UPCOMING EVENTS
Oct 28, 2013 RAMI BAR-NIV "Piano Playing Fingering, Technique, and Interpretation" First Parish of Watertown 9:30 AM Nov 18, 2013 Teachers' Exchange: "Successful Approaches to Teaching Beginners, Outside of Method Books" Wellesley Library 9:30 AM ~ Member Coffee Hour ~ 9:00-9:30 AM Dec 9, 2013 LUIZ de MOURA CASTRO Teacher Master Class with NEPTA Teachers First Parish of Watertown 9:30 AM
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MEMBER NEWS
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On Sunday, Nov. 3 at 2 PM, Joel Moerschel, cello and NEPTA member
Lisa Caliri, piano, will perform works by Beethoven, Barber, Schumann and Centorino at the Lawrence Public Library, 51 Lawrence St. in Lawrence, MA. Admission is free. For more information call 978.620.3600.
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The Sounds of Stow Chorus and Orchestra, under the direction of NEPTA member Barbara Jones, opens its 35th season with a thrilling concert of Russian music both familiar and new to Boston audiences. NEPTA's Wanda Paik is the featured piano soloist in Rachmaninoff's beloved second piano concerto. The chorus and orchestra will follow with a liturgical work by Gretchaninoff, "Hvalite Boga" (Praise God) sung in Church Slavonic, and Borodin's popular "Polovtsian Dances," sung in Russian.
The concert is Sunday, Nov. 24 at 3PM at the Hale Middle School in Stow. Tickets are available at the door. Visit soundsofstow.com for details, or contact Barbara Jones at barbjonz@me.com. *** Coffee Time atTeachers' Exchange
on Nov. 18 at 9AM at the Wellesley Library to welcome NEPTA new members. We are looking for a volunteer to assist during the Coffee Time.
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KAWAI Baby Grand for sale: 5'3", RX-1, 17 years old, well maintained, in excellent condition. Asking price $8,000.
Contact Laura:
or 978-834-7845
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NEPTA Member Barbara Lieurance is looking for a substitute piano teacher to work with her private students at her studio in East Arlington for eight weeks, from Feb. 24, 2014 through the first week of May 2014. Pay is $40 per hour. The hours are Mon 2:45/3:30PM-8PM; Wed 2:45PM-8:15PM; and Friday 2:45PM-6:30PM. Please send an introductory email with your resume to Barbara Lieurance at barblieurance@yahoo.com. Barbara's website is www.lieurance.com.
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Educational Bridge Project invites you to the
24th Russian-American Festival, Oct. 25-Nov. 8. The festival includes many events dedicated to piano teaching and performance.
On Sunday, Oct. 27 at 2PM, Harvard University's Lowell House (10 Holyoke Place, Cambridge) will host an annual "A Musical Afternoon at Harvard" with a program of classical and contemporary music.
The well-known Russian piano pedagogue Zora Tusker will give a masterclass at NEC on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 2PM.
On the same day, Nov. 2, at 3PM, M. Steinert & Sons (162 Boylston St., Boston) will host a concert dedicated to piano music of Russia and America where pupils of NEPTA members, Tatyana Dudochkin, Tanya Schwartzman and Irina Y. Gelman, will perform along with their young counterparts from St. Petersburg, Russia.
One of the festival's highlights is a concert by Miroslav Kultyshev, the Laureate of the Tchaikovsky International Competition, on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 8PM at the Tsai Performance Center, Boston University (685 Commonwealth Ave.). Admission is free. For more information contact Irina Y. Gelman at gelmanpiano@aol.com
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Chamber Music Foundation of New England announces its sixth biannual International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition.
Dates: March 8 and 9, 2014
Place: Boston University
Deadline: Feb. 15, 2014
For more details go to www.cmfone.org
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Please submit member news for inclusion in the next newsletter by the 20th of the month to gelmanpiano@aol.com.
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Visit us at www.facebook.com/NEPTApiano to view a multitude of pianistic news and opportunities in the Boston area. You may post your own up-to-the-minute concert listings and see the latest news
from your NEPTA friends! YouTube videos of your concert performances are especially welcome.
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Dear NEPTA Members,
It was my great pleasure to see so many of you at our first meeting of the year on Sept. 23 refreshed and replenished after the summer! I hope you all enjoyed the meeting and pleasant company of colleagues and friends!
Nancy Breth launched our Speaker Series with a comprehensive discussion and suggestions on proper practice habits we can develop in our students. We have available for you
expertly prepared notes written by Linda Vieira, along with Nancy Breth's handout from the meeting.
Our next program on Monday, Oct. 28 at 9:30 AM promises to enlighten and inspire us. Rami Bar-Niv, pianist, composer, instructor of master classes, and author of the book The Art of Piano Fingering, will offer a presentation "Piano Playing Fingering, Technique, and Interpretation."
Please plan to arrive early for NEPTA's monthly music sale beginning at 9AM, managed so greatly by Ruth Ross and benefitting NEPTA's Scholarship Fund.
I look forward to seeing you there!
Best regards,
Irina Y. Gelman,
President
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STUDENT RECITAL AND COMPETITION FORMS ONLINE
All NEPTA Student Recital and Competition Applications are online as of Tuesday, Oct. 15! Please view the new forms on NEPTA's website, after logging in with your name and password. You will be delighted with the ease of use and time saved.
The online forms are amazingly user-friendly. They allow teachers to send multiple students' information, completely paper- and postage-free; receive instant records of each application; and pay with a credit card. Teachers can then download a spreadsheet from the application page, near the top, with all the students they have entered.
Recital and Competition Chairs receive an online record of each application, just seconds after the teacher who is applying presses the "pay" button. The Chairs can download a spreadsheet with all the students entered for a recital or competition.
The applications are also available in downloadable paper form, for this year only. We urge you to go green and embrace the new!
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HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION REQUIRED PIECES
The High School Competition requirements were incorrectly printed in this year's NEPTA booklet. Below is the correct, current information about required pieces for the High School Competition. Please contact Diana Tetzlaff with any questions.
Alice Hamlet Competition - Grade 12 (Seniors)
"Elastic Tango" by David Jaggard
Publisher - Drake Mabry
Order: mabry22@gmail.com
Ruth Davidson Competition - Grades 9 - 11
"Arietta" by Scott Wheeler
Order: www.scottwheeler.org
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TEACHER MASTERCLASS WITH NEPTA TEACHERS
LUIZ de MOURA CASTRO
Monday, December 9
First Parish of Watertown
9:30am
Featuring NEPTA members:
Victoria Suchodolski: Beethoven Sonata Op. 27 No. 1;
Robert Finley: "Triana" by Albeniz;
Wanda Paik: "Barcarolle", by Chopin
Pre-registration fees: Member: $15, Non-Member: $25, Students and Senior Citizens: $10
All on-site registration: as above plus $5
Register on-line at: http://www.nepta.info/masterclass/
For more information, Please contact Shaylor Lindsay at s.m.lindsay@comcast.net.
For more information about Prof. de Moura Castro, visit www.LuizdeMouraCastro.com.
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NEW MEMBERS
NEPTA is pleased to welcome the following new members:
Jacob Clapper, Barbara Lieurance, Armine Donato, Valerie Ross, Robert Congdon, Gail Hamil (returning member), Susan Cohen, Marilyn White, Caroline Ly, Daniel Farretta, Peter Cirka, Renee Bordner, Gregory Tolwinski, Caleb Hensinger (student member), and Alix Pollack.
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Announcing the third annual NEPTA Teachers' Recital, to be held on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014 at 6:30 PM in the Rivera Hall of the Rivers School Conservatory in Weston. This will be a very festive occasion, featuring piano solo, duet, and chamber music, followed by an elegant wine and cheese reception. Donations will benefit the Susan B. Demb Teacher Enrichment Fund.  Robert Finley, NEPTA Vice President, will be organizing the program. We are still looking for a volunteer to organize the reception for this event. Please contact Robert Finley at rsfinley@charter.net. If you are unable to attend but would like to contribute to the Susan Demb Teacher Fund, please send your check to Lindsey Robb, Treasurer, 40 Montvale #3, Roslindale, MA 02131.
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MEMBERSHIP SURVEY
This month, NEPTA launched its first ever membership survey. This takes about 10 minutes of your time to complete, and your answers will help NEPTA tremendously in planning its programs and in providing a better fit for members' needs. Please plan to take a few minutes to fill it out.
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
The following volunteer positions are available within NEPTA (please contact Irina Y. Gelman)
- Advertising chair
- Assistants for the recitals' and competitions' chairs
- Historian
- Photographer
- Proofreaders for the booklet/membership directory
- New members coffee hour assistant
- Teachers' recital reception assistant
- Computer experts
(design of certificates, recital application updates, and recital programs)
- Printing and mailing booklets/membership directories
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The Miriam Pizer Award, created in memory of Miriam Pizer, was established for students Grades K-5 who are in need of assistance for lesson tuition or other essential expenses. Each teacher may submit one student's name for a lottery drawing. The prize is $250 and the submission deadline is Wednesday, Oct. 23. Please send your name along with your student's name by email to Irina Y. Gelman.
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MUSIC SALE
 Our Music Sale is back by popular demand, once again organized by Ruth Ross, Music Library and Donation Chair. Please join us prior to NEPTA's monthly meetings at The First Parish starting at 9 AM. Members are asked to bring their checkbooks and any music that they are willing to donate that morning.
The sale serves three purposes:
- Teachers have access to music that, perhaps, has gone out of print
- Standard teaching methods and collections can be acquired at a very reasonable price
- All proceeds go directly to the NEPTA Scholarship Fund
Please direct any questions to Ruth Ross at rross@aol.com.
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PARKING REMINDER
 Please be aware that Watertown has restricted parking on the side streets immediately surrounding the First Parish and thus eliminating any "free parking." The metered spots in the parking lot adjacent to the church can accept coins up to a maximum of 8 hours (blue meters only), thereby removing the need to go feed the meter during our meeting breaks, offering instead an opportunity to socialize with NEPTA friends and colleagues. |
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