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TEMECULA VALLEY MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER JUNE 2014

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CALENDAR 2014-2015~

President's Messa"

• Sept. 5 - TVMTA Board Mtg 9:00 • Sept. 12 - TVMTA Gen. Mtg 10:00 Home of Eleonora Bineau • Practice-A-Thon - Year round • Oct. 11 - TVMTA Fall Recital Deadline: Sept. 27, 2014 • Nov. 22 - CAPMT Piano & Ensemble Auditions Deadline: November 8, 2014 • Nov. TBD - CAPMT Honors & Contemporary Festival University of Redlands Deadline October ? , 2014 • Dec. TBD - MDP Theory Asses. • Jan.23 - Board & Gen. Mtg 9:00 & 10:00 a.m. • Feb. 6 & 7 - CAPMT Conference Cal State Univ. Los Angeles • Mar. 21-25 MTNA Conference Las Vegas, NV • Apr. 18 - TVMTA Spring Music Festival Auditions

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Salutations! This morning, as I am thinking about all the events TVMTA has hosted over the recent months, I am grateful to belong to a group that has such a friendly and caring atmosphere as well as so many talented and experienced teachers. Our latest events; the Spring Festival Auditions, the 7th Annual Young Artist Piano Competition, the "Music-In-Art" Competition, and the Royal Conservatory Music Development Program Assessments all ran smoothly, once again displaying the talent of so many young students and and teachers. Sincere thanks goes to our Hospitality Chair, Eleonora Bineau, who has been involved in just about every event in our groups since it's inception and who so graciously offers her home for our evaluations and meeting. Also, I would like to thank our VP and Treas., Cecelia Unpingco, who has put in countless hours to keep our events running smoothly. It is not always easy to volunteer the many hours it takes to run TVMTA smoothly, and too often we take these "behind the scenes" workers for granted. Many thanks to you both! Enjoy your summer,

• May 2 - Spring Awards Recital

~ Elizabe$ Me%ci

• May 16 - "Music in Art" Comp. • May TBD - MDP Performance • May 16 - TVMTA 8th Annual Young Artist Piano Competition • August TBD - MDP Theory Asses.

TVMTA Board Elizabeth Medici TVMTA President

Yiyi Ku Recording Secretary

Belinda Rockwood 1 Membership

Cecelia Unpingco Vice Pres. / Treasurer

Eleonora Bineau Hospitality Chair

Elizabeth Medici Newsletter Editor

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TVMTA BUSINESS & ANNOUNCEMENTS REMINDER: PRACTICE-A-THON This is available year round for students to earn Community Service. Students many participate as many times (including summer) as they would like for Community Service. For students that participate more than once, their totals hours will be combined to make one year total contribution amount. Prizes will be given out to the top 3 fund raisers at the end of the year. This is a great opportunity for students to get a head start on hours during the upcoming summer months! Forms are available at our TVMTA.org website.

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! TVMTA SPRING FESTIVAL AUDITIONS !

Our Festival Auditions were held at the studio of Eleonora Bineau. Our adjudicator, Karen Grob did a great job. She was encouraging to the students while also giving a good assessment of their performances.

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Due to scheduling conflicts with other musical events on the same day, the turn-out was unfortunately smaller than usual with about 23 students participating from 3 studios. Because of the lower participation, it was decided to have teachers hand out the Gold Medals at their own student recitals, rather than at the Honor's Recital.

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The Auditions ran smoothly and as always, we were fortunate to have the nice atmosphere of Eleonora's studio for our event. Next year, we are working at having no scheduling conflicts and hope to bring our student participation back up.

"Music-In-Art" Youth Competition TVMTA has it's 3rd "Music-in-Art" Competition on May 15th. Winners were Irin Shim- 1st Place and Isabella Medici - 2nd Place. In addition, there were three Honorable Mentions. The winners were awarded and artwork displayed at the 7th Annual Young Artist Piano Competition. Charys Hong- Honorable Mention "The Sound of Music""

Sabine Moriyama - HM The Silence of Music

Irin Shim - 1st Place Charys Hong - HM

Irin Shim - 1st Place "The Girl who Planted a Dream"

Isabella Medici 2nd Place "Singing in the Rainbow"

Rachel Hong - HM "Practice Makes Perfect"

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Congratulations to our

TVMTA 7th ANNUAL YOUNG ARTIST

2014 Competition Winners

PIANO COMPETITION This all day Competition was held on May 17, 2014 at the Grace Presbyterian Church. Once again, we heard some phenomenal performances by talented young pianists from all over Temecula and the surrounding areas. It was chaired by Cecelia Unpingco and Elizabeth Medici with Jeanette Wong and Victor Labensky as our adjudicators.

3rd Grade and Under Division

4th - 6th Grade Division

7th - 9th Grade Division

3rd Grade & Under

4th - 6th Grade Division

1st Place: Sarah French

1st Place: Emika Saito

2nd Place Xuxuan Jin

2nd Place Cheryl Tan

3rd Place Emma Erickson

3rd Place: Hunter Erickson

Honorable Mentions:

4th Place: Raymond Lee

Bo Russell

Honorable Mentions:

Charys Hong

Ethan Hoang

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Jordan Craite

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7th - 9th Grade Division

10th - 12th Grade Division

1st Place: Nathan Cox

1st Place: Christian Corse

2nd Place: Aaron R Nunez

2nd Place: Catherine Howard

3rd Place: Axel Malahieude

3rd Place: Jennifer Koong

Honorable Mentions:

Honorable Mentions:

Serena Sepersky

Anais Perkins

Sebastian Gonzales

Anthony Agbay

Cecelia Unpingco with students Anthony Agbay & Jennifer Koong

10th - 12th Grade Division

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TVMTA BUSINESS & ANNOUNCEMENTS Financial Scholarships Available

! Financial Scholarship forms are now available for families of students experiencing temporary financial hardship. Scholarship applications are filled out by the teachers on behalf of their students. This scholarship is designed to aid music students with tuition costs for a period of up to 3 months with a possibility of reapplying one time. If you would like more information or an application, please contact Cecelia Unpingco or Elizabeth Medici.

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ROYAL CONSERVATORY Music Development Practical Assessments Spring Session 2014

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On May 24, 2014, TVMTA hosted the MDP Practical Assessments at the Temecula United Methodist Church. This is proving to be a great venue for this event! We have ample room for students and parents to relax while waiting for their turn to perform before the adjudicator. The whole atmosphere of this event is very nice. Students also enjoy the refreshments that are provided after their assessments!

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This year, the Royal Conservatory sent over Katherine Dornian as our adjudicator. Ms. Dornian has her BMus in performance from the University of Calgary, MMus in Performance from University of Western Ontario, DipFA (Kodaly Specialization) from University of Calgary, and did her Post Graduate Studies at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. She has also taught at the Mount Royal University Conservatory and Central Conservatory in Beijing. Besides being so highly qualified, she was great with the students as well as friendly and easy to work with. RCM has an amazing group of adjudicators with a high and consistent standard!

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This was TVMTA's second time hosting the MDP Practical Assessments. We had 14 students participate in levels Prep B through Level 9. This program has it's reputation for maintaining a high consistent standard nationwide. Currently, MDP Assessment program is growing rapidly, especially in California. We can anticipates continual growth in our Temecula Center as well.

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TVMTA plans to host the Theory Assessments in December, 2014, and the next Practical (Performance) Assessments again next May, 2015. The MDP Assessments are also now available throughout California at different locations in Winter, Spring, and Summer.

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Teachers wanting to learn about this program can contact Cecelia Unpingco or Elizabeth Medici (MDP Center Reps) for more information. If enough teachers are interested, a workshop can be arranged to review the program and curriculum. Daniel & Gina Namkung 2014 MDP Assessments

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More Royal Conservatory MDP News . . .

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MDP Wall of Fame!

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Last Year's Award Winners:

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Tara Romero" Top Level 5 - CA"

We are pleased to announce that we have 4 students from our area that received special commendations:

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Amanda Palacios" Top Level 3- Tem. Ctr.

Tara Romero Top Score for CA Level 5 Performance Assess.

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Temecula Ctr. #359 May 2014

Jessica Wray Top Score Temecula Ctr. Level 1 Performance Assess.

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Amanda Palacios Top Score Temecula Ctr. Level 3 Performance Assess.

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Emily Shoupe Top Score Temecula Ctr. Level Prep B Perf. Assess.

Jessica Wray Top Level 1-Tem. Ctr.

Emily Shoupe " Top Level Prep B - Tem. Ctr.

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There are 3 sessions per year and results for top performers of each center and CA are not in until all assessments are completed. What this means: If a student takes assessments early in the year, the student will need to wait the remainder of the year for final area results.

If you would like to see your students highlighted in the TVMTA Newsletter, please submit pictures along with photo authorization (available at TVMTA.org) and description to: [email protected]

Jessica Wray Returning at level 2

First time MDP First participant, Kathy Kong with Amanda Palacios

Jackson Stugart & Zak Musti!e" Returning for next level Assessments

New MDP participant," Ilene Tran 5