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October 26 Meeting
"10 Technical Problems and Issues Facing Pianists:
Suggested Solutions"
Presented by
Bonnie Kellert
Wellesley Free Library, 9:30am
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Please join us for coffee before the meeting! Meet our new members and greet the old beginning at 9am.
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Pedagogy Corner
Do you have a special tip for teachers that you would like to share?
It could be a favorite pedagogy book,a link to a music website, or
favorite musical software program that your students enjoy. This
corner will be reserved for future submissions! Please send
suggestions to lydiaguertin@yahoo.com.
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CALENDAR OF NEPTA EVENTS
TEACHERS' EXCHANGEMonday, Nov. 16, 9:30amWellesley Free Library"International Teaching Styles: What We Can Learn From Them"TEACHERS' MASTERCLASS WITH GILBERT KALISH
Monday, Dec. 7, 9:30am
The First Parish of Watertown
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Member News
"From Boston and Beyond" is the title of a solo piano recital by Kathryn Rosenbach
on Sunday, Oct. 18 at 7pm. The recital features works of Boston
composers Yehudi Wyner, on the occasion of his 80th birthday; fellow
NEPTA member Dianne Goolkasian-Rahbee;
and newly appointed MIT Visiting Artist Donal Fox. Other composers
represented are Samuel Barber, Maurice Ravel, and Gryzna Bacewicz. St.
John's United Methodist Church, 80 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown. $15
Adults/$10 Students and Seniors. Wheelchair accessible.
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Wanda Paik and David Hagan
will present two four-hand piano recitals. The first recital is
Sunday, Nov. 1, at 3pm at Regis College, 235 Wellesley St., Weston
(781-768-7279) in the College Hall Foyer. Featured will be music of
Rachmaninoff: 6 Piano Duets Op. 11, and the Piano Concerto No. 2 in C
minor Op. 18 arranged for two pianos. The
second recital is Sunday, Nov. 8, at 3pm at the Sudbury Goodnow
Library, 21 Concord Rd., Sudbury (978-443-1035). Music by Mozart,
Chopin, Moszkowski, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff will be performed.
Admission
to both events is free and wheelchair accessible. Parking for the Nov.
1 recital is available in the upper campus parking lot. Receptions will
follow both recitals.
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Please submit member news for inclusion in the next newsletter by the 30th of the month to lydiaguertin@yahoo.com. |
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October Greetings
As we celebrate Mendelssohn's
200th birthday this year, the performance/lecture given by Phyllis Lehrer and Ena Bronstein Barton at our opening meeting in September showcased the refreshing possibilities when assigning his repertoire to our students. Their presentation was relevant, fascinating and inspiring, and many thanks go out to both artists for sharing their knowledge with us. Click here for the meeting notes and handouts. Many thanks to Linda Vieira for her work in preparing the notes.
Our music sale on that morning benefitting the NEPTA Scholarship Fund grossed $400! Many thanks to Ruth Ross for organizing the event and carrying the boxes back and forth from her home. Ruth has offered to organize another music sale early next year. More information will follow in the next NEPTA newsletter in January 2010.
I look forward to seeing everyone at our next meeting, Monday, Oct. 26, at the Wellesley Free Library.
Lydia Reed-Guertin
President
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NEPTA Recitals and Competitions
Our NEPTA recitals and competitions will be here before you know it. All 2010 recital and competition forms are available for downloading from NEPTA's website.
These forms are password protected, and current members are required to submit their email address in addition to a new password.
Below are the dates and postmark entry deadlines for all recitals and competitions. Please refer to the NEPTA Program Booklet for more details on repertoire and timing requirements.
Postmark entry deadline Dec. 23, 2009: Junior Recital: Jan. 24, 2010
Postmark entry deadline Dec. 30, 2009:
Intermediate I: Jan. 31, 2010
Postmark entry deadline Jan. 28, 2010:
Intermediate II: Feb. 28, 2010
Postmark entry deadline Feb. 6, 2010:
Senior Recital: March 7, 2010
Postmark entry deadline Feb. 13, 2010:
Composition and Jazz: March 14, 2010
20th and 21st Century: March 14, 2010 Ensemble Recital: March 14, 2010
Adult Recital: March 14, 2010
Postmark entry deadline Feb. 20, 2010:
Mildred Freiberg Competition: March 21, 2010 Hamlet/Davidson Competition: March 28, 2010
Any questions
should be directed to the appropriate recital chair listed on Page 5 of
the NEPTA Program Booklet or the back inside cover of NEPTA's
membership directory.
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Teachers' Masterclass
Performers and repertoire have been chosen for our Teachers' Masterclass on Monday, Dec. 7 with Gilbert Kalish:
1. Chaconne in D minor
by Bach/Busoni
Performed by I-Hsuan Cheng
2. Kreisleriana, Op. 16, No. 1, 2, 3, 7
by Robert Schumann
Performed by I-Chen Lu
3. Chant Polonaise, Op. 74 No. 5
By Chopin/Liszt
Performed by Wanda Paik
4. Piano Sonata
By Gideon Klein
Performed by Sivan Etedgee
Click here to view the Masterclass flyer on the NEPTA website.
Advance
registration fee is $25 for members, $30 for non-members. Registrations
will be accepted on the morning of the Masterclass with an additional
fee of $5. Questions should be directed to our Teacher Masterclass
chair, Emma Jean Moulton, at emmadon@aol.com.
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NEPTA Mentoring Program
The NEPTA Mentoring Program was officially launched with a Mentor and Mentee meeting over the
summer! Both participants were extremely enthusiastic about the
opportunities to learn, and to give back. We have several Mentees
waiting for a match.
If you have benefited in the past from observing
master teachers, please consider giving back by becoming a Mentor. It
is also a wonderful way to develop collegial relationships with NEPTA
members whom you may have never met. Mentors should have at least 15 years of teaching experience.
If you
are interested, please contact the NEPTA Mentoring Program Committee:
Betty Reed
pianoears@verizon.net, 617-489-6862
or
Shelley Reeves
PanAnima@comcast.net, 978-287-0053 |
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