Dear Charlotte MTA Members,

Many thanks to Alisha Brown for her tireless efforts in coordinating the NCMTA Charlotte District Piano Contest-Festival!  Congratulations to those of you whose students received Superior ratings at last weekend’s NCMTA Charlotte District Piano Contest-Festival – and good luck to those students as they play in the NCMTA State-West Piano Contest-Festival on March 27 at Queens University.  Please say “yes” when State-West Contest-Festival chairman Tina Brown asks for your help on that day.

The MTNA National Conference begins next week – it runs March 20-24 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Several NCMTA members will be in attendance and I look forward to hearing details of the conference from them.

CMTA Student Musician Certification materials are due by March 31 to chairman Sue Dorsett.  Teachers with students registered for this program received an email reminder from Sue earlier this week.  If you are not currently participating in this program and would like further information, please contact Sue Dorsett at suedorsett@att.net or 704-541-4776.

Gustavo Romero Young Artists Piano Competition – sponsored by Forte Chamber Music
Below is forwarded a message I received yesterday from Martha Goodman with Forte Chamber Music in Lynchburg, Virginia, detailing the Fifth Gustavo Romero Piano Competition for pianists age 21 and under, to be held on September 11, 2010.

Best regards,
Margaret Louise Norwood, NCTM
President, Charlotte Music Teachers Association

---

---

Dear Fellow Musicians,
Forte Chamber Music seeks your help in making young pianists aware of the Fifth Gustavo Romero Piano Competition, September 11, 2010, in Lynchburg, VA.  Attached is the application form.  The text is given below.
We are of course using ads and notices as we are aware of sites, but we seek a wider audience and the help of people like you to spread the word.
For additional information, please call Forte Chamber Music at

The Gustavo Romero Young Artists Piano Competition
 
Sponsored by Forte Chamber Music
 
http://www.fortechambermusic.org <http://www.fortechambermusic.org>
 
10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 11, 2010
The Academy of Fine Arts, 600 Main Street, Lynchburg, Virginia, 24501
 

For Pianists Age 21 and Under

This piano competition is named for internationally acclaimed pianist Gustavo Romero.  The winner will perform at the Saturday evening concert.

 

To learn more about Gustavo Romero, please see the web site www.gustavoromero.com <http://www.gustavo-romero.com>

 

Forte Chamber Music announces the date of Saturday, September 11, 2010, for the fifth Gustavo Romero Music Festival and Piano Competition to be held at the Joy and Lynch Christian Warehouse Theatre, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, Virginia.  Finalists age 21 and under by October 1, 2010, will compete for the $3000 prize and the opportunity to play in concert.  (There will also be a second prize.)  To apply, please send a CD audio recording  (not a DVD) of two pieces; a movement of a Beethoven or Mozart sonata, preferably the first movement, and the piece the competitor would like to play in the competition.
 
Send the CD recording with a $25.00 registration fee to Forte Chamber Music, P. O. Box 3596, Lynchburg, VA, 24503.  Deadline to apply: July 1, 2010.

Winners from previous years are not eligible.
 
Application is below.
 
For additional information, please call Forte Chamber Music at 434-238-2331.
 
Email:  Naomi Amos naomiamos@aol.com <mailto:naomiamos@aol.com>  or Martha Goodman marthakg@comcast.net <mailto:marthakg@comcast.net>  

 
 
 
 
The Gustavo Romero Young Artists Piano Competition Application
 

Name_______________________________________
 
Address______________________________            Phone_____________
 
E-Mail __________________________________      Date of Birth______
How did you hear of this competition? ____________________________
Name of your instructor_____________________________________________________
 

Names of the two pieces with the composers names ____________________________________________________


 
Performance Experience (You may attach your resume.)___________________________________________
 
 
Mail this application, plus a recording of your performance, and the $25.00 registration fee to Forte Chamber Music, P. O. Box 3596, Lynchburg, VA, 24503, by July 1, 2010.  
 

This  application form is also available at
 
www.fortechambermusic.org <http://www.fortechambermusic.org>  
 
Complimentary Housing can be arranged for out of town finalists.