Please mark your calendars to attend the All NEPTA Teachers' Recital and Fundraiser on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at 6:30 PM in beautiful Rivera Hall at The Rivers Conservatory, 333 Winter Street, Weston, MA. The concert will feature both solo and piano chamber works. A festive reception of sweets, juice, wine and cheese will follow. The suggested donation is $20. Proceeds will benefit the Susan B. Demb Teacher Enrichment Fund.

 

NEPTA TEACHERS who will perform:

 

Deborah Yardley Beers, Veda Kogan, Elizabeth Reed, Kathryn Rosenbach, Tanya Shrago, Victoria Suchodolski, Bert Yocom, Anna Avetisyan, Lyubov Shlain, Fern Abrams and Robert Finley

 

The PROGRAM:

BACHELDER AWARD SET AT $500 FOR 2013-2014 

A reminder that NEPTA's Margaret C. Bachelder Award will be given for the best performance of a Romantic piece at the Alice Hamlet Senior Competition this spring.  

 

The Bachelder Award was inadvertently left out of this year's NEPTA program booklet. Please make note of the award. The award amount has been set at $500 for the 2013-2014 year, thanks to the many thoughtful donors who have contributed to the Bachelder fund, and a one-time generous contribution from the Bachelder-Allen family. The Bachelder Award honors the memory of NEPTA past president and longtime member Peg Bachelder, who died in June 2012.

 

 

All NEPTA recital forms for 2014 are available for downloading at our website: www.nepta.info. These forms are password protected and current members are required to submit an email address and password. Below you will find the recital dates with postmark entry dates in parentheses. Please refer to the NEPTA Program Booklet or website www.nepta.info/recitals/ for more details on repertoire and timing requirements. All recitals are held at The First Parish of Watertown on Sunday afternoon unless otherwise indicated.

 

Junior I, II Recitals

January 12, 2014

(Application postmark deadline has passed)

 

Intermediate I Recitals

January 26, 2014

(Application postmark deadline has passed)

 

Intermediate II Recitals

February 9, 2014

(Application postmark deadline has passed)

 

Senior Recitals

March 2, 2014

(Application postmark deadline: February 2, 2014)

 

Ensemble Recital

Sunday, March 8, 2014

Location: M. Steinert & Sons, Boston, MA

(Application postmark deadline: February 8, 2014)

 

Composition / Jazz & Pop / 20th-21st Century Recitals

March 9, 2014*

*Please note that Daylight Savings Time begins on this date. Clocks are set ahead 1 hour.

(Application postmark deadline: February 9, 2014)

 

Adult Recital

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Location: Private home in Metrowest Boston

(Application postmark deadline: March 6, 2014)

 

*RECITALS

Please note that our rental contract with the First Parish gives us permission to access the building ONLY at 2:00 PM. STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS AND FRIENDS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER THE BUILDING PRIOR TO 2:00 PM. Please be respectful of this rule as many times the church has meetings after their services and understandably does not want NEPTA to infringe on their time. Our future recitals depend on your support, so please emphasize this to your students if they are performing in the 2:30 recital.  

 

All NEPTA competition forms for 2014 are available for downloading at our website: www.nepta.info. These forms are password protected and current members are required to submit their email address in addition to their password. Below you will find the competition dates followed by postmark entry deadlines in parentheses. Please refer to the NEPTA Program Booklet for more details on repertoire and timing requirements.

 

In October, NEPTA launched its membership survey. Thank you to everyone who participated in it! Your participation will help NEPTA tremendously in planning its programs and in providing a better fit for members' needs. This is the list of method books used in the first year from the summary of the NEPTA Membership Survey:

 

Is there a speaker or pedagogue whom you would like to see as a Presenter for NEPTA? A topic you would particularly like to hear about? The Program Committee, led by Shann Wood, invites you to share your suggestions for the 2014-2015 Speakers Series and Masterclasses. Please send your ideas to Shann (shannwood@comcast.net). We would love to hear from you!

 

Our Music Sale is back by popular demand, once again organized by Ruth Ross, Music Library and Donation Chair. Please join us prior to the January, February, March and May meetings at The First Parish starting at 9:00 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 rrosspiano@aol.com.

Advertising Chair and Historian needed! Junior I,II and Intermediate I Recital Assistant Chairs are needed as well! Please contact gelmanpiano@aol.com if you are interested in any position.

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.