2025

Friday, September 12

• IRINA VORO presents “ Turning Boredom into Excitement, step by step” . 11-12 am
  The world has an insatiable demand for creative, enterprising people. Our profession , each of us, is well positioned to supply both kinds and greatly benefit from it.
• Location: Steinway Galleries, Alpharetta, GA

Monday, October 6

• ​​​Application Deadline - The Romantic Impressionistic Piano Competition

Sunday, October 12

• Masterclass for Intermediate Level Students with Jerico Vasquez, Professor of Piano at Shorter College. 2-5 pm
• Location: Steinway Galleries, Alpharetta, GA​
• Please email your students name, grade and repertoire to Shirley Irek ( [email protected] ) by September 12, 2025.

​Friday & Saturday, October 24/25

• MTNA Competitions, Piedmont University​​

Thursday-Saturday, November 6-8

• GMTA State Conference – Piedmont University, Demorest, GA​​​

Saturday, November 1

• The Romantic Impressionistic Piano Competition - 9:00 am
• Location:  Georgia State University, Atlanta​​

Sunday, November 2

• The Romantic Impressionistic Piano Competition : Winners Recital - 1:00 pm
• Location: Steinway Galleries, Alpharetta, GA​​

Friday, December 21

• Board Meeting - 1:00PM
• December Luncheon - 2:00PM Tapas
• Location: Shirley Irek's house

2026

Thursday, January 15

• Registration Deadline for Local Auditions, ​GMTA Theory Test, and GATE
• GMTA State Auditions Registration Deadline for Pre-College Piano Concerto, Piano Duet, Piano Grade 12, Piano Duet

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Saturday, January 31

• GATE test
• Location: Steinway Galleries, 5950 North Point Parkway, ​​Alpharetta, GA, 30022

Friday, January 24

• Registration/Postmark Deadline for Atlanta Piano Festival 

Sunday, January 25

• Masterclass for Advanced Level Students - Dr. Alan Woo -2-5 pm 
• Location: Steinway Galleries, ​​Alpharetta, GA​
• Please email your student's name, grade, and repertoire to Shirley Irek by December 15, 2025.​

Monday, February 9

• Local Auditions - Virtual audition. Video submission due on Monday, February 10, 2025.                                                                                                                                                         

Friday, February 13

• Lecture: A Tribute to Maurice Ravel”. Celebrating 150 years, Nancy will perform and discuss the music of Ravel
  • ​including a few pieces which may be played by students!
• Presenter: NANCY ELTON​
• Board Meeting - 10:00AM
• Presentation - 11:00 AM
• Location: Home of Nancy Elton

Saturday, February 21

• Atlanta Piano Festival
• Location: Holy Trinity Parish Episcopal Church-515 E Ponce de Leon Ave, Decatur, GA 30030
• ​Time: 1pm-5 pm.​​

Wednesday, February 25

• Deadline to pay teacher/student Regional Auditions fees
  
• Deadline for local associations to submit local ratings and GATE scores to GMTA Executive Directior
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Tuesday, March 17

• GMTA State Auditions Registration Deadline for College Piano, Voice, and Instrumental 

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Saturday-Wednesday, March 21-25

• MTNA Conference: Chicago, Illinois​​

Wednesday, March 18

• GMTA Regional Auditions, Video Submission Deadline

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Monday, March 30

• GMTA State Auditions volunteer form/fee due

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Friday, April 10​

• Lecture: Discovering the music of Marie Jaell 
  • ​Looking for new repertoire? Marie Jaell may be a new name to many of us, so let’s  learn about her compositions for our students.
• Lecturer: DAVID GROSS 
• Board Meeting: 10 am - 11 am
• ​Presentation: 11 am
• Location: home of Shirley Irek 

April 17-18

• GMTA State Auditions, Piedmont University

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TBA

• Board Meeting, Duet Concert, (Luncheon)
• 2:00 PM - 4:00PM
• Location: TBA