2025 Wind Event

Cheryl Lopez, Wind Chairperson

A One Day Event For Intermediate to Advanced Woodwind and Brass Students

- Receive coaching from MTAC Pasadena Artist-Teachers
- Develop technical musical skills
- Improve your musical awareness and independence
- Work on interpersonal social skills and meet fellow wind instrument players
- Perform in a recital with your assigned group

Location: First Presbyterian Church of Monrovia, 101 E. Foothill Blvd., Monrovia, 91016

Day/Date: Saturday, September 27, 2025

Check-In time: 1:00 pm

Event Day Full Schedule:

1:00-1:15 Check-In

1:15-1:35 Welcome/Announcements

1:35-1:45 Transition to Breakout Rooms

1:45-3:30 Coaching

3:45-4:30 RECITAL (Please invite friends and family for this portion of the event!)

Cost (Must be paid to your private teacher by August 29, 2025):

$80.00 *if student’s private teacher is a member of Music Teacher’s Association of CA

*Teacher must show proof of Active membership and confirm their branch

$90.00 if student’s private teacher is a non-MTAC member

Applications open from August 11 – August 29

Teacher Information:

Student Application Payments: Please collect all of your students’ payments. Write 1 check to MTAC Pasadena Branch for the total and send it to me. Contact me and I will provide you with my home address where you can send the check.

Sheet Music: I will provide students with a dropbox link to access their music. Please have your students print out their music, work on it to performance level, then bring the printed copy to the event. I will provide you with the same link for your convenience.

Attire: Please make sure students are aware that they should come to the event dressed in recital-appropriate clothing. Dress shirts/blouses, trousers, knee-length or longer dresses, and dress shoes are acceptable. Young men – wearing a tie with your dress shirt is acceptable but not required.

Inappropriate clothing items include: T-shirts, tank tops, bare midriff, mini skirts above the knee, exposed undergarments, shorts, jeans, pants hanging below the hips, pajama pants, leggings, TENNIS SHOES, crocs, or flip flops.

Groups: Upon completed application and payment, your student will be assigned to a chamber group. If you have a specific chamber piece in mind and have students in your studio that want to be in a group together, it is allowed, but not required. Please inform me ASAP that you’re sending a group that’s already formed so I don’t separate them and pair them with other students. It is required that you scan the music and send it to me when the students apply so I can confirm the repertoire, as well as get it to their assigned coach with enough time before the event for score study. Failure to follow these steps in a timely manner may result in your student group being assigned to other groups with another piece.

Recital Performance: The recital is open to the public and I encourage teachers and the community to attend! Please also invite any students that weren’t able to apply for this event but might be interested the next time we have the Chamber Music Workshop!

If you have any questions, please contact Cheryl Lopez, Wind Chairperson at lopezflute@gmail.com.

Winds Past Events

2025 WINDS MUSICAL OLYMPICS OFFICIAL RESULTS

STUDENT LAST NAME	STUDENT FIRST NAME	INSTRUMENT	TEACHER	BRANCH	MEDAL
Buda	Claire	Flute	Ruth Kasckow	Pasadena	GOLD
Li	Katie	Flute	Tina Yoo	Glendale	GOLD
McKenzie	Isla	Flute	Stephanie Barrett	Pasadena	GOLD
Nowak	Jacki	Flute	Ruth Kasckow	Pasadena	BRONZE
Pan	William Shuting	Flute	Bolin Pan	Pasadena	GOLD
Park	Titus	Oboe	Francisco Castillo	Pasadena	GOLD
Park	Christina	Flute	Tina Yoo	Glendale	SILVER
Tang	Richard	Flute	Cheryl Lopez	Pasadena	SILVER
Wang	Angela Zhile	Flute	Bolin Pan	Pasadena	GOLD
Woo	Lynnsie	Flute	Tina Yoo	Glendale	SILVER
Xia	Olina	Oboe	Francisco Castillo	Pasadena	BRONZE

Wind Olympic recap

Medals

Go for the GOLD!

2025 Winds Olympians

Flute

Thank you, High School Volunteers!

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5-Special Thanks to Teacher Lynne Snyder

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3-Teacher Bolin Pan imparts Flute wisdom

2-Teachers Bee Tan and Lynne Snyder do a Final Sound check

1-Winds Chair, Cheryl Lopez

2023 Wind Chamber Music Workshop

The Winds Department started off the year with a Chamber Music Workshop, coordinated by MTAC Pasadena Wind Chair, Cheryl Lopez. Students that played woodwind or brass instruments were encouraged to sign up for this unique one day musical experience. There was a high level of participation with 26 students signing up for the event, and the instruments represented included Flute, Piccolo, Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, and Trumpet.

The Winds Chamber Music Workshop took place on Saturday, September 16, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church of Monrovia. Prior to the event, the participants were divided into 6 groups and assigned a part from professional level chamber music repertoire. Each group was assigned to one of 6 coaches that were selected from our MTAC Pasadena Branch wind teachers. Students were sent their individual sheet music parts a few weeks prior to the event and were expected to learn their parts to performance level by the event date. Learning their music very well was crucial to the process, as all groups were expected to perform at a recital at the conclusion of the event after only a short coaching session. (Many students had the added challenge of learning a part that didn’t even include the melody line.)

The wind coaches had a challenging job, as they had to facilitate musical collaboration with students who had never met or played with each other prior to the event – many of whom had never played in a chamber music group before! In addition, many of the participants were not the coaches’ private students, so they had to quickly assess the abilities of the individual players and prioritize what needed to be worked on to showcase their group’s piece at the event’s recital. The wind coaches rose to the challenge magnificently.

What happened at the event’s recital was nothing short of magical! You would never know that these students had met each other and heard their parts together only a few hours prior to their beautiful performances. A reception followed the recital. All students went home with a rose and a personalized certificate, along with memories of a wonderful performance that they and their group created together.

A special thank you to our talented wind coaches: Stephanie Barrett, Ruth Kasckow, Alexandra Miller, Jamie Pedrini, Lynne Snyder, and Charlotte Wilkins.