Piano Workshop I coming up Friday!!

CEOhioMTA Piano Workshop I

 

Pianist Dr. Reena Berger Natenberg will give the first piano workshop, on Musical and Extra-Musical Inspirations in the Compositions of Sergei Rachmaninoff,  on Friday, November 11 at 10 am at the Graves Piano & Organ.  Dr. Natenberg has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout North America, South America, Asia, and in Europe.  Since moving to the U.S. in 2000, she has performed as a guest artist at many university music schools in this country.  A noted pedagogue, Dr. Natenberg has presented master classes, lectures, and conducted workshops throughout the world.  Currently she is coordinator of the piano area and Associate Professor of Piano at Pittsburg State University in Kansas.  Students of Dr. Natenberg have won numerous awards and competitions.  Many are frequent performers who are on the piano faculties of reputed universities and conservatories in the U.S. and abroad.  For more information, go to http://www.ceomta.com/conferences-workshops/piano-workshop-i.

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An announcement from one of our collegiate members at OSU:

Ching-Lan Chang
MA Lecture Recital
Presenting: Alexandre Tansman’s piano music for children
Time: Tuesday, 11/22/2011, 10:30-11:30AM.
Location: Room 205 in Science and Engineering Library, OSU.
Address: 175 W. 18th Ave., Columbus, OH, 43210
 
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Concert announcement – a recital with students of some of our district’s members:
 
 
    Children Helping Children International – a Columbus-based non-profit organization designed to involve American children in helping underprivileged children around the world, presents:
3rd Annual Fundraising Concert
November 13, 2011, 3:00pm
Jones Middle School Auditorium
2100 Arlington Ave, Upper Arlington, OH 43221
 
 
      Musical concert performed by exceptionally gifted children – rising stars of Columbus’ musical community and
 winners of numerous competitions.
 
       Participants include: Gavin George, 8 (piano), Julia Warton, 16 (flute), Iris Jang, 17 (piano), Andrew Zhang, 13 (violin), Taylor Wang, 9 (piano), James Hettinga, 12 (cello), Abhik Mazumder, 10 (piano), Ariel Horowitz, 15, (violin), Brook Zhang, 17 (piano),
Jones Middle School Chamber Orchestra, and Jones Middle School Honors Choir
 
       Introductions by Boyce Lancaster, host of WOSU classical 89.7
       Admission: Regular – $20.00, Students and Seniors – $10, Family – $35.00
 
For tickets, contact Tatiana Zunshine at (614) 657-4501, or at tzunshine@gmail.com

Pianorama 2011 Coming up November 5th!!

 

 

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Bruce Piper, fundraising chair, is  looking for volunteers to help assemble flower bouquets in the afternoon of November 5th as well as distributing them at the 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. concerts.

Preferably, this should be people who are not involved with the concert itself.  Parent volunteers would be great.

They can e-mail Bruce at bpiper0378@gmail.com or phone at 740-967-0378.   Teachers, thank you for your help with this!

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Deadline Monday!

Our first Monday Morning Musicale of the season is coming up on Monday, November 7 at 10:00 am. at Graves Piano & Organ.  ALL MEMBERS are invited to perform in this informal setting.  Please join us to, perform a piece you are working on, play an old favorite, or share a student piece you’ve discovered.  
Please email your name, title of piece/s and performance length to Laura Flowers Benson, chair, at flowben@hotmail.com .
DEADLINE for entry is Monday, October 31st.
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Concert announcement:

Dr. Gulimina Mahamuti, CEOMTA piano workshop chair and Ohio Wesleyan University assistant professor of music, will perform at the Fifteenth Annual Donald Bernhardt Memorial Chamber Music Concert with Mansfield Chamber Music Players at Riedl Recital Hall of OSU-Mansfield Campus on Sunday, November 6, at 4 pm.  The concert will feature music by Francaix, Taffanel, Schubert and Still.  For more information, please visit:  www. gulimina.com    

20111106 Chamber Music Poster

 

 

Meijer Community Rewards opportunity

Dear members of OhioMTA Central East District:

As a non-profit organization, we are always looking for ways to help fund our operations without putting a large burden on the people we serve and without increasing our administrative costs.  Recently, we took advantage of an opportunity to participate in a program offered by Meijer. 

We’re now enrolled in Meijer Community RewardsSM.   Meijer Community RewardsSM allows us to raise funds to meet our organization’s goals quickly and easily. Here’s how you can participate.  We need you, our supporter, to join Meijer Community RewardsSM.  It’s free and can be done online at Meijer.com/rewards, in store by applying for a Meijer Credit Card or by mailing an enrollment application to Meijer 1 Card application. (call or e-mail Bruce Piper for mailing applications). The Meijer 1 CardSM is a non-financial card that should be used with cash or a PIN-based debit card to link your purchases to your Meijer Community RewardsSM account. If you already have a Meijer Credit Card, just call 1-800-962-7011 to add Meijer Community RewardsSM to your Meijer Credit Card account.  Then simply use your Meijer Credit Card or pay with cash or your PIN-based debit card with your swiped Meijer 1 CardSM whenever you shop at Meijer.  Use it for Meijer gas, food, clothing, toys, housewares, jewelry, hardware, garden and more!  We’ll automatically receive a percentage of your purchase totals, with double the rewards when you use your linked Meijer Credit Card!

This program can make a wonderful difference in enabling us to serve you!  Meijer Community RewardsSM gives rewards on over 150,000 items!  Best of all, the program automatically earns money whenever you shop, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The sooner you join, the sooner we’ll begin receiving rewards! Please apply today!

 If you have any questions, e-mail me at bpiper0378@gmail.com  or visit the Meijer website at www.Meijer.com/rewards.  Thank you for your support.

 Sincerely,

 Bruce Piper, Fundraiser Chair OhioMTA Central East District

 Meijer Community Rewards ORGANIZATION # 203688