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08.25Announcements

The following are announcements of non-OhioMTA events that may be of interest to our members!

The deadline for the following competition is September 1st:

Dear Colleagues,
I am happy to announce WMU’s first Chopin Competition for High school Students on November 7, 2010.  The competition will be open to students between the ages of 15-17 who live in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. Prizes are $1000, $500 and $300 and are NOT contingent upon attending WMU. The day of the competition will also feature masterclasses and lectures on Chopin and a culminating winner’s concert in the evening.

Please refer to the following website for information and an application form:
www.wmuchopincompetition.com

Thank you so much for your help in getting the word out and we look forward to seeing you and your students on November 7!

Yours sincerely,
Lori Sims
Professor of Piano
John T. Bernhard Chair
Western Michigan University

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Dr. Mahamuti

Currently Chair of the CEOMTA Piano Workshop, Dr. Gulimina Mahamuti is invited to lecture and perform on September 11 and 12, 2010, at Northwest University for Nationalities in China as part of the university’s Sixtieth Anniversary Celebration.  For its 2010-2011 Concert Series, she will perform as a guest pianist on September 26, 2010, with the Southeast Kansas Symphony Orchestra.  She is also invited to perform for the 2010-2011 Arts & Lectures Series at the Mansfield campus of The Ohio State University on April 24, 2011.

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The Columbus Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, a national not-for-profit educational organization, is hosting a recital by internationally-known organist/keyboard artist Hector Olivera.  It will be on Sunday, September 12, 2010, Mees Hall, Capital University at 4:00 p.m. 

Mr. Olivera will play the Mees Hall Schantz pipe organ as well as the Roland Atelier.  This will not be a traditional organ recital.  Hector has a reputation of truly entertaining his audiences with his wit and dazzling displays of keyboard virtuosity.  He often accompanies himself, simultaneously being the soloist and the orchestra.  The Roland technology by itself is great enough to attract audio enthusiasts. 

Tickets are available through www.ticketmaster.com : Adults $20 / Seniors (65 and older) $15 / Students $10.  You may also send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Sara Seidel, 204 Park Blvd., Worthington, OH 43085.  State the number of each type of ticket you want and include a check for the total amount made payable to: Columbus Chapter-AGO. 

Tickets will also be available at the door on September 12 before the program.  Ticket sales at the door will be by cash or check only.  Current members of the Columbus Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will be admitted free with a picture ID. 

A Saturday workshop will be held in Mees Hall from 10 a.m. until noon (for the football enthusiasts). During the workshop Hector will concentrate on artistic registration from the simple to the more complex.  He will also share his approach to the art of transcribing keyboard and orchestral music for use on the organ.  There is no admission charge for the workshop.  All are welcome.

Hector Olivera Poster

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Your students might like to start collecting programs for their STARS quota by attending a Flute Duo benefit concert for Pakistani flood relief to be held next Monday, August 30th at Worthington Presbyterian Church from 7 - 8:30 with a reception to meet the artists.  
 
Melissa Robol, whose husband is in our Islamabad embassy to assist the US Army’s humanitarian work, is sponsoring the concert. She will play the poignant    ”The Water is Wide” (arr. Joseph Martin) in honor of flood victims and sufferers, and “Morning has Broken (arr. Mary McDonald) to offer hope.  Cat Stevens, the artist who first popularized this beautiful song, is Muslim. But mostly the concert is of two fine flutists playing classical duets from Mozart, Mendelssohn et al.  Morgann Davis is an Adjunct Professor at Maranatha and Kana Murakoshi  was a winner in the National Flute Association’s Convention Performers competition.  Both are flute performance grads from OSU and have done graduate work with Jean Ferrandis in Paris. Perhaps some of our members would like to print out the poster for their studio–we’ll give out printed programs so it would count for a STARS quota.  Most importantly, while admission is free we will have a freewill offering.  Melissa’s students will be ushers.  Checks can be made payable to the American Red Cross and designated for Pakistani flood relief. 
For a printable flyer, please click on the link below:
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