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President – Jason Hausback
Greetings and MTNA National Conference Wrap-Up
Greetings to all of you – I hope you are having a great semester of teaching and are looking forward to an engaging, restful, and relaxing summer! I’m saying hi as I begin my term as President of MMTA, after 8 years of being Vice President and scheduling the auditions/conference. I recently had the chance to attend my first ever MTNA National Conference in Reno at the end of March, and I was delighted to represent the state of Missouri as President. Besides getting to meet many new teachers from all across the country, I was delighted to get to see no few than five Missouri students compete in the national competitions! In my time as a state official, I have never seen so many students from our state advance, and we should all be very proud of them for how they represented Missouri:
MTNA Junior Piano Competition
Brayden Miao – Hye-Jung Hong/Wei-Han Su, teachers
Finalist
MTNA Senior Brass Competition
Jordan Pavelka – Nicholas Kenney, teacher
Third Place
MTNA Young Artist Brass Competition
Andrew Robertson – Jason Hausback, teacher
Winner
MTNA Young Artist Piano Competition
Jiyeon Lee – Hye-Jung Hong, teacher
Finalist
MTNA Young Artist String Competition
Clayton Bridgeman – Sophia Han, teacher
Finalist
In addition to having several Missouri MTA members present at the conference, our very own President-Elect, Dr. Chris Madden presented a session entitled “Top Ten Tips For Getting Published” and hosted a book signing for two recent publications entitled “Technique Through Repertoire”, coauthored with Dr. Jani Ann Parsons. Congratulations to everybody that competed/presented at this year’s conference. If you have never attended yourself, I would highly recommend doing so in the future!
Sincerely,
Jason Hausback
President, Missouri Music Teachers Association
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