Guild Information - Leadership change and Venue Change

The long time chairperson for the Setauket-Stony Brook, NY Guild Audition center, Tamara Slobodkin, has resigned.  Although we will definitely miss working with her and the leadership she has provided over these many years, we are happy to let you know that Ms. Esther Chung Marks has stepped forward to fill the position.  We look forward to working with her this coming year!

Although the center name will remain the same for 2015, certain changes have taken place including a change of venue and a little earlier time frame for auditions. The new hosting facility is Costa’s Piano Shoppe, only minutes away from the former site SUNY, located at 4747 Nesconset Hwy, Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776, 631/689-2977 (across from Home Goods in the Port Jeff Commons Shopping Center).  The REQUESTED (but not yet confirmed) dates for 2015 auditions are May 14-22 (incl. Sun.).  These TENTATIVE dates will appear in the winter issue of PGN and as always, for confirmation of dates please contact Guild Headquarters Scheduling Dept. directly or your center chairperson who will be notified by Headquarters once confirmed.

Communication by email is preferred by so many today, however not everyone uses it for their main contact and some still prefer standard phone/mail notifications.  Although many of you have provided email information to Guild Headquarters, our current privacy policy does not allow us to release those addresses without direct permission.  For this reason we ask that you contact Ms. Marks as soon as possible at esmrks@icloud.com or by phone at (631) 928-7738 if you are unable to communicate by email.  Ms. Marks would appreciate having your email address as the preferred method of contact in order to provide the most updated information to all participants by the most convenient and accessible method.

Should you have questions about this year’s arrangements or need assistance in enrolling your students in an audition center other than Setauket-Stony Brook, please contact Gloria Castro or Leslie Frost in the Guild Headquarters Scheduling Dept. (512/478-5775).  They will be happy to assist you!

We look forward to a musically successful 2015!

Sincerely,    

Leslie Frost

Scheduling Dept.

Guild Headquarters

512/478-5775