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Spring Quarter for piano ends June 8. If you would like extra lessons during the summer starting June 11, please contact me, and we can scheduling them. They will be offered on an a la carte basis, due to crazy summer schedules!
Summer Session: available dates listed under "News"!
Featuring our wonderful and talented local young pianists!
Wednesday, June 6, at 6:30-7:30pm.
Location: Olympics West Retirement Inn, 929 Trosper Rd, Tumwater.
National Guild Auditions: Tuesday, June 5, 2018
All students are playing at the National Level--this means 7 memorized pieces and 3 technical phases, 10 items all together. This is quite an accomplishment!
Time: 10:30am-6pm, schedule will be posted.
Location (please note change!): 825 Legion Way Suite C3
Group lessons on Monday, June 4! Please note day change from our usual, due to our National Guild assigned time.
HS/MS: 3:15-4:15
ES/MS: 4:15-5:15
No private lessons this week unless previously scheduled.
Annual Pop, Jazz, Duet Festival. Find a friend to do a duet!
Location: Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Elementary, Middle and High School Divisions
Minnaert Center, SPSCC
Chloe won the Elementary Division of the MCE Youth Competition in 2017. As a prize winner, she will be featured at the April 2018 concert. Good job, Chloe!
More information at: https://mce.org/youth-music-competition-page/
Those interested in entering the Masterworks Chorale Ensemble Youth Competition must submit applications by April 1st. For application information see www.mce.org.
Students will be selected from each studio by the Visiting Artists to perform at this Honors Recital.
Application deadline: January 20, 2018
For more information--http://www.allianceofchristianmusicians.org/young-church-musicians-recital-competition-2017/
Annual Adjudications at St. Martin's University. Adjudications are now called "Music Artistry Program" or M.A.P.!
Each student will present two pieces for a master teacher/visiting artist. Top students will perform at the Honors Recital on March 25.
****DATE and TIME: Our M.A.P. date is THURSDAY, MARCH 15! 8am-2:15pm. Students will be given 10-30 minute time slots, according to level. Please let me know ASAP if you have a specific need, and I will see what I can do.
We will have group lessons this week, Tuesday, March 13--a great time for performance practice for M.A.P.!
Group Lessons will take place this week at the regular time, Tuesday 3:15-5:15.
Music Artistry Program (formerly known as Adjudications) will be this same week, so we will have performance practice opportunities to help prepare for it.
High School-7th: 3:15-4:15
7th-Elementary: 4:15-5:15
Location: SMU, Arts Building
This competition is for students participating in M.A.P. who are interested in performing at the WSMTA Annual Conference. The student winners will represent our district at the State Conference at one of the Honor Recitals, June 20-23. For the first time in 20 years, WSMTA will combine with the Oregon MTA, so it should be an exciting time!
Deadline for Application: Feb. 13, 2018.
Playing time is limited to 5 minutes.
We are thrilled to have Dr. Leonard Richter (my former college professor!) here as our Master Teacher this winter. Please let me know if you are interested in a lesson with him, he is wonderful!
Friday, 2/3, 3:30-5:30 & Saturday, 2/4, 11-1pm
Lessons are 30, 45, and 60 minutes and are $60/hr. Fees are due Jan. 25th.
The Trout Quintet plays again! This time at the Governor's Mansion by the Capitol. The concert will also include duo pianists, Ramona & Jenny, in Camille Saint-Saens "Danse Macabre"! Tickets are required in advance and space is very limited. H'or d'oevres & champagne reception at 6:15, concert starts at 7pm.
Ramona Allen, piano
Jenny Edwards, piano
Holly Reeves, cello
Aaron Inglin, violin
Kate Inglin, viola
Brian Loeb, bass
Get ready to share your Piano Pal, our annual composition project!
No private lessons unless previously arranged.
Please note: Lessons resume on Tuesday, January 2. No lessons on Monday, January 1. These lessons were made up on November 20.
Fred Meyer in Lacey. Play your holiday music for the community to enjoy! Funds raised go to music scholarships in our community.
Come listen to our fabulous students play classics and Christmas music for the wonderful residents of the Olympics West Retirement Inn (929 Trosper Rd)!
Christmas Forest Performance at Red Lion Inn, 2-3pm
This is an opportunity to play your favorite pieces (Holiday and other) for the community! I encourage anyone available to participate in this annual event. Saturday, Dec. 2 is "Kids' Day", so there will be many kid centered activities, as well as dozens of beautifully decorated trees, wreaths, and decor.
This is Providence St. Peters Christmas Forest's 30th anniversary this year! Over the past 29 years, Providence Christmas Forest has raised funds to support life-saving medical equipment, compassionate care, and Mission-driven programs. Providence Christmas Forest is Providence St. Peter Foundation’s largest fund-raising event, generating more than $10.2 million throughout its history.
Monday lessons only...to make up for January 2, 2018.
Group Lessons this week!
Olympia's Annual Concerto Competition
List of repertoire & concerto levels are available at olympiamusicteachers.org.
Winners of the Advanced A and Advanced B division will be featured in a concert with the Olympia Chamber Orchestra in the spring!
RESULTS from our studio--great job!
Intermediate A: Isabella, 2nd place
Intermediate B: Chloe, 1st place; Sky, HM
Advanced A: Lilia, HM
Advanced B: Alex, 2nd; Megan, 3rd
Friday, Nov. 3 @ 7pm: This is an opportunity for students participating in the OMTA Concerto Competition (on Nov. 11) to perform for each other, listen to great pieces, and cheer each other on! All of these students have been working so hard. Please bring a snack to share!
Students: bring the shoes you will wear, and I encourage students to also wear their performance dress.
Performing at a Chehalis Chamber Series will be Ramona Allen (piano), Holly Reeves (cello), Aaron Inglin (violin), Kate Inglin (viola) and Brian Loeb (bass). They will be performing the world's best known piece about a fish, The Trout Quintet! Written by Franz Schubert when he was only 22 years old, it features the bubbling and sunny mood of a happy trout in a country stream. That is, until a fisherman tries to catch it!
Part of this concert will feature a harpsichord generously donated by the former president of Centralia College. Ramona & Holly will play pieces by Rameau and Bach.
Free and open to the public.
Location: Chehalis SDA Church--120 Chilvers Rd, Chehalis, WA 98532
No private lessons.
Group Lessons this week include performance, telling a story through your piece (and telling us about yourself!), theory concepts of intervals and steps, and birthdays for avant-garde composer George Crumb and Johann Strauss, Jr, (aka "the Waltz King").
Dr. Jeanine Jacobson will conduct a masterclass during the 2nd half of this conference.
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