Sixteen local associations receive grants. (Foundation News).

Sixteen local associations receive grants. (Foundation News). Sixteen Local Associations Receive GrantsA total of $5,865 was distributed from the FOUNDATION to sixteen localassociations in 2003. Recipients of the Local Association Matching andStart-Up Grants were announced at the FOUNDATION open meeting duringthe MTNA National Conference in Salt Lake City. Associations receivinggrants include the following:Spokane Chapter, WA Ethnic and Folk Influences Joseph Smith, on Major Composers presenterRoseburg District, OR Lecture and Master Class Dorothy Fahlman, lecturerNortheast Area MTA, IA Certification Study DayRogue Valley District, Baroque Performance Nancy Metzger, OR Practice Applied to the presenter PianoCapital Area MTA, MI Composition Workshop Mark Sullivan, presenterEugene District, OR The Life and Piano Music Dan Glover, of Maurice Ravel presenterCentral Pennsylvania How Children Learn: A Marvin MTA, PA Guide for the Piano Blickenstaff, Teacher presenterNorthern Delaware Curtis Students Present! Valley Chapter, PAEast Bay Chapter, CA East Bay Chapter Young Musicians CompetitionBlue Mountain A Comparison of Leonard Richter, District, OR Ornamentation and Dance presenter Influence in the Music of the Baroque and Classical MusicTri City Chapter, WA Geoffrey Haydon WorkshopLincoln County Beyond Kabalevsky Workshop Geneva Wright, District, OR presenterHuron Area MTA, SD Hooked on Piano Joyce Grill, presenterCentral Oregon Technique to Performance Elizabeth Stern, District, OR presenterTri-Cities MTA, AZ Benefit Recital and New Start-Up Workshop GrantCoweta-Fayette MTA, Concerto Competition New Start-Up GA GrantThe MTNA FOUNDATION awards these annual grants to provide assistance toMTNA-affiliated local associations and newly established or currentlyforming affiliated groups for the educational and professionaldevelopment of teachers and for the promotion of music in the immediatecommunity. Any MTNA-affiliated local may apply. Projects funded includeclinics, master classes, seminars, educational workshops to prepare forcertification examinations, community outreach projects, and projectspromoting interaction between local associations and student chapters,area colleges or other musical or arts organizations.Applications and guidelines for the 2004 grant program will beavailable September 1. The deadline date for receiving completedapplications is at the beginning of February. Recipients will beannounced at the 2004 MTNA National Conference in Kansas City,Missouri, and will receive funds no later than May 1, 2004.