Calendar

2023-2024 Calendar

General meetings are at 9:30 AM and are usually followed by a guest speaker at 10:30 AM.

September 2023

11-25 Library display at the Brighouse (Main) branch (100-7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond)
17 Provincial meeting 9:30 AM on Zoom 
20 Executive meeting 9:30 AM on Zoom

October 2023

4 General Meeting 9:30 AM; Guest Speaker 10:30 AM: Birgit Giesser on Teaching and Therapy: Helping diverse learners succeed as musicians and in life at the South Arm United Church, 11051 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC.  (map
18 Executive meeting 9:30 AM on Zoom
TBA Rotary Hospice House 1:30 pm (6460 No. 4 Road, Richmond)

November 2023

1 (ONLINE) General Meeting 9:30 AM; Guest Speaker 10:30 AM: Jarred Dunn on Crafting Classical Sonatas: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
Guest Speaker 10:30 AM: Bob Kohl (from Long & McQuade Vancouver) Pop-Up Store for Christmas/Seasonal/ Canada Music Week Books discount 25% on Zoom. 
3? July 1 – Sept 30 (All piano, instrumentalists, voice, pedagogy) marks & entries due for medal awards
  November Recital entries due
3? Aberdeen Centre application due
19 Canada Music Week Celebration (Non-Canadian allowed), Pre-grade & General Recitals?
22 Executive meeting 9:30 AM on Zoom
TBA Rotary Hospice House 1:30 pm (6460 No. 4 Road, Richmond)

December 2023

3 Aberdeen Centre performance (Sun 1:30pm – 5:00pm)
6 General Meeting 11 AM; Christmas Luncheon 11:45 AM at TBA. 
TBA Rotary Hospice House 1:30 pm (6460 No. 4 Road, Richmond)

January 2024 (53rd Anniversary)

1 – 31 Online Membership Renewal (http://bcrmta.bc.ca/product/richmond/)
2 Accepting payment for in-branch membership renewal
24 Executive meeting 9:30 am on Zoom
TBA Rotary Hospice House 1:30 pm (6460 No. 4 Road, Richmond)

February 2024

1-15 Online Membership Renewal (http://bcrmta.bc.ca/product/richmond/)
7 General Meeting 9:30 AM; Guest Speaker 10:30 AM: Dr. Henri-Paul Sicsic on The danger of specificity in the study of scores rather than the study of the composer and his/her musical language, and the detective needed to solve the mystery (one could play the wrong music – or rather the right music wrongly – with all the right dynamics, punctuation and even phrasing, as opposed to the other way around (music played righty with the wrong dynamics, punctuation etc) at the South Arm United Church, 11051 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC.  (map
7 Deadline for in-branch membership renewal
  February Recital entries due
15 Last day to renew membership online (www.bcrmta.bc.ca)
21 Executive meeting 9:30 am on Zoom 
25 Pre-grade and General Recitals?
TBA Rotary Hospice House 1:30 pm (6460 No. 4 Road, Richmond)

March 2024

1 Richmond Branch Piano Competition application due 
6 Annual General Meeting, General Meeting 9:30 AM, Guest Speaker 10:45 AM: Bob Kohl & associates (from Long & McQuade Vancouver) Pop-Up Store 25% discount at the South Arm United Church, 11051 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC.  (map
6 Richmond Branch Scholarships applications due
6 Winifred Proud Memorial Scholarships applications due
6 Richmond Branch Community Service Scholarships applications due
1? Oct 1, 2022 – Jan 31, 2023 (All piano, instrumentalists, voice, pedagogy) marks & entries due for medal awards
  Library display at the Brighouse (Main) branch (100-7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond)
20 Executive meeting 9:30 AM on Zoom
TBA Rotary Hospice House 1:30 pm (6460 No. 4 Road, Richmond)

 April 2024

3 General Meeting 9:30 AM; Guest Speaker 10:30 AM: Dr. Rudy Rozanski on An overview of technical exercises and studies and how to implement them at the South Arm United Church, 11051 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC.  (map
  April Recital entries due
17 Executive meeting 9:30 AM on Zoom
14 Pre-grade and General Recitals (ONLINE)? 
21 Provincial meeting 9:30 AM, AGM Branch Report due on ZOOM 
TBA Rotary Hospice House 1:30 pm (6460 No. 4 Road, Richmond)

May 2024

1 General Meeting 9:30 AM;  Guest Speaker 10:30 AM: Ildiko Skeldon on Coffee with a Senior RCM Examiner at the South Arm United Church, 11051 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC.  (map
  June Recital entries due
22 Executive meeting 9:30 AM on Zoom 
TBA Rotary Hospice House 1:30 pm  (6460 No. 4 Road, Richmond)

June 2024

May 31? Feb 1 – April 30 (All piano, instrumentalists, voice, pedagogy) marks & entries due for medal awards
  Award Recognition, Pre-grade & General Recitals
5 General Meeting 11:00 AM; Year End Luncheon 11:45 AM at TBA.
19  Executive meeting 9:30 AM on Zoom 
TBA  Rotary Hospice House 1:30 pm  (6460 No. 4 Road, Richmond)
 
July 2024
5-6 CFMTA/FCAPM Connecting Canada 2024 – Building Strong Foundations – July 5 – 6, 2024, https://www.cfmta.org/en/connecting-canada-2024/
 
August 2024
16? May 1 – June 30 (All piano, instrumentalists, Voice, Pedagogy) marks & entries due for medal awards
 
September 2024
13-14 Provincial Conference (Abbotsford, B.C.) – https://abc.abbotsfordmusicbcrmta.com
  Provincial meeting 9:30am on Zoom?