Calendar of Events

  • FSMTA Student Competitive Events can be found here.
  • MTNA Student Competitive Events can be found here.
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Follow the instructions below to add the Mid-State MTA Calendar of Events to your Google Calendar.
  1. Open Google Calendar.
  2. On the left side, find "Other calendars" and click the down arrow .
  3. Select Add by URL.
  4. Enter the calendar's address in the field provided: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/8e617oh8httfdd8mqgon6n8ibs%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
  5. Click Add calendar. The calendar will appear on the left side under "Other calendars."
Note: It might take up to 12 hours for changes to show in your Google Calendar.
August 2017
Teacher Ensembles
September 2017
FSMTA Conference
This yearly conference is open to all Mid-State MTA members.  
Meeting/Workshop
  • Date: Friday, September 15, 2017
  • Time: 9:30 AM General Meeting/10:30 AM Workshop/12:00 PM Lunch
  • Program: "Technical Tools To Boost and Enhance Your Online Presence"
  • ​Clinician: Amy Turon, Professional Webmaster and FSMTA Webmaster
  • Location: Puckett Auditorium at Florida College, 119 N Glen Arven Ave, Tampa, FL​
"Technical Tools To Boost and Enhance Your Online Presence"
​Are your students techier than you are? Keeping up with technology not only saves you time. It helps you organize, strategize, and energize. If you want to stay on the cutting edge of technology and teaching, attending this workshop is a must. Amy Turon will demonstrate how to create a wining website and show you how using Microsoft's Excel to create recital/concert programs and data bases from Jot forms will enhance your online experience. Come join Amy Turon, FSMTA Webmaster, as she takes you inside cyberspace. Start your new school year with a fresh spirit of learning by putting some of Amy's new technology tools in your toolbox. Download Workshop Outline

​Teacher Ensembles
October 2017
Teacher Ensembles  
District 9 Conference  
Fall Adult Soiree
This is a non-competitive event for adult students 18 years and over to gather in an informal, enjoyable and relaxed environment to share music and friendships.  
Fall Musicale
This is a non-competitive student merit recital. Teachers, not participating students, please complete the entry application below.  
MTNA Competitions
November 2017
Teacher Ensembles 
Meeting/Workshop
“Not Your Momma’s Music Lessons: Piano Instruction in the 21st Century”
​“We teach as we were taught” is an old adage that may have been true in the past, but no longer holds true in the 21st century. Pedagogical changes in the last half-century in the areas of teaching approach, lesson content, technique and technology are revolutionizing piano instruction, as we knew it. This lecture will highlight some of the more recent changes and its affect on both students and teachers. Today’s teachers and students are a reflection of today’s society.
December 2017
Teacher Ensembles 
Members Christmas Holiday Luncheon
January 2018
Teacher Ensembles 
Meeting/Workshop
"Brazilian Music A-Z"
​Come feel the beat, as MTNA workshop clinician Jody Ximenes takes us on a heated-path of Brazilian music. The history of the music of Brazil is mostly known for samba and boss nova on the popular front and Villa-Lobos on the classical side. Along with Villa-Lobos, the music of Nazareth, Mignone, Nepomuceno and Guarnieri will be presented Come join Jody as she takes us on a magnificent journey as we explore some of the lesser-known composers of Brazil, which is so rich in heritage. "Brazilian Music A-Z" will take your musicality to places you have never imagined.

​Teacher Ensembles 
Lois Golding Memorial Teachers Benefit Recital
 February 2018
No events​
March 2018
Meeting/Workshop
  • Date: Friday, March 2, 2018
  • Time: 9:30 AM - Meeting; 10:30 AM - Workshop; 12:00 PM - Lunch
  • Program: “Teach It, Don’t Fix It” - This interactive workshop is a concept-based approach to teaching presented by faculty members of New Tampa Piano and Pedagogy Academy. [Video documentary on the Academy.]
  • Clinicians: William Perry, Ariadne Antipa and Aline Giampietro
  • Location: Puckett Auditorium at Florida College, 119 N. Glen Arven Ave., Tampa, FL​
“Teach It, Don’t Fix It”
​“Teaching concepts, as compared to teaching pieces, lies at the cornerstone of effective instruction. Stirring away from the list of pieces to be taught, the instructor must ask himself: What outcome do I wish accomplished? What does this student need to know in order to play upcoming repertoire successfully? By implementing teaching that is ‘concept based’ rather than ‘piece based,’ instructors cultivate the independent student, capable of self-correction at home, and one who is excited about learning the piano in general, unveiling the broader picture of how piano study applies to life’s lessons. The last thing one would want is for a student that has been taking piano (whether it is 6 weeks, 6 months, or 6 years), be unable to figure out a piece of music by himself.

​Since teaching may occur without learning actually happening, how to go about introducing new musical concepts is a subject of pondering. For this we must keep in mind that learning is not figuring things out.” ~Dr. Judith Jain

​District 9 Concerto Competition 
MTNA National Conference
  • Date: March 17-21, 2018
  • Location: Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
  • Registration: Online here
 
Spring Musicale
This is a non-competitive student merit recital for students to be adjudicated. All students are awarded trophies.
April 2018
Spring Adult Soiree
This is a non-competitive event for adult students 18 years and above to gather in an informal, enjoyable and relaxed environment to share music and friendships.
Student Day
This is a non-competitive event for students to be evaluated on performance, written theory and aural theory skills.
May 2018
Pre-Planning Meeting/Luncheon
  • Program:  This meeting is designed to pre-plan, determine and designate future student activity and teacher meeting/workshop dates for the upcoming 2018-2019 school calendar year.
  • Date: Friday, May 4, 2018
  • Time: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
  • Location: Chicken Salad Chick, 2790 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 
 
End of the Year Meeting/Luncheon
  • This meeting and members luncheon is designed to present the proposed dates for the upcoming 2018-2019 Calendar for the upcoming year and complete any unfinished business.
  • Date: Friday, May 18, 2018
  • Time: 10:00 AM
  • Location: Chicken Salad Chick, 2790 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 
 
FSMTA Competitive Events ​
June 2018
District 9 Conference 2018
Date: To be held during the PAMA Piano Pedagogy Symposium sometime between June 3-5
Time: TBA
Location: University of South Florida, Tampa 
Registration: TBA Online
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