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M usic TeachersM usic T eachersM usic T eachersM usic T eachers’’’’ A ssociation of C aliforn ia A ssociation of C aliforn ia A ssociation of C aliforn ia A ssociation of C aliforn ia –––– Irvine Irvine Irvine Irvine
June, 2010 N ew sletter
Table of Contents
President’s Message __________________________________________________ 1
Photo Sharing: Branch Meeting & Year-End Party, Wednesday, May 19th_________ 2
Calendar: July, August, September, October, & November ____________________ 3
CODA News ________________________________________________________ 3
Composers Today: Winner List __________________________________________ 3
Member News: Congratulations and Farewell to Dr. Scott Smith ________________ 4
2010 MTAC Convention News __________________________________________ 5
VOCE Competition and Recital _________________________________________ 5
2010 MTAC Convention Pages – Information and Availability Form _____________ 6
Music Camp ________________________________________________________ 8
Member Recital: Jung-A Lee Organ Recital ________________________________ 9
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Our May meeting went as
planned; many thanks to
Janelle Tag, Rebecca
Wu, Jillair Robinson
and Judy Lee! The very
delightful and spirited
program presented by
Heather and Ryan
Reithmeier set the mood
for a fun event to be
enjoyed by everyone!
The first CODA exam held May 16 at Pianoforte
Studio was a very successful one according to Dr.
Paula Sabin. We thank Paula and Dr. M’lou
Dietzer, who is recovering from a car accident and
could not be present, for their efforts in establishing
this fine program for our students!
For those members who were not able to attend last
month’s meeting, I present the newly installed
MTAC Irvine Board, effective July 1, 2010:
MTAC-IRVINE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2010-2011
President Trudy Pauperas
1st Vice President Rebecca Wu
2nd Vice President Dr. Valentina Gottlieb
Treasurer June Nelson
Recording Secretary Jillair Robinson
Certificate of Merit Chair Angela Yu
Festival Chair Rebecca Wu
Venue Chair Heidi Lee Kim
Board Assistant Janelle Tag
We are discouraging members from wearing two
hats as Rebecca Wu will be doing until she finds the
right replacement for the festival chair position.
Other chair positions that are vacant at the present
are:
e Adult Workshop, which requires the chair to
host one recital a year, usually the first week of
December. Teachers with adult students will be
encouraged to participate.
e Newsletter Editor, Rebecca Wu has done a
fantastic job for several years, but her term is
coming to an end in July; consequently, we are
in need of a person willing to take on this very
important task. An honorarium for the
endeavors is presented to the newsletter editor at
the end of each school year.
e Monster Concert
A fundraiser concert, without adjudicators
present, where students are allowed to play fun
pieces, including transcriptions! It can be made
a family event.
e Senior Recital
A once- a -year event where senior high school
students are encouraged to perform their
favorite pieces for their peers. Further
instructions for all above-mentioned chairs and
events will be in our updated Hand Book.
Important news from the State Membership
Secretary, Carol Oaks, regarding Branch transfer
requests:
THE OPEN DOOR PERIOD FOR ALL BRANCH
TRANSFER REQUESTS IS FROM APRIL 16 TO
AUGUST 31, 2010. ANY MEMBER WISHING
TO MAKE A BRANCH TRANSFER REQUEST
WILL BE UNABLE TO DO SO BETWEEN
SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 AND APRIL 15, 2011!
Don’t miss the 100th MTAC Convention at the
LAX Marriott Hotel and the VOCE 2010 Dazzling
Spectrum of Talent on July 4 at 4:00PM!
Finally, the postmark deadline for membership
dues payment is Saturday, July 31, 2010.
Hope to see all of you at the 100th MTAC
Convention!
Trudy Pauperas, President
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July/August September/October/November
July Fri.-Tue. 2
nd – 6
th
MTAC 100th Convention:
A Century of Education and Service Los Angeles Airport Marriott
Sept. TBA Branch Meeting
Sat. 31
st
Membership Dues Payment deadline Oct. Sat. 16
th
Monster Concert
Aug. Tue. 31
st
Transfer of Membership deadline Sat.-Sun. 23
rd – 24
th
Romantic Festival
Nov. Sat.-Sun. 20
th – 21
st
Classical Festival
Our new piano evaluation program, CODA (Certification of Distinguished Achievement), was launched this year. It was well-received by teachers and student alike! CODA offers
an excellent means for challenging and encouraging our students in their musical studies.
It was very gratifying to work on this program, and to see the sense of pride in the
students who participated. If you were not able to involve your students this year, do keep
it in mind for the coming school year, and let me know if you have any suggestions for the
future direction of CODA.
Paula Sabin ([email protected])
PLACE PIECE WINNER TEACHER
1st Trains Eugene Lai Ana Contreras
1st Pirates in Treasure Island Sidharth Subbarao Ana Contreras
2nd The Storm Pollyanna Leung Satomi Otsubo
Young Mozart Award Acceso Phillip Matsuura Satomi Otsubo
Honorable Mention Circles in Time Sigal Willner Dr. Paula Sabin
Honorable Mention Dreamin.... Natalie Yee Ana Contreras
Honorable Mention Celebrate 'R' Time Danica Silan Ana Contreras
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Dear Trudy, I'm writing to let you know about an important change in my life. I will be moving to Kansas this summer to become a professor at the University of Kansas (see signature below!). Growth and opportunity always involve some loss, and there will be many things and people I will miss from my time in California. I have enjoyed my membership in MTAC and appreciate all the hard work and expertise you, the other board members and event chairs have contributed to make our students' lives better. Please give my best regards and thanks to my MTAC colleagues. I will continue to visit California and look forward to the next time our paths cross. Cordially, Scott Dr. Scott McBride Smith Cordelia Brown Murphy Professor of Piano Pedagogy School of Music University of Kansas http://music.ku.edu/
Dear Scott, I'm sorry to hear you are leaving the Irvine branch and Orange County to pursue greater horizons at the University of Kansas. Congratulations and Thank You for the contributions that you have made to our branch and the teaching profession at large! THE WELL-TEMPERED KEYBOARD TEACHER, a book that you co-authored with Marienne Uszler and Dr. Stewart Gordon, will always be one of the reminders of your endeavors for inspiration, guidance and excellence in the field of piano teaching. Again, congratulations, Scott! Your colleagues at the MTAC Irvine Branch wish you the best in the future. Most sincerely, Trudy Pauperas
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PAGES NEEDED! See pages 6-7 for detailed information & application form.
The 2010 MTAC Convention at Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles (Friday, July 2 through
Tuesday, July 6) needs over 200 responsible high school (or mature junior high)
students to be pages during the convention. Each page has to serve at least one 4-hour
shift and may invite a friend (who need not be a music student) to page with them.
Adults or parents may also be pages. We will need all the pages we can get. This is an
excellent opportunity for your students to be an essential part of all the wonderful
events at the convention. One incentive for your students to become a page would be
the possibility of receiving (upon request) a letter of recommendation, which could be
added to any college scholarship or job application. Students may also receive
community service hours for paging.
Please view the remainder of this request and the application on the website at
http://www.mtac.org/convention/Convention2010Page.pdf
Thanks, Lowell Webster for Susan Lin, Convention Page Chair, sfun420@gmail. Com
VOCE finals were held on April 25, at Chapman University. Hundreds of
students from all over the state participated in this event; and our
wonderful teachers and students represented our branch very well. I
would especially like to congratulate the following teachers whose students
were recognized for their excellent performances:
Miranda Wu – Senior Ensembles Division – 1st place Susan Boettger – Intermediate Ensemble Division – honorable mention Andy Honea – Junior Strings Division – honorable mention
The VOCE Recital will be held on July 4, at 4 p.m. This is always an excellent concert and I
encourage everyone to attend.
Lisa Honea
Convention Pages needed! Please help! (April 27, 2010)
Dear Fellow MTAC Teachers: The 2010 MTAC Convention at Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles (Friday, July 2 through Tuesday, July 6) needs over 200 responsible high school (or mature junior high) students to be pages during the convention. Each page has to serve at least one 4-hour shift and may invite a friend (who need not be a music student) to page with them. Adults or parents may also be pages. We will need all the pages we can get. This is an excellent opportunity for your students to be an essential part of all the wonderful events at the convention. One incentive for your students to become a page would be the possibility of receiving (upon request) a letter of recommendation, which could be added to any college scholarship or job application. Students may also receive community service hours for paging. There are several kinds of pages, each of them have specific duties: Host Page: stationed at the convention registration desk and throughout the hotel; direct/escort conventioneers to their destinations within convention, answer questions and smile. Event Page: pick up programs for event (concert, recital master class, lecture or banquet) 30 minutes ahead of the event; check event attendees’ badges; pass out programs and greet event attendees; supervise entry to event while it is in progress; open doors at end of event; answer questions of attendees and smile. Practice Room Page: supervise practice rooms and enforce practice room schedule. Exhibit Page: make rounds amongst the exhibitors in the exhibit rooms; answer questions and attend any needs of attendees or exhibitors (man their booth temporarily while exhibitor uses restroom, phone, etc); get them coffee. The convention is packed with events and exhibits, many of which may be of great interest to your students. Those whom you select as a page may attend any convention concert, recital, exhibit, lecture, or master class (including their accompanying parent) free of charge that day! This does not include some evening concerts. The pages will be assigned to specific days, shifts and stations at the convention. Please select as many students as you would feel reliable and responsible for these important jobs. Students who have submitted convention festival forms will receive notification about performing with enough advance notice so that they could be encouraged to volunteer to page following their performance for even one shift. Attached with this letter is the Page Availability Form. Please make copies for your students/parents and have them mail the completed form to my address as cited below. Or, you may also share my email address with those interested students and they may contact me directly. Your support of this event by encouraging your students to participate is one of the best things you can do to help them interact with adults in a helpful and respectful manner, the opportunity to see how things are done “in the real world,” and to broaden their horizons. Thank you for valuing this request and acting soon. Students are making summer plans now and our desire is that convention paging be a top priority for them! Susan Lin, Convention Page Chair Email: [email protected]
2010 MTAC Convention PAGE Availability Form We look forward to having you serve as a Page at the 2010 MTAC Convention in Los Angeles. Your responsibility, courteousness and alertness will help make the convention a success. Please fill out and mail or email this form back to Susan Lin, Convention Page Chair, 2142 Camwood Ave., Rowland Heights, CA 91748 (Email: [email protected]) by June 4th, 2010 . PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY Your Name ____________________________________________________________Age_________ Your Phone Number_____________________________E-mail Address________________________ Address____________________________________________________________________________ ************************************************************************************ Teacher’s Name__________________________________________ MTAC Branch________________ Name of Page partner (if any)______________________________________________Age___________ Partner’s Phone Number_________________________E-mail Address___________________________ Address_____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Please check your calendar to avoid conflicts with other activities you or your page partner may have scheduled. Changing schedules and reassigning page times is extremely difficult. Check www.mtac.org for convention daily events schedule that will be of interest to you. We will do our best to accommodate your preferences, but cannot make any guarantees. Please note that if you are assigned to a concert, master class or lecture you may be required to sit OUTSIDE the door to control late entrances during the program. You may therefore wish to page at a different time than an event that you wish to attend. You will need to arrive a half-hour before your shift starts to find out what to do and take a quick walk through the convention area as there will not be any other orientation meeting scheduled. Below please write in your name for all the dates and times you will be available to serve as a Page. Write in you and your partner’s names for all the dates and times both of you will be available as pages. Day Morning Afternoon Evening Night
7:30AM-11:30AM 11:30AM-3:30PM 3:30PM-7:30PM 7:30PM-10:30PM Friday, July 2 __________ __________ __________ __________ Saturday, July 3 __________ __________ __________ __________ Sunday, July 4 __________ __________ __________ __________ Monday, July 5 __________ __________ __________ __________ What are the total number (approximately 4 hour/shift) of shifts you would like to serve? _____________ If you have some specific preferences (like specific hours, type of page duty, etc.), please let us know. We’ll do our best to consider them: _______________________________________________________ Note: Pages will NOT receive free parking. Please plan accordingly. Note: Please make a copy of this form for yourself and then mail or email it to Susan Lin. Thank you very much. We look forward to your talent and your help!
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MUSIC CAMP, July 12 MUSIC CAMP, July 12 MUSIC CAMP, July 12 MUSIC CAMP, July 12 ---- Aug 14 Aug 14 Aug 14 Aug 14
Music for TotsMusic for TotsMusic for TotsMusic for Tots Age 5-6 July 12- Aug 6
Sing songs, play rhythm games, learn note reading and beginning keyboard
Music Class Music Class Music Class Music Class –––– Accompanying Accompanying Accompanying Accompanying Levels 5 and up July 12- Aug 6
Pianists learn to accompany songs of any style
Piano Class Piano Class Piano Class Piano Class –––– How to read a Lead Sheet How to read a Lead Sheet How to read a Lead Sheet How to read a Lead Sheet July 12- Aug 6
Learn how to take any melody and create your own arrangement from chords
Piano ClassPiano ClassPiano ClassPiano Class---- Ensemble: Ensemble: Ensemble: Ensemble: July 12 –24, Aug 2-7
(Optional 1 x per week) Learn how to improvise and play with a keyboard orchestra.
Eight one hour sessions $160 Eight 75 minute sessions $200 Four 75 minute sessions $120 Private Lessons per half hour $ 20
The teachers are Stephanie Young and Jennifer Puhl 949-551-8862 www.PuhlYoungMusic.comwww.PuhlYoungMusic.com
Noon Organ RecitalNoon Organ RecitalNoon Organ RecitalNoon Organ Recital Monday, June 7, 2010Monday, June 7, 2010Monday, June 7, 2010Monday, June 7, 2010
12:30 pm12:30 pm12:30 pm12:30 pm St. Andrew’s Presbyterian churchSt. Andrew’s Presbyterian churchSt. Andrew’s Presbyterian churchSt. Andrew’s Presbyterian church
600 St. Andrews road600 St. Andrews road600 St. Andrews road600 St. Andrews road
Newport beach, CA 92663Newport beach, CA 92663Newport beach, CA 92663Newport beach, CA 92663
Featuring
Dr. JungDr. JungDr. JungDr. Jung----a Lee, a Lee, a Lee, a Lee, organistorganistorganistorganist
Works by: Works by: Works by: Works by:
Bach,
Fletcher,
Guilain,
& Selby
���� Free lunch served prior to the recital at 11:30 am.
� � � � Free-will offering with be received.
� � � � “Frenzy Friday - You Must Bring a Friend” — Starting in September the
Noon Organ Recital series will be held on the second Friday of
the month. The first recital will be on Friday, September 10, 2010.
Contact: Dr. Jung-A Lee 949.300.1205 www.musicmissioninternational.org
• Organist at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian
Church
• Adjunct Professor at Vanguard
University
• Accompanist for Men in Blaque
Choir, UCI
• Doctor of Musical Arts degree —
Boston University
• Master of Music — Yale University