The Bower School of Music at FGCU is hosting a viola master class on Tuesday, April 12 from 4:30-6:30 PM. The guest artist will be Mark Jackobs, violist with The Cleveland Orchestra and faculty member at the Cleveland Institute of Music. FGCU students will be performing works by Bach, Schubert and Stamitz.
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Thank you to our FLASTA members for submitting their 2011 nominations. This year, the awards go to the following:
Lifetime Achievement Award- Judith Evans
Outstanding Educational Support- Pine Crest School
School Teacher of the Year- Sharon Greco
*Dr. Michael Allen Distinguished Service Award- Claudio Jaffe
*In memory of Dr. Allen, the FLASTA Distinguished Service Award has been renamed the FLASTA Dr. Michael Allen Distinguished Service Award
Florida Chapter-American String Teachers Association ("FLASTA") Announces Auditions for the ASTA National Honors Orchestra
Applications are now available for the ASTA National High School Honors Orchestra. The National High School Honors Orchestra will be held March 20- 24, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. Students in the eleventh and twelfth grades during the 2011/2012 school year may apply for stringed instruments. Percussion and wind students must be in ninth through twelfth grade during the 2011/2012 school year to apply.
All interested students must apply through the FLASTA Honors Orchestra Chairperson, Pamela McConnell. For specific audition requirements, please click here. The application, with audition CD must be received by Ms. McConnell by June 15, 2011. To download the application, please click here. FLASTA will provide travel stipends to students selected by the national committee for participation in the honors orchestra.
Applications should be mailed to:
Professor Pamela McConnell
Department of Instrumental Performance
Frost School of Music
Foster 125-A
5501 San Amaro Drive
Coral Gables, FLorida 33124
The 2010 Florida ASTA Solo String Competition took place on Saturday, Oct. 23rd in the Fine Arts Center on the campus of the University of North Florida. Contestants from Miami, Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville competed in both the Senior and Junior Divisions. The judge for the competition was Mr. Aaron Krosnick, a long-time member of FL-ASTA and a now-retired violin professor from Jacksonville University.
The winners of the 2010 FL-ASTA Solo String Competition are:
Haruka Kobayashi, senior violin --- Student of Dr. Simon Shiao Likai He, Junior violin—Student of Sergiu Schwartz Samuel Casseday, junior double bass—Student of Laurie and Kevin Casseday
The winners will submit their recordings to the National Semi-Final Round, with a chance of being invited to compete in the Final Round during the 2011 ASTA National Conference next March in Kansas City, MO. Only three or four contestants from each instrument category are invited to the Final Round, and for the last few years, Florida has enjoyed a very strong showing, with cellist Matthew Allen, the Florida Junior Division representative winning the 2008 National Competition. Mr. Krosnick was very impressed with the strong level of musicianship displayed by the contestants, and feels that this year’s group will again represent Florida well on the national level.
The three winners from this year’s competition have been invited to perform for the FL-ASTA breakfast in January during the FMEA Conference.
The Solo String Competition is held every two years, and the format has been to alternate between live auditions and recorded auditions. The next Florida State competition will be during the fall of 2012, and will be by recording. Repertoire for the competition is generally posted in the spring of the competition year, and can be found on the ASTA Solo Competition website.
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