MTAC OCC NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2015 TABLE of CONTENTS PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE, 1 CALENDAR, 2 BRANCH MTG PREVIEW, 3 CERTIFICATE OF MERIT, 4-5 BAROQUE FESTIVAL, 6-7 BACH FESTIVAL, 8-10 BRANCH RECITALS, 11 NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS, 12 ADVERTISEMENTS, 13 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE from Pamela Worcester Editor: Lisa lwaki [email protected]Happy New Year!!! I hope you all enjoyed the holidays and are now ready to input your CM students’ repertoire. :) Panel teachers remem- ber to do this soon because the deadline is Jan. 15th. Also, you must request Evaluaon Day 2 for the Panel Regional Audions at Saddleback College as Marie Kaneta has instructed. Please read the CM info in this newsleer for more details. I want to thank Margery Burger for giving a wonderful lecture-demon- straon on Beauful Tone in Piano Playing at our November 2014 meeng. She is an amazing pedagogue who shared many of her piano teaching secrets and helped movate us to be beer teachers. We are very fortunate to have such a well-respected and highly successful teacher in our branch! Thanks go to Julie Nakamura for doing an outstanding job as the Theme Fesval chair. She made it look so simple and easy! In addion, Natalia Gubenko (co-chair), Jamie Park (hospitality), and all the teachers that assisted deserve a round of applause for their great work. Did you remembered to register your students for the Baroque Fes- val? The deadline is January 2nd. There are also two new Community Service Recital dates for 2015: Jan. 24 and Feb. 28 at Freedom Village in Lake Forest. Please register your students at mtacocc.org. Come hear our annual Young Arst Guild Recital at the upcoming branch meeng on Wednesday, January 14th. This year, Jin Joo Hong (pianist) will be the performer. She is a student of Dr. KookHee Hong (MTAC Orange Branch). Best wishes for a healthy, prosperous, and producve year!!! ~Pam
Happy New Year!!! I hope you all enjoyed the holidays and are now ready to input your CM students’ repertoire. :) Panel teachers remem-ber to do this soon because the deadline is Jan. 15th. Also, you must request Evaluation Day 2 for the Panel Regional Auditions at Saddleback College as Marie Kaneta has instructed. Please read the CM info in this newsletter for more details.
I want to thank Margery Burger for giving a wonderful lecture-demon-stration on Beautiful Tone in Piano Playing at our November 2014 meeting. She is an amazing pedagogue who shared many of her piano teaching secrets and helped motivate us to be better teachers. We are very fortunate to have such a well-respected and highly successful teacher in our branch!
Thanks go to Julie Nakamura for doing an outstanding job as the Theme Festival chair. She made it look so simple and easy! In addition, Natalia Gubenko (co-chair), Jamie Park (hospitality), and all the teachers that assisted deserve a round of applause for their great work.
Did you remembered to register your students for the Baroque Festi-val? The deadline is January 2nd. There are also two new Community Service Recital dates for 2015: Jan. 24 and Feb. 28 at Freedom Village in Lake Forest. Please register your students at mtacocc.org.
Come hear our annual Young Artist Guild Recital at the upcoming branch meeting on Wednesday, January 14th. This year, Jin Joo Hong (pianist) will be the performer. She is a student of Dr. KookHee Hong (MTAC Orange Branch).
Best wishes for a healthy, prosperous, and productive year!!!
MVCC = Mission Viejo Civic CenterLHCC = Laguna Hills Community Center
For maps and directions to branch venues: http://mtacocc.org/maps.htm
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BRANCH MEETING PREVIEW
Jin Joo Hong is a sophomore at the Eastman School of Music, has been studying piano for over ten years and is currently under the tutelage of Professor Rebecca Penneys. Ms. Hong’s passion for musical perfor-mance was inspired by her teacher Dr. KookHee Hong.
In 2013 at the MTAC State Convention, Jin Joo was one of six young artists presented as a Young Artist Guild member. She was also awarded the Natensted Award for her excellent essay, and the Plumb Award for the most outstanding performer among the young artists.
Jin Joo has been awarded top prizes in various competitions including the Diamond Bar Performing Arts Contest, the Musical Arts Club’s com-petition, and the Southwestern Youth Music Festival’s open Concerto. She has received awards for special recognition in performance from Congressman Ed Royce and Assemblyman Curt Hagman. This perfor-mance was broadcast on Sundays Live Music and Classical KUSC. She has also appeared as soloist with the Korean Symphony Orchestra and the Southern California Philharmonic.
Jin Joo has performed in master classes for prestigious teachers includ-ing Dr. Lidia Boguslavsky, Dr. Edna Golandsky, Dr. Marc Silverman, Dr. Min Kwon, Dr. Martin Canin, Dr. Pavlina Dokovska and Dr. Soloman Mikowsky.
In addition to piano studies, Jin Joo was a violinist and served as first violinist in her high school orchestra. She was also in a chamber music group coached by Professor Alexander Suleiman. Aside from her music life, Jin Joo enjoys reading, writing and watching classic movies and musicals.
Wednesday, January 14th at 10 AMHeritage Room C, Laguna Hills Community Center
CM DATABASE AT MTAC.ORG OPENS JANUARY 2ND AND CLOSES JANUARY 31ST at 11:59 PM.
TEACHER VOLUNTEER WORK REQUIREMENTALL TEACHERS: January 2nd – 31st please sign-up for working at the CM events. Login to the branch website mtacocc.org and click on MTAC Events and then scroll down to find each CM event.
GOOD NEWS! The teacher volunteer work requirement has been lessened! The work requirement is based on the number of students you registered in the Fall. Dropped students do not lessen your work requirement. Following is the new work requirement:
1-5 students = ½ day, 6-10=1 day, 11-15= 1 ½ days, 16-20 = 2 days, 21-25 = 2 ½ days, 26-30 = 3 days, 31-35 = 3 ½ days, 36-40 = 4 ½ days, 41-45 = 5 days
GENERAL REPERTOIRE INFORMATIONPiano and String teachers MUST USE 2012 PIANO SYLLABUS!!! You can order it online at mtac.org or call the State Office at (800) 834-3340. You will find more information regarding repertoire on p.10-11 of New 2012 Piano Syllabus.
The repertoire is divided into four categories:
1. Baroque: approximately 1600-1750.2. Classical: approximately 1750-1825.3. Romantic and Impressionism: approximately 1825-1900.4. 20th and 21st Century: Composers who have “come of age” in the 20th Century (Composers born approximately 1880 or after).
Composers Categories for Repertoire Selection are listed in Section 6 of Syllabus (p.161-169). Some composers are listed in two different categories. These are transitional composers, and may be used for one of two different categories in Levels 3 and up.
BRANCH EVALUATION DATES
PIANODay 1 = Saturday, March 21st - Private StudiosDay 2 = Sunday, March 22nd - Saddleback CollegeDay 3 = Sunday, March 28th - Saddleback CollegeDay 4 = Saturday, March 29th - Saddleback College Piano Theory Testing: Saturday, March 7th and Sunday March 8th – Mission Viejo Civic Center
STRINGSSaturday, March 7th – Saddleback College
VOICESaturday, March 14th – Faith Episcopal Church (AM & PM)Sunday, March 15th – Saddleback College (PM)
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Make sure that your student’s repertoire is at or above their CM level. One piece must be chosen from their CM level repertoire list.
If a piece is listed under the composer list with a “not” it can not be used for the Level unless the piece can be found in an Anthology for the Level and the Anthology does not have a “not” for it. Then the piece may be used. Golden rule: If in doubt about repertoire, do not use it! Current CM Policy regarding Automatic Remain at Level (RAL) and Ineligible for Certifi-cate (IC) is listed on p.18 of Syllabus.
If you have any piano repertoire questions or concerns, please contact Ma-rina Sakach, [email protected].
OTHER REGISTRATION INFORMATIONCM 2015 Important Dates included in this newsletter. Save/print this and please refer to it!
Carpooling Students: Choose one student as the “leader” and put that student’s username in the carpool box on both of their forms.
Evaluation Day Request (PIANO): Please only request a day and/or AM, PM request if necessary. Let students and parents know that the scheduling of these requests cannot be guaranteed. Since Piano Evaluation Days 3 & 4 are the most highly requested days, teachers may NOT request to have the majority of their students scheduled on those two days. Any teacher that has the majority of her/his students scheduled on day 3 or 4 will be asked to change some of those requests.
Convention Recitals: If the teacher wants a student to be considered for a Convention recital, the box must be marked and the appropriate, accurate information inputted. See 2012 Piano Syllabus, page 14 for individual convention eligibil-ity requirements.
Click SUBMIT at the bottom of registration form, otherwise the information you inputted will not be saved.
• A maximum of two pieces per student are allowed only if they are by the same composer and from the same col-lection. Each piece must be under two minutes in length.
• No keyboard concerti will be allowed.
• Music should be in its original form, and NOT simplified or transcribed.
• There is a five minute time limit per performer. Pieces longer than five minutes will be ended by the presider.
ENTRY RULES & OTHER INFORMATION
• All music must be memorized with the exception of duets, ensembles, and accompaniments.
• Students are separated into the following age categories: 11 and under, ages 12-14, ages 15-18, and adult.
• Students will receive awards of medals, ribbons, and certificates based entirely on the adjudicators’ decisions.
• The top 25% of students in each age category receive 1st Place Medals, the next 25% of students in each category receive 2nd Place Blue Ribbons, the next 25% of students receivenorable Mention Red Ribbons, and the next 25% receive a Yellow Participation Ribbon.
• Parents may only videotape their son or daughter’s performance.
• Teachers are limited to 8 students each. Contributory Members may NOT enter students.
• Each student must actually study with the teacher who is entering him/her in the festival, and should have stud-ied with the teacher for six months prior to the festival, unless permission is given by the previous teacher, or the teacher change was necessary because of a geographic move.
GROUNDS FOR FESTIVAL DISQUALIFICATION:failuretobringmusicforthejudges,bringingphotocopiedmusic,perfor-manceofapieceotherthanthepieceentered,andincompleteorinaccurateentryapplications.
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• In addition, accompanists cannot use photocopied music except to facilitate a page turn.
• Teachers are expected to work at the festivals in which they have entered students; failure to do so may result in a monetary fine or other penalties.
• Teachers may not accompany their own students.
AFTER THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE: participating teachers will receive information on students’ performance time, teachers working schedule, and map/direction via email.
ON FESTIVAL DAY: make sure that each student knows the rules for recital etiquette, dresses appropriately, and brings a copy of the music (NO PHOTOCOPIES) with measures numbered. If the score has a foreign title, please pencil in its English translation.
RESULTS: Within a few days of the festival, the Medal winners and Blue Ribbon winners will be posted online by student numbers at www.mtacocc.org. Certificates, evaluation sheets, medals and ribbons may be picked up at the February 8th Branch Meeting.
Ifyouknowyoucannotattendthismeetingandwishtohavetheresultpacketmailedbacktoyou, pleaseinclude$5.60forpostage(USPSPriorityMailflatrate)inyourcheckalongwiththestudentregistrationfees. No cash will be accepted!
REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS
Part A.OCC BRANCH WEBSITE REGISTRATION at http://www.mtacocc.org/user/login/ will close on January 2. (Note: This is differ-ent from the BACH FESTIVAL. Please read Bach Festival rules for details on how to register students.) Students may enter either the Baroque Festival or the Bach Festival, but not both.
• You may request AM or PM only if absolutely necessary. More specific scheduling requests cannot be accommo-dated.• It is very important for you to check the spelling of your on-line registrations. They will appear on all the printed materials for the festival day - programs, evaluation sheets, certificates etc.
Part B.After registering your students online, please MAIL the following to: Susan Wong, 415 Anita St., Redondo Beach, CA 90278 on or before January 2.
1. A check payable to MTAC Orange Coast Cities for the total amount of your entries2. Print the web page of your Student List from the online website, and include it with the check. 3. “Evaluation Sheet.” One copy per entry. Please go to http://mtacocc.org/documents/BRQ_Adjudicator_Evaluation_Sheet2013.pdf to find this form.
• Fill in the form by typing directly on the screen. Typed evaluation lists highly recommended; if not, please write neatly and legibly. This form will be used by judges!! • Print evaluation sheet per entry. • Leave the STUDENT NUMBER blank. • Please enter your TEACHER NUMBER from the Branch Yearbook 2014-15, not from any previous year. • Print each one right after typing – it does not save entry as a file. The result packets will be available for pick up at the February 8th Branch Meeting.
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IMPORTANT UPDATE Postage Fees & Rules Change
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Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Geneva Presbyterian Church24301 El Toro Road, Laguna Woods
Regional Chair: Pam Worcester, 581-1467, [email protected]: Jin Cho, 380-9687
Registration Deadline: Friday, February 9, 2015Registration will close at 11:59 PM
Entry Fee: $25.00
REPERTOIRE INFORMATION MTAC, Orange Coast Cities Branch Rule: Pieces from the Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook will NOT be accepted for the Bach Festival. Students playing works from the AMB Notebook should enter the Baroque Festival instead. Stu-dents may play in either the Baroque or the Bach Festival, but not both. Teachers interested in the 2014 Complete Works Official List can find this on the SCJBF website.
REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONSThe 2015 student applications will be available online from November 1st at http://www.scjbf.org. Before registering your students, you must check the box that says, I have read and I accept the rules that apply to students and teachers entering the Southern California Junior Bach Festival.
If you registered students last year, their information will still be listed under Student Profiles. Please delete the stu-dents that have graduated or are no longer your students. You will need to use the same user name and password. In addition, remember to update your teacher info (new email or address). Direct website questions to the webmaster, Dave Weisbart. Please contact Pamela Worcester, Bach Region V Chair, at 949-581-1467 or [email protected] for other questions.
Do NOT try to register on our branch website mtacocc.org.
Please mail the following items to Itoe Akimoto (25582 Maximus Street, Mission Viejo, CA 92691) or bring them to the January 14th Branch Meeting. 1) A print out of your students from the scjbf.org website 2) A check made payable to MTAC, Orange Coast Cities Branch: $25 x the number of students entered + postage. You do not need to include postage if you intend to pick-up the results.
Ifyouknowyoucannotattendthismeetingandwishtohavetheresultpacketmailedbackto you, pleaseinclude$5.60forpostage(USPSPriorityMailflatrate)inyourcheckalongwiththestudentregistrationfees.No cash will be accepted!
Absolutely no changes or additions will be made after the February 9th deadline!
PIANO & VIOLIN/VIOLA MASTERCLASSThe Southern California Junior Bach Festival is sponsoring a Piano Master Class with Dr. Stewart Gordon and a Violin/Viola Master Class with Nathan Cole on Monday, January 19, 2015 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM at Chapman University, Salmon Recital Hall (inside Bertea Hall, off of Palm Ave.) Go to scjbf.org for more info. Performer and Auditor applica-tions available on pages 9-10.
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IMPORTANT UPDATE Postage Fees & Rules Change
NEW!
Southern California
Junior Bach Festivalis sponsoring a
with
PIANO MASTER CLASS
STEWART GORDONMonday, January 19, 2015
10:00 A.M. - 12:00 N.
Chapman University, Orange, CASalmon Recital Hall (inside Bertea Hall, off of Palm Av.)
Master Class performance is open to any Keyboard Regional Performer.Students may perform any Bach Work except Anna Magdalena Notebook.
No refund of performer fee after student has been selected to perform.
Performer Application Auditor Application
Parking permits are required. Visit www.chapman.edu (Maps and Directions) for details. Use Lastinger parking structure P4. For additional information on
this event, please contact Sue Scofield at (818) 243-3886
We invite you to attend the Master Class as an auditor. Costs for pre-registration are $20 for adults and $10 for students (with student I.D.).
Pre-registration applications must be postmarked by January 12, 2015.(Adult auditors paying at the door will be charged $30.) Please make your check payable to SCJBF and send it to: Sue Scofield at 1604 Hillside Dr., Glendale, CA. 91208.
Stewart Gordon is Professor of Keyboard Studies at the Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern California, as well as an adjunct professor at the Claremont Graduate University. His academic career includes posts at Wilmington College in Ohio, the University of Maryland, where he was Music Department chair, and Queens College of the City University of New York, where he was Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs. As a pianist, he toured in the United States, Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Hawaii, Japan, Taiwan, the Caribbean, and Saudi Arabia. His recordings include works by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, De Falla, Scriabin, Ellis Kohs, Luis de Frietas-Branco, and the complete Rachmaninoff Preludes. He is a Steinway Artist. He is the author of many books and a videotape series of instructional materials for both students and teachers. He has edited the Piano Sonatas of Beethoven (Alfred) in four volumes. His newest book, Guide for Tomorrow's Pianists, is currently in production at Oxford University Press). He is preparing an edition of the Twelve Debussy Etudes for Alfred Music Publishers. He founded the (now) William Kapell International Piano Competition and acted as its director for 15 years. In New York City he founded the Cultural Heritage Competition and the Great Gospel Competition. He is a past President of the Virginia Waring International Piano Competition, and currently serves on the executive and artistic committees. In Savannah, Georgia, he founded the Savannah Onstage Music Festivals, as well as its American Traditions Competition, and acted as their artistic director for 14 years. He has served as an adjudicator for many international competitions.
Entry Fee $50 - Application Deadline Postmark, January 6, 2015Make check payable to SCJBF
Mail to Sue Scofield at 1604 Hillside Dr. Glendale, CA 91208
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Southern California
Junior Bach Festivalis sponsoring a
with
Violin/Viola Master Class
NATHAN COLEMonday, January 19, 2015
10:00 A.M. - 12:00 N.
Chapman University, Orange, CAChoral Room (inside Bertea Hall, off of Palm Av.)
Master Class performance is open to any Strings All-Branch Regional Performer.Students may perform any Bach Work except Anna Magdalena Notebook.
No refund of performer fee after student has been selected to perform.
Performer Application Auditor Application
Parking permits are required. Visit www.chapman.edu (Maps and Directions) for details. Use Lastinger parking structure P4. For additional information on
this event, please contact Sue Scofield at (818) 243-3886
We invite you to attend the Master Class as an auditor. Costs for pre-registration are $20 for adults and $10 for students (with student I.D.).
Pre-registration applications must be postmarked by January 12, 2015.(Adult auditors paying at the door will be charged $30.) Please make your check payable to SCJBF and send it to: Sue Scofield at 1604 Hillside Dr., Glendale, CA. 91208.
Nathan Cole is First Associate Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In addition to his previous positions in the Chicago Symphony and as Principal Second Violin of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, he has appeared as guest concertmaster with the orchestras of Houston, Minnesota, Oregon, Ottawa, Pittsburgh and Seattle.
As a native of Lexington, Kentucky, he is also a frequent soloist with the Lexington Philharmonic. In 2007, Nathan founded the Chamber Music Festival of Lexington.
As a teaching artist with the online music company ArtistWorks, Nathan presides over his School of Violin, nathancoleviolin.com. In Los Angeles, he is on the faculty of the Colburn School for the Performing Arts and is a guest lecturer at the USC Thornton School of Music. While in Chicago, he was on faculty at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, and was a coach for the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
Nathan made his debut with the Louisville Orchestra at the age of ten. While studying at the Curtis Institute of Music with Pamela Frank, Felix Galimir, Ida Kavafian and Jaime Laredo, he formed the Grancino String Quartet. At the invitation of Isaac Stern, the Quartet made its debut in New York's Weill Hall. Several summers at Marlboro, as well as tours with Musicians from Marlboro, enriched his love of chamber music.
Nathan’s articles and photographs have appeared in Strings, Symphony and Chamber Music magazines. His debut album Rapid Approach is a disc of unaccompanied works by Bach, Bartók and Augusta Read Thomas.
Entry Fee $50 - Application Deadline Postmark, January 6, 2015Make check payable to SCJBF
Mail to Sue Scofield at 1604 Hillside Dr. Glendale, CA 91208
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BRANCH RECITALSCommunity Service Recital, Showcase Recital
The fees are $15 per student. If there any ensembles, each student in the group will pay $15. (For example, a duet will be charged $30 total.) Register online at www.mtacocc.org. Send fees and student list printed off the web registration page to Angela Leu. Refer to “Branch Docu-ments” on our branch website for more information. The deadline will be 3 weeks prior to the recital or the first 15 students to register (which-ever happens first). All pieces must be performed from memory.
SHOWCASE RECITALS
Chair: Ana de Vries, 499-1065, [email protected],SaddlebackRoomNextrecitaldates:April19(deadlineMarch28) The fees are $15 per student. If there any ensembles, each student in the group will pay $15. (For example, a duet will be charged $30 total.) Register online registration at www.mtacocc.org. Send fees and stu-dent list printed off the web registration page to Ana de Vries. Refer to “Branch Documents” on our branch website for more information. The deadline will be 3 weeks prior to the recital or the first 15 students to register (whichever happens first). No performance certificate will be given if solo music is not memorized.
Reminder: Teachers may enter only 2 students per recital. Please do not enter the same student twice (solo + duet) in one recital. (Two duet teams per teacher are allowed.) Teachers are not allowed to perform duets (four-hand piano mu-sic) with their students. It is acceptable for teachers to accompany their students for different instruments or voice.
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UPCOMING SADDLEBACK COLLEGE EVENTS
REFLECTION OF THE OCEAN CLASSICAL KEYBOARD SERIESGRACE FONG AND GILLES APAP, VIOLIN & PIANO RECITALDate: Saturday, January 24, 2:30 PMMcKinney Theatre$15general;$12seniors;$10students;childrenFREEwithpayingadult;2for1formusicteacherswithMTAC/CAPMTID
Congrats to Shelby Wong for winning the Young Stars of the Fu-ture Competition. She will be performing the Warsaw Concerto by Richard Addinsell with the South Coast Symphony on Friday, January 30, 2015 at 7:30 PM at Crossline Church in Laguna Hills.
CAPMT District 8 2014-15 Honors Audition:Category B: Carina Wang (1st Place)Category C: Chloe Nelson (1st Place)Category E: Micaela Lum (Alternate)
CAPMT District 8 2014-15 Contemporary Music Festival:Category D: Adin Boyer (1st Place)Category E: Jiayang Chris Zhou (1st Place)
If you would like to see your advertisement here, please contact Lisa (newsletter editor) at [email protected]. As a courtesy, please submit requests by the 20th before the next month’s newsletter.
Faculty: Krassimira Jordan, Artist-in-Residence and Professor of Piano at Baylor University, Texas, Wofgang Watzinger, Professor of Music at University of Music and Performance Arts, Vienna, Austria, and Paul Barnes, Professor of Piano at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music, and Lynn Worcester, Assistant Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at Shorter University, Georgia.
Fees and Deadline:· Euro 2,600.· Deadline for a deposit of 800 Euros December 15th, 2014.
For more information, please telephone (254)710-6517 or e-mail [email protected].
Advanced Piano Pedagogy ClassSpring, 2015 at Saddleback College
Interestedinenhancingyourpianoteachingskills?ConsidertakingMus 256 – Advanced Piano PedagogyatSaddlebackCollege.ClassesstartonstartingonMonday,January26,2015(springsemester).Moredetailsbelow.
Designed to help more experienced piano teachers refine their teaching techniques. Teachers expected to teach and perform mu-sic in the correct style. Teaching demonstra-tions with younger students required. Piano literature for late-intermediate & early-ad-vanced levels emphasized.
Questions? Contact Pam Worcester at [email protected] or 949-581-1467.
Mus 256, Advanced Piano Pedagogy (3 units)Ticket # 18270
Class meets on Mondays, 8:45-11:50 AMInstructor: Pamela Worcester
