An upcoming concert by Esther Marks - please plan to attend

Dear members,

Many of our colleagues are quite accomplished artists.  Attending their programs is a boost for you and the artist.  Please plan to attend.

How Exciting!!! Here are the competition Results for 2014

Suffolk Piano Teachers Foundation 9th Annual Competition

March 16, 2013 at Faust Harrison Piano

Official Results

·       Congratulations to all students, parents, and teachers!

·       Results are final.

·       All 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place winners must attend the Awards Ceremony held between the Honors Recitals to receive their awards and prizes.

·       Honors Recitals will be held on Thursday evening, June 5^th, 2014 at Staller Center Recital Hall, Stony Brook University (5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.).

·       First Place winners should perform their winning pieces at one of the Honors Recitals.

·       First Place tie winners will each receive medals, and the total monetary prize for their division will be equally split.

Elementary Division (100s)

First Place: (Tie)

#121 Kate Parnell                5th grade, Mt. Sinai Middle School, Mt. Sinai

(Spooks, C. Poole)

–Johanna Kosak, Teacher

            #125 Zoe Marks                    3^rd grade, Boyle Elementary School, Port Jefferson Station

(Thunder on the Plains, J. Linn)

–Esther Chung Marks, Teacher

Second Place:

            #119 Maxim Pustovoit         3^rd grade, Minnesauke Elementary School, Setauket

(Reflections in the Moonlight, M. Springer)

–Daniel Fogel, Teacher

Third Place:

             #106 Fan Trinity                    4^th grade, Bowling Green Elementary School, Westbury

                                                            (Mystic Prelude, T. Brown)

                                                            –Wen Ling Cheng, Teacher

Early Intermediate Division (200s)

First Place: (Tie)

            #206 Dorothy Pierre                        6^th grade, Smithtown Christian School, Smithtown

(Sonatina Op. 55, No. 1, 1^st mvt. F. Kuhlau)

–Johanna Kosak, Teacher

            #209 Alicia Heintzelman      6^th grade, Nassakeag Middle School, Setauket

                                                             (Tokyo Twilight, by M. Bober)

                                                            –Esther Chung Marks, Teacher

Second Place:

#212 Sofia Stacchiola           5^th grade, W.S. Mount Elementary School, Stony Brook

                                                             (Gypsy Dance, H. Lichner)

                                                            –Tamara Slobodkin, Teacher

Third Place:

            #211 Abigail Walker             5th grade, Longwood Middle School, Coram

            (Dance of the Marionettes, M. Tarenghi)

            –Esther Chung Marks, Teacher

Late Intermediate Division (300s)

First Place: (Tie)

#312 Karen Xie         6^th grade, W.S. Mount Elementary School, Stony Brook

(Variations, Op. 40, No. 1, D. Kabalevsky)

–Esther Chung Marks, Teacher

            #314 Cole Hempel     7^th grade, WHB Middle School, West Hampton Beach

                                                (3-part Sinfonia in G minor, No. 11, J.S. Bach)

                                                –Tatiana Balepina, Teacher

Second Place:

            #305 Sarah Wong     5^th grade, Smithtown Christian School, Smithtown

(Le petit Negre, C. Debussy)

–Dan Fogel, Teacher

Third Place:

            #311 Francine Leung  7^th grade, Port Jefferson Middle School, Port Jefferson

(Le Petit âne blanc, J. Ibert)

–Esther Chung Marks, Teacher

                                   

Early Advanced Division (400s)

First Place:

            #415 Rebecca Nelsen  6^th grade, Eastport Elementary School, Eastport

                                                  (Children’s Corner Suite: Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum, C. Debussy)

                                                  –Esther Chung Marks, Teacher

Second Place:

#407 Gabrielle Lim     5^th grade, Northside Elementary School, Levittown

 (Sonatina in C Major, Op. 13, No. 1, 3^rd mvt., D. Kabalevsky )

 –Wen Ling Cheng, Teacher

Third Place:

            #408 Nathaniel Lim  7^th grade, Wisdom Lane Middle School, Levittown

(Impromptu in Ab Major, Op. 142, No. 2, F. Schubert)

–Wen Ling Cheng, Teacher

Advanced Division (500s)

First Place:

#505 Grace Cimaszewski     12^th grade, St. Anthony’s High School, South Huntington

(Scherzo in Bb minor, Op.31, No.2, F. Chopin)

–Teresa Dybvig, Teacher

Second Place:

            #512 Krista Olson     12^th grade, Ward Melville High School, Setauket

                                                (Libestraume, No. 3, F. Liszt)

                                                –Kathy Lee, Teacher

 Third Place:

            #517 Gabriel Downs 11^th grade, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket

(Rustles of Spring, C. Sinding)

–Esther Chung Marks, Teacher

How to View our Virtual Newsletter right in your email inbox....

Dear members,

Did you know we still have a Newsletter?  But it is in a new format.   You can always visit our new virtual newsletter at
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and from there you can view EVERY article published at the blog.  Also included are pages that include:

Officers and committee jobs - who is doing what and where you can reach them.
A calendar showing dates of meetings, recitals and competitions
A repertoire list for SPTF piano competition

And more will be added as the blog develops.  This site is so flexible and so easy to add on.  I can add pictures, links and ANYTHING YOU WANT that relates to our organization.
Just email me, Ellen Johansen at ellenjoh217@gmail.com.  Once I review and agree it is relevant to our members I will edit  post the info or I may ask for a picture or two to liven it up.  Then I will post.  The information is published, an email goes out to all members FOLLOWING the blog and voila, you have communicated!

It's fun  and easy to view.

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