Fall Semester 2021

Semester Calendar

1. August 3 – September 2
2. September 6-9 (Labor Day Lessons held Nov. 22)
3. September 13-16
4. September 20-23 (Monday Lessons TBA)
5. September 27-30
6. October 4-7
7. October 11-14 (Oct. 14th Fall Break: Lessons TBA)
8. October18-21
9. October 25-28
10. November 1-4
11. November 8-11
12. November 15-18
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY: Nov 22-25
(Labor Day lessons held Monday Nov 22 at regular times)
13. November 29-December 2
14. December 6-9

Teacher Flex Days:
Tuesday November 23
December 13-16
Remote Reschedule Day: December 17th

Holiday Break: December 18 – January 2
Winter Semester Begins: Monday January 3, 2022

Entry Deadlines

UMTA Performance Evaluation: September 21st
Fall AIM: September 17th
Winter/Spring AIM: January 15th, 2021
RCM Exams: 2 weeks prior to test date

Performance Calendar

UMTA Performance Evaluation: October 16th
Fall Recital: TBA
Fall AIM: November 13th
Winter Recital: December 12th
RCM Exams: online thru November
Spring AIM: March 5 & April 30, 2021

Group Class Calendar

September: Ear training
October: Performance Class
November: Theory & AIM Prep
December: Performance Class

"Barrow made me realize that all my romantic views of art were nonsense. I had always thought an angel came down and sat on your shoulder and whispered in your ear 'dah-dah-dah-DUM.' Never occurred to me that art was something worked out. And suddenly it was skies opening up. As soon as you find out what a leading tone is, you think, Oh my God. What a diatonic scale is – Oh my God! The logic of it. And, of course, what that meant to me was: Well, I can do that. Because you just don't know. You think it's a talent, you think you're born with this thing. What I've found out and what I believed is that everybody is talented. It's just that some people get it developed and some don't.”
--Stephen Sondheim