Phil Halseth, President
Gloria Ho, Vice President
Jesse Micek, Recording Secretary
Ruth Zhou, Treasurer
Toni Chimienti, Corresponding Secretary
Lu Huang, Membership Secretary & Website Administrator
David Ross, Director and Student Recitals
Maria Ehlert, Director & Hospitality
Olya Katsman, MSSL Coordinator
Grace Chen, Director
Ken Moran, Director
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Dear Branch Membership,
I want to wish you all a Happy New Year. I hope your 2024 is off to a good start. I want to draw your attention to a few exciting new events we have coming up this year. In March, we will have our 2nd collaboration masterclass. This time we are bringing in Jeffrey Sykes, piano accompanist at CSUEB, to work with 6 groups on how they can interact in a more collaborative fashion. Additionally, our former branch president, Jesse Micek, will be hosting a Zoom session on introductory jazz piano playing on Friday March 15th at 10am. Then in May, we will have our 3rd annual Pops Concert, this year the theme is Disney. Please take a moment to look over the flyers for each event below. Hope to see you there!
Warm Regards,
Phil Halseth
MTAC-SACB Branch President
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Jeffrey Sykes Collaboration Masterclass Saturday March 9th, 4pm |
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Disney Concert Saturday May 4th at 4pm in Hayward at Christ's Community Church |
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Cover Sheet Requirement for CM Recordings |
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In case you need to find where to print the CM cover sheet, you may find it in resources, or use this image. |
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2024 Marilyn Mindell Piano Competition |
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Peninsula Symphony is proud to announce the 2024 Marilyn Mindell Piano Competition. Featuring skilled performances by the Bay Area’s finest young pianists, many of our award recipients have continued their musical pursuits in prestigious conservatories and have also been awarded top prizes in major national and international competitions. The competition will take place in the Campbell Recital Hall in the Braun Music Center at Stanford University, and will be open for the public to spectate for free.
The first prize winner of the Senior Level will receive $1000 and a solo performance with the Peninsula Symphony. Three winners will be chosen in the Junior Level, each receiving $100 as well as a solo performance at the Peninsula Symphony's Family Concert on April 7, 2024.
The Junior and Senior Level competitions are open to participation by young pianists residing in the Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Contra Costa and Alameda Counties.
The application forms and competition guidelines for both the Senior and Junior Levels can be found at
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The next SACB recital is Saturday February 17th at 4pm in Hayward at the Christ's Community Church. To sign up for a recital, please email David Ross.
Applicants should submit their piece(s) 2 weeks prior to each recital date. First come, first serve. We have limited time at both venues. One program.
Please include :
Student's/parent(s) name and email
Teacher's name and email
Student's/piece(s) level(s)
Piece(s) with full information:
Title, Op., K., BWV, etc numbers, Key, Composer, Timing(s)
Pleased make a note when paying with Zelle, as to which recital and student it is for.
The recital fee is $20 per student. Please have students pay with Zelle only, in the memo be sure to have students include the first and last name of the students as well as which recital.
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Happy New Year! Hope everybody had a wonderful winter break!
Thank you for the amazing December performance! Our January performance will be at Ivy Park Senior Living 5700 Pleasant Hill Rd, Pleasanton, CA 94588 on January 21st from 3:00 - 4:00 pm. Officers will arrive there by 2:30 pm!
As before, these are our rules regarding participation in these events:
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The time limit for pieces is 9 minutes. If you would like to play something longer, please contact us beforehand.
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The dress code for all events is always business casual—that is, no jeans or sneakers.
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We will make memorization optional. While we would prefer memorized pieces, we understand it is still early in the year and many of you are still working on new pieces. Therefore, we will make memorization optional, but if you need a page-turner, do let us know so we can prepare ahead of time. We want to avoid messy page turns that disrupt the performance.
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Please bring your own music supplies like stands and sheet music. We will not be able to provide anything except for page turners.
Spots are limited and may fill up quickly, so sign up as soon as possible. Thank you all for your participation!
Best,
MSSL Officers
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My name is Allison Lee, and I am the Publicity Manager/Historian of MSSL. I play the cello and have participated in MSSL for 2 years. During junior high, I joined my school's orchestra, eventually becoming co-principal for the cello section in eighth grade. This experience opened an opportunity for me to learn about many different styles of music while working together with my peers to put on fun performances. I am always excited to serve my community through my musical talent and share my passion for music with others so that it can instill within them the same happiness that it does for me. Outside of music, I love writing fantasy as well as action stories and drawing. In the future, I hope to become a veterinarian who cares for animals and nurses those that are injured or ill back to health.
Ariana Yi is currently a freshman at Mission San Jose High School. She has been playing the piano for almost ten years, and the french horn for six years, currently playing with the California Youth Symphony. She has danced ballet for seven years, so music is always flowing throughout her. She loves using the power of music to reach others, and hopes to empower others to do the same through her position as a Publicity Manager/Historian of MSSL-SACB. She has great interest in STEM, and hopes to be a professor in the future, inspired by the idea of pushing the boundaries of knowledge through research, as well as sharing her passion with future scholars.
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Looking for a way to donate to our branch?
First name: mtacsacb
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David Amendola
Steinway Concert Technician
Email: davidamendola@mac.com
Phone: 415-250-0724
Linda Kay
Email: itune88@comcast.net
Phone: 510-910-0283
Brenda Meng
Email: hummingbird.pianoservice@gmail.com
Phone: 408-828-9831
Robin Whitehouse
Email: robin@santacruzpiano.com
Phone: 831-247-0043
Bedinger Piano Restoration
Full Service
Repair- Rebuild -Recondition
1 925 838-4232
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David Ross
C: 510 586-9163
H: 510 538-8580
Piano, all levels
Takako Freeman
PianoLessons2U@aol.com
(510)352-0546
To put your name on (or take your name out of) the list, please contact:
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