Maryland State Music Teachers Association

Affiliated with Music Teachers National Association www.msmta.org A bi-monthly publication of the Maryland State Music Teachers Association December 2012

MSMTA STATE CONFERENCE “Celebrating Musical Diversity” SATURDAY AND SUNDAY JANUARY 12 & 13, 2013 Registration Form and details begin on page 2

From the President… News From the Board I wish all of you a happy holiday Fourteen Board members attended the meeting on Monday, season! December 3, 2012. A few items were discussed which As you see in this newsletter, we resulted in the following: have a fantastic conference planned for you. Since this year’s MTNA • Donation plan for Sandy Relief effort was discussed conference is in California, many and devised. It was moved, seconded and passed of you may not be able to attend, (please see the detailed info in the newsletter). but we are hoping we can bring a smaller-scale but equally high quality conference to Maryland. • Concerto competition chair, Hyun Park, proposed So I hope you can rest up during the holidays and attend our dividing the junior division to the following: conference to be rejuvenated at the start of the new year. Junior I: up to 5th grade. You have also probably gotten my global e-mail about the board decision to contribute to the Superstorm Sandy Relief Fund, which MTNA has specifically set up for our Eastern Junior II: up to 8th grade. Division colleagues in need. Some are left without a home in which to teach, others have damaged instruments, plus many The rule for winners will remain the same: previous other causes of financial strain. Some of our colleagues say winners of each level must skip a year before the devastation was such, they decided to leave the profession competing at a higher level. It was moved, seconded altogether. The MSMTA Board devised the plan which is and passed. detailed in this newsletter. We are fortunate that our current financial status is healthy and can make a small contribution • High School examination chair, Debbie White- to our neighboring colleagues. I hope you will consider donating to this worthy cause. Bondhus, formed a monitoring committee to make sure the repertoire is placed at appropriate levels for As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact me. the students registered for credit. See you all at our conference on Jan. 12th and 13th! President Continued from Page 1 Junko Takahashi MSMTA STATE CONFERENCE 2013 10503 Redosier Court Bethesda, MD 20814 Maryland State Music Teachers Association Treasurer & VP Finance Claudette Horwitz "MSMTA… celebrating Musical Diversity" 5004 Barkwood Place 2012-2013 Conference Rockville, MD 20853 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center VP Student Activities University of Maryland Yoon Huh College Park, MD 21200 Dorsey Spring Place Germantown, MD 20876 PIANO and STRING Registration Form –Deadline: January 7, 2013 VP Membership Ann McCandliss 4429 Buena Vista AvenueName: ______Baltimore, MD 21211-1206 VP Publications Address: ______Kathryn Stansbery 16130 Patapsco Overlook CourtPhone: ______Email:______Mount Airy, MD 21771 VP Certification Local Association: ______Ann Matteson 5204 Paducah Road College Park , MD 20740MSMTA, ASTA, SAGWA Members: Recording Secretary 2 DAY Advanced Registration (Until January 7, 2013) $90.00 ______Daniel Lau 2 DAY Onsite Registration $95.00 ______507 Walker Avenue Baltimore, MD 21212-2624 Corresponding Secretary Lori Davis ASTA, VASTA, SAGWA String Members: 2848 Ridge Road Waldorf, MD 20603 SUNDAY ONLY Advanced Registration Historian (Until January 7, 2013) $40.00 ______Bonnie Kellert SUNDAY ONLY Onsite Registration $45.00 ______9140 Falls Chapel Way Potomac, MD 20854-2454 Member-at-Large MSMTA Piano Members: Douglas Guiles 10359 Cullen Terrace 1 DAY Advanced Registration (Until January 7, 2013) $55.00 ______Columbia, MD 21044 **Please circle which day: Saturday January 12 or Sunday January 13 Immediate Past President 1 DAY Onsite Registration $60.00 ______Carol Wolfe-Ralph

Local Association Presidents STUDENTS: Anne Arundel MTA Adriana Schueckler 2 DAY Registration $25.00 ______1 DAY Registration $12.00 ______MTA Greater Baltimore **Please circle which day: Saturday January 12 or Sunday January 13 Barbara Stumpf MTA Bowie Jeannine Case NON MEMBER: 2 DAY $95.00 ______Carroll County MTA 1 DAY $45.00 ______Jane McIlvain MTA Charles County Mary Wolf MEALS WITH ADVANCE REGISTRATION ONLY: Greater Columbia MTA David Holmes Brown Bag Lunch (Saturday) $12.00 ______Eastern Shore MTA Buffet Dinner (Saturday) $25.00 ______Raymond Hobbs Business Luncheon (Sunday) $13.50 ______Frederick County MTA Laurel Carroll Evening Piano Concert, January 12th: Number of Tickets needed (FREE) ______Howard County MTA (If you need more than 6 tickets, please contact Junko at [email protected]) David Kuperstein Greater Laurel MTA TOTAL: $______Douglas Guiles Please make your check payable to MSMTA, and mail it along with your registration form to: Montgomery County MTAJunko Takahashi, 10503 Redosier Ct., Bethesda, MD 20814. Lori McCarthy NOTE: On line registration will be available soon. Payment may be made on line either by credit card or PayPal. Prince Georges MTA June Miller Contact John Ralph, [email protected] if you have any questions or problems. MTA Southern Maryland Continued on Page 3 Patricia Blanchard

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Advertising Claudette Horwitz

Bylaws/Parliamentarian David Holmes

Certification Piano Schedule of Events Anne Matteson College Faculty TBA

Community Outreach and Education SATURDAY, JANUARY 12TH Deborah White-Bondhus 8:30 – 9:30 Registration – Coffee and Exhibits Composition 9:30 – 11:00 Dennis Alexander – Masterclass Commissioning 11:00 – 11:15 Break – Please enjoy the vendors! Li-Ly Chang Conference 11:15 – 12:45 Alexander Peskanov – Piano Olympics Carol Wolfe-Ralph 12:45 – 1:45 Brown Bag Lunch (Pre-purchased on registration form) Junko Takahashi 1:45 – 2:45 Judging Panel Finance Claudette Horwitz 2:45 – 4:00 Dennis Alexander – Showcase Fund Raising 4:00 – 4:15 Break – Please enjoy the vendors! TBA 4:15 – 5:30 Nancy O’Neill Breth – Inside the Inventions Independent Music 5:45 – 7:30 Dinner (Pre-purchased on registration form) Teachers Helen Smith Tarchalski 7:30 Concert – Alexander Peskanov, Gildenhorn Recital Hall Legal Advisor Randy Reade

Local and Student Associations SUNDAY, JANUARY 13TH Kathryn Stansbery

9:00 – 9:30 Registration – Coffee Hour MTNA Foundation Carol Wolfe-Ralph 9:30 – 11:00 Alexander Peskanov – Masterclass MSMTA Foundation/ 11:00 – 11:15 Break – Please enjoy the vendors! Fundraising 11:15 – 12:45 Dennis Alexander – Teaching the Romantics to Young Pianists TBA 12:45 – 2:15 MSMTA Annual General Membership Meeting and Lunch Membership Ann McCandliss (Pre-purchased on registration form) Nominations 2:15 – 3:30 Steph Scaggari– Better memory, Better listening, Better music-making Anne Matteson

3:30 – 5:30 Composers’ Circle Publications Kathryn Stansbery

Publicity Christine Couch

Student Activities Yoon Huh

Technology Continued on Page 4 Helen Smith Tarchalski

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 12TH

8:30 - 9:30 Registration – Coffee and Exhibits

9:30 – 11:00 Dennis Alexander – Intermediate Masterclass Dennis Alexander began his affiliation with Alfred Music Publishing in 1986. Mr. Alexander’s over 350 publications and recordings created with Alfred have earned him an international reputation as one of the world’s most prolific and popular composers of educational piano music for students at all levels. Professor Alexander retired from his position at the University of Montana in May 1996, where he taught piano and piano pedagogy for 24 years. Upon moving to California, he taught privately in addition to serving on the faculties of Cal State Fullerton and Cal State Northridge. He currently lives in Albuquerque, NM, where he maintains an active composing and touring schedule for Alfred Music Publishing. MTNA has commissioned Mr. Alexander to compose a chamber music work for the upcoming national conference in Anaheim, CA this coming March.

11:00 - 11:15 Break – Please enjoy the vendors!

11:15 – 12:45 Alexander Peskanov – Piano Olympics 1. About the Piano Olympics 2. Preparing students for a Piano Olympics event 3. Piano Olympics evaluation with demonstration of the Piano Olympics requirements 4. Supplementing technical requirements with “mini” master classes devoted to standard repertoire and works by Alexander Peskanov 5. Piano Olympics Ceremony 6. Questions and answers

12:45 – 1:45 Brown Bag Lunch (Pre-purchased)

1:45 – 2:45 Judging Panel: An open discussion with Grace McFarlane, Nancy O’Neill Breth, Carol Wolfe-Ralph and Helen Smith Tarchalski

2:45 - 4:00 Dennis Alexander – Showcase

4:00 – 4:15 Break – Please enjoy the vendors!

4:15 – 5:30 – Nancy O’Neill Breth – Inside the Inventions An appreciation of the beauty behind the genius of Bach’s two-part inventions. A brief historical setting followed by a detailed discussion of selected Inventions. Suggestions on fingering, phrasing, practicing, memorizing. Continued on Page 5

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5:45 – 7:30 Dinner (Pre-purchased on Registration Form) Come join us for a buffet-style dinner served in the upstairs reception area of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. It’s a lovely time to relax and socialize before the concert! 7:30 Concert – Alexander Peskanov Come enjoy the intimacy and beauty of the Gildenhorn Recital Hall as we welcome our guest artist, Alexander Peskanov.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 13TH

9:00 – 9:30 Registration and Coffee Hour 9:30 – 11:00 Alexander Peskanov – Advanced Masterclass 11:00 – 11:15 Break – Please enjoy the vendors! 11:15 – 12:45 Dennis Alexander – Teaching the Romantics to Young Pianists

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12:45 – 2:15 Lunch and MSMTA Annual General Membership Meeting (Lunch is Pre-Purchased on Registration Form) 2:15 – 3:30 Steph Scaggiari – Better memory, Better listening, Better music-making 3:30 – 5:30 Composers’ Circle – Commissioned composer Andrew Simpson of Catholic University of America

String Schedule of Events

Sunday, January 13th 9:00 Rebecca Henry – Masterclass – Intermediate Violin 9:00 Alicia Ward – Masterclass – Intermediate Cello 10:15 Break – Please enjoy the vendors! 10:30 Elizabeth Fields, violin and Stephanie Vial, cello – Early Music Program - Introduction to Baroque Performance 12:30 Lunch 1:30 Nurit Bar-Joseph – Masterclass – Advanced Violin 1:30 Evelyn Elsing – Masterclass – Advanced Cello 3:00 Break – Please enjoy the vendors! 3:15 Rebecca Henry - Practice Strategies for Developing Independence String Session Descriptions

Sunday, January 13th 9:00 – 10:15 – Rebecca Henry – Masterclass – Intermediate Violin Rebecca Henry holds the Scott Bendann Chair in Classical Music at The Peabody Institute, where she teaches Violin Pedagogy. She helped create the Masters of Performance/Pedagogy degree at The Conservatory. She chairs the Preparatory String Department where she teaches violin and viola and directs Peabody’s Pre-Conservatory Violin Program, for which she receives funding from the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation. She is also Assistant Professor of Viola at the Gettysburg College Sunderman Conservatory of Music. During the summers she returns to her alma mater and teaches at the Indiana University Summer String Academy and Teachers’ Retreat for Professional Violinists and Violists. Ms. Henry has presented master classes and teacher workshops throughout U.S and in Canada and Turkey, and created a series of Pedagogy Master Classes and Teacher Workshops at Peabody that are held on five Saturdays per year (see www.peabody.jhu. edu/PedagogyMCfor more information). She has conducted youth orchestras, co-edited two series of contemporary music for violin ensembles (“What’s New”, available at www.oneworldstrings.com), and is a founding member of the Kegelstatt Trio. Her former students are performing and teaching around the world. This winter she will be presenting a session at the National ASTA Conference in Providence, RI, “From Martelé to Music,” and moderating a panel discussion “Where do I Start” – Things to consider when navigating a course of development with a student who is new. Continued on Page 7

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9:00 – 10:15 – Alicia Ward, Strathmore Artist in Residence – Masterclass – Intermediate Cello Cellist Alicia Ward made her orchestral debut as a featured soloist at the age of twelve, and has since performed throughout the United States and abroad as chamber musician, recitalist and soloist. Ms. Ward’s performances have taken place in such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Jordan Hall in Boston, the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia and Davies Symphony Hall. She has most recently performed as recitalist at Strathmore, The Strathmore Society at Asbury, the Kennedy Center, the Music on the Lake Series of Lake Barcroft, as well as several of the embassies of Washington DC. She was chosen as an Artist in Residence at Strathmore for the 2010- 2011 season, at which time her debut CD, “Tableaux,” was released. Ms. Ward has been a soloist with the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. John, the American Youth Philharmonic and the Peninsula Youth Orchestra. She has been a top prize-winner of several competitions throughout the United States, including the grand prize at the Music Teachers National Association Young Artists Competition held in Denver, and second place with her piano trio at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. As an active chamber musician, Ms. Ward has performed at the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, the Menuhin Chamber Music Seminar in San Francisco, the International Music Academy in the Czech Republic, Jordan Hall, Strathmore and the Kennedy Center. She currently performs with pianist Kimberly Kong as Duo Vissi D’Arte, and with the new music ensemble SONAR. In 2005, Ms. Ward was one of twelve cellists selected to perform at the International Piatigorsky Seminar for Cellists held at the University of Southern California. She has also been invited to attend the Banff International Cello Masterclasses and the Young Artists Program of the National Arts Centre, under the direction of Pinchas Zukerman. Ms. Ward began studying the cello in San Francisco with Barbara Wampner. She received her Bachelor of Music from the Peabody Conservatory as the recipient of the Steven Kates Memorial Merit Scholarship where she studied with David Hardy. She received her Master of Music from the New England Conservatory as the recipient of the Natica Righter Williams Merit Scholarship, under the tutelage of Laurence Lesser. Her other principal teachers include Sandy Walsh Wilson of the Alexander String Quartet, Tanya Carey and Hans Jorgen Jensen. Ms. Ward studied cello pedagogy and the Suzuki philosophy with Pamela Devenport at The School for Strings in New York, and at the Chicago Suzuki Institute, and is registered in all books of the Suzuki Cello School. She is currently on the cello faculty of the Peabody Preparatory of the Johns Hopkins University and the Maryland Talent Education Center.

10:15 – 10:30 – BREAK – Please enjoy the vendors! 10:30 – 12:00 – Elizabeth Fields, violin and Stephanie Vial, cello Early Music Program - Introduction to Baroque Performance, Ms. Fields and Ms. Vial (co-directors of The Vivaldi Project and the Institute for Early Music on Modern Instruments) will discuss and demonstrate baroque performance practices – bowing techniques, applications of vibrato, and principles of phrase structure – as applied to baroque dance forms and the sonatas and concertos found in the Suzuki books and among the standard performance repertoire. Elizabeth Field, violinist, is the Founder and Director of the Vivaldi Project and concertmaster of The Bach Choir of Bethlehem. She has served as concertmaster for leading period instrument ensembles including the Washington Bach Consort and Opera Lafayette as well as acting as performance-practice coach for modern orchestras such as The National Philharmonic and the Washington Chamber Symphony. She has performed with leading period instrument ensembles such as the Handel and Haydn Society, The New York State Early Music Association, and the Classical Band. A former member of Brandywine Baroque, Field was also a founding member of the Van Swieten Quartet. She performs frequently with the Washington National Opera, and has recorded for Hungaroton, Naxos and the Dorian label. From 1982-1991, she performed and recorded extensively for Deutsche Grammophon with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Field’s modern training was done with Oscar Shumsky and Joseph Silverstein, and she holds a doctorate in 18th-century performance practice from Cornell University. Field has coached student and professional performers throughout the U.S., including at the Universities of Maryland, Illinois and Iowa, and the University of Washington. She has held professorships at Sacramento State University of California, the University of California at Davis, and is an adjunct professor at George Washington University. Together with cellist, Stephanie Vial, she directs The Vivaldi Project’s Institute for Early Music on Modern Instruments and is a regular guest teacher at The Curtis Institute. Her collaborative DVD with fortepianist Malcolm Bilson, exploring the historical performance practice of 18th- century violin/piano repertoire was released in November of 2011. Emanuel Ax describes the DVD as “truly inspiring—a completely lucid and authoritative look at the connections between the great composers and the instruments that they worked with.” He concludes, “ In short, I am a fan!” Stephanie Vial, cellist, is the Assistant Director of the Vivaldi Project. A sought-after chamber musician and soloist, Vial has performed with many of North America’s period instrument ensembles including such groups as Quebec’s Les Violons du Roy, the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, and the Apollo Ensemble. She has recorded for the Dorian Label, Naxos, Hungaroton, and Centaur Records. Fanfare Magazine, in a review of the Naxos recording of Quantz flute sonatas, gives “a particular bow to

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Stephanie Vial, who manages to make each cello intervention a delight to the ear.” Vial received her training on the modern cello at Northwestern University with Alan Harris, followed by a Master’s Degree at Indiana University with Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi. She holds a doctorate in 18th-century performance practice from Cornell University. Her book, The Art of Musical Phrasing in the Eighteenth Century: Punctuating the Classical “Period,” published in 2008 by the University of Rochester Press’ Eastman Studies in Music Series, was praised by Malcolm Bilson as “inspired scholarship” and “essential reading.” Vial has taught at Cornell University, Duke University, and is currently an adjunct faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Together with Elizabeth Field, she directs The Vivaldi Project’s Institute for Early Music on Modern Instruments and is a regular guest teacher at The Curtis Institute. 12:00 – 1:30 – LUNCH – Please enjoy the vendors too! 1:30 – 3:00 – Nurit Bar-Joseph – Masterclass – Advanced Violin Nurit Bar-Josef was appointed Concertmaster of the National Symphony Orchestra in 2001 (then the youngest such appointee to a major U.S. orchestra) by Maestro Leonard Slatkin. She was previously Assistant Concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops from 1998-2001 and Assistant Principal Second Violin of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra from 1997-1998. She studied with Aaron Rosand at The Curtis Institute of Music and continued her studies at the Juilliard School with Robert Mann. Ms. Bar-Josef’s solo appearances have included the National Symphony, Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, St. Louis Symphony, National Philharmonic, and Britt Festival Orchestras. An active chamber musician, she has performed at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Bay Chamber Festival (ME), the Aspen Music Festival, and festivals in Tanglewood, Portland (ME), Kingston (RI), Steamboat Springs, Garth Newel, and Caramoor, where she performed piano quartets with Andre Previn at his Rising Stars Festival. She was a founding member of the Kennedy Center Chamber Players for nine years, and is a founding member of the Dryden Quartet. Ms. Bar-Josef has been a featured guest on National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition and has had the honor of performing at the White House with Maestro Christoph Eschenbach. She is currently playing on a J.B. Vuillaume dated 1871, generously on loan to her from the Library of Congress. Nurit resides in the Washington, DC area and enjoys long bike rides and hiking with her husband and dog in her free time. 1:30 – 3:00 – Evelyn Elsing – Masterclass – Advanced Cello Cellist Evelyn Elsing studied at the University of Michigan, where she was awarded the Stanley Medal for performance; she also participated in the Professional Studies Program at The Juilliard School. Miss Elsing has been Professor of Cello at the University of Maryland since 1974 and is the recipient of the Barbara K. Steppel Memorial Faculty Fellowship, the first such designation in the School of Music. She was a prizewinner in the Munich Cello and International String Competitions and a finalist in the Tchaikovsky Competition. She has collaborated with the Cleveland, Guarneri, and Muir Quartets and is a founding member of the Left Bank Quartet, the Left Bank Concert Society, and Ecco Trio, with whom she toured Japan and the US. Elsing has performed at venues in cities such as Prague, Venice, Moscow, Vienna, and New York and she has participated in the summer festivals of Spoleto, Italy, Salzburg, Austria, Aspen, Ravinia, Interlochen, and the Library of Congress in the US. Her CD, Rachmaninoff and Ginastera for Cello and Piano is scheduled for release in January of 2013.

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3:15 – 4:45 – Rebecca Henry - Practice Strategies for Developing Independence It takes years for a young musician to get to the point where he knows what he wants to hear, recognizes what needs attention, can identify options for how to make improvements, makes a plan to address the issues, and then practices intelligently until progress is made. Though this long road has ups and downs, we can help guide our students towards eventual independent practice from the very first lessons. I will highlight various stages of this transition with specific practice techniques for elementary to advanced level students.

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8 Sandy Relief Fund Relief for MTNA-Member Teachers Affected by Superstorm Sandy

As you know, the impact of Sandy continues to affect so many people in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, including our colleagues in these areas. MTNA has specifically set up a Sandy Relief Fund to help MTNA members in need, to which the MSMTA board voted to contribute. The MSMTA Board devised the following plan to accomplish this: • Each local association is encouraged to donate $50 to this cause, although more would certainly be accepted! • MSMTA will match the total donations from the local associations up to $1000. • Individuals may donate as well. 1. If a local association is a 501(c)(3) organization, (which allows donations to be tax-deductible), individual checks should be made out to the local association, with a note attached that it is intended for the Sandy Relief Fund. The local association will then combine those checks and the check from the local association, itself, into ONE check, made out and sent to MSMTA. 2. If a local association is NOT a 501(c)(3) organization, individual checks could be made out to MSMTA, which IS a 501(c)(3) organization. • All checks should be received by December 31, 2012. For #1 above, please make sure your local treasurer receives your check by December 26th, so that he or she will have the local, combined check ready by the end of the year. • Checks written to MSMTA should be mailed to Junko Takahashi, 10503 Redosier Ct., Bethesda, MD 20814. • Any questions, please contact Junko at [email protected] or (301) 530-6203. Junko Takahashi, MSMTA President

student activities

Music Teachers National Association Competition

Maryland State Audition Winners 2012-2013 October 28, 2012 – Howard Community College

Junior Strings Senior Woodwinds Winner: Raymond Lin (Cello) Winner: Charles Lilley (Saxophone) Alternate: Sarah Kim (Violin) Alternate: Yaeji Shin (Flute) Honorable Mention: Kenneth Naito (Violin) Honorable Mention: Laura Klett (Flute) Senior Strings Woodwind Judge: Erich Heckscher Winner: Yuka Kubota (Violin) Teachers of Woodwind Winners: Alternate: Anna Rose Chi (Violin) Albert Hunt, Reginald Jackson, Elaine Newhall String Judge: Sheng-Tsung Wang Junior Piano Teachers of String Winners: Winner: Brian Le Shirley Givens, Laurien Laufman, John Merrill, Alternate: Hannah Hua James Stern, Christian Tremblay Honorable Mention: Felix Fei Junior Woodwinds Honorable Mention: Emma Guo Winner: Jong Eui Hong (Clarinet) Honorable Mention: Kevin Su Alternate: Felicia Wang (Flute) Junior Piano Judges: Audrey Andrist Honorable Mention: Ashley Chu (Flute) Immanuela Gruenberg Jolie Lin Continued on Page 10

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Maryland State Audition Winners Continued MTNA Composition Winners for Senior Piano Winner: Chaoyang Wang Eastern Division Alternate: Miyabi Saito Music Teachers National Association is pleased to announce the Honorable Mention: Juncheng Shen results of the composition competition for Eastern Division. Honorable Mention: Kevin Zhang Elementary: Senior Piano Judges: Ralitza Patcheva Winner: Laura Stanell, Michael Sheppard Student of Keren Ligowski, PA Honorable mention: Aadhitya Ashok, Shaun Tirrell Student of Felicia Ruffman, NJ Honorable mention: Christina Xiao, Teachers of Piano Winners: Student of Alla Cohen, MA Faye Bonner, Nancy O’Neill Breth, Shwu-Ching Jeng, Junior: Ivo Kaltchev, Aglaia Koras, Marjorie Lee, Rosita Mang Winner: Anna Larsen, Student of Tema Blackstone, MA The following students are Representatives for Maryland Honorable mention: Calvin Lu, in the Young Artist Performance Competitions: Student of Felicia Ruffman, NJ ChenChen Wang (Piano) Senior: Allie Martin (Strings) Winner: Jaehyuck Choi, Mandy Brown (Voice) Student of Whitman Brown, MA Elizabeth Milligan (Woodwinds) Honorable mention: Alexandra Bartol, Student of Valerica Maican, MD Teachers of the Young Artist Performance Representatives: Honorable mention: Ryan Shaffer, Lisa Cella, Osman Kivrak, Young Hi Moon and Student of Warren Magid, PA Martha Randall. Young Artist: Representative: Danielle Rabinowitz, Monitors and Assistants: Student of Alla Cohen, MA Ann McCandliss, Kevin McCann, Barbara Stumpf, This year, the Eastern judges were: Kristina Suter, Junko Takahashi Charles Mason, John-Paul Meyer, David Smooke The winning compositions automatically advance to the Bok Hwa Kim and Douglas Guiles, Co-Chairs national competition as national finalists. Congratulations to Alexandra Bartol for achieving Honorable Mention at this MTNA Composition Winners level! from MSMTA Warren Magid, Eastern Composition Coordinator Elementary Composition (717) 741-0051 [email protected] Representative: Co-Tu Doan Christopher Goldston, National Composition Coordinator (773) 580-7301 [email protected] Junior Composition Winner: Katherine Strakna Honorable Mention: Neha Satapathy Senior Composition Winner: Alexandra Bartol Judges: Lily Chang Winifred Hyson David Holmes Teachers of Winners: Dr. Valerica Maican Deborah White-Bondhus Hui-Yen Chang, MSMTA Chair

10 Continued on Page 11 STudent activities Continued from Page 10 competitions 2012-2013 Music Theory The H. Stevens Brewster, Jr. Testing Program Memorial Competition for Strings... Here are just a few reminders about the Theory Test this ...is scheduled for Sunday, April 21, 2013 at Jordan Kitt’s Piano year. Please be sure you are using the MSMTA Guide to Store, 12303 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD 20852 Comprehensive Musicianship, 2001-2002" (aka Theory The Postmarked Application Deadline is March 18, 2013. Syllabus) in preparing your students for the exam. This The competition is offered at two levels: supercedes all previous syllabi. Please note that two things we Senior, grades 10-12, and Junior, grades 7-9. no longer test on in ear training are instrument identification Cash prizes of $175 and $125 (Senior Level) and $100 and in the lower levels and specific piece identification in the $75 (Junior Level) will be awarded. upper levels. The teacher must be a member of MSMTA with an active studio in Maryland or the District of Columbia. Please use online registration if possible. The policy Repertoire: henceforth regarding transfers is that students may transfer to Senior Level: Three works of contrasting styles and from centers only whose deadline is on or after the original center three periods. Maximum playing time is 15 minutes. for which they were registered. Junior Level: Two works of contrasting styles and different Thank you for participating in the Theory Test and feel free periods. Maximum playing time is 10 minutes to contact me with any questions! Send applications to competition chair: Lya Stern, 7012 Hopewood Street, Bethesda, MD 20817-6109 Lori McCarthy For further information email or call: Chair, MSMTA Music Theory Testing Program [email protected] (301) 320-2693 [email protected] MEMBER NEWS The FRIDAY MORNING MUSIC CLUB Competition for High School Pianists Saturday, April 13, 2013 Competition for High School Pianists The competition is open to piano students who are currently enrolled in grades 9 through 12, living within a 50-mile radius of Washington, DC. First place winners from previous years are ineligible. Location: Dates: Sat, April 13, 2013 National Presbyterian Church The application must be 4101 Nebraska Ave., NW postmarked no later than Washington, DC 20016 Saturday, March 13, 2013. Prizes At the discretion of the judges, the following prizes will be awarded: First Prize $700 Second Prize $500 Third Prize $300 Winners will be presented on a student concert later in the season. All winners will receive a one-year membership in the Student Division of the Friday Morning Music Club. Repertoire Students must be prepared to play works from each of the following four categories: 1. A prelude and fugue from either volume of the Well Tempered Clavier by J. S. Bach, or two other comparable pieces from the Baroque Period. 2. The first movement of a sonata by Beethoven (excluding Op. 49), Mozart (excluding K 545), Haydn (excluding early Divertimenti), or Schubert 3. A substantial work from the Romantic Period 4. An impressionist work or a work from the 20th or 21st century. Questions Lois Jones – [email protected] 301-654-6275 Complete details/application at fmmc.org. Li-ly Chang, performing in the holiday concert at Strathmore Continued on Page 12

11 MEMBER NEWS Continued from Page 11 LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS Attention New MSMTA Members AAMTA members, students, and families once again If you are new to MSMTA you can access the MSMTA.org ushered in our student site simply by going to the Member Login link: enter your activities with our most First and Last Name, enter your MTNA number and press popular event, the annual Fall at the Mall Music Marathon Login. Members are able to access their personal information at the Westfield Shopping Mall in Annapolis. The event to update changes, to set a password as well as to receive all was chaired by member Ellen Winner, who had tremendous MSMTA publications online. support from her husband, John. We had record participation, The MSMTA website is a portal to online publications with 145 students representing 14 teachers. Eight recitals were including the Student Handbook, Newsletters, Conference held between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Many shoppers stopped Registration and more. by to listen to the performances. At the time of this writing, we were preparing for the Holiday Festival and the Carnegie Have a questions about membership? Please contact Ann Royal Conservatory Achievement Program assessments. McCandliss at [email protected]. Because of an increase in student participation in student events and expressed interest, we are reinstating our Ensemble Ann McCandliss Festival, which will be held at Woods Memorial Presbyterian Membership VP Church in Severna Park in February. AMTA Lifetime Achievement Award Helen Smith Tarchalski Ruthlee Figlure Adler, MT-BC, Music Therapist and member of MCMTA, is the 2012 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) on October 11th at their annual AMTA conference in Lake Charles, IL Ruthlee’s over fifty year commitment to the field of music therapy includes establishing and directing the Music Therapy program at Ivymount School in Rockville for thirty years, providing music therapy services at the National Institutes of Health, and The Children’s Inn, and serving as consultant and presenter for universities, colleges and clinics. She has authored two editions of Target on Music, Activities to Enhance Learning Through Music, and is a contributing author to the AMTA Monograph, Effective Clinical Practice in Music Therapy: MTACC had a busy Early Childhood and School Age Educational Settings, Fall, with a wonderful Using Music to Maximize Learning. Ms. Adler is a regular opening meeting, where we were inspired by contributor to Imagine, AMTA’s Early Childhood online Lori Dean’s presentation magazine, and a workshop presenter at conferences and on improvisation and seminars. Although currently semi-retired, she continues the tricks to teaching it. We hosted the annual MSMTA to maintain a partial private music therapy practice in her Keyboard Exam at the College of Southern Maryland where home/studio in Bethesda. 70+ students were tested. The holidays were celebrated with The purpose of this award is to recognize a lifetime of the heartwarming and well attended Carols and Cookies commitment and dedication to the field of music therapy. Concert at Christ Church. Our New Year promises to bring This award is bestowed by the AMTA Board of Directors many musical treats, including a workshop featuring Bonnie on individuals to signify their having a primary role in the Kellert “Inspiring Your Students” on Friday, January 11 at 9:15 am at Grace Lutheran Church in La Plata. Plan now to establishment and continued growth of the field of music attend. We hope to see many of you there. therapy. This award can be given posthumously, and is the most prestigious of all the awards in this field. Mary Wolf, President

12 LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS Continued from Page 12 Fall activities for our the Chamber Music Festival on January 19, chaired by Ray chapter have included two Hobbs, and our February meeting with a program entitled well attended meetings in "A Trip to South America," presented by Dr. Nancy Roldan. September and November, Lastly, I would like to mention and thank one of our founding with a very special members and the oldest member of MTAB, Sylma Gottlieb, November program presented by three of our members plus who celebrated her 90th birthday in September, with an Open a guest violinist from Riderwood. Elizabeth White, Ray House attended by over 100 people, including family, close Hobbs, Sharon Winton, and Henry Plotkin performed a friends, colleagues, and current and former students, and Handel Violin Sonata, a Dvorak Violin Sonatina, the well which resulted in a $540 collective contribution to MTAB's known Poulenc Flute and Piano Sonata and a fun rendition Gottlieb-Cassidy Fund. Sylma was one of three founding of two "Songs Without Tunes" by S. Barab, and narrated by members who began MTAB in 1968, and has contributed Maxine Russell. Ray Hobbs rounded out the program with countless hours of volunteer work, as President 1970-1972, his delightful improvisations on well known popular music organizer of many concerts and chair of many activities over from the 30's through the 60's. forty-four years. She also served as co-chair of the MSMTA Then on October 27, MTAB presented its annual Halloween Spring Festival, vocal division, along with Richard Hartzell Musicale in three recitals of 75 students, representing the for ten plus years. studios of twelve teachers at the Church of the Redeemer in May each MSMTA member and their families be blest with a joyous and peaceful holiday season! Jeannine Case, President

MTAGB is pleased to welcome new members Chris Dillon, Chin-Yi Lee, and Susan Ruhl to our group. We are also delighted to say Happy 90th Birthday to charter member Hazel Talbott. Hazel has served our organization in many capacities over the years, and has always been one of our most enthusiastic ambassadors. These days we are getting ready for our upcoming annual Holiday Marathon, to be held on December 16th at Kenilworth Bazaar in Towson. Students play in 10-minute Jeannine Case, Katya Merchant, Beverly Rajnes, Maxine Russell, Bonnie Pausic, Marie Fulginiti, Barbara Kornreich, Sharon Winton and Janet Swaney “blocks,” which gives an opportunity for many participants Bowie. Chair Jeannine Case represented Anna Magdalena and lots of music for holiday shopping and listening. Betsy Bach, J.S. Bach's second wife who was a vocalist, also Stocksdale, Student Activities Chair, is coordinator. Our transcribed much of her husband's music, and is now October 26th Halloween piano party had nearly 20 costumed credited with actually composing Bach's famous "Six Cello students performing in Ann McCandliss’ eerily lit, cobweb- Suites." The accompanying picture includes nine of the draped studio. A howling success! On November 11th twelve participating teachers, and was taken by Vice President MTAGB held its Fall Recital at the Community College Barbara Lancaster. MTAB's annual Festival, chaired by of Baltimore County, Essex. Eighteen students performed, Betsy Angebranndt, will take place on Saturday, December representing the studios of Wendy Balder, Ruth Peng, Ann 8, at Cresthill Baptist Church (two recitals) and Church of McCandliss, Yuka Stein, and Betsy Stocksdale. Many thanks the Redeemer (one recital), and will feature 58 ensemble to these wonderful teachers, and to Patti Crossman, MTAGB performances of piano, flute and voice from the studios of member and Coordinator of Music Programs at CCBC, who eleven teachers. arranged for our event. Our Holiday Luncheon, chaired by Janet Ambrose, occured Our monthly Wednesday Music Matinees continue. In on December 12 at Outback Steakhouse in Bowie, with an addition to performing for one another, we have begun to attendance exceeding 20 guests. read Abby Whiteside’s “Indispensables of Piano Playing and Activities for January include a Board Meeting on January 9, Mastering the Chopin Etudes.” If any of you have an interest Continued on Page 14

13 LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS Continued from Page 13 in Whiteside’s insights, please contact me at pianbarr@ are terrific cooks! verizon.net. We’ll include you in the conversation! Then member Joan In this season of counting our blessings, I give thanks for all MacDonald helped of my music colleagues and especially for the hard-working co-host “Pedals, Pipes, officers of MSMTA. Your love for music makes our world and Pizza,” an AGO program to introduce the organ to young music students. This shine brighter! was held at McDaniel College on September 8th in conjunction Barbara Stumpf, President with their music department organ instructor, Ted Dix. Our first business meeting was held at member Cindy Hoover’s On Sunday, December 2nd we had the lovely home in Sykesville on October 1st, where we finalized MSMTA Keyboard Musicianship testing at our 2012-2013 calendar. We welcomed new members Emily Prince George’s Community College. There Liddick (full member) and Kathy Novalis (local/provisional were approximately 60 enrolled or transferred member) at a New Member Reception held at the home of to our center. Unfortunately, about a week Charlotte Young on October 26th. Our first student activity, before this date, our liaison with the college, “Music at the Mall,” was held December 1st at TownMall PGMTA member, Mary Dumm, broke her of Westminster where students regaled holiday shoppers with shoulder. In a very kind, caring gesture, Mr. both holiday music and repertoire music. It wasn’t clear who Ned Judy, chair of the Music Department of the college, enjoyed the event the most--students or shoppers! Thanks came out and spent the day with our participating teachers to Don Myers, manager at Stu’s Music Shop for the loan of a and workers, even helping set up chairs and tables for the Clavinova. We look forward to our next business meeting and occasion. We are most appreciative of his efforts on the annual after-the-holidays pot luck in January 2013. Happy behalf of our organization and the students involved. This, Holidays to one and all! of course, allowed Mary Dumm to stay at home and get the needed rest. Jane McIlvain, President We appreciated three judges who assisted even though they did not put students in the event, Ann Matteson, Ellen Sakai and Judith Dalton. Many thanks to them! MCMTA held its first Elementary Recital of We hope to plan a special fund-raiser in honor of our 50th the year on October 20th Anniversary. We will keep you posted as to date when it is at Montgomery College. determined. There were 48 students I am pleased to learn about MSMTA’s interest in helping from nine studios. Three Judged Recitals were held at Piano teachers here on the east coast recovering from the effects Craft in Gaithersburg on October 14, 2012. The program of Sandy. We had a New Jersey refugee (daughter) here for included piano solo and cello solo. Li-Ly Chang and Kathy about a week and knew firsthand the unbelievable problems Evans-Santiago were the judges. Twenty-two students from occurring at that time. the studios of Faye Bonner, Yoon Huh, Cherie Jeng, Mei- Yu Lin, Yevgeniya Oleshkevich, Junko Takahashi, Chen-Li Our very best wishes for all to have a Merry Christmas or Tzeng, Svetlana Volkova and Di Wei Wu performed. Thirteen Happy Hanukkah! It is such a joyous time of the year. Great trophies and four honorable mentions with ribbons were to hear the amazing holiday music over the airwaves! Even given out. The MCMTA Keyboard Musicianship Test was better when you get to attend one of the marvelous concerts held on Sunday, November 18 at the Academy of Fine Arts available to all. Extremely wonderful when you get to be a in Gaithersburg. Two hundred and forty-eight (248) students part of it! represented twenty-two (22) teachers. Three participating June Stevenson Miller, President teachers were new to the program. The MCMTA Senior Concerto competition was held at The Carroll County Music Teachers Association kicked off the Jordan Kitt’s Music in Rockville on November 17 and 18. Fall 2012 season with its annual Pie Social at the home of the The winners will be playing the Mozart Concerto in A Major CCMTA president, Jane McIlvain, on August 26th, where we K488 with the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, Scott enjoyed an evening of fellowship and fine desserts--our members Wood conducting. The concert will be held on Sunday, Continued on Page 15

14 LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS Continued from Page 14 The ever popular Halloween Festival was held in October, chaired by Deborah White- Bondhus. We had five recitals with 120 students participating. Greater Laurel held its annual Concerto competitions and concerts on November 3rd, 4th, 10th and 11th. There were about 250 students participating. The first week of competitions had set literature from composers Betsy Jo Angebranndt, Chopin, Haydn, Mozart and Alexander Peskanov. 22 students were selected to play with our chamber orchestra on November 11th. The second week of competition was arranged by age. Another 16 students February 24, 2013 at 3:00 pm at Bethesda Presbyterian Church, 7611 Clarendon Road in Bethesda. Participating teachers were Hyun Park, Conchita Jan, Sergei Morozov and Li-Ly Chang. 1st Movement: Performer Lili Sun, Alternate Ariel Hsu; 2nd Movement: Performer Jessica Li, Alternate Savannah Du, Honorable Mentions: Winston Wu, Crystal Liu, William Brauneis, Christine Jean; 3rd Movement: Performer Savannah Du, Alternate Crystal Liu, Honorable Mentions Mary Wan, Grace Chan The MCMTA Intermediate Concerto competition was held at Jordan Kitt’s on November 10 and 17. The repertoire was the Mozart Concerto in C Major, K.415, No.13. Winners were: 1st Movement Performer Christine Cho, Alternate Edwina Hunter, Ann Matteson, Wendy Dengler, Grace Chen; 2nd Movement Performer Julia Lutong Li, Deborah White-Bondhus, Wendy Johnston Alternate Isabella Chang, Honorable Mention Valentino were selected to play on a different Honors Concert with LaVilla; 3rd Movement Performer Isabella Chang, Alternate second piano accompaniment, also on November 11th. The Martin Torrey. Judges were Bok Hwa Kim and Alla Merport. highlight of this year’s concerts was the world premiere of Alexander Peskanov’s Piano Concerto No. 8. The composer The MCMTA Junior Concerto Competition was held at had just flown in from South America where he had performed Jordan Kitt’s on November 3 and 4. The repertoire was the the Brahms D Minor Piano Concerto. His wife picked him Haydn Concertino in C major Hob.XIV:12; 1st Movement up at the New York airport and they drove directly to Laurel Performer Avery Liou, Alternate Eirena Li, Honorable for the rehearsal and performances of his new concerto. Mr. Mentions Jessica Lin, William Chan, Lulu Chang, Lihua Mo Peskanov has written all eight of his concerti for the Laurel Hunter; 2nd Movement Performer Emily Tong, Alternates group and each one has been a joy for the students to perform. Andrea Chen, Jamie Wang, Honorable Mentions Simon Mr. Peskanov is the MSMTA conference artist this coming Cantor, Eirena Li, Titus Liu, Alvin Ya; 3rd Movement January and I am sure all of his concerti will be available for Performer Eirena Li, Alternate William Chan, Honorable purchase along with a vast array of other music he has written Mentions Lulu Chang, Max Li, Flora Li. Judges were Elena expressedly for young people. Douglas Guiles and Jeannine Arseniev and Margarita Gramaticova. Case chaired the event. Recent programs for MCMTA members have included one The Ensemble Festival was held December 1st, chaired by by our own member Michiko Yurko entitled “40 Things I Jeff Beaudry. There were 86 students and three recitals. They Have Learned in 39 Years of Teaching” in November and were well attended and enjoyed by all. “The Art of Practicing” by Scott Beard in October. We Upcoming events for the spring include a joint Keyboard look forward to an all-Chopin recital by Brian Ganz at our examination and Ensemble Competition with GCMTA, and December meeting. a Solo Competition in March. Lori McCarthy, President Deborah White-Bondhus, Secretary

Continued on Page 16 15 LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS Continued from Page 15 Dr. Scott Beard presented a “Fantastically French” program to the FCMTA in November. How many French composers do you know, play and teach? Dr. Beard says that even in France they do not know and teach as many French composers as Germanic, etc.! There are many wonderful French composers, The Howard County MTA has already had a busy fall, with from Baroque to Contemporary, which can be found at http:// two student recitals: the Oktoberfest Recital was chaired by en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_composers. French Sima Elkis and hosted 96 students from the studios of six pieces can make fabuous competition repertoire, since they teachers. On November 4th, Alla Merport chaired recitals are less well known but beautiful. in which 60 students from 10 teachers’ studios participated. Although French editions can be very expensive, there are also many Our first Keyboard Musicianship Exam date was October pieces available free on line at 27th and was chaired by Olga Kuperstein. There were 185 places like Petrucci Library (http:// students from six teachers who took the test. Our second imslp.org). The Masters Edition testing center for the Keyboard was December 1st and was reprints old editions and are much less expensive. chaired by Christopher Hall. Sixty tests were administered to students of five teachers. Our judge for the Fall Festival, Dr. Yu-Hsuan Liao, is also from This year we are holding our meetings at Music and Arts, Shepherd University. The students had a very positive which has been very accommodating to us! Although the experience due to her kind demeanor and carefully crafted meeting facilities were very nice at Howard Community comments. FCMTA has just begun a new award, the “FCMTA Performance Trophy Award,” for which students College, where our meetings had previously been held, Music earn points in categories including performance and concert and Arts is a little more centrally-located for our teachers who attendance. attend. We are looking forward to our Holiday Luncheon at the Shanty Grille in Ellicott City on December 6th! It will We are looking forward to our December social and then it is on to the new year! Wishing everyone a wonderful Holiday be a nice way to celebrate the hard work of our event chairs and Happy New Year! thus far in the teaching year! Laurel Carroll, President Kathryn Stansbery, Vice President

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