Perform
SMTA offers a wide variety of performance opportunities for you and your students. There are opportunities available to all ages, abilities, instruments, and levels.
October Festival
Chair: GraceANN Cummings
Annual event celebrating live performance as a dynamic exchange between performer and audience. Students perform and present commentary/multi-media enhancements to their listeners.
Traditional In-Person Recitals
Chair: Julie C. Ives
SMTA offers in-person recital programs to provide valuable performance opportuntities for well-prepared students of SMTA member-teachers of all instruments.
Online Student Recitals
Chairs: C.R. Ryan Worswick, Mengyiyi Chen
Online performances on Zoom, open to students of SMTA teachers on all instruments. The recitals are inclusive, accessible performance opportunities for students of all ages.
Jazz, Rags, and Blues Festival
Chair: Josie Zocco
Celebrate and discover the diverse sub-genres of jazz. A non-competitive recital setting where students are encouraged to provide short oral descriptions of each work’s historical significance prior to performance. All are welcome.
Piano Masterclass Series
Chair: Michelle Huang, NCTM
Provides students with the opportunity to be coached by a highly qualified visiting master teacher.
Marsha Wright Sonatina Festival
Chairs: Ondine de Mer, Tom Lee
Annual celebration of the Sonatina genre. Students of all ages perform sonatinas of all types: solo, duos, and ensembles. Perform in a less formal setting for the entire community.
Adult Student Soirees
Chair: Karin A. McCullough, NCTM
The perfect opportunity for adult students to particpate with other adults learning to play an instrument. Fun supportive events where all levels and instruments are welcome. Performances are followed by social conversation. Available to all SMTA-member teacher students.
Bach to the Future
Chairs: GraceANN Cummings, Karin A. McCullough, NCTM
Annual concert series where classical musicians and students donate their performances for the public to listen to classical music for FREE at Sound transit light rail. ALL classical music is welcome in performance for this event. For 2026 the date is July 25, 2026 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
All ages, all levels. ANY instruments, choir groups up to 20 and chamber music groups. Quality pianos will be provided at each station by Classic Pianos of Bellevue. Register your performance easily at the following link: https://www.seattlemta.org/bach-to-the-future
We look forward to hearing your performance!