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Song: Music Along Shall Live Theme: Music for Life
E-NEWS NOTES- October 2020 President’s Notes Describing the
current situation our world is experiencing is difficult – COVID-19
pandemic, wildfires, floods, hurricanes – and yet the world is
still making music! It is no surprise that musicians around the
world are finding creative ways to participate in music - from
experimenting with virtual technologies, live streaming concerts,
Zooming recitals, to playing music outside at a safe distance. The
healing power of music is being witnessed throughout all walks of
life. Understanding that it is essential we continue to stay
connected with our membership; we too are learning new ways of
communicating. Collaborating via Zoom, Go-to-Meeting, Skype, and
Facetime have all become the functions of everyday life. Area
festivals are exploring how to conduct virtual or hybrid(both live
& recorded) events. District and Senior Club meetings are being
conducted on a regular basis via Zoom. Several Senior Clubs are
utilizing technology to present live stream recitals. Kudos to all
of you for striving to meet the challenges before us! Are you
looking to expand performance opportunities and new ways to engage
your students and musical colleagues in a safe environment? Both
NFMC and FFMC offer awards and events that can be accomplished via
online applications and auditions. Check out these opportunities
and many more on our website www.ffmc-music.org
• Frances Rands Beery Ballet Award – [email protected] •
Junior Composer Competition – [email protected] • Essay
Contest – [email protected] (FFMC Contest) • Young Artist
Auditions - [email protected] • Visit www.nfmc-music.org to
learn about the many competitions and awards available
for adults and youth. Be sure to review the application
deadlines and rules for participation.
Jeanie/Stephen Auditions Connie Tuttle Lill, Chairman
561-703-7333cell [email protected] Jeanie/Stephen
Auditions Will be Dark
Many thanks to the Jeanie Committee and the FFMC Executive
Committee for working on this important decision to conduct the
event this coming January 2021. With all the social unrest and the
health concerns of the Coronavirus, who knows what January will
look like? Can the event be held outdoors in chilly north Florida
weather? Will the museum and park be open for business? So many
thoughts. Hence, the committee felt it would be in the best
interest to postpone the 2021 event. It has always been a wonderful
historical event that both the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center
and the Florida Federation have shared for past 69 years. We are so
proud of our contestants who have gone on to have great careers in
voice performance. We will continue to write updates in the Sharps
and Flats. We will highlight our former winners in the coming
months. Remember, we have our 2020 Jeanie, Nicole Carrion and 2020
Stephen, Adam Benton who would be most happy to put on a program
for your music club.
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TAKE NOTE!
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FORMS Lisa Moore, FFMC Financial Secretary
[email protected] JUNIOR CLUBS: FFMC mailed out dues
forms in July for renewal purposes. Counselors should mail in $50
for up to 16 juniors with $2 more for each additional junior. Note
the deadline is extended to November 1, 2020. OPTION: Include $50
more for individual senior membership as an alternative to the
local senior club dues. Download:
https://ffmc-music.org/juniorbill.pdf SENIOR CLUBS: All Senior Club
Presidents and Treasurers should have received the 2020-2021 dues
form and NFMC liability insurance information via email with
previous roster. Senior dues are $10.00 per member with $5 donation
to Student Scholarship Fund and $5 toward the Past Presidents’ Fund
($110 minimum for 10 members or less). Deadline: November 1.
Download: https://ffmc-music.org/seniorbill.pdf LIABILITY
INSURANCE: All FFMC events must have NFMC liability insurance. All
District and Senior Club Presidents and Treasurers must send in the
disclaimer to Linda Blessing, chair [email protected]. The
notarized signature on this form ensures that each event under FFMC
auspices will have liability insurance. If the organization chooses
NOT to purchase this liability coverage, an event cannot be
considered as having any connection to FFMC. The forms are on our
website. See: https://ffmc-music.org/LiabilityInsurance.pdf
CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Philip LeGrand, FFMC Recording Secretary,
will
need a signed and dated form from each district and club
president. Scan and email to: [email protected]. Please send AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE. Refer to
form on website.
Download:
https://ffmc-music.org/Conflict-of-Interest-Disclosure.pdf
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2021 FFMC FRANCES RANDS BEERY BALLET AWARDS
THE DR. ISABELLA LAUDE
DANCE PLAQUE AWARD The Dr. Isabella Laude Dance Plaque is
awarded biennially at the state convention to the senior club doing
the most to promote dance. Schedule a dance program for your senior
club now and become eligible TO WIN this plaque PLUS $100 CASH! So
please include dance in your club programs! (Next award given in
2021.) Eligible programs include international, classical, folk, or
modern dance programs; awarding prizes or scholarships to dance
students, having dance exercises, book reviews or other types of
programs promoting dance.
DEADLINE: APRIL 15, 2021 Send report of your dance program to
FFMC
Dance Chairman, Dr. Monica Laude, before April 15, 2021:
Dr. Monica Laude 444 Seminole Road
Babson Park, FL 33827
or via email: [email protected]
LIVE AUDITIONS
Saturday, April 10, 2021 10:00 am Lakeland, Florida
Male and female ballet students between the ages of 12 and 18
are invited to apply for the 2021 FFMC Frances Rands Beery Ballet
auditions. Awards available: First $750, Second $250, Honorable
Mention $25 Students must perform two dances including one
combination en pointe from classical ballet performed in leotard
and one variation in costume (contemporary or original), plus
demonstration of basic techniques. Winners also receive a plaque
and a sketch of the career of Frances Rands Beery, an international
premier ballerina, who was a member of the Lake Wales Music Club
and Dance Chairman of the Florida Federation of Music Clubs. The
awards were endowed in her memory by Lake Wales Arts Council. Entry
fee and completed application must be sent to the chairman, Dr.
Monica Laude, postmarked no later than March 1, 2021. Address can
be found on form on FFMC website:
http://www.ffmc-music.org/ballet.htm Contact Dr. Monica Laude
for more information at (863) 455-9941 or send email:
[email protected]
Auditions will be held at
Highland School of Dance
6929 Old Highway 37 Lakeland, FL 33811
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Federation Cup Report 2020 Lisa Moore, Chair
FFMC festivals once again had strong participation in the NFMC
Federation Cup plan. Our juniors have earned over 1,350 cups in
total. Congratulations to all our hard-working juniors! The first
15-point cup typically represents three years of achievement.
Students who continue in the cup plan build up more points. They
will earn the 30-point cup in another three or so years. The NFMC
Bulletin explains options for combining for those students in grade
9 and above in order to possibly earn the Grand Cup or President
Cup by their senior year in high school. Here is the breakdown:
• 845 15-point cups • 110 45-point cups • 13 75-point cups
(Grand) • 358 30-point cups • 32 60-point cups • 2 90-point cups
(President)
Congratulations to our “top cup” recipients! See list below with
their event and teacher:
PRESIDENT CUP - 90 points Carol Jiang: Piano Solo / Roxanne
Stevenson Emily Kim: Piano Solo / Lisa Smith
GRAND CUP - 75 points Rachel Bai: Piano Solo / Jae Jung Jay
Borick: Piano Solo / Loretta Hake Allison Chang: Piano Solo / Ariel
Liu Sophia Chen: Piano Solo / Olga Glick Corey Chung: Piano Solo /
Loretta Hake Eric H. Kim: Piano Solo / Jae Jung Sophie Kuo: Piano
Solo / Ariel Liu Hailey Larson: Piano Solo / Heidi Larson Kathy
Liu: Piano Solo / Kenneth Hanks Tri Nguyen: Piano Solo / Denise
Verheul Michael Yao: Piano Solo / Olga Glick Nina Zhang: Piano Solo
/ Wanda Louie Michelle Zhu: Piano Solo / Maria Gomez
60 Point Cups Anya Bizon: Hymn Playing / Zalina Gurevich Manning
Chen: Piano Solo / Marie Hasse Adam Cui: Violin Solo / Huifang Chen
Melissa Erdem: Violin Solo / Lev Gurevich Katelyn Copeland: Piano
Solo / Maureen Rhodes Lauren Gayles: Piano Solo / Mara Lauzums
Katherine Harland: Piano Solo / Betty Atkinson Spencer Huie: Piano
Solo / Lynn Freeman Elizabeth Kelly: Piano Solo / Loretta Hake Anna
Lebo: Piano Solo / Debra Carter Michelle Rehan Li: Piano Solo /
Judith Burganger Elena Dajung Lim: Violin Solo / Huifang Chen
Jeffrey Lu: Theory / Ruth Lewis Abigail McNutt: Violin Solo / Tina
Raimondi Monette Munford: Piano Solo/ Kamila Shahtakhtinski Armando
Pabon: Piano Solo / Virginia James Phebe Rich: Piano Solo / Tim
Murphy Phebe Rich: Hymn Playing / Tim Murphy Solana Rudnitsky:
Vocal Solo - Musical Theatre / Maribel Soriano Jared Santiago:
Piano Solo / Vickie Stake Alana Schreibman: Piano Solo / Laura
Miller Trinity Shiu: Piano Solo / Roxanne Stevenson Steven Shu:
Violin Solo / Lev Gurevich Johanna Tam: Piano Solo / Irena Kofman
Isabelle Tseng: Violin Solo / Lev Gurevich Jeannie Wang: Piano Solo
/ Xiaomin Tu Amber Wei: Piano Solo / Heidi Larson Donovan Wu: Piano
Solo / Irena Kofman Shana Xia: Piano Solo / Maria Gomez Kai J.
Zaragoza: Violin Solo / Tina Raimondi Sallie Zhou: Piano Solo /
Irena Kofman Elizabeth Zhu: Piano Solo / Maria Gomez
PRESIDENT/GRAND CUP APPLICATION For 2021, teachers should be
sure to use the most current Grand Cup application form. (Download
Form JR 4-1 from the NFMC website: www.nfmc-music.org). NOTE:
Students who earned the President’s cup or their Grand Cup may wish
to prepare a brief biography for Junior Keynotes. Send to Jeanne
Hryniewicki, editor, as word documents along with a high resolution
jpeg picture, email: [email protected].
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FLORIDA FEDERATION OF MUSIC CLUBS
CRADLE ROLL 2020-21 Parents, Krissy and Randy LaBarbera, and
great grandparent, Patsy Shaw are proud to welcome our newest
NFMC/FFMC cradle roll member! Judah Paul LaBarbera was born on July
23, 2020. Celebrate the birth of your child or grandchild by
securing a Cradle Roll Membership. Your $25 one-time contribution
to FFMC introduces them to FFMC Musical Adventures. For more
information, contact Mary Webb … [email protected]
In Loving Memory Please inform any deaths in your district or
senior club to Mary Webb … [email protected] Jerome Lowe ..
[email protected] and Cheryl Poe … [email protected] If
possible, include a brief description involvement in FFMC and
his/her community. Kenneth Donald Baar – 1926-2020 – Bradenton,
Florida Faith-Marie Blais – 1943-2020 – Sarasota, Florida Dr. Lev
Isaacovich Gurevich – d. September 18, 2020 - Winter Park,
Florida
Revered violin teacher, Dr. Lev Isaacovich Gurevich, was a
beacon of classical music performance and instruction in the
Central Florida community, he was loved by all his students and
colleagues but most of all by his beloved wife, Michele Gurevich
and his son Michael "Misha" Gurevich.
As a violin teacher, he taught students of all ages for 40
years. Over the decades he coached and inspired his students to
become professional orchestra players, concertmasters, and
international competition winners.
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, a private funeral will take
place at Ohev Shalom Cemetery in Orlando with Rabbi Arnold Siegel
of Jewish Family Services officiating.
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A Sampling of Images from District and Senior ClubsBay Ridge
District – Tampa Area
Krysten Richards, President
Laura Hollis ,Barrett School of Music, teaching at a social
distance in Tampa.
Lake District – Orlando Area Lisa Moore, District President
Members of Lake District enjoying meeting via
“zoom” – September 2020.
Royal Poinciana District – Miami Area Catherine Gavin, District
President
Congratulations to Coral Gables Music Club scholarship student,
ESTHER CHAE for making it into The Julliard School of Music!
Capital District/Choctaw Bay Music Club Sharleen Williams,
President
18th Annual Opera Brunch Fundraiser February 2020 -Prior to
COVID-19 Quarantine
Featured Pensacola Opera Artists in Residence.
Funds raised support scholarships for youth. Saint John’s
District/Harmony Music Club
Debra Carter, District President
Graduating Senior, Palma Adimula, performed
virtual recital August 2020.
Seminole District/Sarasota Music Club Marian Cox, District
President
MonicaConesa,Soprano,fromSarasota
SuwanneeDistrict/Foundationforthe
PromotionofMusicClaudiaBrill,DistrictPresident
CongratulationstoFyodorGudchenko,2020BetsySchnellPianoAwardWinner!
