Piano evaluations and theory exams for all instruments
San Diego State University
March 5, 12 and 13, 2011

Sonata Contest

Thank you so much for your help in the Goodlin contest.

Miriam Cole, Eugenia Korotkin, Leslie Robb,Inessa Litvin, Rinna Livshin ,Chuck King,Rinna Livshin, Dana Burnett, Brenda Martin, Svetlana Gaidarova ,Orna Cook, and Mae, teachers and parents of these delightful students.

All are Winners but here are the ones the judges selected:

2010 MTAC-San Diego Branch VOCE Competition

WINNERS 2010

First Place Branch Winners will advance to
2010 MTAC State VOCE Finals
April 24, 2010 at Chapman College, Orange, CA
Click here to view details of the winners of the VOCE competition

Several teachers have expressed concern over prospective students already having their phone number and address when contacting them about lessons - apparently having received this information from another MTAC teacher. Please refer students to our website, http://www.sandiegomtac.com/, if they are in need of a referral to another teacher. There they can send an email to any teacher via our server, which does not reveal the teacher's email. Please protect your colleagues' privacy!

The MTAC directory is intended for the use of members only. The information should not be shared with businesses of any kind or non-members, nor should it be used by members for promoting their own businesses. When you discard your old directories, shredding the pages helps to protect everyone's privacy.

MTAC Techers!!!
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Delete and do not reply.

I am Mrs Daniela Bishop from Scotland. My daughter will be coming for an holiday in USA for 6 weeks. I will want her to engage in something that will keep her busy all the time, Because Kristina is a bit playful and I will not want her to play away her time when she arrives in the State. I guess coming to your place for private lessons can keep her hooked up with something. It can be any kind of lesson. You just get back to me with the cost for private lesson in your home for
6 weeks. I have someone that can drive her to your place for the lesson and take her back to the home stay after the lesson. Just get back to me with the total cost of the lesson so my husband can make payment to you immediately before he go on a business trip and Kristina is 15 years old, she a beginner and she fluent in English.

Reply me with the total cost for 18 days tutor (1 hr daily, 3 days in a week at your convenient time)

Goodlin Fundraiser

Although it was a rainy evening, the Goodlin Fundraiser on Friday evening, January 22, 2010 was successful in many ways. It raised $720. Dominique Kim, 1st Place Flute, Junior Instrumental (2009), Omar Gaidarov, 1st Place Flute, Junior Instrumental (2008), Stephen Ai, 2nd Place Junior Piano (2009), Valerie Kim, 1st Place, Junior Piano (2007), Taylin Im, 1st Place, Senior Piano - (2009), Iris Peng, 2nd Place Instrumental, Danli Liang 1st Place Junior Piano- (2009), Jasmine Wang, 2nd Place Junior Instrumental (2009), and Laura Cha, 1st Place, Senior Piano (2008) contributed with their talent. Performances were indeed inspiring.

Generous financial contributions have been made this year to the Goodlin Foundation by Betty Martin, Jaclyn Summers,Anonymous, George Katz, Inessa Litvin, Roger & Karine Burch, Rev. Phillip & Constance Gale, Eun-Jee Viscardi, Chia-ling Chen, Chrystian Cloutier-Roy & Jieling Hakim, Barbara & Larry Knorr, Mei Fang & Slong Yu, Helen & Tae Im, Donald & Miriam Cole, and Daniel Butterfield. Goodlin scholarships would not exist without the generosity of both the performers and contributors. Thanks also to Eun-Jee Viscardi for helping out at the door, giving out information and helpful instructions.

Lea Schmidt-Rogers
Goodlin Chair

2010 San Diego Branch Piano Duo Festival
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Piano SD.com
1233 Camino Del Rio South, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92108

Category 1 (ages 5-9 limit 3 minutes
Category 2 (ages 10-12) limit 4 minutes
Category 3 (ages 13-15) limit 5 minutes
Category 4 (ages 16-high school) limit 7 minutes
Entry fee is $25 per person, ($50 per duo team)
Deadline to register is midnight, April 9, 2010
Fees, paid in one check drawn on the teacher's
Account, must be postmarked April 10, 2010

Awards in addition to certificates will be given to deserving teams.
Please find exact details for the festival at “Programs/Festivals” on this website

To register please login, then under Teacher’s Menu click on MTAC Events, scroll down to San Diego Branch Duo Festival and click on “Register for Event.” For questions please contact the Festival director, Leslie Olson at 619-660-6685
email: lesliemusc@cox.net

Held in the beautiful French Parlor of Founders’ Hall at USD
A non-competitive event, with each performer receiving an evaluation and trophy

Theme: Dance Music
Music from dance suites, nationalistic dances, ragtime, but please no pop music.

Complete guidelines can be found online

Deadline: May 10 Fee: $25 per person Postmark deadline for total fees: May 11
Registration: online Direct questions to: Spring Festival director Karina Burch,
619-672-0014, musicpiano@cox.net

The new Ronald McDonald House at Rady Children's Hospital here in San Diego is a place for the families of critically ill children to stay while their child undergoes treatment at children's hospital. A generous donor has provided a wonderful Yamaha grand piano for the lobby area, and they are looking for people to play it. The time they are most interested in having music is from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm - this is the dinner hour and is the time when the most families are at the Ronald McDonald House.

Due to concerns about the flu in general and H1N1 specifically, at present pianists must be at least 16 years old to perform.

If you are interested in serving in this way, please contact Kerrina Koltz:
Phone: 858-598-2418 Email: kkoltz@rmhcsd.org

ASCAP

MTAC State Office
833 Market St., Suite 900
San Francisco, CA 94103

You do not need to put an ASCAP number on your programs - simply mail them in.

ASCAP announcement as a .doc or .pdf