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The Music Arts Update

The MA Update is Music Arts' quarterly newsletter. Keep up with the latest happenings at Music Arts!

Spring Quarter 2008
Music Arts Shows its Jazz Side
Visiting Oak Ridge Schools!
Going . . .
. . . .and Coming
Free Symphony tickets offered to parents of Music Arts students
Jeanine Lafitte, new cello instructor
It’s time for your lesson with Frank Layton!

Winter Quarter 2007
Three New Instructors Join the Music Arts Faculty
Mystery Musician

Fall Quarter 2007
Music Arts Student Tours Europe
Mystery Musician
Have you missed quite a few lessons lately?
New Guitar Instructor Joins Music Arts Faculty!
Donate to the Scholarship Fund!
Music Arts Fund Drive Ongoing…it’s not too late to contribute!
For Sale: Pianos and Trumpet

Flute Instructor Attends the 2007 National Flute Association Convention

Summer Quarter 2007
Recent Additions to the Music Arts Faculty: David King, Clarinet & Saxophone
Eric Sampsel, Trombone
Madison Pearson Wins Big at Depot Day!

Spring Quarter 2007
Music Arts Welcomes New Guitar Instructor Robert Alfonso
David Eilart Joins Music Arts Faculty as Piano/Voice Instructor
Arts Council Celebrates 50th Birthday with Gala Celebration
Coffee Concert features Music Arts Instructors!
Music Arts Well-Represented
at ETSBOA Junior Clinic!!

Fall Quarter 2006
Be a Show-Off!
A timely reminder about your benefits!
It’s Time for our Annual Fund Drive!
PRACTICE?  Ugh.  But wait!  You also get.... better!
Got kind words about your instructor?
Practice, Practice, Practice!  Where have you heard that before?

Summer Quarter 2006
Music Arts visits Oak Ridge Schools
Moms feted at Mother’s Day recital
Want some free lessons?
We Welcome Lucie Novoveska!

Spring Quarter 2006
Community Orchestra News
Credit $ and Discount $
The Bird is Still Eating the House ...
A Thank-You Fan Letter

Winter Quarter 2005
Winter Quarter Means Composition Contest Time!
Missing lessons?  
Bridges wins Award!
Not bad at all!
Shannon Hamblen, fiddle instructor, returns!
Meet - Shane Morton, our new guitar instructor!
Want to Find Out More?

Fall Quarter 2005
Save a Stamp and Feed the Birdie
Fund Drive Launch
Haven't Been in a Recital Lately?
Pay by the fifth, earn discounts! Refer new students, earn free lessons!
Back on Schedule
Visiting Your School?
Meet Our Newest Instructors:
Beth Sampsel, Flute
Neil Newton, Guitar
Carmen Bonnell, Harp

Summer Quarter 2005
Composition Winners Announced
Student Guide Money-Saving Tips
Grants Galore
Music Class Offered
Welcome Our New Faculty Instructor!

Spring Quarter 2005
Welcome To the Board
Contest Deadline Extended
YOUR Summer opportunity
Top Chair Winners

Winter Quarter 2004
Winter Quarter Means Composition Contest Time!
We behave like guests
Parents’ Guest Column: On the Naggin’ Wagon
Meet - Amanda Thomas, our new fiddle instructor . . .
... and Virginia Vowell, our new voice instructor!

Fall Quarter 2004
The Bird that Ate the House!
Help Our Fund Drive, Please!
Want to Brag about Your Instructor?
Check Out Our New Sign!
Meet Ihsan Kartal, our New Cello Instructor!

Summer Quarter 2004
Washington D.C. National Symphony Orchestra visits Music Arts
Money-saving tips from the Student Guide
What Student Guide?
Did You Say Thank You?
Welcome to our New Faculty Members!

Spring Quarter 2004
Music Arts Supports the Troops
Composition Winners Announced
Give Aid to Music (and a few other worthy Arts causes) in Tennessee

Winter Quarter 2003-2004
Music Arts Caught Discriminating!
Donors Appreciated!
Shameless Bribe! Win free lessons!

Fall Quarter 2003
Welcome to Our New Facility!
Zapped?
Did you get a 10% discount on your continuing summer quarter lessons?
Paying Monthly?
Donors Appreciated!
Shameless Bribe! Win free lessons!

Summer Quarter 2003
Winners of Note!
Another 20th Anniversary Contest!
Odd Sense?
Guitar instructor joins Music Arts
Discover Organ This Summer

Spring Quarter 2003
Music Arts is 20 Years Old!
Help Us Celebrate our Anniversary!

Write Essay, Win $$ or Free Lessons
Trumpet Students Take Honors
Composition Contest entries due May 1
Last Year’s Composition Contest
New Officers!
Three Months of Sheet Music for $5.99

Winter Quarter 2002-2003
Another Loss to Our Faculty
Donors Appreciated!
Reception Well-Received
Want Your Bill Zapped?
Bass Instructor Joins Music Arts!

Fall Quarter 2002
A Loss to Our Faculty
Please Help our Scholarship Students!
Electronic Billing is Here!
. . . but it’s a One-Way Street . . .
Forgotten when the Quarter starts and ends?
Speaking of young beginners!
Want a 10% discount next summer?

Summer Quarter 2001
Do Your Friends and Neighbors a Favor
Extra Week...?
Did You Get a Summer Quarter Discount?
"My Music Teacher is Special Because..." Contest!

Winter Quarter 2000-2001
Drummer joins Music Arts
Yes, Earn Free Lessons!
But Wait, You Also Get... (free events)

Fall Quarter 2000
Welcome Professor Fracalanza!
Bird That Ate The House?
... and we can E-Mail Your Bill
Kids Get In Free To Concerts
Got the Student Guide?
Kudos to our Summer Interns

Summer Quarter 2000
Competition Winners Named!
Summer Quarter Programs
Underwriting WUOT!
What's a Parent to Do??

Spring Quarter 2000
New Invoice Format!
The Brass Are at It Again!
Composition Contest Winners!

Winter Quarter 1999-2000
Milepost: 1000th Invoice Sent!
Free Lessons?
Holiday sheet music... free!
Composition Contest Time!
Who Dunnit?

Fall Quarter 1999
Your bill is in the e-mail!
Music Theory Olympics Time!
A Big Hello to Edward Pierce!

Spring Quarter 1999
Performance Competition Time
The Recital Brigade Needs Help
1999 Composition Contest Winners Announced

Winter Quarter 1998-99
Theory Olympics Scores Big
Reviewer's Corner

Fall Quarter 1998
Comings and Goings
Join the Theory Olympics Fun
Put it in the Drop Box
Visit our Web Site

Summer Quarter 1998
Great Performers!
Comings and Goings
Summer Discount???
Summer program announcement

Music Arts Articles

Read articles written by various instructors and other contributors:

Music Arts Awards Scholarships
By Nancy England

The Recital
by Cathy Bridges
from the Spring Quarter 2005 Update

Acoustic or Electric?
by Rudolph Nemeth
from the Winter Quarter 2003-2004 Update

P is for Practice
by Marshunda Smith
from the Fall Quarter 2003 Update

Develop Your audiencemanship (among other things!) Go to Concerts!
by Nancy England
from the Winter Quarter 2002-2003 Update

Be an Upright Citizen!
by Marcay Dickens
from the Summer Quarter 2001 Update

Music and the Internet
by Rudolph Nemeth
from the Winter Quarter 2000-2001 Update

An Age-Old Question: How Much Daily Practice is Necessary?
by Shannon Hamblen
from the Spring Quarter 2000 Update

Tales from Summer Music Camp
by Stacy Taylor
from Fall Quarter 1999 Update

Music Arts Begins New School Year
by Nancy England
for the Oak Ridger - September 3, 1999

Why a Music School?
by Nancy England
from Fall Quarter 1998 Update

Recitals: Action Cures Fear!!
by Lisa Griggs
from Summer Quarter 1998 Update

Vocalists
At a Music Arts recital, three vocal students of Lisa Griggs were awarded roses in honor of their graduation from high school.

 

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