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Our centre would like to congratulate the following students who received good results from the RCM Examinations.

2003 Spring Session
Piano	Grade	Classification of Mark	Teacher
Julian Kwok	2	First Class Honours	Inga Vaisman
Bethany So	3	First Class Honours	Lina Zemelman
Theory
Tiffany Wong	Rudiment 1	First Class Honours	Grace Shum
Brittany Yu	Preliminary	First Class Honours	Grace Shum
2003 Summer Session
Piano	Grade	Classification of Mark	Teacher
Kenneth Leung	2	First Class Honours	Amy Leung
Darius Lau	2	First Class Honours	Grace Shum
Melody Ho	4	First Class Honours	Grace Shum
Violin
Enoch Li	1	First Class Honours	Patrick Wang
Emily Chan	1	First Class Honours	Patrick Wang
Theory
Tiffany Wong	Rudiment 2	First Class Honours with Distinction	Grace Shum
Samantha Chau	Rudiment 2	First Class Honours	Grace Shum

RCM Exam Dates
Winter Session
Theory Examinations
December 12 & 13, 2003
Practical Examinations
January 12-24, 2004
Application Deadlines
November 4, 2003

Spring Session
Theory Examinations
May 14 & 15, 2004
Practical Examinations
June 7-26, 2004
Application Deadlines
March 9, 2004

Summer Session
Theory Examinations
August 6 & 7
Practical Examinations
August 9-21, 2004
Application Deadlines
June 1, 2004

www.rcmexaminations.org

Faculty News

ATHENA LU
Piano

Miss Athena Lu has been teaching piano since 1982. She holds the Piano Performer’s Certificate (LTCL) from Trinity College of London, the Teacher Diploma of the Yamaha Teacher Grade Examination and a Diploma of JMC Teacher from Yamaha Canada. She is a former Yamaha music instructor and a piano teacher at the Tom Lee Music Foundation – Yamaha Music Foundation Hong Kong and the Mozart Music College at Toronto.

ANGEL CHEN
Piano

Miss Angel Chen began her piano lesson at the age of three and received numbers of music awards and scholarships through her piano studies. She graduated from Glenn Gould Professional School of the Royal Conservatory of Music, and completed an A.R.C.T. in piano performance. She also received an Honours Bachelor Degree –BFA in Music from York University. Angel has appeared on stage across Canada and the United States. She is the grand prize-winners at numerous piano competitions, and received awards from The Music Teachers’ Association of California. Angel has taught piano since 1993. Many of her students achieved excellent results from the RCM examinations, and placed well from piano competitions and music festivals.

Events Review
2003 Yip’s Annual Concert
2003 Yip’s Annual Concert “ A Night of Musical Miscellany” was performed by our choir members and Montessori Schools’ students at Markham Theatre on July 4. Concert was featuring musicals including “Cats”, “The Sound of Music”, “All Kinds of Weather” & “Meet the Great Musicians”. Thank you to our students, teachers and back stage crews who participated with much enthusiasm and thanks for the sponsors for sponsoring this wonderful night.

Musical “Meet the Great Musicians”	Musical “All Kinds of Weather”	Violin Group by our Montessori Gifted Students
Musical “The Sound of Music”	Creative Chinese Nursery Rhyme	Chinese School Choir

Diamond Sponsor:	Gold Sponsors:
Silver Sponsor:	Bronze Sponsor: Claudio & Rachel Wen Shanghai Xue Yuen Restaurant Steven Lui Chiropractor TED CHAN INSRANCE AGENCY INC.

Yip’s Family Banquet & Chinese School 5th Anniversary
2003 Summer Camp

Chinese School Choir	Students Receiving Certificates	Class Activities
End of the month Performance	Outdoor Activities	Class Activities

What’s New - Yip’s Music & Montessori School

Pre-Grade 1
Pre-Grade 1 is an advanced level for CASA 3. Full-time students who become 5 years of age at the end of this year will be accepted in this class.

Grade 1 to 3 Elementary School
Yip’s Music & Montessori School (Markham) was inspected by the Minister of Education Private Schools and Attendance Unit and was given permission to start Grade 1 to Grade 8 elementary programs from September 2004. We have received a certificate of completing a workshop from Curriculum Services Canada and we are currently working on the curriculum, which will be based on the Ontario Curriculum. The curriculum outline will be issued on January 2004.

Inside the Elementary School
The primary goal of the Elementary Program (based on the Montessori philosophy of education) is to empower children to become confident and competent students. The curriculum provides courses including Arts, Language (English, French/Chinese), Geography, History, Math, Music, Health & Physical Education and Science. The program also includes group/Individual piano and violin lessons. All courses are instructed by our experienced and certified Montessori educators and specialty teachers.

After School Programs
The After School Programs are planned for your child to learn and have fun. With so many academic and non-academic choices like Arts and Crafts, Chess Club, Chinese, French, Mandarin, Tutorial class, Piano, Violin and more, Your child will have a taste of music, language and fun.

A Plan for Future
Grade 1 to 8 Elementary School
Yip’s Music & Montessori School (Markham) is planning to expand the elementary programs up to Grade 8 in 2006, Currently we are looking for a land to build a school with a bigger and more able facility to allow more students to learn effectively.

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MARK YOUR
CALENDA
10/31/2003
Pumpkin Picking
Wittamore’s Farm

11/28/2003
Gifted
Student Recital
(Markham)

12/20/2003
Christmas Concert
Markham Theatre
Featuring
Nutcracker
By Tchaikovsky

Montessori School Annual Parents Meeting Question & Answer

Q: What makes Yip’s Music & Montessori School unique?
A: Yip’s Music & Montessori School is the only school in Toronto including Chinese Language (Cantonese) and formal music & instrumental training in school.

Q: How will my child fit into a customary program when he or she leaves Yip’s Music & Montessori School?
A: Montessori students are noted for their independent thinking, self-confidence and self-discipline. The longer they are in our programs the stronger these characteristics grow. Montessori students are academically well prepared and typically do very well in new settings, including more customary programs since they developed their individual potential. Most of our graduates are accepted into advanced/gifted level programs at private or public schools.

Q: Most of the Yip’s students’ first language is Chinese. In the future, will the student have any communication problem in English ?
A: No. English is the principal language at Yip’s. Teachers only speak English to teach. students are able to communicate well in English during Montessori sessions. Chinese is only one of the subjects in our program.

Q: What is the relationship between Casa and levels?
A: Children are placed to our Casa classrooms according to their ages, not levels. They learn and progress in their own paces.

Q: Will Yip’s provide hot meal for the elementary students?
A: Yes, we will provide nutritious hot meals to all Yip’s students.

6TH ANNUAL YIP'S MUSIC FESTIVAL 2004
Scholarship up to $6,000 including: $1,500 for Best of Festival $800 for Best of Recital Class $300 for Best of Concerto $300 for Best of Sonata	Competition Date: May 1 to May 9, 2004 Deadline for Application: March 4, 2004 Category: Piano & Violin Winner Gala Concert: May 30, 2004
Syllabus available in November 2003	For Information: Tel: (905) 513-0955 Katherine Kwok or (416) 315-6255 Linda Cheng Email: ymf@yips.com WebSite: http://www.yips.com/ymf2004

Calendar of Events		Special points of interest: Yip's Music Festival 2003-2004 Events Calendar New Courses »Instrumental Academy Program »Saturday Academic & Arts Program »Musical Theatre RCM Information Faculty News Events Review
October 2003 18 Perform with CAST Orchestra 26 Perform at Market Village November 2003 8 Student Recital 29 Student Recital December 2003 20 Yip¡¦s Christmas Concert January 2004 10 Student Recital March 2004 4 YMF Deadline 6 Student Recital 15-26 March Break Camp	May 2004 1-9 Yip¡¦s Music Festival 30 Festival Gala Concert June 2004 5 Student Recital 5 Chinese School Award Ceremony July 2004 2 Annual Concert 2 Summer Camp 15 Concert Tour August 2004 7 Student Recital


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