MTAC OCC NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2015 TABLE of CONTENTS PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE, 1 CALENDAR, 2 BRANCH MTG PREVIEW, 3 CERTIFICATE OF MERIT, 4-5 BAROQUE FESTIVAL, 6-7 BACH FESTIVAL, 8-10 BRANCH RECITALS, 11 NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS, 12 ADVERTISEMENTS, 13 from Pamela Worcester PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Happy New Year!!! I hope you all enjoyed the holidays and are now ready to input your CM students’ repertoire. :) Panel teachers remember to do this soon because the deadline is Jan. 15th. Also, you must request Evaluation Day 2 for the Panel Regional Auditions at Saddleback College as Marie Kaneta has instructed. Please read the CM info in this newsletter for more details. I want to thank Margery Burger for giving a wonderful lecture-demonstration on Beautiful Tone in Piano Playing at our November 2014 meeting. She is an amazing pedagogue who shared many of her piano teaching secrets and helped motivate us to be better teachers. We are very fortunate to have such a well-respected and highly successful teacher in our branch! Thanks go to Julie Nakamura for doing an outstanding job as the Theme Festival chair. She made it look so simple and easy! In addition, Natalia Gubenko (co-chair), Jamie Park (hospitality), and all the teachers that assisted deserve a round of applause for their great work. Editor: Lisa lwaki [email protected] Did you remembered to register your students for the Baroque Festival? The deadline is January 2nd. There are also two new Community Service Recital dates for 2015: Jan. 24 and Feb. 28 at Freedom Village in Lake Forest. Please register your students at mtacocc.org. Come hear our annual Young Artist Guild Recital at the upcoming branch meeting on Wednesday, January 14th. This year, Jin Joo Hong (pianist) will be the performer. She is a student of Dr. KookHee Hong (MTAC Orange Branch). Best wishes for a healthy, prosperous, and productive year!!! ~Pam CALENDAR 2015 MTAC OCC Branch Dates JANUARY 2 On-line (www.mtac.org) database opens for entering CM evaluation information and repertoire online. 14 Wednesday, 10:00 AM. BRANCH MEETING, LHCC. Young Artist Guild Recital. Jin Joo, pianist; KookHee Hong, teacher. 18 Sunday, 2:00 PM. SHOWCASE RECITAL, Saddleback Room, MVCC. 24 Saturday, 2:00 PM. COMMUNITY SERVICE RECITAL, Freedom Village. 31 Saturday, BAROQUE FESTIVAL, Saddleback College. DEADLINES JANUARY 2 Baroque Festival online registration & submission of student fees, student list, and evaluator sheets. 9 Community Service Recital (for 1/24). 14 VOCE RECITAL Forms at MTAC’s VOCE online website: www.mtac.org - send entries/fees to Shelley Johnson. 15 MTAC Composers Today regional eval- uations, MTAC Young Composers Guild (YCG) applications. Check www.mtac. org for more info; Su-Shing Chiu, branch chair (both Composers Today and YCG). 31 Online submission of CM STUDENT FORMS (www.mtac.org) by 11:59 PM. FEBRUARY 8 Sunday, 2:00 PM. BRANCH MEETING, LHCC. Craig Richey Master Class with late intermediate – advanced level students. 14 Saturday, VOCE RECITAL, Saddleback College. 22 Sunday, PANEL REGIONAL AUDITIONS (South), Saddleback College. 28 Saturday, 2:00 PM. COMMUNITY SERVICE RECITAL, Freedom Village. 7 9 FEBRUARY Bach Festival online registration (www.scjbf.org). Mail fees and student list to Itoe Akimoto. Community Service Recital (for 2/28). 15 28 30 MARCH Composers Today Improvisation Celebration application. (Check www. mtac.org). Showcase Recital (for 4/19). Composers Today State Contest entry. (Check www.mtac.org). MARCH 7 Saturday, BACH FESTIVAL, Geneva Presbyterian Church, Laguna Woods. *Specific CM dates are listed on page 4.* MTAC OCC Branch Newsletter, January 2015 MVCC = Mission Viejo Civic Center LHCC = Laguna Hills Community Center For maps and directions to branch venues: http://mtacocc.org/maps.htm Page 2 BRANCH MEETING PREVIEW Wednesday, January 14th at 10 AM Heritage Room C, Laguna Hills Community Center Young Artist Guild Recital Jin Joo Hong, piano Jin Joo Hong is a sophomore at the Eastman School of Music, has been studying piano for over ten years and is currently under the tutelage of Professor Rebecca Penneys. Ms. Hong’s passion for musical performance was inspired by her teacher Dr. KookHee Hong. In 2013 at the MTAC State Convention, Jin Joo was one of six young artists presented as a Young Artist Guild member. She was also awarded the Natensted Award for her excellent essay, and the Plumb Award for the most outstanding performer among the young artists. Jin Joo has been awarded top prizes in various competitions including the Diamond Bar Performing Arts Contest, the Musical Arts Club’s competition, and the Southwestern Youth Music Festival’s open Concerto. She has received awards for special recognition in performance from Congressman Ed Royce and Assemblyman Curt Hagman. This performance was broadcast on Sundays Live Music and Classical KUSC. She has also appeared as soloist with the Korean Symphony Orchestra and the Southern California Philharmonic. Jin Joo has performed in master classes for prestigious teachers including Dr. Lidia Boguslavsky, Dr. Edna Golandsky, Dr. Marc Silverman, Dr. Min Kwon, Dr. Martin Canin, Dr. Pavlina Dokovska and Dr. Soloman Mikowsky. In addition to piano studies, Jin Joo was a violinist and served as first violinist in her high school orchestra. She was also in a chamber music group coached by Professor Alexander Suleiman. Aside from her music life, Jin Joo enjoys reading, writing and watching classic movies and musicals. MTAC OCC Branch Newsletter, January 2015 Page 3 CERTIFICATE of MERIT information Piano and General Chair: Anne Prestridge, [email protected] Piano Repertoire Expert: Marina Sakach, [email protected] Strings Chair: Gloria Liu Traullé, [email protected] Voice Chair: Kathleen Martin, [email protected] Teacher Volunteer Work Scheduler: Keiko Ikeda, [email protected] CM DATABASE AT MTAC.ORG OPENS JANUARY 2ND AND CLOSES JANUARY 31ST at 11:59 PM. TEACHER VOLUNTEER WORK REQUIREMENT ALL TEACHERS: January 2nd – 31st please sign-up for working at the CM events. Login to the branch website mtacocc.org and click on MTAC Events and then scroll down to find each CM event. GOOD NEWS! The teacher volunteer work requirement has been lessened! The work requirement is based on the number of students you registered in the Fall. Dropped students do not lessen your work requirement. Following is the new work requirement: 1-5 students = ½ day, 6-10=1 day, 11-15= 1 ½ days, 16-20 = 2 days, 21-25 = 2 ½ days, 26-30 = 3 days, 31-35 = 3 ½ days, 36-40 = 4 ½ days, 41-45 = 5 days BRANCH EVALUATION DATES PIANO Day 1 = Saturday, March 21st - Private Studios Day 2 = Sunday, March 22nd - Saddleback College Day 3 = Sunday, March 28th - Saddleback College Day 4 = Saturday, March 29th - Saddleback College Piano Theory Testing: Saturday, March 7th and Sunday March 8th – Mission Viejo Civic Center STRINGS Saturday, March 7th – Saddleback College VOICE Saturday, March 14th – Faith Episcopal Church (AM & PM) Sunday, March 15th – Saddleback College (PM) GENERAL REPERTOIRE INFORMATION Piano and String teachers MUST USE 2012 PIANO SYLLABUS!!! You can order it online at mtac.org or call the State Office at (800) 834-3340. You will find more information regarding repertoire on p.10-11 of New 2012 Piano Syllabus. The repertoire is divided into four categories: 1. Baroque: approximately 1600-1750. 2. Classical: approximately 1750-1825. 3. Romantic and Impressionism: approximately 1825-1900. 4. 20th and 21st Century: Composers who have “come of age” in the 20th Century (Composers born approximately 1880 or after). Composers Categories for Repertoire Selection are listed in Section 6 of Syllabus (p.161-169). Some composers are listed in two different categories. These are transitional composers, and may be used for one of two different categories in Levels 3 and up. MTAC OCC Branch Newsletter, January 2015 Page 4 Make sure that your student’s repertoire is at or above their CM level. One piece must be chosen from their CM level repertoire list. If a piece is listed under the composer list with a “not” it can not be used for the Level unless the piece can be found in an Anthology for the Level and the Anthology does not have a “not” for it. Then the piece may be used. Golden rule: If in doubt about repertoire, do not use it! Current CM Policy regarding Automatic Remain at Level (RAL) and Ineligible for Certificate (IC) is listed on p.18 of Syllabus. If you have any piano repertoire questions or concerns, please contact Marina Sakach, [email protected]. OTHER REGISTRATION INFORMATION CM 2015 Important Dates included in this newsletter. Save/print this and please refer to it! OTHER CM DATES PANEL PIANO REGIONAL AUDITION at Saddleback College: February 22, 2015. Repertoire input deadline: January 15. PANEL FINAL AUDITIONS (South): March 27, 28, 29. BRANCH HONORS RECITALS: April 19 at Laguna Hills Community Center. CONVENTION: July 3- July 7, 2015, Fairmont San Jose. Carpooling Students: Choose one student as the “leader” and put that student’s username in the carpool box on both of their forms. Evaluation Day Request (PIANO): Please only request a day and/or AM, PM request if necessary. Let students and parents know that the scheduling of these requests cannot be guaranteed. Since Piano Evaluation Days 3 & 4 are the most highly requested days, teachers may NOT request to have the majority of their students scheduled on those two days. Any teacher that has the majority of her/his students scheduled on day 3 or 4 will be asked to change some of those requests. Piano Teachers Reminder: The computer scheduling program schedules students in the order that the requests were made. Each time a teacher updates a student’s page on the database, the submission date changes. Panel Students: Their data has to be inputted by January 15th. Teacher must input the Regional Audition date: February 22, 2015 (Day 2). Branch Honors: If the teacher wants a student to be considered for Branch Honors, the box must be marked. Eligibility Requirements: Minimum age, Grade 1; Piano & Strings - Level 5 and higher, Voice - Level 4 and higher. Convention Recitals: If the teacher wants a student to be considered for a Convention recital, the box must be marked and the appropriate, accurate information inputted. See 2012 Piano Syllabus, page 14 for individual convention eligibility requirements. Click SUBMIT at the bottom of registration form, otherwise the information you inputted will not be saved. Best wishes, Anne Prestridge, CM general chair and piano chair [email protected] MTAC OCC Branch Newsletter, January 2015 Page 5 BAROQUE FESTIVAL Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Saddleback College Chair: Susan Wong, (310) 529-5875, [email protected] Co-Chair: Sarah Jay, 215-8377, [email protected] Hospitality: Diana Chu, 805-448-5298 Entry Deadline: January 2, 2015 (both online AND mailing) Fees: Solo entries: $25 each Duet/ensemble: $25 for the first student + $12.50 for each additional student The Baroque Festival is open to all levels of piano and instrumental students, both solos and ensembles. REPERTOIRE GUIDELINES • A maximum of two pieces per student are allowed only if they are by the same composer and from the same collection. Each piece must be under two minutes in length. • No keyboard concerti will be allowed. • Music should be in its original form, and NOT simplified or transcribed. • There is a five minute time limit per performer. Pieces longer than five minutes will be ended by the presider. ENTRY RULES & OTHER INFORMATION • All music must be memorized with the exception of duets, ensembles, and accompaniments. • Students are separated into the following age categories: 11 and under, ages 12-14, ages 15-18, and adult. • Students will receive awards of medals, ribbons, and certificates based entirely on the adjudicators’ decisions. • The top 25% of students in each age category receive 1st Place Medals, the next 25% of students in each category receive 2nd Place Blue Ribbons, the next 25% of students receivenorable Mention Red Ribbons, and the next 25% receive a Yellow Participation Ribbon. • Parents may only videotape their son or daughter’s performance. • Teachers are limited to 8 students each. Contributory Members may NOT enter students. • Each student must actually study with the teacher who is entering him/her in the festival, and should have studied with the teacher for six months prior to the festival, unless permission is given by the previous teacher, or the teacher change was necessary because of a geographic move. GROUNDS FOR FESTIVAL DISQUALIFICATION: failure to bring music for the judges, bringing photocopied music, performance of a piece other than the piece entered, and incomplete or inaccurate entry applications. MTAC OCC Branch Newsletter, January 2015 Page 6 • In addition, accompanists cannot use photocopied music except to facilitate a page turn. • Teachers are expected to work at the festivals in which they have entered students; failure to do so may result in a monetary fine or other penalties. • Teachers may not accompany their own students. AFTER THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE: participating teachers will receive information on students’ performance time, teachers working schedule, and map/direction via email. ON FESTIVAL DAY: make sure that each student knows the rules for recital etiquette, dresses appropriately, and brings a copy of the music (NO PHOTOCOPIES) with measures numbered. If the score has a foreign title, please pencil in its English translation. RESULTS: Within a few days of the festival, the Medal winners and Blue Ribbon winners will be posted online by student numbers at www.mtacocc.org. Certificates, evaluation sheets, medals and ribbons may be picked up at the February 8th Branch Meeting. IMPORTANT UPDATE Postage Fees & Rules Change If you know you cannot attend this meeting and wish to have the result packet mailed back to you, please include $5.60 for postage (USPS Priority Mail flat rate) in your check along with the student registration fees. No cash will be accepted! REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS Part A. OCC BRANCH WEBSITE REGISTRATION at http://www.mtacocc.org/user/login/ will close on January 2. (Note: This is different from the BACH FESTIVAL. Please read Bach Festival rules for details on how to register students.) Students may enter either the Baroque Festival or the Bach Festival, but not both. •You may request AM or PM only if absolutely necessary. More specific scheduling requests cannot be accommodated. •It is very important for you to check the spelling of your on-line registrations. They will appear on all the printed materials for the festival day - programs, evaluation sheets, certificates etc. Part B. After registering your students online, please MAIL the following to: Susan Wong, 415 Anita St., Redondo Beach, CA 90278 on or before January 2. 1. A check payable to MTAC Orange Coast Cities for the total amount of your entries 2. Print the web page of your Student List from the online website, and include it with the check. 3. “Evaluation Sheet.” One copy per entry. Please go to http://mtacocc.org/documents/BRQ_Adjudicator_Evaluation_ Sheet2013.pdf to find this form. • Fill in the form by typing directly on the screen. Typed evaluation lists highly recommended; if not, please write neatly and legibly. This form will be used by judges!! • Print evaluation sheet per entry. • Leave the STUDENT NUMBER blank. • Please enter your TEACHER NUMBER from the Branch Yearbook 2014-15, not from any previous year. • Print each one right after typing – it does not save entry as a file. The result packets will be available for pick up at the February 8th Branch Meeting. MTAC OCC Branch Newsletter, January 2015 Page 7 Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Geneva Presbyterian Church 24301 El Toro Road, Laguna Woods Chair: Lisa lwaki, 439-5623, [email protected] Co-Chair: Itoe Akimoto, 951-1677, [email protected] Regional Chair: Pam Worcester, 581-1467, [email protected] Hospitality: Jin Cho, 380-9687 Registration Deadline: Friday, February 9, 2015 Registration will close at 11:59 PM Entry Fee: $25.00 REPERTOIRE INFORMATION MTAC, Orange Coast Cities Branch Rule: Pieces from the Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook will NOT be accepted for the Bach Festival. Students playing works from the AMB Notebook should enter the Baroque Festival instead. Students may play in either the Baroque or the Bach Festival, but not both. Teachers interested in the 2014 Complete Works Official List can find this on the SCJBF website. REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS The 2015 student applications will be available online from November 1st at http://www.scjbf.org. Before registering your students, you must check the box that says, I have read and I accept the rules that apply to students and teachers entering the Southern California Junior Bach Festival. If you registered students last year, their information will still be listed under Student Profiles. Please delete the students that have graduated or are no longer your students. You will need to use the same user name and password. In addition, remember to update your teacher info (new email or address). Direct website questions to the webmaster, Dave Weisbart. Please contact Pamela Worcester, Bach Region V Chair, at 949-581-1467 or [email protected] for other questions. Do NOT try to register on our branch website mtacocc.org. Please mail the following items to Itoe Akimoto (25582 Maximus Street, Mission Viejo, CA 92691) or bring them to the January 14th Branch Meeting. 1) A print out of your students from the scjbf.org website 2) A check made payable to MTAC, Orange Coast Cities Branch: $25 x the number of students entered + postage. You do not need to include postage if you intend to pick-up the results. IMPORTANT UPDATE Postage Fees & Rules Change If you know you cannot attend this meeting and wish to have the result packet mailed back to you, please include $5.60 for postage (USPS Priority Mail flat rate) in your check along with the student registration fees. No cash will be accepted! Absolutely no changes or additions will be made after the February 9th deadline! ! W NE PIANO & VIOLIN/VIOLA MASTERCLASS The Southern California Junior Bach Festival is sponsoring a Piano Master Class with Dr. Stewart Gordon and a Violin/ Viola Master Class with Nathan Cole on Monday, January 19, 2015 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM at Chapman University, Salmon Recital Hall (inside Bertea Hall, off of Palm Ave.) Go to scjbf.org for more info. Performer and Auditor applications available on pages 9-10. MTAC OCC Branch Newsletter, January 2015 Page 8 Southern California Junior Bach Festival is sponsoring a PIANO MASTER CLASS with STEWART GORDON Monday, January 19, 2015 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 N. Chapman University, Orange, CA Salmon Recital Hall (inside Bertea Hall, off of Palm Av.) Stewart Gordon is Professor of Keyboard Studies at the Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern California, as well as an adjunct professor at the Claremont Graduate University. His academic career includes posts at Wilmington College in Ohio, the University of Maryland, where he was Music Department chair, and Queens College of the City University of New York, where he was Provost and VicePresident for Academic Affairs. As a pianist, he toured in the United States, Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Hawaii, Japan, Taiwan, the Caribbean, and Saudi Arabia. His recordings include works by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, De Falla, Scriabin, Ellis Kohs, Luis de Frietas-Branco, and the complete Rachmaninoff Preludes. He is a Steinway Artist. He is the author of many books and a videotape series of instructional materials for both students and teachers. He has edited the Piano Sonatas of Beethoven (Alfred) in four volumes. His newest book, Guide for Tomorrow's Pianists, is currently in production at Oxford University Press). He is preparing an edition of the Twelve Debussy Etudes for Alfred Music Publishers. He founded the (now) William Kapell International Piano Competition and acted as its director for 15 years. In New York City he founded the Cultural Heritage Competition and the Great Gospel Competition. He is a past President of the Virginia Waring International Piano Competition, and currently serves on the executive and artistic committees. In Savannah, Georgia, he founded the Savannah Onstage Music Festivals, as well as its American Traditions Competition, and acted as their artistic director for 14 years. He has served as an adjudicator for many international competitions. Performer Application Auditor Application Master Class performance is open to any Keyboard Regional Performer. Students may perform any Bach Work except Anna Magdalena Notebook. We invite you to attend the Master Class as an auditor. Costs for pre-registration are $20 for adults and $10 for students (with student I.D.). Pre-registration applications must be postmarked by January 12, 2015. (Adult auditors paying at the door will be charged $30.) Please make your check payable to SCJBF and send it to: Sue Scofield at 1604 Hillside Dr., Glendale, CA. 91208. No refund of performer fee after student has been selected to perform. Entry Fee $50 - Application Deadline Postmark, January 6, 2015 Make check payable to SCJBF Mail to Sue Scofield at 1604 Hillside Dr. Glendale, CA 91208 Student Name_______________________________Age______Phone_________________ Teacher Name_________________________Phone_______________Branch___________ Name_____________________________________Phone________________________ Name_____________________________________Phone________________________ Teacher's Address___________________________________________________________ Student Email__________________________Tchr Email____________________________ Bach Work_______________________________________BWV_________Time_________ MTAC OCC Branch Newsletter, January 2015 Parking permits are required. Visit www.chapman.edu (Maps and Directions) for details. Use Lastinger parking structure P4. For additional information on this event, please contact Sue Scofield at (818) 243-3886 Page 9 Southern California Junior Bach Festival is sponsoring a Violin/Viola Master Class with NATHAN COLE Monday, January 19, 2015 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 N. Chapman University, Orange, CA Choral Room (inside Bertea Hall, off of Palm Av.) Nathan Cole is First Associate Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In addition to his previous positions in the Chicago Symphony and as Principal Second Violin of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, he has appeared as guest concertmaster with the orchestras of Houston, Minnesota, Oregon, Ottawa, Pittsburgh and Seattle. As a native of Lexington, Kentucky, he is also a frequent soloist with the Lexington Philharmonic. In 2007, Nathan founded the Chamber Music Festival of Lexington. As a teaching artist with the online music company ArtistWorks, Nathan presides over his School of Violin, nathancoleviolin.com. In Los Angeles, he is on the faculty of the Colburn School for the Performing Arts and is a guest lecturer at the USC Thornton School of Music. While in Chicago, he was on faculty at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, and was a coach for the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Nathan made his debut with the Louisville Orchestra at the age of ten. While studying at the Curtis Institute of Music with Pamela Frank, Felix Galimir, Ida Kavafian and Jaime Laredo, he formed the Grancino String Quartet. At the invitation of Isaac Stern, the Quartet made its debut in New York's Weill Hall. Several summers at Marlboro, as well as tours with Musicians from Marlboro, enriched his love of chamber music. Nathan’s articles and photographs have appeared in Strings, Symphony and Chamber Music magazines. His debut album Rapid Approach is a disc of unaccompanied works by Bach, Bartók and Augusta Read Thomas. Performer Application Auditor Application Master Class performance is open to any Strings All-Branch Regional Performer. Students may perform any Bach Work except Anna Magdalena Notebook. We invite you to attend the Master Class as an auditor. Costs for pre-registration are $20 for adults and $10 for students (with student I.D.). Pre-registration applications must be postmarked by January 12, 2015. (Adult auditors paying at the door will be charged $30.) Please make your check payable to SCJBF and send it to: Sue Scofield at 1604 Hillside Dr., Glendale, CA. 91208. No refund of performer fee after student has been selected to perform. Entry Fee $50 - Application Deadline Postmark, January 6, 2015 Make check payable to SCJBF Mail to Sue Scofield at 1604 Hillside Dr. Glendale, CA 91208 Student Name_______________________________Age______Phone_________________ Teacher Name_________________________Phone_______________Branch___________ Name_____________________________________Phone________________________ Name_____________________________________Phone________________________ Teacher's Address___________________________________________________________ Student Email__________________________Tchr Email____________________________ Bach Work_______________________________________BWV_________Time_________ MTAC OCC Branch Newsletter, January 2015 Parking permits are required. Visit www.chapman.edu (Maps and Directions) for details. Use Lastinger parking structure P4. For additional information on this event, please contact Sue Scofield at (818) 243-3886 Page 10 BRANCH RECITALS Community Service Recital, Showcase Recital COMMUNITY SERVICE RECITALS Chairs: Laura Combs, 233-2806, [email protected] Angela Leu, 697-2888, [email protected] Saturdays at 2 PM at Freedom Village in Lake Forest Next recital dates: January 24 (deadline January 9) February 28 (deadline February 9) The fees are $15 per student. If there any ensembles, each student in the group will pay $15. (For example, a duet will be charged $30 total.) Register online at www.mtacocc.org. Send fees and student list printed off the web registration page to Angela Leu. Refer to “Branch Documents” on our branch website for more information. The deadline will be 3 weeks prior to the recital or the first 15 students to register (whichever happens first). All pieces must be performed from memory. SHOWCASE RECITALS Chair: Ana de Vries, 499-1065, [email protected] Sundays at 2 PM at the Mission Viejo Civic Center, Saddleback Room Next recital dates: April 19 (deadline March 28) The fees are $15 per student. If there any ensembles, each student in the group will pay $15. (For example, a duet will be charged $30 total.) Register online registration at www.mtacocc.org. Send fees and student list printed off the web registration page to Ana de Vries. Refer to “Branch Documents” on our branch website for more information. The deadline will be 3 weeks prior to the recital or the first 15 students to register (whichever happens first). No performance certificate will be given if solo music is not memorized. UPCOMING SADDLEBACK COLLEGE EVENTS REFLECTION OF THE OCEAN CLASSICAL KEYBOARD SERIES GRACE FONG AND GILLES APAP, VIOLIN & PIANO RECITAL Date: Saturday, January 24, 2:30 PM McKinney Theatre $15 general; $12 seniors; $10 students; children FREE with paying adult; 2 for 1 for music teachers with MTAC/CAPMT ID CONCERT HOUR LASZLO MEZO CELLO CONCERT Date: Thursday, January 29, 12:00 PM FA 101 FREE Admission VIOLIN MASTER CLASS WITH MOVSES POGOSSIAN Date: Sunday, February 8, 10:00 AM FA 101 FREE Admission For more information, see http://www.saddleback.edu/uploads/ arts/14pafallbrochureweb.PDF Reminder: Teachers may enter only 2 students per recital. Please do not enter the same student twice (solo + duet) in one recital. (Two duet teams per teacher are allowed.) Teachers are not allowed to perform duets (four-hand piano music) with their students. It is acceptable for teachers to accompany their students for different instruments or voice. MTAC OCC Branch Newsletter, January 2015 Page 11 NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS SADDLEBACK COLLEGE CONCERTO COMPETITION 2014-15 RESULTS Congratulations to the following students: 1st Place: Jonah Cervantes Shostakovich: Cello Concerto in E-flat, Op. 107 (I) 2nd Place: Ariana Espinoza Ravel: Piano Concerto in G (I) 3rd Place: Harlan Tsui Honorable Mentions: Micaela Lum & Kiana Kaminski Congrats also to the winning teachers: Su-Shing Chiu, Linda Eldridge, Kirill Gliadkovsky, Laszlo Mezo, Pamela Worcester The 1st and 2nd Place winners will perform with the Saddleback College Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, March 14, 2015. Pamela Worcester Piano Studio News BRANCH YEARBOOK UPDATES Congrats to Shelby Wong for winning the Young Stars of the Future Competition. She will be performing the Warsaw Concerto by Richard Addinsell with the South Coast Symphony on Friday, January 30, 2015 at 7:30 PM at Crossline Church in Laguna Hills. The following teachers have changed their address and email. Please update your branch yearbooks accordingly: CAPMT District 8 2014-15 Honors Audition: Category B: Carina Wang (1st Place) Category C: Chloe Nelson (1st Place) Category E: Micaela Lum (Alternate) Jenny Tu 24216 Hollyoak Apt C, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 CAPMT District 8 2014-15 Contemporary Music Festival: Category D: Adin Boyer (1st Place) Category E: Jiayang Chris Zhou (1st Place) Fang Ouyang [email protected] CAPMT District winners will compete again at the CAPMT State Conference on Feb. 7, 2015 at Cal State Los Angeles. MTAC OCC Branch Newsletter, January 2015 Page 12 ADVERTISEMENTS PLACING AN AD? If you would like to see your advertisement here, please contact Lisa (newsletter editor) at [email protected]. As a courtesy, please submit requests by the 20th before the next month’s newsletter. For non-commercial and educational events, free for both OCC members and non-members. For commercial, buy & sell, and business advertisements, there is a $20 fee/issue (9 issues/year) for a partial space of the page. Only advertisements which are beneficial for members’ professional life will be published. All advertisements subject to approval by the branch. Vienna International Piano Academy 2015 June 8th – June 29th http://viennapianoacademy.wordpress.com/ Private lessons with faculty members and a final concert for participants are part of the piano study. Also featured are tours of Vienna and its environs, including composers’ homes, world famous museums, Baroque castles, gardens, and abundant historic sites. “Vienna Festival Weeks” take place during the Academy offering opportunities to enjoy everything from symphonic concerts and opera to theater performances and exhibitions. You will have opportunities to attend concerts and opera performances in the world-renowned Musikverein and Staatsoper. You will also be extended the extraordinary opportunity to attend some of the classes at the famous Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts! Faculty: Krassimira Jordan, Artist-in-Residence and Professor of Piano at Baylor University, Texas, Wofgang Watzinger, Professor of Music at University of Music and Performance Arts, Vienna, Austria, and Paul Barnes, Professor of Piano at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music, and Lynn Worcester, Assistant Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at Shorter University, Georgia. Fees and Deadline: · Euro 2,600. · Deadline for a deposit of 800 Euros December 15th, 2014. Advanced Piano Pedagogy Class Spring, 2015 at Saddleback College Interested in enhancing your piano teaching skills? Consider taking Mus 256 – Advanced Piano Pedagogy at Saddleback College. Classes start on starting on Monday, January 26, 2015 (spring semester). More details below. Designed to help more experienced piano teachers refine their teaching techniques. Teachers expected to teach and perform music in the correct style. Teaching demonstrations with younger students required. Piano literature for late-intermediate & early-advanced levels emphasized. Questions? Contact Pam Worcester at [email protected] or 949-581-1467. Mus 256, Advanced Piano Pedagogy (3 units) Ticket # 18270 Class meets on Mondays, 8:45-11:50 AM Instructor: Pamela Worcester For more information, please telephone (254)710-6517 or e-mail [email protected]. MTAC OCC Branch Newsletter, January 2015 Page 13
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