Music Events
Achievement Awards Auditions
November 7, 2020
The Achievement Awards Auditions are for the purpose of providing students of all performance levels with a confidence-building preparation and performance opportunity, an evaluation by a qualified adjudicator, and the privilege of performing in an Honors Recital upon receiving a Superior Plus rating from the adjudicator.
Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival 2020
October 10, 2020 - Virtual Event
The Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival provides an opportunity for talented music students to participate
in a Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association (PMTA) State Festival Showcase Recital. To assure high
standards for the Showcase Recitals, students must audition and qualify in a local preliminary audition.
Metropolitan Opera Field Trip
No trip is scheduled for 2020
Our field trip program is make possible through the funds provided by the Annual Hannah Young Play-a-Thon. Each year, the LVMTA provides the best possible opera or instrumental ensemble experience for our students.
Unfortunately, due to health and safety precautions, there is not field trip scheduled for 2020 at this time.
Musikfest 2021
Date to be announced
The Musikfest recital is an excellent opportunity for our organization to present a quality program which can represent the best we have to offer as musician-educators. Students are required to play two pieces from memory at the audition. More information about Musikfest 2021 will be available early next year.
Play-a-Thon Fundraiser
February 27 & 28, 2021
The annual Lehigh Valley Music Teachers Association Play-a-Thon, sponsored by John J. Zeiner & Sons, Inc.,
is our primary fund raising vehicle. Proceeds provide generous scholarships to selected college music majors and music camp scholarships for high school applicants.