More Congratulations!

Congratulations to Meghan Hanley who completed FSMTA Level 12 Student Day Examinations with Honors! Meghan will be recognized with a beautiful plaque and a check for $100 from FSMTA District VI for her accomplishment. She will also receive $75 from BCMTA for attaining the highest score on her theory exams last fall!

Bravo, Meghan!!!!!

Congratulations to the over 25 students who received high Honors ratings at last weekend's FSMTA District VI Students Day examinations. Your hard work really paid off in your wonderful judges comments and your high scores. I am very proud of you all!

The following students will receive plaques for attaining these milestones:

5 year medal:

Will Griswold

Alessandra Leone

Level 7 Plaques:

Jeffrey Drew

Will Griswold

Level 10 Plaques

Alyssa Forman

Alex Griswold

Level 12

Meghan Hanley

BRAVO TO ALL OF YOU!

Congratulations Jeffrey Drew!

Jeffrey Drew has been selected by the National Chopin Foundation to participate in the Young Pianists Concert on Saturday, April 12th, 2014 at 3:00 PM at the Broward County Main Library Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Admission to this concert of performers from top studios around Dade and Broward County is free and open to the public. Jeffrey auditioned for this event on Saturday, March 8th. Congratulations, Jeffrey!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

Luke Ferraguti, former student, currently studying at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt, won the 

Vanderbilt University Concerto Competition

held Sunday, January 19 at 7:00 p.m.

 Judges announced the winners at the end of the evening, and Luke 

will perform as featured soloist with the Vanderbilt Wind

Symphony in February and the Vanderbilt University Orchestra on April 11th.

WAY TO GO LUKE!!!!!!

Update on Sunday, April 27, 2014 at 04:21PM by Klassically Cool Music School

Here is the recording of Luke playing with the Vanderbilt Orchestra:

file:///Users/klassicallycool/Desktop/Concerto%20in%20C%20No.%203%20Mov.%201-Prokofiev-Performance-4_11_14.WAV

Musicthon 2014 Information!

Dear Parents,

Our most important event of the year, MUSICTHON, is approaching quickly! Musicthon is scheduled for our studio on January 17, 2014 at 7:00 PM, at the Galleria Mall in Fort Lauderdale. Musicthon is BCMTA’s only fundraising event that supports all of BCMTA activities and is partnering with 4KIDS of South Florida. Each student is required to raise a minimum of $15.00 to participate in Musicthon. Please start fundraising now before students go on holiday break!

Simply click the links below for all the required information and forms.

http://bcmta.org/new/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/MUSICTHON-PLEDGE-FORM.pdf

http://bcmta.org/new/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Musicthon-Sponsor-Letter-2014.pdf

For more information on this wonderful cause, please visit: www.4kidsofsfl.org

Every student that participates in Musicthon 2014 will receive a t-shirt commemorating the event and may wear it during their performance. Teachers, please plan accordingly now and ONLY order t-shirts for those students participating. Teachers are responsible for all of their orders. No exchanges or returns after the deadline. (Students submitted for a t-shirt must correspond to the teachers tally sheet. Any t-shirt ordered and not listed on the treasurer’s tally sheet MUST be covered by the teacher.) 

T-Shirt Sizes available are:

Youth - Small, Medium, or Large

Adult - Small, Medium, Large, or X Large.

 

Our deadline to get the T-shirt order in is this Friday, December 17, 2014.

October - November News and Reminders

Well Fall is finally here and we are busy preparing for many events, including Student Day examinations November 16th and our Christmas recital, December 16th. Below you will find the reminders for upcoming deadlines, theory classes and the above mentioned events. PLEASE make sure you check the calendar frequently on this website. Thank you!

STUDENT DAY

Please see the Student Day Aural theory schedule located to the right of this page, under the Student Day tab. Please plan to take the Aural exam first to avoid missing the scheduled test time. Students can take their time in the written exam room.

1. DEADLINE REMINDER: Students entering Federation Festival need to add $13.50 entry fee to your November tuition.

2. The schedule for the remaining two Theory Classes was emailed to you last week. If you cannot find the email,  email me and I will resend it to you

3. Please remember that there are Group Master classes in lieu of regularly scheduled classes the week of November 4-9. The boys classes will be from 5:00-6:30PM on Monday, November 4th. The girls classes will be either from 4:00-5:30PM  or 6:00-7:30PM

4. We will be having our Christmas recital at First Christian Church in Fort Lauderdale (where we held our Spring Recital this past year) on Monday evening, December 16th. More information will be on the Recitals link to the right of this page.

5. Regarding Recitals:  Students who do not have their pieces comfortably memorized by two weeks before the December 16th recital date, will not be permitted to perform. We will be playing at an area nursing home, so please plan to participate there as well. Details will follow closer to December.