Venue - Community Room at the Hillsboro Brookwood Library (Contact President Holly Counts for more information).

Presentation: The Sustainable Studio, by Dr. Lisa Neher

Details: tba

Questions? Ask Chairs Luiza Kramarchuk, Wilma Hawkins or Susan Todd (Contact info located in the OMTA Directory; login required).

Saturday, March 2 - at Calvary Lutheran Church, 937 NE Jackson School Road, Hillsboro, OR 97124

12:00 - Mittelstaedt, Todd, Tseomashko

12:50 - Hawkins, Kramarchuk, Mittelstaedt, Tseomashko

2:00 - Ball, Kramarchuk, Rowland, Tseomashko

Sunday, March 3 - at Forest Grove UCC, 2032 College Way, Forest Grove, OR 97116

1:30 - Hawkins, Saygina, Tseomashko

2:30 - Counts, Hawkins, Rowland, Saygina

Questions? Ask Chairs Luiza Kramarchuk, Wilma Hawkins or Susan Todd (Contact info located in the OMTA Directory; login required).

Saturday, March 2 - at Calvary Lutheran Church, 937 NE Jackson School Road, Hillsboro, OR 97124

12:00 - Mittelstaedt, Todd, Tseomashko

12:50 - Hawkins, Kramarchuk, Mittelstaedt, Tseomashko

2:00 - Ball, Kramarchuk, Rowland, Tseomashko

Sunday, March 3 - at Forest Grove UCC, 2032 College Way, Forest Grove, OR 97116

1:30 - Hawkins, Saygina, Tseomashko

2:30 - Counts, Hawkins, Rowland, Saygina

Westside Ribbon Festival

Entries due January 13, 2024

Questions? Ask chairs Sarah Ball or Mary Hewitt (Contact info located in the OMTA Directory; login required).

Saturday events at Calvary Lutheran Church, 937 NE Jackson School Road, Hillsboro, OR 97124
Sunday events at Forest Grove UCC, 2032 College Way, Forest Grove, OR 97116

Westside Ribbon Festival

Entries due January 13, 2024

Questions? Ask chairs Sarah Ball or Mary Hewitt (Contact info located in the OMTA Directory; login required).

Saturday events at Calvary Lutheran Church, 937 NE Jackson School Road, Hillsboro, OR 97124

Sunday events at Forest Grove UCC, 2032 College Way, Forest Grove, OR 97116

Registration is in Leggiero. Registration fee is $25 per student. Student participation fees are to be paid to the teacher, who will send one check to the event chair. Non-member teachers wishing to participate please contact Susan Todd - fastkeys88 “at” susantoddmusicstudio.com.

Questions? Ask chairs Luiza Kramarchuk - lukramarchukl “at” gmail.com
or Wilma Hawkins - wishpiano “at” gmail.com
or Susan Todd - fastkeys88 “at” susantoddmusicstudio.com

Saturday events at Calvary Lutheran Church, 937 NE Jackson School Road, Hillsboro, OR 97124
Sunday events at Forest Grove UCC, 2032 College Way, Forest Grove, OR 97116

Westside Ribbon Festival

Note three components:  solos,  ensembles and musical artwork.

Entries due January 13, 2024

Registration will be handled through Leggiero this year.  Teachers, please notice special Ribbon Festival Registration Instructions to make use of Leggiero for this unique festival.   If you need to create your OMTA Leggiero account, follow this guide.

Questions? Ask chairs Sarah Ball or Mary Hewitt (Contact info located in the OMTA Directory; login required).

Saturday events at Calvary Lutheran Church, 937 NE Jackson School Road, Hillsboro, OR 97124
Sunday events at Forest Grove UCC, 2032 College Way, Forest Grove, OR 97116

Questions? Contact President Holly Counts.

Presenter: Liz Willis (OMTA President)

Details: Liz is going to start with a talk about Chopin, and then we’ll have time for a Master class with four students.

Please email hollycounts@gmail.com by December 1 if you have students that would like to participate. Include student’s name, age, title, composer, and length of piece. It would be great to have two intermediate (Level 4-6) and two advanced students (Levels 7-10) on our program. It would be nice to include some Chopin pieces on our program, but other repertoire will be allowed.

Chair - Susan Todd (Contact info located in the OMTA Directory; login required).

Estimates - due November 18

Registration in Leggiero. - due November 25

December Westside Recital Date - December 10, 2023 (Exact Recital Times - will be posted shortly after the deadline).

Calvary Lutheran Church
937 NE Jackson School Road

Please review guidelines posted here: Westside Recitals Page

Topic: Duets and Ensembles

Bring your favorite duets or ensemble music to teach, and let's have fun playing through them together. Christmas music welcome, too! We'll spend some time sharing our experiences teaching duets and ideas for preparing our students to play in an ensemble for the Ribbon Festival. 

Questions? Contact President Holly Counts.

Estimates - due October 7 to Chair, LaRayne Rowland (lrpianostudio “@” hotmail.com)

Registration in Leggiero. - due October 14

October Westside Recital - Sunday, October 29, 2023

Exact Recital Times - will be posted shortly after the deadline.

Calvary Lutheran Church
937 NE Jackson School Road

Chair - LaRayne Rowland (lrpianostudio “@” hotmail.com)

Please review guidelines posted here: Westside Recitals Page

Presenter: Dr. Michelle Huang, "The Art of Memorization"

Dr. Huang will present to us live over Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent out prior to the meeting for those attending from home.

10:00-10:30: Business Meeting

10:30-12:00: Presentation with Dr. Michelle Huang, "The Art of Memorization"

Click HERE for meeting flyer.

Questions? Contact President Holly Counts.

Westside Recital

Estimates due to the chair, Irina Burket - irina.burkett “at” gmail.com by April 22
Entries due by April 29

Entry fees (one check per studio, made to OMTA) due to the chair by May 1.