Events and Performances

• Aug. 5
  • Scholarship applications due
• Aug. 17
  • Open house
• Aug. 19
  • Fall 16-week lessons begin
• Sept. 2
  • Fall 12-week lessons begin
• Oct. 5
  • Region auditions — Kilgore Middle School
• Nov. 15–16
  • NMTA Piano Festival
• Nov. 24–30
  • Thanksgiving holiday
• Dec. 6–7
  • Region clinic and concert
• Dec. 10
  • “A Nutcracker Dream” (all Music Prep students)
• Dec. 13
  • Fall lessons end

• Jan. 13
  • Spring lessons begin
• Feb. 8
  • Students of Alba Madrid solo recital — 4 p.m., Music Recital Hall
• Feb. 9
  • Guest artist Sujari Britt cello performance — 2:30 p.m., Cole Concert Hall
• Feb. 10
  • Guest artist Sujari Britt Master Class — 5 p.m.
  • SFA Children's Choir performance during the SFA men's basketball game vs. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley — 6:30 p.m., Johnson Coliseum
• March 10–14
  • Spring break - no lessons
• March 28 & 29
  • Nacogdoches Music Teachers Association Piano Festival — Music Prep House
  • Baroque Classical Piano Festival — Music Prep House
  • ASTACAP (All String Students) — Wright Music Building
• May 2
  • Students of Dr. Raychev, Cristian de la Torre, Caleb Moore and Eva Leigh recital — 5 p.m., Music Preparatory Hall
• May 4
  • Students of Junghyun Kim piano recital — 2 p.m., Music Preparatory Hall
  • Children’s and Youth Choir performance — 4 p.m., New Hope Methodist Church
  • Students of Dr. Mario Ajero piano recital — 4 p.m., Music Recital Hall
  • Students of Dianna Grabowski voice recital — 5:30 p.m., Music Preparatory Hall
  • Students of Junghyun Kim piano recital — 6:30 p.m., Music Preparatory Hall
• May 8
  • Strings Project performance — 6 p.m., Cole Concert Hall
• May 9
  • Spring lessons end
  • Students of Brenda Josephsen recital — 6 p.m., Music Recital Hall
• May 10
  • Students of Kaden Harman piano recital — 5 p.m., Music Recital Hall
• May 11
  • Students of Mary Cooper recital — 2 p.m., Music Recital Hall
  • Students of Linda and Andrew Parr piano recital — 4 p.m., Cole Concert Hall
• May 13
  • SFA Youth Orchestra concert — 7 p.m., Cole Concert Hall
• May 15
  • Students of Alba Madrid recital — 6 p.m., Music Recital Hall
• May 17
  • Students of Gywn Williams recital — 6 p.m., Music Recital Hall
• May 18
  • Olivia Ajero and Jonah Raychev recital — 4 p.m., Music Recital Hall
• May 26
  • Summer lessons begin
• July 31
  • Summer lessons end

Spring 2026

• Jan. 12
  • Spring lessons begin
• March 8–14
  • Spring break
• March 27–28
  • NMTA Piano Festival
• April 13
  • SFA Youth Orchestra performance — 6 p.m., Cole Concert Hall
• April 24–25
  • ASTACAP (all string students) — Wright Music Building
• May 5
  • Piano studio recital, students of Mario Ajero — 6 p.m., Small Recital Hall
• May 8
  • Voice studio recital, students of Dianna Grabowski — 6 p.m., Small Recital Hall
  • Spring semester lessons end
• May 9
  • Piano studio recital, students of Margaret Hinchcliffe — 12:30 p.m., Small Recital Hall
  • String studio recital, students of Alba Madrid — 2:30 p.m., Small Recital Hall
  • SFA Youth and Children’s Choir performance — 4 p.m., Cole Concert Hall
  • String studio recital, students of Alba Madrid — 6 p.m., Small Recital Hall
• May 10
  • Piano studio recital, students of Mary Cooper — 2 p.m., Small Recital Hall
• May 12
  • The Purple Hulls in collaboration with the SFA Youth Orchestra and Strings Project — 7 p.m., Turner Auditorium
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• May 16
  • Piano studio recital, students of Gwyn Williams — 6 p.m., Small Recital Hall
• May 17
  • Piano studio recital, students of Linda and Andrew Parr — 4 p.m., Cole Concert Hall

Summer 2026

• May 25
  • Summer lessons begin
• Jul 3
  • Holiday
• July 30
  • Summer semester lessons end