The following awards were presented at the annual Membership and Awards Luncheon in St. George on February 3, 2007, during the UMEA Mid-Winter Convention:

Outstanding Studio Teacher of 2007: Richard Hoyt

Outstanding Secondary Teacher of 2007: Carrie Maxson

Outstanding Higher Education Teacher of 2007: Robert Baldwin

Educator of the Year 2007: Paul Watson

Winner of 2006 Utah ASTA Composition Competition: Deborah Baker Monday for “Chant Formations.”

Outstanding Contribution to the Arts: Utah Symphony

We recognize their great contributions to students, schools, communities and to our state. Our congratulations and thanks to each of you.


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Utah ASTA members are actively working to benefit string education. Please help us become aware of our member’s accomplishments. We will then post the information so all of us can become more aware of Utah ASTA Happenings!

Recent Publications by Utah ASTA Members:

Holidays Extraordinaire, by Deborah Baker Monday and Janice L. McAllister (Utah ASTA Past President), was recently published by KJOS Music Company. (Some familiar but many new Christmas, Channakah, Spirituals and other holiday music from many lands will add new life to your winter season programs.)

Music by Debbie Monday:

“Beach Spring, Grade 2, KJOS”
“Jupiter Grade 2, KJOS", from The Planets by Gustav Holtz,
“Emperor Waltz by Johan Strauss, Grade 2, Kendor”
“We Three Kings Rock Grade 1, Wynn”
“Carillon, Grade 3, KJOS”

Music by Andrew Dabczynski (Utah ASTA President-Elect):

“Sight-Read It for Strings,” by Andrew Dabczynski, Bob Phillips and Richard Meyer. (Novel approach to building sight-reading skills for students who have been playing about one year.)

Musik of Shakespeare’s Daye, (a suite of Elizabethan tunes, Level 1.5), dedicated to the Springville Middle School Orchestra and Deanne Helquist, our Utah ASTA President! How cool is this!

Fiddles Down Under (Australian fiddle tunes, Level 1.5)

Music for a Found Harmonium (arrangement of a great tune by Simon Jeffes – kind of a new-age fiddle tune that was played on the soundtrack of Napoleon Dynamite!) Level 2.5

See Dr. Dabcynski’s Alfred website for links to materials and pieces:

http://alfred.com/frameset.cfm?CFID=1350594&CFTOKEN=18499049
http://cfac.byu.edu/music/Faculty/employee.php?employee_id=61

Music by Robert Frost (Utah ASTA Past President and current member of ASTA Board):

Cardboard Regatta, published by KJOS (Fun mixed meter piece, Grade 2+)

Suffex Carol, (new interpretation of a beautiful old English carol which wouldn’t have to be limited to Christmas-time. Grade 2, published by Kendor.

PLEASE….Keep us posted on new information about our UTAH ASTA members!