Welcome to the current and official
2024-2025 SDNC CAPMT website!
CAPMT SAN DIEGO DISTRICT 1 NORTH
CHAPTER
WELCOME!
We are the San Diego North Chapter of
the California Association of Professional Music Teachers (CAPMT), the only
state music teachers association in California affiliated with a national
organization. The Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) was founded in
1876 and is the oldest professional music teachers' organization in the United
States. Our membership includes independent music teachers, college faculty
members, students, and concert artists of every instrument and voice.
MEET
OUR 2024-2025 LEADERSHIP TEAM!
FIND A TEACHER NOW
AVAILABLE HERE!
Important information about
qualifying for the Spotlight Concert here!
The goals of SDNC are to support and
advance professional music teaching within our chapter’s region
which is the northern part of San Diego and Imperial Counties of California.
To increase professionalism among
music teachers through regular meetings,
educational presentations, and workshops.
To provide positive educational
experiences for music students through
quality instruction, performance opportunities, and local, state, and national
programs.
To encourage respect for the work of
teacher colleagues, as well as for the
work of students of all ages, cultures, and musical disciplines.
CAPMT is an all-volunteer registered
501(c)(3)charitable organization
Our chapter is affiliated with the
state California Association of Professional Music Teachers (CAPMT) and the
Music Teachers' National Association (MTNA) that includes the northern, coastal
areas of San Diego County. However, much of our current membership reside in
areas as far south as Chula Vista, as far north as Los Angeles as far east as
Poway/Escondido. We welcome potential members who teach all instruments: piano,
winds, strings, brass, percussion, and voice. We also would like to welcome
young professionals who are either starting out or are actively building their
teaching careers.
NEWSLETTER SUMMER 2025
Dear
Members of San Diego North Chapter (CAPMT),
Welcome
to our final newsletter of the year! If you did not attend the Spotlight
Celebration you missed a great event, with many very fine students performing
wonderful music and a dazzling food display (Thank you Young for your
organizational skills in the food department)! Make a note to attend next
year’s Spotlight, as it is a great way to finish off the year with friends and
colleagues.
We have a
Master Class coming up soon and I hope to see many of you there! Have a great
summer and please look forward to the announcements which will be coming soon
for the Fall events for which you will want to be preparing your students!
Thank you for your great support of this board and CAPMT and its
programs!
Cheers,
Lee Galloway
President,
CAPMT SDNC Chapter
CHAPTER
NEWS:
CAPMT
SDNC SPRING FESTIVAL
The CAPMT
SDNC Spring Festival was held on May 17, 2025, held at Point Loma Library,
Community Room, San Diego, was successful with 14 students participating. There
were 6 teachers represented. Sean Bennett and Anna Grigorian were invited
to be the evaluators. There was one recital at 1pm. Attendance was 35
people for the recital. The Festival was chaired by Tavner
Delcamp, who was assisted by James Gary emcee-ing.
Volunteers attending and helping were: Tavner
Delcamp, Anna Grigorian, James Gary, and Miho Gary. Eveline Eng could not
attend but she was very helpful in advance with program design and logistics
prior to the event. Below are a few pictures from the event.
CAPMT
SDNC SPOTLIGHT AND RECOGNITION CONCERT AND SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
The CAPMT
SDNC Spotlight Ceremony was held on May 31, 2025, at Encinitas Library on their
beautiful Steinway B grand piano. Students were invited by teachers if they
participated in 2 or more qualifying events with scores above 90 over the past
season. Because we had extra time at the venue, teachers were allowed to
recommend more than 2 students and all qualifying students were accommodated to
perform. We had a total of 20 performers, and a large audience turnout. Our
District Chair, Madgi Bornemisza was present, as well
as our State CAPMT President, Mitzi Kolar. The event was chaired by Tavner Delcamp and he was assisted by board members Lee
Galloway and James Gary.
Additionally,
the 2 winners for the Senior Scholarship Auditions performed. We were thrilled
that the selection was chaired by our former chapter President Young Robbins,
and the adjudicator Mitzi Kolar decided to award two $500 scholarships to Seungbeom Baek and Matthew Moohyun
Lee. Congratulations to both on their strong musical achievements and best of
luck as you go on to college! Katie Kim also deserves great thanks for
assisting Young Robbins in the planning and execution of this Scholarship
Program.
We are
also very appreciative of Young Robbins for her wonderful food provided to
celebrate this most wonderful event. Below are a few pictures from the event.
UPCOMING
CHAPTER EVENTS
SDNC
MASTERCLASS –
We are looking forward to having our first chapter masterclass, taught by
chapter Vice-President Sean Bennett on Saturday, July 5, 2025, at Point Loma
Library from 10am-2pm. The masterclass will be videotaped and a link will
be available to SDNC members and teachers, as well as other CAPMT chapters
following the event. We have room for 6 participants, 30 minutes each, and ask
they choose pieces no longer than 8 minutes (or be prepared to possibly be
stopped if the work is longer) so there is plenty of time to explore ideas and
interpretations with each participant. The more intermediate students will be
in the morning from 10-11:45am, a short break, and the more advanced from
12pm-1:45. We encourage you to attend for both halves, free of charge! If you would
like your student to be considered for participation, please contact event
co-chairs Lee Galloway and Sean Bennett at sdnorthcapmt@gmail.com with the
name of the student, what they wish to play, and how long the piece is no later
than Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 5pm. If we are unable to accommodate
your student this time, fear not, our plan is to make masterclasses a regular
feature in future seasons of SDNC.
ADDITIONAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
CAPMT
STATE CONFERENCE: You are cordially invited to join us at the 2025 CAPMT State
Conference: October 24-25, 2025 (Friday and Saturday) "The
Music We Make, The Future We Shape" California State University,
Fresno School of Music. Session Proposals are due by Monday, June 23rd,
at 11:59 PM and may be submitted at the following link: CAPMT 2025 State Conference, Fresno State School of Music.
The event is chaired by Dr. Tracy Wong • CAPMT Vice President, Conferences
and questions may be directed to her on the CAPMT website.
CONCERTO
COMPETITION: All
members of SDNC are invited to enter their students in a Concerto Competition
hosted by the South Chapter. Registration will be from Sept 1, 2025 until
October 11, 2025, and the event will be at Greene Music on October 25,
2025. Questions may be directed to sdsouthcapmt@gmail.com. Please see the attached flyer for
additional details. Beginners are encouraged as well and upon request we can
supply a document outlining the many options for "beginning
concerti."
KJOS
MUSIC EVENTS: Kjos Music is
partnering with Greene
Music to provide a free piano teacher workshop featuring Keith Snell
on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at Greene Music 9:30-11:30 am. RSVP to David
at 854-222-9825. There will also be a Complimentary Bastien Piano Workshop October 8th! Please
refer to the attached flyer for more details.
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS:
President:
Lee Galloway
Vice
President: Sean Bennett
Treasurer:
Dr. Tavner Delcamp
Director:
James Gary
Prepared
by Sean Bennett
NEWSLETTER SPRING 2025
Dear Members of the CAPMT San Diego
North Chapter:
Greetings! I am pleased to announce that your board is
settling into a great “rhythm” of coordination!
And recently, I enjoyed the Winter Festival, which had a great turnout
and some great student performances! It was so great to see so many of you
there! Even if you don’t enter students, consider coming to one of our events
to enjoy some great music and great camaraderie! You can volunteer to help, or
just come, enjoy the music and say “Hi!” Check out the coming events listed in
this newsletter. I look forward to seeing YOU!
Cheers,
Lee Galloway
President,
CAPMT SDNC Chapter
CHAPTER NEWS:
CAPMT SDNC WINTER
FESTIVAL
The CAPMT SDNC Winter Festival on February
16, 2025, held at Steinway Recital Hall, Mira Mesa, San Diego, was successful
with 37 students participating. There were 10 teachers represented, which means
about 20% of our membership. Lee
Galloway was invited to be the evaluator. There were two recitals, at 1 p.m.
and 3 p.m. Attendance was 65 people for
the first recital, and 53 for the second recital. The Festival was chaired by
Sean Bennett, who also emceed both recitals. Volunteers attending and helping
were: Tavner Delcamp, Anna Grigorian, James Gary,
Miho Gary, and Young Robbins. Eveline
Eng could not attend due to her evaluation commitments. However, she was very helpful in advance with
program design and logistics prior to the event.
CAPMT STATE
SOUTHERN FESTIVAL CELEBRATION
Congratulations to five students of
Young Robbins, who participated in the State Southern Festival Celebration on
January 18, at the LA Harbor College.
DISTRICT 1 HONORS
AND CONTEMPORARY COMPETITIONS
Congratulations to members and their
students who participated in the District 1 Honors and Contemporary
Competitions on February 22nd!
District 1 Honors
Competition Results:
Category A: First Place:
Addison Keehr; Teacher: Anna
Grigorian
Category
B: Second Place: Gwen Narvasa; Teacher: Katie Kim
Honorable Mention: Chen Deng; Teacher: Yaoqi Shen
Category
C: First Place: Steven Chen; Teacher: Rinna Livshin
Second Place:
Aaron Ye; Teacher: Irina Bendetsky
Third Place:
Daryn Tarasewicz; Teacher: Dana
Burnett
Honorable Mention: Joanne Xie; Teacher: Rinna Livshin
District 1
Contemporary Competition Results:
Category A: First Place:
Olivia Chen; Teacher: Anna Stal
Category
B: Honorable Mention: Neal Kong; Teacher: James Gary
Honorable Mention: Samuel Jacuzzi; Teacher: Young Robbins
Category
C: First Place: Lucas Chen; Teacher: Rinna Livshin
Honorable Mention: Victor Reverdatto;
Teacher: Elena Edgar
ARTICLE
IN CALIFORNIA MUSIC TEACHER MAGAZINE
Long-time
member and teacher in our chapter Anna Grigorian recently had an article
published in California Music Teacher Magazine. We have attached this to this
newsletter. Congratulations Anna!
UPCOMING CHAPTER
EVENTS
SDNC SPRING
FESTIVAL – Saturday, May
17, 2025 – 1:00PM-5:00PM – Point Loma Library, San Diego, CA – Tavner Delcamp – Chair. If you have entered your students, your
helping hands are strongly encouraged for this event. Application deadline, Friday,
May 2, 2025. Applications may be submitted at the following link, which
contains all the relevant information about the rules and regulations of the
Festival. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekP__uEM3FomHMONk76IS8tpZ7vOo6eEdAErrZp8nedMPApQ/viewform?usp=header
SENIOR
SCHOLARSHIP AUDITIONS
– Application deadline, Sunday April 27, 2025 11:59PM. This event will be chaired by chapter member
and former chapter president, Young Robbins, youngrobbinsmusic@gmail.com. The
prizes are $500 for 1st prize, $350 for 2nd prize, and
$200 for 3rd prize. The application will require video link
submission to a private but shareable Youtube video,
a Google drive upload link, or a Dropbox upload link of a video of the student
playing at least two pieces up to 15 minutes and an application fee of $40.
Memorization is expected in the videos. The application will also require a
recommendation letter from a teacher and a personal statement/essay from the
student applicant. An adjudicator the board appoints will select the winners.
Application form may be found at this link, along with the detailed guidelines
and requirements to enter: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVmL_gPOC4765KVuVjHOrXUgA2ywLkXQdxRUoQfWuyCNKmeQ/viewform?usp=header
Audition winners are expected to play
at the SDNC Spotlight and Recognition Concert on May 31, 2025.
SDNC SPOTLIGHT
AND RECOGNITION CONCERT–
Saturday, May 31, 2025 – 1:00PM-5:00PM - Encinitas Library - Tavner Delcamp - Chair: All students who participated in at
least two SDNC/CAPMT/MTAC/RCM events/exams, with recommendation from teachers,
if performed by memory (except certain RCM programs Prep A – Level 8), will be
eligible to perform at this wonderful event. Please see the link near the top
of www.sdnorthcapmt.org website
for more information on student qualifications for the SDNC Spotlight Concert
and Recognition Program. Invitations will be sent to your teacher if you
qualify for the event. Memorization is
expected.
SDNC MASTERCLASS – We are looking forward to having our first
masterclass in the spring or early summer. We
are coordinating with the South Chapter to copy their format after their
successful recent masterclass at the Point Loma Library. Details will be
forthcoming.
MEMBERSHIP
INFORMATION
Welcome our newest member, Hiroko
Yoshinaga!
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS:
President: Lee Galloway
Vice
President: Sean Bennett
Treasurer: Dr. Tavner Delcamp
Membership
Secretary: Dr. Eveline Wong Eng
Director:
James Gary
Newsletter
prepared by Dr. Eveline Wong Eng and Sean Bennett
NEWSLETTER EARLY WINTER 2024
Dear
Members of San Diego North Chapter (CAPMT),
Welcome to
our early Winter Newsletter! We have had two successful events so far, the Fall
Festival at Greene Music with 57 students participating, and the Piano and
Ensemble Festival at Carmel Valley Library with 12 participants. See the end of
this newsletter for the details on some very successful recent events!
Here is a
note from our President, Lee Galloway:
“Greetings
CAPMT members! As you can see from this newsletter detailing our successful
recent events and outlining exciting options coming up...we are on a roll!
Be sure to
read through the whole newsletter to discover the perfect opportunities for you
and your students!
I look
forward to seeing you at one of our events soon!”
Lee
First a few
matters of business:
1) We
have a new email address for the chapter, it is sdnorthcapmt@gmail.com.
All correspondence regarding the chapter and its events and your questions
should be sent here, the old email address is no longer functioning.
2) We
have a new website which may be found here: www.sdnorthcapmt.org.
Please note the old website is no longer the correct one but may still be
active online, leading to confusion. www.sdnorthcapmt.org
is the only official website for the North Chapter.
3) Anna
Grigorian has graciously arranged a limited number of tickets for San Diego
Symphony concerts, on a first-come, first-served basis to chapter students (and
a guardian) (subject to availability). This includes the upcoming performance
of Inon Bartanan of
Shostakovich Piano Concerti Dec 7 at 7:30 PM at the renovated Jacobs Music
Center downtown San Diego. Please contact her at annagrigorianpiano@gmail.com if
you would like tickets (maximum 2) by December 3, 2025. She can inform
you as well of additional tickets for future concerts, as available.
IMPORTANT
INFORMATION AND EVENTS
ONE
Our next
official event of the season is the Winter Festival.
The Winter
Festival application window is now open and will close on Feb
2, 2025. The event will be held February 16, 2025 1pm-5pm at
the Steinway Gallery in San Diego in Mira Mesa. Here is the link to
register: Register
for Winter Festival
Please read
the guidelines carefully as they have been updated. Direct any questions to the
chair Sean Bennett at sdnorthcapmt@gmail.com
. We have adjusted the form to fill out so each teacher may enter multiple
students on one form.
Please find
Parental and Adult Consent Forms here:
Parental
Consent Form: California Association of Professional Music Teachers San
Diego North Chapter- Parent Consent Waiver (google.com)
Adult
Consent Form: California Association of Professional Music Teachers San
Diego North Chapter- Adult Student Consent Waiver (google.com)
These need
to be filled out again by a parent or guardian unless you have done so already
this year, and unless the applicant is 18 or over (in which case they need to
fill out the adult consent form), as we do this once a year for our records and
as required by CAPMT.
Please note,
if you have entered your students, you are required to assist in some way,
ideally by assisting at the event, however there are also other ways to assist
if you are unavailable, please inquire.
TWO
Below,
please find a quick and easy additional Events-At-A-Glance for
our programs planned so far upcoming. If you have entered your students, your
helping hands are strongly encouraged for the events!
December
2-16, 2024 is
the Honors Competition registration period. The District competition date is
February 22, 2025 and the State Finals will be March 22, 2025. Please note
the organization for this is run by the South San Diego Chapter this year (we
alternate years). Link for information and rules: CAPMT
District 1 Honors Competition and Contemporary Competition
February
16, 2025 1PM-5PM. Winter
Festival: Steinway Recital Hall, Mira Mesa, San Diego. Applications are open
now at the link above.
Masterclasses:
forthcoming we plan to offer masterclasses to chapter teachers, students, and
other interested parties. Stay tuned!
Spring
Festival Date TBD (Usually late April or early May)
THREE
SDNC
Spotlight Concert:
All students who participate in at least two SDNC/CAPMT/qualifying
MTAC/RCM events with recommendation from teachers, if performed by memory
(except certain RCM programs Prep A – Level 8), will be eligible to perform at
this wonderful event to be held in June. Please see the
link near the top of www.sdnorthcapmt.org
for more information on the Spotlight Concert.
FOUR
SUMMARY
OF RECENT EVENTS
A successful
Fall Festival occurred on November 3, 2024 at Greene Music in Mira Mesa. The
event was chaired by James Gary, and many teachers assisted with the
organization, and we are grateful to them for this help, including, Elena
Edgar, Katie Kim, Yukiko Mitchell and Young Robbins, as well as James’ wife
Miho. 57 Students participated in 3 recitals, and the audience was full to
capacity for each! Each student performed on a beautiful Yamaha CFX concert
grand, and each received evaluations from adjudicator Sean Bennett. Teachers
Elena Edgar, James Gary, Anna Stal, Dana Burnett, Yukiko Mithcell, Katie Kim,
Young Robbins, and Eunie Ahn each had students in the event. At the conclusion,
pictures of each group of recital participants was taken after each student was
awarded a certificate and participation trophy. Special thanks to Greene Music
for hosting the event, and to Tavner Delcamp and Dr.
Eveline Eng for their assistance in organizing the participants into programs,
and printing and distributing them. All teachers received evaluations by email
on November 7th. We hope the Winter Festival will be as vibrant and
has as much quality music making as the Fall Festival.
November 16,
2024, the Piano and Ensemble Festival occurred at the Carmel Valley
Library with 12 participants. This annual event is a CAPMT sponsored
event and was chaired by Tavner
Delcamp. The adjudicator was Tim Broadway who provided written
feedback for each student's performance. Each student received a certificate of
participation and a participation trophy. Students who received a score of
5 will have the opportunity to participate in the CAPMT Festival Celebration
that will take place on Saturday, January 18, 2025 at the Los Angeles Harbor
College. We are thankful to the Carmel Valley Library for continuing to
host our events on their nice Kawai Grand piano.
Here are a
few photos from the recent successful events!
Thank you
and we look forward to many more fine music programs this year!
Prepared by
Sean Bennett, Vice President, CAPMT SDNC.
NEWSLETTER FALL 2024
Dear Members
of San Diego North Chapter (CAPMT),
Fall is
almost here, and as is our first newsletter of the year. Please read through
this carefully as there have been some changes from previous years. First, a
message from our new President, Lee Galloway:
Welcome
members of the SDNC Chapter! I am excited to announce that your board for
2024-2025 is looking forward to a great year of positive energy and
camaraderie! Our board meetings have been exciting and uplifting with an
enthusiastic spirit of volunteerism. I am so impressed with the positive energy
that I see as we put together a great year ahead for our members. We look
forward to seeing you at events and encourage members to be a part of our team
by volunteering to assist at events. I look forward to seeing you soon!
Lee
Now onto a
few matters of business:
1) We have a new email address for the
chapter, it is sdnorthcapmt@gmail.com.
All correspondence regarding the chapter and its events and your questions
should be sent here, the old email address is no longer functioning.
2) We have a new website which may be
found here: www.sdnorthcapmt.org.
Please note the old website is no longer available.
3) In short time, Eveline Eng will
relaunch the “Find a Teacher” feature on our website and this tool and link
will be communicated to members by email.
We have a
new Board of Directors,
Lee
Galloway: President
Sean
Bennett: Vice President
Tavner
Delcamp: Treasurer
Eveline Eng:
Membership Secretary
James Gary:
Director
1. Our first chapter event of the season
is the Fall Festival.
The Fall
Festival application window is now open and will close on Oct 27,
2024. The event will be held November 3, 2024 10am-2:30pm at Greene
Music in San Diego. Here is the link to register: Register
For Fall Festival
Please read
the guidelines carefully as they have been updated. We will be introducing
“Compliment Cards” from the audience for the benefit of encouraging the young
performers as is done in some other chapters and will ask teachers to help us
select from memorized performers for the Spotlight Concert. Direct any
questions to the chair James Gary at james.gary4@yahoo.com.
Please find
Parental and Adult Consent Forms here:
Parental
Consent Form: California
Association of Professional Music Teachers San Diego North Chapter- Parent
Consent Waiver (google.com)
Adult
Consent Form: California
Association of Professional Music Teachers San Diego North Chapter- Adult
Student Consent Waiver (google.com)
These need to
be filled out again by a parent or guardian, unless the applicant is 18 or over
(in which case they need to fill out the adult consent form), as we do this
once a year for our records and as required by CAPMT.
2. Below,
please find a quick and easy additional Events-At-A-Glance for
our programs planned so far for this year. If you have entered your students,
your helping hands are strongly encouraged for the events!
October
27, 2024. The San
Diego South Chapter has graciously invited ready North Chapter musicians to
their Young Artists Competition! 1 PM – 5 PM. Location: Steinway Piano Gallery
San Diego. 9222 Miramar Rd, 92126. The registration Window: October 1 - October
13, 2024. Please register after October 1, as the South Chapter wants to make
sure there is enough space available for South Members. Event Chair: Sonya
Schumann. Download the YAC flyer here. The information about the YAC may be found here.
Registration is handled through the South Chapter Website at www.sdsouthcapmt.org.
November
3. 2024. Fall
Festival at Greene Music 10am-2:30pm. Please see description above.
November
16, 2024 is the
Piano and Ensemble Festival at Carmel Valley Library. October 5, 2024
registration deadline. Piano festival link: CAPMT - Piano Festivals
Ensemble festival link: Ensemble
Auditions (capmt.org). General information about the Festival may be found
at Northern &
Southern Festivals (capmt.org). Please note that teachers of entered
students are required by CAPMT State Regulations to volunteer to assist with
the state-level events.
December
2-16, 2024 is the
Honors Competition. The District competition date is TBD in February
2025. Link for information and to apply: CAPMT
District 1 Honors Competition and Contemporary Competition
February
16, 2025 1PM-5PM.
Winter Festival: Steinway Recital Hall, Mira Mesa, San Diego. Details
forthcoming.
Spring
Festival Date TBD (Usually late April or early May)
CAPMT SDNC
Masterclass TBD in 2025, Steinway Gallery, Mira Mesa
3. If your
students are involved in the Royal College of Music Assessment program, the
Practical is December 7 and 8, 2024. Theory is December 13 and 14, 2024.
Registration Window: September 4 – October 16, 2024. Please find information about the winter
assessment dates and procedures here: RCM Winter Assessments
4. Spotlight
Awards Concert: All students who participate in at least two
SDNC/CAPMT/qualifying MTAC/RCM events with recommendation from teachers, if
performed by memory (except certain RCM programs Prep A – Level 8), will be
eligible to perform at this wonderful event to be held in June.
Contact