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
Feb. 8
  • 4 p.m.
    • Students of Alba Madrid solo recital
      Music Recital Hall
Feb. 9
  • 2:30 p.m.
    • Guest artist Sujari Britt cello performance
      Cole Concert Hall
Feb. 10
  • 5 p.m.
    • Guest artist Sujari Britt Master Class
  • 6:30 p.m.
    • SFA 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 & 29
  • Nacogdoches Music Teachers Association Piano Festival
    Baroque Classical Piano Festival
    Music Prep House
  • ASTACAP (All String Students)
    Wright Music Building
May 2
  • 5 p.m.
    • Students of Dr. Raychev, Cristian de la Torre, Caleb Moore and Eva Leigh recital
      Music Preparatory Hall
May 4
  • 2 p.m.
    • Students of Junghyun Kim piano recital
      Music Preparatory Hall
  • 4 p.m.
    • Children’s and Youth Choir performance
      New Hope Methodist Church
    • Students of Dr. Mario Ajero piano recital
      Music Recital Hall
  • 5:30 p.m.
    • Students of Dianna Grabowski voice recital
      Music Preparatory Hall
  • 6:30 p.m.
    • Students of Junghyun Kim piano recital
      Music Preparatory Hall
May 8
  • 6 p.m.
    • Strings Project performance
      Cole Concert Hall
May 9
  • Spring lessons end
  • 6 p.m.
    • Students of Brenda Josephsen recital
      Music Recital Hall
May 10
  • 5 p.m.
    • Students of Kaden Harman piano recital
      Music Recital Hall
May 11
  • 2 p.m.
    • Students of Mary Cooper recital
      Music Recital Hall
  • 4 p.m.
    • Students of Linda and Andrew Parr piano recital
      Cole Concert Hall
May 13
  • 7 p.m.
    • Pineywoods Youth Orchestra concert
      Cole Concert Hall
May 15
  • 6 p.m.
    • Students of Alba Madrid recital
      Music Recital Hall
May 17
  • 6 p.m.
    • Students of Gywn Williams recital
      Music Recital Hall
May 18
  • 4 p.m.
    • Olivia Ajero and Jonah Raychev recital
      Music Recital Hall

Summer 2025

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