M u s i c T e a c h e r s A s s o c i a t i o n o f C a l i f o r n i a - L o s A n g e l e s B r a n c h Mar Apr 2015 FORTE

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1 M u s i c T e a c h e r s A s s o c i a t i o n o f C a l i f o r n i a - L o s A n g e l e s B r a n c h Mar Apr 2015 FORTE From the President Editor: Annie Chen Dear Teachers, I want to thank ALL of you for your support shown over the past three weekends, especially to some of you who have gone beyond your call of duty to assist the branch. After three weekends of branch CM Evaluations, I am so relieved and happy for the entire branch. Our overall performance was at an all time high with a rather low percentage of RALs, thanks to all teachers that did pulled out their students IF they truly can NOT meet the minimum requirement set by the MTAC, esp. in the PIANO dept., including my own students :-(. I noticed that evaluators in all the 4 disciplines follow quite closely to the RAL guidelines set by the state. While the strings have not completed their theory grading yet, hopefully by today, the following is the breakdown of our RALs: PIANO: 13 (Performance) and 21 ( Theory ) STRINGS: 2 ( Performance ) and so far only 1 ( Theory ) WINDS: 1 ( Performance ) VOICE: Congratulations with NO RALs. The dates and deadlines for the BH recitals are listed under the Calendar of Events. Please check the deadlines accordingly, and send in your applications to the appropriate chairs. We have three more branch events coming up after this CM season ends. They are the Bach Festival, Sonata/Sonatina Festival and our annual Branch Scholarship Competition to be held in May. Our highlight for this year will be the MTAC L.A. Branch first ever Concerto Competition donated by the Trust of one of our late member Michiko Dohzen. Again, if you have any suggestions for the musical year, please share with me in order for me to bring it up at our final board meeting. Rosemary Yang President/CM Chair MTAC L.A. County Branch WEIYANG168@aol.com

2 Calendar of Events March 14 Certificate of Merit Branch Honor Recital (Lev. 5-Adv.) The Cross School of Music - Walnut Chairperson: Debby Sung, subway888@hotmail.com 1977 Calle Bogota, Rowland Heights, CA Deadline: Mar. 10, 15 by midnight 15 Certificate of Merit Piano Branch Honors Recital (Lev.5-6) 2:30pm First United Methodist Church of San Gabriel - San Gabriel Chairperson: Stacy Wang, fredyandstacy@gmail.com Deadline: Mar. 10, State Panel Auditions, Cal Poly Pomona State Panel Chair: Vera Hoalim 15 Certificate of Merit Strings Branch Honors Recital The First Congregational Church, San Marino 2560 Huntington Dr., San Marino, CA Chairperson: Lauren Deutsch, laurenmdeutsch@gmail.com Deadline: Mar. 12, Certificate of Merit Piano Branch Honor Recital (Lev. 7-Adv.) 2:30pm First United Methodist Church of San Gabriel - San Gabriel Chairperson: Winnie Tsoi, winnietsoi@hotmail.com Deadline: Mar. 10, 15 by midnight April 11 Bach Festival - Branch Level Chairperson: Dorothy Lui Postmark Deadline: Mar. 31, MTAC Convention Application Deadline NO LATE APPLICATIONS will be accepted, $20 fee per student is DUE 25 Sonata/Sonatina Festival First United Methodist Church of San Gabriel - San Gabriel Chairperson: Tsukasa Shirai, cshirai@yahoo.com Postmark Deadline: April 14, 15 May 25 Senior Award Application Postmark Deadline Chairperson: Carrie Lui-DeGuzman, carrie488@hotmail.com 9 Branch Scholarship Competition First United Methodist Church of San Gabriel - San Gabriel Chairperson: Alice Weng, music0099@aol.com Postmark Deadline: Apr. 17, Scholarship Winners Recital & Senior Award Presentation (Sunday) First United Methodist Church of San Gabriel, 2:30-5pm Scholarship Chairperson: Alice Weng, music0099@aol.com Senior Award Chairperson: Carrie Lui-Deguzman, carrie488@hotmail.com 30 Michiko Dozen CONCERTO COMPETITION Chairperson: Penny Pan, pennypanpiano@gmail.com Postmark Deadline: Apr. 3, 15

3 June July 8 Final Board Meeting - Studio of Rosemary Yang (9:30am) 3-7 MTAC State Convention, Fairmont San Jose 170 S. Market St., San Jose, CA VOCE Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015 / 3PM First United Methodist Church of San Gabriel / 201 N. San Gabriel Blvd., San Gabriel, CA WINNERS LIST Junior Strings Branch Teacher First Place # 1190 Antonia D'auria, Violin Los Angeles County Mary Kelly Alternate # 1189 Jeshurun Liou, Violin Los Angeles County Mary Kelly Second Place # 1188 Anatol Felsen, Violin Los Angeles County Mary Kelly Intermediate Strings First Place # 1205 Anna Gong, Violin Los Angeles County Bing Wang First Place # 1207 Sophia Moore, Cello Los Angeles County PinFei Tang Senior Strings Second Place # 1206 Marlena Gonzalez, Cello Los Angeles County Margaret Edmondson Third Place # 1174 Catherine Yang, Violin Los Angeles County Paul Stein Intermediate Voice Second Place # 990 Phillip Ahn, Baritone Los Angeles County Sung Hei Roh The purpose of the FORTE is to provide information about MTAC-Los Angeles Branch s events & student programs. If you would like to submit announcements to the May Newsletter, please forward them to me via annieachen168@gmail.com or Fax: The deadline for May. submittal is Apr. 15, 2015 Thank you. Annie Chen, Editor

4 Music Teachers Association of California -Los Angeles County Branch Contemporary Festival For Pianists Results Saturday, January 24, 2015 Congratulations to all!! Category I (ages 8 & under) Category IV (ages 13-14) 1st Place: Jennifer Thompson 1st Place: Timothy Zhuang 2nd Place: Jake Lo 2nd Place: Davina Lin 3rd Place: Chloe Jiang 3rd Place: Hannah Ji HM: Keeton Chen HM: Daniel Ip Category II (ages 9 & 10) Category V (ages 15-16) 1st Place: Serena Huang 1st Place: Lucy Zhang 2nd Place: Ethan Do 2nd Place: Yiqing Yang 3rd Place: Joshua Hao HM: Victor Lee & Ryan Chu Category III (ages 11-12) Category VI (ages 17-18) 1st Place: Evelyn Lo 1st Place: Evan Luo 2nd Place: Heidi Chow 3rd Place: Kaylie Sam Studios Represented: Lilit Babayan, Sharon Cheng, Dr. Dorothy Chui, Miji Kim, Chiung-Yu Lin, Marina Lo, Lynn Nakamura, Son Phu, Dr. Stephen Pu, Esmiralda Roushanova, Jackie Tu, & Li Wang.

5 Music Teachers Association of California Los Angeles County Branch Sonatina/Sonata Festival For Pianists Saturday April 25, 2015 Guidelines 1. Open to students of all members in good standing in the Los Angeles Branch. Students must have studied at least six months with their current teacher prior to the date of the festival unless by consent of the former teacher. 1. Students enter the Festival according to their age as of April 25, Please submit a copy of document to verify proof of age (birth certificate, passport, driver s license). 3. Applicants choose only one movement of any Sonata/Sonatina that has not been performed in previous years by the same applicant. 4. Music is to be performed by memory. 5. Score with measures numbered must be provided to judges. Photocopies are not allowed. 6. Trophies will be presented to every participant immediately following the Festival. Teachers will also receive adjudication comments. 8. Winners of each category will receive a gift certificate; honorable mentions may be awarded at the judges discretion. 9. Application fees: $20 for Category I $25 for Category II $30 for Category III $33 for Category IV All fees are non-refundable. 10. Application with entrance fee must be postmarked on or before April 15, Teachers: please submit one check for all entries made payable to MTAC, Los Angeles Branch. 12. Teachers may submit a maximum of five students per category st prize winners of previous year s Sonatina/Sonata Festival may not participate in the same category. 14. Not all categories may necessarily have three winners. All judges decisions are final. Categories Age Time Limit Gift Certificate Category I 8 and under 3 mins 1 st prize $35 2 nd prize $30 3 rd prize $25 Category II mins 1 st prize $40 2 nd prize $35 3 rd prize $30 Category III mins 1 st prize $45 2 nd prize $40 3 rd prize $35 Category IV mins 1 st prize $50 2 nd prize $45 3 rd prize $40

6 Music Teachers Association of California Los Angeles County Branch Sonatina/Sonata Festival For Pianists Date of Festival: Saturday April 25, 2015 Application Form (Must be postmarked on or before April 15, 2015) Please type or print clearly (Incomplete applications will not be accepted) Student Information Student s Name: Age: Category: Remember to enclose a proof of age document for each student Address: Telephone: Repertory Title: Opus No.: Mov t: Composer: Exact performance time: Teacher Information Teacher s Name: Address: Telephone: address: Teacher s Signature: Total amount $$ enclosed: (Payable to MTAC Los Angeles Branch) Mail application and check to festival chair: Tsukasa Shirai 5440 Persimmon Ave., Temple City, CA (626) / cshirai@yahoo.com Audition time and venue will be sent to teachers after April 15, 2015.

7 2015 Los Angeles Branch Junior Bach Festival Saturday, April 11, 2015 [Keyboard- Branch Level] General Rules: The Festival is open to students (ages 19 and under) of active, provisional or student members of the MTAC Los Angeles Branch. This includes active members who are contributors to the Los Angeles branch. Student must have studied with their current teacher at least 6 months, unless by consent of the former teacher. Students may play any original or transcriptions of J.S. Bach s music, or music of other Baroque composers within the 5 minute time limit. However, to be eligible to be considered to be chosen to play at the Regional Festival (2 nd round), the following exceptions must be upheld: (1) No music from the Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook, ANH (2) No transcriptions other than those made by J. S. Bach himself from his own works. (3) No works by other Baroque composers. Music need not be limited to the Complete Works Audition Official List of Bach's works in order to be eligible for the Regional Festival. Music from the current Official List is required only at the Complete Works Audition (CWA) [3 rd round]. To be eligible for the CWA, students with works from the Complete Works List for the current year (2015) must be a winner at the Regional Festival. Students must perform the same music as played in Branch and Regional for Complete Works Audition, but now complete as shown on the Official List. For example, a student may play an Invention (or Sinfonia) in the Branch and Regional level, but must play both Invention and Sinfonia in the CWA, if he/she reaches that level. For the Official List of works for CWA, go to [link] Music must be performed by memory. Students do not need to provide music books to the judges. The Branch chair will contact teachers if he/she has a student winner. In the Branch level, Judges will select at least 35% of eligible students to play in the Regional Festival in May. Branch winners must perform exactly the same music for the Regional level. In the event a branch winner is unable to compete in the Regional level, an Alternate winner may be selected to take his/her place. In the Regional level, judges will select 45% to be eligible to participate in the Complete Works Audition in the Fall (early October). Branch performers will receive a trophy for their participation. After the judges selections, branch winners (the selected 35%) will receive rosettes; alternates and honorable mentions will receive award certificates or ribbons. For a complete listing of rules & guidelines, visit

8 TEACHER AND STUDENT REGISTRATION MUST BE DONE ONLINE AT Online registration inquiries? Contact Carrie Lui-Deguzman at Note: New Teachers must select the NEW USER box to register. For Keyboard Teachers, select Los Angeles as your branch festival. For String, Winds & Voice teachers, select Strings or Winds & Voice, respectively. Returning teachers do not need to re-register. If you forgot your teacher ID, Carrie Lui-Deguzman. *Online Registration for 2015 Festivals is OPEN NOW* For other questions, contact the Bach Festival Chair, Dorothy Lui, at (213) Los Angeles County Branch Keyboard Festival Date: Saturday, April 11, 2015, beginning at 1:30 PM Venue: First United Methodist Church of San Gabriel 201 North San Gabriel Blvd., San Gabriel, Registration Deadline: March 31, 2015 Fee: $29 per student Chair: Dorothy Lui Phone: (213) Teachers: Submit one check for all entries payable to MTAC-Los Angeles Branch and mail to the festival chair at the following address: Dorothy Lui 823 Alpine Street Los Angeles, CA, (postmarked on or before April 1, 2015) Keyboard Regional Festival (Region II) (for Branch Festival Winners ONLY) Date: Sunday, May 10, 2015 (all day) Venue: Steinway Gallery Recital Hall 150 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, Strings, Winds and Voice All-Branch Regional Festival All Branch Regional Strings Festival Sunday, April 12, 2015: El Camino College, Torrance. Registration deadline: March 22, 2015 Chair: Joyce Osborn Phone: (818) , All Branch Regional Winds & Voice Festival Sunday, May 3, 2015 Registration deadline: April 12, 2015 Chair: Emily An Phone: (909) , There are two divisions for each festival: Junior and Senior divisions Registration fees: Soloist - $35.00, Ensemble - $60.00 Note: A Student and Teacher registration fee is required *Please check scjbf.org Event Schedule for updates. Additional details and updates can be found at the SCJBF website:

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