[Members] MASTA Ballot - IMPORTANT

Tue Feb 14 22:08:10 UTC 2012

Dear
MASTA Members, February 14, 2012

By
this email you're invited to vote by electronic ballot for the 2012-14
MASTAExecutive
Board nominees.
Deadline for return of this ballot is Tuesday,
February 28th.You'll find that our present Member at Large, Secretary, and
Treasurer have indicated that they'd like to remain for another term
as incumbents.  However, our by-laws state that two people be offered
for each office so that members still have a choice.  Please find
each candidates bios at the end of this email before you vote. 

It's
inspiring to read about these folks and all of them would do a
fantastic job for MASTA as Executive officers.   Each is already a
winner, respected and admired by their constituents for their many
achievements! 

Copy
this email ballot, paste into a return email, mark your selections
(one in each category), and return electronically to me at stevereed52 at yahoo.comno later than midnight, Tuesday,
February 28th,
OR copy and mail  to Steve Reed, 1610 Sun Prairie Drive, St. Joseph,
MI 49085, postmarked by midnight, Tuesday,
February 28th, 2012.

Looking
forward to hearing from all of you and thank you to all the nominees. With your leadership our future continues to look bright indeed.  
The new MASTA Board will begin their terms at our Spring meeting
which takes place at the Michigan Youth Arts Festival in May, 2012.  

Sincerely,
Steven L. Reed, MASTA, Past-President, nominations chair

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MASTA
NOMINATIONS BALLOT
(please
vote for one per office – note: only one nominee for Member at
Large)

PRESIDENT
ELECT
___ Amy Marr
___ Tim Staudacher
TREASURER
___ Karen Viele – incumbent
___ Tracey Riggs
MEMBER
AT LARGE
___ Gabe Villasurda - incumbent
SECRETARY
___ Linda Trotter – incumbent
___ Andrea Yun

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AMY
MARR has directed the Tecumseh School Orchestra (TSO) Program since 2004,
which currently has 350 students in grades five through twelve.  In
November 2010, she founded the Tecumseh Fiddlers, a performance
ensemble from Tecumseh High School who regularly performs in the
Tecumseh community and was featured at the 2011 Saline Celtic
Festival.  In addition to teaching the TSO program, Amy maintains a
private violin, viola, cello, and bass studio in Tecumseh and is
earning her Master’s Degree in Music Education from her Alma mater,
Eastern Michigan University.  Amy is the concert-mistress of the
Tecumseh Pops Orchestra, a member of the violin section of the Adrian
Symphony Orchestra, and frequently featured in pit orchestras and
on-stage fiddle bands at the Tecumseh Center for the Arts and the
Croswell Opera House.  Amy is currently finishing her term as the
National Chair of the Eclectic Strings Committee for the ASTA, the
National Chair of the ASTA Eclectic Strings Festival, and a member of
the ASTA National Conference Planning Committee. Previously, she
served a two-year term on each of the following National ASTA
committees as well:  the Committee for School Orchestras and Strings
and the Potter Violin Awards Committee. She also serves as the Chair
of the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association’s Alternative
Styles Day and is the MSBOA District VIII Vice-President for
Orchestral Activities.  Amy was a member of the MASTA String Camp
Staff for 10 years, including 5 years as the Assistant Director of
Sessions I and II.  Amy has presented sessions on starting new string
programs, recruiting, motivation, and alternative-styles/eclectic
strings music at each of the ASTA National Conferences since 2006, as
well as the 2009 – 2012 Michigan Music Conferences.  

TIM
STAUDACHERis a
graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy and the University of
Michigan, from which he earned his Bachelor of Music with a String
Specialist endorsement.  He has completed graduate studies at Grand
Valley State University, Central Michigan University, and VanderCook
College of Music.  In 2011, Mr. Staudacher retired from the Mona
Shores Public School District where he taught instrumental music and
served as the performing arts department chair.  He has been a
faculty member of the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and Interlochen Arts
Camp as well as served as the international conductor for the Czech
Music Youth Camp in the Czech Republic.  Mr.  Staudacher plays double
bass and has been a member of the Grand Rapids Symphony, the West
Shore Symphony, and many regional orchestras.  He has been an active
member of MSBOA serving in several district executive board positions
and on the state string committee.  He is also currently the
membership chairman of the Michigan American String Teachers
Association.  Under Mr. Staudacher, the Mona Shores Orchestras have
been featured performers in the Michigan Music Conference in 2000 and
2008.  Mr. Staudacher established international performance tours
with his high school group, traveling to China in 2005, and in 2008
to Ireland and England.  In 2011 Mr. Staudacher was awarded the MSBOA
Orchestra Teacher of the Year.  In January 2012 he served as the
Middle School All State Orchestra conductor at the Michigan Music
Conference in Grand Rapids.
Tim
currently works as a private studio teacher, free-lance double
bassist and clinician.  Tim has been married to his wife Jeri for 34
years.  They have two sons and two grandchildren.  

KAREN
VIELE:(incumbent) Graduated from Michigan State University with BA and MA
degrees - a student of Lyman Bodman. After 31 wonderful years of
directing orchestras at Waverly Community Schools, Lansing Public
Schools and Midland Public Schools she is working part time for the
Marshall Music Company as an orchestral consultant traveling to
schools around the state as a clinician and advisor to orchestra
directors and their students. Karen conducted orchestras at Blue Lake
Fine Arts Camp for fifteen years. Karen has served MSBOA in many
offices including a term as Chairperson for the Youth Arts Festival.
She was MSBOA Orchestra Teacher of the Year in 1991. Karen has served
MASTA as Secretary and Treasurer. Midland Public Schools honored her
with the Gerstacker Award for Teaching Excellence in 2004. She
continues her work with adjudication around the state, conducts
handbells at the First Presbyterian Church of Holt, Michigan and is
working with ACT Uganda, a non profit organization helping the
village of Muko, Uganda survive and prosper. Karen enjoys travel with
her husband, Dave, and together they enjoy their five children and
five grandchildren. 

TRACEY
RIGGS,a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and the University of
Nebraska, began her teaching career in Detroit.  For the past
seventeen years, she has worked for the Farmington Public Schools and
currently teaches orchestra at East Middle School. Tracey plays the
viola in the Michigan Philharmonic, the Birmingham-Bloomfield
Symphony Orchestra, and the Rochester Symphony.  She also performs as
a freelance musician throughout the Metro-Detroit area. Tracey and
her husband, Ray, have three children and they welcomed their second
grandchild in November.  In addition to being a member of MASTA,
Tracey is a member of the National Association of Music Educators and
the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association.  She has served
MSBOA by hosting Middle Level String Clinics and serving on the MSBOA
Music Selection Committee.  She would be honored to serve on the
MASTA board if selected.

GABRIEL
A. VILLASURDA , (incumbent)
anative of Detroit, Villasurda attended The University of Michigan at
Ann Arbor where he earned Bachelor and Master degrees in Music
Education . He studied violin with Gustave Rosseels and Arthur
Tabachnick and conducting with Elizabeth Green and Theo Alcantara. He
has held school posts in New York, Michigan, Indiana, Hawaii, and
London, UK and college posts in Hawaii and Ohio. Summer teaching at
the Interlochen Arts Camp spanned 35 years.  He has done numerous
clinics and adjudications in Michigan, Hawaii and many major
in-service conferences. He served as an ASTA state officer, chair of
the String Committee of the Michigan School Band and Orchestra
Association, and president of the Hawaii state MENC chapter. He is
author of the website www.stringskills.com which
offers free teaching materials for school orchestra teachers.

LINDA
TROTTER (incumbent)is in her 29th
year of teaching.  She currently is the orchestra director at Orchard
Lake Middle School and West Bloomfield High School.  In addition, she
serves as the music and art department chairperson at West Bloomfield
High School.  Previously she taught orchestra and band in the Detroit
Public Schools. Linda also serves as an adjunct professor of music at
Marygrove College of Music. Linda is currently the Membership
Secretary for the Michigan chapter of the American String Teachers
Association. She has been very active in the Michigan School Band and
Orchestra Association as the secretary and treasurer for the MSBOA
state executive board and Vice President of Orchestral Activities.
She has also served her MSBOA district IV as assistant Vice President
to B&O, corresponding secretary and secretary.  Linda has been
active as an MSBOA string adjudicator, Mid Level Orchestra conductor,
and guest clinician.  Additionally, her conducting posts have
included Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, the Dearborn Youth Symphony
Orchestra, and the Detroit Public Schools Honor’s Orchestra. As
a violinist, Linda is a member of the Warren Symphony and the Grosse
Pointe Symphony (Principal Second) Orchestras, and has been a member
of the Dearborn Symphony (Principal Second), Dearborn Festival
(Concertmaster), Detroit Symphony Civic (Concertmaster), and the
Windsor Symphony orchestras. She has been a soloist with the Dearborn
Symphony, Dearborn Festival Orchestra, Southfield Symphony, and
Grosse Pointe Symphony Orchestras. Her recording credits include the
works of William Banfield, Richard Smallwood, and Fred Hammond. Linda
has played in back up orchestras for Harry Belefonte, Aretha
Franklin, Lori Morgan, Smokey Robinson, Barry White, and Stevie
Wonder to name a few.  Linda is a graduate from Michigan State
University with a Bachelor of Music in Education, and Marygrove
College with a Masters in the Art of Teaching.  She attended Adrian
College and took advanced courses at Wayne State University. Linda is
married to Thomas Trotter and they have one daughter, Lauren.

Dr.
ANDREA YUNteaches privately in Ann Arbor and is an active performer. As the
current webmaster for the MASTA website, she is dedicated to the
mission of MASTA. She is currently the principal cellist of the
Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, and has performed recently with the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Windsor Symphony and Traverse Symphony
Orchestra. Past positions include: principal cellist, Flint
Symphony; principal cellist, Laredo Philharmonic, TX; assistant
professor, University of Texas at San Antonio; adjunct professor,
Bowling Green State University; orchestra director, Ann Arbor
Pioneer High School; orchestra director, Okemos Middle Schools; board
of directors, San Antonio Chamber Music Society; selection committee,
Kaleidoscope Concert, Suzuki Association of the Americas;
clinician, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Interlochen All-State
Orchestra Camp, and Suzuki workshops across the Midwest. In the
past year, Dr. Yun has spent three months in Meru, Kenya, to work
with a fledgling string program there. Dr. Yun holds a dual
bachelor’s degree in music education and mathematics, and also a
master’s degree in cello performance from Indiana University; at
the University of Michigan, she completed a doctorate in cello
performance. Dr. Yun's solo performances have been heard on Canadian
Broadcast Corporation (CBC) Radio.   
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