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We are so grateful to be among one of three recipients of this year's Sphinx Organization’s Sphinx Venture Fund!

Through BI's project, the "Music Inclusion Hub" we join forces with Castle of our Skins and D-Composed to create a holistic suite of offerings that truly embeds (and normalizes) racial and gender inclusion at all grade levels. The "Music Inclusion Hub" will include multi-media content centering Black creatives; an interactive database of over 1,500 historic women composers’ works; music scores for youth inspired by Negro Spirituals, Haitian and Dominican folk songs, and historic Black figures; and curriculum companion guides that infuse music with history, social studies, science, politics and literature. Scaffolded for youth in grades K-12 and early college, The “Music Inclusion Hub” seeks to educate and empower a new generation of youth who in turn, will be future advocates, provocateurs, and leaders.

We believe this initiative has an impact that will last generations, touching youth of all ages, especially those in formative years of social awareness.

Congratulations to the other recipients:

✨ The New Canon Project, a collaboration between the American String Teachers Association, the American Choral Directors Association, and Rising Tide Music Press

✨ EarShot: Advancing Equity through Publishing & Repertoire Development by the American Composers Orchestra

✨ Music Inclusion Hub, a collaboration between Boulanger Initiative, Castle of our Skins, and D-Composed
We are so grateful to be among one of three recipients of this year's Sphinx Organization 's Sphinx Venture Fund!

Through BI's project, the "Music Inclusion Hub" we join forces with Castle of our Skins and D-Composed to create a holistic suite of offerings that truly embeds (and normalizes) racial and gender inclusion at all grade levels. The "Music Inclusion Hub" will include multi-media content centering Black creatives; an interactive database of over 1,500 historic women composers’ works; music scores for youth inspired by Negro Spirituals, Haitian and Dominican folk songs, and historic Black figures; and curriculum companion guides that infuse music with history, social studies, science, politics and literature. Scaffolded for youth in grades K-12 and early college, The “Music Inclusion Hub” seeks to educate and empower a new generation of youth who in turn, will be future advocates, provocateurs, and leaders.

We believe this initiative has an impact that will last generations, touching youth of all ages, especially those in formative years of social awareness.

A hearty congratulations to the other 2023 recipients for their projects including:
The New Canon Project, a collaboration between the American String Teachers Association, the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), and Rising Tide Music Press

EarShot: Advancing Equity through Publishing & Repertoire Development by the American Composers Orchestra

Sphinx Venture Fund is made possible by the Fund II Foundation. You can learn more about these ventures and Sphinx's funding initiative at www.SphinxVentureFund.org.
We are honored to be among one of three recipients of this year's Sphinx Organization's Sphinx Venture Fund! ACO’s project, titled EarShot: Advancing Equity through Publishing & Repertoire Development, will amplify the work of Black/Latinx composers through publishing works featured in EarShot programs, leveraging ACO’s national orchestral network to facilitate repeat performances of those works, commissioning new works for youth/school orchestras, and creating education modules that place composer teaching artists within youth/school orchestras for one semester in connection to those composer’s ACO commissions.

Please join us in congratulating the other 2023 recipients for their projects including:
The New Cannon Project, a collaboration between the American String Teachers Association, the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), and Rising Tide Music Press

Music Inclusion Hub, a collaboration between the Boulanger Initiative, Castle of our Skins, and D-Composed Chicago.

Sphinx Venture Fund is made possible by the Fund II Foundation. You can learn more about these ventures and Sphinx's funding initiative at www.SphinxVentureFund.org.
Sphinx is excited to announce the three recipients of this year's Sphinx Venture Fund! The 2023 recipients are:

✨The New Cannon Project, a collaboration between the American String Teachers Association, the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), and Rising Tide Music Press
✨EarShot: Advancing Equity through Publishing & Repertoire Development by the American Composers Orchestra
✨Music Inclusion Hub, a collaboration between the Boulanger Initiative, Castle of our Skins, and D-composed

Sphinx Venture Fund is made possible by the Fund II Foundation. You can learn more about these ventures and Sphinx's funding initiative at www.SphinxVentureFund.org.
ESTA Conference 2023

Here is a reminder that Early Bird Ticket pricing will end soon.

As an ESTA AUSTA and American String Teachers Association ASTA member, you will save £50 on a full conference ticket if you book before 1st January 2023

So book today, and then put the champagne on ice for NYE!

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ESTA Conference 2023

Here is a reminder that Early Bird Ticket pricing will end soon.

As an ESTA AUSTA and American String Teachers Association ASTA member, you will save £50 on a full conference ticket if you book before 1st January 2023

So book today, and then put the champagne on ice for NYE!
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Thank you to The Midwest Clinic and American String Teachers Association for creating this string teacher workshop for non-string players, my favorite people! Proud to have been a sponsor!

And so cool to have met the prestigious clinicians, Bob Phillips, John Clinton, David Eccles, Rebecca MacLeod and David Pope!
Bassists: the deadline to register for masterclass participation at the 2023 American String Teachers Association National Conference is today! If you have any students who might be interested, please encourage them to apply. I would love to see you in Orlando!

More information here: https://www.astastrings.org/NationalConference/Sessions/Master_Class_Sessions/NationalConference/2023_Master_Class_Call_for_Students.aspx?hkey=f719b9ee-3f50-4ce0-87ce-7b9eab3c1df2
We are very happy to welcome Nathaniel Olson to Your Roots Are Showing!

Nate Olson is the Academic Director of the Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Roots Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University. He earned his doctorate in music education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and has presented at ISME, American String Teachers Association, National Association for Music Education, CDIME, CMS, and other US and international conferences. An accomplished fiddler, Nate published “Championship Contest Fiddling” with Mel Bay Publications Inc., and has performed with several award-winning bluegrass and eclectic acoustic ensembles.

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Visit our booth at The Midwest Clinic and learn more about becoming a music teacher in Metro Nashville Public Schools. Visitors to booth #1740 will get to meet Secondary Music Coach Susan Waters and MNPS music teachers Anna Rougeau, Elmer Feliciano, Ila Nicholson, Johnny Croft, and Frank Zimmerer. We can't wait to see you at Midwest! Metro Arts: Nashville Office of Arts + Culture CMA Foundation Nashville Public Education Foundation National Association for Music Education Tennessee Music Education Association Save The Music Gibson Nashville Symphony Tennessee ACDA American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) American String Teachers Association American School Band Directors Association (ASBDA)
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Orchestrate your school to participate!

Check the link below for more information
https://building-u.com/opportunities/national-orchestra-festival/

Know a school orchestra teacher interested in the 2023 American String Teachers Association National Conference? Tag them below to share this scholarship opportunity! Open to those in their first eight years of string teaching. Deadline is October 31!
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My happy surprise this week—"Grit" was reviewed in the American String Teachers Association journal!

I'm surprised and thrilled at the journey of this little piece.

This is one of my early works. I wrote it for myself, after finishing college and struggling to find my next steps. I didn't have an idea then how it might ever be performed. Sometimes, things take a while to find their way!

I am so excited to see this piece enthusiastically embraced by so many wonderful directors and their students. I'm looking forward to visiting some ensembles here in Ohio that are performing it this year too.

Find it for string quartet at Sleepy Puppy Press : https://www.sleepypuppypress.com/store/c5/Quartets.html

Find it for string orchestra at Murphy Music Press, LLC :
http://www.murphymusicpress.com/search?query=spavelko

And here's a brand new performance from the Oregon Suzuki String Institute this summer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHjvj-ZXsLU

Many thanks to Dr. Rebekah Hanson for an enthusiastic review.
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"I highly recommend this string quartet! It is energetic, challenging, and lyrical. My students loved working on it, and I am certain yours will as well. The groove is catchy and will be sure to capture the interest of your students and audience.

The piece is best for an intermediate to advanced student string quartet or small chamber orchestra. It is full of vigor and has a spirit of improvisation and dance. This quartet is challenging, as it includes mixed meter, uneven rhythms, accents, and sharp dissonances. Each part has soloistic passages and will be an excellent challenge for all members of the ensemble. While there are many passages with rhythmic unity, students must have a confident sense of rhythm and independence, as each part has complex solo sections. The Violin 1 part goes into third position frequently, but the other parts do not need to shift often. The greatest challenge of this work is the accuracy of the rhythms.

When programming music, one of my primary goals is to get my students playing music by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) and women composers, as it is important for them to see that the composers we perform are like them. Spavelko's quartet is the perfect example of an accessible contemporary work by a female composer. After introducing "Grit" to my students, I have already begun looking for more works by this composer. I hope you give her music a listen: https://soundcloud.com/laurenspavelko R.A.H."

ASTA

Operating as usual

09/27/2023

Nominate a colleague or apply today for our national awards!

DUE October 16!

Nominate or apply for our national awards and scholarships! Elizabeth A. H. Green School Educator Award, Early Career String Researcher Award, George Bornoff Memorial Scholarship, and Outstanding NSPC String Project Award!

https://www.astastrings.org/site/awards-nomination-application

09/25/2023

Tuesday, September 26: 7:30-8:30 PM Join HTB representatives Casey Wigglesworth and Alan Anderson as they share the values and benefits of the HTB Instrument Insurance Program specifically for ASTA Members. More than 3,500 ASTA members already participate! Come learn more about what the program offers, so that if a claim occurs, the performance will go on!

09/22/2023

Calling all pre-collegiate and collegiate student performers!

Apply to perform in a Student Master Class at the 2024 ASTA National Conference! Sessions include: Pre-Collegiate: Violin, Viola, Cello, & Double Bass; Collegiate: Violin, Viola, Cello, & Double Bass; and All-Level: Eclectic Styles, Chamber Music. Applications close November 1!

https://www.astastrings.org/site/2024-conference-mc-application

09/18/2023

Nominate a colleague or apply today for our national awards!

DUE October 16!

Nominate or apply for our national awards and scholarships! Elizabeth A. H. Green School Educator Award, Emerging String Researcher Award, George Bornoff Memorial Scholarship, and Outstanding NSPC String Project Award!

https://www.astastrings.org/site/awards-nomination-application

09/15/2023

Submit your research to present at the 2024 ASTA National Conference in Louisville, KY - March 20-23!

One month left to submit your Research Poster Proposal for the 2024 National Conference!

DUE Monday, October 16.

https://www.astastrings.org/site/2024-call-for-proposals

09/14/2023

ASTA Board of Directors: Educators, performers, advocates – your voice matters. Nominate yourself or a colleague who can inspire, innovate, and elevate the world of strings.

Nominate now!

Learn more: https://www.astastrings.org/site/call-for-nominations

ASTA 09/12/2023

Registration for the 2024 ASTA National Conference is now open!

We are excited to welcome you to Louisville, KY, March 20-23, 2024.

Join us for amazing performances, keynote presentations, education sessions, meet with industry leaders in the exhibit hall, and so much more!

Louisville is going to be busy when we visit in March. Book your hotel room NOW to ensure you are staying in the most convenient location at the best price.

Registration rates will increase by 20% after Early Bird Registration closes on December 22, 2023.

Learn More & Register:

ASTA Attendees will start off their day with inspiring messages from our daily keynote speakers! Keynotes begin at 8:00 AM each day.

09/11/2023

Don't Miss Out! Current and Future Student Chapter Members and Advisors! Register to attend the INAUGURAL ASTA Student Chapter Symposium - Wednesday, September 13: 7:30-9:00 PM EST. Connect with students and advisors from across the country and gather tips from our national award winners!

https://conta.cc/3sEhhWy

09/05/2023

Current and Future Student Chapter Members and Advisors! Register to attend the INAUGURAL ASTA Student Chapter Symposium - Wednesday, September 13: 7:30-9:00 PM EST. Connect with students and advisors from across the country and gather tips from our national award winners!

https://conta.cc/3sEhhWy

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08/16/2023

Dreaming of a career that resonates with your love for music? Look no further!

Join the ASTA staff today! Collaborate with a team of like-minded individuals who share your devotion to the art of string teaching, performance, and scholarship. 🎻

🌟 What We Offer: ✅ Inspiring and inclusive workspace ✅ Growth-oriented career path ✅ A chance to shape the future of strings education ✅ Competitive compensation and benefits ✅ Connect with a global community of musicians

Apply Now: https://conta.cc/3KG89qo

08/16/2023

ASTA Board of Directors: Educators, performers, advocates – your voice matters. Nominate yourself or a colleague who can inspire, innovate, and elevate the world of strings.

Nominate now! Learn more: https://www.astastrings.org/site/call-for-nominations

ASTA 08/15/2023

ASTA is Hiring! Membership Engagement and Communications Manager

Position Summary: The Membership Engagement and Communications Manager is a key member of the ASTA staff, engaging daily with members as well as managing the ways in which ASTA communicates with members and non-members through all communication channels in support of ASTA’s mission and related programming.

Salary Range: $50,000 - $60,000

Workplace: Remote

Click here to apply: https://conta.cc/3OyDSet

ASTA We're excited to welcome you on to our new platform! Our new website will act as a hub for everything ASTA: your membership, resources, events, community, and more!

ASTA 08/04/2023

The brand-new ASTA membership platform and website is now live and becoming an ASTA Member is EASIER than ever! On our site, you will find a wealth of resources and publications, register for events, connect directly with colleagues, participate in community forums, and manage your ASTA membership seamlessly. We look forward to seeing you online!

Join Today! https://www.astastrings.org/site/membership

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ASTA We're excited to welcome you on to our new platform! Our new website will act as a hub for everything ASTA: your membership, resources, events, community, and more!

08/03/2023

Doing a little summer planning?

Check out these resources from ASTA! ASTA String Curriculum, ASTA String Assessment Guide, String Syllabus, and MORE!

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ASTA 08/02/2023

The brand-new ASTA membership platform and website is now live! Here, you will find a wealth of resources and publications, register for events, connect directly with colleagues, participate in community forums, and manage your ASTA membership seamlessly.

To learn more about the new site, visit our Getting Started page: https://www.astastrings.org/site/get-started

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ASTA We're excited to welcome you on to our new platform! Our new website will act as a hub for everything ASTA: your membership, resources, events, community, and more!

ASTA 08/01/2023

We are thrilled to announce the brand-new ASTA membership platform and website is now live! Here, you will find a wealth of resources and publications, register for events, connect directly with colleagues, participate in community forums, and manage your ASTA membership seamlessly.

Already a member? Check your email for instructions on how to activate your account.

ASTA We're excited to welcome you on to our new platform! Our new website will act as a hub for everything ASTA: your membership, resources, events, community, and more!

Photos from American String Teachers Association's post 07/26/2023

JOIN US TODAY from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT for ASTA Resource Series: Using String Specific Tools to Assess Individual Student Learning and Progress

Join the authors, Margaret Berg and Denese Odegaard, for a brief introduction to the principles of educative assessment and resources and learn how to create quality assessments along with examples from the ASTA String Assessment Guide. The e-book guide can be used in conjunction with the ASTA String Curriculum or on its own. All assessments from the guide can be printed for use in the classroom or adapted to create your own assessments.

https://conta.cc/43Cd02M

Photos from American String Teachers Association's post 07/24/2023

JOIN US Wednesday, July 26 at 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT for ASTA Resource Series: Using String Specific Tools to Assess Individual Student Learning and Progress

Join the authors, Margaret Berg and Denese Odegaard, for a brief introduction to the principles of educative assessment and resources and learn how to create quality assessments along with examples from the ASTA String Assessment Guide. The e-book guide can be used in conjunction with the ASTA String Curriculum or on its own. All assessments from the guide can be printed for use in the classroom or adapted to create your own assessments.

https://conta.cc/43Cd02M

07/18/2023

I had a great time today talking about how we started out private studios with some great music teacher colleagues at the ASTA Virtual String Teachers Summit! So glad American String Teachers Association started this online summer conference!

07/18/2023

Today was the first day of the American String Teachers Association Teacher Summit. I have been really enjoying the sessions offered and feel like I’ve learned a bunch! A big thanks to ASTA for offering this virtual opportunity to us string teachers across the country.





07/16/2023

2023 Virtual String Teachers Summit - REGISTER today!
Monday, July 17 and Tuesday, July 18
12:00 - 6:00 PM EDT
https://conta.cc/3AzM2N9

07/05/2023

🎵 Don't miss out! Join us TOMORROW to explore Huntington T. Block's exclusive offerings for ASTA members. 🎻 Protect your musical instruments while on the move, learn about coverage for unforeseen events like floods or fires, and discover how HTB's program stands out. 📆 Mark your calendars: July 6, 2:00-3:00 PM ET. Open chat session!

Link to the meeting in the following email: https://conta.cc/444CIOe

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