President’s Message
February 2012
Dear MTAC South Coast Members,
Our February 15 branch meeting, 10:00 a.m. at Fields’ Piano will feature one of our own branch members, Dr. Deborah Brener. Her presentation will be “Around The World At the Piano: Becoming Multicultural In Today’s Piano Studio.” The April 2011 edition of The American Music Teacher featured her article by the same title. You will not want to miss this fun and motivating presentation. I look forward to seeing you there!
At the February branch meeting we will take a survey as to the date for our 2012 performance master class: Sunday, November 11, 1-5:00 p.m. or combine it with our February 2013 meeting, Wednesday, 10:00 AM, 2-20-13. Please give this some thought between now and our meeting.
I would remind our members that the registration for our June 9 Concerto Competition is open; the deadline is Saturday, March 31. This event is open to ALL instruments. As mentioned in my September 2011 message, Chi Asada has graciously offered her services as branch accompanist, all proceeds going to the branch treasury. Winners will have a special winners’ concert with orchestral reduction for 2nd piano. This competition will be an essay to gauge if we will be able to offer a winners’ concert with orchestra in 2013.
Our on-line registration for the Baroque Festival is now open. The deadline is Tuesday, February 7. The SCJBach Festival deadline has also been extended to February 7.
CM evaluation dates and locations are given below.
Musically yours,
Vivian Lee R. Field, M.M.