Jesse Micek, President
Gloria Ho, Vice President
Philip Halseth, Second Vice President
Susie Kim, Treasurer
Toni Chimienti, Corresponding Secretary
Katherine Valdez, Membership Secretary & Referrals Chair
Grace Cheng, Director
Maria Ehlert, Director
Lu Huang, Director & Website Administrator
David Ross, Director and Student Recitals
Maria Ehlert, Hospitality
Carmencita Aspiras, Sunshine
Olya Katsman, MSSL Coordinator
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A few brief notes here to remind you of upcoming events:
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Our final general branch recital of the 2022-23 school year will be on Saturday, 3/11 at 1pm at Transfiguration Church in Castro Valley. Contact our branch recital coordinator David Ross at dapiano@comcast.net to sign up your students.
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We are hosting a joint Zoom presentation with the MTAC Alameda County East branch on Sunday, 3/26 at 1pm. The guest presenter will be popular musician and YouTuber Nahre Sol. I encourage you to watch some of her videos prior to the presentation. Here is a personal favorite of mine.
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In May 2022 our branch presented an all-Beatles music concert. This year - on May 6th - we will be presenting an all-Stevie Wonder concert. All teachers in our branch are welcome to sign up their students for this performance. Here is the sign-up page.
Lastly, a huge thank you to Susie Kim who has accepted the call to serve as temporary branch treasurer through June 2023. Thank you Susie - we appreciate you!
All the best,
Jesse
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Saturday May 6th Branch Pop Concert |
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Click here to sign up on the Google Drive sign-up page.
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Our MTAC branch will be presenting an all-Stevie Wonder music concert on Saturday, May 6th at 4pm. It will be held at Christ's Community Church in Hayward. There be a mandatory dress rehearsal for the concert on Saturday, April 29th at 4pm.. The program will be comprised of students from our branch performing arrangements of Stevie Wonder songs. All instrumentalists are welcome to sign up. There will be a pro bass player and drummer accompanying student performers at the concert.
After you have found a song arrangement that you are happy with and have a student committed to perform the song on May 6th, then type in your information in the Google Drive sign-up sheet. That will reserve the song for you and your student. Each song will be featured in the program only one time. If you have an arrangement of a Stevie Wonder song that is not on this list, just add the song at the bottom or create a new row within the song list and add your information. The sign-ups will be first come, first served, so act quickly if this performance opportunity interests you and your students.
Click here to sign up on the Google Drive sign-up page.
If you have any questions about this event or need help selecting a song arrangement, contact Jesse Micek at: jessemicek@yahoo.com
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Guest Lecturer Nahre Sol March 26 1-3pm on Zoom |
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All are welcome to attend this March 26th Zoom presentation. In addition to teachers from our branch and the Alameda County East branch, we want to also encourage students and parents to join the meeting. There will be a Q&A at the end of Nahre Sol's presentation. Submit questions in advance to Phil Halseth at: phalseth@gmail.com
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Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival 2023 |
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University of South Florida (USF), Tampa
June 27- July 17, 2023
Check it out!!
Daily lessons, masterclasses, Special Topic classes, Ambassador Concerts and Faculty Forums and Soirees are offset by our signature beach day, dolphin cruise and visit to the Chihuly Museum. Students typically total 12-15 lessons with different guest faculty.
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Masterclass with Jacque Wilson Scharlach
Saturday January 28th
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Saturday February 11th Branch Recital |
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Our next MSSL recital will be on February 26th, Sunday, 4:00 pm at Sunrise Senior Living in Pleasanton! |
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The National Music Festival |
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The National Music Festival has full-scholarship apprenticeships available for all orchestral instruments, collaborative piano, guitar, conducting, music library, recording engineering, and arts administration! The Festival takes place June 4-17, 2023 (apprentices must arrive no later than noon on June 3) in beautiful historic Chestertown, Maryland. Housing is provided.
Apprentices will play in both chamber music and orchestra and work with mentors in rehearsals, coachings, lessons, and performances. All apprentices attend on full scholarship!
The Festival presents over 35 concerts and 200 open rehearsals in 14 days; the intense learning environment provides for musical growth and lots of performance opportunities in a highly supportive community.
For more information, visit our website: http://nationalmusic.us/musicians/how-to-apply/
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Teacher Talk Friday March 3rd, 2023 at 10AM |
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Zoom Teacher Talk
Friday, 3/3/23 @ 10am
"Lightning Rounds" - a brief discussion on each of the following topics:
1. New student interviews: are interviews best when meeting with prospective students? Or is a trial lesson the better way?
2. Saying No: what are teacher’s favorite wordings or go-to sentences so as not to offend but make your point clear regarding students/parents who perhaps you want to fire or think need a probationary period?
3. Resources/Apps useful for teaching: share what digital resources are working for you in your teaching. Or - if we have tech savvy teachers - share ideas for what kind of apps we would like to see available.
4. Summer Camp: has anyone hosted or have ideas for creating a summer camp?
5. Teaching young children/teacher training: what are teacher’s recommended resources, training programs (that don’t require going back to college for another degree), or personal experiences? What type of training would our branch members like to attend a session for?
Topic: SACB Zoom Teacher Talk
Time: Jan 13, 2023 10:00 AM
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 845 3193 6255
Passcode: 292838
One tap mobile
+16699006833,,84531936255#,,,,*292838# US (San Jose)
See you on Zoom!
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Joy is the third generation of piano teachers in her family and began studying piano at age 4. She began teaching piano at the tender age of 16!! She and her mom, Jeanne Fisher, enjoy being a part of our Southern Alameda County branch together.
Joy loves to accompany and accompanied her school choirs from elementary school through college. She has also accompanied for the Castro Valley school district, many theater productions, and churches over the years. She currently enjoys accompanying for Certificate of Merit woodwind evaluations and playing on the worship team at her church.
In addition to playing piano, Joy enjoys music directing and has been music director for many CYT productions, has directed children’s choirs and served as worship leader in church.
If she had to rank her favorite composers it would be Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Beethoven and Bach.
Joy’s fondest musical memories are: performing Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto at Cal State University, East Bay with Ellen Wasserman, singing Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Oakland Symphony under the direction of Michael Morgan, and music directing CYT’s Tom Sawyer production at the Village Theater in Danville with her own live band and her daughter, Ashley, on stage playing the role of Aunt Polly.
Advice she gives to students is “Practice makes permanent, but only perfect practice makes perfect.”
When not performing, teaching or accompanying, Joy loves the outdoors. She loves gardening, camping, kayaking, bicycling and is looking forward to warmer weather so she can hop in her pool.
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Looking for a way to donate to our branch?
First name: mtacsacb
Write a check payable to: mtacsacb include donation in the memo
Mail to: Susie Kim
1438 Menton Street
Danville, CA 94506
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David Amendola
Steinway Concert Technician
Email: davidamendola@mac.com
Phone: 415-250-0724
Linda Kay
Email: itune88@comcast.net
Phone: 510-910-0283
Brenda Meng
Email: hummingbird.pianoservice@gmail.com
Phone: 408-828-9831
Robin Whitehouse
Email: robin@santacruzpiano.com
Phone: 831-247-0043
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David Ross
C: 510 586-9163
H: 510 538-8580
Piano, all levels
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