 The Mobile Music Teachers Association consists of approximately 40 piano teachers
from the gulf coast as well as
2 organ teachers,
2 voice teachers,
1 keyboard teacher,
4 music theory teachers,
1 woodwinds teacher,
1 violin teacher,
1 cello teacher and
a piano tuner.
YOUNG ALABAMA MUSICIANS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR A FELLOWSHIP
TO THE SUMMER MUSIC INSTITUTE
Through an initiative of the National Symphony Orchestra National Trustees, young Alabama musicians are eligible to apply for a National Trustees' fellowship. This program is an extension of the NSO American Residency. One young musician from Alabama will be selected to participate on scholarship for the 2010 Summer Music Institute.
The Kennedy Center/National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute is a 4-week music summer program at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. The program is intended for serious music students with the primary acceptance standard being musical talent. The fellowship provides housing, meals, and local transportation during the program. (Financial aid applications are available for air transportation to and from Washington, D.C.) In addition, participants receive
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Private lessons taught by a member of the National Symphony Orchestra
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Chamber music coaching by NSO musicians
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Master classes and seminars
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Attendance at selected rehearsals and performances of the NSO
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Participation in the NSO Summer Music Institute Orchestra, conducted by Elizabeth Schulze
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Performance opportunities in DC metropolitan area
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Exposure to internationally-renowned conductors, soloists, and musicians
The Program is open, by recorded audition, to students ages 15 - 20 as of June 28, 2010, who are seriously considering orchestral music as a career and willing to devote themselves to a musical education and who play any of the following: violin, viola, cello, string bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, harp, timpani, percussion. To apply, contact the Alabama Alliance for Arts Education (AAAE) at 410 N. Hull St., Montgomery, AL 36104/ 334-269-1435/ jaredkelley@bellsouth.net/ aaae@bellsouth.net. Materials must be submitted to AAAE by January 22, 2010.
The Summer Music Institute is a continuation of the National Symphony Orchestra American Residencies project of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The student fellowships are made possible by the NSO National Trustees.
2009 Sonata Contest Winners
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| Pictures of the September 2009 meeting of MMTA with the new President, Kassy Wooley and new Secretary, Kelley Burleson officiating. They did a superb job and we had a very large crowd.
The sonatinas for the 2010 Sonata Competition were played. |
For a listing of Upcoming Musical Events in Mobile go to the
Mobile Arts Council
Mobile Music Links
University of South Alabama Department of Music
Spring Hill College Division of Communication, Fine and Performing Arts
Mobile Piano Ensemble
Baldwin Pops Band
Sound of the Bay Chorus, Sweet Adelaines
Mobile Pops
Mobile Opera
Mobile Symphony
Mobile Chamber Music Society
Mobile Saenger Theatre |
