In 22 November 2008, we were able to get a group together to go to the retirement center and perform for all the sweet elderly people. It was such a great experience to play for them. They really appreciated us, and they were a great audience. Then after we were done performing, we got to meet and talk to everyone. One nice gentleman had tears in his eyes as he thanked us for coming. Being able to see how happy they were, made the whole experience so special for all of us!
 

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Whitney playing=>

New Steinway and Sons piano in our practice room!!! 
     by Shing Yau Kai

     Take a look at our new piano. This is a 7-foot long Steinway and Sons piano. It is now in the "Yamaha Room". Let me give you a tour.

This is the Yamaha Room. Let us go in.

Opening the door.

Here is our new Steinway~!!

     Two more 7-foot Steinways came straight from New York last semester. One went into Dr. V's office, and the other one went into Dr. Yang's office. The old Steinway in Dr. V's office became one of our practice pianos, and Dr. Yang's old Steinway went into Lydia Wu's office. So now, all our pianos are Steinways.

October 27th 2008

      The Weber State MTNA Chapter was able to have Nelita True, a world famous pedagogue and pianist, come to our university! We invited piano teachers in the community as well as piano students at the University of Utah to join this special event. She gave a master class where 6 of our students preformed well for her. We were all amazed on her knowledge and her fun personality. Later that afternoon Ms. True lectured on Bach’s two and three part inventions. She gave us her insights on the pieces. She has done a lot of research about how to teach students to play the two and three part inventions. It was a great day for our chapter! We are so grateful that Nelita True was willing and able to come visit us!

          State Conference was fun! We all learned a lot from the conference! The Weber State students were all very involved in the conference.
         On the first day of the conference we were awarded "Greatest Percentage of Members attending UMTA State Conference" (In fact, we had 100% of our member registered!). Our president Emily Inderrieden and several of our other members were present to receive the award. Four of our members, Shing Yau, Fan-Ya, Cindy and Miranda participated in the UMTA Piano Competition and played on the first day. That was such a special experience for them. Emily, Whitney, Leslie and Sydnee volunteered to be the hosts during the competition. We had a nice dinner at a local restaurant and had a chance to get to know each other more and had some fun after the long conference day.
          On the second day of conference we all went to the Nelita True Master Class. Nic from Weber State was one of the 4 performers. We all learned a lot from Miss True. In the afternoon, we had lunch with students from other collegiate chapters including the U of U and BYU. We met some new friends and enjoyed the afternoon. Our pedagogy class members Linda, Rosann, Emily, Whitney, Shing Yau and Alyson presented a lecture at 2:45 pm. Their topic was "Group Teaching: Chaos or Harmony?" They did a very good job. The video was very entertaining too. Byron played the "Black Key" Etude in the conference recital at 5 pm.  It was a great conference, and the Treblemakers enjoyed participating in it.
   Also, Nic and his trio passed the state level of the UMTA trio competition. They progressed to the South-West division.