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1/29/2013

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My students are starting out strong this year with some extra note-worthy accomplishments. Ritik Goyal earned a superior plus in the Austin District Music Teacher Association Original Composition Contest for his piece, The Dance of the Wind for violin and viola. He now advances to the Texas Music Teacher Association State Level Contest.  Another student, Bela, earned a superior on her article, "George Frederic Handel: An Influential Baroque Composer" in the ADMTA local Publication Contest and will also advance to state. Meanwhile, former student Justine Maeurer's composition, Elements,  was selected by the Austin Symphony Orchestra for this year's ASO Young Composer's Concert in April--quite an honor for any composer and she's still in high school! Congratulations to all of you for a job well done.  Meanwhile it pays to remember what writer Samuel Johnson once said, "Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance." Any creative act requires that perseverance as well as discipline which is nothing but the re-ordering of one's life to make room for something--turning off the video games and sitting down at the piano or desk and putting in time.  It also means opening oneself to possibility including the possibility of failure, then charging ahead anyway! I'm proud of all of my students for putting themselves out there and giving it a good try. That takes courage! Bravo, good luck and a big thumbs up!

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    Lisa Shirah-Hiers

    As a composer, pianist, teacher and writer, I believe that each art informs all others and students benefit from a wider and balanced perspective.

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