<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Members,<div><br></div><div dir="auto">Please see the message below from Michael Edwards </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div><div><p dir="ltr" id="m_-546016373732366182m_270687895006737900gmail-docs-internal-guid-cbb4a009-7fff-786f-4e9a-86caaad74f4c" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Now that registration is open for the Michigan Music Conference, I would like to invite you to participate in the Teachers Orchestra. The MMC Teachers Orchestra is delighted to welcome Octavio Mas-Arocas, Director of Orchestras at Michigan State University as the conductor clinician for 2024! We will be performing Starburst by Jessie Montgomery, Sleep by Eric Whitacre, Drops of Sun by Sean O'Loughlin, and Serenade for Strings by Edward Elgar. Please find important details and reminders about Teachers Orchestra below.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">1. Schedule</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Thursday, January 25, 2024</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Please plan to pick up your registration before our session. Our session is held in the Pantlind Ballroom (Amway Grand).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">12:00-12:30pm Check-in, warm-up, socialize</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">12:30pm-2:15pm - Rehearsal Lab with Octavio Mas-Arocas</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">2:30-4:00pm Conducting Symposium + program run through</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Friday, January 26, 2024</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">7:00pm - Performance in the Ambassador Ballroom (Amway Grand). Featuring MASTA Soloist Competition Winner</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Attire: Concert black (all black top and bottom, no jacket, no tie).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">2. Parts</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Please print and bring your own copies! </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vC0OHRIusKScexN1QJivWjWJlEv18k6l?usp=drive_link" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Click this link</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> to access a copy of the parts and scores.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">3. Conducting Symposium</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">If you are interested in getting individualized feedback from our clinician about your conducting, please register for the Symposium when you register for the conference. This is a great opportunity! There is an additional fee for participants. Contact </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Mark Stice</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> with your questions.</span></p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Please contact </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Michael Edwards</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> with questions regarding Teachers Orchestra.</span></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Musically yours,</div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><font size="4" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Michael Edwards</font></span></div><div>Director of Orchestras</div><div>Canton High School, P-CEP<br></div><div><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/8415+N+Canton+Center+Rd+Canton,+MI+48187+Office:+(734?entry=gmail&source=g">8415 N Canton Center Rd</a></div><div><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/8415+N+Canton+Center+Rd+Canton,+MI+48187+Office:+(734?entry=gmail&source=g">Canton, MI 48187</a></div><div><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/8415+N+Canton+Center+Rd+Canton,+MI+48187+Office:+(734?entry=gmail&source=g">Office: (734</a>) 416-2909</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Jed Fritzemeier, <div>Michigan Chapter President, </div><div>American String Teachers Association<div><i style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:arial,sans-serif">"So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning." Aaron Copland</i><br></div></div></div></div>