March 2021

Newsletter

Volume 22, Issue 7 | March 2021

Kristen Normann, President

Olya Katsman, Vice President

Michelle Chi, Second Vice President

Millie Chiem, Treasurer & Parliamentarian

Fonny Chandra, Corresponding Secretary

Ruth Zhou, Recording Secretary

Katherine Valdez, Membership Secretary & Referrals Chair

Grace Cheng, Director

Gloria Ho, Director

Maria Ehlert, Director

Karen Wolff, Director

David Ross, Director & Student Recitals

Lu Huang, Director & Website Administrator

Sandy Fong & Maria Ehlert, Hospitality

Sr. Andre Marie Fujier & Ruth Zhou, Historian

Carmencita Aspiras, Sunshine

Lu Huang, Composer Today

Olya Katsman, MSSL Community Outreach

Dr. Jiang Wu, VOCE

Gloria Ho, CM Chair and North Region Chair, (Piano, Strings, Woodwinds and Voice)

Grace Cheng, CM South Region Chair

Millie Chiem, North Region Honors Recitals

Karen Wolff, South Region Honor Recital

Katherine Lee & Ruby Cheung, Theory Site Coordinators

MTAC - SACB Board Opening

If you are interested in serving the board, please email Kristen Normann at [email protected] or text at 510-517-3790

Important Dates

March 6 (Sat)

Deadline to apply for March Student Recital
Scroll down for more details

March 11 (Thu)

Come and Chat: Technique - Problem and Solution at 10:00 - 11:00 am
Click here to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84816045999
Meeting ID: 848 1604 5999

March 20 (Sat)

Virtual Student Recital at 4:00 pm

April 10 (Sat)

Deadline to apply for April Student Recital
Scroll down for more details

April 22 (Thu)* (new date)

Come and Chat: Short Exam Pieces at 10:00 - 11:00 am
Click here to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87123327638
Meeting ID: 871 2332 7638

April 20 (Tue)

Deadline to apply for the Scholarships (Senior Scholarship, YAG Scholarship, and the Regina Mastrantonio Community Music Service Recognition Award)
Check the flyer below for more details

April 24 (Sat)

Virtual Student Recital at 4:00 pm

May 8 (Sat)

Virtual Scholarship Ceremony at 4:00 pm presenting the Senior and YAG Scholarship, and the Regina Mastrantonio Commmunity Music Service Recognition Award recipients.
Zoom link to follow

MTAC - SACB website

www.mtacsacb.org

password: mta1

Come and Chat Event

Need more idea for teaching? Want to share your experiences with other fellow teachers? Want to get to know other fellow teachers? Want to chat with old friends in our branch? Then, please join our Come and Chat events! We will have two sessions with some very interesting topics. Don't miss it!

Technique - Problem and Solution

Thursday, March 11th, 2021

10:00 - 11:00 am

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84816045999

Meeting ID: 848 1604 5999

Short Exam Pieces

Thursday, April 22nd, 2021* (date changed)

10:00 - 11:00 am

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87123327638

Meeting ID: 871 2332 7638

Student Zoom Recital

Note from CM Chair

March 5

Exam results are supposed to be published

July 2 - 6

Virtual Convention Unity through Music - look for application to convention

When the results are published, Grace and I will start the process of printing certificates and passing out seals and BR ribbons. I will be ordering the senior plaques. Please be patient and give us a couple or 3 weeks to get the envelopes done for you.

South Region will pick up their envelopes and plaques at Grace Cheng's house. North Region will pick up at my place, Gloria Ho. I will have someone from Castro Valley, pick up the envelopes for Castro Valley/Hayward and drop off at one of the teacher's house to pick up.

I will announce when to pick up your envelopes.

For those with seniors, you will have to come again to pick up the plaques and medals. I will have to wait for them to get done, and also to wait for the medals from state office. I will announce when they will be ready for pick up.

It feels good to be done so early! I hope to see you at a Southern Alameda zoom general meeting. Have a good summer. Let's see what the future holds for us next year! All good stuff I hope!

Gloria Ho

CM Chair

MSSL News

Hello everyone!

Music Students’ Service League (MSSL) is a student-run group of volunteers with the mission to promote happiness achieved through musical entertainment as well as developing musical appreciation for the underprivileged members of society, especially our elderly citizens. Despite the ongoing pandemic, we still host recitals by pre-recording performances and send them to senior living centers to brighten up our elderly’s day. We are planning to host monthly recitals in this coming year via online or in-person if permitted by health experts.

If you’re interested in joining us, please print, fill out, and follow the directions on the form:

MSSL 2020-2021 Application Form

Students of all skill levels are encouraged to join! Not only is this opportunity a great way to fulfill your service hours requirement, but you also get some well-needed practice for recitals and competitions!

If you have any questions, please feel free to email Brooke Zheng ([email protected]), Erin Yu ([email protected]), or Andrew Gao ([email protected]).

Scholarship Opportunity

Technology Corner

Gooseneck iPhone holder from Amazon, which can be attached to the piano lid to provide a top down view of the keyboard
New online platform: www.rockoutloud.live, better sound quality for online music teaching. Must use Google Chrome to have the best experience. You also can book a free demo to experience the sound.
Free video service, Flipgrid, is helping students to record online easily. Some school uses it, because it is super user friendly. Once you sign up, you create a topic (for example CM piano recording 1) and add verbal instructions, create an example video, etc. Next, set the parameters, for example, how long the video could ne, which students can access it, and send a join code to the students. They don't have to create an account. On their side, they open the video, click record and viola! (*Tips from Maretha Davel)

Have more ideas you would like to share? Please email Fonny Chandra at [email protected]