January 2010

Inside this issue: Wednesday, Jan. 27, Woman’s Club of Arlington 9:45 Business Meeting, 10:30 Program

Miron Yampolsky, cellist

The Northern Virginia Music Association proudly presents cellist Miron Yampolsky in a performance of sonatas by Luigi

Boccherini and Richard Strauss, and the Five Pieces in Folk Style by Robert Schumann in celebration of the Schumann bicenten-

nial.

Miron Yampolsky’s 16 years of cello study with Mstislav Rostropovich began at the Central Special School in Moscow and

continued in Rostropovich’s select class at the Moscow Conser-vatory. Mr. Yampolsky was awarded top honors at the Interna-

tional Chamber Music Competition in Munich, Germany and was given the prestigious Villa Lobos Memorial Medal for his efforts

in promoting cello music by contemporary composers. He has performed throughout Russia, Europe and Israel as orchestral

soloist, solo recitalist and chamber player. In America, he pre-sented a highly acclaimed debut recital program at New York’s

Alice Tully Hall followed by concerto and recital performances in Washington, Boston, San Francisco and Miami. His solo and

chamber music concerts have been heard on national radio

broadcasts and he has been a guest artist at the Tanglewood Summer Music Festival and the Spoleto Music Festival U.S.A.

Program for the Feb. 24 meeting:

Concerto Competi-

tion Winners

President’s Message

2

Brian Ganz Masterclass 2

Concerts and Master-

classes 3, 4

Theory Day and

Sonata Festival

5

Times Online 6

Competitions and

Performance Opportuni-

ties

7, 8

Member News 9, 10

Calendar Back page

NVMTA TEACHER

REFERRAL LISTING

Please fill out the form which appears on the

website, and send your $35 check made

out to NVMTA, to Peggy McNulty, 1209 Stable Gate Ct.,

McLean, Va. 22102.

Your listing is good for

one year and it’s up to you to check to renew

your listing every year. If you have questions, please con-

tact Peggy at Peggy.McNulty@verizo

n.net

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Brian Ganz Masterclass

Brian Ganz, pianist, coaches

Saniya Han, student of Jim Litzel-man, in a performance of the Prelude in Db Major by Ronald Gliere at the masterclass he conducted at the De-

cember NVMTA meeting.

President’s Message

As I write this, 2010 is nearly upon us and I am mindful of what a wonderful organiza-

tion NVMTA is. Of course, it’s the people within an organization that make it wonderful. As

we enter our 60th anniversary year I would ask each of us to reflect on the many benefits that

NVMTA has afforded us, our students and our studios. We are most fortunate, indeed, to

have so many committed people to volunteer their time as chairmen, board members, officers,

and to fill the many positions that we have within NVMTA. This is what makes NVMTA great

and allows us to continue to offer so many opportunities for our students.

My wish for you in 2010 is a year filled with continued dedication to our craft and our

students, and every success with educating young people in music. It’s an important job, in-

deed, and one which I am so happy to be doing. We should all be proud to be part of an or-

ganization as outstanding as NVMTA.

Happy New Year!

Jim Litzelman, President

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Mpingo Quartet

Members Larry Bocaner, Nancy

Genovese, Robert Little, and Christopher Hite will give a con-

cert on Sunday, Janurary 17, 2010, at 2 pm at the Artspace,

410 S. Maple St. in Falls Church, VA. The program includes works

by Alfred Uhl, , Paganini, Paul Harvey, Schumann, Tchaikovsky,

Stanley Skinner, Ferenc Farkas, and Felix Mendelssohn.

In 2009 the Mpingo Clarinet Quar-

tet played concerts at Arlington Central Methodist Church, Dum-

barton House, Sumner Museum, the Ellipse Arts Center in Arlington, and Old Town Hall in Fairfax. Mpingo is the Swahili

name for the black wood used in making clarinets. The quartet includes bass clarinet, basset horn, E flat, B flat and A soprano clarinets. Ticket prices at the door are $15

and $10 for students.

Pianist Audrey Andrist January 31, 2010 at 3:00pm

Young Soloists Recital February 14, 2010, 3:00 p.m.

Niki Hua, 15, studies piano with Nancy O’Neill Breth; the piano-violin duo of Kimberly Hou, 15, a student of Marjorie Lee, and Anna-Luisa Mirto, 16, a student of Natalia

Yampolsky; and Max Hou, 13, is a piano student of Marjorie Lee.

AUGUSTIN HADELICH VIOLIN MASTERCLASS

The Virginia String Teachers Association (VASTA) joins the Fairfax Symphony and

Fairfax County Public Schools in presenting a masterclass with the virtuoso violinist and master teacher Augustin Hadelich on Saturday, January 23 from 10:00am –

12:00 noon at Mt. Vernon High School, 8515 Old Mt. Vernon Road, Alexandria, VA 22309. Five high school and college age violin soloists have been selected to perform

works by Corigliano, Dvorak, Haydn, Mendelssohn and Mozart.

For directions go to http://commweb.fcps.edu/directory/map_base.cfm?locid=2013.

For more information, go to the VASTA website: www.vastaweb.org, or contact VASTA Past-President Helen Fall at vaviola@gmail.com or (703)772-5212.

AUGUSTIN HADELICH VIOLIN CONCERT

Mr. Hadelich will perform the hauntingly romantic Vio-lin Concerto by the American composer Samuel Barber

with the Fairfax Symphony at the Center for the Arts on the George Mason University Fairfax Campus on

Saturday, January 23 at 8:00PM.

Students in grades K-12 are eligible for the FSO free

student ticket program; discount tickets are available for accompanying parents. For information about the

evening concert, contact the Fairfax Symphony at (703)563-1990, or go to the web-site: www.fairfaxsymphony.org.

Distinguished Piano Teaching

Vasilios Boobas

Noted Concert Pianist & Teacher

Piano - All Levels/Ages

Advanced Coaching & Competition Preparation

Student of Mieczyslaw Munz, Peabody Conservatory;

Robert Goldsand, Manhattan School of Music; & Erno Balogh

703/256-0666 in Annandale, Virginia

PIANO TUNING AND

REPAIR

Frank Cahill

(703) 239-2754

Evening Appointments Available

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VMTA Sample Theory and Listening Tests Now On-Line!

Are you getting ready for the VMTA Theory Mastery Day in February? If so, excellent

new resources are now available in the members’ section of the VMTA website, http://www.music-usa.org/vmta/. With their password access, members can print sample

written tests and corresponding answer keys as well as sample listening tests for their students’ practice in Grades Primer through 12. Take advantage of this excellent op-

portunity!

NVMTA 2010 Theory Mastery Day Information, Saturday, February 13, 2010 at Cooper Middle School, 977 Balls Hill Road, McLean VA. Postmark Deadline: January 5,

2010.

For further information contact NVMTA Theory Mastery Day Co-Chairs Virginia Moore,

moorepianomusic@gmail.com and Rene Johnson, r@renej.us

Sonata Festival News

Sonata Festival takes place on Sunday, May 16, 2010 at George Mason University and we welcome you to participate. Please note, that our requirements have changed

slightly since last year.

As in the past, students should prepare movements in two contrasting moods or tempi

(i.e., one slow, one fast). Sonata/Sonatinas may be by the same composer or by differ-ent composers. Please read the event description carefully from our NVMTA website to

avoid programming disqualifications. Example: Mvts. 2 & 3 of Beethoven’s ―Moonlight‖ Sonata would be disqualified since they have similar tempi.

In addition, this year we have a new rule: a two- movement sonata/sonatina which

has two movements in similar tempi, slow or fast, is permitted. Teachers must, however, mark this repertoire as a "two movement sonata/sonatina".

Theme and variations: Students may play a set of variations but it cannot exceed

the allotted time.

Thanks to Julie Slingerland and her family for donating $5,000 to the Sonata Festival.

Each year, this fund provides the resources to purchase the ribbons and certificates for the winners of the Honors Recital. This recital will now be named after Julie and her

late husband David.

Scholarship Endowment Fund

NVMTA’s Scholarship Endowment Fund is now

worth $70,000 ten years after its establish-

ment marked our 50th anniversary. The fund has realized earnings of $14,000 and has dis-

bursed almost $11,000 in scholarships. Spe-cial thanks to the estate of David Slingerland

for a recent large contribution, and to Anne Hurley-Cole, who presented a Benefit Recital

for the Voice Scholarship in October.

Voice Achievement Awards

The NVMTA Voice Achievement Awards will be

held on Saturday, April 24, 2010 at the Woman’s Club. Co-chairs Peggy McNulty and

Richard Wilmer would like to hear from all teachers who plan to participate! Email the

number of students and the division entered to peggy.mcnulty@verizon.net. For competi-

tion requirements please go to nvmta.org.

Armando Iannucci: Why I love Mahler The Thick of It writer and director explains how the music of Gustav Mahler, born 150 years ago, became a lifelong

passion Throughout 2010 we’ll be celebrating the music of Gustav Mahler as

never before. Mahler was born 150 years ago, on July 7, 1860. Poign-antly, he died only 51 years later, bringing to a sudden end a startling cycle of great symphonic works that journeyed from brilliant, ostenta-

tious orchestral impressions of nature and folksong, through lengthy studies of emotional turmoil and finally, under the strain of the heart condition he knew was

going to end his life still in middle age, in extraordinary last symphonies exploring the darker and more extreme reaches of what orchestral music can achieve. I first came across Mahler’s music when I was around 14 and was in the habit of prowling

through the least-used end of Glasgow Hillhead Library’s record collection to see what could shake me out of my musical torpor. To read more go to

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/classical/article6979

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January 8, 2010

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Woodwind Concerto Competition Update

The NVMTA Woodwind Concerto Competition on February 20, 2010 will be held at at

St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 3241 Brush Drive, Annandale, VA 22042, not the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, 2709 Hunter Mill Road, Oakton, VA as

listed at nvmta.org.

The BLAND MEMORIAL MUSIC COMPETITION sponsored by the Annandale Lions

Club takes place on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. Application deadline is Saturday February 20. For contest rules and an application please go to http://

www.annandalelions.org/Bland/Bland.htm

The BLAND MEMORIAL MUSIC COMPETITION sponsored by the Sterling Li-

ons takes place on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 1:30pm. Application deadline is February 5, 2010. For more info go to http://sites.google.com/site/

Music Friends of the Fairfax County Library

Music Competition

Auditions will be held on Feb. 20, 2010, from 9:30-4:30 at

the Alden Theatre. There is no deadline to apply, but once all slots have filled, latecomers join a waiting list. Each

student can play for a maximum of 10 minutes. Students may play selections from several composers and styles or

one longer piece with contrasting sections. Teachers may send up to 4 students and there is a $10 fee to register.

Download application from fairfaxcounty.gov/library/events then click ―Concerts at the Alden‖. Send applications to:

Music Friends, FCPL, Suite 324, Fairfax County Govt. Cen-ter, 12000 Govt. Center Parkway, Fairfax, VA 22035.

Performance Opportunity

Arts for All Ages is an organization which serves seniors living in retirement

homes and assisted living facilities. It seeks talented young musicians who would be

interested in presenting concerts for the elderly. It’s a wonderful opportunity to enrich the lives of facility residents while trying out a challenging program in front of an ap-

preciative audience.

For more info contact Vanessa Pearce at 571-243-4641.

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JAMES C. MACDONALD ARTS COMPETITION

Application Deadline: March 26, 2010

Each year, the McLean Community Center recognizes the hard work and talent of young performing and visual artists through

the Macdonald Arts Scholarship Competition. Following a pre-liminary audition and a final round of competition, prizes are

awarded to three finalists in each of four categories: Music, Theatre, Dance and Visual Arts. Only high school students who

reside or attend school in the McLean tax district (Small Dis-trict One of Dranesville) are eligible to apply. Students may

enter in more than one category. For more information, con-

tact Kathy Herr at kathleen.herr@fairfaxcounty.gov.

Click here for the Guidelines and Application.

Dr. Ronit Seter Piano

Theory

Adult lessons

Historical Musicology

rseter@mindspring.com

703.277.1001

Fairfax

20 years of teaching

experience

Cornell Ph.D. in Musicology

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Book Sale Results

Many thanks to all those who bought used music and books at the Book Sale in Sep-

tember. Andy Horowitz reported that the sale netted $1200 for NVMTA Scholarships. Much of this music was from the estate of Marjorie Azarowicz, including a complete 29-

volume set of Grove’s Dictionary of Music, purchased by Douglas Harrington.

Studio Horowitz

Grand Opening

Andrew Horowitz and three

of his students performed at a

Holiday Open House on Sunday, December 13, in his new studio at

929 West Broad Street, Falls Church.

Member News

NVMTA welcomes the following new and renewing members:

Joao Paulo Figueroa, Guitar; Ellen Foncannon, Piano, Organ, Theory, Composi-

tion; Kayme L. Henkel, Piano, Pedagogy, Accompanying; and Caroline Kim Hwangbo, Piano

Corrections and Additions to Members' Listings:

Tiffany Park, 13438 Brookfield Dr.,Chantilly, Va. 20151, 703-593-9809

Kathy Morgan, Teaching field is Voice

Judith Marcinko, Teaching fields are Piano and Organ

Linn Kezer, phone number is 703-743-1552

Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Rosa Van Stavoren, who is under-going medical treatments.

$150 professional development grants unclaimed

Do you wish to be nationally certified? Attend a national conference? Take a pedagogy

class? Would a $150 grant help make this possible? If so, please send a letter outlining your plan to Martha Smith or Jacqua Yeomans. NVMTA has three $150 professional

development grants waiting for you. Deadlines: Feb. 1, 2010 for MTNA Conference in Albuquerque March 20 - 24 and April 30, 2010 for certification* or summer work-

shops. *VMTA separately offers $100 for successful certification.

Facebook Group: Nationally Certified Teachers of Music

Take a minute to join the Nationally Certified Teachers of Music group on Facebook and

get connected with other teachers across the country. This site is administered by Kathy Spaargaren, NCTM from Wheaton, IL. It is an excellent forum for sharing ideas

on various topics. Discussions are already posted on the following topics: Rest/Relaxation, Class lessons, Inspiring Literature about Music, Recital Themes, Christmas/

Hannakuh, Theory Games, Certification.

Piano For Sale 3—year old Boston 49" upright for sale,for $8,800. Mahogany pol-

ish finish Boston UP-126, designed by Steinway & Sons. This is a very tall upright with a deep, rich sound. Immaculate condition. Included is $250 Dampp-Chaser humidifier

and a concert bench. Contact Eve at 301-299-0451.

Fall Festival teachers, left to right,

Debra Gunnerson, Linda Gutterman and Amy Work, catch up and enjoy a delicious

lunch during a welcome respite from the day’s hectic judging.

Fall Festival Co-chair Martha

Smith enjoys the last of her 3 years as co-chair of the event.

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Deadline for the February 2010

online News is February 1. Please send items by email to

laurapianostudio@gmail.com

CALENDAR

JANUARY 14, 15-17 Thu-Sun Southern Division Competitions, Birmingham AL

16 Sat Non-competitive Judged Recitals, WCA, 2:00pm & 3:15pm

Honors Recital, 4:30pm

18 Mon Martin Luther King Holiday

20 Wed Board Meeting, George Mason Reg. Library, 7001 Little River Turnpike,

Annandale, 10:00am POSTMARK DEADLINE: Skills Day: Keyboard & Sight Reading

26 Tue POSTMARK DEADLINE: Piano Concerto Festival

27 Wed Regular Meeting, WCA, 9:45am; Program 10:30am

30 Sat POSTMARK DEADLINES: Feb 14 Judged Recitals & Original Composition

Competition

FEBRUARY 1 Mon Newsletter deadline

6-7 Sat-Sun Piano Concerto Competition, WCA, 9:00am—6:00pm

9 Tue POSTMARK DEADLINE:: Feb. 21 General Recital

13 Sat Theory Mastery Day (VMTA), Cooper Middle School, 9:00am - 5:00pm

14 Sun Judged Recitals, WCA 2:00pm & 3:30pm

15 Mon. Presidents' Day

18 Thu POSTMARK DEADLINE: Mar 6 Judged Recitals

20 Sat Woodwinds Concerto Competition & Festival, UUC, 10:00am - 4:00pm

21 Sun General Recitals, WCA, 2:30pm & 3:45pm

23 Tue POSTMARK DEADLINE: Piano Concerto Festival

24 Wed Regular Meeting, WCA, 9:45am; Program, 10:30am, Concerto Winners

27 Sat Bach/Baroque Festival Concert, Korean United Methodist Church, 9:00am - 4:00pm

MARCH 1 Mon Newsletter deadline

6 Sat Skills Day: Keyboard & Sight-reading (VMTA), GMU, 10:00am - 4:00pm

7 Sat Young Artists Musicale, GMU, 6:00pm

12-14 Fri-Sun Spring Festival

19 Fri POSTMARK DEADLINE: Healy/Ford & Student Excellence Scholarship Competitions

20 Sat McLean Symphony presents Composition Competition winners, Alden Theater,

McLean, 7:30pm POSTMARK DEADLINE: Piano Ensemble Competition & Festival, 7:30 pm

20-24 Sat-Wed MTNA 2009 National Conference, Albuquerque NM

27 Sat POSTMARK DEADLINE: Sonata Festival

29-2 Mon-Fri Public School Spring Vacation week; Note: No Regular Meeting This Month

Northern Virginia Music

Teachers Association

Musical Excellence since 1950

Laura Marchisotto Bogart, Editor