Autumn Artist
Wednesday, October 15 - Workshop
Friday, October 17 - Recital
Saturday, October 18 - Master Class
Clear Lake Presbyterian Church
1511 El Dorado Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77062
Bay Area Music Teachers Association &
Gulf Coast Music Association Present
Featuring Pianist Stephen Beus
In the space of four months, American pianist Stephen Beus won first prize in the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, first place in the Vendome Prize International Competition (Lisbon) and he was awarded the Max I. Allen Fellowship of the American Pianists Association (Indianapolis).
As a result of winning the Juilliard School Concerto Competition Mr. Beus made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Juilliard Orchestra and James DePreist, playing Prokofiev Concerto No. 3. He has also performed as guest soloist with the Gulbenkian Symphony (Lisbon), Oxford Philomusica, the Tivoli Symphony (Copenhagen), the Tbilisi National Opera Orchestra, the Northwest Sinfonietta (Seattle), the Royal Philharmonic of Morocco (Casablanca), the Vaasa Symphony Orchestra (Finland) as well as with the Hamburg, Indianapolis, Nashville, Santa Fe, Utah, Fort Worth, Tucson, Yakima, Bellevue, Salt Lake, Eastern Sierra, Corvallis, Jacksonville, Texarkana and Walla Walla Symphonies.
Equally active as a soloist, Mr. Beus has performed at Wigmore Hall, the Salle Gaveau and Salle Cortot (Paris), Merkin Hall, the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, the Central Conservatory (Beijing), Teatro San Carlo (Naples), Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), the Queluz Palace (Lisbon) and has performed for the Dame Myra Hess and Fazioli Salon series (Chicago), the International Keyboard Institute and Festival (New York City), and has given recitals across the United States as well as in Kazakhstan, Russia, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, Georgia, China, France, Italy, Portugal, the Czech Republic, and Morocco.
Born and raised on a farm in eastern Washington, Mr. Beus began lessons at age five and made his orchestral debut four years later. He went on to win numerous national and international competitions throughout his youth, capturing the attention of both audiences and critics. Commenting on Mr. Beus’ competition success, Fanfare magazine writes:
In some ways Beus doesn’t fit the mold of the typical competition winner. His playing is strikingly original and, despite his youth, he has an interpretive voice all his own… Above all, his playing is so natural as to seem effortless and the sound he produces has extraordinary richness and depth, not quite like anyone else’s.
Mr. Beus holds degrees from Whitman College, The Juilliard School, and Stony Brook University, where his teachers have included Leonard Richter, Robert McDonald, Gilbert Kalish and Christina Dahl. He has recorded on the Endeavor Classics and Harmonia Mundi labels. Stephen Beus is a Steinway Artist and currently teaches at the University of Oklahoma. For more details, visit www.stephenbeus.com.
Ticket Information:
Norene Emerson
norbird8ibis@sbcglobal.net
281-286-5050
Teachers Workshop: $25.00
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
In the choral room.
Artist’s Recital:
Students: $8.00 (any age);
Adults: $12.00
Friday, October 17, 2014
7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Light refreshments will be served after the recital.
Masterclass: $20.00
Saturday, October 18, 2014
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
In the sanctuary.
Package Price for Workshop,
Recital, & Master Class: $50.00
National Music Week Essay Contest
Entry Deadline - TBA
Award: $50
Essay Rules: 2011 Theme: Music ... an Instrument of Universal Expression
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Jazz/Pop Festival
November 8, 2014
Heritage Park Baptist Church
2732 FM 528, Webster, TX 77598
Entry Fee: $15 per student
Dear Teachers,
Students & Parents,
GCMA is proud to offer the Jazz/Pop Festival again this year
– on Saturday, November 8, 2014, at Heritage
Park Baptist
Church in Webster. All
students will perform in a recital format, and be individually judged by a
qualified judge. Parents, family and
friends are invited to attend and be a part of the audience. Parents should stay for the entire 30 minute
recital in which their student(s) is performing. Your student’s teacher will assign a recital
time prior to the festival.
Categories: Piano
& piano ensemble (one piano only).
All solo selections must be memorized.
Improvisations are also acceptable.
Online pieces must be publicized.
Each solo student must provide an original copy of the music for the
judge. Ensembles must provide 2 original
copies. No photocopies allowed. All students will receive a critique sheet
with a rating. Star Performer (trophy)
or Remarkable Performer (ribbon).
Students should arrive at least 10 minutes before recital
time.
The festival is an opportunity for students to have fun with
their performance in a relaxed atmosphere.
They are encouraged to dress in a creative manner relating to the topic,
style, or nature of their music. Prizes
will be given for the best costumes.
Registration: Email, if possible, to Kay Belk at Knbelk@gmail.com. Mail date is Oct. 23, 2014. Hand deliver (9 p.m.) by Oct. 29, 2014.
Co-chairs: Cindy Kuenneke and Kay Belk
Jazz/Pop Registration Form
Jazz/Pop Critique Sheet
Romantic Festival
Saturday, April 18, 2015
San Jacinto College Central
8060 Spencer Highway
Pasadena, TX 77505
Entry Fee: $18 per student
Dear Parents,
Thank you
for participating in this year’s Romantic Festival. Below is some information
to help make your child’s experience enjoyable.
The festival will be in recital
format. Three recitals will run
concurrently, and parents may attend the recitals. Private judging will also be offered. Parents may not attend private auditions.
Projects: Projects are poster boards (or
reports or displays) with information about something relating to the piece
your child is performing. The project
may be a written account about a composer, instrument, or a topic from the Romantic
Period, 1820-1910. Projects can raise
the student’s overall score. Students
have the option of doing a project only in which case they will receive a
bronze medal. Please remember to put your child’s name and the teacher’s
name on the back of the project.
Projects must be delivered by 9:30 a.m. the day of the recital and will remain until 30 minutes
before the end of the festival. The
student may have someone bring the project early and pick it up at the end if
needed. If the project is not checked in
by 9:30, the student will not receive credit for it and the award will be based
only on the pieces played.
Awards:
Rating With
Project Without Project
Honors Recital* Trophy Trophy
1 Rating Trophy Gold Medal
2 Rating Gold Medal Silver Medal
3 Rating Silver Medal Bronze
Medal
Project Only - Bronze
Medal
The type of award given will depend on the
score received for the student’s performance.
Check with your teacher concerning the
latest information for honors recital winners.
All students who receive the Honors Recital designation on their
critiques will receive an Honors Recital trophy, but may or may not be able to
perform in a separate honors recital due to an increase in facility fees.
Your child’s teacher will be able to
answer any subsequent questions you might have. We hope this year’s festival
will be most enlightening and enjoyable for you and your child.
Instructions
- Please
arrive at least 15 - 20 minutes prior to your scheduled playing time. You will check in at the registration
table and wait in the auditorium for further instructions.
- Number
the measures of the pieces you are playing. You may number all of the measures or at
least the first measure of each line.
Clearly mark the first page of any piece in a collection so the
judge can easily find it. No
photocopies of music are allowed.
- Students
playing in a recital should plan to stay for the entire recital. If your schedule prevents this, you
should request private judging when signing up for the contest. Please have your teacher contact one of
the festival chairs prior to the festival if you need to leave by a
certain time.
- Bring
your critique sheet.
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Gold Cup Festival
Saturday, March 7, 2015
San Jacinto College-Central
8060 Spencer Highway
Pasadena, TX 77505
Entry Fees:
Solo - $18
Hymn - $15
Ensemble - $18
Concerto - $20
Theory - $10
Welcome
to the Gold Cup Festival.
The Gold Cup Festival is the only national festival in America developed
to encourage American teachers to teach the music of American composers. The required pieces listed in the Gold Cup
Bulletin are by American composers while the choice piece must be by another
composer (American or non-American) in Pre-Primary I – IV and cannot be in the
bulletin. In Elementary I – Musically
Advanced the choice piece must be by a non-American composer. The Gulf Coast Music Association is proud to
be able to sponsor this annual festival in our area. A student’s points are never lost when the
family has to relocate to a different city or state. The students may start where they left off at
the former location. It is one of the
most positively oriented festivals anywhere in the U.S. bringing teachers,
students, and parents together working toward a common goal.
The date
for this year’s festival is Sat., Mar. 7, 2015.
The registration deadline is
the January meeting.
Directions
on how to fill out the forms are included in the next several pages. If you need duplicate forms you must make the
copies. The rating(critique) sheet is
provided but you must make copies for your students using the colored paper as
required by the different events. Please
check your work carefully as a $1.00 fee will be due to Jennifer Key for each mistake
made on each form.
Details
about the assigned playing times and work assignments will be forthcoming when
the forms are turned in. Playing time requests will be honored
if at all possible, but are not guaranteed.
All participating teachers have a work assignment. Please make a note on your registration form
if you are unable to work during a certain time and you will be assigned a
different time.
Due to the size of this festival, details become
extremely important. When they are
ignored, it creates huge headaches and requires extra work for the chairman and
for our record keeper. If you have any
questions, please call. Don’t guess.
Two
rules you must understand:
- If you enter student(s) enters
this festival, the teacher must work on the Festival Day.
- There are no refunds once registrations are
received. Please be sure your parents know what day the festival occurs.
GCMA Senior Music Major Scholarship
Deadline: February Meeting
Audition Date: TBA
The Senior Music Major Scholarship is awarded to those students who plan to enter college as a music major. The teacher must be a member of G.C.M.A. for at least 3 years. The student must have participated in at least 1 festival each year for a minimum of 2 years with this teacher.
Entry Procedure:
Complete the Senior Music Major Scholarship Application form. Submit a letter of recommendation for applicant's G.C.M.A. teacher with the application.
Send both of the above to the chairman by the deadline.
Awards:
1st Place: $500
2nd Place: $300
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