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String Along Newsletter of the Los Angeles Section of the California American String Teachers Association
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Summer 2013 Vol. 26, No.3 Janine Riveire, Editor
PRESIDENT Kyle Champion (909) 593-9374 [email protected] PRESIDENT-ELECT Janine Riveire 213-598-6235 SECRETARY Josephine Liu Moerschel [email protected] 424 • 228-4388 TREASURER Kira Blumberg (909) 957-6647 [email protected] PAST PRESIDENT Manon Robertshaw (562) 924-6019 [email protected] COMPETITION CHAIR Gloria Liu-Traulle (714) 775-7455 [email protected] GUITAR COMPETITION CHAIR Brian Head [email protected] HARP COMPETITION CHAIR Ellie Choate (310) 613-1847 [email protected] STRING ALONG EDITOR Janine Riveire (213) 598-6235 [email protected] BOARD MEMBERS Alison Allport Margaret Asato Charles Baker Ellie Choate Constance Deeter Fung Ho Bongshin Ko Shih Lan Liu Arthur Mautner Kay Pech
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Remember: All board meetings are open to all ASTA members, and we invite you to be involved in your organization.
Dates for your calendar: Upcoming Board Meetings: September TBA: contact Kyle Champion
Deadline for submissions for the next newsletter: September 15, 2013
A note from your editor and state membership chair: If you renew your ASTA membership online, please be sure to double-check that your email address and other data are accurate and current! Thanks.
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President’s Message Summertime, and the living is easy. Schools are out, orchestras are off for the summer, and we string educators are looking to recharge our batteries. Make some idle time for yourself to think, to dream, and to let ideas percolate to the surface of your consciousness. Attend a summer workshop, or get together with friends and play through that string quartet you've been hoping to get to forever. Attend a concert in the park, or create an impromptu one in your own backyard! Invite friends and neighbors over, cook your favorite summertime food on the grill, and then perform for the guests. That relaxed atmosphere will make it seem so much less stressful and high-pressured for the performers, and it'll be the party everyone will remember for a long time!
Speaking of attending workshops, ASTA member Mary Dropkin is holding her annual harp summer camp at the University of Redlands in July, and from 3:00-5:00pm on July 23, 24, & 25 there are seminars featuring the "Bulletproof Musician", Noa Kageyama. If you wish to enroll in any of these seminars, you can contact Mary at [email protected].
Good news! The California ASTA website has been completely overhauled, and is up and running. We have the capability of posting documents, PDF files, and jpg photos, and better yet, we now can get information to all our members in a very timely fashion. Go to calasta.org, click on the sections link and you'll find the LA news and calendar. If you have something you want to post on our site, please forward it to one of the officers listed on the page, and we’ll be sure to get it posted.
On the website’s calendar you will soon find the listing for what we believe to be the first of many local "Meet and Greet" events where you can connect with colleagues in your region, snack and converse and perhaps even hear a presentation on some relevant aspect of string teaching. If you have an idea you'd like to share, let us know and we'll give you the opportunity to present it in an informal, relaxed setting.
Finally, on a sad note, we note here the recent passing of Life Member Richard Anshutz. He was a longtime member of the LA board, served as state membership chair, and was editor of the award-winning state newsletter, The Soundpost. Because chamber music was such a passion for Richard, it has been suggested that donations can be made in his name to the Chamber Music Institute (http://www.chambermusicinstitute.com/Anshutz.html) for scholarships for deserving students so they may participate in chamber music instruction.
Enjoy your summer break, and we’ll see you at an activity in the Fall!
Kyle
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LA Finals Solo Competition Winners!! These students will advance to the next State Competition.
Category Student Teacher Young adult Violin Junqi Tang Suli Xue Young Adult Cello Kevin Mills Bongshin Ko Pre-College Violin Christine Park Linda Rose Pre-College Violin Danna Xue Pin-Fei Tang Intermediate Violin Thomas Wang Samuel Fischer Intermediate Viola Cara Pogossian Movses Pogossian Elementary Violin Hannah Kim Samuel Fischer Elementary Cello Jessica Lee In-Kyu Lee Elementary Cello (2nd place) Sedong Hwang Sangwan Cho
ASTA Competition Chair Gloria Traullé expressed a big thank you to all the teachers and parents who were there to support and encourage all the musicians who competed. The adjudicators were David Aks, Misha Lakirovich, and Ernest Salem.
Special Competition Award: solo performance with Cal State LA Symphony Danna Xue (Pre-College Cello category) will be invited to perform with CSULA symphony. Kevin Mills (Young Adult Cello category) was named by the judges as alternate.
ATTENTION ALL GUITAR TEACHERS! Important Announcement! The Southern CA Junior Bach Festival has a Strings Regional Festival held each April. It has been traditionally for violin, viola, and cello. There are three judges who give comments. The Festival participants generally play one movement with a maximum of 5 minutes in a recital. This String Festival has been restricted to MTAC members in the past. The SCJBF Executive Board recently decided to open it up to ASTA guitar teachers. Since the ASTA Competition for guitar has Bach as a requirement, this is a natural place for the guitar students to play their Bach pieces in a recital format and get a critique. Please go to scjbf.org and look at the website. Click on Registration and Announcements, then click on “Special Announcement for Strings, Winds and Voice.” The Jr. and Senior age requirements (up to age 18), fees, etc., are in that announcement. I would like a response from as many guitar teachers as possible telling me if you are interested in this program. It would be wonderful to have you join us in this Festival. Please send me your questions, comments, desires, literature that you think is appropriate for this Festival, and any other ideas you would like to express. Please email me at [email protected]. I look forward to your responses, and I hope there will be many. Joyce Osborn Violinist String Chair – So. CA Jr. Bach Festival ASTA and MTAC Member Past ASTA Board Member
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Malibu HS Orchestra Teacher Maia Zander wins Coda Bow for Self, School
The Coda Bow company held a drawing at their exhibit booth at ASTA national convention in March: a bow for the winner plus a bow for the school of winner’s choice with customized school logo.
Ms. Zander reports, “This was all very exciting for us! My students were dumbfounded when I shared the news that our school had won a personalized Coda Bow. None of them have ever played with such a high-quality bow. The idea that our school had won such a nice bow, that they were going to get to use it on a daily basis, AND that it was going to have a shark on it was beyond exciting. The student who demonstrates the best bow technique (bow hold, contact point, bow distribution, etc.) during class will be the student who gets to use the bow for the day. Using this high quality student bow then helps that student to further improve his or her bow technique. This has transformed how everybody is thinking about bow technique. Now that each of them has the chance to get to use "The Shark Bow," they are all paying much more attention to every aspect of their bow use. This is making our lessons on bow technique seem more meaningful to the students, and it has vastly improved the tone quality of our ensemble. Thank you CodaBow for giving us this incredible gift!”
January 11, 2014 — Our 4th Annual Chamber Music Festival University of Redlands — 1 to 7 pm Teachers of bowed strings, harp and guitar — You're encouraged to join with your students or have your ensembles (2 through 9 players) perform in the friendly atmosphere at the University of Redlands. Performers may be any age and skill level, including teachers with students, students with students, professionals with amateurs, and groups preparing for VOCE competitions, as long as there is at least one string player who is a member of ASTA Los Angeles or coached or sponsored by an ASTA-Los Angeles member at the time of registration. December Deadline for application — The fee is $30 per group, payable to ASTA-LA Section, and each group is allowed 15 minutes maximum to perform literature of their choosing. It may be classical, popular, or alternative styles, with equal parts for all members and one or more pieces. No solos with piano accompaniment; no concerti. You may request whether you want to play early, middle, or late in the "marathon," and you will be notified after postmark deadline if you have been accepted. It is limited to the first 20 ensembles who apply. High School and University Ensembles — This is the perfect forum to perform and hear other groups of your level. We also welcome younger ensembles and players of ALL ages. Questions? — Contact Chamber Music Festival Chair Kay Pech at [email protected] Application and Guidelines —will be available in the fall online http://www.facebook.com/ASTAlosangeles DEADLINE TO SUBMIT IS DECEMBER, 2013
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In Memoriam RICHARD ANSHUTZ
Richard Leland Anshutz, 82, of Cerritos, California, died of heart failure on June 22, 2013. He suffered a heart attack on June 14 and successfully underwent emergency triple bypass surgery on June 16, but just didn’t have the strength to recover. Richard was State Membership Chair and Editor of the American String Teachers Association state newsletter, The Soundpost, 2000-2013, winning the “Best State Chapter Newsletter” national award from ASTA in 2012.
He grew up in Sioux City, surrounded by the love of the Gross and Anshutz families, with lots of cousins. He began lessons in playing the violin and the piano as a child.
His education included graduation from Central High School, Sioux City; Richmond Professional Institute of the College of William and Mary in Richmond, VA 1950; Morningside College, Sioux City (degree in Music Education,1957); Indiana University, masters degree studies in music; University of South Dakota, Vermillion (Master of Music in Music Education Degree, 1968); and the University of California, Santa Barbara, PhD studies (ABD) in Historical Musicology.
He served in the U.S. Air Force 1950-1954. His long and distinguished musical life included conducting orchestras and bands, playing the timpani, serving as orchestra librarian and/or personnel manager in professional orchestras and municipal bands in Virginia, Iowa, Wyoming, Ohio, Tennessee and California. A staff member of the American Symphony Orchestra League in Charleston, WV, 1957-1959, he returned to his own high school to become the Orchestra Director at Central High School, Sioux City, IA 1959-1967, as well as Conductor of the Sioux City Youth Symphony. A mentor to many young men through teaching music and his volunteer work in DeMolay, he is remembered with deep gratitude and love for his kind and humble demeanor, his interest and friendship extended to all he knew. Everyone loved to hear his stories.
Highlights of his career included 1969-1977 in Santa Barbara, where he was a teaching assistant to Karl Geiringer and Peter Fricker at the University of California. As a graduate student in Historical Musicology, he completed all course work, written and oral exams for Ph.D. (ABD), and Conductor of the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony. During the summers he was the Operations Coordinator at the Music Academy of the West.
Although they dated in 1962, he did not “pop the question” in time, and waited 27 years until he again found the love of his life, Kay Pech, at a music convention. They were married in Vienna, Austria, on June 7, 1989, sharing 24 years of a “musical match made in heaven.” He was devoted to her and enjoyed their collaboration on many musical projects, particularly the Chamber Music Institute—Southern California, a nonprofit providing string quartet coaching for players of all ages, and served as CMI’s volunteer operations coordinator.
He wrote reviews of musical performances for the Sioux City Journal in the 1960s, was the manager of a Kinko’s store in Long Beach in the 1990s, and served ASTA for many years. He loved traveling and his favorite place in the world was Paris.
When asked to share memories of Richard, state ASTA President Kim Cole wrote, “The terms which come to mind when I think of Richard include passion, enthusiasm, dedication, hard work and old fashioned commitment to a cause greater than himself. The first time I met him, he picked up a group of us from northern California in his son's Land Rover and he was absolutely charming. He shared stories with us and kept us fully entertained as he drove us from the airport to the site of the state board meeting. He was so full of personality and energy. It was a delightful experience.” Kyle Champion, Greater LA President, noted Richard’s passion for music and the determination he exhibited even when it was difficult to get to a concert, to get there.”That to me was Richard—strong willed but passionate about music… He gave his all to every student, and every performance he was a part of.” This editor notes that Richard was the nominator of at least 2 of our past outstanding teacher awards. He had an eye and an ear for quality. We will miss him.
Richard is survived by his wife Kay Pech, two step-sons, Jon Andreas of Chino, California, and Marc Andreas of Grandville, Michigan, and seven grandchildren, Adeline, Connor, Lovely, Galadriel, Jonah, Ivy and Willow.
Per his wishes, no memorial service is planned. His body has been cremated and will be interred in Sioux City, Iowa, next to his parents’
graves. In lieu of flowers, tax-deductible contributions may be given to CMIsc for the Richard Anshutz Memorial Scholarship,www.chambermusicinstitute.com.
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The Bulletproof Musician visits Harp Camp at University of Redlands July 23, 24, 25 from 3:00-5:00 PM Dr. Noa Kageyama will present 2-hour workshops on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Topics to be covered include Energy Regulation (optimizing physical, mental and emotional states for peak performance), Focus (what do peak performers think about while they are performing) and Courage (how to maximize potential and play with confidence). He will also be available for private sessions ($100 an hour for professionals and teachers, $50 an hour for students) and small (no more than 4-5) group sessions for students (total $100 an hour). These will be scheduled through Mary Dropkin at [email protected] and payable directly to Dr. Kageyama. For those who will be attending Dr. Kageyama's workshops only (teachers/professionals, students of other instruments) please fill out The Bulletproof Musician application form and return with your tuition. It is found at the website listed next paragraph. Mary Dropkin is a longtime member of ASTA and harp faculty at University of Redlands. For more information about the HARP CAMP visit http://www.redlands.edu/academics/school-of-music/harp-camp.aspx
UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS SUMMER HARP CAMP July 22 - 27, 2013 Workshops begin daily at 8:30 a.m. Am I eligible? Yes – if you are a harp student in middle school, high school, college or an adult Yes – if you are a lower intermediate to advanced level harp student Yes – if you would enjoy participating in an exciting and stimulating week aimed at providing an enriching and educational experience centered around the harp Do I need to audition? No auditions are required, but we would like to know what repertoire you have been studying and what sort of ensemble experience you have had.
What is the purpose of Summer Harp Camp and what will I do there? The focus of the University of Redlands Summer Harp camp is to enhance your musical studies and your enjoyment of the harp, to develop a deeper appreciation for music while working with a supportive group of clinicians and teachers who share the same passion for the harp and music-making. This year we will have music theory and rhythm workshops, large and small ensembles, the Doctors Are In sessions, Strategic Planning for your Future, a continuation of the Green Room Experience with a special Friday afternoon session with Frank Fetta called Notes from the Podium, two workshops on the correct pronunciation of musical terms, composers' names and other terms specific to the harp. Also in the planning stages are an informal gathering at the Brockton Apartments, featuring a pot-luck dinner incorporating a music exchange,. We will also have a more informal concert by the clinicians, including chamber music with other instruments. Continuing Programs The Green Room Experience: The Green Room Experience will be held on Monday and Friday this year. The workshops will be for everyone and will focus on understanding the ways to approach learning music, how we practice. Lynne Aspnes will have participants play a work in progress on Monday, and will direct her comments to ways they can practice during the week to hone the performance skill/issue under discussion. On Friday, everyone who played on Monday will return, play the same passage or piece and discuss with everyone HOW they practiced during the week. Performance Evaluations: This is an opportunity for you to play any piece, or part of a piece, that you are currently studying and/or preparing for performance. Monday evening at 6:00 pmwill be for pedal harps, Tuesday evening will be for lever harps. The clinicians will listen and offer both short and long-term "fixes", in written form. Saturday morning you will again perform your piece to demonstrate what progress you have made on the short-term fixes and to discuss the long-term fixes if necessary. The piece should be no longer than 5-6 minutes; memorization is not necessary. A great way to get some outside feedback and some fresh performance ideas!!
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Watching the El Sistema movement in our area…. Member Anna Ancheta sends us this information about her efforts in the Inland Empire.
Free After-School Music Program Launches in San Jacinto
Children were wide-eyed as they walked into the San Jacinto Elementary School classroom and got their first glimpse of the shiny new instruments laid out around the room. The five music teachers were equally excited to see the new faces. These students and
teachers are the first to participate in the brand-new BRIDGE program, an after-school program offering free daily string music instruction and free instruments to all participants. BRIDGE is a program sponsored by the non-profit MUSICA! Foundation in partnership with the San Jacinto Unified School District. Under the aegis of The Diamond Valley Arts Council, MUSICA! has been offering string training to students in the valley for over twelve years. The new after-school program is modeled on the El Sistema program, out of which Maestro Gustavo Dudamel, conductor of the LA Philharmonic, came. The goals of the program are to build community relationships through music making and to offer the best quality instruction to everyone regardless of ability to pay. The first pilot class comprises third graders from San Jacinto Elementary who meet Monday through Thursday for an hour each day, and the second class will include a range of grade levels. Eventually, the BRIDGE program will expand to include students from any school and of any age, including adults and seniors. It is the only program of its kind in Riverside, Orange and San Bernardino Counties. MUSICA! is one of thirty five founding members of the National Alliance of El Sistema-Inspired Programs. What sets BRIDGE apart from other community music programs is the focus on the needs of people living in rural areas located at a distance from major performing arts facilities. Rural areas do not have the economic or personnel resources of metropolitan areas. “We are so lucky to have a gifted group of teachers who have come here, encouraged by the gracious welcome of schools and parents, and inspired by the opportunity,” says Anna Ancheta, director of MUSICA!/BRIDGE and ASTA member . “Our Citizen-Artist-Teacher-Scholars include Teresa Di Pietro, Heather Netz of Idyllwild, Kristy Foote of Temecula and Mary Duffy, a professional bass player, who is herself a product of MUSICA! training.” BRIDGE would not exist without the visionary support of local school principals and ASES coordinator Dr. Vince Record. Dr. Record a native to San Jacinto has championed programs like BRIDGE that bring enrichment to this rural community. In addition, advice from Sam Chilingarian and Louise Ghandhi of the Verdugo Young Musicians Association’s Longfellow Project has been invaluable. There is always more work to be done. MUSICA! must raise the funds to get more working instruments and to pay for the hours of support staff time it takes to do that fund raising! Currently the program is being funded by grants from private donors and a matching grant of $2500 from Supervisor Stone’s Community Improvement Designation Fund. “Our current limiting factor is getting instruments” says Ancheta, “and we need to build the funding so that we can grow this program forward. These are the challenges in a rural area that lacks industry and philanthropic foundations. The program is already selling itself as the kids, parents and school experience the joy of music making.” For further information you can contact MUSICA! at 951-654-6312 or via email at [email protected] . See website links to MUSICA! at https://sites.google.com/site/musicamaking/ and through http://elsistemausa.org/ See YouTube of MUSICA programs at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS7msx_qwRs&feature=youtu.be For more about El Sistema go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iEnIhvjm3k
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Los Angeles ASTA Award Winners 2007-13 2007 Arthur Mautner, Outstanding Studio Teacher Margaret Asato, Outstanding School Teacher Fritzi Culick, Distinguished Service Award 2008 Cheryl Scheidemantle, Outstanding Studio Teacher Thomas Forbes, Outstanding School Teacher 2009 James Smith, Outstanding Studio Teacher Gregg Goodhart, Outstanding School Teacher Dr. Aron Green, Distinguished Service Award 2010 Dr. Charles Baker, Outstanding Studio Teacher Kay Crask, Outstanding School Teacher
2011 Joyce Osborn, Outstanding Studio Teacher Julie West, Outstanding School Teacher David Morey & Morey's Music, Outstanding Service 2012 Gail Gerding-Mellert, Outstanding Studio Teacher Peter Park, Outstanding School Teacher Carol Kersten, Outstanding Service 2013 Peter Marsh, Outstanding Studio Teacher Andrew Osman, Outstanding School Teacher Lonie Bosserman, Distinguished Service (posthumous) $100 has been donated to the National Foundation for the Advancement of String Playing (ASTA) in the name of each award recipient
Watch the fall issue for the nomination form for YOU to nominate YOUR string heroes!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR’S HONOREES
Peter Marsh, retired, was adjunct professor in the strings department at USC’s Thornton School of Music, and was first violinist of the Lenox Quartet (1957-75), “one of the finest quartets this country has yet produced” (New York Times). Subsequently he was first violinist of the Philadelphia, Berkshire, Sequoia, Southwest Chamber and Pacific String Quartets. Marsh was a member of the Picasso Trio, the Palo Verde, Amici, and Rio Trios. As concertmaster, he played for the Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Colorado Festival Orchestra, and California Chamber Symphony. Chamber music collaborations have included Leon Fleischer, Menahem Pressler, Stanley Drucker, John Wummur, and Eudice Shapiro.
Marsh studied with Hans Letz. Further studies took Marsh to American conservatory where he studied with Scott Willits. Marsh’s 3rd teacher was Emanuel Zetlin at the University of Washington.
In recent years, Marsh has presented master classes and concerts in China, Taiwan, Korea, Alaska, and Brazil. Last summer was Marsh’s 13th consecutive year as director of the Franco-Americaine Rencontre de Musique de Chambre Festival in France, where each year he has taken an outstanding USC student chamber group to play with him and French musicians. Professor Marsh has served on the faculties of Indiana University (Bloomington), Grinnell College, SUNY Binghamton, CSU Fullerton, California Institute of the Arts, San Francisco Conservatory, and Ithaca College. As Faculty/Artist Marsh has performed at festivals such as Tanglewood, Aspen, Ravinia, and Fairbanks, to name a few. As editor of “The Violin Forum” in American String Teacher magazine, Marsh has contributed articles on violin technique. He has served on the music panels of the New York State Council of the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. His nominator commended him for being the kind of teacher who, when his student is competing, always shows up to support the student; and whose students always perform well, regardless of level. Andrew Osman is in his thirtieth year of teaching music at Long Beach Polytechnic High School where he conducts the Chamber Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, String Orchestra, Concert Band and Symphonic Wind Ensemble. He also served from 1995 - 2006 as the Music Curriculum Leader for the Long Beach Unified School District, working with the music staff to coordinate the K-12 music program in the district.
The Poly Orchestras have received numerous honors, including performances at CMEA conferences, the Orange County Performing Art Center Invitational Festival, and a concert with world-renowned mezzo-soprano
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Marilyn Horne. The Poly Music Department has been selected six times by the GRAMMY foundation as a GRAMMY Signature School, and twice as a Signature "Gold" school, recognizing it as one of the top high school programs in the country. He serves as a festival adjudicator for band and orchestra festivals throughout the western US, and has conducted numerous honor orchestras.
Mr. Osman is a graduate of UCLA and has done graduate coursework at Northwestern University. His nominators noted that the CASMEC State Honor Orchestra frequently contains 4-10 Long Beach Poly
students, further testimony to the quality of his work. Lonie Bosserman received her Bachelor of Music and teaching credential from California State
University, Long Beach. In addition, she studied Suzuki pedagogy with John Kendall, Alice Joy Lewis, Linda Case, William Starr, Lorraine Fink, and Susan Kempner.
Mrs. Bosserman taught violin for 10 years at the Colburn School of the Performing Arts in Los Angeles and for 25 years in her studio in Orange County. She was an instrumental music specialist for the Orange Unified School District for six years. She served as a string clinician and adjudicator for local organizations and taught master classes in LA, Orange County, the Southern California Suzuki Institute, and the West Coast Suzuki Music Camp. She was a member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas, Suzuki Music Association of California, and ASTA.
Sensing a need for a quality orchestral experience for intermediate string players in Orange County, Mrs. Bosserman founded and managed the Santiago String Youth Orchestra, now the Pacific Symphony Santiago Strings.
Before Lonie's passing she asked that her violin be sold and the proceeds be used to benefit young string musicians in Orange County. In order to grant her wish, The Lonie Bosserman Fund has been established at the Orange County Community Foundation to provide tuition assistance for young musicians. In the first year, students in five different youth orchestras benefited from her generosity and it is anticipated that the life of the Fund will exceed 20 years.
In the future, grant money may also be awarded for the purpose of commissioning original works and exposing string players to high profile performers and educators.
L to R: ASTA-LA President Kyle Champion with Jenny & Mike Bosserman and Annette Brower, accepting the Distinguished Service Award on behalf of Lonie Bosserman from Janine Riveire
Below, L to R: Peter Marsh, Andrew Osman, Lonie Bosserman
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Sad News: Your editor has received reports that World of Strings in Long Beach has gone out of business. Three of the employees banded together and have opened Long Beach Guitar Repair at 2930 E. 7th St, about a mile east of the old World of Strings shop. Jon Peterson, the luthier, stated in March that he was intending to keep working on instruments. However, efforts to contact him have not yet been successful. Please contact your editor at [email protected] with any information you may have that we can share.
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2014 ASTA-LOS ANGELES GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES Application Deadline: Postmarked October 1, 2013 Grant Notification: by November 30, 2013 Grant Period: January 1, 2014 - August 31, 2014 OVERVIEW ASTA-LA may award grants of up to $5,000 during the 2014 fiscal year to Southern California musical organizations which initiate and promote activities that advance the art of string playing (violin, viola, cello, bass, harp, and guitar). Grants are awarded to provide scholarship assistance, performance honorariums, composer’s fees, educational forums, recitals, competitions, and other related musical activities. ELIGIBILITY Applicants must be all of the following:
• members of ASTA-LA • planning to provide musical activities in the geographical region covered by the eight counties of Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, and Ventura. • a 501(c)(3) or other non-profit organization
PAYMENTS Grant payments are made to the organization. Grants are taxable income. The grantee is responsible for management of the funds including distribution and tax reporting. PROGRAM MATERIALS Applicants are asked to complete an application which details:
• information about the organization • past and/or current promotional material • goals and/or expected results of the project • target group • collaborating institutions and/or artists involved • a timeline for the project • a budget of how the funds will be used
PANEL REVIEW PROCEDURE Applications will be reviewed by an impartial 5 member panel consisting at least one ASTA member, evaluating for:
• quality of the activity requesting grant funds • reason for requesting funds • applicant’s capacity to carry out the project artistically and organizationally
PREPARING THE APPLICATION Questions and/or Applications should be sent to Grant Program Coordinator, Wendy Velasco [email protected]
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For answers, see our webpage: www.calasta.org
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