Tuesday, November 27, 2012

SPG Festival Results and Christmas Recital

Busy, busy, busy.....

I was very busy in last few months. Co-president work of BCRMTA took me quite a lot of time and energy. There were so many master classes, workshops in last few months. I was very busy sending emails or reminders to our members about our events. Of course, there were numerous emails back and forth among teachers and executives members. This year, I only submitted 1 student to SPG festival and helped my son, Owen preparing for the festival.

Aries Fung who is preparing his grade 1 exam in January, entered 3 classes. Owen Smith, my son, under the instruction of Nicholas Rada, is also preparing his grade 7 exam in January, also entered 3 classes.

Aries Fung
Baroque 1 - 1st place, 88
Canadian Composer 1 - 2nd place, 87
Repertoire 1 - 1st place, 88

Owen Smith
Classical 7 - 1st place, 87
20th Century and Beyond 7 - 2nd place, 88
Technical Studies 7 - 1st place, 88

Aries was very happy. It was his 1st time to SPG and he enjoyed doing it. However, Owen was a little bit disappointed. It was his worst result for SPG. I think I need to work with him more often.

In order to increase performance opportunity, my studio always has 2 recitals in a year. Our annual Christmas recital is coming soon. Most of my students will play except some of them will be out of town. This year, I also invite the students of May Yu to play in our recital. It will be nice to see so many students performing in a recital.

Date: Saturday December 15, 2012
Time: 6:00pm
Where: Cliff Avenue United Church, 1600 Cliff Avenue, Burnaby, BC