ASTA DC/MD Chapter

Event Details

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for information on the
2012 Solo String Instruments
Spring Festival

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ASTA MD/DC Chapter

Annual Membership

Meeting and Dinner

For all ASTA members and their guests!

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Featuring:
    Evan Drachman, the founder and artistic director of the Piatigorsky Foundation. Evan, the grandson of Gregor Piatigorsky, is a gifted cellist himself. He established this foundation to bring live music to underserved communities across the country.

Location:
    Buca di Beppo
    122 Kentlands Blvd.
    Gaithersburg, MD 20878

Time:
    Meeting at 6:00 p.m. Dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Parking:
    Ample parking in the lot.

Dinner:
    Italian food, served family style.

Cost:
    $30 per person

Click here for application form.
    This is a PDF file. You must have Adobe Reader (free) installed on your computer.

Make check payable to: ASTA MD/DC Chapter. The application form and your check must be received by April 7, 2012.

Send to:
    Jean Provine, Treasurer
    4611 Beechwood Rd.
    College Park, MD 20740

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MSMTA
 and 
ASTA MD/DC Chapter

2012 Spring Festival:

Solo String Instruments

Date:
 Sunday, April 1, 2012

Application deadline:
  February 17, 2012

Location: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
University of Maryland

Rte. 193 and Stadium Drive

College Park, Maryland



Sarah Cotterill, co-chair, 301-588-8983
May Ing Ruehle, co-chair, 301-277-8301
Jean Provine, co-chair, 301-927-5312

Fee: $20 per entry
    Click here to download an application form.
    Click here to download event details.
    (These are PDF files.
     You must have Adobe Reader installed on your computer.)

Eligibility: Students through 12th grade, age 6 and above,
 as of April 1, 2012.
 First Place winners from last year may enter competitively.

Time Limits:
 Ages 6–8                4 minutes

 Ages 9–10              6 minutes

 Ages 11–12            7 minutes

 Ages 13 and up     10 minutes

The following rules apply to this festival:


• Teachers are not allowed to accompany their own students.
 (Parents may accompany.)
• Competitive students must perform from memory and have an
 original part for the judge.


• Non-competing students may play from music and provide the
 judge with an original part if possible.
• In competitive events, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and Honorable Mention may
 be awarded. The judge’s decisions are final and not open to
 discussion.


• The judge’s comments of each performance will be sent to the
 teacher.
• Teachers must be members of either MSMTA or ASTA and be
 available to help on the day of the event.



The general rules governing MSMTA events also apply. 
Please read them carefully. Click here.