Dear Members,
There is an important change to our branch website. It has been relocated to http://mtacsouthcoast.org/
All the login names and passwords remain the same. The most current information is posted on this website. Please update your bookmark.
It was so nice to see many of you at our branch meeting this past Wednesday. Our guest speaker, Craig Richey from Bob Cole Conservatory of Music, gave a fun and informative demonstration on “How to Practice”. Thank you to the following performers who volunteered for the demonstration: Halaine Zhao from Sally Liu’s studio, Nina Fukuma from Chi Asada’s studio, and Willie Chen. Also, thank you to our vice president, Chi , for planning this meeting and preparing the refreshments at the serene Hoson House.
We had a successful Sound of Baroque and SCJBFestival on February 22nd. All three judges were very impressed by our students’ high performance level. Congratulations to all winners and the participating studios: Asada, Baik, Bedelian, Brener, F. Chang, W. Chen, Eckstein, Hung, Leung, Lu, Ono, Puhl,Tsang and Tseng. My sincere gratitude to Chi Asada for organizing both events, and Andreas Eckstein for making the unique programs and setting up the venue. I also want to thank the teachers who helped out with the check-in and announced the programs: Felix Chang, Willie Chen, Emily Hung, Margaret Tseng and Naoko Ono.
March is also our CM month. Our CM committee is working hard to prepare and to get ready for this big event. Both check -in forms for theory and evaluation weekends can be obtained from our branch website. I will be seeing a lot of you during the CM weekends, and I want to thank everyone in advance. With your help and support, we will for sure provide a great CM experience for all students.
I would like to congratulate our recording secretary, Laura Chang, who will be a beautiful March bride. In addition, William Rone, who just joined our branch, is getting married soon.
Lastly, I want to share this video (Idea and Composition by Mindaugas Piecaitis) on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeoT66v4EHg
Hope you all have a great month!
Sincerely,
Melody Lu