Events

Deadline for entry is Saturday, December 5, 2026. See the Maryland State Music Teachers Association website for online registration and details.  

Outreach recitals bring together students (of teacher members), family members, and teachers with residents of a senior community who welcome the music makers. The programs include a wide range of solo and ensemble literature. While most performers are pianists; vocal, string, wind, and brass solos and ensembles are also welcome.  The entry date for this […]

A noncompetitive event - audience is important!  Students (of teacher members) play a minimum of 2 minutes of memorized music.  A carefully selected judge from outside the association listens, writes comments, and assigns a rating which can be applied toward Gold Cup points.  Literature requirements are the same as in other GCMTA events.  A student […]

Maryland State Music Teachers Association Theory exams.  Deadline is Sunday, January 24, 2027. Please see the Maryland State Music Teachers Association website for online registration and details. The snow date for this exam is  (no snow date 2027).

Outreach recitals bring together students of teacher members, family members and teachers with a senior community who welcome the music makers.  The programs include a wide range of solo and ensemble literature.  While most performers are pianists; vocal, string, brasss and woodwind solo and ensembles are also welcome.  Date for entry is February 28 EMAILED. […]

Outreach recitals bring together students of teacher members, family members and teachers with a senior community who welcome the music makers.  The programs include a wide range of solo and ensemble literature.  While most performers are pianists; vocal, string, brasss and woodwind solo and ensembles are also welcome.  Date for entry is April 4 EMAILED. […]

This competitive piano event is open to school-age students of all levels who are students of a GCMTA member teacher.  Standard or quality teaching repertoire is expected. Deadline for entry is IN HAND March 23.   Active and Prelude GCMTA members in good standing are eligible to enter their students in GCMTA events.  If you […]

A performance scholarship award for high school students.  Preliminary email deadline is February 23.  Please note, only 3 eras are required, not four.  First prize $100, second prize $75, and third prize $50. Participating teachers must be Active or Prelude Members of GCMTA in order to enter students into competitive events.  To become a member […]

Please contact our President, Deborah White Bondhus, for directions to this meeting.

For over 40 years, MSMTA has sponsored the High School Piano Exams in cooperation with the Maryland Department of Education.  The exam is for piano students in grades 9-12 in public, non-public, or home taught schools who are residents of Maryland and are studying piano privately on a regular basis during the school year.  Passing […]