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



 

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.