Golden Key Paino School’s February 2022 Newsletter

Dear Golden Key Piano School Community,

We hope last month has broken open the new year and we are starting to feel the season of love. Here is our February news with a Valentine’s Day gift and some new programs.

1. Deadline to Register for Masterclass
If you are preparing to attend the master class please mark your calendar for the rehearsal on Sunday March 13th at 2pm.

Last Day to register for the master class is Sunday February 13th.

To register as a PARTICIPANT you have to be an advanced student and invited by your teacher. Then you can make the payment here and register.

For AUDIENCE, you can register as long as there is room available here.

Register to participate (in person)

Register to observe (in person)

Register to observe (Zoom)

2. Valentine’s Day Gift

Are you a parent or sibling of a current student at Golden Key Piano School who has been contemplating to start the piano lessons? Now is the time to get started.

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day we are offering $100 off of first month tuition to any siblings or parents of our current student who start their lessons in the month of February. This offer includes those parents and siblings who used to take lessons and would like to resume their piano lessons. Share the love of music with your loved ones and bring more music into your home.

Here are the teacher’s availabilities as of today:

Berkeley in person or on zoom:

Teacher Katrin: Booked

Teacher Babak: Monday 4:00pm and 6:00pm, Tuesday 5:15pm PST

Teacher Gabriel: Friday 4:15pm PST

Teacher Ketevan: Tuesday and Friday 3:15pm (for ages 7and up) PST

Teacher Chenyi: Tuesday 2:15, Friday 5:15 (advanced students only) PST

Teacher Nicole: Tuesday 5:15pm, Friday 4:15pm PST

Teacher Yekaterina: Monday 3:00pm PST

Online Lessons:

Teacher Christopher: Monday 6:00pm, Tuesday 4:15pm (On Zoom Only) PST

Teacher Robin: Wednesday 4:30, Thursday 4:00 (On Zoom Only) PST

Manhattan in person lessons:

Teacher Ryan: (In Manhattan in person) Monday 6pm, Sunday 11:00am and 12:00pm EST

(This offer is for current students of Golden Key Piano School only.)

3. New Event: Monthly Informal Zoom Performance
To ensure that our online students have the opportunity to practice performing regularly, we are adding a monthly Zoom performance day. This is in addition to our in-person monthly performance days that happens in Berkeley.

Date: Every first Sunday of the month
Time: 10:30-11:00am PST
Where: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4994897672?pwd=TXlLbHRZSFhDa1IxS3N3SmpxU25XUT09
Meeting ID: 499 489 7672 Passcode: 160404

Who: All students are welcome and encouraged to attend these performances. You do not need your teacher’s permission or recommendation.

4. Students Spotlight
Congratulations to Christopher, Robin’s student for successfully passing his RCM test for level 7 with first class honors.
Better late than never. We just learned about teacher Christopher’s students who successfully passed the following levels at Royal Conservatory Exam in 2021. Clara passed Level 5, Emmett passed Level 6, and Katelyn passed Level 7. Bravo to all these hard working students.

Here is Emmet and Clara’s performance in our recent duet recital.

5. Teachers’ News
Katrin’s Writing News

I am happy to report that the New York premiere of my play The Portrait of an Angel, a Lion, a Monster had a fantastic opening weekend with a full house.

The Bay Area premiere will be on February 17th, 19th and 20th. Here is some information if you are interested to attend. I will be very happy to see you there.

Tickets: https://m.bpt.me/event/5355781?fbclid=IwAR0Z-Hfye0Of-GgfLTlV7j_a0OlGcREqi2zDQ44QOIbLbXxshkazRcxa2vA

The show is at Central Stage 5221 Central Ave Richmond California.
Dates: Thursday February 17th 7:00PM
Saturday February 19th 8:00PM
Sunday February 20th 3:00PM

A lyrical, nonlinear, three-act play with absurdist elements, The Portrait of an Angel, a Lion, a Monster comes alive in the hands of director Ali Kamran, making his New York directorial debut with this production at TheaterLab. The play has its Bay Area Premiere at Central Stage in February 2022.
With its strong Jewish backdrop, the play takes the audience through an intimate internal journey that suggests “happy families are NOT all alike.”

Teacher Christopher’s Competition News
Congratulations to Teacher Christopher who was the winner at the Northwest MTNA Competition, and is heading to compete in the National Finals. We love you teacher Christopher!

6. Introducing our Office Assistant Harriet Molel
We are pleased to introduce Harriet Molel who will be helping us as office assistant at both Golden Key Piano School and Manhattan Piano Academy.
You might have already had an email communication with her and have noticed her caring and professional manner.
We welcome Harriet and look forward to working with her.