Spring Recital Infomation

Annual Spring Recital

 

Monday May 23, 2016

7:00 PM

New Presbyterian Church - Main Sanctuary

512 NE 26th Street - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33305

Dear Families: You may invite friends and family to attend the recital. You may video. Please arrive in plenty of time to set up. Be sure your battery is fully charged as I (or whoever is videoing for me) will be using the outlet to record the recital.

No flash photography will be permitted during performances. It can be detrimental for your child to have distracting flashes going off while they are trying to focus on their performance.

Dear Students: Please wear formal recital attire. Long dresses or skirts for young ladies and suits or dress pants, and dress shirts with a tie for young gentlemen. Absolutely no jeans, shorts, tee shirts, short skirts, sneakers, flip flops, clunky jewelry, long fingernails etc. Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the recital and check in for seating with the other students.

Dear Parents: Please bring a tray of food for the reception table. Please bring a little more if you have a large group attending. Please bring it to the table in the fellowship hall before the recital. I will provide the paper goods, cake and punch.

Also, please allow one and a half to two hours for the recital. Remember that many people will spend hours at a sporting event, yet have a hard time sitting through a shorter cultural event like a piano recital. I promise that we will move as quickly as possible through the evening and, hopefully, you will enjoy every minute. This is a celebration of all that your child has accomplished musically through out the year.

Congratulations Students!

I am so proud of our students who participated in last weekend's Student Day Examinations. Every student received top scores! Honors in Keyboard Skills and Performance. Way to go!!!! Here are two of our students waiting for their FSMTA District VI Student Day performance exams at Broward College!

STUDENT DAY PERFORMANCE EXAMS

Performance Exams: Saturday, April 16 and Sunday, April 17, 2016

Florida State Music Teachers Association provides for non-competitive performance, written theory, and aural theory evaluations through its Student Day Program. The program encompasses Levels Primary through Twelve, without any age restrictions, in all instruments and voice.

Students are awarded Certificates of Achievement or Certificates of Progress. A student may enter at the level the teacher feels is appropriate. After completing Level VI, a student may continue enrolling for evaluation in performance, written theory, and aural theory, or they may enroll in any single area for evaluation. A County Honors Recital for outstanding performers concludes the Student Day experience.

The Written, Aural and Performance exams will be held at Broward Community College Central Campus, Building 4. 

*For Google Map directions, please click here. 

*To view a Broward College campus map, please click here (located in building 4).

Please note: Building #4 is part of Bailey Hall. The door to the Music Department is just past the box office, under the #4 on the outside of the building. 

{The schedule for the Student Day Performance exams on April 16 and 17, 2016 will be emailed to you individually.}

Please dress very nicely for your evaluation and remember to bring your original music.  No photocopies are permitted.

Please plan to arrive 10-15 minutes early, in case the evaluator is ahead of schedule.

Studio Accomplishments

I am very proud of the accomplishments of our students this past week. Two high school seniors who desired to major in music were accepted to the colleges of their choice. One with significant scholarship! Congratulations Melissa Redway and Victoria Shephard!

Jeffrey Drew auditioned for and was accepted by the National Chopin Foundation to perform in their Young Pianists Concert held at the Broward County Main Library Auditorium at 3 PM on April 16th.

Former student (now a sophomore in college) Meghan Hanley, received a special award at the Birmingam Music Club Collegiate Scholarship Competition. She is attending University of Alabama and is studying under Dr. Kevin Chance.

Former student, Andrew Boss, now doctoral candidate at University of Texas at Austin, is having yet another of his compositions for wind ensembles performed by a university wind ensemble. 

Keep up the good work!!!!!

MARCH REMINDERS!!!!

1. Tuition is due the first lesson of every month

2. April 2-7 is a NO LESSON WEEK- I will be at the MTNA National Conference in San Antonio

3. Our Spring Recital is set for May 23rd

4. Guild Auditions are Thursday May 26 and Friday, May 27th (There are no regular lessons the week of

May 23-27)