When: March 14, 2025
Where: St. John's Episcopal Church
Visiting Artist: Hannah Cho
Registration/Payment Deadline: January 15, 2025
Contact: Anna Hastings
Registration:
WSMTA now requires that all registrations be done online by the teacher.
(Students, please contact your teacher directly with questions)
- Go to the WSMTA website.
- Login with your member number (issued by MTNA) and password. Set up new account if needed.
- Once logged in, click on ‘Register for Music Artistry Program’ and follow the instructions.
- Chapter fee is $5 per student and must be paid separate from this online transaction.
One check should be made to "Gig Harbor WSMTA" for your total chapter fee and submitted to Anna Hastings by January 15, 2025 (postmarked by January 15, 2025).
Music Artistry Program Requirements:
Teachers are required to be present for the entire session with the Visiting Artist and their students.
Teachers must submit scheduling needs to the chairperson at the time they register for MAP.
We encourage the teacher to communicate with the Visiting Artist as to what your hopes and/or expectations are for the session, before the session begins. In other words, if you have specific students with learning difficulties or if you hope for more constructive feedback with certain students, the teacher can let the Visiting Artist know.
Find more details on the WSMTA website - Find ‘Forms for Teachers’ to download. You’ll find the answers to most of your questions here. Please contact Anna Hastings with any other questions.
Honors Recital
March 15, 2025 – 6:30PM, St. John's
Students participating in The Music Artistry Program may also compete in the State Recital Competition. The winning pianist represents our chapter at the State Honors Recital held during the WSMTA Convention. Click here for competition details and to see the winners of last year's competition.
March 15, 2025
Guest judge: Jinshil Yi
Locations: St. John's
Time: 10:00 AM
South Korean-born pianist Hannah Cho is a versatile and distinctive piano performer as a solo performer and a collaborative pianist. She is also actively involved in piano pedagogy as a piano adjudicator, a clinician, and a jury member of many piano competitions.
Ms.Cho has had numerous concerts at many concert halls as a soloist and a collaborative Pianist and also she has performed with many orchestras, in South Korea, Bulgaria, Japan, and the U.S. at many venues, including Carnegie Weill Hall in New York. Most recently, she was invited by the Vratza Symphony Orchestra in Bulgaria to premiere W. Stenhammar Piano Concerto No.2 under the direction of conductor Nickolas Carlson.
She is a laureate of numerous international competitions, including the Korea Music Association Piano Competition, the American Protégé International Competition, the American Prize Competition, both in piano solo and concerto divisions, Charleston International Competition( Piano-Four Hands) and American virtuoso international music competition(Chamber Music).
She earned a bachelor's degree in piano performance at Dong-A university in South Korea. After that, she moved to Bulgaria to earn a master's degree, followed by a Kozertexamen degree in Pancho Vladigerov- National Music Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria. She has finished several piano pedagogy certification programs from SPIPU. In addition, she has been continually studying with a massive passion for "Body Mapping" with Lisa Marsh in Portland, OR, to introduce and teach more effective and safe piano performance with correct movement and sound production for the piano students and players.
Currently, Hannah Cho is working at St. Martin's University in Lacey, WA as a piano adjunct faculty member, and also she maintains a large private studio. She is also invited to several chapters yearly as a highly regarded piano adjudicator to the Washington State Music Teachers Association. In addition, she has been actively involved in performing with many classical performing groups, including Forza La Femme and Piano Duo Amabile as a founder and performing artist.