Take Highway 280 North to San Francisco to the 19th Avenue Exit. Stay in the left lanes, which become 19th Avenue. Continue on 19th Avenue for approximately 1.5 miles to Ortega Street. The Conservatory is on the corner of 19th Avenue and Ortega Street. There is a small Conservatory parking lot on 19th Avenue between Ortega and Pacheco.
Street parking is also available.
We did have our annual meeting at CSU San Jose, hosted by Chapter Secretary Brian Belet with assistance from Past-President Bill George. The conference included an excellent paper on the music of Betsy Jolas, delivered by Chapter Treasurer Laura Stanfield, a tour of the Beethoven Center at San Jose State, a concert of works by Chapter composers and our lunch and business meeting. Members of the Executive Board met in June to try to develop new ideas and directions, but momentum generated at that meeting has been bedeviled by ongoing communications problems. The meeting has been the sole activity of the chapter, and composers seem most motivated toward participating in the meeting, so our immediate attention is directed at that meeting and specifically at concerts during the meeting. The chapter will have available the services of sopranos Kavasch and Stanfield.