Archive of SDNC CAPMT Newsletters
from 2024-2025
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.