AUGUST
26 Round-Up Dinner
31 Deadline – EPMTA/UTEP Scholarship applications
SEPTEMBER
14 Entry deadline – Zoo Recital (Student Affiliate)
14 Entry deadline- Student Affiliate enrollment & payment of dues
14 EPMTA Meeting – 9:30 am – Western Hills Methodist Church
28 Zoo Recital (Student Affiliate)
9/30 – 10/11 SISD Fall Intersession
OCTOBER
2 – 11 EPISD Fall Intersession
1 – 11 YISD Fall Intersession
6 Entry deadline – Fall Theory Test (Student Affiliate)
10 EPMTA Meeting – 9:30 am – Western Hills Methodist Church
16 Entry deadline – Halloween Recital (EPMTA) – Sunland Park Mall
19 Student Affiliate Recitals (Student Affiliate) – 3:30 p.m. – Western Hills Methodist Church
10/26 – 11/23 Solo Festival “window” with 11/16 “Festival Day” (EPMTA)
26 Entry deadline – Solo Festival entries, check, Student Update form
27 Halloween Recital (EPMTA) – at The Shoppes at Solano (formerly “Sunland Park Mall”)
TBA Student Affiliate Recitals (Student Affiliate)
NOVEMBER
2 Fall Theory Test (Student Affiliate) – Western Hills Methodist Church
3 End of Daylight Savings Time
14 EPMTA Meeting – 9:30 am – Western Hills Methodist Church
16 Solo Festival Day (EPMTA)
23 Solo Festival Results Due
TBA Student Affiliate Recitals (Student Affiliate)
28 Thanksgiving Day
DECEMBER
8 Student Affiliate Recitals (Student Affiliate) – 1:30 p.m. – Western Hills Methodist Church
12 EPMTA Christmas Luncheon at the Greenery 11:30 a.m.
12 Entry deadline – Original Composition Contest (Student Affiliate)
12 Entry deadline – Publication Contest (Student Affiliate)
JANUARY
9 EPMTA Meeting – 9:30 am – Western Hills Methodist Church
11 Entry deadline – Spring Theory Test (Student Affiliate)
11 Entry deadline – Performance Contest (Student Affiliate)
12 Entry deadline – Boys’ Recitals (EPMTA)
26 Entry deadline – Ensemble auditions (Student Affiliate)
26 Boys’ Recital – Western Hills Methodist Church (EPMTA)
FEBRUARY
1 Spring Theory Test – Western Hills Methodist Church (Student Affiliate)
2 Entry deadline – Baroque Competition (EPMTA)
2 Performance Contest – 12:00pm to 4:30pm UTEP Fox Fine Arts Building (Student Affiliate)
9 Super Bowl 4:30 pm MT
13 EPMTA Meeting – 9:30 am – Western Hills Methodist Church
15 Entry deadline – Women in Music Recital (EPMTA)
15 Ensemble Auditions – Western Hills Methodist Church (Student Affiliate)
22 Baroque Competition – UTEP Fox Fine Arts Building (EPMTA)
23 Baroque Winners Recital – UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall (EPMTA)
TBA Student Affiliate Recitals (Student Affiliate)
MARCH
1 Women in Music Recital (EPMTA) – Western Hills Methodist Church
1 Entry deadline – Borderland Chopin Festival
3-14 Spring Break YISD
5-14 Spring Break EPISD
10-21 Spring Break SISD
8 Entry deadline – Around the World Recitals (Student Affiliate)
9 Daylight Savings Time Begins
13 EPMTA Meeting – 9:30 am – Western Hills Methodist Church
15-19 MTNA National Convention – Minneapolis, MN
16 Student Affiliate Recital (Student Affiliate) 1:30
21 Borderland Chopin Festival Masterclass Dr. Daniel del Pino (TTech) 5pm-7pm UTEP FFA Recital Hall
22 Borderland Chopin Festival Masterclass Dr. Oscar Macchioni (UNT) 10:30am-2pm UTEP FFA Recital Hall
22 Borderland Chopin Festival Guest Artist Recital 7:30pm-9:30pm UTEP FFA Recital Hall
22 Entry deadline for Sonatina Festival with Trophy Update Form Due
23 Borderland Chopin Festival Winners Recital 2:30pm-4:30pm UTEP FFA Recital Hall
3/22 – 4/30 Sonatina Festival Window
29 Around the World Recitals – Western Hills Methodist Church (Student Affiliate)
30 World of Music Test (Student Affiliate)
APRIL
1 Theory medals order due
10 EPMTA Meeting – 9:30 am – Western Hills Methodist Church
15 Entry deadline – “All Star” Recital registrations (Student Affiliate)
20 Easter
21 Ensemble rehearsals begin – UTEP (Student Affiliate)
26 East and West Sonata/Sonatina Festivals
30 Deadline – Sonatina Festival Results Due
30 Sonatina Festival Window Ends
MAY
1 Entry Deadline and Senior Write Up for Student Affiliate Recital on May 10.
6 EPMTA Installation Luncheon (Time and Location TBA)
10 Student Affiliate Recitals beginning 3:30 with Seniors Recital and 4:30 for second recital.
JUNE
TBA Performance Recital at UTEP Fine Arts Recital Hall (Student Affiliate)
12-15 All Star Festival – TMTA Convention – Houston, Hyatt Regency
AUGUST
31 Deadline – EPMTA/UTEP Scholarship applications