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distinguished members FRIENDS continued from page 25 George's Episcopal Church in Englewood, CO, and St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Littleton, CO. She played cello in the Community Arts Orchestra for 12 years and with the Holden Symphony for four. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Denver's Regis University and had a career in petroleum and banking businesses in Denver. Tim Olt Tim Olt was initiated by the Lambda Upsilon Chapter in April. is an adjunct professor of tuba at Miami University. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education at Wright State and a Master's Degree in Tuba Performance at Miami (Ohio) University. Olt was previously Visiting Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Bowling Green State University, and he has also taught in the Versailles (Ohio) Exempted Village Schools at Adrian (MI) College and at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Twin Lake, MI, where he continues to teach tuba and perform in the faculty brass quintet and serve as principal tubist for the Festival Band and Orchestra. He regularly performs with the professional tuba quartet All the King's Tubas, with the Glass City Brass Quintet and Queen City Brass Quintet, and as principal tubist of the Lima Symphony Orchestra. Olt is active as a composer and arranger for groups such as the Encore Brass, All the King's Tubas, Miami University Brass Choir, Florida State Tuba Ensemble, and the Lima Symphony. His arrangements are available through Cimarron Music Press and TubaEuphonium Press. He joined the music faculty at Miami University in the fall of 2007. He also serves as Personnel Manager for the Springfield (OH) Symphony. TEACHING continued from page 3 about their favorite things to eat and do, etc. We also learned the Kodaly hand signals to sing "Do-Re-Mi." I did a bit of musical ear training and also gave mini voice lessons at each of the six classes throughout the three-week period. I had two classes of older children, where I used two operas in shortened form: Hansel and Gretel and The Magic Flute. They learned the stories and simplified versions of the arias and ensemble pieces. They acted out the short scenes, and a narrative by students kept the storyline going while there was acting, singing and dancing for the final presentation to their parents on the fitfh day. The adults, who ranged in age from 30 to over 50, were made up of city officials and high school teachers. I used songs to peak their interest in lyrics and meanings of words. I started out with "Food Glorious, Food" from Oliver, since everyone has to eat and can relate to this subject. We then went to the discussion of favorite foods and recipes and memories of food from the past to present. They were so taken by this that they told me the last class would be canceled and they were going to take me to a Polish restaurant and order only delicious, traditional Polish food. I told them that this was OK as long as they all spoke English throughout the evening. They were fabulous. I found that using music was an engaging tool to jumpstart English conversation. Singing together made it easier because there was safety in numbers while they pronounced the words and sang, "What a Wonderful World" and "Getting to Know You." Then we read the words aloud and discussed the meaning of the song. They were introduced to a great deal of vocabulary in a short amount of time. It was fun for young children and adults as they were singing, moving, and conversing in English. With so many different languages being spoken OUTREACH continued from page 5 26 Marilyn Pettinicchi the classroom in Northern continue to play their instruments, and play them explore in the future. Beta Mu initiate Dorothy Kittaka is a cofounder, past president, and consultant for FAME (Foundation for Art and Music in Education) in Fort Wayne, IN, where seven arts programs annually have reached over 3,000,000 children and adults in the past 23 years. strings after 32 years in students, it has encouraged those students to although that may be something we might like to retired from teaching "accessory" for a specific number of minority more students than a single instrument outfit, in schools these days, I am hoping that music might be incorporated to teach English as a second language. Use the power of music. Daggett (Delta Mu '66) By donating the funds to purchase a simple with ease and comfort. It has benefitted many Dorothy performs a recital of Japanese and American songs in Plock, Poland. Virginia. She relocated to Phoenix in 2002 and became active in music and string projects in Arizona. During her years in Virginia, she was a string specialist for the Fairfax PAN PIPESSUMMER 2012 sai-national.org County Public Schools and her award-winning orchestras were invited to perform at various community events and functions. She served in several capacities for the Virginia Music Educators Association and their student honor society, Tri-M. She is a member of the American String Teachers Association. In 2009, she was presented with the SAI National Alumnae Treasurer's Award. She currently serves as Director for the Chapter Outreach Grant, Strings.

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