EAST SAN
FERNANDO VALLEY MTAC
MARCH 2013 NEWSLETTER
Happy forthcoming
Spring to all of our members at the ESFV MTAC. Below you will find the
Minutes of the February25th meeting including important dates for all of our
upcoming branch events.
Our last meeting was hosted yet again by Kim O’Reilly,
who not only provided her beautiful home but also gave a fantastic
lecture/performance on some very famous pieces written for the left hand,
along with handouts about the pieces and their composers.
She also performed excerpts, and all in all it
was an informative and highly enjoyable presentation for our branch members,
so thank you so much Kim for making an otherwise routine board meeting into
a musical, memorable event.
As usual, please
contact me if you would like me to announce any upcoming events.
We want to wish all our wonderful CM students the best of luck in the weeks
ahead.
All my best,
Arjang Hedayati
Recording Secretary
ANNOUNCEMENTS
First and foremost, we
want to mention that the Benefit concert was a huge success!
We had a full audience, great performances, and
raised $1500!
Thanks to all the performers, and all who helped
preparing and closing the event, especially our president Dilara Khalilova
and Dr. Paul Pitman who is
of course our liaison
to the beautiful First Presbyterian Church of Encino.
Without the two of them this event could simply
not have taken place.
Secondly, we wish to
thank and congratulate Ed Grossman for an absolutely perfect job organizing
and running the Classical and Romantic festival.
Thank you Ed for all of your work!
IMPORTANT DATES
MAR. 10TH
CM FOR WOODWINDS CHAIRED BY FRANCINE PANCOST
FOR STRINGS CHAIRED BY
RACHEL LONERGAN
MAR. 16th and 17th
CM FOR PIANO CHAIRED BY SHARON SHAHEED
MAR. 24TH
HONORS RECITAL CHAIRED BY ROGER ESHLEMAN
PLACE: VIRTUOSO RUSSIAN
MUSIC ACADEMY.
RESPONSE
NEEDED BY MARCH 19TH AT 10 PM.
APR. 14TH
BACH FESTIVAL CHAIRED BY NOBUYO NISHIZAKA
PLACE: LA VALLEY COLLEGE
DUE DATE FOR ENTRY: MAR. 24TH
MAY 13TH
NOMINATING MEETING & TEACHERS RECITAL
AT THE
HOME OF PAUL PITMAN.
MEETING AND A
POTLUCK BREAKFAST STARTS AT 9:30.
That is very important
meeting to attend. Please mark in your calendars.
All entries
for the Teachers Recital are due to Dilara Khalilova.
MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 25th
MEETING
In Attendance: DilaraKhalilova, Laura Halladay, Mark Richman, Arjang
Hedayati, Aziza Syed, Rita Hovanesian, Janet Harms, Gillian Smith, Roger
Eshleman, Araksia Nazlikian, Zhanna Gyulnazarova, Anahit Sevoyan, Paul
Pitman, Ed Grossman and Kim O’Reilly.
10:15
Meeting Commenced.
Dilara Khalilova
reminded us that our branch fees will be increasing by $5 for a total of $30
per member.
Members 70y.o. and over will owe half of that ($15),
and 80 and over are free.
10:20
LA Valley College has informed Dilara that they
mistakenly booked an event on March 10th, during the Strings and
Woodwinds CM exams.
The Woodwinds CM will remain on the 10th at LAVC, while
the Strings remained on the 10th but were moved to the Virtuoso
Russian Music Academy in Northridge.
Rita Hovanesian recommended that we look into becoming an affiliated member
of LAVC to avoid such mishaps in the future.
10:25
Laura Halladay’s student has a Bat Mitzvah and
needs to move the date of her theory exam.
Because of the extraordinary circumstances of
this once in a life time event, Dilara has arranged for him to take the exam
during the piano CM on the following weekend.
This is not to become a precedent but is indeed
an exception.
10:30
Dilara Khalilova announced her retirement come
June 2013 as well as the retirement of other members, including: Kim
O’Reilly, Anahit Sevoyan, and Zhanna Gyulnazarova.
Kim, Mark and Roger will lead the nominating committee.
10:40
Discussion on doing a better job organizing the
Benefit Concert so that the workload is handed out more evenly.
Rita suggested getting a chairperson for the
event.
Much too much work fell on the backs of Dilara and Paul this year.
10:47
Ed Grossman reviewed the Romantic and Classical
festival:
we made a little money, it went well, and the judging was excellent.
13 entrants, including 4 violinists participated
in the event.
At the next planning meeting, we will discuss whether
this event should become competitive, and if we should at the least hand out
ribbons or certificates, as in the Bach Festival.
11:00 Meeting
adjourned.
*Please check our
website at
mtacsfev.org for any branch information.
Wishing all of
you joyous Spring Holidays!