GPMTA Calendar for 2024-2025
August 2024
Tues, Aug 12th - Pinellas County Schools Open
Sat, Aug 24th: 11:30 am - “Teacher Appreciation Luncheon”
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
Sat, Sept 14th: District Conference
Sat, Sept 21st: 12:00 p.m. - Student Recital
- 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 11th (sunset) - Sat, Oct - Yom Kippur
Mon, Oct 14th: GPMTA Meeting
Sat, Oct 19th 2:00 p.m. - Community Outreach Recital
Sat-Sun, Oct 19th - 20th - FSMTA Annual Conference
Sat, Oct 26th 10:30 am - 1:30 pm - Masquerade Recital
Fri, Oct 11th (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
Mon, Nov 11th - Veterans’ Day
Mon, Nov 11th: GPMTA Meeting
Mon - Fri, Nov 25th - 29th - Thanksgiving Holiday Week, Pinellas County Schools
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
Fri, Dec 20th - Last Day of Fall Semester Classes, Pinellas County Schools
Wed, Dec 25th (sunset) - Thur Jan 2nd - Hanukkah
- 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 25th (sunset) - Thur Jan 2nd - Hanukkah
January 2025
Tues, Jan 87th - Classes Resume, Pinellas County Schools
Mon, Jan 13th: GPMTA Meeting
Sat, Jan 18th 12 pm - Adult Student Recital
Wed, Jan 29th - Lunar New Year
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 29th - Lunar New Year
February 2025
Sun, Feb 2nd 3:00 pm - GPMTA Benefit Recital
Sat, Feb 8th 10am - 3pm - Ensemble & Chamber Music Festival
Mon, Feb 10th - GPMTA Meeting
Sat, Feb 15th 12:00 pm - Student Recital
Feb 15th - 16th - Bay Ridge Federation Festival
Fri, Feb 28th to Sat, Mar 29th - Ramadan
- 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
Monday, March 10th - GPMTA Meeting
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
Sun, Mar 30th – Mon, Mar 31st - Eid al-Fitr
- 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
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
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
Sat, April 19th, 1:00 pm. - Senior Scholarship Recital
Sat, April 26th, 10:00 am - 60th Annual Chopin Piano 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
May 9th - 10th - FFMC State Junior Convention
Sat, May 10th, 12:00 pm - Student Recital
Mon, May 12th 10:00 am - GPMTA Meeting & Luncheon
Mon, May 26th: Memorial Day
Thurs, May 29th: Last Day of Spring Semester Classes, Pinellas County Public Schools
- 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
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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