Christmas Party

CAPMT

Bartok & Contemporary Music Festival

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Pasadena

Sohia Chi - 1st Alternate

Honors Auditions

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Pasadena

Andrew Cuyegkeng - District winner

An Evening of Music

First United Methodist Church, San Gabriel

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

(Left to Right) Andrew, Ms. Hoalim, Ashley and Sophia

Bach Festival Complete Works

October 2008

Sophia Chi - 1st Place

Schedule of Classes for 2008-2009

September 19 - Theory class

October 10 - Theory class

October 24 - Review of Sept. 26 and Oct. 10 theory class

November 7 - Performance class

November 8 - Bartok / Contemporary Music Festival

November 8 - Honors Auditions

November 14 - Performance class (optional), Theory Class

December 5 - Theory class

December 12 - Performance class

December 14 - Christmas party with carols and sing-a-long

December 21 to January 5 Christmas Break

January 16 - Performance class at FUMC

January 23 - Performance class at FUMC

January 25 - Pasadena Branch Theme Festival  

"Music from around the World" 

at San Marino Masonic Center

January 30 - Theory class

February 13 - Performance class

February 27 - Performance class

March 6 - Theory and performance class

March 20 - Theory class

March 21 - Certificate of Merit Exam (Theory)

March 27 - Performance Class

March 28, 29 - Certificate of Merit (Performance)

or April 5

April 17 - Performance class

April 18 - Sonata/Sonatina Competition at Northridge United Methodist Church

April 19 - Southern California Junior Bach Festival

at San Marino Masonic Center

April 24 - Performance Class

April 25 - Glendale Piano Competition in Glendale, CA

April 26 - Spring Recital at the Studio

May 8 - Performance class

May 9 - Cypress College Piano Competition

May 17 - Romantic Impressionistic Festival at Cal State University, Northridge

Summer Break

2008 SYMF Winners!!!

Congratulations!

Alex Choi - 1st Place (Baroque), 1st Place (Qualified Piano)

Melanie Chan - 2nd Place (Open Chopin), 3rd Place (Open Solo)

Sophia Chi - 2nd Place (Open Solo)

Andrew Cuyegkeng - 2nd Place (Baroque)

Ashley Chi - 3rd Place (Open Baroque), 4th Place (Open Solo)

Upcoming Events

July 26, 27 and August 2, 3 & 4, 2008 - 46th Annual Southwestern Youth Music Festival  at California State University, Long Beach

August 10th, 2008 - Summer Celebration at Alex Choi's residence.

MTAC Awards Program

Congratulations to The Music Studio of Vera Hoalim for receiving the following Individual Studio Division competition categories:

Websites - Best Content Award

Recital Programs - Special Recognition (Unique Format) and Best Artistry and Design Award 

MTAC Annual Convention

Mission Inn, Riverside

Riverside Marriott, Convention Center 

June 27 - July 1, 2008

Summer Recital

"A Summer Recital Of Chamber Music" was held on Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 at Ms. Hoalim's Music Studio in Alhambra. 

Recital Slide Show!

Independence Day

Happy 4th of July!!!

Certificate of Merit

Congratulations to you all for a wonderful job on Certificate of Merit Examination!

     Panel Master Class - top 10% of the State of CA

     Melanie Chan

     Theory examination: CMLevel

     Christie Shen - 5

     Jessica Shen - 7

     Deborah Wang - 7

     Joseph Tran - 8

     Mark Chan - Advanced

     Sally Lin - Advanced

     Sarena Lu - Advanced

     Michael Wong - Advanced

     Stephanie Wong - Advanced

                                      

     

Competition Results

MTAC State Solo/Concerto Competition

Chapman University - April 6, 2008

     Solo Div. 1 - Ashley Chi (Honorable Mention)

CAPMT Romantic/Impressionistic Festival

California State University, Northridge - May 10, 2008

  Div. 1 - Ashley Chi (Honorable Mention)

  Div. 3 - Melanie Chan (1st place)

Cypress College Piano Competition (Classical Era)

Cypress College - May 10, 2008

  Div. 6 - Sophia Chi (1st place)

Bach Festival

Congratulations to Sophia and Deborah for winning at MTAC Pasadena Branch Bach Festival.

Sonata/Sonatina Competition

Congratulation to Melanie Chan and Ashley Chi for placing at CAPMT Sonata/Sonatina Competition at California State University, Northridge on Saturday, January  26th, 2008.

Classical Theme Festival

Congratulation to the winners!

Sophia Chi - 1st place

Sally & Sarena (duet) - 1st place

Katherine Miao - 2nd place

Ashley Chi - 2nd place

Alex Choi - 3rd place

Andrew Cuyegkeng - 3rd place

Derek Tong - 3rd place

Marise Wong - 3rd place

Deborah Wang - Honorable Mention

Melanie Chan - Honorable Mention