<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "><div>MASTA, </div><div><br></div><div>You have students who need to enter this......! A new push for MASTA, to engage string students grades 9-12 <i>through college! </i>Please print the attached flier and post. NOTE 1 MAY DEADLINE! </div><div><br></div><div>The winning article (or media submission) will be either published in our MASTA <i>Notes</i> or online at our MASTA website. WOW.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to Melissa Knecht for facilitating! Do this......! Encourage and challenge your students......</div><div><br></div><div>Best, Diane L. Winder, DM</div><div>President, MASTA</div><div style="font-style: normal; ">- - - - -</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-style: normal; "><br></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:
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</span>Competition Description:</span></b></p>
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The annual MASTA Youth String Teaching Projects Competition is designed to promote excellence in string teaching inquiry, research and publication among high school and college students. The competition offers the opportunity to be published in
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">MASTA Notes.</i><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Any student supervised by a MASTA string educator and presently in grades 9-12 or enrolled in college are welcome.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Entries must be original contributions to the field of string teaching, pedagogy and performance.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
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<span style="font-family:Times;color:black">MASTA will consider manuscripts of all length. However, a maximum of 1000 words in length is preferred. The manuscript should use
</span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:
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</span><span style="font-family:Times;color:black">Multimedia projects will also be accepted. Electronic submissions as Word attachments are preferable. A panel of string education and string pedagogy scholars will select the winning entries.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Times;color:black">(1)<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>
Compile and assess methods used to teach “knowledge of the fingerboard” in <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
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<span style="font-family:Times;color:black">(2) Review the history of the development of the violin solo artist in America.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Times;color:black">(3) Investigate the effectiveness of incorporating physical warmup exercises or
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>yoga prior to orchestra rehearsals. Create a video demonstrating results.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Times;color:black">All entries should be post marked by May 1, 2014.</span></p>
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</span>Send submissions to Melissa Gerber Knecht (mknecht@hillsdale.edu) or:</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica;color:#1B1B1B">winners will receive many professional benefits from publication in
<i>MASTA NOTES</i>. These include:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>professional exposure that often leads to accountability for graduate school applications, invitations to serve as a workshop clinician or consultant, and increased credibility as an
expert on a particular topic. In addition, the sponsoring school and string teacher/professor will receive state-wide recognition.</span></p>
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</div><br><br><br>-- <br><div><span name="x"></span>Department Head, Department of Music & Dance<br>Professor of Cello<br>Eastern Michigan University<br>N-101 Alexander Music Building<br>Ypsilanti, MI 48197<br>734.487.4380 O <br>734.487.1421 Studio (354 Alexander)<br>734.487.6939 FAX<span name="x"></span><br></div><style>
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