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Ashley's Aspirations
Greetings
Dallas Alumni!
Welcome to Spring!
Our next International Convention is right around the corner and I hope
that each of you plan to attend.
Personally, this will be my third convention having been a member since
2010. The first time I attended I was the delegate for the Phi Tau
chapter. It was at this convention that I met Rosemary Ames, who was
incredibly kind and encouraging. In fact, I met so many people that were
like Rosemary that I began to wonder if I would meet anyone I didn’t
like. The other delegates from South Central 2 became some of my closest
friends.
The next convention I attended was not as a delegate, but as a District
Director in-training. I learned so much from the workshops and classes!
I also had the pleasure of watching a dear friend compete in the
International Competition.
I share this with you in hopes that you will reminisce on what makes
convention so special and share them with one another. Encourage those
who have not gone before to go. The end of each triennium is something
to celebrate, and there is no better way to do that than with your
brothers and sisters in Colorado this year!
Loyally yours,
Ashley Bouras, President
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March
Meeting
At
Monticello West, 5114 McKinney Ave, Dallas
Due to scheduling conflicts with Monticello
West, the date has changed to Sat April 25th - activities
starting at 10:30 am, so please be there by 10:15.
Ashley Bouras has developed a game to involve more of the residents
- Musical Bingo - where they will recognize tunes from the past.
Plan to come if you possibly can.
We will have a short meeting in one of their meeting rooms directly
after the 30-45 minute program. Our nominating committee consisting
of Tena Hehn, Phyllis Wilson and Megan Carfa will announce a slate
of officers and we will vote on them. We will also decide on a
winner of our Collegiate Scholarship.
Those who wish can go to lunch afterwards.
April Meeting
Saturday, April 22 at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church, 10 am.
9200 Inwood Road at Northwest Hwy. We meet in the Parlor – Enter
from Inwood; the Parlor is in the first building along Inwood Road.
This is our Collegiate meeting where we feed our collegiates lunch
and they perform a program for us. We get to hear our Scholarship
winner perform and present him/her with a monetary prize. We will
also install our new officers for 2017-18.
Phyllis Wilson will coordinate the lunch; tell her what generous
dishes you are bringing.
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January: Celebrating Our Chapter
Lisa Beyer hosted us in her new home on Tuesday Jan 10. Thanks to Lisa
and co-hosts Tena Hehn and Fran Pearson for the goodies.
Ashley, wearing her District Director hat, conducted our Chapter Review.
We passed.
Our interesting program featured Lisa Beyer, cello who played
Unaccompanied Cello Suite #2, by Bach.
Lisa and Ashley Bouras, clarinet – played
Du Bist Die Mir, by
Bach for cello and clarinet and the delightful
Sophie's March
by Arine Bich (about a dog's day) - for cello and clarinet
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February: Music, Friendship, and
Harmony with Sigma Alpha Iota
We met with the SAIs on Monday Feb 13 at Collora Pianos
We were hosts this year, and our efforts were coordinated by Nancy Laine
and Tena Hehn. Our table overflowed with goodies and punch for us and
our guests. Sadly Claudia Jameson was unable to perform
but we had many
other talented musicians and a wonderful program.
Program:
Sonata for Violin and Piano in three movements
by
Mary Alice Rich
Bruce Wittrig, Violin and Debbie Austin-Totter, Piano
Prelude 1006a from Lute Suite no. 4 by J. S. Bach
Nathaniel Earhart, Guitar
Dance of the Blessed Spirits
by W. Gluck
Send in the Clowns from “A Little Night Music”
by
S. Sondheim
Lindsey Angerbauer, Harp and Mary Ann Taylor,
Flute
E Susanna nun vien!...Dove sono I bei momenti
from “The Marriage of Figaro” by W. A. Mozart Marla Quimby, Soprano and Jane Echols, Piano
Canzona sesta ‘supra vestige I colli’ by Adriano Banchiari Radetzky March by J. Strauss
Ashley Bouras, Basil Bouras, Susan Poelchau, Harald Poelchau, Recorders
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Women’s Month at the Library
The kickoff to Women's History Month at the Library was a day of
events at the Library on Saturday March 4. We were invited to give a
short program Saturday morning following an introductory speech from
Nancy Brunson from WRR.
With very little notice some of our Mu Phis leaped to the rescue and
put together a program featuring a woman composer - Katherine
Freiberger and performers Kimla Beasley, Claudia Jameson and Nancy
Laine who sang some of Katherine's songs.
They were joined by non-Mu Phis Ed Flaspoehler, flute and Kelli
Short, oboe. Kimla also sang a song of Mario Srouse that had lyrics
of African American Phyllis Wheatley and a French song by Adriana
Lecouvreur.
The program was delightful, especially since Katherine and her
husband were in the audience.
Nancy Laine, Katherine Freiberger, Kelli Short, Claudia Jameson,
Kimla Beasley, Ed Flaspoehler
Nancy Brunson's talk was also informative - about the absence of
many women from the roster of composers, conductors and performers
over the years. She talked about how talented women musicians broke
the barrier early in history - Hildegard Bingen, Clara Schumann,
Fanny Mendelssohn and the conditions that made their success
possible. A musician herself, Nancy also spoke about her years as a
Hollywood agent and her job with WRR.
The audience was small - in no small part due to a short timeframe
to put the program together and promote it, and lack of publicity
even on the Library's own website. Many thanks to our performers
and especially to Nancy Laine who organized our part.
Ed Flaspoehler, KelliShort, Kimla Beasley, Katie Feiberger,
Nancy Brunson, Nancy Laine, Claudia Jameson
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Minutes from Last Meeting
Members: See the separate attachment for minutes from January’s
meeting that were emailed to you. There was no meeting in February.
If you have any corrections to the minutes, please reply to Susan
Poelchau via email.
Facebook Page
You can “Like”
the Dallas Alumni Chapter on Facebook to keep up with messages and
events. Type
MuPhiEpsilonDallas on the search
line within Facebook, then click on LIKE US. You can post your own
performances there as well. Thanks to the several people who are
SHARING Mu Phi activities and Concert Series announcements with
their own contact list. Word of mouth (or Facebook) is the best
publicity and is the easiest and cheapest.
Funding Projects
Thanks to the several members who have made donations to our
Scholarship Fund and the Concert Series. Unless your contribution
was over $250, you will not receive a letter from our national
organization; your check will be your receipt for tax purposes.
If you wish to give to either project, write a separate check made
out to Mu Phi Epsilon with the recipient noted and give it to Sandra
McMillen. She will then send forms to International with your check
so that your contribution will go to the proper place. We receive
these funds back for our projects and you get a tax break.
The Finance Committee has audited the books and found them in order.
SERV Hours
Remember to use our Google form to log your SERV hours. This new
method was created to help organize the data for reports, as well as
reducing the stress of trying to add up your own hours in their
correct categories for an entire year.
1. Visit website: tiny.cc/mpeserve
2. Fill in your information:
Name
Date of Service
Select the Type of Service (Resource, Education, Service)
Description of Service
Hours served
3. Click
Submit and you’re done!
You can also use the form on the last page of your yearbook. Please
submit all your hours to Jenny Smith by May 15 at
jenny.musicalscientist@gmail.com
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Virginia Hadzic is moving to Buffalo NY as her husband as a new
job there as an immigration officer. She will finish the school
year and have foot surgery, then move.
Ashley Bouras directed "Beauty and the Beast" the weekend of
March 3-5 in Melissa. She said, "I'm so proud to have been a
part of such a beautiful show. These kids are truly dedicated to
their craft and were an absolute pleasure to work with. …The
experience was beyond words and certainly one I will never
forget.”
Susan Poelchau received a note from Pat Hill, who recently moved
and is selling her home and many possessions:
Happy New Year. It has been a very difficult holiday for me,
but I am now settled in at my new address:
C.C. Young Retirement Home - Asbury
....[Contact the President or webmaster for Pat's new address.]
Please come see me and spread the word. My best wishes for a
happy, healthy new year to all of you!
God bless,
Pat Hill
Phyllis Wilson's hand bell group will be playing in April. She
says:
The Chancel Hand Bell Choir of First Presbyterian Church, Dallas
will join with the Sanctuary Ringers of Lovers Lane United
Methodist Church, Dallas in a combined concert at 3:00 P.M. on
Sunday, April 30 in the amphitheater at Oncor
Park across Young Street from the First Presbyterian Church. The
concert is free, but a goodwill offering will be taken to
benefit the Stewpot, which is across the street from the
amphitheater. In case of rain the concert will move inside the
church.
Mary Williams spoke in January to the Oak Cliff Women’s Club
about her other volunteer and travel group – Friendship Force of
Dallas. Thanks to Sandra McMillen, a member of that group for
issuing this invitation. Mary will be traveling to New Mexico in
May for a Friendship Force trip featuring the Pueblo Indian
culture of that area.
Andrew Balettie and his wife dressed up their new baby boy, Cole
Alexander, as a football; Andrew posted a photo of him while he
watched a game. Andrew is moving to a new job in August.
Please let your newsletter editor know what you are doing.
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We continue to feature exciting programs at the Library with a few
pretty good-size audiences. Jan Sloman’s violin students wowed as as
usual and we have had two excellent string ensembles – Mount Vernon
Music with their unusual and interesting Klezmer music concert, and
Cezanne Quartet from SMU with interesting sonatas by Britten and
Mendelssohn.
Our pianists have been top notch. Agnes Wan, a Steinway artist, performed March 12, followed by Yuanyuan Que, Young-Hyun
Cho and Jonathan Tsay (who is filling in for Jason Zhang who is
still not able to play because of a hand injury). We complete our
Spring season with a harp quartet – HarpEssence. No concerts on Palm
Sunday or Easter Sunday. Be sure to come! Check our website for bios
and programs or late minute changes.
We hope each member will assist at least one Sunday during our
19-concert season. Contact Susan Poelchau to volunteer to come -
sdpoelchau@yahoo.com.
Please share the schedule with your students and friends. Come and
hear some great music and support our chapter project. Plan to
attend one of our remaining concerts. You will be glad you did.
All concerts are FREE - on Sundays at 3 PM at the J. Erik Jonsson
Central Library First Floor Auditorium - 1515 Young St, Dallas, TX
75201
Schedule, programs and performer vitas are available as received on
www.muphiepsilondallas.org/ Click
Concert Series
Mu Phi Epsilon and the Dallas Public
Library
present
Sunday Concert Series
Spring 2017
January 29
|
Leslie Spotz, piano |
| February 5 |
Alex Wasserman, piano |
| February 12 |
Gustavo Romero and Szu-Ying Huang, duo-piano |
February 19
|
Mount Vernon Music - Mark Miller, violin; Ute Miller, viola;
John Scott, clarinet; Elise Belk, oboe; Evan Mitchell, piano |
February 26
|
Violin students of Jan Sloman: Elizabeth Boyson, Anais
Feller, Nicholas Cerny, Clara Kim and Karah Cruse with Deborah
Austin-Totter, piano |
March 5
|
Cezanne Quartet: Eleanor Dunbar, violin, Lauren Densinger,
violin; Steven Juarez, viola and Elizabeth White, cello
|
| March 12 |
Agnes Wan, piano |
| March 19 |
Yuan-Yuan Que, piano |
| March 26 |
Young-Hyun Cho, piano |
| April 2 |
Jonathan Tsay, piano |
| April 23
| Harp Essence: Susan Koskelin, Grace Johnson, Joan McCord,
Linda Mudd |
All concerts are FREE - on Sundays at 3 PM at the J. Erik Jonsson
Central Library First Floor Auditorium – 1515 Young St, Dallas.
Reasonably priced parking is available in the Library garage entered from
eastbound Wood Street behindthe Library.
Schedule, programs and performer vitas are available as received on
www.muphiepsilondallas.org/..
Click on
Concert Series. We take a break over Palm Sunday and Easter.
Notice changes in the lineup for March 19 and 29 and April 2.
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The Scholarship Committee, composed of Ashley Bouras, Lisa Beyer and
Mary Ann Taylor will review collegiate applications and make
recommendations at our March meeting so we can select a winner. We have
issued an invitation to our April meeting to collegiate chapter and look
forward to hearing them perform.
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The next international convention will be in Denver this summer.
We meet only every three years – so this your opportunity to come, enjoy
and participate.
All Mu Phi Epsilon members are welcomed at the convention. Non-delegate
members are invited to attend sessions, meals and concerts after paying
the registration fee. Patrons, relatives, and friends may attend meals,
concerts and open sessions. If you are bringing a non-member guest to
the convention, please call IEO for registration pricing.
When: Thurs 7/27/2017 to Sunday 7/30/2017
Where: The Inverness Hotel and Conference Center
200 Inverness Dr W
Englewood, Colorado 80112
Contact: Mark Gehrke -
executiveoffice@muphiepsilon.org
All Mu Phi Epsilon members are welcomed at the convention. Non-delegate
members are invited to attend sessions, meals and concerts after paying
the registration fee. Patrons, relatives, and friends may attend meals,
concerts and open sessions. If you are bringing a non-member guest to
the convention, please call IEO for registration pricing.
You can register online -
https://muphiepsilon.site-ym.com/page/ConvRegFAQS
Cost for Alumni Chapter Members: Regularly: $325.00 Early Bird Price:
$275.00.
Deadline: April 15, 2017. After April 15, registration fee increases to
$325. - UPDATE: Extended early bird price.
Convention Registration Deadline: Postmarked by June 1, 2017
Your registration fee admits you to 3 lunches and 3 dinners and all
convention events.
No refunds will be given after June 30 and any forms received after June
30 will incur a $50 late fee.
Opening ceremony is at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 27
Final banquet is on Sunday evening, July 30. Leave anytime the following
day.
Hotel reservations: Our group rate at the Inverness Hotel is $155 +
applicable taxes, per room night.
This rate is guaranteed until July 5, 2017 only; after that,
reservations are made on space available and you may have to pay a
higher rate. You may still use the reservation page to book, modify, or
cancel. (Don't be misled by confusing information on the hotel website.
Our rate is $155 + applicable taxes and your total will reflect those
figures.)
If you wish to be assigned a roommate, or will be rooming with an
official Business or Music delegate, make your hotel reservation with
IEO at 888-259-1471. If you are not an official delegate, you will be
responsible for your portion of the room rate.
If you want to be matched with a roommate, that will be possible via a
form to be sent out in early May. You will be able to
request a certain roommate or ask to be placed with a roommate. You will
also be able to request a meal reservation for a guest.
All other attendees make reservations directly with the Inverness. You
may use the special registration page described above, or if you prefer
to make your reservation by telephone, call the Inverness at
303-799-5800 and mention you are attending the Mu Phi Epsilon
Convention.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FINALS
The finals will be held at University of Denver/Hamilton Hall on
Thursday, July 27 beginning at 2:00 p.m.
There is NO admission charge and you are encouraged to attend. The
Foundation will provide transportation for convention attendees between
the Inverness and Hamilton Hall.
www.muphiepsilon.org/
www.mpefoundation.org/grants-scholarships/index.html
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