Current Students

Recitals. Saint Mark Presbyterian Church:

  • Sunday, September 28,  5:30 pm
  • Sunday, November 2,  5:30 pm
  • Sunday, December 14, 5:30 pm*
  • Sunday, TBA, 5:30 pm
  • Sunday, TBA,  5:30 pm
  • Saturday, May 24, 2026, 12 noon (Studio guests are welcome)
    *Formal recitals (attendance of all students is required)

Recommended Piano Technicians:

  • Matthew Pierson (571) 419-4338
  • Bill Baker (202) 489-6444 (cell)
  • Steve Jones (301) 807-5348

Recommended processional video recording services:

Calendar of Activities 2025-26:

  • RCM examination registration open at all times
  • Judged Recital #1: Sunday, December 7 , 3:30 pm, Steinway Piano Gallery, Bethesda
  • MTNA (MD )November  1 (online video submussion)
  • AAMS competition: Saturday,TBA (deadline TBA-has to be RECIEVED by this date!) , Bethesda Presbyterian Church 
  • Judged Recital #2: Sunday, January 25, 2026 3:30 pm, NOVA
  • MC Judged Recital, Sunday, February 8 2026, TBA,  Video submission (DN 11/18)
  • MSMTA Concerto Competition: January 10-11, 2026 Saturday (rehearsal) Sunday (competition) (DL Dec 1)
  • Concerto Competition Winners Concert, Sunday, February  2026
  • Ketlands Young Artist Award, Age 12-18, TBA
  • Judged Recital #3: Sunday, March 22, 2026, 3:30 pm, Calvary Lutheran Church, Silver Spring
  • Theory Test: All Levels: Sunday, March 15, 2026, Watkins Mill HS
  • Judged Recital #4: Sunday, April 26, 3:30 pm, Westmoreland UCC, Bethesda
  • Davis HS Competition: Sunday, April 12, 2026 (grades 9-10),              April 19 (grades 11-12) , all day,  Piano Craft (DN 3/02)
  • Swarthout HS Competition: Sunday, April 26 , (DL: 3/27)all day, PianoCraft
  • Friday Music Club High School Piano Competition, Saturday, April or May,TBA,  9am-3pm, National Presbyterian Church
  • HS Exam: May 15, 2026 (online submission) (DL 3/31)
  • MSMTA Spring Piano Solo Festival: Saturday, May 2, 2026 , all day, UMD
  • IYAPC preliminaries, Sunday, April TBA , all day, Peabody Institute, Towson, MD OR by Video submission  http://www.musicalartsinternational.org/iyapc
  • Hartman Competition: Sunday, May 10, 2026, 8 am-5pm, Catholic University
  • Lichtenberg Competition: Sunday, May 10, 2026 , 8 am-5pm, Catholic University
  • WMTA summer music camp scholarship program, May 15, 2026
  • Gottlieb Competition: Sunday, May 17, 2026 , all day, UMBC
  • Chase Competition: Sunday, May 17, 2026 , all day, UMBC
  • Application for HS Graduating Seniors w/declared music maj/min MCMTA, June 1, 2026
  • IYAPC finals, Late June TBA , Catholic University of America

Summer Piano Institutes in USA:

https://www.bu.edu/cfa/tanglewood/program/yapp/

https://music.indiana.edu/precollege/summer/piano/about/

https://www.hotchkiss.org/our-school/summer-programs/piano-program

http://www.iiym.com/IIYM/Home.html

http://www.todimusicmasters.com/

https://www.johnperryacademy.org/

http://www.pianotexas.org/youngartistsprogram.asp

http://sepf.music.sc.edu/

Chamber Music in USA (TBA):

http://www.kinhaven.org/

https://pointcp.com/point-counterpoint/

http://www.gmcmf.org

http://www.greenwoodmusiccamp.org/

www2.humboldt.edu/sequoiachambermusic

www.kmfest.org

Summer school in Europe:

http://www.musicfestperugia.net/

http://musicandmoresummerfest.com/

Competitions:

Carmel Klavier International Piano Competition

Rosalyn Tureck Competition

International Chopin Competition in Hartfort (CT)