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Articles in June-July, 2004 issue of American Music Teacher

• Easy Songs for Shifting in the First Five Positions: a Violin Technique Book for Group Classes and Private Instruction
  by Carol Tarr
• NAMM and Boys & Girls Clubs of America form partnership
• Preparing our students for reality: should we really be encouraging so many performance degrees?
  by Ingrid Jacobson Clarfield
• Marienne Uszler honored with Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award
• Zoning success
• West Central Division
  by Janice Wenger
• Polyphony: emotional health and the musician
  by Doug Weeks
• The Joy of Duets
  by Stephen B. Brown
• Code of Ethics
  by Gary L. Ingle
• Hamilton introduces mid-sized grand piano
• Eileen Geske is Teacher of the Year
• Fifty-year members recognized
• Northwest Division
  by Kenneth Christensen
• Certification renewal for previous holders of the College Faculty certificate
  by Pat Tuley
• Band-in-a-Box
  by Laura Beauchamp-Williamson
• Carl Fischer to acquire Theodore Presser
• Musicians and dancers symposium in Aspen
• Teaching vs. coaching emphasis: on musicianship building vs. interpretation of repertoire
  by Jackson Leung
• Holzer awarded AMT Article of the Year
• Fall state conventions
• 2004 Teacher Enrichment Grants awarded
• Insurance insights: evaluating your coverage and your needs
  by Tammy Wallace
• Music as language: sight playing through access to a complete musical vocabulary
  by Sheryl Iott Richardson
• Jazz Chord Hanon: 70 Exercises for the Beginning to Professional Pianist
  by Ruth Morrow
• Steinway & Sons announces new publishing venture with Amadeus Press
• The 2004 Stravinsky Awards for young pianists
• Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association is Local Association of the Year
• MTNA co-sponsors Best 100 Communities for Music Education
• Southern Division
  by Diane Higgins
• 2003-2004 MTNA National Student Competitions winners
• Corpus Christi Piano competition winners
• Forming your teaching to the teaching of form
  by Timothy Shafer
• Studio Fellowship winner
• Discussion groups now online
• 2004 Incentive Giving Campaign winners announced
• What's new in pedagogy research?
  by Rebecca Grooms Johnson
• Sunday Morning Pianist
  by Kathryn B. Hull
• Thank you
  by Phyllis I. Pieffer
• 2005 Montreal International Voice Competition
• California Association of Professional Music Teachers is State Affiliate of the Year
• Service awards presented
• South Central Division
  by Karen Harrington
• 2003-2004 MTNA National Student Competitions sponsors
• Touching lives with music
  by Martha Kirkpatrick Smith
• A Ravel Reader: Correspondence, Articles, Interviews
  by David Northington
• Conn-Selmer promotes Catalano as director of marketing
• Annotated bibliography on musician wellness
  by Linda Cockey
• Heidi Mayer receives PTGF Award
• Division elections results
• Seventeen local associations receive grants
• Summertime collaborations
  by Susan Keith Gray
• Flute Quartet No. 1
  by Martha Rearick
• West Virginia University fall conference to celebrate creative women
• Passages
• Liduino Pitombeira named MTNA-Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year
• Membership recruitment
• Southwest Division
  by Cheryl Pachak-Brooks
• Composer classification list
• That's a Good Question … How to Teach by Asking Questions
  by Patricia Powell
• Sibelius Educational Suite expanded
• 2004 MTNA National Conference highlights
• Michelle Gordon receives NPF Studio Festival Award
• East Central Division
  by Mark Mrozinski
• Maurice Hinson Endowment Fund
• Meet the 2003 MTNA-Shepherd: Distinguished Composer of the Year
  by Deanna Walker
• Little Mushrooms
  by Mary Jane Cope
• Suzuki releases new digital piano
• Karl Bruhn and Guy Duckworth receive MTNA Achievement Awards
• Chattanooga Area Student Chapter is 2004 Collegiate Chapter of the Year
• Eastern Division
  by Millie Eben
• Professionalism—what is it and who needs it?
  by Lucinda Lear
• It's summer! What will you and your local association be doing?
  by Sherry Frush