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Music Teachers’ Association of CaliforniaSanta Clarita ValleyBranch
Programs
Certificate of Merit
The MTAC sponsors the music study program Certificate of Merit (CM). The program provides a standard of curriculum that requires students to strive for focused musical excellence in performance, technique, ear training, sight reading/singing, and music theory. Read MoreBranch Recitals
Recitals open to all levels of students. Each private teacher may enter students, not to exceed a maximum of 15-min performance time. Additional recital times will be added as needed. Piano students must perform from memory. No photocopies. $5 Entry Fee per student. Read MoreSolo Competitions
The MTAC SCV Branch hosts the Sonata/Sonatina Competition for Piano and the Branch Contemporary Music Competition (all instruments). Prizes and recognition will be awarded to the competition winners. For more information, please contact the Competition Chair. Read MoreCommunity Outreach
Through Community Outreach, MTAC teachers and students share their musical resources, gifts, and expertise beyond studio walls. Music is meant to be shared, and MTAC branches are able to make a lasting impact on their communities through a wide variety of local programs. Read MoreBranch Board
John Fairbanks
PRESIDENT
John Fairbanks
PRESIDENT
Jlfairbanks@yahoo.com
Madeline Miller
VICE PRESIDEN
Madeline Miller
VICE PRESIDEN
mhermitte2@gmail.com
Virginia Feitelson
DIRECTOR
Virginia Feitelson
DIRECTOR
vpianostudio@hotmail.com
Mindy Cabral
DIRECTOR
Mindy Cabral
DIRECTOR
Mindy@LittleSchoolofMusic.com
Elena Chao
TREASURER
Elena Chao
TREASURER
Elenayychao@yahoo.com
Joni Frey
RECORDING SECRETARY
Joni Frey
RECORDING SECRETARY
jonifrey@earthlink.net
JiYoung Wheeler
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
JiYoung Wheeler
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
jiyoungwheeler@yahoo.com
Recent Posts
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2018 Sonata/Sonatina Festival Results
WINNERS # Student Name, Teacher Name 6 Noelle Kim, Lisa Kim 9 Erin Kang, Hyun Joo Kang 11 Adelyn Bendorf, Anna Bendorf 14 Albert Luo, Jean DeMart 18 Megan Lee, Teresa Wang 19 Callie Phung, Jean DeMart 20 Alyssa Cheng, Rosalyn Chen 21 Ashlyn Bendorf, Adam Bendorf 22 Catherine Chen, Agnes Kim HONORABLE MENTIONS 1
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2018 SCJBF – SCV Branch Result
WINNERS 3. Rachel Brown, Adam Bendorf (teacher) 6. Angelique Guan, Patreece Jamgochian (teacher) 7. Sarah Kim, Adam Bendorf (teacher) 10. Ian Wahagheghe, Adam Bendorf (teacher) 12. Catherine Chen, Agnes Kim (teacher) 13. Keigo Tamaki, Agnes Kim (teacher) 14. Ryan Kim, Agnes Kim (teacher) 19. Chloe Kim, Agnes Kim (teacher) 20. Lauren Tran, Anna Bendorf (teacher)
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2018 SCV MTAC Sonatina-Sonata Festival
2018 SCV MTAC Sonatina-Sonata Festival Festival Date : March 24, 2018 Time : TBA (Most likely AM to early PM) Place : Little School of Music Fee : $35/ each contestant Deadline : February 23, 2018 (no exception) Send to : Agnes Kim (agneskkim3@yahoo.com – email her if you don’t know her address) Teachers :
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2018 Southern California Junior Bach Festival
2018 Southern California Junior Bach Festival Festival Date : February 24, 2018 Time : TBA (Most likely AM to early PM) Place : Little School of Music Fee : $35/ each contestant Deadline : January 26, 2018 (no exception) Send to : Agnes Kim (agneskkim3@yahoo.com – email her if you don’t know her address) Teachers
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Fall Branch Recital 2017
SIGN UP NOW FOR THE MTAC SCV FALL BRANCH RECITAL! Saturday, October 28th at 2:00pm – OR – Sunday, October 29th at 2:00pm Location: Little School of Music 28306 Constellation Rd. Valencia, CA 91355 Please encourage students to wear their Halloween Costumes! Recitals are limited to 25 performers. Please contact the Recital Host if you have any
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Region I Jr. Bach Festival
Region I Bach Festival was held at the First Congregational Church in Santa Barbara in May 13, 2017. Due to many ties, we’ve had 42 winners in all. Our very own branch came back with the most number of winners amongst 5 branches in Region I. Here is the list of our branch’s 10 winners
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2017 Sonatina/Sonata Festival
Winners Number, Student, Teacher # 2 Jeremiah Chun, student of Renee Choi # 3 Keigo Tamaki, student of Agnes Kim # 7 Chloe Kim, student of Agnes Kim #11 Nicole Kwon, student of Jinny Noh #17 Caitlin Tang, student of Agnes Kim #18 Kathleen Adhinatha, student of Jinny Noh #19 Alyssa Cheng, student of Rosalyn Chen
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2017 SCV SCJBF Results
Winners 1. Joni Go, student of Adam Bendorf 2. Janan Abudujilili, student of Susan Beaty 10. Nicole Kwon, student of Jinny Noh 15. Ashley Kang, student of Adam Bendorf 17. Keigo Tamaki, student of Agnes Kim 21. Alyssa Cheng, student of Rosalyn Chen 22. Ashlyn Bendorf, student of Adam Bendorf 23. Angela Qian, student of
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2016 Contemporary Competition Winners!
Congratulations to the 2016 Contemporary Competition Winners! 27 Janan Abudujilili Susan Beaty 24 Kathleen Adhinatha Jinny Noh 25 Lawrence Adhinatha Hyunsook Chung 73 Josh Anderson Jeanne Jordan 33 Rose Atwell Agnes Kim 52 Catherine Chen Lisa Kim 35 Alexis Cho Renee Choi 46 Jeremiah Chun Renee Choi
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2016 Regional Bach Festival
The 2016 Regional Bach Festival was held in Ventura on May 21, 2016. Of 91 participants from 5 branches, 42 winners were chosen. Our own branch was awarded with 8 winners. Congratulations to all! Winners Kathleen Adhinatha Jinny Noh Jadia Zhang Manyoung Hwang Jackie Roche Agnes Kim Caitlin Tang Agnes Kim Kenton Goo Jean De
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2016 SCV Branch Southern California Junior Bach Festival
Winners Student No./Name Teacher Name 4. Jadia Zhang Manyoung Hwang 7. Ashlyn Bendorf Adam Bendorf 8. Kathleen Adhinatha Jinny Noh 15. Catherine Ausherman Anna Bendorf 21. Keigo Tamaki John Fairbanks 23. Hye Lynn Suh Hyun Joo Kang 24.
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Southern California Jr Bach Festival
Date : March 5, 2016 Place : Little School of Music Fee : $35/participant (Payable to SCV MTAC) Online Registration/Fee Deadline: February 5, 2016 (received by, not postmarked by) Send check to: Agnes Kim 26932 Pebble Ridge Place Valencia, CA 91381 **When sending the check** Use teacher’s check to cover all the participants. Include the
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Winter Branch Recital
Saturday, February 28, 2015, Santa Clarita Valley Branch of MTAC held two very successful Winter Recitals. There were 51 students who performed from the studios of Jiyeon Atwell, Mindy Cabral, Rosalyn Chen, Virginia Feitelson, Wendy Hersh, Hyun Joo Kang, Kisa Kim, Madeline Miller, Connie Nam, Teresa Wang and Jiyoung Wheeler.
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2015 SCV Branch SCJBF Results
WINNERS Student No./Name Teacher Name Kathy Adhinatha Jinny Noh Ashlyn Bendorf Anna Bendorf Alysa Branda Adam Bendorf Corey Dbbs Adam Bendorf Catherine Chen Lisa Kim Hye Lynn Suh Hyun Joo Kang Moonjung Kim Adam Bendorf Chaewon Kim Adam Bendorf Keigo Tamaki John Fairbanks Abigail Yang Adam Bendorf Alexis Cho Renee Choi ALTERNATES Student No./Name
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Southern California Jr. Bach Festival
2015 Southern California Junior Bach Festival (SCV Branch) When : March 14, 2015 Where : Little School of Music Time : TBA (AM – until no later than 2 PM) Online application : will be open from Jan. 12, 2015 Fee : $35/ participant (payable to SCVMTAC) Deadline (Both the online application/fee ): Feb, 14,
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MSSL – Winter Concert
Here is a picture from MSSL students’ December 14th, 2014 concert they organized themselves and performed at at SummerHill Villa Senior Living.
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2014 Fall Branch Recital
The MTAC SCV Branch Fall Recital was held at the Little School of Music in November 2014 and the host was Madeline Miller. Students of the MTAC SCV Branch, performed in this recital on piano and violin. Thank you teachers and students for an excellent job. Bravo!
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Community Outreach – Literacy & Arts Festival
Music Student Service League students helped out at the Santa Clarita Valley Literacy and Arts Festival Saturday November 15th, 2014 from 10 am to 3pm. Here is a picture of them manning the Instrument Petting Zoo table outside the Old Town Newhall Library. Two of the students also performed solo violin performances there as well.
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Community Outreach – Halloween Recital
Saturday October 25th over 30 students performed at SummerHill Villa Seniors home on guitar, piano and flute. We handed out candy after to the seniors and the kids trick-or-treated. A grand event of Halloween music and a great evening.
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MSSL October Meeting
Thank you to all the students who attended the MSSL Meeting. Thank you to Manak Khamvongsa, SCV MTAC Branch MSSL Advisor, and to Susan Carpenter SCV MTAC Branch Community Outreach Chair, for presenting and helping at the meeting. MSSL is planning to help at upcoming Branch Community Outreach events, and are planning to host events
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Community Outreach Event
Thank you to the MTAC SCV Branch students who came out to perform at the Pacifica Senior Center this Saturday, September 13, 2014. Thank you to Susan Carpenter for organizing the event and to Manak Khamvongsa for his support and attending the event.
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Mall Performance
Community Outreach Saturday May 17, 2014 ten MTAC students performed in a piano recital at Westfield Valencia Town Center Mall in Santa Clarita at our usual spot on the outside patios near Coffee Bean and Macy’s. There was a variety of pieces ranging from classical to Martha Mier’s jazzy songs to ‘Let it Go’ from
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Southern California Jr Bach Festival 2014
Winners Student # Student Name Teacher Name 4 Andrew Kim Hyunjoo Kang 5 Chaewon Kim Adam Bendorf 15 Erin Kang Hyunjoo Kang 18 Caitlin Tang Agnes Kim 19 Madely Smith Adam Bendorf 24 Alysa Branda Adam Bendorf 29 Spurgeon Rice Adam Bendorf 30 Abigail
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MSSL – Summerhill Villa Performance
Friday evening December 20th, 2013 the SCV Branch Music Student Service League, MSSL, gave a recital at SummerHill Villa Seniors Home in Santa Clarita. Lots of fun and enjoyment was had by all! The success of this concert was largely due to excellent Teacher participation; around ten MTAC SCV Branch teachers enrolled some of their
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2014 Southern California Jr. Bach Festival (SCV Branch)
Please read the following information from Agnes Kim: Date : March 29, 2014 Place : Little School of Music Time : TBA (tentatively starting at 9am) Fee : $35/student Online registration/Fee Due date: Feb.22, 2014 (fees – needs to be in by this date!) Website: www.scjbf.org Please use one single check to cover all your
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MSSL at Summerhill Villa
The first MSSL event at Summerhill Villa went great! Manak was a big help – he introduced me and I introduced the em-cee Luke Kim. Students and teachers performed including myself and Manak who played a lovely song on his guitar. The Seniors really enjoyed it! It was a great wide range of players from
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Fall Branch Recital Report
From Recital host, Madeline Miller The Fall Branch Recitals went very well! There were 55 students participating in 2 recitals. Twelve teachers participated; Mindy Cabral, Susan Carpenter, Elena Chao, Lauren Companeitz, Bill Foley, Wendy Hershey, Manyoung Hwang, Hyunjoo Kang, Lisa Kim, Madeline Miller, Teresa Wang, and Jiyoung Wheeler. Teachers helped and that was wonderful. It
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2013 Theme Festival
THANK YOU to JOHN FAIRBANKS for hosting the Theme Festival!! All three recitals were a great success and it was so fun to see all the costumes! Thank you to all the participating teachers, and to MSSL for helping to put goodie bags together, carving pumpkins, and helping to decorate! It was a BIG help!
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October MSSL Meeting
The MSSL Meeting on October 5th was a major success! We have 30 MSSL Members as of today! Thank you to all the teachers who helped spread the word and encouraged students to participate. I would also like to thank Susan Carpenter for leading the meeting, elections, and getting the ball rolling with MSSL. Way
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Improvisation
The Improvisation theme for 2013-2014 is “Holidays.” Log in to the teacher pages on the MTAC website and click on Improvisation>Documents where you will find sample assignments listed by year. “Holidays” is at the top of the list labeled as the 2014 Theme. Click on “Holidays” to open sample assignments for each month of the
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Fall Branch Memerbship Meeting
Thank you to all the members who attended the meeting today! Please check your email for meeting notes and updates. Back row from left to front right: Susan Beaty, Madeline Miller, Virginia Feitelson, Min Yoo, Alishia Lawman, Lauren Shackelford, Ken Mays, John Fairbanks, Wendy Hersh, Jean DeMart, Mindy Cabral, Front row from left to right:
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Improvisation
Alyse Korn, September 2013 Improvisation Branch Chair Report This year’s Improvisation Theme is Holidays. The Monthly Holiday Theme worksheets are available for download from the www.mtac.org website. Teachers must log in with their user name and password to access the pages. If your students would like to participate in the annual Improvisation Celebration evaluations, please
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Theme Festival 2013
John Fairbanks, Recital Host Theme Festival Flyer 2013 PDF Branch Recital Entry Form
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2013 Fall Branch Membership Meeting
The Fall Branch Membership Meeting is coming up! September 8th from 2:00-4:00pm Little School of Music – 28306 Constellation Rd. Valencia, CA 91355 See you there!
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Treasurer Report, Check!
The books are balanced! Financial Report complete. Thank you to John Fairbanks, SCV Branch Treasurer.
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Community Outreach Report
by Manak Khamvongsa, Community Outreach Chair In addition to regular planning meetings held at Little school of Music, these events were performed this year for community outreach. -SummerHill Villa Senior Home Student Concerts (2) concerts: Saturday March 9th 2013, Saturday Sept 22nd 2012 -Westfield Mall Student Concerts on the third Saturdays of the month for
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Welcome!
Thank you for visiting the Santa Clarita Valley Branch website! The Music Teachers’ Association of California, Santa Clarita Valley Branch currently has 57 Members who are professionals dedicated to bringing the joy of music to our students. The SCV Branch is a very unique group of music teachers who all live and teach in the
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