<div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Mary Kothman</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:mary.kothman@wmich.edu">mary.kothman@wmich.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 9:45 AM<br>Subject: 2024 Chamber Music Festival registration open!<br>To: <a href="mailto:chappellc@aaps.k12.mi.us">chappellc@aaps.k12.mi.us</a> <<a href="mailto:chappellc@aaps.k12.mi.us">chappellc@aaps.k12.mi.us</a>>, Nick Mosley <<a href="mailto:mosleyn@monashores.net">mosleyn@monashores.net</a>>, <a href="mailto:jedfritz77@gmail.com">jedfritz77@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:jedfritz77@gmail.com">jedfritz77@gmail.com</a>>, Michael Hopkins <<a href="mailto:mhopkins@umich.edu">mhopkins@umich.edu</a>><br>CC: Burke Lokey <<a href="mailto:blokey@sjschools.org">blokey@sjschools.org</a>>, Michael Hovnanian <<a href="mailto:michael.hovnanian@wmich.edu">michael.hovnanian@wmich.edu</a>>, Colin A Bieszard <<a href="mailto:colin.a.bieszard@wmich.edu">colin.a.bieszard@wmich.edu</a>>, Wendy Tenney <<a href="mailto:wtenney@lowelleducation.com">wtenney@lowelleducation.com</a>>, Tenney, Amy <<a href="mailto:ATenney@rockfordschools.org">ATenney@rockfordschools.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:mpeters@bcpsk12.net">mpeters@bcpsk12.net</a> <<a href="mailto:mpeters@bcpsk12.net">mpeters@bcpsk12.net</a>>, Megan Crawford <<a href="mailto:meganvln14@gmail.com">meganvln14@gmail.com</a>>, Denis Shebukov <<a href="mailto:shebukhovdv@kalamazoopublicschools.net">shebukhovdv@kalamazoopublicschools.net</a>>, Aaron Tenney <<a href="mailto:tenneya@npchristian.org">tenneya@npchristian.org</a>>, Silvia Sidorane McClish <<a href="mailto:smcclish@portageps.org">smcclish@portageps.org</a>>, Nicholas Jeffery <<a href="mailto:njefferyviola@gmail.com">njefferyviola@gmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:dcrider@kjso.org">dcrider@kjso.org</a> <<a href="mailto:dcrider@kjso.org">dcrider@kjso.org</a>>, Stuart, Wendy <<a href="mailto:wstuart@troy.k12.mi.us">wstuart@troy.k12.mi.us</a>>, <a href="mailto:jim.vaneizenga@gmail.com">jim.vaneizenga@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:jim.vaneizenga@gmail.com">jim.vaneizenga@gmail.com</a>>, Jenna Stith Love <<a href="mailto:stithjr@kalamazoopublicschools.net">stithjr@kalamazoopublicschools.net</a>>, Junqi Tang <<a href="mailto:junqi.tang@wmich.edu">junqi.tang@wmich.edu</a>>, Cynthia Atkinson <<a href="mailto:catkinson@bcpsk12.net">catkinson@bcpsk12.net</a>>, Bruce J Uchimura <<a href="mailto:bruce.uchimura@wmich.edu">bruce.uchimura@wmich.edu</a>>, Molly Hull <<a href="mailto:mhull1@battle-creek.k12.mi.us">mhull1@battle-creek.k12.mi.us</a>>, Igor Fedotov <<a href="mailto:igor.fedotov@wmich.edu">igor.fedotov@wmich.edu</a>>, Audrey Lipsey <<a href="mailto:aalipsey@crescendoacademy.com">aalipsey@crescendoacademy.com</a>>, Joseph Oprea <<a href="mailto:joprea@lowellschools.com">joprea@lowellschools.com</a>>, Dan Scott <<a href="mailto:dscott1996@gmail.com">dscott1996@gmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:joseph.harmsen@gmail.com">joseph.harmsen@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:joseph.harmsen@gmail.com">joseph.harmsen@gmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:lfletcher@kalamazoojuniorsymphony.com">lfletcher@kalamazoojuniorsymphony.com</a> <<a href="mailto:lfletcher@kalamazoojuniorsymphony.com">lfletcher@kalamazoojuniorsymphony.com</a>>, Paul Le <<a href="mailto:ple@lakeviewspartans.org">ple@lakeviewspartans.org</a>>, Melissa Knecht <<a href="mailto:mknecht@hillsdale.edu">mknecht@hillsdale.edu</a>><br></div><br><br>
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The 2024 Chamber Music Festival registration is up and running. The Festival will be held on Monday, March 4th, at WMU with WMU faculty serving as coaches and judges. We will also have luthier Peter Lynch and physical therapist Jill Ruterbusch as enrichment
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Would you please share this flyer with colleagues and also post on the MASTA website? And as always, please contact me with any questions.</div>
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As a reminder, students do not have to participate in the competition to participate in the activities of the day.</div>
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We are looking forward to hearing some wonderful young musicians!</div>
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Thank you!</div>
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</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>