New England Piano Teachers' Association

Newsletter March 2014

In This Issue

March Greetings

Volunteer Opportunities

Register for Annual Luncheon

Susan B. Demb Enrichment Fund

Article Headline

Student Competitions & Recital

NEPTA Music Sale

NEPTA's Facebook Page

Parking Reminder

UPCOMING NEPTA EVENTS

Mon, March 24, 2014

JOSEPH SMITH

"From Tundra to West Texas: Folksongs in Piano Literature"

First Parish of Watertown

9:30 AM

9 AM Music Sale

Mon, April 7, 2014

Teachers' Exchange

"Teaching Adults: Pedagogy and Opportunities Beyond the Studio"

Wellesley Free Library

9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Mon, April 28, 2014

OXANA YABLONSKAYA
Student Masterclass

Guest Instructor

First Parish of Watertown

9:30 AM

Music Sale

Immediately Before

March and May Meetings

9:00-9:30 AM

MEMBER NEWS

Sunday, March 16, 2014
3 p.m.
Rivers School Conservatory Faculty Recital:

Deborah Yardley Beers
with Erik Entwistle
Mozart: Sonata in A minor, K. 310
Chopin: Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1
Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee: Novellette, Op. 37
Deborah Yardley Beers: 4 Short Pieces, Through Tears and Beyond
Ravel: Mother Goose
Dvořák: 5 Slavonic Dances
Reception to follow

Rivera Hall, Rivers Conservatory
333 Winter Street, Weston, MA
Free admission

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Saturday, March 22, 2014

5:30 p.m.

Performance by Shizue Sano

J.S. Bach: Partita No. 5 in

D Major

Beethoven: Sonata Op. 79 in

G Major

César Frank: Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue

Isaac Albéniz: Suite Espagñole

Claude Debussy: L'Isle Joyeuse

Small reception to follow

www.shizuesano.com

Steinert Hall, Steinert & Sons, 162 Boylston Street, Boston.

Suggested Donation of $20

RSVP to (617) 426-1900 or info@msteinert.com

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Sunday, March 23, 2014

2:00 p.m.

Gila Goldstein Returns!

Bach-Busoni: Chaconne

Schubert-Liszt: 3 Song Transcriptions

Paul Ben-Haim: 5 Pieces, Op. 34 (1943)

Brahms: 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 76

www.gilagoldstein.com

Druker Auditorium, Newton Free Library

330 Homer Street, Newton, MA

Free admission

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Sunday, March 23, 2014

3:00 p.m.

The Sounds of Stow Chorus and Orchestra, under the direction of Barbara Jones, continues its 35th season with a performance of the Brahms "Requiem", performed in a contemporary English translation by Lara Hoggard. The chorus will be accompanied by a 48-piece orchestra and soloists Mark Cleveland and Margot Law. In addition, cellist Ariana Falk will open the program with Tchaikovsky's "Variations on a Rococo Theme".

Hale Middle School in Stow

Rt. 117, due west of Watertown

Tickets available at the door.

For more information, please call 978-562-2620 or visit soundsofstow.com.

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

12:10 p.m.

Piano Duo Tatyana Shrago and Shizue Sano will perform in the program "Music in Sunshine"

Music by Johannes Brahms, Amy Beach, Ernesto Lecuona and Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Grace Episcopal Church

106 Lowell St, Manchester, NH

Free admission

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Please submit member news for inclusion in the next newsletter by the 20^th of April 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.

MARCH GREETINGS

Irina color pic

Dear NEPTA Members,

After such a long and unfriendly winter we are finally getting welcomed with the colors and warmth of spring! I hope you are all in touch with nature and ready to refresh and renew your professional activities, rejuvenating creativity for daily pedagogical challenges.

At the February Speaker Series event our guest George Litterst gave us a remarkable presentation on "Catching up with the 21st Century: Practical Technologies that Give Wings to Your Teaching". Our next musical journey "From Tundra to West Texas: Folksongs in Piano Literature" is scheduled on March 24th with the guest speaker Joseph Smith. Please join us at this exciting event as well as at the upcoming April 7th Teachers' Exchange focusing on teaching adults and Student Master Class with the internationally acclaimed pianist and pedagogue Oxana Yablonskaya on April 28th. The next NEPTA Newsletter will be distributed in the very beginning of May. If you would like to announce any upcoming piano events in that issue, please submit them to gelmanpiano@aol.com before April 20th.

I look forward to seeing you at upcoming NEPTA events soon!

Warm regards,

Irina Y. Gelman

President

OPEN ADVERTISING CHAIR POSITION

Are you organized, confident and ambitious? Do you enjoy getting creative in order to promote a good cause? If so, NEPTA is in need of your very skills, personality and drive. Please consider active involvement with NEPTA to help her thrive as Chair of Advertising.

Don't have those qualities? NEPTA is also seeking assistants for the Junior I,II and Intermediate Recitals. Please participate and make our association a stronger and better one.

Please contact Irina at gelmanpiano@aol.com if you are interested in any of these positions or to find out more.

ANNUAL MAY LUNCHEON

This year's luncheon will be held on Monday, May 19, 2014 from 12:00-2:00 p.m. at The Talk, Watertown's Family Restaurant located on 116 Main Street. It is within walking distance of the First Parish. Please invite your friends to join you at this celebratory event which takes place right after our final meeting of the year.

This year we have the added convenience of online registration and payment. Alternatively, you may mail your registration form to Nina Grimaldi, 55 Worcester Street, Belmont, MA 02478, with the postmarked date May 2, 2014. We cannot guarantee spots after this date.

Note: There is a strict deadline for all special dietary requests. Please call Nina with your special menu requests before May 12.

If you have any other questions regarding the luncheon, please contact Nina Grimaldi at 857-753-8994 or dalcroze.nina@gmail.com. **Please note that the other phone number listed under Nina's name in the mailed Membership Directory and Program Booklet is outdated.**

SUSAN B. DEMB TEACHER ENRICHMENT GRANT

This past September, Nancy O'Neill Breth was the invited Susan B. Demb speaker. In the next program year, 2014-2015, two NEPTA Members will be awarded a Susan B. Demb Teacher Enrichment Grant to further their professional growth and enrichment by enrolling in a continuing education course, workshop, seminar or conference in piano pedagogy. Topics may include:

Teaching Basic Piano
Using Technology in the Studio
Theory or Composition
Eurhythmics
Student Development Skills including Technique and Repertoire

A NEPTA member since 1969, Sue Demb has made numerous contributions to NEPTA. This fund serves to continue and celebrate her legacy. Information and the application are now available. Please mail all application materials to Lydia Reed-Guertin, Susan B. Demb Enrichment Fund Committee Chair.

Materials must be received by May 1, 2014 to be considered.

MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY OMISSION

Margarita Gurevich was inadvertently left out of this year's Membership Directory. We apologize to her and to NEPTA members for the inconvenience caused by this error. Please find her contact information below:

MARGARITA GUREVICH

348 BAY RD

STOUGHTON, MA 02072-2016

781-344-6304

ijgintl@aol.com

2014 STUDENT COMPETITIONS & RECITAL

NEPTA 2014 Ensemble Recital, M. Steinert & Sons Boston

Mildred Freiberg Middle School Competition

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Location: M. Steinert & Sons, Boston, MA

(Application postmark deadline has passed)

Ruth Davidson High School Competition

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Location: M. Steinert & Sons, Boston, MA

(Application postmark deadline has passed)

Alice Hamlet High School Senior Competition

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Location: M. Steinert & Sons, Boston, MA

(Application postmark deadline has passed)

Adult Recital

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Location: Private home in Metrowest Boston

(Application postmark deadline has passed)

MUSIC SALE

NEPTA's own Music Sale continues prior to
March and May meetings at The First Parish starting at 9:00 AM, organized by Ruth Ross, Music Library and Donation Chair. 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.

NEPTA'S FACEBOOK PAGE

Remember that you can post your own up-to-the-minute concert listings and other items of interest for the Boston piano community on NEPTA's Facebook page. Visit www.facebook.com/NEPTApiano to see the latest news from your NEPTA friends! YouTube videos of your concert performances are especially welcome.

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.