Event InformationStudio events include, but aren't limited to:
Annual Studio Recital Studio Classes Student Performances When appropriate, students also have the opportunity to participate in: The MTAC Certificate of Merit (CM) Program. Initiated in 1933, the annual statewide program involves approximately 30,000 students and provides a standard of curriculum that requires students to strive for focused musical excellence in performance, technique, ear training, sight reading/singing, and music theory. Festivals, recitals, and competitions. Annual Studio Recitals
December 1, 2017
Tapestry Unitarian Church, Mission Viejo, CA 
December 17, 2016
Tapestry Unitarian Church, Mission Viejo, CA 
December 8, 2015
Tapestry Unitarian Church, Mission Viejo, CA 
December 14, 2014
Rancho Senior Center, Irvine, CA 
January 19, 2014
Turtle Rock Canyon, Irvine, CA |
2017-2018 Studio Schedule*SEPTEMBER 2017
1 Fall Semester Begins OCTOBER 2017 1 CM Enrollment Opens 7 Community Service Recital Deadline for 10/14 Recital 11 Showcase Recital Deadline for 10/22 Recital 11 Theme Festival Deadline 14 Community Service Recital 22 Showcase Recital 31 CM ON-LINE ENROLLMENT DEADLINE NOVEMBER 2017 1-10 CM Enrollment Fees Due 5 Theme Festival 9 Saddleback Concerto Competition Deadline 10 Community Service Recital Deadline for 11/18 Recital 10 Showcase Recital Deadline for 11/22 Recital 18 Community Service Recital 22 Showcase Recital 24 Thanksgiving (NO LESSONS) DECEMBER 2017 2 Annual Winter Studio Recital 9 Saddleback College Concerto Competition 14-31 NO LESSONS 24 Christmas Eve (NO LESSONS) 25 Christmas Day (NO LESSONS) 31 New Year’s Eve (NO LESSONS) JANUARY 2018 1 New Year’s Day (NO LESSONS) 1-6 NO LESSONS 10 Baroque Festival Deadline 10 VOCE Recital Deadline 15 Composers Today Deadline 16 Showcase Recital Deadline for 1/28 Recital 28 Showcase Recital 31 First Semester Ends FEBRUARY 2018 1 Spring Semester Begins 4 Baroque Festival 7 Bach Festival Deadline 17 VOCE Festival 18 Panel Regional Auditions MARCH 2018 3 Bach Festival 10-11 CM Theory Testing 17 CM Keyboard Evaluations (Day 1) 18 CM Keyboard Evaluations (Day 2) 24 CM Keyboard Evaluations (Day 3) 25 CM Keyboard Evaluations (Day 4) APRIL 2018 1 Contemporary Festival Deadline 6 Branch Honors Recital Deadline 7-8 CM Panel Finals South 15 Convention Performance Deadline 20 Branch Senior Recital Deadline 22 CM Branch Honors Recital 29 Contemporary Music Festival MAY 2018 6 Composers Today Composition Recital 20 Branch Senior Recital 20 Bach Regional Festival JUNE 2018 29-30 MTAC State Convention 2018 30 Second Semester Ends JULY 2018 1 Summer Schedule Begins 1-3 MTAC State Convention 2018 AUGUST 2018 31 Summer Schedule Ends *subject to change |
