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February 2004
From the President's Desk
Judy Johnson
I always feel like things should slow down in January because the holiday rush is over,but it didn't seem like that this year.For one thing,we all start lessons in high gear so we can be prepared for Achievement Day registration.Hopefully you are all finished with that and have a big red circle around February 11, on your calendar.That is the Achievement Day coordination meeting.You really don't need to stay long unless you have questions.Our scheduling committee is very efficient and will facilitate their information quickly.I will have a handout that tells you where you should be and when.It is so much easier when everyone can get all of this firsthand.
On another note: I always enjoy our LAMTAmeetings,but January's meeting was really exceptional. I enjoyed the music and the information about the songs and the composers, but I also enjoyed getting to know you in a different wayseeing you at the instrument and watching your personality come through.Thank you for sharing your talents with us.I definitelyplan to suggest an encore for next year and I think that selecting a country is a wonderful perspective.
Achievement Day Coordination Meeting
Wednesday,February 11, 9:03 a.m.
1st Christian Church Chapel
Don't miss this coordination meeting!!And, since we won't be sending another newsletter before Achievement Day, remember that art projects are due early Friday morning at the Christian Church. You may leave them at the church office on Thursday.Please instruct your students very carefully about what is expected of them and how everything works. If you are uncertain about this please call Judy and she will help you.
Extasis at the Rialto
Friday, February 13, 7:30 p.m.
This tango band, featuring Caroline Orman's son Evan,will provide the music for the story of the Argentine Tango. Tickets are $10.00 adult, $8.00 senior/student.
Free Piano Concert
There will be a piano concert February 6, at 7:30 p.m., at Thompson Valley High School's Robert Price Auditorium with Tanya Karyagina, a recipient of the Van Cliburn Award. The concert is sponsored by The Loveland Civic Music Association with Lois Kroh as the benefactress. No tickets are needed. Contact Betty Lou for more information.
As music teachers, we have been invited to a reception honoring the young woman artist immediatelyafter the concert at the home of Lynn & Norma Hammond, 1255 W. 6th Street in Loveland.If you would like to attend, please e-mail Elaine Eastman eastman@frii.combefore Wednesday.They would like to have an idea of how many to expect.I am going to go, so please, someone join me! I am looking forward to the concert.Hope to see you there.
We Are On-line!
It will really pay you to check this website occasionally. I was delighted to find Bill Popp's biography and the announcement about his performance.(see next item) Please keep your comments about the website coming.
Welcome Our Newest Member!
Dr. William Popp
piano, accordion, theory, composition
An award winning composer and keyboardist, William Popp began his studies on the piano at the age of six and on the accordion at the age of eleven. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in performance from the University of Denver and his doctoral degree in composition from The Catholic University of America. His teachers include Normand Lockwood, David Diamond, and Helmut Braunlich. His works for chamber ensemble have been performed frequently in the United States, including at the Kennedy Center and the White House Visitor Center.
An avid arranger, he has recently left a position he held for twenty years as arranger and keyboardist with the United States Air Force Strings. He has performed extensively with the Strings throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. A total of 31 of his arrangements have been recorded by the USAF Strings and many more have been heard in numerous White House performances and around the world. William Popp's professional experience, in addition to the USAF Strings, includes performances with the 20th Century Consort, the Folger Consort, National Musical Arts, Denver Symphony Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival Symphony Orchestra, and Young Audiences, Inc. He has also appeared at the Kennedy Center, the First International Accordion Festival in Beijing, China, and at the American Accordion Musicological Society in Philadelphia.
In 2000, William Popp was awarded first prize of the National Federation of Music Club's American Music Composition Competition. Additional awards include the Lee Ettelson Composer's Award sponsored by Composers, Inc. in San Francisco, and a performance award from the Delius Music Festival in Jacksonville, Florida. William Popp is now working independently as a composer and performer and is a CRS (Contemporary Record Society) recording artist.
Judy Johnson
I always feel like things should slow down in January because the holiday rush is over,but it didn't seem like that this year.For one thing,we all start lessons in high gear so we can be prepared for Achievement Day registration.Hopefully you are all finished with that and have a big red circle around February 11, on your calendar.That is the Achievement Day coordination meeting.You really don't need to stay long unless you have questions.Our scheduling committee is very efficient and will facilitate their information quickly.I will have a handout that tells you where you should be and when.It is so much easier when everyone can get all of this firsthand.
On another note: I always enjoy our LAMTAmeetings,but January's meeting was really exceptional. I enjoyed the music and the information about the songs and the composers, but I also enjoyed getting to know you in a different wayseeing you at the instrument and watching your personality come through.Thank you for sharing your talents with us.I definitelyplan to suggest an encore for next year and I think that selecting a country is a wonderful perspective.
Achievement Day Coordination Meeting
Wednesday,February 11, 9:03 a.m.
1st Christian Church Chapel
Don't miss this coordination meeting!!And, since we won't be sending another newsletter before Achievement Day, remember that art projects are due early Friday morning at the Christian Church. You may leave them at the church office on Thursday.Please instruct your students very carefully about what is expected of them and how everything works. If you are uncertain about this please call Judy and she will help you.
Extasis at the Rialto
Friday, February 13, 7:30 p.m.
This tango band, featuring Caroline Orman's son Evan,will provide the music for the story of the Argentine Tango. Tickets are $10.00 adult, $8.00 senior/student.
Free Piano Concert
There will be a piano concert February 6, at 7:30 p.m., at Thompson Valley High School's Robert Price Auditorium with Tanya Karyagina, a recipient of the Van Cliburn Award. The concert is sponsored by The Loveland Civic Music Association with Lois Kroh as the benefactress. No tickets are needed. Contact Betty Lou for more information.
As music teachers, we have been invited to a reception honoring the young woman artist immediatelyafter the concert at the home of Lynn & Norma Hammond, 1255 W. 6th Street in Loveland.If you would like to attend, please e-mail Elaine Eastman eastman@frii.combefore Wednesday.They would like to have an idea of how many to expect.I am going to go, so please, someone join me! I am looking forward to the concert.Hope to see you there.
We Are On-line!
It will really pay you to check this website occasionally. I was delighted to find Bill Popp's biography and the announcement about his performance.(see next item) Please keep your comments about the website coming.
Welcome Our Newest Member!
Dr. William Popp
piano, accordion, theory, composition
An award winning composer and keyboardist, William Popp began his studies on the piano at the age of six and on the accordion at the age of eleven. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in performance from the University of Denver and his doctoral degree in composition from The Catholic University of America. His teachers include Normand Lockwood, David Diamond, and Helmut Braunlich. His works for chamber ensemble have been performed frequently in the United States, including at the Kennedy Center and the White House Visitor Center.
An avid arranger, he has recently left a position he held for twenty years as arranger and keyboardist with the United States Air Force Strings. He has performed extensively with the Strings throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. A total of 31 of his arrangements have been recorded by the USAF Strings and many more have been heard in numerous White House performances and around the world. William Popp's professional experience, in addition to the USAF Strings, includes performances with the 20th Century Consort, the Folger Consort, National Musical Arts, Denver Symphony Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival Symphony Orchestra, and Young Audiences, Inc. He has also appeared at the Kennedy Center, the First International Accordion Festival in Beijing, China, and at the American Accordion Musicological Society in Philadelphia.
In 2000, William Popp was awarded first prize of the National Federation of Music Club's American Music Composition Competition. Additional awards include the Lee Ettelson Composer's Award sponsored by Composers, Inc. in San Francisco, and a performance award from the Delius Music Festival in Jacksonville, Florida. William Popp is now working independently as a composer and performer and is a CRS (Contemporary Record Society) recording artist.
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