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GPMTA Calendar for 2024-2025  


August 2024

Tues, Aug 12th - Pinellas County Schools Open

Sat, Aug 24th:  11:30 am - “Teacher Appreciation Luncheon”
  • Location: Steinway Gallery CLW
  • RSVP August 16 to Kelly Hunt at [email protected]

September 2024

Mon, Sept 9th: GPMTA Meeting
  • Location: Steinway Gallery CLW
  • 9:30 Refreshments
  • 10:00 Meeting
  • 11:00 Teachers’ Roundtable I: Technical requirements/preparation for Student Day
    • Ray Luck, moderator: all members who enroll students in Student Day are invited to participate
  • Refreshments: Stella Gaukhshteyn, Naoko Hill
 
Sat, Sept 14th: District Conference
  • Location: University of Tampa

Sat, Sept 21st: 12:00 p.m. - Student Recital
  • Location: Steinway Gallery CLW
  • Deadline: September 12th
  • Leland Peck, Chair
  • This recital is geared toward beginners/youngest students.​​

October 2024

Wed, Oct 2nd (sunset) - Fri, Oct 4th - Rosh Hashanah
Fri, Oct 11
th (sunset) - Sat, Oct - Yom Kippur

 
Mon, Oct 14th: GPMTA Meeting
  • Location: Steinway Gallery CLW
  • 9:30 Refreshments
  • 10:00 Meeting
  • 11:00 – Program: Teachers Roundtable II: Discovering new Student Day repertoire
    • Ray Luck, moderator; all members who enroll students in Student Day are invited to participate
  • Refreshments: Ivanka Stefanov

Sat, Oct 19th 2:00 p.m. - Community Outreach Recital
  • Location: Regency Oaks, 2770 Regency Oaks Blvd, Clearwater
  • Deadline: October 6th
  • Stella Gaukhshteyn, Chair

Sat-Sun, Oct 19th - 20th - FSMTA Annual Conference
  • Location: Hilton Hotel-Airport, West Palm, FL
  • Details at www.fmta.org                                                      

Sat, Oct 26th  10:30 am - 1:30 pm - Masquerade Recital
  • Location: Steinway Gallery CLW
  • Deadline: October 12th
  • Ivanka and Emi Stefanov, Co-Chairs

November 2024

Sat, Nov 9th   10 am - 4 pm - Fall Festival
Sun, Nov 10th   1 - 5 pm
  • Location: Steinway Gallery CLW
  • Theme: “Music from Around the World”
  • Deadline: October 19th
  • Berthe Honein, Chair; Ricardo Pozenatto, Co-Chair

Mon, Nov 11th - Veterans’ Day
 
Mon, Nov 11th: GPMTA Meeting
  • Location: Steinway Gallery CLW
  • 9:30 Refreshments
  • 10:00 Meeting
  • 11:00 Program: Ray Luck “The Ondines of Debussy and Ravel”
  • Refreshments: Merilee Magnusson, Susan Rosenquist

Mon - Fri, Nov 25th - 29th - Thanksgiving Holiday Week, Pinellas County Schools

December 2024

Sat, Dec 14th 11:00 am - Teachers Holiday Luncheon
  • Location: La Mordida Restaurant Bar & Grill, 14100 US19 N, Suite 113-116, Clearwater
  • Emi Stefanov, organizer                                  
 
Fri, Dec 20th - Last Day of Fall Semester Classes, Pinellas County Schools
Wed, Dec 25
th (sunset) - Thur Jan 2nd  - Hanukkah

January 2025

Tues, Jan 87th - Classes Resume, Pinellas County Schools
 
Mon, Jan 13th: GPMTA Meeting
  • Location: Steinway Gallery CLW
  • 9:30 Refreshments
  • 10:00 Meeting
  • 11:00 Program: Ricardo Pozenatto “Brazilian Piano Music”
  • Refreshments: Winn Petrescue, Angela Baptiste

Sat, Jan 18th 12 pm - Adult Student Recital
  • Location: Steinway Gallery CLW
  • Deadline: January 7th
  • Leland Peck, Chair

​Wed, Jan 29
th - Lunar New Year

February 2025

Sun, Feb 2nd 3:00 pm - GPMTA Benefit Recital
  • Location: Steinway Gallery CLW
  • The MacMillan Ensemble: South American Chamber Music
    • Duncan MacMillan, piano; Patrick Meighan alto saxophone; Carlos Audi, cello
  • Angela Baptiste, Chair
 
 
Sat, Feb 8th  10am - 3pm - Ensemble & Chamber Music Festival
  • Location: Steinway Gallery CLW
  • Deadline: January 24th
  • Naoko Hill, Chair

Mon, Feb 10th - GPMTA Meeting
  • Location: Steinway Gallery Clearwater
  • 9:30 Refreshments
  • 10:00 Meeting
  • 11:00 am Program Grigorios Zamparas “Teaching Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas”
  • Refreshments: Susan Rosenquist, Ricardo Pozenatto

Sat, Feb 15th 12:00 pm - Student Recital
  • Location: Steinway Gallery Clearwater
  • Deadline: February 1st
  • Leland Peck, Chair
 
Feb 15th - 16th - Bay Ridge Federation Festival
Fri, Feb 28th  to Sat, Mar 29th - Ramadan


March 2025

Saturday, March 1st - District Concerto Competition
  • Location: Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City Campus
 
Monday, March 10th - GPMTA Meeting
  • Location: Steinway Gallery CLW
  • 9:30 - Refreshments
  • 10:00 – Meeting
  • 11:00 – Program Presenter TBA “Romantic Teaching Literature”
  • Refreshments: Duncan MacMillan, Leah Hunt
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Thurs, Mar 13th – 4th: Purim (begins at Sunset)
March 15th - 19th - MTNA National Conference in Minneapolis, MN; www.mtna.org
Mon, March 17th - 21st - Spring Holiday Week, Pinellas County Public Schools

 
Sat, Mar 22nd  10am - 2pm - Emeric Lazar Competition
  • Location: Steinway Gallery CLW
  • Deadline: March 1st 
  • Cory and Marilyn Hall, Co-Chairs

Sun, Mar 30th – Mon, Mar 31st -  Eid al-Fitr

April 2025

Sat, April 12th, 10:00am - Engelbrecht Jr. Artist Competition
  • Location: Steinway Gallery CLW
  • Deadline: March 13th
  • Sungkyeong Kim, Chair; Maria Tannenbaum, Co-Chair

Sat, Apr 12th – Apr 20th: Passover (begins at Sunset) 
Sun, Apr 13th – Apr 20th: Palm Sunday, Holy Week, Easter

Mon, April 14th - GPMTA Meeting/Election of Officers
  • Location: ​Steinway Gallery CLW
  • 9:30 Refreshments
  • 10:00 Meeting
  • 11:00 Program: Duncan MacMillan “Teaching Claude Debussy’s Preludes”
  • Refreshments: Winn Petrescue

Sat, April 19th, 1:00 pm. - Senior Scholarship Recital
  • Location: Steinway Gallery CLW
  • Deadline: March 20th
  • Leah Hunt, Chair; Angela Baptiste, Co-Chair
 
Sat, April 26th, 10:00 am - 60th Annual Chopin Piano Competition
  • Location: Steinway Gallery Clearwater
  • Deadline: March 26th
  • ​Karen Pasquarello-Lamneck, Chair & Angela Baptiste, Co-Chair

May 2025

Sat, May 3rd - Student Day
  • Location: First United Methodist Church, 411 Turner Street, Clearwater
  • Deadline: April 3rd
  • Naoko Hill, Chair; Susan Rosenquist, Co-Chair                   

May 9th - 10th -  FFMC State Junior Convention
 
Sat, May 10th, 12:00 pm - Student Recital
  • Location: Steinway Gallery CLW
  • Deadline: May 1st
  • Leland Peck, Chair
 
Mon, May 12th 10:00 am - GPMTA Meeting & Luncheon
  • Location: Steinway Gallery CLW
  • 10:00 am Meeting & Installation of 2025-2026 Officers
  • 11:00 am Luncheon
  • RSVP by May 5th to Kelly Hunt at [email protected]
 
Mon, May 26th: Memorial Day
Thurs, May 29th: Last Day of Spring Semester Classes, Pinellas County Public Schools

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June 2025

Mon, June 19th 10:00 am - GPMTA Planning Meeting
  • Location: Steinway Gallery Clearwater
  • 9:30 Refreshments
  • 10:00 Meeting
  • Refreshments: Ricardo Pozenatto, Emi Stefano

Pinellas School Calendar 2024-2025

  • Monday, August 12th: First Day of School
  • Monday, September 2nd: Labor Day – Schools Closed
  • Monday, September 23rd: No School for Students
  • Monday, October 14th: No School for Students
  • Monday – Friday, November 25th – 29th: Thanksgiving Holidays – Schools Closed 
  • Monday, December 23rd - Friday, January 3rd: Winter Holidays – Schools Closed 
  • Tuesday, January 7th: Schools Reopen
  • Monday, January 20th: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – Schools Closed
  • Friday, February 17th: No School for Students
  • Monday, March 17th - Friday, March 21st: Spring Break – Schools Closed 
  • Friday, April 18th: No School for Students
  • Monday, April 21st: No School for Students 
  • Monday, May 26th: Memorial Day
  • Thursday, May 29th: Last Day of School: Early Dismissal - 2 hours
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