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Wow, what a turnout we had for the Jane Bastien Master Class
on Monday, January 23, 2006!! It was great to see so many
teachers from our branch as well as teachers from our neighbors
to the South, the San Diego Branch. Thank you to Greene Music
for allowing us the use of the recital hall for the auditions
and the master class and for the fabulous refreshments for
us to enjoy (breaking the no food or drink rule in the hall
for us!!)
Many thanks to all of the teachers who entered students in
the Master Class Auditions! The evaluator felt that ALL of
the students were very well prepared and performed beautifully.
Our sincere appreciation to Jane Bastien for her time and
energy and her sensitivity to the students in the class! We
have gotten a lot of great feedback from the students and
teachers that everyone benefited from this wonderful experience.
CONGRATULATIONS to these Master Class Participants
and their Teachers:
Lydia Etters
Studio of Charlotte Barry-Wiliams
Meili Eubank
Studio of Nelly Kras
Abigail Etters
Studio of Charlotte Barry-Wiliams
Katie Klaerich
Studio of Nelly Kras
Rochelle Dong
Studio of Nelly Kras
Amy Earnest
Studio of Phyllis Bouck
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Our Branch offers a senior scholarship for outstanding
seniors for their continuation of music education after
high school.
The deadline for Senior Scholarship applications will
be March 1, 2006. Application and information is located
on our website on the “Calendar” page. Senior
Scholarship auditions will be held on Saturday April
8, 2006 from 11 AM to 3 PM at Greene Music in San Marcos.
For any questions, please contact Anne Neesby by email
at anniesmeadow@hotmail.com or by phone at 760-722-1206.
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The Winter Festival was held on January 28th at the NAMM
Building in Carlsbad. The theme was Romantic music. Over 95
students representing 16 studios in our branch performed in
recitals throughout the day. All students received engraved
medals, and ribbons in three categories were awarded (Superior,
Excellent, and Good). Many thanks to Nelly Kras and Hannah
Kogan who co-chaired this festival. Thanks to all the teachers
who entered their students and helped to make the day run
so smoothly.
This year we are asking all teachers to download the letters
from the North San Diego website and give each student the
information for theory, CM sites, and evaluation times.
Go to Programs/Festivals, then scroll down to Certificate
of Merit, then click on CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION located
right under the chairs’ phone numbers. In the event
that you cannot download these letters, please call Jane Masur
and I will send you hard copies.
It is necessary to thoroughly read the teacher’s letter
and follow all instructions. The teacher’s letter is
the Final BBE Letter. (from the old Big Brown Envelope days).
Student Letter: Please copy one letter per student you have
registered. On March 1 you will receive an email from Linda
Rohmund with the times, locations, and room numbers for your
students. Please transfer this information to your student’s
letter carefully. Any mistakes would be very unfortunate as
there is no way to evaluate the students at any other time.
Theory: You will find instructions to the theory site with
the procedures for this year. Please go over this with each
of your students. REMEMBER THE THEORY TEST IS GIVEN ON MARCH
4. Only in an extreme emergency will the written test be given
at another time. Please call Nelly Kras if such an emergency
occurs. Only a teacher may arrange for another time, not the
parent. Do not give the phone numbers of our CM chairs. Their
jobs are difficult enough without receiving extra phone calls.
Directions to the Sites: We have provided written directions
to all sites. It would be helpful if you highlighted the site
your student will be assigned so that no confusion will occur.
We have included the addresses so that the parents can use
map-quest for very detailed instructions if they prefer.
After the weekend, your students’ results will be mailed
to your home by the end of March. For teachers with Path B,
tests and materials will be included. If your student had
to drop from Path A, you may give them the test at a later
time as a Path B student. Certificates will be included in
your packet and branch honor seals if appropriate.
Teachers’ work assignments will be emailed to you in
the next few weeks. Teachers are required to work or to provide
a qualified MTAC teacher as a sub, or pay for a sub to be
hired to replace you. We regret that if the teacher fails
to complete their assigned work contract their students’
results will not be provided and you will be unable to register
students in the future.
Sunday, February 19, 2006 4:00 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church in Oceanside
Performers will include the winners of the North San
Diego Bach Festival held February 18 and
Members of the American Guild of Organists.
For more information, contact Carol Early-Graham
Or go to our website.
Our Branch held the annual VOCE competition on Sunday, February
12, 2006. This is a very high level of competition to qualify
students to go to the State finals and compete with all winners
of other branches. The State finalists perform at the evening
VOCE concert at the convention. The following students from
our branch will go on to the finals.
Alize Rozsnyai, soprano- student of Alyze Dreiling-Hammer
Mark Teplitsky, flute- student of Jane Masur
Sarina Zhang, cello-student of Lu-Yan Guo
Girish Nanjundiah, violin-student of Fei-fei Soong
Patricia Diaz, Elena Segarra, Morgan Mastrovich, and Jillian
Broeckel, string quartet-coach, Pama Lynn Broeckel.
We wish all these students good luck in the State Finals
on April 15th.
The Sonatina-Sonata Festival
will be Saturday, April 29, 2006
at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Del Mar.
For more information, go to www.nsdmtac.com and click on
Programs/Festivals. Scroll down to Sonatina Festival and click
on the link to read about the festival. 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. Registration
will be open on March 1. 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.
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