NSDMTAC New Newsletter Format
December 2005


January Branch Meeting


A Piano Master Class with Jane Bastien
Monday, January 23, 2006, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Greene Music Recital Hall, Miramar

AUDITION DATE: Saturday, January 7, 2006, beginning at 10:30 AM at Greene Music
MASTER CLASS DATE: Monday, January 23, 2006, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM at Greene Music

Directions to Greene Music Miramar:

7480 Miramar Road, San Diego, Phone number: 858-586-7000

Head South on either the I-805 or the I-15 Freeways. The store is located between the two freeways on Miramar Road on the North side of the street, just East of the pyramid.

Please invite your students and parents to attend. We are also inviting the San Diego Branch to attend this great meeting.

Romantic Festival, January 28, 2005
Registration is now available online.

Here is what to do:

1. Go to www.nsdmtac.com and click on Programs/Festivals. Scroll down to Winter 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.

Keyboard teachers, you may go on line and enter your students’ literature and time requests. Voice, strings and winds will still be the old fashioned method with hard copies and student specifics mailed to you in January. Here is a abbreviated version of the instructions. A very detailed page from the website is available at the main website www.mtac.org/ under Certificate of Merit,(on list on left hand), then click on
CM Policies, etc. click on “Click here”, the on the On-line Evaluation Form Instructions.

Go on line and log in.
Click on Student List.
Click on Edit Reg. Info., scroll to Edit Eval. Info. Click on GO.

1. Fill out the repertoire information for the level.
2. Fill in the required syllabus piece and page number.
3. If appropriate, check branch honors. DO NOT FILL OUT PIECE. Evaluator will do this if branch honors is given.
4. Check Convention if applying for this program. Fill out the complete Title, Movement, exact timing. (it is best to read the complete instructions for this in the following instructions from the mtac website. You will need to check the program you are applying for, only 1, and fill out the information completely.
5. Request Day and Time. This is mandatory for our branch.
Day: No Request is either day. Day 1 is March 18, Day 2 is March 19.
Time: No request is all day. AM-8:30-1:00, PM 1:45-6:00.
Carpool. You must use the students’ user name to insure that they are scheduled together. Use this space for a duet team.
6. When you check all parts of the program, hit SUBMIT. You may edit this at any time and resubmit the changes up to January 31th.

All information must be on line ON OR BEFORE JAN. 31,2006.
We will try to honor all requests, however, it is on a first come first serve bases and based on availability of site. Put your requests in early.

Panel Keyboard: You should have received instructions on where to mail your student evaluation forms. They go directly to the Panel Regional Chair, not to me. Deadline is January 15th. A hard copy of the program must be sent by mail. These are not done on line. Follow all instructions in the letter.

Certificate of Merit Newsletter is available for all to read and is on the main website, www.mtac/org. For keyboard teachers, this is invaluable information about the new literature requirements with questions and answers at the end. Some of these might be your concerns. I highly advise reading this newsletter.


2006 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BACH FESTIVAL

Date: Sat. Feb. 18, 2006 at 9:00am
Location: 1st Presbyterian Church of Oceanside
2001 El Camino Real
Oceanside, CA 92054
Entry Fee: Anna Div: $28, Johann: $28
Entry Deadline: Jan. 15, 2006 Postmark Sorry, there can be NO exceptions.
Branch Chair: Carol Early-Graham
earlygram@earthlink.net
760-224-1123 or 760-758-7615

Please call or e-mail Carol for the application and information.

VOCE will be held on February 12, 2006 at Ozzies’s Music. To apply, you will need to go to the State website, www.mtac.org/ and click on the VOCE link. You can down load the application, literature requirements and other information. The deadline for applying will be January 25, 2006. Mail application to Jane Masur, 12225 Poway Rd. #25, Poway, CA 92064.

Fees:
Competition-Solo-$35.00, Ensemble member, each $25.00
Non-comp. Solo $25.00, Ensemble member, each $20.00

Happy Holidays and a Healthy and Happy New Year
From the North San Diego MTAC Board of Directors