January 2010
MTAC MARIN BRANCH NEWSLETTER
President's Message
Happy New Year!
I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday Season. December has been a slow month but we have many events coming up in 2010.
C/M online repertoire registration begins 1/2/10. Please note that the Adult Recital at Karen Fournier's home has been changed to Sunday 3/28/10. Don’t forget to send us any changes that you might have made in your contact information and we will update our lists.
If you have any special musical events to broadcast, please send them to me at pagricola@hotmail.com or to the Brach website, mtacmarin@gmail.com. You can also reach me at 415-383-2027.
I would like to send condolences to Edith Walsh on the death of her daughter Mary Christine. Edith is been a long time member and friend to many Branch Members and we are sorry for your loss.
Jan. 10th Student Monthly Recital
2 PM JB Piano
We are now able to send the Recital application over the internet. Members will now enter their students’ information on the MTACMarin web page under the Branch Activities heading. Click on MTAC-Marin Branch Student Recital Registration and fill out your information. Click submit and it will be sent to Joey Edelman.
JB Piano 2:00 PM
540 Irwin St.
San Rafael
The chair is Joey Edelman
415-453-5059
joeyedelman@me.com
TIME-SENSITIVE ANNOUNCEMENT
2010 Teacher Survey
Since 1992, the Marin branch has conducted a survey of its members approximately every three years. This survey has proven to be an invaluable tool for our members (and other teachers in Marin), because it gives a good snapshot of the the state of the music teaching business in the county at the time it is done. The last one was done in spring 2007.
This year the survey is online (although we will be mailing a paper copy to those teachers who do not have access to computers or who request a hard copy by calling Chris Bradley at 302-0396).
An online survey makes it easier for you to respond and guarantees that the survey will be completely anonymous, since there are no handwritten answers and no postal zip codes or any other way to identify who has responded. Since all responses are anonymous, we hope that everyone will participate. The more responses we get from our members, the more accurate the survey will be. The site is fully encrypted, so no unauthorized persons will see your data.
We have EXTENDED the deadline to 11:59:00 PM, January 31, 2010.
Membership Secretary Christina Bradley has sent an email reminder to all members, including the link to the survey and the password. This is a duplicate of an email sent on Thursday December 3rd. Please open that email, click on the link, enter the password and take the survey.
The results will be available in February.
Go to your email and find the email sent Thu 12/03/09 12:35 PM from the MTAC Marin Branch (mtacmarin@gmail.com) for all the information or copy and paste the below address to your browser.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V9KMQ5T
TEACHER 2 TEACHER
The November Teacher To Teacher was lively and interesting. One of the many topics we talked about was memorizing-how we do it ourselves, how we teach it to our students. It was great morning. Everyone left with new energy and ideas about their teaching.
If this sounds interesting to you, please join us! The next Teacher To Teacher will be on Friday, January 22nd from 9:30am-11am.
It will be hosted by Marie Carbone. Please email her by January 20th at mmarguerite@yahoo.com if you plan to attend. And why not invite a fellow teacher to come with you!
Start the new year off by getting together with your colleagues to share thoughts and ideas about teaching music.
Friday morning not a good time? Let Marie know what time would work for you.
SingersMarin’s Auditions for 2010 Concert Season
SingersMarin is now holding auditions for their professional a cappella mixed vocal ensemble, Just Voices. Interested singers must have extensive choral experience with advanced sight-reading skills.
Auditions will also be held for our four youth ensembles: Twinkling Stars (children 6 to 8 years old), Starlights (girls, ages 9 years old through middle school), Celestial Voices (advanced girls chorus, ages 10 to 12), les étoiles (award winning teenage girls chorus).
Please visit the SingersMarin website http://www.singersmarin.org for more information about our choruses, and call Jan at (415) 383-3712 to schedule your audition!
Concerts Grand 2010 Season
Valentina Lisitsa
February 21, 2010
3:00 PM
Tickets 707-526-2447
Neumann Auditorium,
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa, CA
Fresh from a world tour and a Tchaikovsky Concerto performance with the Napa Valley Symphony, Ukrainian virtuoso Lisitsa has selected a demanding program of great works: a Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue from Op. 87; Beethoven’s potent “Hammerklavier” Sonata, Op. 106; the lyrical B-Flat Impromptu from Schubert, Op. 142; and a rarely-heard Rachmaninoff masterpiece – his first Sonata in D, Op. 28.
Ms. Lisitsa’s Website:
www.valentinalisitsa.com
Mary Fleming CD Released
Marin branch member, Mary Fleming, has released a solo CD, Arabesque, with works on it by Debussy, Rachmaninoff and Chopin. Her CD is available at Forrest-Studios.com for purchase or downloading.
BERKELEY PIANO CLUB
announces
The 2010 Dorothy Van Waynen
Competition for Strings
$2500 First Prize
$1000 Second Prize
and
Solo Recital at Berkeley Piano Club
Click here to download the PDF for entrace, performance rules and an application.
For further information or application form, contact:
cmtonn@comcast.net or
Catherine Tonn, Competition Coordinator, 3366 La Mesa Dr., #9, San Carlos, CA 94070
(650) 593-1327
Please send newsletter items to Paul Agricola
Marin Branch President
pagricola@hotmail.com
415-383-2027
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