Events

Piano Ensemble
2025 PMTA Piano Ensemble73rd Annual Concert One of PMTA's oldest and most beloved traditions, Piano Ensemble continues to strive to provide a unique ensemble performance opportunity for piano students, using a variety of music genres. The PMTA Piano Ensemble has...
Fall Piano Festival
2024 Fall Piano Festival & Competition: "Waltz, Nocturne, Mazurka" The Fall Piano Festival gives students the opportunity to be evaluated performing before a judge. Each student receives a written critique and a bronze, silver, or gold medal; or a participant’s...
Music at the Mall
Fashion Square Mall & Arrowhead Towne Center This event provides a special opportunity for our students to perform publicly, while showcasing the accomplishments of students in our community. It provides quality music for the listener, a positive experience for the...
Dean & Carolyn Elder Piano Competition
Dean & Carolyn Elder Piano Competition In this event students perform solo repertoire in a recital setting and are adjudicated. All participants receive certificates, and students awarded "Superior with Distinction" or "Superior" win cash awards upon availability. Students awarded "Honorable...
Student Recital Series
2024-2025 Student Recital Series PMTA's Student Recital Series gives piano, instrumental and vocal students a unique opportunity to perform in a public setting. These performance opportunities are special in that students enjoy meeting and hearing peers from outside their own...
Adult Student Recitals
2024-25 Adult Student Recitals These recitals provide an opportunity for adult students to perform outside their respective studios. In addition to performing, students have the opportunity to meet other students enjoying their chosen endeavor. "As a teacher, I was impressed...
Vocal Events
PMTA's Vocal Student Recital and Vocal Festival/Master Class Phoenix Music Teachers Association is proud to offer two events geared specifically to singers: the Vocal Student Recital and Vocal Festival/Master Class.
Arizona Study Program
Arizona Study Program The Arizona Study Program is a twelve-year graded course of study developed by the Arizona State Music Teachers Association to provide for the development of musical Performance, Technique and Theory. It is organized in terms of the...