Missouri Music Notes
February 2018
President's Message
MFMC Centennial Convention - May 18-19, 2018
The convention hotel is the Holiday Inn Country Club Plaza. Go ahead and make your reservations now! The rate is $129/night. This link is applicable for Thursday & Friday night reservations. If you wish to stay additional nights, it is better to call 866-280-6326. The group rate must be booked by April 18th. The group code is MCL or ask for Missouri Federation of Music Clubs.
Junior Composer Winners
Class IV - Age 16-18
1st Place: Olivia Bennett for "Nefarious", student of Carlyle Sharpe
2nd Place: Madeline Stoces for "The Minerva Thief", student of Jennifer Harkey
Class III - Age 13-15
1st Place: Abigail Coates for "Minuet & Trio in D Minor", student of Cindy Dittrich
2nd Place: Sarah Miller for "Mist in the Forgotten Garden", student of Leann Rodman
Class II - Age 10-12
1st Place: Evan Marshall for "Echoes", student of Christine Vitt
2nd Place: Sophia Tasset for "Caught in the Wind", student of Rebecca Scott
Class I - age 9 and under - no entries
Congratulations to the winners!
Student/Collegiate Auditions
Saturday, Mar 10, 2018, 01:00 PM
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), East Capitol Avenue, Jefferson City, MO, USA
Upcoming Deadlines
March 1st
$4,000 Emil & Ruth Beyer Composition Awards
$2,500 NFMC Virginia Allison Collaborative Award
$2,000 NFMC Joyce Walsh Junior Award for the Handicapped
$1,800 NFMC Mary Alice Cox Award for Double bass or Cello
$1,400 NFMC Dorothy Dann Bullock Music Therapy Scholarship
$1,200 NFMC Carolyn Nelson Double Reed Award
$1,100 Student/Collegiate Composition Award
$1,000 W.Paul Benzinger/Valentin Award for the Blind Performance Award
$1,000 Marilyn Caldwell Piano Award
$1,000 NFMC Oscar Valentin Violin Award
$700 NFMC Ernest A Bluhm Flute Award
$600 NFMC Myrtle Mehan/Hazel Morgan Music Education Scholarship
$500 NFMC Claire Ulrich Whitehurst (Flanagan) Piano Award$500 NFMC Music for the Blind Composition Award
March 15
$5,000 Martha Marcks Mack Senior Vocal Award
April 1
$1,500 NFMC Elizabeth Paris French Horn Award
$1,200 NFMC Gretchen E. Van Roy Music Education Scholarship
$500 NFMC and MFMC Ruth Morse Wilson Handbell Award
For more details, go to www.nfmc-music.org. Quickest is to search for a keyword of the award. Good luck!
Most Musical Family and Church Musician of the Year
Welcome
President Julie Watson
Email: Julie@JewelsofTravel.com
Website: www.MissouriFMC.org
Phone: 913-908-2386
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/missourifmc/