Events and Performances

Events & Performances

View semester start/end dates and student/teacher holidays.

Additional events will be added below as they're scheduled. Download the 2024-25 calendar.

Fall 2024

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

Spring 2025

DatesEvent Information
Jan. 13Spring lessons begin
4 p.m. Feb. 8Students of Alba Madrid solo recital
Music Recital Hall
2:30 p.m. Feb. 9Guest artist Sujari Britt cello performance
Cole Concert Hall
5 p.m. Feb. 10Guest artist Sujari Britt Master Class
6:30 p.m. Feb. 10SFA Children's Choir performance during the SFA men's basketball game vs. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Johnson Coliseum
March 10-14Spring break - no lessons
March 28 & 29Nacogdoches Music Teachers Association Piano Festival
Baroque Classical Piano Festival
Music Prep House
March 28 & 29ASTACAP (All String Students)
Wright Music Building
6 p.m. May 8Strings Project performance
Cole Concert Hall
May 9Spring lessons end
2 p.m. May 11Students of Mary Cooper recital
Music Recital Hall
6 p.m. May 13Pineywoods Youth Orchestra concert
Cole Concert Hall

Summer 2025

DatesEvent Information
May 26Summer lessons begin
July 31Summer lessons end