[MASTA Board] Fwd: MASTA Grant Proposal - Teachers Orchestra

[Jim VanEizenga]

Hello all,

We haven't discussed a headliner much for next year. We always have our
headliner do 4 sessions. We could potentially change that but that is
something Karen, Dan, Mike, and myself would need to discuss.

The teacher orchestra is also done in conjunction with the MSBOA as it
serves as the lab orchestra for the conducting symposium. I'm not sure if
they pay a stipend to be the clinician for the conducting symposium or not.
I will ask our MSBOA colleagues on the planning committee.

However, I would caution against using money to pay a clinician for
sessions that is not our headliner. The MMC gives each organization a
budget to pay to bring in the headliner. Should Scott be the headliner, we
would have no need for this grant to be approved as Mike said. If he is not
our headliner, I would worry about a potential conflict of it looking like
MASTA is paying people to come in to do sessions, when presenters have to
pay to attend the conference as it is.

Would it be possible to let the MMC committee people discuss who our
headliner is going to be, investigate what kind, if any, compensation the
symposium clinicians get, and then come back to the board with a
recommendation on this?

Jim



On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 11:07 AM, Michael Hopkins <mhopkins43 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Scott is obviously a top-tier presenter and clinician. I do support this
> proposal, but perhaps it is not necessary....Could we bring him in to be
> the MASTA headliner and also direct the teacher's orchestra? Perhaps we
> could have him do 3 conference sessions and the orchestra. When I directed
> the orchestra in 2013 I don't recall if there was a separate honorarium
> from the one I received to be the MASTA Headliner. I did 4 sessions and
> conducted the orchestra. It was a bit much. Three sessions may be better if
> he will also be conducting.
>
> Moving forward, at the next board meeting we should discuss if we want an
> additional line item on the annual MASTA budget to support bringing in an
> out-of-state conductor for the MASTA Teacher's Orchestra. Personally, I
> liked that we were selecting the conductor from within our own state, but I
> could also see combining it with the MASTA Conference Headliner. All the
> headliners from the past several years - Bergonzi, Woolstenhulme, Meyer -
> would have been great directing the orchestra.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
> On 3/13/18 6:29 PM, janis peterson wrote:
>
> Dear MASTA Board:
> Below is a proposal from Joel Schut for a special grant to fund Scott
> Laird’s return to the MMC as teacher orchestra conductor and clinician.
> He’s asking for $1500 from MASTA.
> Let’s Reply All with comments and motions.  I will call for an email vote
> this weekend.
> Thanks for all you do - Janis
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From:* Joel Schut <joel.schut at gmail.com>
> *Date:* March 13, 2018 at 1:28:09 PM EDT
> *To:* janis peterson <janispeterson at hotmail.com>
> *Subject:* *Re: MASTA Grant Proposal - Teachers Orchestra*
>
> Thanks Janis!
>
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 12:15 PM, janis peterson <
> janispeterson at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So sorry...I was supposed to talk about this last week...and didn’t!  I’m
>> on a ferry to Fort Sumter(!) right now...I promise to act this evening and
>> will get back to you tonight!  Thanks- janis
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Mar 13, 2018, at 8:30 AM, Joel Schut <joel.schut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Janis,
>>
>> Hope you are well! Just wanted to check in to ensure that you received
>> the previous email with an attached grant proposal. Is this something you
>> feel the board might consider? Do you need anything submitted in another
>> format or a different approach to be considered? Thanks for any thoughts
>> you may have.
>>
>> Best,
>> Joel
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 10:11 AM, Joel Schut <joel.schut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Janis,
>>>
>>> I hope you are well. Attached is a proposal for a "special grant" with
>>> MASTA. I have spoken with Abby Alwin about the grants available and
>>> unfortunately this project doesn't fall cleanly into either of the
>>> categories yet greatly encompasses elements of both. Can you please let me
>>> know if you feel this is something MASTA would consider voting on?
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>> Joel Schut
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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