NWSMTA Calendar of Events 2023-2024 |
At A Glance
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Fall Classical Recital
Sunday, September 24, 2023, 1:30 P.M. Deadline: September 10, 2023 Fall Pop & Jazz Recital Sunday, September 24, 2023, 3:30 P.M. Deadline: September 10, 2023 Festival of Pianos Rehearsal: Saturday, October 14, 2023 Performance: Sunday, October 15, 2023 Deadline: August 8, 2023 Sonata-Sonatina Festival Sunday, November 19, 2023 Deadline: October 20, 2023 Gold Medal Recital TBA |
AIM Levels 3-12 Theory Exams
Sunday, December 3, 2023 (Backup snow date: Sunday, January 29, 2024) Deadline: November 3, 2023 Midwest Keyboard Performers Challenge Sunday, February 25, 2024 Deadline: February 1, 2024 Late Fee Deadline: February 10, 2024 AIM Levels 3-9 Performance Exams Sunday, March 17, 2024 Registration Deadline: February 17, 2024 AIM Levels 1-2 Complete & Levels 10-12 Performance Exams Sunday, April 14, 2024 Registration Deadline: March 14, 2024 Level 12 Recitals by July 31, 2024 |
Spring Classical Recital
Sunday, April 28, 2024, 1:30 P.M. Deadline: April 14, 2024 Spring Pop & Jazz Recital Sunday, April 28, 2024, 3:30 P.M. Deadline: April 14, 2024 College Scholarship Deadline Deadline: May 1, 2024 Camp Scholarship Deadline Deadline: May 1, 2024 Teachers Musicale Monday, May 6, 2024 Deadline: April 22, 2024 Jazz Combo Experience Sunday, June 16, 2024 Deadline: June 8, 2024 |
Calendar of Events
AUGUST
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Deadline: Festival of Pianos
SEPTEMBER
Sunday, September 10, 2023
Registration Deadline: Fall Classical Recital
Checks must be mailed by September 10, 2023
Sunday, September 10, 2023
Registration Deadline: Fall Pop & Jazz Recital
Checks must be mailed by September 10, 2023
BOARD MEETING
Monday, September 11, 2023
Palatine Library
700 N North Ct, Palatine
9:45 A.M. Meeting
PROGRAM
“Spring Cleaning in September”:
Music Sale, Events Overviews, and Social Mixer
Monday, September 18, 2023
Rolling Meadows Library and Zoom
9:45 A.M. Meeting
FALL CLASSICAL RECITAL
Sunday, September 24, 2023
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
647 Dundee Ave, Barrington
1:30 P.M.
FALL POP & JAZZ RECITAL
Sunday, September 24, 2023
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
647 Dundee Ave, Barrington
3:30 P.M.
OCTOBER
NWSMTA NEW MEMBER COFFEE
Monday, October 2, 2023
Home of Marcia Rudin
751 N. Stephen Drive, Palatine
10:00 AM
AIM WORKSHOP
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Home of Helen Grosshans
310 W. Hintz Road, Arlington Heights
9:45 A.M.
FESTIVAL OF PIANOS
Rehearsal: Saturday, October 14, 2023
Golf Mill Shopping Center
Performance: Sunday, October 15, 2023
Golf Mill Shopping Center
PROGRAM
Maureen Flood & Justyna Weirich & Deborah Lynch
“Jazz Combo Experience”
Monday, October 16, 2023
Rolling Meadows Library and Zoom
9:45 A.M. Meeting
Friday, October 20, 2023
Email registration: Sonata-Sonatina Festival
NOVEMBER
Friday, November 3, 2023
Registration Deadline:
AIM Levels 3-12 Theory Exams
Mail check by deadline
ISMTA CONFERENCE
Friday-Saturday, November 3-4, 2023
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
SONATA-SONATINA FESTIVAL
Sunday, November 19, 2023
Harper College
GOLD MEDAL RECITAL
TBA
PROGRAM
Fumi Nakayama
“Developing Piano Skills with the Dalcroze Method”
Monday, November 20, 2023
Rolling Meadows Library and Zoom
9:45 A.M. Meeting
AIM: LEVELS 3-12 THEORY JUDGE’S MEETING
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Zoom
9:45 A.M.
DECEMBER
AIM: LEVELS 3-12 THEORY EXAMS
Sunday, December 3, 2023
Harper College
Backup snow date: Sunday, January 29, 2024
Harper College
JANUARY
REPERTOIRE APPROVAL(https://ismta.org/aim/)
For all levels, a repertoire substitution request to include any piece not found in the Syllabus must be made by January 15 midnight to Stephanie Myers (hisamimyers@gmail.com).
Program approval by Stephanie Myers (hisamimyers@gmail.com) is required for ALL Level 12 students 5 months before or the latest by March 31st. Go to https://ismta.org/aim/ to download Level 12 Program Approval Submission Form.
Level 12 Recitals must be scheduled for dates before July 31.
Sunday, January 15, 2023
Registration Deadline: Midwest Keyboard Performers Challenge
PROGRAM
Dr. Susan Osborn
"Using Photography and Architectural Imagery to Enhance our Teaching”
Monday, January 15, 2024
Rolling Meadows Library and Zoom
9:45 A.M. Meeting
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Deadline: Annual Report/Budget Request
Forms Due for 2023 events
FEBRUARY
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Deadline: Midwest Keyboard Performers Challenge
Saturday, February 10, 2024
Late Fee Deadline: Midwest Keyboard Performers Challenge
Saturday, February 17, 2024
Registration Deadline:
AIM Levels 3-9 Performance Exams.
Re-registration fee postmarked on this day
if Theory exam was taken in a previous school year.
VIRTUAL BUSINESS MEETING
Monday, February 19, 2024
Zoom
9:45 A.M. Meeting
MIDWEST KEYBOARD PERFORMERS CHALLENGE
Sunday, February 25, 2024
Harper College
MARCH
AIM: LEVELS 3-9 PERFORMANCE JUDGE’S MEETING
Monday, March 11, 2024
Zoom
9:45 A.M.
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Registration Deadline:
AIM Levels 1-2 Complete & Levels 10-12 Performance Exams.
Checks postmarked on this day for all Level 1-2 exams
and Re-registration fee for Level 10-12 Performances
if Theory exam was taken in a previous school year.
MTNA NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Saturday-Wednesday, March 16-20, 2024
Atlanta, Georgia
AIM: LEVELS 3-9 PERFORMANCE EXAMS
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Harper College
PROGRAM
Dr. Peng Krol
“Humor and Irony in Beethoven's Prometheus Piano Variations, Op. 35”
Monday, March 18, 2024
Countryside Church
9:45 A.M. Meeting
APRIL
AIM: LEVELS 1-2 COMPLETE AND LEVELS 10-12 PERFORMANCE EXAM JUDGE’S MEETING
Monday, April 8, 2024
Zoom
9:45 A.M.
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Deadline: Online Registration
Spring Classical Recital
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Deadline: Online Registration
Spring Pop & Jazz Recital
AIM: LEVELS 1-2 COMPLETE & 10-12 PERFORMANCE EXAMS
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Harper College
PROGRAM
Dr. Jeff Kleinsorge
“How to Treat a Five-Year-Old as a Pianist Rather Than as a Student”
Monday, April 15, 2024
Rolling Meadows Library and Zoom
9:45 A.M. Meeting
Monday, April 22, 2024
Deadline: Teachers Musicale
SPRING CLASSICAL RECITAL
Sunday, April 28, 2024
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
647 Dundee Ave, Barrington
1:30 p.m.
SPRING POP & JAZZ RECITAL
Sunday, April 28, 2024
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
647 Dundee Ave, Barrington
3:30 p.m.
MAY
Monday, May 1, 2024
Deadline: Music Camp Scholarship
Send entries to Suyi Su
313 Dundee Road
Barrington Hills, IL. 60010
Monday, May 1, 2024
Deadline: College Scholarship
Send entries to Suyi Su
313 Dundee Road
Barrington Hills, IL. 60010
TEACHERS MUSICALE
Monday, May 6, 2024
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
647 Dundee Ave, Barrington
Monday, May 6, 2024
Deadline: Annual Report/Budget Request
Forms Due for 2024 events
LUNCHEON / BUSINESS MEETING
Monday, May 13, 2024
10:45 A.M. Followed by Lunch
Location TBA
JOINT WORKSHOP AND MASTERCLASS WITH NORTH SHORE MTATBA
Helen Marlais: The Essentials for Success: self-directed and intelligent practicing
JUNE
BOARD MEETING
Monday, June 3, 2024
Rolling Meadows Library
9:45 A.M. Meeting
Saturday, June 8, 2024
Registration Deadline: Jazz Combo Experience
"JAZZ COMBO EXPERIENCE"
Sunday, June 16, 2024
House Of Music & Entertainment
1227 N Rand Rd. Arlington Heights
Noon
JULY
Sunday, July 31, 2024
Level 12 Recitals Completed
ENewsletter Deadlines: the 5th of each month
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Deadline: Festival of Pianos
SEPTEMBER
Sunday, September 10, 2023
Registration Deadline: Fall Classical Recital
Checks must be mailed by September 10, 2023
Sunday, September 10, 2023
Registration Deadline: Fall Pop & Jazz Recital
Checks must be mailed by September 10, 2023
BOARD MEETING
Monday, September 11, 2023
Palatine Library
700 N North Ct, Palatine
9:45 A.M. Meeting
PROGRAM
“Spring Cleaning in September”:
Music Sale, Events Overviews, and Social Mixer
Monday, September 18, 2023
Rolling Meadows Library and Zoom
9:45 A.M. Meeting
FALL CLASSICAL RECITAL
Sunday, September 24, 2023
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
647 Dundee Ave, Barrington
1:30 P.M.
FALL POP & JAZZ RECITAL
Sunday, September 24, 2023
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
647 Dundee Ave, Barrington
3:30 P.M.
OCTOBER
NWSMTA NEW MEMBER COFFEE
Monday, October 2, 2023
Home of Marcia Rudin
751 N. Stephen Drive, Palatine
10:00 AM
AIM WORKSHOP
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Home of Helen Grosshans
310 W. Hintz Road, Arlington Heights
9:45 A.M.
FESTIVAL OF PIANOS
Rehearsal: Saturday, October 14, 2023
Golf Mill Shopping Center
Performance: Sunday, October 15, 2023
Golf Mill Shopping Center
PROGRAM
Maureen Flood & Justyna Weirich & Deborah Lynch
“Jazz Combo Experience”
Monday, October 16, 2023
Rolling Meadows Library and Zoom
9:45 A.M. Meeting
Friday, October 20, 2023
Email registration: Sonata-Sonatina Festival
NOVEMBER
Friday, November 3, 2023
Registration Deadline:
AIM Levels 3-12 Theory Exams
Mail check by deadline
ISMTA CONFERENCE
Friday-Saturday, November 3-4, 2023
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
SONATA-SONATINA FESTIVAL
Sunday, November 19, 2023
Harper College
GOLD MEDAL RECITAL
TBA
PROGRAM
Fumi Nakayama
“Developing Piano Skills with the Dalcroze Method”
Monday, November 20, 2023
Rolling Meadows Library and Zoom
9:45 A.M. Meeting
AIM: LEVELS 3-12 THEORY JUDGE’S MEETING
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Zoom
9:45 A.M.
DECEMBER
AIM: LEVELS 3-12 THEORY EXAMS
Sunday, December 3, 2023
Harper College
Backup snow date: Sunday, January 29, 2024
Harper College
JANUARY
REPERTOIRE APPROVAL(https://ismta.org/aim/)
For all levels, a repertoire substitution request to include any piece not found in the Syllabus must be made by January 15 midnight to Stephanie Myers (hisamimyers@gmail.com).
Program approval by Stephanie Myers (hisamimyers@gmail.com) is required for ALL Level 12 students 5 months before or the latest by March 31st. Go to https://ismta.org/aim/ to download Level 12 Program Approval Submission Form.
Level 12 Recitals must be scheduled for dates before July 31.
Sunday, January 15, 2023
Registration Deadline: Midwest Keyboard Performers Challenge
PROGRAM
Dr. Susan Osborn
"Using Photography and Architectural Imagery to Enhance our Teaching”
Monday, January 15, 2024
Rolling Meadows Library and Zoom
9:45 A.M. Meeting
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Deadline: Annual Report/Budget Request
Forms Due for 2023 events
FEBRUARY
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Deadline: Midwest Keyboard Performers Challenge
Saturday, February 10, 2024
Late Fee Deadline: Midwest Keyboard Performers Challenge
Saturday, February 17, 2024
Registration Deadline:
AIM Levels 3-9 Performance Exams.
Re-registration fee postmarked on this day
if Theory exam was taken in a previous school year.
VIRTUAL BUSINESS MEETING
Monday, February 19, 2024
Zoom
9:45 A.M. Meeting
MIDWEST KEYBOARD PERFORMERS CHALLENGE
Sunday, February 25, 2024
Harper College
MARCH
AIM: LEVELS 3-9 PERFORMANCE JUDGE’S MEETING
Monday, March 11, 2024
Zoom
9:45 A.M.
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Registration Deadline:
AIM Levels 1-2 Complete & Levels 10-12 Performance Exams.
Checks postmarked on this day for all Level 1-2 exams
and Re-registration fee for Level 10-12 Performances
if Theory exam was taken in a previous school year.
MTNA NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Saturday-Wednesday, March 16-20, 2024
Atlanta, Georgia
AIM: LEVELS 3-9 PERFORMANCE EXAMS
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Harper College
PROGRAM
Dr. Peng Krol
“Humor and Irony in Beethoven's Prometheus Piano Variations, Op. 35”
Monday, March 18, 2024
Countryside Church
9:45 A.M. Meeting
APRIL
AIM: LEVELS 1-2 COMPLETE AND LEVELS 10-12 PERFORMANCE EXAM JUDGE’S MEETING
Monday, April 8, 2024
Zoom
9:45 A.M.
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Deadline: Online Registration
Spring Classical Recital
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Deadline: Online Registration
Spring Pop & Jazz Recital
AIM: LEVELS 1-2 COMPLETE & 10-12 PERFORMANCE EXAMS
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Harper College
PROGRAM
Dr. Jeff Kleinsorge
“How to Treat a Five-Year-Old as a Pianist Rather Than as a Student”
Monday, April 15, 2024
Rolling Meadows Library and Zoom
9:45 A.M. Meeting
Monday, April 22, 2024
Deadline: Teachers Musicale
SPRING CLASSICAL RECITAL
Sunday, April 28, 2024
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
647 Dundee Ave, Barrington
1:30 p.m.
SPRING POP & JAZZ RECITAL
Sunday, April 28, 2024
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
647 Dundee Ave, Barrington
3:30 p.m.
MAY
Monday, May 1, 2024
Deadline: Music Camp Scholarship
Send entries to Suyi Su
313 Dundee Road
Barrington Hills, IL. 60010
Monday, May 1, 2024
Deadline: College Scholarship
Send entries to Suyi Su
313 Dundee Road
Barrington Hills, IL. 60010
TEACHERS MUSICALE
Monday, May 6, 2024
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
647 Dundee Ave, Barrington
Monday, May 6, 2024
Deadline: Annual Report/Budget Request
Forms Due for 2024 events
LUNCHEON / BUSINESS MEETING
Monday, May 13, 2024
10:45 A.M. Followed by Lunch
Location TBA
JOINT WORKSHOP AND MASTERCLASS WITH NORTH SHORE MTATBA
Helen Marlais: The Essentials for Success: self-directed and intelligent practicing
JUNE
BOARD MEETING
Monday, June 3, 2024
Rolling Meadows Library
9:45 A.M. Meeting
Saturday, June 8, 2024
Registration Deadline: Jazz Combo Experience
"JAZZ COMBO EXPERIENCE"
Sunday, June 16, 2024
House Of Music & Entertainment
1227 N Rand Rd. Arlington Heights
Noon
JULY
Sunday, July 31, 2024
Level 12 Recitals Completed
ENewsletter Deadlines: the 5th of each month