Tuning Up

September 2005, Op. 44 No. 2

SOCIAL EVENT to Kick Off the New Season:
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 25^th at 6:30 pm
at the home of RHODA FORTE
1 Arcadia Drive, New City.

RSVP to Trudy Baslow by September 18^th at 634-9602

Hors d’Oeuvres and Desserts are "on the house"...

Just Bring Yourself...a spouse...a friend... Enjoy a scintillating mix of "live" music and selected tracks from CD’s produced by RCMTG members! Hey!

Call George Bryant (480-5036) if you have a CD to share with us! And...
If you’ve joined the Guild in the last five years, we would especially like to honor you!

PRESIDENTIAL POSTCARD!

Greetings and Bonjour from Montreal ... my last little fling before the teaching season begins, bringing full days and high expectations. Your Guild Board has had a busy summer, getting out that "smashing" new directory and having it available in libraries the first week of August. We’re now working on the calendar for the rest of the season. As the new season begins, I want to wish all of you good luck and many rewarding and gratifying "moments musicaux!" - Rhoda Forté

STUDIO SUPPLIES and DISCOUNTS

As you shop for office supplies and materials to assist you in your teaching, you might consider that many stores will offer an educational discount. All you have to do is ask! First, ask the manager if they offer a "educators’ discount." You will want to ask this before you tell them you are an independent music teacher. If they answer "yes", that will give them less room to debate once you tell them that you teach independently. The business may want an ID card that "proves" you are a teacher. This is where keeping your RCMTG Membership card handy is important. You should also have a written statement on letterhead from your studio saying that you are authorized by that studio to make purchases. Now, the store manager knows you are an independent teacher. They just need to make a copy of these documents to give to their accountant. They might even issue you a special card to use when making purchases. Not all businesses will offer these discounts, but there’s no harm in asking!

FILM CLUB and BOOK CLUB updates!

We promised a 2^nd showing of "Carnegie Hall" (1947) for those who couldn’t make the June date! This 2^nd showing (at George Bryant’s home) is this Sunday Sept. 11^th at 7 pm. RSVP 480-5036. And October 9^th at 7 pm is the Book Club (at Rhoda Forte’s home) discussing Frank Conroy’s Body and Soul. RSVP 634-8019. This session was postponed from last May when a tree crashed into Rhoda’s home! Both the film and the book deal with a young man growing up as a classical and jazz pianist in 1940's NYC!

SEASON CALENDAR
Sept 11 (Sun).   7 pm Film Club (2^nd showing of "Carnegie Hall") Home of G. Bryant
Sept 25 (Sun.)   6:30 pm Season Opener: Food and Music; Home of Rhoda Forte
Oct 9 (Sun)       7 pm Book Club ("Body and Soul") discussion, home of Rhoda Forte
Oct 19^th (Wed) 10 am Donald Waxman at Pearl River Library
Oct 23^rd (Sun)   3 pm Winners of Concerto Division (RCMTG Auditions) solo with Rockland Symphony, RCC Cultural Arts
Nov. 13^th (Sun) 1:00 to 4:00 pm: David Dubal presents Liszt Master Class (part of our Knowledge In Motion Series), Valley Cottage Library
Dec 7^th (Wed)   10 am TBA at Pearl River
Jan 21^st (Sat)     6:30 pm Mid-Winter Dinner, home of Marilyn Hazan (Snow Date: Jan 22^nd)
March 1^st (Wed) 10 am TBA at Pearl River
April 5^th (Wed)   10 am TBA at Pearl River
May 3^rd (Wed)   10 am TBA at Pearl River
May 21^st (Sun) all day Young People’s Auditions (Rockland Conservatory)
June 7^th Annual Luncheon, place TBA

DEAD PIANISTS SOCIETY Fall Series at Valley Cottage Library, Sundays at 1:00 pm
SEPT. 18:  CHOPIN’s Mazurkas - Pianist and Lecturer YASHAR YASLOWITZ, Dance by Sarah Edgar

OCT. 2: HAYDN - Pianist Laura Garritson, Lecturer Jeremy Hays

OCT 16: RACHMANINOFF - Pianist Svetlana Gorokovich, Cello/Lecturer Gjilberta Gjelaj

OCT 30: SCRIABIN - Pianist/Lecturer Maria Yefimova

At the Hoff-Barthelson Music School, Scarsdale NY:
The MUSIC RESOURCE CENTER is able to celebrate its 10^th anniversary because of the generosity of many individuals and organizations, including our Rockland County Music Teachers Guild. The 10^th Annual Music and Materials Review will take place Monday Sept. 26^th at 9:30 am. There will be a reception at noon. RSVP to Karen Poole by Sept. 20^th to (914) 723-1169.

First RCMTG Meeting October 19^th, 10:00 a.m. at Pearl River Library

DONALD WAXMAN

"My meeting with the Guild in October will be a mix of reminiscences of my early years in Rockland from the 1950's on and a preview of new piano pedagogical works of mine soon to be published. All of this will occur 10 days before my 80^th birthday on Oct. 29^th!

"In looking back over some 50 years, I will touch on how Jho and I arrived in Nyack in 1952, when much of Rockland was still a very rural place, and how we built our small private music school, The Music House, in an old South Nyack Victorian, and how out of that teaching situation the Pageants series and the Fifty Etudes evolved.

"In looking ahead, I will play through the miniature tone poem for young pianists The Legend of David and Goliath as well as examples from the set of 175 miniature technical pieces that I call Exertudes."

50^th ANNIVERSARY of the ROCKLAND CONSERVATORY will be celebrated Saturday Oct. 29^th at IBM Palisades with Dinner and Concert. $$$ raised goes toward scholarship program at the Conservatory. For more information, 356-1522 or www.rocklandconservatory.org

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 13^th, 1:00 - 4:00 pm
at the VALLEY COTTAGE LIBRARY

DAVID DUBAL on LISZT

Mr. Dubal will lecture on Liszt, then conduct a Master Class with one of the students playing Liszt, the others playing a composer of their choice.

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