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What's New Archive 2003

	November 29, 2003 Thanks to all the talented students that performed at the Fall Kids Recital and Adult Recital held at Church of the Transfiguration, Toronto, Ontario. Frank also made a solo piano performance of selections from Bach's Partita #5.
	November 17 - 19, 2003 Congratulations to Frank's students, Alexander, James, Susan, Bella, Cecilia, Serena, Katrina & Elia for their excellent performances at Contemporary Showcase, a festival featuring music composed by Canadians, held during Canada Music Week. Extra kudo goes out to Elia who received an award for most promising student.
	November 8 & 22, 2003 Congratulations go out to Frank's students, Bella, Cecilia, Serena, Emre & Katrina at the Fall ORMTA auditions. ORMTA stands for the Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association. This group organizes auditions where students develop their performance skills and receive helpful adjudication. If a student delivers a particularly fine audition, they will be invited to perform at a Recital and qualify to win a Scholarship. It was Serena & Bella who recieved Junior & Senior Sir Ernest MacMillan Scholarships respectively for their outstanding performances of a Canadian composition.
	August 7, 14 & 15, 2003 Frank was one of 20 pianists performing on 10 pianos in Toronto/Rome Gala Monster Concerts at Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto City Hall and in Rome. The Rome performances were near the Vatican at the Piazza Risorgimento and in front of the Castel Sant’ Angelo. Click here to see photos from the event.
	August 2003 Congratulations to Frank's students who successfully completed their RCM Piano & Theory Examinations: Tiffany: Grade 5 Piano - 1st Class Honours Cecilia: Grade 6 Piano - 1st Class Honours Tuan: Grade 6 Piano - 1st Class Honours Dawn: Grade 7 Piano - Honours Irene: Grade 7 Piano - 1st Class Honours Steven: Grade 7 Piano - 1st Class Honours Vicky: Grade 7 Piano - 1st Class Honours Cecilia: Grade 1 Rudiments - 1st Class Honours with Distinction Kharis: Grade 1 Rudiments - 1st Class Honours Serena: Grade 1 Rudiments - 1st Class Honours Bonnie: Grade 4 Counterpoint Brian: Grade 4 Counterpoint Bella: Grade 4 History - Honours Natasha: Grade 5 Analysis - 1st Class Honours with Distinction Natasha: Grade 5 Harmony - 1st Class Honours Bonnie: Grade 5 History - Honours Emre: Grade 5 History - 1st Class Honours Natasha: Grade 5 History - 1st Class Honours with Distinction What a super showing! All the months of study & practice have paid off.
	Spring, 2003 Frank has article, "The Lowdown of the Octatonic Scale", published in Notes, a magazine for the Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association, which is distributed to its members across Ontario. The article gives tips and suggestions to music teachers on how to educate their students on this particular scale.
	May & June 2003 Congratulations to Frank's students who recently successfully completed their RCM Piano & Theory Examinations: Tiffany: Preliminary Rudiments - 1st Class Honours with Distinction Tuan: Grade 1 Rudiments - 1st Class Honours with Distinction Josephine: Grade 2 Rudiments - 1st Class Honours with Distinction Vicky: Grade 2 Rudiments - 1st Class Honours Dawn: Grade 2 Rudiments - 1st Class Honours Emre: Grade 4 History - 1st Class Honours Michael: Grade 4 Piano - 1st Class Honours Josephine: Grade 6 Piano - 1st Class Honours Katrina: Grade 7 Piano - 1st Class Honours What a super showing! All the months of study & practice have paid off.
	May 3, 2003 Congratulations to all of Frank's young students who performed at the Spring Piano Recital at Church of the Transfiguration, Toronto, Ontario. Additionally, Frank performed Haydn's Piano Sonata in D. All performances were well prepared and polished, great work!
	April 5, 12 & 26, 2003 Congratulations to Frank's students, Serena, Katrina, Vicky, Tuan, Osa, Emre & Tiffany for their performances at the ORMTA Auditions & Recitals. ORMTA stands for the Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association. This group organizes auditions where students develop their performance skills and receive helpful adjudication. All students mentioned above delivered a particularly fine audition and were therefore invited to perform at a Scholarship recital featuring elite students.
	March 31 - April 17, 2003 Congratulations to Frank's students for their performances at the Davenport Festival of Music in Toronto. All students received marks of 80% or higher including Susan, Vicky, Tuan, Tiffany, & Emily. Special mention goes out to those students who received a 1st, 2nd or 3rd placing in their class including James, Serena, Katrina, Alexander, Cecilia, Osa & Christopher.
	March/April, 2003 Frank has article, "Technology in the studio", published in Music Matters, the official newsletter of RCM Examinations, which is distributed to music teachers all across Canada. The article gives tips and suggestions to music teachers on how to implement technology into their studios.
	March 1, 2003 Frank participates in a Masterclass in Jazz piano performance with Madhav Chari, in Toronto.
	January 2003 Congratulations to Frank's students who recently successfully completed their Royal Conservatory of Music Examinations: Lisa: Grade 4 Harmony - 1st Class Honours Bianca: Grade 5 Harmony - 1st Class Honours Serena: Preliminary Rudiments - 1st Class Honours with Distinction Cecilia: Grade 5 Piano - 1st Class Honours Alice: Grade 6 Piano - 1st Class Honours Vicky: Grade 6 Piano - 1st Class Honours Emre: Grade 9 Piano - 1st Class Honours What a super showing! All the months of study & practice have paid off.