Chistmas Recital Information

Our Annual Christmas Recital is December 4th at 7:00 PM.

The address is: 138 NE 1st street, Pomano Beach 33060 

First Baptist Church of Pompano Beach - Main Sanctuary

Dear Families,

Here is the information regarding our annual recital.

You may invite friends and family to attend 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 festive holiday recital attire. Holiday 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 or Christmas cookies for the reception table. Please bring a little more if you have a large group attending. Please bring it to the table in the garden patio area before the recital. I will provide the paper goods, coffee 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 the glorious Christmas season! 

Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 Group Classes

Dear Parents,

Just a reminder regarding the group classes that are scheduled in lieu of regular lessons next week.(please see the Special Events Schedule on the website www.klassicallycool.com) I will be at the Florida State Music Teachers Conference from Wed-Sunday.

Boys not participating in FSMTA Student Day:  Monday, Oct 31 3:30-4:45PM

Landon Still, Benjamin Griswold, Josiah, Jonathan and Jake Lane , David DeSousa, Brendan Aiello,

Boys participating in FSMTA Student Day testing: Monday, Oct 31 5:00 – 6:30PM

Andrew, Troy and DanielBoynton , Daniel and John Forman, Viraj Maddur, Will and Alex Griswold, Mark Newsom, Zach and Luke Ferraguti, Jeffrey Drew, Elisha Trent

Girls not participating in FSMTA Student Day:  Tuesday Nov 1, 3:30-4:45PM

Heather and Nicole Wroth, Megan and Sarah Claire Salsamendi, Audrey Deoliviera, Jenna Evans, Elisa Anello, Robyn Scianimanico, Joy Mikhail, Sarah Staab, Madeline Miller, Audrey Coldwell, Emily Ellis, Julie Wiegman, Ashley Oliver

Girls participating in FSMTA Student Day testing: Tuesday Nov 1, 5:00 – 6:30PM

Samantha Gere, Rebecca and Holly Wiegman, Emily Grossutti, Alyssa Forman, Ana Ward, Amanda Wysocki, Kelly Oakes, Katie Ferraguti, Valerie Sapienza, Alessandra Leone, Cristina Gil, Victoria Shephard, Michelle Bachert

Please drop your student off promptly and pick them up promptly to avoid a traffic jam . I will have light refreshments for them. The classes for FSMTA Student Day participants will involve review for the exam and only review. The classes for FSMTA Student Day non-participants will have Music History, games and theory.

Important Website Update!

Hello Parents!

I'm writing to you regarding a change on the website. There is now a student login on the right sidebar! Logging in will take you directly to the swap list. There were a few problems with our prior location of the list, so unless you log in as a student, you will not be able to view the list. The login information is as follows:

Username: klassicalstudent

[Please contact me directly for the password.]

If you have any questions, please call me.

Thank you!

Mrs. Purchase

Student Day Exams Information

Student Day

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.

The FSMTA Student Activities Handbook (*) gives specific requirements and sample tests.

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.

Here is the schedule for the Student Day Written and Aural Theory exams on November 12, 2011.

The exams will be held at Broward Community College Central Campus, Building 4.  For directions and a campus map, please click here.

* 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. 

Written Exam:

The written exam will be given in Room 144 between 9 AM and 4:30 PM. Students may take the written exam either before or after the aural exam. The aural exams will begin at the scheduled times. Students will not be admitted after the exam has begun.

*Each student should bring 2 sharpened pencils with erasers!

*Please advise your students to allow plenty of time to take the written exam.

The schedule is posted on the Student Day webpage click on the tab to the right

Second Theory Class

Dear Parents and Students,

Our second theory class for the fall will be held on Saturday, October 8. Classes for all are not mandatory, but very helpful in preparing for the FSMTA District VI Student Day Exams.

There is no charge for any of these classes so please, come and take advantage of them.

I have divided the classes by levels. If you do not see your child listed, please let me know. Also, please RSVP.  I do reserve the right to cancel a class for attendance of less than three students.

*Please call me or email me with any questions. Participation in these classes does not commit you to participating in FSMTA Student Day testing. If you are participating, please remember that the fees are due with your October tuition.

Please observe the following procedures for attendance:    

• Please drop your child off and do not plan to stay for the class. Please, no siblings dropped early to wait for their classes.        Please pick your child up promptly at the specified time. I am scheduling 15 minutes between classes to try to avoid a traffic jam.

• ·         Students only need to bring their student day packets (except for the Primary and Level 1 Students)

9:00 – 10:00 am

Level 6:

Cristina Gil, Emily Grosutti, Alessandra Leone, Brendan Aiello

10:15 – 11:00 am

Level 7 and 8:

Jenna Evans, Elise Anello, Alyssa Forman, Alex Griswold, Katie Ferraguti, Valerie Sapienza

 11:15 – 12:00 pm

Level 9:

Robyn Scianimanico, Elisha Trent, Ana Ward, Rebecca Wiegman, Zach Ferraguti, Valerie Sapienza

12:15 – 1:00 pm

Primary-Level 1:

Sarah Claire Salsamendi, Julie Wiegman, Landon Still, Benjamin Griswold, Nicole Wroth, Megan Salsamendi, Jonathan Lane, Josiah Lane, Madeline Miller, Heather Wroth,  David DeSousa and Emily Ellis

1:15-2:00 pm

Level 2:

Troy Boynton, Samantha Gere, Viraj Maddur, Holly Wiegman

2:15-3:00 pm

Level 3:

Daniel Forman, Daniel Boynton, Jake Lane, Amanda Wysocki, Sarah Staab

3:15-4:15 pm

Level 4 and 5:

Michelle Bachert, Audrey Deoliviera, Victoria Shephard, Audrey Coldwell, Andrew Boynton, Jeffrey Drew, Will Griswold

Levels 10-12 will meet a bit closer to Student Day Exams after packets and Aural Theory assignments are completed!

*Please call me or email me with any questions. Participation in these classes does not commit you to participating in FSMTA Student Day testing. If you are participating, please remember that the fees are due with your October tuition.