Member Honors
CONGRATULATIONS to Utah's CHERYL NORMAN!!
She was elected MTNA's Southwest Division Director, and will do an amazing job!!
 Photo: © 2010 Harry Butler, Nashville
The new MTNA Director-Elects from the seven MTNA Divisions:
(L-R) Scott Beard (Eastern Division); Mary Sallee (South Central Division); Martha Thomas (Southern Division);
CHERYL NORMAN (Southwest Division); David French (Northwest Division); Timothy Shook (West Central Division);
Not pictured: Gerardo Ascheri (East Central Division)
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ON RECEIVING TOP HONORS AT THE MTNA NATIONAL COMPETITIONS:
Fan-Ya Lin, student of Yu-Jane Yang at Weber State University, won FIRST PLACE in the Young Artist division, receiving the grand prize of a beautiful Steinway piano!!
Senior Division Duet Team Alie Yorgason/Elise Peterson taught by Vera Watanabe and Eugene Watanabe (Sandy UMTA Association), also won First Place! They received $1000 each!
In the Senior Instrumental Division, Jana Gardner was awarded 2nd place. She is a student of Cindy Henderson, of Kaysville, Utah. She received $1,000!
 Solvieg Madsen - MTNA Foundation
Solvieg Madsen was recognized and named an MTNA Foundation Fellow for her distinguished service in the field of music at the 2010 MTNA National Conference held mid-March in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
 Award Presented at 2010 MTNA National Conference
Congratulations to the newly Nationally Certified Teachers from Utah: Susann Adams, Ivy Andreasen, Anna Parsons, Katherine Sargent, Caroline Jennings, Ralph VanDerBeek, Brooke Hirst, and Dennis Hirst.
 Ivy Jo Andreasen - MTNA StAR Studio Fellowship Award
2009 recipient of the Student Achievement Recognition (STAR) Studio Teacher Fellowship Award: Ivy Jo Andreasen
Andreasen recently obtained a bachelor's degree in piano pedagogy from Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, where she was a piano student of Ralph Van der Beek and a pedagogy student of Yu-Jane Yang. She also studied cello with Viktor Uzer, Pegsoon Whang and Paul Joines.
Andreasen has had the chance to perform in master class lessons and presented a research paper on musician injuries at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research in 2004. The paper ultimately was published in the National Undergraduate Research Journal.
Currently, Andreasen maintains a studio of 40 piano and cello students in Brigham City, Utah, where she teaches private lessons, theory, five piano team and team cello lessons. She is working towards certification in The Well Prepared Pianist Institute and takes lessons from N. Jane Tan in Gilbert, Arizona.
 Weber State named Benjamin Whitten Collegiate Chapter of the Year
Weber State's Collegiate Chapter receives the Benjamin Whitten Collegiate Chapter of the Year Award from MTNA for demonstrating excellence in its chapter activities.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
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