MTAC-SACB Newsletter: October 2017

Newsletter

Volume 19, Issue 2 | October 2017

Millie Chiem, President

Jesse Micek , Vice President

Michelle Chi, Second Vice President

Susie Kim , Treasurer & Parliamentarian

Fonny Chandra , Corresponding Secretary

Kristen Normann , Recording Secretary

Jung-Hee Park , Membership Secretary & Referrals Chair

Grace Cheng, Director

Ruth Zhou, Director

Maria Ehlert, Director

Marina Grudskaya, Director & Student Recitals

Olya Katsman. Director & MSSL Community Outreach

Sophia Vu, Director & Website Administrator

Sandy Fong & Maria Ehlert, Hospitality

Sr. Andre Marie Fujier & Ruth Zhou, Historian

Carmencita Aspiras, Sunshine

Dr. Jiang Wu, VOCE (Voice, Strings and Woodwinds)

Gloria Ho, CM Chair and North Region Chair, (Piano, Strings, Woodwinds and Voice)

Grace Cheng, CM South Region Chair

Ling Lee & Ji An, Honors Recitals

Katherine Lee & Ruby Cheung, Theory Site Coordinators

Upcoming Events

Oct. 1 - 31, 2017 - CM Registration

Registration deadline is Oct. 31 at 11:59 pm

Oct. 17, 2017 - Tips on Preparing Students for a Successful CM Evaluation at 10 am

Place:

Olya Katsman's House

38733 Jonquil Drive, Newark, CA 94560

Potluck party after the discussion. The detail will be in the flyer below.

Nov. 12, 2017 - Student Recital at First United Methodist Church at 1 - 6 pm

Dec. 8, 2017 - Christmas Luncheon at Papillon Restaurant at 11:30 am

Save-the-date for January 7th, 2018. The MTAC-SACB will proudly present a chamber music duo concert by branch YAG alumnus and pianist, Alison Lee (former student of Jed Galant and current DMA student) and cellist, Isaac Pastor-Chermak. Special discount tickets will be made available at the General Meeting on September 15. Teachers, please encourage your students to attend concerts such as this...a must-see for everyone and a source of inspiration for all!

Apr. 30, 2018 - Deadline to Apply for Community Music Service Recognition Award

Send the application to Jesse Micek at jessemicek@yahoo.com.

Important News

Our branch website is www.mtacsacb.org

Please explore and utilize it.
There is a Membership directory on the website. If you would like to add or update your picture to the directory, please send a 4” Height X 6” Width picture to Millie Chiem at m29338@gmail.com.
Some areas in the website are protected. You need a password to view the protected areas. If you need to know the password, email Millie Chiem. at m29338@gmail.com.

We are announcing the New Fund for Community Music Service Recognition Award "The Regina Mastrantonio Memorial Fund"

The detail will be in the flyer below.

To sign up: click here

CM News

October 1

Almost all teachers have been unblocked. You can now register your students for the Certificate of Merit program. Remember, do not wait until the last day to register all your students. Before the deadline, you can change the information, delete the registration and add students, etc. If you find yourself to be blocked you must contact me. In order to be unblocked, you must complete a questionnaire. Send to me by snail mail or e-mail as soon as possible. Then, fill out the teacher agreement that is due November 12, but I’ll take it earlier if you want to send it to me.

October 31

Deadline for registration. THERE IS NO LATE REGISTRATION. If you miss this date, your students will

not be able to do CM for 2018

Nov. 1 to Nov. 10

Parents need to pay for registration at this time through paypal in their portal. If they do not pay, they will not be registered.

I want to thank all teachers who have signed up for studio site. Please teachers consider doing this job. With teachers, retiring, moving out of the area, or personal family issues, etc., we are losing many studios and I am having a difficult time getting all the studios I need. If we cannot have places for evaluators to test the students, I will start having to find location where we pay for the use, and the examination fee for the students will go up dramatically. Currently, I am in need of two more locations. I have some very generous teachers who will offer their home an extra day if I cannot fill, but I think it unfair to make them work more than their volunteer requirement.

Gloria Ho

CM Chair