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March 8, 2026 – Lycoming College 

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Immersive Arts Day & Auditions, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA

Last day of auditions for the 2026–2027 academic year. 

TheMansfield Piano Festival 2026 will be held on Saturday, March 1! The missions of this annual Mansfield Piano Festival are to encourage music education among motivated students, to provide performance opportunities for developing pianists, and to spread the joy of piano studies in the Mansfield community and beyond. A highly educational event, the Mansfield Piano Festival welcomes pianists of any ages who reside in Pennsylvania and regional states (New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, and West Virginia, Delaware, and Connecticut).

Lycoming College

Application Deadline: February 7, 2026 (Fees must be sent via Paypal by this date)

Application form HERE (one per group)
Student information form HERE (each member of the group must complete the form)

PMTA Call for Commissioned Composer 2027

Nominations are now open for PMTA’s 2027 Commissioned Composer. When
considering your nomination, please take note:

• The composer must currently live and work in Pennsylvania.
• Work to be commissioned must be a vocal and/or instrumental work for 2 to 7 performers.
• Composers working in a broad range of aesthetics are welcome, as long as the final score and/or parts are written in notated, concert-music format suitable for chamber performance.
• Preference will be given to emerging over established composers.
• Nominations must be submitted without notifying the composer.

Please submit the composer’s name, biography, website and/or work samples (both
scores and recordings) to Henry Wong Doe hwongdoe@iup.edu by March 15, 2026.

Immersive Arts Day & Auditions, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA

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Classes of Entry

• Elementary – Age 5-10 as of January 1
• Junior – Age 11-14 as of January 1
• Senior – Age 15-18 as of January 1
• Young Artist – Age 19-25 as of January 1

Student Requirements

• Students must reside in Pennsylvania or study with a teacher with an established studio in Pennsylvania.

Performance Class Participants

The Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association’s state conference planning committee invites you to nominate students for the performance class by guest clinician, Brian Ganz. The performance class will take place on Friday afternoon (exact time TBD), June 12, 2026, at Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA.

The performance class is open to pre-collegiate and collegiate students. Nominating teachers must be members of PMTA.

For consideration, please submit names, repertoire information, and a short biography by April 30 to both co-conference chairs: Seulki Yoo (seulkisusieyoo@gmail.com) and Jonathan Flowers (jonathan@mindfulmusicllc.com).

For collegiate students, please include the name of their college or university. For pre-collegiate students, please include their current school grade.

Save the date for the 2026 PMTA State Conference: June 12–14, 2026, at Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA! The conference theme is:

Musicians’ Search for Meaning: Artistry, Connections, and Resilience During Challenging Times. This theme draws on the transformative insights of Viktor Frankl, Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, and highlights their relevance to our calling as musicians. It explores how music teachers can continue to make a meaningful impact during times of significant change, adversity, and uncertainty.

Our conference guest recitalist and masterclass clinician is Brian Ganz and our conference keynote speaker/featured clinician is Kính Vũ.