Welcome to the Burlingame Music Club
Burlingame Music Club 2025-26 Season
BMC February Meeting
Monday, February 9, 2026
From 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Welcome our 5 February Students:
Aaron Ma, violin, Age 16
Lumi Kim, violin, Age 15
Yuzuki Ashida, violin, Age 13
Andrew Yin, piano, Age 13
Natalie Burr, piano, Age 18
Welcome our February Professional Artists:
Jean Goyal, piano and Noriko Iwamoto, viola
Presenting: A Viola Tasting Menu
Jean Goyal, piano
Pianist Jean Goyal left her native Singapore in 1985 to begin her American musical journey in Bloomington, Indiana. She earned her B.Mus. in chamber music and piano accompanying, along with an M.A. in musicology from Indiana University, Bloomington. At I.U., she collaborated across the music school, from voice to wind and string studios. She is grateful to have been coached not just by her piano teacher Edward Auer but also by maestros Janos Starker, Josef Gingold, and Csaba Erdelyi. Her Ph.D. (ABD) in musicology from Stanford University was fortuitously interrupted by the birth of her first child. Over time, as her family matured, she rediscovered the joys of performing music and, through performance, returned to her study of music. Jean finds great fulfillment and joy in collaborating with others within the realm of chamber music and embraces every opportunity to share her music with audiences.
Noriko Iwamoto, violist, is an avid chamber musician and is actively introducing viola repertoire while guiding the next generation of young violinists and violists in the area. Noriko studied violin at Toho Gakuen Preparatory in Japan. She received B.A. in Music from Dominican University and attended the Accademia Chigiana in Italy. Upon returning to Japan, she engaged herself in viola studies. She appeared as violinist and then violist in orchestras such as Tokyo Bach Ensemble, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta de Minería, among others, and has given recitals and recordings in Tokyo, Mexico, Prague and in US where she resides.
Noriko Iwamoto, viola
Please join us on February 9, 2026
Enjoy fine professional music, and 5 talented student competitors preparing for the BMC
Young Musicians’ Competition held this Spring
Enjoy light refreshments with fellow music lovers.
Members of the Public are encouraged to attend to support our students!
Burlingame Music Club Meetings
Congregational Church of San Mateo
Kloss Hall, 2nd Mondays, 1-3 pm
225 Tilton Ave.
San Mateo, CA. 94401
Are held on the second Monday of each month, November through May, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM.
Our venue is: The Congregational Church of San Mateo, with ample free parking behind the church, accessible from Catalpa St.
Easy ADA access to Kloss Hall. Enter the church building via the ramp from the left side of the parking lot, then head straight down the hall to Kloss Hall.
Our Meetings Feature:
Performances by student performers
Performances by Professional Artist(s)
Afterward, enjoy Refreshments together and meet the Performing Artists.
Please tell and bring your friends. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend our meetings to support our student performers, Professional Artists, and enjoy an afternoon of music and friendship together.
Important Note: Our Winning String Student, Daniel Wang, performs with Cambrian Symphony! More Information
May ‘25 BMC Competition Winners with BMC Vice President, from left to right - Natalie Burr (honorable mention, piano), Oliver Corro (first place, piano), Peter Parra (second place, piano), Hiroshi Corro (third place, piano), Edna Steele (BMC Vice President), Daniel Wang (first place, strings - cello), Sydney Li-Jenkins (second place, strings - violin), Melissa Lam (third place, strings - cello), Lisa Saito (honorable mention, strings - violin)
BMC 2025 Young Musicians’ Competition Winners Selected!
To view the 2025 winners, please click here.
Our Mission
The major purpose of BMC is to provide competitive performance opportunities in a warm and supportive environment for gifted young musicians.
Our Beginning
The Burlingame Music Club (BMC), was founded March 5, 1930 by local music teachers, and is recognized as a music lover’s gem on the San Francisco Bay Area Peninsula.
What We Do
BMC monthly programs showcase performances by student musicians who are in competition for the BMC awards, and performances/demonstrations by guest artists who are typically professionals in their fields. In the Bay Area, we are fortunate to be able to tap into a highly diverse artistic community who expand our horizons and inspire us with performances often drawn from music from other parts of the world and representing a wide array of genres, styles and eras.
Join us every
2nd Monday, November through May
Feb ‘25 BMC meeting student performers with BMC President, from left to right - Josefina Swartz (cello), Karen Matsui (piano), Marcia Leonhardt (BMC President), Minjoon Jo (viola), Aaron Ma (violin)
Become a BMC Member!
Come join our monthly programs of rich performances by young musicians who ultimately compete to be the winners of BMC’s annual student musicians awards.
Membership info here