Convention may be cancelled, but that doesn't mean we can't have some fun anyway! Your Officers and SA Committee have put together a selection of Convention events for students to participate in virtually. Ensemble, Performance Contest, All-Star Festival, Convention Projects, and the June Leondar Contest will all happen online. These have adjusted rules, entry procedures, and deadlines that can be found here. Senior Awards will continue with a May 1 deadline and will be mailed.

Sharla Van Cleave, NCTM has served TMTA as a theory test grader for 16 years and has served on the TMTA Theory Review Committee. She was chair of the TMTA June Leondar Chamber Music/Ensemble Contest and served on the Texas Music Teachers Association Board of Directors as Certification Director for 4 years. Additionally, she has served Music Teachers National Association as South Central Commissioner for the National Certification Commission from 2015-2017. She is currently Immediate Past President of Abilene Music Teachers Association and has held most of the offices in the association, including Student Affiliate Coordinator, and chairs of events.

Mrs. Van Cleave has accompanied for two school districts and a community show choir in addition to numerous solo venues. She studied with Shirley J. Anderson, NCTM for 11 years and earned the National Guild of Piano Teachers Paderewski Medal. Sharla was awarded AMTA Teacher of the Year Award in 1999 and 2007. She has served AMTA as President three times and as Student Affiliate Coordinator twice.

Sharla began a multi-teacher studio in 2018 and is currently an online only studio. She has identical twin grandsons, a horse, 3 donkeys, a dalmatian and numerous chickens and ducks. She has raced corvettes at the Abilene Dragstrip and Texas Motor Speedway.