Winter Quarter 1999-2000 November 29, 1999 - February 27, 2000

Milepost: 1000th Invoice Sent!

Congratulations to Susan Cade, who received this year's 1000th invoice.

We're also keeping tabs on email invoices and intend to honor the recipient of the 100th email invoice when that happens. Make it happen soon by asking us to send your bills electronically.

Why not sign up by calling us at 865-482-5614? And you can always reach us through our interactive website, www.MusicArtsSchool.org.

Free Lessons?

You bet! Just refer a new student (whose immediate family members have not studied with Music Arts for at least 4 years) and you'll be awarded one free lesson for every Quarter the new student completes... over the next TWO years! That's a total of eight possible lessons! Read more about it in your Music Arts Student Guide, page 8.

Be sure to ask your referred student to let us know that it was you that recommended Music Arts. How can we afford to do this? We call it our advertising budget!

Holiday sheet music... free!

Looking for some neat Christmas pieces to play? Visit our very own Rudolph Nemeth, a very popular piano instructor and composer who has his own website at www.RudolphsMusic.com (and also linked to the Music Arts website). You can download all ten complete compositions and get a headstart on the holidays!

Composition Contest Time!

It's time again for everybody's favorite Music Arts challenge. All our students up through grade 12 are eligible and we hope that each one will join in on the fun.

We've had some excellent short pieces for a big range of instruments, including piano. trumpet, cello, voice, guitar, clarinet, and a few combinations of these. The Symphonic portion of the contest is for those who'd like to write for a bigger group such as band or orchestra. The winner of the Symphonic Division will hear his or her composition rehearsed by the Oak Ridge Community Orchestra, and at the discretion of the conductor, may be performed in a concert as happened to the winner three years ago.

The compositions are judged by a panel of Music Arts instructors, who look for creativity and a knowledge of note writing. Pieces written on the computer are acceptable, but students are encouraged to submit "clean" versions that accurately reflect their intentions and are musically reproducible by another person.

Who Dunnit?

We're still looking for a winner who can identify the piece and composer of the music on page 4 of the Student Guide.

Hint #2: Another work by this composer was recently performed by the Oak Ridge Chorus and Symphony.

If you don't have your copy of the Guide, as your instructor for it at your next lesson! There's $25 in it for the first correct answer from one of our students. Maybe you?