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Composer's Club Projects

The Fall 2008 Composer's Club met on October 11, 2008. Our guest was distinguished pianist and teacher, Dr. Robert Smith, from Fort Worth, Texas. Click on the thumbnails below to view the larger version of each photo.

 

Past projects:

  • Congratulations goes to young composers Felicia He, Helen Chen, Jane He and Anisha Rathod! Each received “Superior Rating” for their piano compositions which were entered in the 2008 International Annual Composition Contest sponsored by the American College of Musicians, founded by Dr. Irl Allison, Sr.

  • “Stars” by Felicia He, “The Land Beyond the Stars” by Helen Chen, “Sizzlin' Soda” by Jane He and “About a Monkey” by Anisha Rathod were highly praised for their imagination, creativity and originality in the composition process. Each piece was evaluated by nationally/internationally regarded piano pedagogues, composers and music publishing editors. It was indeed a very high honor for each student to receive such validation and constructive comments from these teachers and composers.

  • CHECK THIS OUT!! – Clavier's, Piano Explorer, March 2008 edition published Anisha Rathod's piano composition “About a Monkey” in the Music Corner section of this issue!! We submitted this piece in the fall of 2007 for publishing considerations as encouraged by the editors of Piano Explorer. Congratulations, Anisha!

  • The 4th Composer's Club meeting gathered on January, 26, 2008 to share and perform works that were assigned and designed to accomplish writing pieces within a specific length, time frame and within specific forms. Students who were involved in this project Meredith Bennett, Jane He, Helen Chen, Anisha Rathod, Felicia He and Justin Sui. Congratulations, once again, on accomplishing this goal of writing an original piano piece that included more “guidelines” in the composing process ….a huge success in creative and imaginative extra work! 
  • Fall 2007 Composer's Club, “A Mini-Workshop” – Saturday, September 29, 2007, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
  • September 30, 2006 Inaugural Composer's Club Meeting: Student composers and compositions (PDF)
  • Composer's Club, February 3, 2007 - Student composers and guest Bethany Trainor improvised and performed their wonderful compositions.

 

Student Honors and Performances

STUDENT HONORS – Spring 2009

Spring 2009—NJMTA Events and Piano Guild Auditions Results

Congratulations!!!   Phoebe Wang for placing HONORABLE MENTION; Felicia He for placing HONORS in solo repertoire; Felicia He and Helen Chen for placing HONORS in duet repertoire; Justin Sui for placing HIGH HONORS in the 2009 NJMTA Spring Recital Auditions.  Students who place Honors or High Honors perform in the state sponsored NJMTA Spring 2009 Recitals

Congratulations to the following students who participated in the 2009 Piano Guild Auditions:
(*10 piece program) Phoebe Wang—Superior; Ryan Lau A-; Marianne Lipovsky A-; Anthony Zhang—Superior Minus; Meredith Bennett A; Sam Laverty–Superior, Katie Lee-Superior, Justin Sui– Superior Plus, *Helen Chen—Superior Plus, *Kyle Shan—Superior Plus, *Felicia He—Superior Plus, *Anisha Rathod—Superior Plus, *Jane He—Superior Plus