Current Students

Recitals. Saint Mark Presbyterian Church:

  • Sunday, September 27,  5:15 pm
  • Sunday, November 1,  5:15 pm
  • Saturday, December 19, 5:00 pm*
  • Sunday, February  TBA
  • Sunday, March 22,  TBA
  • Saturday, May 22, 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

Calendar of Activities 2025-26:

  • RCM examination registration open at all times
  • Judged Recital #1: Sunday TBA 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, TBA 3:30 pm, NOVA
  • MC Judged Recital, Sunday, February 7, 2027
  • MSMTA Concerto Competition: January 9-10, 2027 Saturday (rehearsal) Sunday (competition) (DL Dec 1)
  • Concerto Competition Winners Concert, Sunday, February  2027
  • Ketlands Young Artist Award, Age 12-18, TBA
  • Judged Recital #3: Sunday, TBA, 3:30 pm, Calvary Lutheran Church, Silver Spring
  • Theory Test: All Levels: Sunday, TBA March 2027, Watkins Mill HS
  • Judged Recital #4: Sunday,TBA 3:30 pm, Westmoreland UCC, Bethesda
  • Davis HS Competition: Sunday, April 11, 2027 (grades 9-10),                                      April 19, 2027 (grades 11-12) , all day,  Piano Craft (DN 3/01)
  • Swarthout HS Competition: Sunday, April 25, 2027 , (DL: 3/27)all day, PianoCraft
  • Friday Music Club High School Piano Competition, Sunday, March 21, 2027 9am-3pm, Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase
  • HS Exam: May 15, 2027 (online submission) (DL 3/31)
  • MSMTA Spring Piano Solo Festival: Saturday, May 1, 2027 , 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 9, 2027, 8 am-5pm, Catholic University
  • Lichtenberg Competition: Sunday, May 9, 2027 , 8 am-5pm, Catholic University
  • WMTA summer music camp scholarship program, May 15, 2027
  • Gottlieb Competition: Sunday, May 16, 2027 , all day, UMBC
  • Chase Competition: Sunday, May 16, 2027 , all day, UMBC
  • Application for HS Graduating Seniors w/declared music maj/min MCMTA, June 1, 2027
  • 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/

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

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)