Iberia Music Academy
Calendar for the 2017-2018 school years
September
Monday, 4 …………………………… Labor Day……………………… open, usual schedule
October
Saturday, 28………………….Halloween Recital……….Lafayette Public Library (301 West Congress St.)
November
Saturday, 11…………… …Technique Tournament……fee $10……………ULL, Angelle Hall
Mon, 20 – Fri, 24 ……………….Thanksgiving Holidays…………………………… closed
December
Saturday, TBA…………………Christmas Recital…………………..Mall of Acadiana, Lafayette
Monday, Dec.25 – Friday, Jan. 5 …Christmas and New Year’s Holidays
February
Saturday, 3 ……………………Federation ……fee $18………… First United Methodist Church
Saturday, 10……………………Federation Recital… Lafayette Public Library (Southside Branch)
Judges will select students to participate in this recital
Monday, 12 – Friday,16 ………………Mardi-Gras………………………………….… close
April
Saturday, 14 ………………………..Rally (all 4 parts in one day)…………………UL, Lafayette
Monday,26 – Friday,30……………. Easter Holidays………… …………………… closed
Thursday, 26……………………….Rally Honor Night…………Asbury Methodist Church, Lafayette
May
Saturday, TBA……………………. Annual Recital………………First Assembly Christian Church
Friday, 25 …………………………………………………………….. last day of school
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Iberia Music Academy
Calendar for the 2015-2016 school years
September
Monday, 7 …………………………… Labor Day……………………… open, usual schedule
October
Sat, 31………………………..Halloween Recital……….Lafayette Public Library (Southside Branch)
November
Saturday, 7……………………..Technique Tournament…………………ULL, Angelle Hall
Mon, 23 – Fri, 27 ……………….Thanksgiving Holidays…………………………… closed
December
Saturday, TBA…………………Christmas Recital…………………..Mall of Acadiana, Lafayette
Friday, 18 – Thursday,31 ………Christmas and New Year’s Holidays……………………closed
January
Saturday, 30 …………………………Federation ……………… First United Methodist Church
February
Tuesday, 9 …………………………..Mardi-Gras………………………………….… close
Saturday, 6……………………Federation Recital… Lafayette Public Library (Southside Branch)
Judges will select students to participate at this event)
March
Friday, 25 – Thursday, 31………… Easter Holidays………… …………………… closed
April
Saturday, 9 ……………………………..Rally Written test………………………… UL, Lafayette
Saturday, 23 ………………………Rally playing events……………………..……UL, Lafayette
May
Thursday, 5……………………….Rally Honor Night…………Asbury Methodist Church, Lafayette
Saturday, TBA…………………….Annual Recital………………First Assembly Christian Church
Friday 20 …………………………………………………………….. last day of school
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Iberia Music Academy
Calendar for the 2014-2015 school years
September
Monday, 1 …………………………… Labor Day……………………… open, usual schedule
October
Saturday, 4…………………………Monster Concert…………………..UL, Lafayette
Sat, 25………………………..Halloween Recital……….Lafayette Public Library (Southside Branch)
November
Saturday, 8……………………..Technique Tournament…………………ULL, Angelle Hall
Mon, 24 – Fri, 28 ……………….Thanksgiving Holidays…………………………… closed
December
Saturday, TBA…………………Christmas Recital…………………..Mall of Acadiana, Lafayette
Monday, 22 – Friday, 2 ………Christmas and New Year’s Holidays……………………closed
January
Saturday, 31 …………………………Federation ……………… First United Methodist Church
February
Tuesday, 17 …………………………..Mardi-Gras………………………………….… close
Saturday, 7……………………Federation Recital… Lafayette Public Library (Southside Branch)
March
Saturday, 28 ……………………………..Rally Written test………………………… UL, Lafayette
Mon, March 30 – Mon, April 6 …… Easter Holidays………… …………………… closed
April
Saturday, 18 ………………………Rally playing events……………………..……UL, Lafayette
May
Thursday, 7……………………….Rally Honor Night…………Asbury Methodist Church, Lafayette
Saturday, TBA…………………….Annual Recital………………First Assembly Christian Church
Friday 22 …………………………………………………………….. last day of school
(337) 380-5551
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AUGUST-SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER
In this issue
- Monster Recital Announcement
- Happy Birthday!
- Technique tournament info
- Is your teacher sold out?
- Academy Pet of the Month
- Refer a Friend
- New Students
- Important Dates
Got news for the IMA Newsletter?
We welcome all submissions! E-mail
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August
Evan G -24
Alayshia L – 6
Arianna E. – 27
Peyton R. – 4
Garrett V. – 15
Rebekah B. – 22
Sophia D. – 13
Layton E. 21
Alex S. – 19
September
Luke R. – 4
Sarah C. – 11
Ian G. – 5
Curtlyn A. – 20
Ricardo V. – 23
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Monster concert
We are having a monster concert on Saturday, October 5 in the Ducrest/Gilfry Auditorium, UL Lafayette. We will utilize 5 concert grands and several digitals. Music will be played by our students, UL-MTNA Chapter members, UL class piano students and teachers!
There will be groups of 10-12 performers playing on 5+ pianos at the same time! We should have wonderful fun!
Technique Tournament
November 9, 2013
UL Angelle Hall
Student Fee $10.00 is due September, 20
Technique Tournament is a non-competitive event in which students are critiqued and rated on their technical skills. Scales, arpeggios and an etude are included on the required lists for six various levels. Students may enter at any level and repeat levels at the teacher’s discretion.
Students receive written criticism and certificate of proficiency. A special award is given to students who receive a Superior rating.
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Is Your Teacher Sold Out?
VOICE: Maddy Magnon: Tuesday 3:00-8:00 SOLD OUT
Brandon Breaux: Friday open
GUITAR: Sean Huddleston: Monday 3:30- 7:30 SOLD OUT
Thursday 4:00 open
VIOLIN: Tracy Latulas: Wednesday 4:30 open
PIANO: Mila Olivier: Monday-Friday SOLD OUT
Sarah Jones: Wednesday 3:30 open
Friday open
DRUMS: Andre Rochelle: Tuesday 5:00 open
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Academy Pet of the Month
This month we are featuring voice student Rayna Theriot and her dog Apollo!
Send us your pet photo (preferably with you) All kinds of pets are welcome.
Text pictures and info to 337-380-5551
or e-mail to: info@iberiamusicacademy.com
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Refer a Friend & get a $25 in cash!
If you have a friend who might like to take lessons, if you refer them to the Academy
and they take 1 month of lessons, we’ll give you a $25!
It’s very EASY to refer someone.
Just have your friend mention your name when he register
or
visit: IberiaMusicAcademy.com/referafriend
Type in your name, their name, and their e-mail address and we’ll take care of the rest!
There’s no maximum to the amount of cash that you can receive!
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Please welcome our NEW STUDENTS who enrolled in July-August!
Lane Frederick Thomas Haik
Lauren Jeanminette Peyton Rideaux
Curtlyn Arabie Sophia Dumond
Aniyah Ford Camille Eikel
Ricardo Vosbein
Sarah Cousin – piano/voice
Adelai Lynch – piano/voice
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Important Dates:
Monster Concert – October,5
Halloween Recital – October, 26
Technique Tournament – November, 9
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Iberia Music Academy
Calendar for the 2013-2014 school year
August
Monday, 5 ………………………………………………………………………..…Fall Semester begins
I’ll get in touch with every student to set up a schedule
September
Monday, 2 ……………………………………… Labor Day………………………………open, usual schedule
October
Saturday, 5……………………………………Monster Concert …………………….………. UL-L Auditorium
Saturday, 26………………………….Halloween Recital………..Lafayette Public Library (Southside Branch)
November
Saturday, 9……………………………….Technique Tournament………………………………… UL-L
Monday, 25 – Friday, 29 …………………Thanksgiving Holidays………………………………. closed
December
Christmas at the Mall recital ………………………………………….………………………..….. TBA
Monday, 23 – Friday, 3 …………….Christmas and New Year’s Holidays…………………..…closed
February
Saturday, 1 ………………………… Federation ……………………………..First United Methodist Church
Sat, 8 ……………………………….Federation Honor Recital………… Asbury Methodist Church, Lafayette
March
Monday, 3 – Wednesday 5 …………………..Mardi-Gras…………………………………………………close
April
Saturday, 12 ………………………………….Rally’s Written test……………………………………… UL-L
Monday, 21 – Friday, 25………………….Easter Holidays………… …………………………… closed
May
Saturday, 3 ……………………….……………Rally…………………………………………….…….. UL-L
Thursday, 15 ………………………..Rally Honor Night …………….…Asbury Methodist Church, Lafayette
Saturday, TBA……………………….Annual Recital……………………………..……First Assembly Church
Friday 30 ……………………………………………………………………..…last day of Spring Semester
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June July
Haley Dishman -4 Paisley Rideaux – 8
Isabella Legnon – 5 Mackenzie Mahoney – 20
Cruz Quinlan – 7 Mackenzie LeBlanc – 21
Hannah Ounechith -14 Kelly Latulas – 27
Emily Meaux – 24 Drew Dorsey – 28
Ann Marie Lahasky – 28 David Louis – 29
Madison Williams – 30
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Congratulations to Mateo Atwi!
He won 3rd place in State piano competition on June 1st at Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond!
The best students from all over the state came to Hammond to compete. It was a tough decision for the judges to pick winners. Judge commented on Mateo’s performance as being the best Mozart’s style interpretation he has heard that day.
We all very proud of you, Mateo!
Congratulations to Emily Meaux!
She has been accepted to Ul-L as music major.
Emily started in the fall of 2002 at the age of 8 as a piano beginner. She was always passionate about music and was actively participating in recitals and competitions. She has great sight-reading skills and good knowledge of music theory.
Good work Emily!
2002 2013
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Is Your Teacher Sold Out?
VOICE: Maddy Magnon: Tuesday 3:30 open
GUITAR: Sean Huddleston: Monday 3:00- 8:00 SOLD OUT
VIOLIN: Tracy Latulas: Thursday 5:00 open
PIANO: Mila Olivier: Thursday 5:30 open
Sarah Jones: Wednesday 7:00 open
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Academy Pet of the Month
This month we are featuring guitar/voice student Chaz Willis and his 5 cats!
Chaz and Apollo
Brat
Mama Kitty with babies
Send us your pet photo (preferably with you) All kinds of pets are welcome.
Text pictures and info to 337-380-5551
or e-mail to: info@iberiamusicacademy.com
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Refer a Friend & get a $25 in cash!
If you have a friend who might like to take lessons, if you refer them to the Academy
and they take 1 month of lessons, we’ll give you a $25!
It’s very EASY to refer someone.
Just have your friend mention your name when he register
or
visit: IberiaMusicAcademy.com/referafriend
Type in your name, their name, and their e-mail address and we’ll take care of the rest!
There’s no maximum to the amount of cash that you can receive!
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Please welcome our NEW STUDENTS who enrolled in May-June!
LaDoris Politte
Katelyne Romero
Cruiz Quinlan
Garrett Viator
Rebekah Boudreaux
Chase Ransonet
Chaz Willis
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Important Dates:
Fall Semester starts on August 5th
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STUDENT OF THE MONTH – CHLOE THIBODEAUX!
What instrument do you play?
Piano
How long have you taken lessons with us?
2 years
What are your hobbies / interests?
Camping, riding a bike, swimming,
playing board games,
Cartoon network games,
educational games like Cool Math
Favorite food?
Pizza, spaghetti, candy, snowballs
Do you have a pet?
1 dog . His name is Max
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April Birthdays
Avery Hanks – 10
Kate Avery Ditch – 16
Jolyn Louviere – 20
Stephan Airault – 22
Jacob Grayson – 25
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Congratulations to the LMTA District Rally winners!
Chloe Thibodeaux – 3rd place in PA level
Mateo Atwi – 2nd place in III level
Mateo will play at Louisiana Music Teachers Association’s state competition on June 1st at Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond. This competition is for students level PB and up who made 98 or above in Performance and a 94 or above in the other three parts at District rally.
Mateo Atwi Chloe Thibodeaux
top row on the left bottom row on the right
Again, congratulations for your outstanding performance, and good luck Mateo!
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Congratulations to Alice Latula!
She won a Free lesson for referring a friend to the academy. We greatly appreciate your referral!
Congratulations to all recital performers
that rocked the house at our Annual student concert on May 18 at Assembly Christian Church auditorium!
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Refer a Friend & get a FREE lesson!
If you have a friend who might like to take lessons, if you refer them to the Academy
and they take 1 month of lessons, we’ll give you a lesson for free!
It’s very EASY to refer someone.
Just have your friend mention your name when he register
or
visit: IberiaMusicAcademy.com/referafriend
Type in your name, their name, and their e-mail address and we’ll take care of the rest!
There’s no maximum to the amount of free lessons that you can receive!
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Please welcome our NEW STUDENTS who enrolled in March!
Max Lejeune
Kate Avery Ditch
Madison Williams
Drew Dorsey
Dakota Sonnier
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Important Dates:
June 3 – July 31
Summer lessons
August 1
Fall Semester begins
9/2/13
Labor Day
OPEN
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(337) 380-5551
APRIL NEWSLETTER
In this issue
- Recital invitation
- Happy Birthday!
- Recital Preparation
- Pet of the Month
- Refer a Friend
- New Students
- Important Dates
Got news for the IMA Newsletter?
We welcome all submissions! E-mail
yours to info@iberiamusicacademyacademy.com |
April Birthdays
Norma Green -April 2
Mateo Atwi – April 20
Alex Koval – April 20
David Giang – April 22
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Academy Pet of the Month
This month we are featuring piano student Andreas Atwi and his pet lamb!
This is what Andreas told us: “On March 15 my little lamb, Mouton Blanc, was born at noon. A little while later he was already frisking about and sucking milk vigorously. He is so clean and white now, but I’ll bet that soon he will rolling around in the hay and dirt and he won’t stay so shiny white. “
This year we’re hoping to feature pictures of students and teachers with their pets. Send us your pet photo (preferably with you). All kinds of pets are welcome.
Text pictures and info to 337-380-5551 or e-mail to: info@iberiamusicacademy.com
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Refer a Friend & get a FREE lesson!
If you have a friend who might like to take lessons, if you refer them to the Academy
and they take 1 month of lessons, we’ll give you a lesson for free!
It’s very EASY to refer someone.
Just have your friend mention your name when he register
or
visit: IberiaMusicAcademy.com/referafriend
Type in your name, their name, and their e-mail address and we’ll take care of the rest!
There’s no maximum to the amount of free lessons that you can receive!
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Please welcome our NEW STUDENTS who enrolled in March!
Robert Boudreaux
Paisley Rideaux
Elliot Leitner
Rayna Theriot
Dakota Sonnier
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Important Dates:
Annual Recital
Saturday May 18, at 11:00 a.m.
Last Day of lessons
May 24
Summer lessons will be available
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Family of the Month
Sarah Dishman is a 6th grader in the Louisiana on-line Charter Academy. Her hobbies include playing the piano and guitar, dancing, making jewelry, and keeping up with the latest fashion trends. Sarah also plays soccer, competing in several tournaments a year.
Her life’s motto is “Ooh, that’s cute!”
Layne Dishman is a 9th grade student at NISH. He enjoys playing multiple instruments such as the piano, 9 years, saxophone, 5 years, guitar and bassoon. He also enjoys playing video games like Zelda and listening to classical music. Layne has been in Gifted program for 5 years, and talent-music program for 6 years.
His family owns 2 dogs and 1 cat.
Haley is an 11th grade student at NISH who has many interests. She plays multiple instruments like the piano, flute, French horn, melllophone, guitar and melodics. She has been in dancing for 13 years and she enjoys many styles, especially tap and jazz. Haley is also in NISH chorus’s spring musical “The Wizard of Oz” where she will appear as Dorothy Gale in April.
Her most notable quote is “The cat is mine, Layne!”
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Is Your Teacher Sold Out?
VOICE: Maddy Magnon: Tuesday SOLD OUT
GUITAR: Andrew Angelle: Thursday 5:00 open
Sean Huddleston: Monday 4:30:00 open
VIOLIN: Tracy Latulas: Wednesday 4:00 open
PIANO: Mila Olivier: Monday-Friday SOLD OUT
Sarah Jones: Wednesday SOLD OUT
SAXOPHONE: Edmundo Rincon: Thursday 6:00 open
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February March
Dennis Rosenzweig Beth Louis
Mary Catherine Louis Tiago Atwi
Geri Valls Jacob Legnon
Michael Hagan
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Academy Pet of the Month
This month we are featuring piano student Evan Giang and his pet goose! Every day goose lays one egg. Evan gets an egg and puts it in incubator to hatch a little babies.
This year we’re hoping to feature pictures of students and teachers with their pets. Send us your pet photo (preferably with you). All kinds of pets are welcome.
Text pictures and info to 337-380-5551
or e-mail to: info@iberiamusicacademy.com
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Refer a Friend & get a FREE lesson!
If you have a friend who might like to take lessons, if you refer them to the Academy
and they take 1 month of lessons, we’ll give you a lesson for free!
It’s very EASY to refer someone.
Just have your friend mention your name when he register
or
visit: IberiaMusicAcademy.com/referafriend
Type in your name, their name, and their e-mail address and we’ll take care of the rest!
There’s no maximum to the amount of free lessons that you can receive!
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Please welcome our NEW STUDENTS who enrolled in December!
Bobby Bonin
Ian Green
Brittany Marceaux
Remy Martin
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Important Dates:
Easter Break
March 25-29
No lessons
District Rally
April 13, written test
April 20 Playing
UL Lafayette
Mark your calendar:
Annual Recital
May 18 at 11:00 am
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