2025 BPAA Festival
Falcetti Pianos Recital Hall
Nov. 1, 2025, 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Newton, Massachusetts
Come join us for a Boston Piano Amateurs Association Festival, celebrating our upcoming 25th Anniversary. This day-long event, which is free and open to the public, features a special masterclass with Tim McFarland, a BPAA recital on a beautiful Bösendorfer piano (all members are welcome to play), and a celebration of BPAA's 25th Anniversary. Mark your calendars now!
Directions
Falcetti Pianos Recital Hall is located at 2284 Washington Street, Newton, Massachusetts
From the North: Take the Grove St./Route 16 exit from I-95 South. Turn right onto Washington Street. The Recital Hall is 1 block away on the left.
From the West: Take Route 16 East. Right before you get to Route I-95, turn right into the parking lot immediately after Starbucks.
There is both street parking and parking lots. We will have a link to the Falcetti Website that shows all available parking.
Tentative Schedule
9:00 - Masterclass with Tim McFarland
12:00 - Informal Lunch - Sandwiches, Fruit, Cookies, and Drinks
12:30 - BPAA Recital
3:30 - Wine and Cheese Reception and BPAA 25th Anniversary Celebration
4:00 - End
Tentative Deadlines
September 1 - End of recital repertoire submission for BPAA Members
September 1 - End of masterclass registration for BPAA Members
October 25 - End of lunch registration for everyone
Recital Candidates
Thank you to the early bird BPAA pianists who signed up already to play at the recital! We are thrilled with your enthusiastic response and look forward to hearing you play on stage in Falcetti Pianos Recital Hall, on a beautiful Bösendorfer piano. We hope to accommodate everyone and allow for an intermission, so please note that we will adhere to a strict repertoire time limit and we will provide more information in mid-summer. Deadline for repertoire submission is September 1 and we encourage early submissions.
The alphabetical order of recital participants is:
Sibylle Barrasso
Mark Bartlett
Robert Berkowitz
Tom Boss
Doug Caligari
Carl Di Casoli
Mabel Chan
Shi Chen
Angela Cheng
Arthur Dimond
Emily Do
Richard Einhorn
Robert Finley
Jacquie Van Haelst
Tianyi Huang
Dianne Impallaria
Daniel Jebson
Alex Ji
Nancy Kim
Chris Kokkinos
Chia Ying Lee
Ramona Leeman
Erik Lindgren
Art Manwelyan
Rosalind Mohnsen
Paula Paolino
Mike Ring
Kevin Schwarz
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Masterclass
The masterclass pianists who signed for the masterclass will be selected based on the teacher’s preference of the masterclass repertoire:
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Our Faculty
Tim McFarland, a former student of Russell Sherman, performs frequently in the Boston area as a recitalist, soloist with orchestra, and as chamber music collaborator. He has premiered works by Robert Ceeley, Peter Lieberson, David Patterson, and Daniel Pinkham. Mr. McFarland is a Senior Lecturer of Performing Arts at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and serves as the Music Director of the Belmont Symphony Orchestra. He is a faculty member and former director of the New School of Music and is also an Affiliate Artist at MIT.
Lunch Registration
BPAA Members and their guests are welcome to attend the masterclass and recital for free. The post recital reception is free and everyone is encouraged to attend.
For lunch there will be a fee and registration is required ( form below is required and don’t forget to press SUBMIT).
We will open Lunch Registration in October. Deadline is October 25.
Ride Share
Please let us know here if you are interested in sharing a ride. We will do our best to help arrange for transportation.