2024-2025 CFMTA Calendar

2024

August

August 23 - Friday 11am to 1 pm                          Fall Membership Meeting and Luncheon (Martha Hayes' home)

September

September 7 - Saturday 10 am to Noon              Membership Meeting and Workshop: Get Ready, Get Set, Go! Informational Presentations for Federation, Guild, NCMTA Piano Performance Festival, and Music Certification Program (MCP) Ogden Baptist Church, 7121 Market St., Wilmington

September 13 - Friday 11 am to Noon                  Virtual Meeting. Short Presentation: Insights From a Judge For Teachers and Students by Peggy Lupton 

October

October 1 - Tuesday                                                 MCP fees due to Sherry Norris

October 11-12 - Friday & Saturday                        NCMTA Annual Fall Conference - Appalachian State, Boone, NC
                                                                                    ncmta.org/professional-development/annual-conference/

October 26 - Saturday, 11 am                                 CFMTA Fall Recital - Ogden Baptist Church, 7121 Market St.

November

November 8 - Friday 11 am to Noon                      Virtual Meeting. Short Presentation: Teaching Traditional Scales (and Arpeggios) on Piano: Some Tips and Considerations with Andrew Pokorny 

November 16 - Saturday 9:30 am to 4 pm             Play-a-thon for Hospice. $10/student, $20/family. Trinity Landing Retirement Community - 5450 Trinity Landing Way, Wilmington, 28409. Additional donations to Hospice gratefully accepted!

December

December 13 - Friday 11 am to Noon                    Virtual Meeting. Presentation: Scales Beyond Major and Minor: How They Can Be Useful with Andrew Pokorny. Discussion to follow. 
  
2025

January

January 11 - Saturday 10 am to Noon                   CFMTA Member Meeting/Workshop: Exploring Piano Duet Repertoire with
​                                                                                    Tonya Kirk and Kerry Henry - UNCW Cultural Arts Building, Room 1080

​January 13 - Monday                                               NCMTA District Festival information due online.
                                                                                   https://ncmta.org/student-events/piano-performance-festival/

February

February 7 - Friday                                                   Federation registration deadline

February 8 - Saturday 9:30 am to 4pm                  UNCW Piano & Strings Day - UNCW Cultural Arts Building

February 14 - Friday 11 am to Noon                       Virtual Meeting 

February 22 - Saturday 11 am                                 Annual CFMTA Spring Recital - Location TBA

March

March 1 - Saturday                                                    MCP: Final payment of dues

March 1 - Saturday                                                    North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs Jr. Festival Auditions
                                                                                     UNCW Cultural Arts Building

March 8 - Saturday                                                    NCMTA Piano Performance Festival - UNCW Cultural Arts Building

March 15-19                                                              MTNA National Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota 

TBA - Saturday                                                         CFMTA Teacher Workshop

April

April 1 - Saturday                                                       MCP student names due to Sherry Norris

April 11 - Friday 11 am to Noon                               Virtual Meeting

May

May 9 - Friday 11 am to Noon                                Virtual Meeting

May 16 - Friday 11am to 1pm                                CFMTA Spring Membership Meeting and Luncheon - Location TBD

TBD                                                                             Guild Auditions


Music Certification Program (MCP):  Sherry Norris ([email protected])
North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs Jr. Festival :  Jennie Galloway ([email protected])
NCMTA Performance Festival:  Martha Hayes ([email protected])
National Guild of Piano ​Teachers:  Joy Murrell ([email protected])