San Marcos Lutheran Church
3419 Grand Ave.
From West: 78 East, Rancho Santa Fe Rd. south, Right
on Grand Ave.
.25 mile. Church is on south side.
From East: West on 78 then follow directions above.
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Meeting to Include:
First Place Sonata Trophy
Winners
100 % Theory Trophy Recipients
CM Senior Medal Recipients
Graduating Senior Presentations
Scholarship Winner Recital
Board Installation
April 29, 2006
St. Peters Episcopal Church in Del Mar
Registration is now available online. Deadline April
10th
Here is what to do:
1. Go to www.nsdmtac.com and click on Programs/Festivals.
Scroll down to Sonata/Sonatina Festival and click on
the link for more information.
2. Then go back and click on Login on the home page.
Log on as a teacher, click MTAC Events then click the
link to register your students.
Just a reminder: You have to add students to your list
before you can sign them up for any events. Remember
to click "Enrolled" and fill out the student's
name, lesson start-date and birth date information.
Once you have entered in the student's information,
you just click on that student's name to register them
for most of our MTAC events. |
Aaron Goen and Catherine
Godden, a returning member
First Place-Akisato Sakakibara,
student of Linnea Norsworthy
Honorable Mention-Edward Demerson, student of Anne Neesby
We have completed our
Branch evaluations for Certificate of Merit for this
year. I want to thank all the CM chairs, Nelly Kras,
Linda Rohmund, Charlotte Barry-Williams, Connie Venti,
Pama Lynn Broeckel and the site hostesses, Robin Sassi,
Phyllis Bouck, and Julia Klaerich. It is often said
that it takes a village to raise a child, well with
CM that is really the case. Each chair put in countless
hours and teachers came to work. I want to thank all
the teachers who graciously gave of their time. We cannot
have this fine program without everyone’s help.
I want to address a question
that I receive every year and that is why don’t
we have a branch honor’s recital. For many years
we did have beautiful recitals. However the work to
put on about 8 recitals, and that’s what it would
take, and combine with all our students of all disciplines,
keyboards, wind, voice and strings, takes as much time
as hosting a site for a weekend. For many of us, this
would be our fourth or more weekend involved with CM
and we can’t give any more of our time. It would
take someone to come forward to coordinate this event
separately from the CM weekends. We sent out a questionnaire
about four years ago and the consensus was to forgo
this event and just give the students the seal on their
certificates. If anyone feels strongly that this event
should be reinstated, they can contact me for information.
Jane Masur, jane@ozziesmusic.com |
| The annual MTAC State Convention will
be held in Los Angeles at the historic Billtmore Hotel.
I have visited the hotel and it is truly a beautiful venue
for our convention. For those of you who have applied
for the convention application, it is now time to finish
the process before April 15th. The final application is
very simple. If your student has received a 5- or better
should apply for the convention. Sometimes a 4+ for ensemble
or new materials have a chance to be accepted. Remember
to qualify, the student must receive a good or excellent
on sight-reading and technique, 80% on theory, and a 5-
(in some cases 4+) on the convention piece. |
1. Log on the mtac website. www.mtac.org/registration.
2. Click on Convention Recitals.
3. Click on convention Recital Final Application Instruction.
4. Follow all instructions.
5. Have your parents sign the parent agreement form and
keep for your records. |
Once you click on the final
ap., your student will be considered for the State Convention.
You will be able to find out if your student has been accepted
on June 1 by going on line. In the event that your student
cannot attend in July, you must call the state chair immediately.
Information on the location and hotel information is located
on the State website.
Here is a tentative schedule
for the convention.
Keyboard Ensemble-Friday
Keyboard New Materials-Friday
Keyboard Theme-Friday, Saturday
Keyboard Festival-Friday through Monday
Strings-Saturday, Sunday
Voice and Winds-Sunday and Monday
This is available for students
in high school to retain their eligibility for senior medallions
or Panel. To receive a senior medallion, the student must
have passed CM for 3 out of 4 years of high school, one of
which must be their senior year, and reach a level of seven.
If the student was ill or could not take their CM exam at
their branch, they may take a make-up evaluation by applying
on line before April 15, and complete the evaluation before
June 1. The cost is $35.00. The teacher goes on the MTAC web
page and click on Certificate of Merit on the left hand list.
Click on Policies, etc. and CM Forms. Then click on CM Make
up fill in Form and follow all the instructions. The student
will have a private evaluation. After receiving the packet
from the State, I will be able to help you with the procedure.
100 % Theory Trophies
Christina Oh, Shiloh Tsang, Olivia Gardner, Hannah Yoder,
Mark Trias, Storm Star, Hedda Bates, Dorothy Jung, and Glori
Ng.
Senior CM Medal Recipients
Teachers may have their students receive their senior CM medals
at the May Meeting. If you would like to have your student
receive their award , please have them present at the meeting
and call Jane Masur so that they will be expected. Senior
medals are earned by students who have passed 3 out of 4 years
in high school, completing a minimum of level 7 in their senior
year.
Senior Presentations
All graduating seniors, including those receiving other honors
will receive a rose and be presented at the May meeting. It
is not necessary to have participated in the CM program to
receive a senior rose. If you would like to have a senior
presented, you will need to call Jane Masur by Friday, May
18. 858-748-4721 or email jane@ozziesmusic.com.
First Place Sonata
Trophy Winners
The first place winners of the Sonata Festival will be presented
at the May meeting. All forms and evaluation forms and prized
will be able to be picked up at the May meeting.
President-Julia Klaerich
1st Vice President-Nelly Kras
2nd Vice President-Anne Neesby
Treasurer-Jane Masur
Membership Secretary-Dianne Miller
Recording Secretary-Barbara Menzie
Directors-Charlotte Barry-Williams, Phyllis Bouck, Robin
Sassi |
Selected for Piano
Regional Festival on May 21, 2006
Wesley Soo Hoo, Katie Klaerich - students of Nelly Kras
Bryant Vo, Florence Yuan - students of Viktor Shekhtman
Melody Huang, Dominique Kim, Janine Chow, Kartini Dinh, Harold
Reeves, Tiffany Wang, Rosalie Chen, Sarina Zhang - students
of Tatiana Stignev
Christophe Kunesh - student of Young Robbins
James Howard - student of Carol Early Graham
Shuntaro Sugie, Ian Buss, Ting Ting Guo - students of Barbara
Schneiderman
Alternates:
1. Fumihiko Sugie, student of Barbara Schneiderman
2. Tim Krause, student of Barbara Menzie
3. Meila Eubank, student of Nelly Kras
4. Samuel Shing, student of Berta Godkin
Selected for Organ
Regional Festival on May 6, 2006
Thao Tran, student of Carol Early Graham
Dat Nguyen, student of Aaron Goen
Honorable Mention
from Anna Division
Eric Yang, student of Tatiana Stignev
Daniel Sullivan, student of Linnea Norsworthy
Brandon Prussak, student of Linnea Norsworthy
Branch Keyboard Scholarship
Winners
First Place - Katie Klaerich, student of Nelly Kras
Second Place - Tiffany Wang, student of Tatiana Stignev
Third Place - Bryant Vo, student of Viktor Shekhtman
Branch Instrumental
Scholarship Winners
Mosa Tsay, student of Catherine Godden
Jillian Broeckel, student of Catherine Godden
Alvin Nguyen, student of Susanna Han
Organ Scholarship
from Palomar Chapter, American Guild of Organists
Danielle Andrews, student of Young Robbins |
