Last Update 9-5-2025
AUGUST
16 Roundup Dinner – 5:30pm – Home of Karol Garmon
31 UTEP Mary Lou Wade Freshman Scholarship Application DUE
SEPTEMBER
11 EPMTA Business Meeting – 9:30am at Western Hills UMC
11 Student Affiliate Enrollment and Fees Due
12 DEADLINE – Zoo Recital Entries (Student Affiliate)
28 Student Affiliate Recitals 1:30 – 4:30
SOME NOTEWORTHY LOCAL PERFORMANCES IN SEPTEMBER
UTEP MUSIC EVENTS
UTEP LATIN MUSIC FESTIVAL September 8 – 10. See the link above for details.
Faculty Recital — Drs. Dominic and Nayeli Dousa, composition/piano on
Sat, Sep 13, 2025 7:30pm – 9:00pm @ Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall
The above UTEP concerts are free and open to the public.
September 19 & 20, 2025, 7:30pm. Plaza Theatre. Aristo Sham, the 2025 Van Cliburn Gold Medalist, performs the Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16 with the El Paso Symphony Orchestra.
OCTOBER
4 Zoo Recital – 4 recitals: 10am, 11am, 12am, 1pm (Student Affiliate)
4 DEADLINE – Fall Theory Test Entries (Student Affiliate)
9 EPMTA Meeting and Program – 9:30am at Western Hills UMC
10 DEADLINE – Halloween Recital entries (EPMTA)
18 DEADLINE – Solo Festival Entries (EPMTA)
18 – 22 Solo Festival Window (EPMTA)
25 Halloween Recitals (times tentative) 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 (EPMTA)
NOVEMBER
1 Fall Theory Test – 1:30pm at Western Hills UMC (Student Affiliate)
2 Daylight Savings Time Ends — “Fall Back” one hour!
9 Student Affiliate Recitals 1:30 – 4:30
13 EPMTA Meeting and Program – 9:30am at Western Hills UMC
15 Solo Festival – westside and northeast (EPMTA)
22 DEADLINE – Solo Festival Results due (EPMTA)
27 Thanksgiving
DECEMBER
11 DEADLINE – Original Composition Contest (Student Affiliate)
11 DEADLINE – Publication Contest (Student Affiliate)
18 DEADLINE – Spring Theory Test Entries (Student Affiliate)
JANUARY
3 DEADLINE – Performance Competition Entries due today (Student Affiliate)
8 EPMTA Business Meeting – 9:30am at Western Hills UMC
8 DEADLINE – Boys Recital Entries (EPMTA)
18 Student Affiliate Recitals 1:30 – 4:30
24 DEADLINE – Baroque Competition Entries (EPMTA)
25 Boys Recital – 1:30pm at Western Hills UMC (EPMTA)
31 Spring Theory Test – 1:30pm at Western Hills UMC (Student Affiliate)
FEBRUARY
6 DEADLINE – Ensemble Entries Due (Student Affiliate)
7 Performance Contest – UTEP beginning at 9am (Student Affiliate)
8 Super Bowl LX
12 EPMTA Meeting and Program – 9:30am at Western Hills UMC
14 Baroque Competition – UTEP beginning at 10:30am (EPMTA)
15 Baroque Competition Winners Recital – UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall (EPMTA)
21 Ensemble Auditions (Student Affiliate)
28 DEADLINE – World of Music entries due (Student Affiliate)
MARCH
1 DEADLINE – Around the World entries due (Student Affiliate)
12 EPMTA Meeting and Program – 9:30am at Western Hills UMC
14 DEADLINE – Sonatina Festival Entries due (EPMTA)
3/14 – 4/25 Sonata-Sonatina Festival Window (EPMTA)
21 – 25 MTNA National Convention, Chicago, IL
28 Around the World Recital at Western Hills UMC (Student Affiliate)
29 World of Music Test (Student Affiliate)
SPRING BREAKS
– March 16 – 20 — EPISD
– March 9 – 20 — SISD
– March 2 – 13 — YISD
APRIL
1 DEADLINE – Theory Medal Order due (Student Affiliate)
5 Easter
9 EPMTA Officer Vote with Installation Lunch to follow
12 Student Affiliate Recitals 1:30 – 4:30
13 Ensemble Rehearsals Begin at UTEP – Fourth Floor Keyboard Lab (Student Affiliate)
15 DEADLINE All Star (Student Affiliate)
18 Sonatina Festival – Westside and Northeast (EPMTA)
25 DEADLINE – Sonatina Festival Results due (EPMTA)
MAY
JUNE
11 TMTA Convention in Houston