Willingness

DAMTA President’s Message January 2018 Hello DAMTA! Happy New Year! I hope this finds you in excellent health and spirits! I want to take a brief look at something that is vital to any learning that one may undertake. Something so basic that it is often overlooked or...

Website Update

DAMTA President’s Message November 2017 Hello DAMTA! Vince Madison here. This month I want to give you all an update on the website upgrade. I have to say: it’s complicated! I’ve talked to five different sources and considered possibly doing it myself. I’ve heard...

Vision for the Future

DAMTA President’s Message October 2017 Hello DAMTA! Vince Madison here. I want to thank you all for being part of DAMTA. Our Fall Course is off to a great start with 2 fantastic presenters who treated us to some amazing performances! I want to thank everyone who has...

A Miracle

DAMTA President’s Message September 2017 Hello Friends I have an unusual message this month. It has nothing to do with music. It may have something to do with teaching, although I’m still trying to understand exactly what lessons I observed yesterday. I witnessed a...

Musicale Fee Experiment

DAMTA President’s Message August 2017 Hello DAMTA! We find ourselves heading into another academic year! This means a new fall course! Our fall course last year was so well received that we are doing a similar theme this year. We have a great line up of guest speakers...

Recitals

DAMTA President’s Message May 2017 Hello DAMTA! My recital is this week, so I thought I’d share a few of my thoughts on recitals with you. You may agree or disagree with my thoughts, but it seems to me to be a topic worth thinking about. I hold 2 recitals a year, one...