 President's Message Congratulations to the 2016 Artist Advanced Piano Competition Winners, and their awesome teachers who are listed in this newsletter! They presented a beautiful concert at the Everson on March 12, 2016. The chairmen of this event deserve a round of applause as well. Thank you Amy Heyman, Ya-Wei Tseng, and Linda Auser.Congratulations to Christopher Spinelli, student of John Spradling, for winning the Senior Scholarship Competition! He will perform at the May 14, 2016 Senior Scholarship and Vocal Competition Winners' recital, held at the Everson. Thank you chairmen James Lee Vatter and Lynn Moroz! A special thank you to Alina Plourde for the Improvisation workshop held on March 4, 2016. All reports were positive on the learning while having fun curve! Watch for more of these. Thank you Alyssa Blount for chairing the Sarah Crocker Vonsattel violin masterclass on March 7, 2016. It was a wonderful evening providing students with excellent instruction from an amazing artist!
On a sharing note:
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Color in My Piano http://www.colorinmypiano.com Joy Morin is a piano teacher in Ohio. Her site is full of pertinent information for music teaching, many freebies, and endless ideas. Joy strives to prevent music-making/teaching from becoming a job, a task, or a requirement - and inspires us as teachers to keep "color in my piano" for both our students and ourselves. You will love exploring her site. 88 Piano Keys http://88pianokeys.me In the words of Leila Viss..."Life centers around the piano bench for me. I enjoy writing about this obsession-oops, I mean profession-focusing on my favorite key topics: the iPad, teaching tips, creativity and at least 88 others." Leila has great ideas, topics, Get Inspired video episodes, and much much more! Sheryl Welles has numerous freebies, ideas, and online store resources. Music Educator Resources http://musiceducatorresources.com The place to help you, as music teachers stay up to date with helpful resources and tips that will ultimately benefit your students. Whether you teach music privately or in a classroom, many of the resources and tips shared are adaptable to fit your specific needs. Enjoy exploring!!! Patricia Box CNYAMT President
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 Upcoming Events
Saturday, April 2, Spring Playathon, 10:00-5:00, Piano & Organ Center, North Syracuse
Saturday, April 9, Vocal Masterclass with Marcus Haddock, 11:00-1:00, Park Central Presbyterian Church
Wednesday, April 13, Board Meeting, 9:30-11:30, Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church
Saturday, April 16, Community Outreach Recital at The Hearth at Greenpoint, Liverpool, 1:15
Saturday, April, 30, Instrumental Competition, Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church, All Day, Deadline for applications, 4/16
Friday, May 1, Instrumental Competition Winners' Recital, Everson, 12:30
Friday, May 1, Deadline for Music Camp and Senior Merit Scholarship Applications
Saturday, May 7, Vocal Competition, OCC, 1:00, Deadline for applications 4/16
Please check our website for more information! cnyamt.org
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Vocal Masterclass With Marcus Haddock, tenor
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Piano Competition Winners Announced 
CNYAMT is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 piano competitions. SENIOR WINNERS - March 5, 2016 Place Studio of 1st Thomas Nguyen John Spradling 2nd Brad Zell Paul Burgay 3rd Angela Wu John Spradling 4th Joshua Mckinnis Patricia DeAngelis 1st Alternate Nicholas Cantello John Spradling INTERMEDIATE - March 5, 2016 Place Studio of 1st Lisa Zhou Patricia DeAngelis 2nd Tania Hrosar John Spradling 1st Alternate Zoe Curewitz Ida Trebicka Adjudicators: Tina Toglia - D.M.A Stonybrook Dmitri Novgorodsky - Ithaca College Senior Competition Chair : Amy Heyman Intermediate Competition Chair: Ya-Wei Tseng Assisting at the Competition: Linda Auser JUNIOR - February 27, 2016 Place Studio of 1st Kaelem Michel Patricia DeAngelis 2nd Alex Wu John Spradling 3rd Peilin Lu John Spradling 1st Alternate Rena Steele Amy Heyman ELEMENTARY - February 27, 2016 Place (HH = High Honors, H = Honor) Studio of HH Janie Kang Amy Heyman HH Nathan Liu Ya-Wei Tseng H Kate Saluti Ida Trebicka Elementary and Junior Competition Chair: Linda Auser Adjudicators: Tina Toglia - D.M.A Stonybrook Dr. Bonnie Choi, Nazareth College Assisting at the Competition: Amy Heyman, Ya-Wei Tseng |
 2016 CNYAMT Scholarship Competition Winner Announced On Saturday March 19, 2016 our annual Scholarship Competition was held.
We are very happy to announce that Christopher Spinelli, piano, a student of John Spradling, was awarded the $1,000 prize.
The judge was pianist and teacher Steven Heyman of Syracuse University and Colgate University.
Christopher will perform at the Senior Scholarship and Vocal Competition winners' recital on May 14, 2016 at the Everson Museum of Art.
Many thanks to Steven Heyman, Amy Heyman, Lynn Moroz, and James Vatter for making this a successful venture.
Christopher Spinelli is a senior at Fayetteville-Manlius High School. A three-consecutive year winner of the CNYAMT Piano Competition, he entered and won the senior division at age 14. At age 12, and again at 16, he was a finalist in the Syracuse Symphony Youth Concerto Competition. He has participated in various piano competitions in Upstate New York, including the Thousand Islands International Piano Festival and Competition for Young People at Cape Vincent. He has also participated in the Civic Morning Musicals Wednesday Recital Series in 2014, 2015 and again in 2016. He was the 2015 winner of the James and Katherine Andrews Young Artist Instrumental Competition held at the Crane School of Music, and was privileged to perform with The Orchestra of Northern New York.
Chris enjoys sports from basketball to longboarding, and relaxes by initiating improvisational Jazz sessions with his Dad. A high honor roll student, he excels in Latin, and enjoys writing. He has served as accompanist for his high schools' Jazz Chorale and as organist for his church.
Both Christopher and his parents credit his musical accomplishment to John Spradling's expertise, passion, patience and teaching style.
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 CNYAMT Instrumental Competition The Central New York Association of Music Teachers Instrumental Competition will be held on April 30, 2016. The competition is open to all wind, brass, percussion and string students ages 10 through 18, in two divisions. CNYAMT membership is not required to participate. The winners of each division will perform on the winner's recital on May 1st at 12:30 at the Everson Museum of Art. All entrants will receive a certificate of participation and written comments from professional judges. Winners will receive a cash prize. We have found this competition to be a terrific "warmup" for NYSSMA. Not only does this opportunity give your students the chance to perform, but also to receive comments that will enhance their NYSSMA performance! The deadline for applications is April 16, 2016. An application and pertinent information can be found on our website at: www.cnyamt.org under the event tab. We hope that many of your students will participate! Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
Competition Chairs
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 CNYAMT Vocal Competition
The HS Vocal Competition Committee is asking all members to let your best students know about the 9th -12th grade CNYAMT High School Vocal Competition which will be held the afternoon of May 7, 2016 at OCC. This is a wonderful experience for young singers to polish 3 songs to perform before expert judges and receive constructive feedback. There are prizes at all grade levels, plus a chance to perform in concert the following week at the Everson Museum. Application deadline April 16th.
Application and guidelines attached, as well as available on CNYAMT.org website.
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 Summer Camp/Merit Scholarships
The application deadline for the Music Camp Scholarships and the Senior Merit Scholarship is
May 1, 2016. For your convenience the applications can be found on our website cnyamt.org
or as a download below.
A few places to consider for music camps....there are many more...
2. Ithaca Summer Music Academy
5. LeMoyne Summer Arts Institute
7. NYSSSA - New York Summer School of the Arts http://www.oce.nysed.gov/nysssa/ 8. Bristol Hills Music Camp, Canandaigua, NY
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Sarah Crocker Vonsattel Masterclass Here are some wonderful photos from the Sarah Crocker Vonsattel Masterclass that was held in March.
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 CNYAMT Calendar of Events
Here is our updated CNYAMT Calendar. Please take a moment to become familiar with all of our wonderful upcoming events.
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