December Meeting
December 12, 9:00 a.m., Ann Bunyan home
Extravaganza Recital: teachers present jazz, rags, blues or women composers

President's Corner
Peggy Tighe
December with all its color, music, parades, music, shopping, wrapping, church activities, performances, music, planning, ..........T'is the season to be jolly! Yeah, right! Thank God for this wonderful season!!!

Meanwhile, we are doing our own celebration on December 12. We have six performers: Sandy and Mary Ann, Judy, Debi, Bill and Peggy on the list. Am I missing someone? We certainly have room for more in the lovely room at Ann Bunyan's house. By the way, my husband and I were lucky enough to hear the Rocky Mountain Chamber Singers perform on December 1. Absolutely superb, fabulous musicians lead by one of the best choral Directors I've ever seen and heard! What a way to start December. The program was very special for their 20th Anniversary.

Kudos to Ruth Hale for a wonderful presentation at the November program! The members of LAMTA continue to amaze me with their many talents. We learned some very interesting information about certain Spanish composers and heard some wonderful selections even on a live harpsichord.
Tis the season to be jolly,
So YOU All come, by golly
Listen to Tunes of Blues and Jazz
Share a meal of the good food we "has."
(No, I haven't been into the eggnog.)
See you on December 12, Peggy

Concerto Competition
Ruth Hale
The concerto competition for 9th-12th graders is February 16, at Ruth Hales house. A student can audition on the piano or an orchestral instrument with one movement of an orchestral musical piece, such as a sonata. The winner will play with the Loveland Concert Orchestra in their last performance of the year, probably in April or May. Applications can be obtained from Debbie Rickard.

Golden Note Society
Debi Strick
Berthoud High School is having a Show Choir Christmas Concert December 20, at 7:00 p.m.

Loveland High is having The Nightmare Before Christmas January 17, 18, 19 at 7:00 p.m.

Thompson Valley High is holding their Choir Concert Wednesday, December 19, 7:00 p.m., with professional brass quartet.

Loveland Orchestra will perform Saturday, December 8, at 7:00 p.m. at Loveland High.

At the Rialto:
The Rocky Mountain Chamber Singers Sunday, December 2, at 2:00 p.m.

The 3rd Annual Celtic Christmas Saturday, December 8, at 7:00 p.m.

Tis the Season Community Sing-a-Long Sunday, December 9, 2:00 p.m. (tickets free).

The Loveland Choral Society presents A Christmas to Remember December 13, 14, 15 at 7:30 p.m., and December 16, 3:00 p.m.

The Silver Winds will perform traditional Christmas music presented acoustically by flutists from all over the United States and England; Thursday, December 20, 7:30 p.m.

Get your students and their families to go, go, go to at least one of these!!

Popp Compositions Available
Bill Popp
My student selections are now available at Music and Arts. They include two beginning level piano solos "Three Modern Rags" and "Musica Piccola;" a level 4 string orchestra piece "Westscape;" an intermediate level piece for violin, cello, and piano "Prelude, Canon, and Dance;" and two advanced level pieces "Partita Contrasta" for violin and piano, and "Double Fugue in the Baroque Style" for brass quartet. I plan on bringing some additional information about the pieces to our next meeting.

Boys' Guitar Workshop
Sandy Lundberg and Sonia Haxton
Sonia and I would like to highly recommend Brian and Becca Kephart who gave a superb workshop on the guitar for us last month. They brought six or seven different types of guitars and went from the Baroque era all way through modern rock, explaining the use of the guitar in different eras and styles and expertly playing samples from each period. The students really loved their presentation! Becca can be contacted through Music & Arts in Loveland.

Featured Teacher of the Month
your name here?
It's time for another in-depth bio. Is there someone who would volunteer to be our featured teacher in January?