________________________ City ______________________________________ State________ Zip Code______________ Telephone______________________________________________________ Signature _______________________________________________________________________________________
q I hereby apply for Voting Credential
ELIGIBILITY FOR VOTING CREDENTIAL: (Check only one) q Member of NFMC Board of Directors
q Appointed NFMC Officer q NFMC Chairman of Department or Committee
q State President or Alternate (Alternate’s name must be sent to National Treasurer) q Individual Member, Life Member, Subscriber, Donor or Patron q President of National Affiliate Organization or Alternate q Senior Organization elected delegate: Each organization shall be entitled to delegate representation based on its paid membership on record in the office of the National Treasurer 20 days before the opening of the Convention, figured as follows: • Organizations of 25 or less – one delegate • Organizations of 26-50 – two delegates • For each 25 members over 50 – one additional delegate, except no organization shall have more than ten delegates. Before voting credentials deadline each ELECTED DELEGATE must have his/her Club President send a written confirmation that he/she is the elected delegate of the club to national headquarters, Attn: Tonya Parrish. q Student Active Organization delegate (list name and address of organization below) q Counselor of Active Junior Organization (list name and address of organization below) *Name of Organization ________________________________________________
MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS For each person to be listed in the Memorial Service program, a $25.00 minimum contribution must be sent to: Susan Tury, 10404 South Colony South Dr., Nags Head, NC 27959; stury@earthlink.net. Postmark deadline: June 1, 2016. Amount enclosed: $____________ (Check payable to NFMC. The check must be separate from the registration check.) Name of Person Contributing____________________________________ Email___________________________________________________________ Address________________________________________________________ Name(s) of person(s) being memorialized_______________________ ________________________________________________________________
Deceased Member List State Presidents: There are no fees to list deceased members. Email (preferred method) or mail via USPS a list of deceased members (since 2015 NFMC Convention) to: NFMC Chaplain Connie Randall, PO Box 522, Kaufman, TX 75142. Deadline June 1, 2016.
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PROPOSED 2016 BYLAWS AMENDMENT Article IV. STATE FEDERATIONS, Section 3. GOVERNING RULES A: BYLAWS. Each State Federation shall adopt its own bylaws, which shall embody the provisions of these Bylaws governing State Federations, and shall be in accordance with the Charter and Bylaws of the National Federation of Music Clubs. An up-to-date copy of the Bylaws of each State Federation shall be on file at the National Headquarters Office. (Delete the last sentence.)
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“A TASTE OF OPERA” NFMC Conference, June 21 - 25, 2016 | Hyatt Regency | Tulsa, OK
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NFMC HAS SOMETHING NEW FOR YOU! Everyone loves a party, so make your plans now to attend this one – the exciting “A Taste of Opera” to be presented by Opera in the Ozarks for our NFMC Conference in Tulsa! This delightfully elegant evening will take the place of our usual Federation tour. It will be on Wednesday, June 22nd, and it’s simply a “must see event”! So, instead of a tour that involves a tiring two hour bus ride, Opera in the Ozarks is bringing you “A Taste of Opera” right to our hotel. There will be a sumptuous banquet, exquisite decorations and best of all, an opportunity to meet and experience the incredible young artists from Opera in the Ozarks as they stroll from table to table singing favorite operatic arias and other tasty musical morsels, especially for you. (You might even get a “selfie” with one of tomorrow’s great opera stars!) This “up close and personal” experience is sure to be a memorable highlight for you from this year’s conference that you’ll remember for years to come. Opera in the Ozarks (OIO) at Inspiration Point is the South Central Region’s premier Summer Music Center for outstanding young
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opera singers. It began under Dr. Henry Hobart in 1950, but after two years, Hobart invited the states of the South Central Region of NFMC to begin helping sponsor the music camp and assist with its finances. The rest is history. From that humble beginning thousands of young musicians have gone on to professional careers as opera singers, orchestra members, conductors, stage directors, costumers, university professors and public school teachers – some probably in your community – but all testifying to the outstanding training and opportunities they received at Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point. Currently OIO is auditioning singers across our country to find this year’s most talented young artists. In mid-May, they and the orchestra will arrive to study and prepare for 25 performances of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Britten’s Albert Herring and a double bill of Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci & Puccini’s Il Tabarro.
Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point is located five miles west of Eureka Springs, Arkansas on Candy Rock Mountain. We in the South Central Region look forward to seeing you in Tulsa and sharing this “Taste of Opera” with you.
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LIFE MEMBER BREAKFAST NFMC Conference, June 21 - 25, 2016 | Hyatt Regency | Tulsa, OK
Music... Lights the Heart of our Nation A highlight of each state convention of the Texas Federation of Music Clubs is a special breakfast where new Life Members of NFMC and TFMC are initiated “for life.” It is a ton of fun and seems to encourage Life Memberships. The state third vice-president is in charge and everyone is encouraged to wear black and white. New Life Members receive a keepsake striped cap at the end of the meeting.
At the Tulsa conference June 23, Texas will host a Life Member Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. to demonstrate how much fun this event can be. Rhonda Stege of Dallas is in charge, ably assisted by other TFMC Life Members.
One memorable Lifers Breakfast a few years ago during the O. J. Simpson murder trial featured Francis Christmann as Judge Ito and Betty Hall as Marcia Clark. Another indelible memory is when Ouida Keck was national president and guest. She and George wore matching prison uniforms complete with ball and chain on their ankles!
You must be a Life Member to attend, so you have ample time to become one before June 23. Send $200 to your state treasurer earmarked for Life Membership. Then come to Tulsa prepared to have a great breakfast!
Cathy Neidert, Lisa Loewe, Linda Royals and Connie Randall share “jail cells” after being initiated at the 2015 Life Member breakfast at the Texas FMC convention in Brownwood.
This is a FIRST for NFMC As a member of NFMC, you have the opportunity to become a “LIFER” and attend the” LIFERS’ Breakfast”. A “LIFER” is a member that goes beyond to help those seeking to perform and have a career for “Life” in music. To be a “LIFER” you just pay a “once in a LIFETIME” $200.00 to be a member. Your membership goes to help fund our NFMC young artists. Dress in black and white and come ready to have fun and meet LIFERS from EVERYWHERE! I can’t wait to meet all of you in Oklahoma as we eat, party and play at the LIFERS’ Breakfast…OK? (did you get it?) – Rhonda Stege, a LIFER
STATE PRESIDENT’S DAY
June st Helping State Presidents Make a Difference for Music in Our States! 21 State President’s Day, Tuesday, June 21st, is a special day planned for this year’s NFMC Conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma and hosted by the South Central Region. It is designed especially for State Presidents and will offer detailed information about NFMC – its opportunities, programs, special projects, and how it all works together – to give state presidents the tools they need to help their state clubs have a great Federation experience. Today, every State President wants to bring a new level of enthusiasm and passion for NFMC to the organizations in his or her state. This June’s Conference is offering state presidents an opportunity to do that by becoming more empowered, confident and stronger leaders, able to assist clubs in their states to better understand the Federation and meet their clubs’ challenges with joy and enthusiasm. State President’s Day will truly enable state presidents to make a difference in their state by the following activities: A “snapshot” of the NFMC divisions and the opportunities they offer to all Federated
clubs; a session called “Media How To” that is essential for clubs who want to reach out to today’s potential new members, and includes some great tips on how to sharpen personal media skills as well; presidents will enjoy and be inspired as they learn new ways to bring their state groups closer together by using the Together We Sing books; and they will be reassured as they hear the “State President’s version” of the new Online Festivals Management System; plus there will be time to ask questions of the experts and to network with other state presidents; all of that, and presidents will even get to enjoy a delicious luncheon buffet with their new-found good friends at no cost. We believe State President’s Day will be a transforming experience for our state presidents. It will help them bring a new level of commitment to all clubs as we seek together to fulfill our mission of supporting American music and musicians through NFMC. – Carole Langley, Chairman, NFMC Council of State Presidents
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Milestones
Music Clubs Celebrate Anniversaries St. Cecilia Society of Flint, Michigan Celebrates 125 years
125 Y E A R S
Submitted by Jerome and Judith Wolbert, St. Cecilia Society of Flint, Michigan www.stceciliaflint.org
ST. CECILIA SOCIETY
The St. Cecilia Society of Flint, Michigan celebrated its 125th Anniversary in October, 2015. The Society was founded by twelve women in October of 1890 as a club to study and improve music. Thirty-five women met weekly, paying dues of five cents each week. In January of 1891, they sponsored a public concert, bringing the Detroit Philharmonic Club to Flint. It was such a successful venture that they 1890 – 2015 FLINT, MICHIGAN
decided to restate their objective. In January of 1892, the objective was restated to read “The objective of this club shall be the study of music and all things relative to the improvement of that art.” In 1895 the Society was incorporated as the “St. Cecilia Society.” At that time, the purpose of the Society was stated: “to conduct musical enterprises in all branches pertaining thereto and thereof: to arrange, sponsor and present concerts, recitals, musicals, dramatic and operatic performances and other things related thereto; to maintain an association for the purpose of musical enjoyment and appreciation.” St. Cecilia Society is one of the original founding clubs of the Michigan Federation of Music Clubs (in 1916) and has been active in both the Michigan and National Federation since that time. Membership consists of Performing, Privileged, Associate, and Honorary Members. The Society now has a membership of about 140 men and women, and has a permanent home in the J. Dallas Dort Music Center in Flint. Two Junior Clubs, organized in 1897, are sponsored by the Society. Junior St. Cecilia is for elementary and middle school students, while Student Musicale is for high school students. Many young people have benefited by these programs. The Music Awards programs were organized in 1897. Each year students may audition before judges. Monetary awards are distributed to instrumental or voice students to advance their musical education.
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Today, the William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition is a major annual event supported and sponsored by the St. Cecilia Society. The Competition began as a local contest in 1967 with the first prize being an appearance with the Flint Symphony Orchestra. With funding by local sponsors it has evolved into a national competition, attracting young musicians not only from the United States, but also from abroad. The event has a rotating format: piano, strings, winds/brass, and voice. The first prize is now an appearance with the Flint Symphony Orchestra and a monetary award of $6,000. The 2016 competition is for strings, and takes place on March 5, 2016. Many families or individuals have donated funds to finance awards to deserving individuals. Donations take the form of memorials or in honor of family members or friends. The St. Cecilia Society’s 125th Anniversary Celebration took place on Friday, October 9, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the MacArthur Recital Hall of the Flint Institute of Music. The featured performer was Wendy Bloom, mezzo-soprano. Ms. Bloom performs nationally, directs the Flint Festival Chorus, and teaches voice in Ann Arbor. She was accompanied by Jerry DePuit in a program titled “Schumann to Broadway.” An elaborate Afterglow followed the program. The St. Cecilia Society has published A Musical Legacy, a booklet that details the history of the Society. Member Laurence E. MacDonald
Milestones revised, corrected, and brought up to date the text written by Alice Lethbridge for the centennial in 1990. The booklet is valuable, not only for its information about the St. Cecilia Society, but also for reminding us all of the influence the twelve founding members have had on the cultural life of the Flint community. A Musical Legacy is available for a small price from the St. Cecilia Society of Flint. Historical information was taken from A Musical Legacy, by Alice Lethbridge and Laurence E. MacDonald.
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MERCER MUSIC CLUB 1915 – 2015 MERCER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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Two Pennsylvania Mercer County Clubs Celebrate 100th Anniversary Together On September 13, 2015 Lakeview Music Club and Mercer Music Club gathered to celebrate their 100th birthdays. Each year the clubs have gathered for a combined meeting in September. Previously they celebrated their 90th anniversary together.
Lakeview and Mercer Music Club members celebrating their 100th year anniversaries.
LAKEVIEW MUSIC CLUB
This meeting featured a potluck meal prepared 1915 – 2015 by Lakeview Music Club MERCER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA members. The program was provided by a local gospel group, the SLIM Brothers. Music and memories were shared by both clubs as they celebrated this very special occasion.
Presidents, Jane Buckley, Mercer MC and Kristen Patton, Lakeview MC with NFMC 100 year honor certificates.
Roberta Reichard, 66 year active member, with Jane Buckley, Mercer Music Club President.
Auditions are now being accepted for the newly established
Carolyn C. Nelson Award in Double Reeds Applicants must be a double reed player between the age of 19 and 26 (at the time of application). Applicants must also be a Student/Collegiate member of the NFMC. Materials must be submitted via audio CD or electronically via mp3 format. Submissions should be 15-20 minutes in length and must include a movement from a major concerto for that instrument. Additional selections should be of contrasting styles.
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Summer Music Centers
A History of Kentucky’s Stephen Collins Foster Music Camp Submitted by Sue Ann Reeves, Foster Music Camp Summer Music Center chairman Stephen Collins Foster Music Camp, located on the Eastern Kentucky campus in Richmond, KY has a long and interesting history. It was founded in 1936 by James E. Van Peursem, chairman of the then Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College music department. He wanted to give the high school students of Kentucky a broadening experience in band and orchestra which they wouldn’t be able to access in their own small rural and mountain communities. Most schools offered band, but few had strings, and orchestra opportunities were unheard of. There were as many as 50 music clubs across the state, and at that time, piano lessons were available to most all children. He advertised the camp throughout the East, and many of the music teachers encouraged students from their bands and string programs to attend this new camp, founded second after the Interlochen Music Camp in Michigan. Foster Music Camp was a five-week experience beginning in June and continuing into July. Usually around 100 students attended the summer program and used the non-air conditioned facilities on campus, including the performance auditorium and outdoor amphitheater. There were morning and afternoon rehearsals, and marching drills after supper. Three concerts were given each week in the evenings, and the musicians enjoyed picnics, movies and recitals on other nights. The campers lived in the college dormitories and formed lasting friendships from year to year. I was lucky to be able to attend Foster Camp for four years of high school and enjoyed my experiences, living and learning with other girls and boys. On the Fourth of July, busloads of campers drove to Bardstown, KY to parade and visit My Old Kentucky Home. It was usually hot, but we enjoyed a watermelon feed when we returned. It was during Amy Jett’s KFMC presidency (1969-71) that she invited NFMC President Irene Muir to Richmond where she lived, and took her
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to meet Mr. Van. They attended a Foster Camp concert. Mrs. Muir was so impressed with the work that Mr. Van was doing with the students that she made a lasting endowment which continues today. Amy was made the Foster Camp summer camp chairman for NFMC.
Top: Over 100 music camp students from eastern region of US and instructors in 1952 (including Sue Ann Jett). The Irene Muir Luncheon at the 2015 Stephen Foster Camp; left to right are two Glasgow Club members, Sue Ann Reeves, camp director Ben Walker, Ann Mathews holding the plaque recognizing her scholarship efforts, high school student scholarship recipients, KFMC president Laura Steidle, and Cecilia Club President Sheila Lipman.
The camp prospered, and Kentucky gained more music teachers who in turn encouraged their students to attend camp. Mr. Van retired and Mr. Robert Hartwell, director of bands at EKU, took the helm as director of Foster Camp. At this time many more students began attending camp, and middle school students were given an opportunity to come to camp for the first week by themselves. The HS camp was extended to two weeks, and a new piano camp was begun. A HS choir added more diversity.
Mr. Hartwell was a great director, and the students loved their experience. The endowment grew and Kentucky music clubs contributed to the scholarships. They met each June at the close of camp to hear scholarship students perform at the Irene Muir Luncheon. They attended a business meeting and final concert. Recognition to the music clubs was given in the program, and the faculty always thanked
Summer Music Centers the clubs for their financial contributions and involvement in sending deserving students. Unfortunately, Foster Camp saw some hard times after Mr. Hartwell retired. The camp lost population and almost ceased to exist. Amy Jett was so inspired to keep it going that she wrote letters to the EKU President, Dean and Music Chairman telling of the NFMC endowment and legacy of Foster Music Camp. She noted that it was a great recruitment tool for the EKU Music Department, and many students who attended the camp came to college at EKU after their camp experience. A new Foster Board was formed, and Ben Walker was chosen as the new director. The local Cecilia Club had two members on the board, and a new era began. Today, Foster Music Camp has a great reputation for bringing the best middle and high school music students for piano, choir, percussion, band and orchestra camps. The summer of 2015 had a record attendance of 630 students, and the new Fine Arts Center on the EKU campus was used for the final concert because no other stage was large enough. The 6 KFMC clubs from around the state met for a business meeting and enjoyed the Irene Muir Luncheon where they got to see their students receive a scholarship certificate as well as hear some of them perform. Last summer there were over 200 partial and whole scholarships given.
The KFMC club giving the most money during the past 10 years is the Glasgow Musicale. Over the past five years this club has given $43,835 in scholarships to many deserving students. Ben Walker is invited to Glasgow each spring to hear the students compete for the scholarship money. Club members go to businesses in the community and individuals ask for donations each year. The total contribution is not known until the final week of camp because people give so generously. Ann and Harold Mathews are responsible for getting the word out and calling and finding willing workers from the Glasgow club. Others responsible are Kenneth and Julia Frye, Bill Walter, Shelby Bale, Jimmy Jean Downling and the late Marge Frederic. Glasgow club members who attended the Irene Muir Luncheon last summer were given special recognition by the Foster Camp director Ben Walker and those faculty and KFMC members attending. Amy Jett left a charitable trust for the future of Foster Music Camp, and her local senior club, the Cecilian Club, will join this endowment with other gift endowments to give many scholarships to deserving music students. The 80-year-old Stephen Foster Music Camp will continue to serve young musicians for 80 more years if Amy’s dream becomes reality.
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American Music
“Oklahoma … Where the Wind Comes Sweeping Down the Plain” by Deborah T. Freeman, American Music Division Chairman This issue is filled with wonderful information about Oklahoma and we’re all getting more and more excited about the upcoming Conference! Oklahoma hosts a rich musical heritage and has produced many well-known influential musicians for a young state of 109 years! The Official State Song is Oklahoma!, Rodgers & Hammerstein, and (for a musician) it’s certainly the first thing that comes to mind when the state is mentioned. Other songs significant to Oklahoma are: OFFICIAL STATE WALTZ
Oklahoma Wind, written by Dale J. Smith
OFFICIAL STATE COUNTRY AND WESTERN SONG
Faded Love, Bob Wills/Billy Jack Wills
OFFICIAL STATE CHILDREN’S SONG
Oklahoma, My Native Land, Martha Kemm Barrett
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OFFICIAL STATE FOLK SONG
Oklahoma Hills, Woody Guthrie/Jack Guthrie
OFFICIAL STATE ROCK SONG
Do You Realize?, Flaming Lips
OFFICIAL STATE GOSPEL SONG
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Wallace Willis Music in Oklahoma has been played, sung, and heard in the Indian villages of the earliest Americans; around the campfires of the cowboys and traders; in the churches, theaters, and dancehalls of the territorial days; and in concert halls and at music festivals, pow-wows National Guard armories, and school gymnasiums of the present day. Musicians and Composers native to Oklahoma are almost as numerous as the song-list written about the state. Garth Brooks, Anita Bryant, Vince Gill, Woody Guthrie, Toby Keith, Reba McEntire, Roger Miller, Patti Page, Blake Shelton, B.J. Thomas, and Carrie Underwood are among the most famous.
Western/Cowboy – Prior to the settlement of Oklahoma, cowboys pushing cattle from Texas to the railheads developed a style and subject of music that became known as Western Cowboy. Although most of the composers were unknown, Otto Gray and his Oklahoma Cowboys was the first nationally popular cowboy band. Western Swing – Performers playing the traditional western music influenced heavily by the territory bands, added fiddles and steel guitars to their orchestras and produced a new and very popular Western Swing. Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys influenced this music for more than a generation. In 2012, Tulsa was ranked as having one of the best music scenes outside of New York, Los Angeles and Nashville – we can’t wait. See you in Tulsa! Celebrating American Music from sea to shining sea…
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Music Therapy
The Healing Power of Music from the AARP Bulletin, July/August 2015 reprinted by permission Editor’s Note: This article was written by Mary Ellen Geist, author of the book Measure of the Heart: A Father’s Alzheimer’s, A Daughter’s Return “I’ve been a bad girl. Am I in trouble?” asks an obviously distraught Naomi. Tears begin to form in the corners of her eyes. She wrings her hands as she sits in her wheelchair in the lobby of an Alzheimer’s care facility.
Then Mindy says, “Do you want your music?” Naomi’s face brightens as headphones are gently placed over her ears. And as a big band arrangement of George Gershwin’s “’S Wonderful” flows from her iPod, Naomi begins to smile.
“No, you’re not in trouble,” says recreational therapist Mindy Smith. But nothing seems to help Naomi’s mood “I’ve been a bad girl,” she repeats over and over.
Scenes like this are being repeated in nursing facilities and homes across America. New research is confirming and expanding an idea long held by those who work with dementia patients: Music can not only improve
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Alzheimer’s patients (left to right) Leoncio Hernaiz, Judith Erdman and Enrique Santana listen to their favorite music. Photos by John Loomis
the mood of people with neurological diseases, it can boost cognitive skills and reduce the need for antipsychotic drugs. Music therapists who work with Alzheimer’s patients describe seeing people “wake up” when the sounds of loved and familiar music fill their heads. Often, after months or even years of not speaking at all, they begin to talk again, become more social, and seem more engaged by their surroundings. Some begin to remember names long forgotten. Some even do what Alzheimer’s patients often cannot do as their disease worsens: They remember who they are.
MUSIC AS MEDICINE Neurologist Oliver Sacks wrote in his book Musicophilia that for Alzheimer’s patients, music can be very much like medicine. “Music is no luxury to them, but a necessity, and it can have a power beyond anything else to restore them to themselves, and to others, at least for a while.” More than 5 million people in the U.S. have Alzheimer’s, a disease for which there is no cure. One in 8 boomers will get the disease, according to estimates. About 15 million family members in the U.S. are locked
in what can become a heartbreaking nightmare of taking care of a loved one with whom they can’t communicate. For many, music can be an important part of easing that suffering. Researchers are finding new ways to use music as part of the treatment of dementia. Jane Flinn, a behavioral neuroscientist at George Mason University, and graduate student Linda Maguire tested the effects of singing on people with Alzheimer’s disease with songs like “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and “Isn’t It Romantic?” Flinn and Maguire followed a group of 45 people impaired with Alzheimer’s or other dementia who regularly sang. They tested the group constantly with the Mini Mental State Examination, a cognitive diagnostic test. Finn and Maguire showed that the mental acuity of those people who regularly sang went up sharply over a four-month period. “Twenty-one drugs to treat Alzheimer’s have failed in the last nine years,” Flinn says. “I do believe they will eventually find the right drug. But it’s going so slowly. In the meantime, these non-pharmaceutical approaches are helpful.” Connie Tomaino is one of music therapy’s pioneers. More than 37 years ago, she walked into a dementia unit carrying her guitar and looked at the patients. “Many were over-medicated. Half of them were catatonic and had feeding tubes. The ones that were agitated had mitts SPRING 2016
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Music Therapy on their hands and were tied to wheelchairs,” she says. “I just started singing ‘Let Me Call You Sweetheart,’ Many of the people who were considered to be catatonic lifted up their heads and looked at me. And the people who were agitated stopped being upset. Most of them started singing the words to the song.” She founded the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function to encourage study of the effects of music on the brain. “Music is very complex,” she says. “The auditory nerve has an immediate contact to part of the brain called the amygdala – what’s called the ‘fight or flight’ area of the brain. So the immediate thing with sound is arousal. The person becomes startled or suddenly pays attention.”
In Wisconsin, two-thirds of the state’s nursing homes use personalized playlists of music as part of daily caregiving routines. Tom Hlavacek, director of the Southeastern Wisconsin chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, says something unexpected happened when the program began: a drastic reduction in the use of psychotropic drugs. “Three years ago, when they started ranking states’ use of psychotropic drugs in nursing homes, Wisconsin came in 14th,” he said. “Now we’re fourth in the country. We’re way ahead of the curve.”
In Minnesota, a choir has been formed in Minneapolis from people living with Alzheimer’s and other brain diseases and their caregivers. The cofounder of the Giving Voice Chorus, Mary Lenard, says so much of the disease involves “things they can no longer do or navigate. So Tomaino found that even some late-stage Alzheimer’s sufferers could the choir is something they can do. They can be joyful and laugh and respond to songs meaningful to them. “One woman who sing and be part of this new community.” One choir was nonverbal – after one month, she started speaking member told Lenard, ”When I’m here, it’s like I don’t “So much of the again. She said things like, ‘The kids are coming. I have have Alzheimer’s.” (You can go to aarp.org/mobile to disease involves to go home to make dinner.’ They were memories and download an iPad zoo and see the Giving Voice Chorus.) things they can words elicited by the songs.” Her advice: If someone no longer do In Utah, Jewish Family Services hopes personalized you know is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, start or navigate. music can help keep Alzheimer’s patients at home associating key songs with family members or important with their loved ones longer. “We’re one of just a few ideas. Later, those songs may trigger that association. So the choir is agencies in the U.S. that’s doing this more home-based something they than institution-based,” executive director Ellen Silver can do. They A FATHER’S PAIN EASED says. Alzheimer’s hits married couples particularly hard. can be joyful I have seen the healing power of music up close. When “Some other kinds of intimacy are lost,” she said. “What and laugh and I quit my job as a radio news anchor in New York to I’ve seen this music do is create an intimacy that is so sing and be come home to help my mother care for my father, who meaningful to the caregiver.” had Alzheimer’s, we used music in every aspect of part of this new caregiving. I sang or played Frank Sinatra’s “In the Wee community.” Small Hours of the Morning” to wake him up. Instead ‘AN ABSOLUTE LIFESAVER’ – Mary Lenard, of being lost and confused in the mornings, as often Dan Cohen, who was trained as a social worker in New cofounder of the happens for people with Alzheimer’s, the song made York, runs a program called Music and Memory. He Giving Voice Chorus him realize where he was and who my mother and I uses webinars to each elder-care professionals how to set were. up personalized playlists delivered to patients on digital devices. Cohen says, “Unfortunately, as a society, we view persons My father loved jazz, and had been an accomplished singer. Jazz with advanced dementia as no longer being able to experience pleasure. classics like George Gershwin’s “Summertime” and Cole Porter’s Music obliterates that misconception.” “Night and Day” were great for showering, brushing teeth, and getting dressed. I used the songs to distract him during these tasks. In the Cohen’s program now operates in more than 1,000 locations across afternoons, when what’s called “sundowning” sometimes occurs and the U.S. and Canada and in a dozen caregiving facilities in eight Alzheimer’s patients get anxious or angry, Donna Krall’s version of other countries. While waiting for a cure, he said, “we must focus on “I Get Along Without You Very Well” would calm him down. As his maximizing the quality of life for persons with the disease. We must use disease progressed, when he would become almost catatonic, all I had tools at our disposal, such as music, to help us keep in touch with those to do was start singing the words to the fight song of his alma mater, the we care about and for.” University of Michigan – and his eyes would engage and he would sing For many, these tools can mean the difference between tender along. interactions with loved ones and losing them completely. When my father died in 2010 at age 83, our sadness was relieved a bit Kathleen Keller uses iPods and headsets to help take care of her by the sense that his last years of life were less isolated and dark than 93-year-old father and mother, who both have dementia. They listen to they might have been otherwise. Bing Crosby, Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Patti Page, and Louis Armstrong. She plays personalized music for them during caregiving, PROGRAMS SPREAD NATIONWIDE and calms her father during long doctor visits with his iPod. “For us, Music therapy programs are a critical part of care in several states and this gift of music has been an absolute delight,” she says. “And for me cities. as a caregiver, it has been an absolute lifesaver.”
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Book Reviews
Book Reviews by Jean Moffatt, Editor, Music Clubs Magazine
lifestyle and greatly influenced her son during his formative years. He now lives in Texas and wrote this as an homage to her.
Books and music are two of our favorite things. Each spring since becoming MCM editor, we review books which have been sent to us during the year that we have enjoyed reading and think our readers would enjoy as well. This year we have received two books. We thought, as much time as we spent in hospital rooms, we would have plenty of time to read them. Unfortunately, such has not been the case. However, we have read enough of them to feel qualified to offer an opinion to our readers.
He believes most of the interesting stories are true, and all are based on facts. We enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it to others. There is not a lot about music in it, but there is some.
SOUNDS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT by Tim English
We will be happy to share either or both books with interested readers if you will pay the postage to send them to you.
This is more like a reference book than a novel, but it contains a great deal of information which English uses to demonstrate that many popular songs are either consciously or unconsciously “borrowed” from other earlier songs.
THE CURIOUS AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ELAINE JAKES by H. R. Jakes Everything about this volume is different. Though written in first person, as most autobiographies are, it is told by the son. He found her journal after her death and pieced it together from what he experienced as her son.
It looks like a really interesting book, and we look forward to reading more of it as time permits.
Elaine Jakes was a teacher and writer. She lived a flamboyant
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Sometimes they get caught, and sometimes not. Sometimes it’s just a riff, or a bass line, that is stolen. However, if you hear a “new” song that sounds suspiciously like one you’ve already heard, chances are you’re right. This book documents many of them, including the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and others.
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Music Study
KU STUDY RESEARCHES MUSIC’S INFLUENCE University of Kansas researchers have confirmed what decades of anecdotal evidence and national research suggested: Increased music participation has important direct and indirect effects on positive outcomes in student achievement and engagement. For a baseline study commissioned by Nashville’s Music Makes Us initiative, KU researchers from the School of Music and the Center for Public Partnerships & Research (CPPR) examined four years of districtwide data on the 2012 graduating class, as well as student surveys and focus groups, to determine what influence music can have on students. Principal investigators were the School of Music’s Christopher Johnson and CPPR’s Becky Eason. “The results of this study strongly support the notion that education advocates should also be advocates for music education,” said Johnson, a professor of music education & therapy and director of the Music Research Institute at KU. “It has been stated many times that the reason that kids in music do better in school is because the smart kids participate in music. This is the first study that has ever taken those fourth-grade test scores and used them to even the playing field, allowing us to see what happened as the students progressed from fifth grade to 12th grade. The results noted in this study were calculated after the initial differences in the fourth-grade test scores were removed from the equation.”
Johnson analyzed quantitative data about high-school music participation, school engagement and academic achievement for 6,006 students in the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools class of 2012 cohort. Eason conducted qualitative surveys and focus groups with current fifth- through 12th-grade students. Analyzed together, the data establish a benchmark – a picture of students who have been enrolled in middle- and high-school music and the potential effect of music study on student engagement and student academic achievement.
Analysis showed that students engaged in music programs outperformed their peers on every indicator: grade-point average, graduation rate, ACT scores, attendance and discipline referrals. Overall, the study demonstrated that the more a student participates in music, the more positive these benefits become.
“One of the key findings that shouldn’t get lost is how important music is for creating a sense of belonging and purpose for the students who participate,” said Eason, associate director of CPPR. “They identify themselves as musicians, as being in the band or chorus, and they’re motivated to come to school so that they can participate in music.
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The students also believe that music participation teaches them skills like discipline and concentration that they can use to their benefit throughout the school days.” Eason said the project was also a great example of how units across the university can work together; the study marks the fourth research collaboration between CPPR and the Music Research Institute. “Professor Johnson brings credentials in music education and the necessary quantitative skills to the research,” Eason said. “I have a background in qualitative research and the staff to administer the project. Between the two of us, we were able to accomplish a pretty remarkable study.” Metro Nashville leaders are using the study’s findings and its recommendations to inform decisions about the future of the Music Makes Us initiative. Eason and Johnson hope to replicate and extend this project in other communities and school districts. “This benchmark study confirms what every music teacher knows,” said Laurie Schell, director of Music Makes Us. “Music engages students in school and can motivate them toward greater achievement. Our job now is to take this knowledge and let it guide us in expanding a high-quality music program that reaches all students.”
MORE ABOUT MUSIC MAKES US Launched in fall 2012, Music Makes Us is a K-12 initiative focusing on music literacy and student participation. A joint effort of Metro Nashville Public Schools, Mayor Karl Dean, music industry leaders and community advocates, Music Makes Us is intended to strengthen traditional school music while adding a contemporary curriculum that embraces new technologies and reflects a diverse musical landscape. The initiative has augmented traditional school music with contemporary, culturally relevant music offerings (bluegrass, hip-hop, rock) as well as real-life music industry experiences (record-label production, audio-engineering and audio-technology programs).
National Music Week May 1-8, 2016
Music... Notes to the Future May 7-14, 2017
Music... An Adventure for Life SOUTH CAROLINA FEDERATION OF MUSIC CLUBS
by Helena S. Meetze National Music Week National Chairman The purpose of National Music Week is to celebrate music and share its beauty and value through the promotion of musical events in communities throughout thenation.
HELENA S. MEETZE, PRESIDENT COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
We have just completed our essay contest and nineteen winners have been declared – one from each state with entries. Reading the thoughts and ideas of these 7-12 graders encourages us, as senior members, to put forth much effort to truly promote specialevents such as National Music Week. Music… Notes to the Future has provided acomforting feeling to these students that we will continue to strive toward keeping our clubs strong in membership and productivity. They have a bright outlook for the future, and we need to do all we can to keep their dreams alive. Encourage your clubs to publicize this important week through local newspapers, radio and television stations. Booklets are available, filled with ideas for celebrating the week and posters can be obtained for display in music studios, stores, schools and colleges. It is hoped that your clubs will include special programs for your May meetings. Invite guests, who may be interested in becoming a member of our federation. An inspiring program can always be a great recruiter. Information can be found in your manuals and on the NFMC website. Materials can be ordered from national headquarters. MAKE THIS A GREAT NATIONAL MUSIC WEEK! The reward will be wonderful.
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Junior Dance
Including Dancers in Your Clubs is a Win-Win By Judy Barger Edgell, NFMC Dance Chairman Since our last magazine when I encouraged you to involve dancers in your clubs, I have received several phone calls wanting to know more about the programs/scholarships available. It seems we are ready to move in the right direction and reach out to these dance students. Two state presidents contacted me with information about Dance Studios wanting to federate their students. After I spoke with these dance teachers, they are excited about involving their students in the many audition possibilities for their students of all ages. Thank you for listening. Many times we get caught up in doing the same thing year after year and never opening our eyes to possibilities outside our comfort zone. The idea that dancers are musicians, too,
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seemed foreign to many. Now, you are seeing the wonderful world of dance as ways to create an environment of a new musical venue. This allows talented dancers to become aware of our federation and be a part of the process for years to come. Their parents will want to contribute to the Federation by becoming members of senior clubs. This seems a win-win for all concerned. Please keep listening. Listen to the dance teachers in your area. They will be excited to hear what we have to offer their students. Reach out and contact someone in your town or city that may be interested. You may be surprised at how easy it is to include dancers in your club programs. This is my challenge to you in 2016: federate one dance studio in each state. You can do it. Let me know how it goes and feel free to ask questions.
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Thelma Adams Robinson Ballet Award By Gay Dill, Thelma Adams Robinson Ballet Award Chairman After chairing Junior Dance for NFMC over the last four years, I now look forward to the next four years as Chairman of the Thelma Adams Robinson Ballet Award (TARBA). This award honors the 25th NFMC President, Thelma Adams Robinson. TARBA is open to dancers ages 16 to 18 who intend to major in ballet in college. The $2500 scholarship is awarded every two years at the NFMC Biennial Convention.
Start preparing your program now! Applications must be submitted by October 1st of even-numbered years. For information on the TARBA auditions requirements Form JR 10-2, rules Form JR 10-1, and audition requirements Form JR 10-3, visit NFMC website at www.nfmc-music.org. Contact National Chairman Gay Dill, 814 South Second Street, Atwood, KS 67730; gaydill1@att.net.
INSIGHT: Dance – The Most Beautiful Art in Motion Submitted by Gay Dill
*historical data gleaned from A Musical Legacy of 100 Years, by Lucille Parrish Ward
In its efforts to pursue every possible avenue in support of dance in America, a “National Dance
Department” was established at the Biennial Convention in St. Louis, Missouri in 1960. But it was not until 1963 that the NFMC Dance took a leap and surged forward thanks to the efforts of co-chairmen, Jane Benedict and Jeri Kettering. Immediately upon their appointment, they contacted the dance director of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, Alfredo Corvine, with whose help they drew up a Dance Syllabus*. Thus began Dance Events at NFMC Junior Festivals. Initially, NFMC Junior Festivals included ballet and modern dance only. Check out each dance event syllabus on the Junior Division publications page on NFMC’s web site www.nfmc-music.org. Search for JR 17-5, JR 17-6, JR 17-7, JR 17-8 and JR 17-9.
Today more than ever, continuing and increased interest in dance has catapulted NFMC Dance to new heights. Not only can dancers earn Federation Cups through participation in NFMC Junior Festivals, but they can also compete for the Junior Dance Awards and the Thelma Adams Robinson Ballet Award (TARBA). The Junior Dance Award attracts junior dancers, ages 11-18, from every part of the country. TARBA is open to dance competitors between the ages of 16 to 18 who will major in ballet in college. The quality of dancers who compete annually is awe-inspiring and gratifying. The future is bright for NFMC Dance!
LANA M. BAILEY PIANO CONCERTO AWARD Are you a high school senior who will be majoring in music next year at a college, university or conservatory? Check out the Lana M. Bailey Piano Concerto Award forms JR 20-1 and JR 20-2 to find the rules and application for this $800 annual award ($200 2nd Place). The competition has a postmark deadline date of .May 1st, 2016 so polish your performance and submit your CDs! First or last movement from one of the following concerti meets the repertoire requirements: • Beethoven Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 • Beethoven Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 • Gershwin Concerto in F • Grieg Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16
• Mendelssohn Concerto in G Minor, Op. 25 • Prokofiev Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26 • Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 • Saint-Saens Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22
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Regional News
Regional and State News By Connie Randall, State News Chairman
NORTH CENTRAL REGION NEWS
ARKANSAS GIVES NEWS
Submitted by Karen Bourne, North Central Region Vice President
Thursday, April 7 will mark the second year to offer opera lovers a unique opportunity to support Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony, the NFMC South Central Region summer music center.
We have survived the Huge Blizzard of Groundhog Day and are looking forward to meeting together under warmer circumstances in Tulsa!! Meanwhile, our region has been very busy with Festivals and other programs. Wisconsin has a Convention in May which is very successful. Jeanne Hryniewicki and Sam Ecoff will be presenting information about this at the Tulsa Meeting.
SOUTH CENTRAL REGION NEWS by Starla Blair, VP of South Central Region Clubs and states in the South Central Region are extremely excited and busy preparing to host the biennial NFMC Conference June 21-25 in Tulsa, OK. Look within the pages of this edition to see all that is being planned, and then sign up to participate in everything. Not long after the conference ends, we’ll repack for Eureka Springs and our annual “Federation Days” meeting July 13-16. We’ll experience “A Taste of Opera” at the historical Crescent Hotel and enjoy four operas: Don Giovanni, Albert Herring, Pagliacci and Il Tabarro; plus the children’s opera that tours all over northwest Arkansas, introducing children to opera. We hope everyone will plan to come to Tulsa and allow us to show you some warm Southwestern hospitality.
Arkansas Gives is a one-day on-line effort to raise money for numerous worthy nonprofit causes, including Opera in the Ozarks. Participants will be asked to log on to www.arkansasgives.org and pledge any amount. Giving at least $25 qualifies donations to be doubled, and also puts OIO in the running for additional bonus money being awarded. Depending on participation, this could result in a gold mine of funds for OIO. Our goal is $30,000, after raising about $26,000 last year, but we hope for even more if everyone will participate. Because it’s all done on-line, we hope to use email bases in states in the South Central Region to seek donations of all sizes, but at least $25 to qualify for matching funds. If you know email addresses of other supporters of worthy arts projects that we could add to our database, please share them with us. We plan to put this on Facebook pages and websites, in the Good News Letter, and use whatever methods we can to get out the word. We will be sending out email reminders as the date approaches and throughout the day on April 7.
We did not hear from vice-presidents Elaine Knight, Southeastern; Jeannine Morris, Northeastern; and Ellen Leapaldt, Western. We know Southeastern will convene at Brevard; Northeastern will meet at Chautauqua; and Western will have several summer music centers to support. We know they’re all exhorting their members to come to Tulsa. There will be regional luncheons for everyone.
ALABAMA Sumbitted by Barbara Lee, President
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Christmas luncheon with the Allegro Music Club
State News I have traveled to visit some of our wonderful clubs here in Alabama within the last year. I’m looking forward to seeing more of our friends and meeting more clubs thoughout 2016.
KANSAS On Sun. Nov. 1, our chapter hosted a recital for the 100th birthday of Al Gallup, husband of longtime Lawrence Music Club member, Winnie Gallup. I have attached a picture. Club members attending and performing were: Dee Blaser, Nancy Hawkins, Ketty Wong, Paulina Leisering and of course, Winnie Gallup.
A Taste of Opera by our regional music center Opera in the Ozarks. The Carthage Musical Devotees have been busily preparing for our state convention on May 6-7 at the Grace Episcopal Church in Carthage. The convention will feature Missouri Southern State University Chamber Singers and Glenda Austin. The Juniors State Competition will be Saturday afternoon, May 7th. It looks to be a great time of music and fellowship with a little business.
MISSISSIPPI Young Artist Nicholas Susi performed at Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi. He also held a Master Class for some of the piano majors there. Here is a photo from that recital.
Winnie and Al Gallup
MISSOURI Sumbitted by Julie Watson, MFMC President Missouri celebrated American Music Month with a proclamation from Governor Jay Nixon. Morning Etude held some events in the St Louis area. The club’s vocal ensemble “Friends 4 Music” has sung programs for both outreach and to raise money for scholarships and Opera in the Ozarks. Several Missouri teachers held American Music recitals, such as Marilyn Caldwell, Anita Blackmon and Leann Rodman. Leann’s studio recital was held at Drury University in which all students played music by composer Glenda Austin. Being a personal friend, Glenda Austin was in attendance. We are excited to have Glenda presenting a workshop at our state convention in May. Missouri members are looking to help raise funds for Opera in the Ozarks by promoting and contributing to ArkansasGives on April 7th. This is a “One day giving event” for 501c3 organizations in Arkansas. Won’t you consider joining us in this worthy cause. When you attend the National convention in Tulsa, you will get to see your dollars at work with a
Mississippi Federation Members (L-R): Dr Stephen Sachs, Susan Johnson, Carolina Whitfield-Smith, Nicholas Susi, Frances Nelson, Kay Johnson, and Cecil Fox.
PENNSYLVANIA As the seasons of the year moved along, the Pennsylvania Federation of Music Clubs went along for the ride. The autumn brought members together in Duncansville, PA, to celebrate, share, and take care of business. The PFMC Board of Directors knows that music is what we are all about! Interspersed in the business items, one could hear the sound of belleplates accompanying “The Star Spangled Banner,” the strumming of the guitar as we sang Lana Bailey’s beautiful “Gift of Song,” and the sweetness of the violin as we paid tribute to our 100 years young, Federation cheerleader, Nancy Hatz. The fall of the year gave the PA President, Barbara Murray, a final opportunity to visit the four districts. Being a ‘musical’ gardener, each of her four messages have been delivered
to encourage music clubs to ‘bloom’, do some ‘suc-seeding’, keep ‘D.I.R.T.’ in mind, and remember the ‘Peter, Paul, and Mary of Gardening’. President Murray’s greatest desire has been to have fun as we work together on the issues that will help PFMC to move into the future. The number ‘100’ keeps popping up! Several music clubs in PA are 100plus, but a few celebrate the 100th milestone: The Mercer Music Club and the Lakeview Music Club celebrated in 2015. The Musical Art Society of Lancaster will celebrate 100 years since they were organized, and the Allentown Music Club has been federated since 1916, thus the number ‘100’ pops up again. It does not stop there! The Pennsylvania Federation of Music Clubs, federated in November, 1916, will hold their Biennial Convention and Board meeting on April 2023, with the theme “A Centennial of the Four Seasons.” Our organization has enjoyed 100 years moving along with the seasons of the year with a great variety of club activities in our schools, care home centers, and churches. Sadness has come to us very recently. Our ‘cheerleader’ Nancy Hatz, passed away on January 20, 2016. When our presidents process into the banquet hall on April 22, Nancy (PFMC president from 1986-1990) will lead the way. Our past has been nurtured by her knowledge, encouragement, and influence. Our future has been blessed having known her.
TEXAS Submitted by Lynn McNew, president Texas is preparing to host its 101st annual state convention March 30-April 2 in Austin. This will conclude our observance of our 100th anniversary, which began last March in Brownwood. Michael Edwards, NFMC president, will be our national guest. Young Artist concert will feature Christie Conover, 2015 winner in Woman’s Voice. Texas is preparing to participate in the NFMC Conference June 21-25 in Tulsa, OK and the 66th observance of Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point July 13-16 in Eureka Springs, AR.
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