<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'><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">MASTA, </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">You've another opportunity to connect with string colleagues who are working on updating the Student Achievement Testing <span style="font-size: 11pt;">string handbook/</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">exams used by the Michigan Music Teachers Association (MMTA) - a MASTA/MMTA project led by Wendy Zohar and Solomia Soroka. These folks have already updated through at least 5 levels of the SAT for violin! Bravo and thanks!</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Wendy will attend the upcoming 129th MMTA Conference - October 12-14, at the Henry Hotel, 300 Town Center Dr, Dearborn - for sure the morning of Monday, October 13. Wendy and Solomia really want input from other MMTA and ASTA members, so <i>let Wendy know if you might be at the conference that Monday OR if you </i></span><span style="font-size: 15px;"><i>simply wish to meet independently of the Conference the morning of October to discuss the SAT requirements…FYI </i></span></font>Dennis Alexander will serve as conference clinician…See the website for full Conference information: http://www.michiganmusicteachers.org/conference.php</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><i><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">You're making great changes for strings in Michigan. Thank you.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Sincerely, </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Diane L. Winder, DM</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Past President, MASTA</font></span></p><h4 style="font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin: 15px 0px 0px;"><a href="http://www.dennisalexander.com/" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 101, 130); font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; background-color: rgb(216, 212, 204);" target="_blank"></a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; background-color: rgb(216, 212, 204);"></span></h4><h4 style="font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin: 15px 0px 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></h4><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><i>. </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></p><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><br></div></div></div><br><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="3" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">-- </font><br><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span></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></span><br></div></div></body></html>