Dear Members,
First, let me share with you some of the photos which were taken at our Masquerade concert:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/edti5pchdton4gb/AAAa9Cc_uwAxkh3lCVy1skmNa?dl=0
It was such a fun event in a relaxing environment. Thank you to everyone who made it happened!
The participating studios were Baik, Brener, Edgar, Field, Kao,X. Li, Ling, Y. Liu, Lu, Chang-McManus, Nojima, Tasi and Tseng. Bravo to our Co-chairs: Kevin Kao and Victoria Park! Even though it was their first year chairing for this event, it was well organized and all the programs ran smoothly. Masquerade concert provides good experience for the younger students, and it is good stage practice for the older ones. Hopefully, we will see higher enrollment next year.
Our other branch events are in full swing. We just had our Romantic Showcase on November 1st. Seventy-eight contestants from the following studios: Allen, Asada, Baik, Bedelian, Brener, F. Chang, Chang-McManus, W. Chen, Eckstein, Field, W. Huang, Hung, M. Lee, S. Lee, X. Li, Ling, Y. Liu, Lu, Ono, Oh, Puhl, Su, and Tsang. Congratulations to all these teachers! The judges gave very high remarks on our students’ performances. Here is a short message from one of the judges and I quoted” Festival was well organized and all teachers are working with enthusiasm. Students’ performance level was high. I think these three things are essential quality of successful competition. Your branch has all of these.” I have to give the credit to our hard- working festival chairs: Naoko Ono and Willie Chen. They spent long hours of planning/scheduling, staying at the site for the entire day and compiling the result, etc. I also want to thank you to teachers who helped with check-in and announcing: Midori Allen, Chi Asada, Debbie Brener, Vivian Field, Felix Chang, Sijie Ling, Naoko Ono, Jennifer Puhl, Sheve- Hwa Su, and myself.
Classical Showcase will be held on November 15th. Naoko Ono is working closely with Nan Won Baik to get this event ready. Thank you ladies!
Here are a couple of concerts performed by our own members:
- Chi Asada (Piano) and Kayako Adachi (Violin) performing Vivaldi’s Four Seasons on November 8, 2014. For info., Please visit http://hoson-house.ticketleap.com/hoson-classical-four-seasons/
- Harotune Bedelian (violin) and Lorna Griffitt (Piano) on December 6, 2014; Program includes works by J.S.Bach, Mozart, Schumann, Debussy and Hymen
Please visit http://hoson-house.ticketleap.com/bedelian/for more details.
Thank you to those who had submitted their Member Interest Forms to Anna Kim. Our board will review them carefully. Also be sure to check on the weekly CM tips Sandely Miller sent out. Repertoire selection can be tricky. Please refer to the CM syllabus to avoid any confusion.
Lastly, I want to share this video from You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6ha2JvqBdI
Hope this video clip brings you lots of laughter in the winter celebration.
I want to wish everyone an early happy Gobble day and a wonderful holiday season!
Sincerely,
Melody Lu