TVMTA Halloween Recital 2013 with Odelia and Ophelia Herabadi

Thank you for participating and playing so beautifully!!!

July 13, 2013 Inland Valley Symphony Temecula Library recital series

Most gratefully, our studio was offered to perform in the IVS free library recital series. Photograph with Alana Joos, president of IVS, pictured on the right.

The program performed:

For the Joy of Playing Piano

Sweet Dreams                              

Cynthia Nguyen Phan, composer and pianist

Inter City Stomp                   C. Norton

The Milky Way                      N. Telfer

White Heat                            R. Vandall

Fon Fon                                 E. Nazareth

Sebastian Gonzales, pianist

Stomp Dance                       Carol Klose

Skate Board Doodle           Folk

A Rainbow is a Smile         Nancy Faber

Roller Skate Ride                Nancy Faber

Odelia Herabadi, pianist

Bagatelle Op 119 no 9       Lv Beethoven

Moons of Jupiter                  Mary Dolan

Harmony of Angels             Burgmuller

Italian Song                          Tchaikovsky

Emika Saito, pianist

When Rivers Flowed on Mars   Nancy Telfer

Sonatina Op 36 No 4 Allegro     M. Clementi

Tara Romero, pianist

The Cascades                     Scott Joplin

Eduardo Dominguez, pianist

Sonata  K 309, Allegro con spirito            W. A. Mozart

Waltz Op 34 no 3                                         F Chopin

Stacey Nguyen Phan, pianist

Song Without Words           Duvernoy

The Shepherd's Flute         Salutrinskaya

Hungarian Folk Song         Bartok

Dancin Dino                         Keveren

Ophelia Herabadi, pianist

Invention no 12                   J.S. Bach

Rose Leaf Rag                    S Joplin

River Flows in You             Yiruma

Kathleen Nguyen Phan, pianist

Nocturne in e minor            F Chopin

Valse D'Amelie                    Yann Tiersen

Anais Perkins, pianist

English Suite # 3, BWV 808, Prelude and Musette      J. S. Bach

Fantasie in d minor, K 397                                                W. A. Mozart

Prelude in D flat Major Op 28 no 15                                 F. Chopin

,Vuelvo al Sur                                                                       Astor Piazzola

Kelly Rausch, pianist

English Suite #2 in a minor BWV 807                         J.S. Bach

     (Prelude, Bouree I and II, Gigue)

Sonata Op 13 "The Pathetique" Grave -  Allegro     

Adagio cantabile                                                              Lv Beethoven

Study Op 25 no 11 "The Storm"                                    F Chopin

Waltz Op 18                                                                      F Chopin

Prelude Op 23 no 5 in g minor                                       S Rachmaninoff

Malaguena                                                                        E Lecuona

Cynthia Nguyen Phan, pianist

 

Tara Romero completes Level 3 and Level 4 in the RCM auditions

Tara Romero is my first student to test in the brand new Music Development program from the Royal Conservatory of Music, formerly named the Carnegie Hall Achievement Program.
Tara successfully passed Level 3 on June 3, 2012 and Level 4 December 2, 2012 and she is preparing for her upcoming Level 5 examination.

I really enjoy this program in addition to the MTAC CM and the Piano Guild auditions. The Royal Conservatory of Music program is an International examination judged against International standards. The judges are flown in for the examination and only the highest standards are expected in preparation and performance. Performance of 5 pieces, scales, chords / cadences and arpeggios, sight-reading and ear-training are tested in the live examination.
The examination repertoire is a very narrow selection of actually varied and fun pieces; they all need to be from the same level, unlike the MTAC Certificate of Merit where one piece only needs to be from the level tested all others can be the same or a higher level.

I am looking forward to have several new students test in RCM as well, so they also can have the experience to quickly learn pieces on a comfortable difficulty level and polish them to perfection for the examination.

The Last of the Piano Guild Auditions for 2011

The Last of the Piano Guild Auditions for 2011

I wanted to acknowledge the last students who participated in the Piano Guild auditions:

Raeva Solbach performed a brand new 10-piece program that she learned in 6 weeks in the Elementary A category. Her former teacher taught excellent Suzuki piano, which was excellent memory work, but lacking in reading and confidence learning new pieces. This program was the perfect opportunity to catch up on missed basics. Raeva performed a brand new 10-piece memorized program that helped her catch up. Congratulations to her very first gold medal!

Sharmini and Nira Premananthan performed on Friday, both earned their gold medals with 10-piece programs.

Sierra Rupnow could also perform her 6th year in Piano Guild auditions earning a Gold Medal with her 10-piece program.

Yin Ni Lee performed a difficult 3-piece program. This was Yin Ni’s first piano guild audition and I am very happy she went and performed.

Thank goodness – it is all done and over! It seemed this year had been extremely difficult to push through. There were scheduling changes, scheduling conflicts that suddenly arose left and right; all done – what a relief. I feel I could go on a three week vacation — but you know, it will not happen. The summer months are the golden time to work technique and get a few pages in the theory books done.

Onward and forward, tomorrow is another day, more great music to listen to.

Maybe I could say, I live from one note to next well played note!

More on our total Gold Medal count later, I need a couple hours of vacation, until tomorrow!

Eva Martin Hollaus and Shanti Ryle

Eva Martin Hollaus and Shanti Ryle. Shanti's National Guild of Piano Teachers High school Diploma Certificate and the MTAC Certificate of Merit, Branch Honors and Graduating Senior Plaque. As time flies, Shanti has been my student since January 2000. This year marks Shanti's 10th Gold Medal Piano Guild Certificate. "Thank you, Shanti, for staying with piano; you are an amazingly accomplished all-around artist. The very best of luck to you in your music and drama career - wherever it may take you, you will shine. Congratulations!"

Two New National Piano Guild Auditions Gold Medal Winners

August 12, 2011, Sharmini Premananthan (14) completed successfully her 6th year Piano Guild Gold Medal National Certificate in the College Preparatory Classification and Nira Premananthan (10) completed here 4th year Piano Guild Gold Medal National Certificate in the Intermediate A Classification.
Congratulations to both for their accomplishments.

Sharmini is attending many academic challenge classes and is extremely busy; but she loves playing piano. Playing piano provides mental and emotional relaxation balancing her extremely challenging academics.
She was able to perform a wonderful program that included two preludes by Bach from the WTC I, the e minor prelude and the F sharp Major Prelude, the Scott Joplin Paragon Rag, the Lecuona Gitanerias, the Mozart Sonata in B flat Major K  570 1st movement, The Schubert Klavierstueck D 946 #1 and the Chopin Etude op 25 no 1, musicianship phases that included all scales in Major and minor, chords/cadences and arpeggios.
Sincerest thank you, to the judge Mrs Joanne Lo who evaluated the audition. The auditions were held at the Foundatin Valley Music Center in Huntington Beach, CA.

Education Articles - Play Piano - Avoid the 7 Most Common Piano Practice Errors - Amazines.com Article Search Engine

Education Articles - Play Piano - Avoid the 7 Most Common Piano Practice Errors - Amazines.com Article Search Engine

Let's go over the seven most common practice errors and the secrets to unlock flawless and effortless practice progress:

As a piano teacher or student are we not hearing these daily?

1. I just want to learn to play a piece – I do not have time for boring scales or theory

2. Metronome practice? You must be kidding!

3. The most important thing is to get the notes right

4. If you practice and make a mistake, just keep trying, eventually you will get it

5. Only people who cannot play piano need to write in finger numbers

6. Never mind practicing technique or learning theory, just practice a piece until you get it.

7. If I play a piece often enough I will be able to play it from memory.

Ever heard of these before? - Please, read the article to find my explanations! Enjoy and play well!

Shanti Ryle completed her Piano Guild High School DIploma Certificate

I am very happy to announce that Shanti Ryle of Temecula, CA completed her Piano Guild High School Diploma July 30, 2011. Shanti Ryle has been studying with Eva Martin Hollaus since 9.5 years. This is Shanti's 10th year in the Guild auditions with her 10th gold medal program. The requirement for a gold medal is to present a 10 - 15 piece program memorized and well prepared and performed.
In order to be able to participate Shanti needed to get her program approved by December last year, she needed to be in 12th grade and meet all technical and program qualifications.
Shanti completed her examination with flying colors. She performed a very demanding program that included the entire Beethoven Sonata "The Moonlight", the J. S. Bach WTC II f minor prelude and fugue, the Scott Joplin Waltz Bethena, Debussy Claire De Lune and Bruyeres, Lecuona Cordoba and the Rachmaninov Etude Tableaux op 33 no 8; besides all Major and minor scales, chords, cadences, inversion, modulations, arpeggios, sight reading and ear training.
Shanti also was awarded the graduating senior medallion and certificate in the advanced level in the MTAC Certificate of Merit (TM) earlier this year.
Congratulations to Shanti's outstanding accomplishments.