Event Information

Studio 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.
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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