Adult Piano Recital was held at the studio on February 3, 2008. Adult student recital is a form of a recital in a friendly environment for all level of adult performers. Cordial discussion followed after each performance with emphasis on the different aspects of the Piano Performance, brief information about composers and each piece. Compositions from Clementi sonatas to Liszt-Busoni’s Mephisto-Waltz were performed. After the recital students continued interaction during the reception.

January,
2008 – your teacher, Raisa Parmentier,
performed in the Chamber Music Recital
with Mark Lakirovich, violinist
and dean of Longy School of Music
in Cambridge, MA, and cellist George Butler
at the Steinway Piano Gallery in Atlanta/Sandy Springs, at the Epiphany
Church in Suwannee, and at the Fallany Performing Arts Center of the Reinhardt
College in Waleska.
The program included sonatas and trio works by Mozart, Glinka, Beethoven
and Spiegel im Spiegel by Arvo Part.

Magic Piano Studio Winter recital was successfully performed at the Steinway Piano Gallery on December 14, 2007. It was a great holiday gift for the parents and all listeners!

November 19, 2007 – your teacher, Raisa Parmentier participated in Reinhardt College faculty recital in J.S.Bach Concerto for Four Keyboards and orchestra in A Minor, BWV 1065.
Juan Ramires - conductor of the Reinhardt Symphony Orchestra, George Lucktenberg – Artist in Residence and Raisa Parmentier

The
12th WPPC,
November 4-7, 2007 in Las Vegas, NE
Your teacher, Raisa Parmentier, participated in the 12th
World Piano Pedagogy Conference in Las Vegas, NE, in November 2007
and was a member of the finalist’s jury
in the 2nd International Pianovision Competition.

Victoria
Yang,
the 9th grade, participated in the Georgia
College and State University Junior Piano Olympics Competition
in the High School Division on October 27,2007
She won the 2nd prize. Victoria
was the youngest winner among High School competitors! She performed “Berceuse”
by Chopin and the 3rd movement of Beethoven Sonata Op. 27, No. 2.
Excellent results and rewards were attained for sustained and disciplined
practice all together with the beautiful gift!

October
2007 – NDMTA Sonata Competition
Four students participated in The Sonata Competition on October 13, 2007.
Victoria Yang won the
1st prize in advanced category!! She performed the
3rd movement of ‘Moonlight”sonata by Beethoven and participated
in Outstanding Performers’ Recital on October 14 at the Recital Hall
of the Piano Works. Great work, Victoria!

Andy Hyang, Isabella Tondi Resta and Nina Yang received Outstanding Performance grade! Our congratulations!

Adult
student Deborah Brown performed a solo piano
recital at the England Piano on July 22,
2007.
The program featured Beethoven’s “Appassionata”, Chopin’s
Ballade No.2, Sonata No.3 by Prokofiev and Brahms’s and Rachmaninoff’s
miniatures. Deborah is the finalist of the Amateur International Competition
2007 in Colorado.
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Our 2007 spring season concluded with our Magic Piano Studio recital at the Steinway Piano Galleries on May13, 2007.

The recital acknowledged new trophy and award winners, who have been rewarded
for their sustained accomplishments in hours of home practice, performances
during the lessons and theory studies.
Alex Agnew has been rewarded
with a 500 points trophy!
Nina Yang – 400 points trophy!
Vivian Wang, Meghna Rao – 300 points; Heather McKay, Sivamalai Chandreasecar – 200 points;
Izabella Tondi resta, Idean Behgorouz, Dianna Xu, Alina Xu, David Solano, Albert Zhang – 100 points;
Amber Feng, Sophia Reznikova, Michael Reznikov, Lavanya Natshiappan, Divya Balakrishnan – 50 points awards.
Victoria
Yang
(8th grade) and Alex Agnew (7th Grade) performed
at the State level of Georgia
Music Teacher National Association (GMTA)
at the University of Georgia on May 12, 2007.
They had to compete with up to 30 contests in each age category.
Victoria Yang performed Beethoven
sonata Op.2 No.1 and S.Rachmaninoff’s. Prelude in D Major. Op. 23
No.4. She has been rated as Outstanding Performer!
The judge from Winthrop University, SC, mentioned “…very mature
performance for her age and excellent preparedness” of her program.
Alex Agnew’s program
included Beethoven’s Sonata in C Minor.”Pathetique” Op.13.
and Prelude in C Sharp Minor by S. Rachmaninoff. She has received
Award of Excellence and has been noted as “a
very talented” student.

Your piano teacher, Raisa Parmentier, participated in the All-Bach Baroque Recital in local churches in February and at the Oglethorpe University Museum of Arts on March 18th. Your teacher performed solo and chamber music on the harpsichord: Toccatas, chamber duets, and trio-sonatas.
It is a very well known fact that Bach did not compose for the piano. Every student will benefit from an introduction to the authentic sound of the most renowned Baroque composer by attending programs that perform his compositions on the original instruments. It will help students to develop the adequate Baroque interpretations on the modern pianos.

Members of All-Bach Baroque Recital with Lloyd Nick, Director of the Oglethorpe University Museum of Arts.
24 students, including adult students, participated in NFMC
Festival on March 10th at the Northminister Church and all
received SUPERIORS. In addition, advanced students received
SUPERIOR + and SUPERIOR++!
Their names:
Alex Agnew, Brown Deborah, Bergorouz Ideen, Balakrishnan Divya, Jeyanth
John Britto, Choksey Tamara, Chandrasekar Sivamalai, Feng Amber, Hammer
Alex, Huang Andy, MacKey Heather, Natchiappan Lavanya,Rao Meghna, Resta
Tondi Izabella, Reznikov Michael, Thomas Russel, Wang Vivian, Wang Michelle,
Xu Dianna, Xu Alina, Yang Nina, Yang Victoria, Zhang Albert, Weng Edmund.
Izabella Tondi Resta, Michelle Wang, Alex Agnew and Nina Yang each received
a Special Judge Reward from
three judges of this festival.

Michelle Wang received The Judge Award for Edward Grieg Concerto in A Minor Op. 16 in the category Concerto

Russell Thomas, one of the adults students, who has received Superior + at the NFMC Festival
Seven students - Meghna Rao, Lavanya Natchiappan, Nina Yang, Victoria Yang, Tamara Choksey, Amber Feng and Alex Hammer - were awarded with Gold Cups for 3 Consecutive Years of Superior Rating and participated in the Gold Cup Honor Recital.

Four students participated in the GMTNA Spring Audition on March 17th at GSU. Andy Huang and Nina Yang received Awards of Excellence; Victoria Yang and Alex Agnew received Outstanding Performances and will proceed to the State level at UGA on May 12.
Six students-Sivamalai Chanrasekar, Alex Agnew, Victoria Yang, Nina Yang,
Izabella Tondi Resta, Andy Huang- participated in the
AMTNA Atlanta MusicFest on February 24th at Steinway
Piano Galleries. All of them received SUPERIOR grades.
“Atlanta Camerata” (Raisa Parmentier – harpsichord, Nancy Schechter-violin, Olga McNeil-flute, George Butler-cello) presents J.S.Bach Trio-Sonatas recital at the Oglethorpe University Museum of Arts on March 11, 2006.

The
11th World Piano Pedagogy Conference held from October 25th
to 28th, 2006 was the most significant musical educational event in Atlanta
this fall.
Your teacher was invited to judge in the Final Round of the
1st Piano Competition in the Sonatina, Etude and Invention categories
for this conference.

Two
students from my studio, Alex Agnew and Deborah Brown,
participated in Miniature and Sonata categories and reached the semi-final
and final rounds.
Alex Agnew (12 years old) had to compete in final round with several competitors
in their twenties and thirties and played extremely well. She was then invited
to participate in a master-class with renowned teacher and professor of
the Music Institute of Chicago, Emilio Del Rosario. Mr. Rosario was impressed
with Alex’s professionalism and preparation, particularly given her
age.

Mr. Rosario with Alex Agnew after the master-class
Alex Agnew participated in the Special Talents Competition at the Junior
Beta Convention and has won 3rd prize!
Victoria Yang has won 1st prize in the Chopin Piano Competition on November 18th in her age category B (12 years old). She played Etude in G Flat Major and Berceuse by Fr. Chopin. Judges for this contest included Professor Jeffrey Hayden from Georgia State University and Professor Martha Thomas from University of Georgia Best congratulations for her hard work and excellent performance!

Victoria Yang at the Competition’s Winner recital
Nina
Yang participated in a challenging J.S. Bach Competition of NDMTA on October
18th and received Outstanding Performance!
Our congratulations!
My congratulations
to those students who participated in “Magic Piano” studio’s
Technique Test during October.
The Test included two parts: two scales with cadences and etude.
Scale practice is the key for technical success at any pianist’s level.
It is very important for students to start practicing as early as possible
and to make scale practice a habit for many years ahead.
As a result of their hard work, 16 students received either Excellent
or Superior grades.
These are the names of our winners: Alex Hammer, Vivien Wang, Moe Winograd,
Meghna Rao, Tamara Choksey, Christian Kungu, Izabella Tondi Resta, Ilia
Geiguine, Russel Thomas, Divya Balakrishnan, Jeyanth John Britto, Alina
Xu, Dianna Xu, Amber Feng, Judy Manganiello, Ideen Behgorouz
Steinway Piano Galleries hosted our semi-annual “Magic Piano” Studio Recital on December 8, 2006. Students participating in our studio point system received appropriate trophies for attaining 100,200,300 and even 400 points! (By participating in recitals, auditions, festivals, competitions and class work assignments, students are able to earn points that result in larger trophies.)
Irene
Weng and Alisa Yang have received the highest grade of excellence “Distinction”
in challenging Practical exam of The London Royal
School of Music (ABRSM) in March 2006. Besides their performance,
the exam included scales, sight-reading, aural and memory tests, and knowledge
of musical glossary.
Our best wishes to these gifted and diligent students!
NFMC
(National Federation of Music Clubs) Festival
March 18, 2006 (BEGINNERS TO ADVANCED)
Our annual National Federation Music Club Festival (MFMC) has been held on March 18, 2006.
26 students participated in this event, 2 adult students among of them.
Agnew
Alex |
Jeyanth
John Britto |
All of them received SUPERIOR and some of the students got SUPERIOR +
Judges have defined 5 WINNERS in the best performances during the Festival!
Their names: Alex Agnew, Deborah Brown, Andy Huang, Victoria Yang, Nina Yang!
Congratulations!
We have two
students, Alex Agnew and Andy Huang, who have received Nationwide Golden
Cups for 3 and 6 consecutive years in Piano Solo Performance!
It’s a great reward for the consistent practice which enabled them
to progress in developing musical skills.
They also performed with great success in the Golden Cup Recital.


With one to
two years many other students might earn Superior grade and receive Golden
Cup Trophy with their names engraved on it as well.
Chamber music Atlanta Camerata
ensemble (Olga McNail, George Butler, Raisa Parmentier) performed music
by Bach, Handel, Glinka and Rachmaninoff with the guest, violinist, Dean
of Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA, Mark Lakirovich in March 6, 2006.
·
GMTA (Georgia) Spring Local Audition
March 4, 2006
(INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED)
Spring is a season when students can present their achievements in many significant musical events on the different levels.
Four advanced students participated with very difficult programs (Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart, Rachmaninoff) in the Spring Audition of the North Fulton brunch of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)
Three of them: Alex Agnew, Victoria Yang and Katherine Zhang received the highest score – Outstanding Performance!
Andy Huang has received Award of Excellence.
The next level for OP --- State level in Athens.
We wish them
a great success in this serious and responsible event.

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Your
teacher events:
Piano Duet Recital
(Raisa Parmentier - Dexter Shepherd)
January 6, 2006 Rivermont Music Salon
January 15, 2006 Steinway Piano Gallery
Febuary 10, 2006 Faculty recital of NMS at
the GSU. The programs included Rachmaninoff,
Debussy, Barber, Sibelius, and Kachaturian piano duet music.

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“Magic
Piano” Studio Recital
December 4, 2005
One Hundred Point winners!
Heather McKay, Agnew Alex, Hammer Alex, Kungy Christiana, Wang Lin Vivian,
Rao Megdhna,
Yang Nina, Nithia Shree, Varshene Shree, David Solano, Caleb Kungy.
NFMTNA
Fall Festival Superior
winners!!
Irene Weng, Wang Lin Vivian,
Hammer Alex,
Shree Nithia, Varshenee Shree, Kathrine Zhang,
Yang Nina, Yang Victoria.
Our semi-annual Piano Studio Recital on May 21, 2005 at Clear Springs Baptist Church revealed new trophy winners:
50 points --
Heather MacKay
Tiffani Li
ShaninLi
Christiana Kungu
Itai Ben-Yishai
Alex Hammer
100 points
! --
Paloma Boucher
Meghna Rao
Nina Yang
Alex Agnew
Points are
given for practice time, performance, theory work, memorization, reading
music articles and books, and participation in recitals, competitions and
festivals
Great job! The next goal---200 points!

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On May 16, 2005, at the Steinway Piano Galleries, Yuval Kellner, the winner of the 2005 Alpharetta Outstanding Young Artist Competition, gave her last recital before returning to her home in Israel. She received much applause for her program, which included works of Bach (Prelude and Figue in G Minor, No.16, WTC, V2), Beethoven (Sonata No.23, “Appasionata”, mvt. III), Rachmaninoff (Prelude in G Minor, op.23), Chopin Nocturnes in C Minor, op.48, No.1 and in B-Flat Minor, Op.9, No.1), Liszt (Hungarian Rhapsody No.2) and Prokofieff. We wish her good luck in her endeavors!
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On
April 23, 2005, chamber group Atlanta Camerata (Raisa Parmentier,
Randy Cono, Olga McNeil…)gave a recital before an appreciative audience
at the
Cannon Chapel of the Emory University. The program featured the works of
Mozart, Beethoven, Bizet-Borne, and Rachmaninoff.

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On
April 4, 2005 students Yuval Kellner, Michelle Wang and Victoria Yang successfully
performed in Atlanta Music Clubs recital at Steinway Piano
Gallleries
On March 13, 2005 your teacher Raisa Parmentier and students Yuval Kellner and Victoria Yang participated in Music for Missions concert at the United Methodist Church in Tucker. These advanced, disciplined and hard working students deserved applauds and recognition.

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National
Federation Music Club Festival (MFMC) has been held on March 12,
2005 at the North River Baptist Church in Roswell.
14 students participated in this event:
Agnew
Alex |
Boucher
Paloma Behforouz Idean Fischer Alon Hammer Alex Huang Andy Rao Madhna Yang Victoria |
All
of the students received SUPERIOR!
Some of the students got SUPERIOR +, and Nina Yang received SUPERIOR ++
!!!
Alex Agnew and Paloma Boucher received as very distinctive performers Gift
Certificates in addition!
Excellent job! Congratulations.
Couple
more years with Superior grade and these students will get a trophy—Golden
Cup with their names engraved. |
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Febuary 5 2005, Alpharetta Presbyterian Church. Yuval Kellner played a very difficult program in the competition. (She is 13 years old) - Yuval Won!! Congratulations!
Piano judge, Dr.Priscilla Jefcoat from Brenau University highly evaluated her performance:
Nocturne in
C Minor by Chopin, op.48, No.1:
Very beautiful; sensitive. Excellent voicing. What a pleasure to hear such
musical playing from one your age!
Hungarian Rhapsody
No. 2 by Liszt:
Your technique is dazzling for your age!
Bravo!
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Students
Alex Agnew, Victoria and Nina Yang participated
in the Fall Festival of MTNA in October, 30. All of them received Superior!
My congratulations to your success, achieved through hard work!
Keep going towards Spring Test Audition and competitions!
Michelle
Wang received AWard of Excellence
on challenging Bach competition on October 16, 2004.
Her performance was noticed by very professional, styled, and polished performance.
She also received very positive feedback from harpsichordist, prof. of School
of Music University of Michigan Edward Parmentier:"...clarity, very,
good rhythm, detailed sound, perfection of notes and ornaments.
...Perfrormance allows the music to sing, and to sound natural and easy
to follow..."
Several
students enjoyed participation in the Christmas recital of NFMTNA "Celebrate
with Music". Students Andy Huang, Nina
and Victoria Yang, Paloma,
Boucher, Alex Agnew, Samuel
and Sarah Boger performed on beautiful grand
piano at the North Point Mall on December 10, 2004.
25 students
participated at the Studio Recital at the Clear Springs Baptist Church on
December 12, 2004.
Students Nina Yang, Tamara Choksey, Medhna
Rao, and Michelle Wang reached 50 points for the
practice time,theoretical preparedness, and achivements in piano performance
this semester and received trophy! The next goal is 100 points!
~ Raisa
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