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)
8 Student Affiliate Recitals (Student Affiliate) – 1:30 p.m. – Western Hills Methodist Church
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
12 EPMTA Christmas Luncheon (Time and Location TBA)
12 Entry deadline – Original Composition Contest (Student Affiliate)
12 Entry deadline – Publication Contest (Student Affiliate)
2024 – 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 – UTEP Fox Fine Arts Building (Student Affiliate)
TBA Performance Recital
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
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
22 Entry deadline for Sonatina Festival with Trophy Update Form Due
3/22 – 4/26 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)
TBA East and West Festivals
26 Deadline – Sonatina Festival Results Due
26 Sonatina Festival Window Ends
TBA Student Affiliate with Senior Recital (27?) (Student Affiliate)
MAY
6 EPMTA Installation Luncheon (Time and Location TBA)
JUNE
TBA Performance Recital (Student Affiliate)
12-15 All Star Festival – TMTA Convention – Houston, Hyatt Regency
AUGUST
31 Deadline – EPMTA/UTEP Scholarship applications