Shenandoah's Chapter of the American Strings Teacher Association

Congratulations to the new Executive Board!

President: Jan Marie Laman
Vice President: Kyle Alperstein
Secretary: Layla Baker
Treasurer: Juliana Benson
SGA Representative: Sean McGinley

We're excited to start planning for next year!

Just a quick reminder that membership and board nominations for the 2019-2020 school year are due next Monday, May 6th! If you have any questions, contact us at [email protected]
Happy Bloom!

SC:ASTA Membership Form Please fill out this information if you are interested in renewing/becoming a new member of SC:ASTA! We will email you once we have confirmed you are officially a member for SC:ASTA.

This week's featured member is...Layla Baker! Layla is a violin performance major and she will graduate in 2022. She is also SC:ASTA's current SGA representative.🙂 Her favorite piece is "Méditaion from Thais" by Jules Massenet. One fun fact about Layla is that she not only plays the violin, but she also plays the guitar and sings! Layla is a such a sweet, and energetic person!

A huge thank you to Professor Julian Gray, for presenting about musicianship yesterday at our event. Thank you to everyone who was present!

Scholarship by VASTA for violinists and violists in Virginia. Click the link below for more information. Applications are due by May 1st!

SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS

The featured member of the week is… Brenna Crowgey!
Brenna is a violin performance major, and she will graduate in 2021.
She has many favorite pieces, but her favorite composers are Brahms and Prokofiev.
Brenna also loves chamber music.
One fun fact about Brenna is that she loves M&M’s and her dog, Toby.
Brenna is such an energetic person, and she always puts a smile on everyone’s face 🙂

The featured member of the week is...
Nicole Harney!

Nicole is a junior music therapy major, with a psychology minor, and she will graduate in 2020.
Her primary instrument is cello, but she also plays guitar, piano, electric bass, ukulele, and sings.
Nicole's favorite piece is Charles Villier's Standford Symphony no. 3, "Irish Symphony," particularly mvt. 4
One fun fact about her is, " My cats have musical names, Allegro - he runs around the house a lot, Dolce - she's sweet, and Fermata - he likes to be held."
Nicole is such a kind person, and she always cooks the tastiest treats for our events 🙂
Photo taken by Eva Tyler.