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TexASTA :: Latest News :: Welcome to TexASTA!
TexASTA will provide the String/Orchestra strand of workshops at the MENC Southwest Division Symposium
Mark your calendars for June 15-17, and come on to Dallas to join with your fellow string and orchestra teachers for a series of expert sessions on urban string education.
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Important Announcement: ASTA Extends NHSHO Application Deadline to June 15!!
Please get the word to all your colleagues and students that the deadline has been extended to June 15, 2009 for the National High School Honor Orchestra! Recommend your excellent students to apply for a prestigious national orchestra experience!
The National High School Honors Orchrestra will be held February 16- February 20, 2010 in Santa Clara, California. Students in the eleventh and twelfth grades during the 2009/2010 school year may apply for stringed instruments. Percussion and wind students must be in ninth through twelfth grade during the 2009/2010 school year to apply. Students interested in applying can find the application and required repertoire here. Applications must be turned in to Ms. Penelope Meitz, TexASTA National High School Honors Orchestra Chair, by June 15, 2009.
ASTA Names Texas as the Most Outstanding Chapter in the Nation!
At the national conference in Atlanta, TexASTA was recognized as the most outstanding chapter in the country! Kudos to our outstanding executive board and to our wonderful members and sponsors who made this possible.
ASTA President Elect Kirk Moss (on right) presents the Outstanding Chapter award to TexASTA president Eugene Dowdy
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Important Announcement:
The Spring 2009 Newsletter Is Now Online
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Important Announcement:
TexASTA is pleased to announce our 2009 Award Winners!
At the February 13th, 2009 TexASTA General Membership meeting we honored our three 2009 award winners: The TexASTA Administrator's Excellence Award was presented to Ms. Robin Burwell, assistant principal at Murchison Elementary School in Pflugerville, Texas; The Marjorie Keller Young Music Teacher of the Year award was presented to Mrs. Jennifer Garcia-Hettinger, orchestra director at Connally Middle School in San Antonio's Northside I.S.D.; and The Phyllis Young Outstanding Studio Teacher of the Year Award was presented to Mr. Henry Rubin from Houston, Texas.
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We also enjoyed two very special treats at the February 13th general meeting: First, we delighted in the spectacular performances given by Alexandra Switala, violinist of Austin, our TexASTA Jr. Division solo winner, and Meta Weiss, cellist from Rice University, our Sr. Division solo winner. Thanks so much to them and their teachers for the beautiful music! Also, we were fortunate to witness internationally acclaimed UT Austin Emerita Professor and former ASTA President Phyllis Young present Henry Rubin with the Phyllis Young Outstanding Studio Teacher of the Year Award that was created in honor of Mrs. Young's outstanding legacy in string teaching.
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The 2010 Award Nomination forms have been posted online.
Please note that some of the nominations have deadlines as early as November 1, 2009.
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TexASTA :: News Archive
Announcing the 2008 Solo Competition Award Winners
: Alexandra Switala, Jr. Division; Meta Weiss, Sr. Division.
Congratulations to Jr. Division Winner, Alexandra Switala, violin, and to Sr. Division Winner, Meta Weiss, cello. Additionally, Meta has just learned that she, and Jr. Division Honorable Mention competitor Thales Smith, have been chosen to compete at the ASTA National Competition in Atlanta, Georgia in March. Meta Weiss will perform at the TexASTA General Membership Meeting at TMEA, to be held on Friday, February 13, 2009 at the San Antonio Convention Center, Room 206, from 12:30 to 1:30 pm.
At our statewide competition, the judging panel identified four Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order): Fahad Awan, violin, Matthew Lyons, guitar, Thales Smith, guitar, and Wesley Yu, violin. Thanks to all our entrants to the ASTA National Solo Competition, to Dr. Eric Fried of Texas Tech University (Solo Competition Chair), to our distinguished judges, and to the University of Texas at San Antonio for hosting the competition. Finally, good luck to all our outstanding students who are advancing to the ASTA National Solo Competition Semi-Finals!
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The Spring 2008 Newsletter Has Arrived!
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Announcing the 2008 Phyllis Young Studio Teacher of the Year Award
: Paul Ellison, Professor of Bass, Rice University.
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Announcing the 2008 Marjorie Keller Young Orchestra
Director of the Year Award: Brian Coatney, Orchestra
Director, Plano Senior High School.
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TexASTA :: Upcoming Events
National Conference:
Make plans to attend the TexASTA string and orchestra sessions at the MENC Southwest Division Symposium, June 15-17, 2009.
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2010 ASTA National Conference:
The next ASTA National Conference will be held in Santa Clara, California, February 17-20, 2010.
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