2009-2010 Calendar of Events and Deadlines

You are cordially invited to attend the monthly meetings of the Music Educators Association of NJ. A variety of programs such as master classes, lecture-recitals and workshops by a distinguished roster of guest artists was selected in late spring by the Program Committee.

Meetings are held on the third Thursday of the month, September through November and January through June. There is no general meeting in December. Meetings take place at the Madison Public Library, 39 Keep Street. General Meetings begin at 9:45AM. Board Meetings begin at 10:15 AM

SEPTEMBER 2009
10 Board Meeting
17 General Meeting: Annual Piano Competition Repertoire

OCTOBER 2009
1 Deadline for 2009-2010 Membership Dues to enter students in Honors Recital Auditions
1 Deadline for November/December Glissando
4 Student Recitals
6 Scherzo Club, Home of Ana Berschadsky, Montville
8 Board Meeting
15 General Meeting: Phyllis Lehrer - Performance Anxiety
22 Deadline for Honors Recital Application

NOVEMBER 2009
1 Student Recitals
3 Scherzo Club, Home of Rebecca Eng, West Orange
12 Board Meeting
15 Honors Recital Auditions, Seton Hall U.
19 General Meeting: Joan Behrens-Bregman - The Art of Practicing
21 Honors Recitals, Morris Museum

DECEMBER 2009
1 Deadline for January/February Glissando
10 Board Meeting
NO General Meeting in December
15 Deadline for 2009-2010 Membership Dues to enter students in Annual Piano Competition

JANUARY 2010
14Board Meeting
21 General Meeting: Julia Lam - Music for Life: Growing Up Through Excellence in Music
31 Deadline for Eric Steiner Memorial Awards Composition Competition Application

FEBRUARY 2010
1 Deadline for Annual Piano Competition Application
1 Deadline for March/April Glissando
2 Scherzo Club: Home of Barbara Landi Hause, Florham Park
7 Student Recitals
11 Board Meeting
18 General Meeting: Claudio Knafo - Latin Music

MARCH 2010
1Deadline for 2009-2910 Membership Dues to enter students in Auditions
1 Deadline for Summer Camp Scholarship and for Annual Piano Competition Applications
2 Scherzo Club: Home of Betty Rosenblum, Montclair
7 Annual Piano Competition: Chopin & Schumann's 200th Birthday
11 Board Meeting
14 Annual Piano and Composition Competition Winners' Recital, NJ City University
18 General Meeting: Douglas Humpherys - Teaching the Music of Schumann: Character & Character Pieces
21 Student Recitals
31 Deadline for Audition Application

APRIL 2010
1 Deadline for College Scholarship Application
1Deadline for May/June Glissando
6 Scherzo Club: Home of Anita Gordon, Whippany
8 Board Meeting
11 Student Recitals
15 General Meeting: Jerome Lowenthal - Liszt's Final Pilgrimage 

MAY 2010
2 Student Recitals
4 Scherzo Club: Home of Cinder LeDell, Basking Ridge
13 Board Meeting
20 General Meeting: Hsai-Jung Chang - Multi-ethnic Influences in the Music of Chopin
23 Student Auditions

JUNE 2010
6,13 Student Auditions
10 Board Meeting
13 Young Artists' Master Class Auditions
17 General Meeting: Miyako Lotto - Young Artists' Master Class
30 Deadline for 2010-2011 Membership Dues

There's the pupil you chide so discreetly
Who listens and smiles very sweetly.
When you play, it is clear
That he just didn't hear
Or he'd misunderstood you completely

David Goldstein