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Piano Festivals

Brief Overview

  • Ten Levels: Levels 1-10

  • Two Solo Pieces - one piece from the Syllabus, one Teacher's Choice piece 

  • One Accompanied Piece (piano duet/4 hands or piano duo - Teacher's Choice) OR Third Solo

Piano Festivals provide an opportunity for piano students of all ages, including college students and adult students, to perform solo and accompanied music.

This event is designed to encourage and motivate students through the evaluation of prepared solo and accompanied literature  from the CAPMT Piano Festivals Repertoire List or Royal Conservatory of Music Syllabus.  Students are rated 1–5 (5 being the best), with those receiving a 5 being invited (but not required) to perform at the CAPMT Festival Celebrations.

Some Chapters hold their Festivals in a recital style where they are open for other to attend, while others hold their Festivals in a private format with just the student, evaluator, and door monitor.  Please confirm with your Chair to inquire which format your Chapter uses.

Piano Festivals Program Guidelines (last updated July 2026)

Piano Festivals Repertoire List

Registration Fees

New Registrations — In-Person or Virtual

Level Registration Fee
Levels 1–3 $45
Levels 4–6 $55
Levels 7–10 $70

Non-CAPMT Member Surcharge for Students: +$40

Make-Up Registration Fee

For students who were previously registered for the in-person event and need to register for the make-up event:

All Levels: $35

Important: The $35 make-up registration fee applies only to students who were originally registered for the in-person event, and the $35 fee is in addition to the original in-person registration fee paid prior to submitting the make-up registration application. Students registering for the make-up event as a new virtual registration must pay the regular registration fee listed above ($45/55/70).

In order to keep fees affordable for students, teachers must be able to volunteer for in-person Festivals -- preferably on the day of the event, or in some cases, remotely in other administrative tasks.  If unable to volunteer, please consider virtual Festivals where volunteering is not needed.

Please read the current CAPMT Student Program Guidelines above.  Deviation from these rules may result in disqualification.


Virtual & Make-Up Piano Festivals Registration Deadline:

Monday, November 30, 2026, at 11:59 pm PST

Please note, there are two steps to this registration! 

Step One: Register Here: Virtual & Make-Up Piano Festivals

*Virtual & Make-Up Registration ONLY: Even if you've already submitted an in-person registration before and this is your make-up registration, you must still submit a new form above. The Virtual & Make-Up Registration and Video submission deadlines are November 30, 2026, at 11:59 pm (PDT).

Step Two:  Submit Your Videos Here

AFTER completing the registration form at the blue link above, please submit your videos at the yellow link. If you do not submit both parts of the registration by the deadline, the application will be considered incomplete. There will be no refunds!

 


In-Person Piano Festivals Registration Deadline:
Monday, October 5, 2026, at 11:59 pm PST

IMPORTANT: Please ensure that you have registered for the correct District/Chapter. There are NO REFUNDS for any registration errors.  Check with your teacher if you are not sure.

We encourage you to register early.   
NO LATE REGISTRATION is allowed, even for technological issues out of our control.

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Statewide Virtual Festivals 
via YouTube video submissions ‣ November 30, 2026 (Mon)

(video submissions due Monday, November 30, 2026)

Chair: Dr. Angela Lin

District 1: San Diego & Imperial Counties

San Diego North  ‣  November 7, 2026 (Sat)
Escondido Public Main Library, Turrentine Room (2F)
Chair: Young Robbins

San Diego South  ‣ November 14, 2026 (Sat)   

St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Del Mar, CA)
Chair: Rowena Asuncion



District 2: San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco & East Bay  ‣  November 22, 2026 (Sun)

Gradus ad Parnassum Music Academy
Chair: Gabriela Calderon Cornejo


Santa Clara Valley  ‣  November 15, 2026 (Sun)

Valley Christian High School

Chair: Tina Shu-Ting Fang Bourges



District 3: Los Angeles County - Southern

Santa Monica / South Bay  ‣ November 7, 2026 (Sat)

St. Luke's Presbyterian Church, Rolling Hills Estates

Chairs: Janet Sommerfeld & Larissa Hatch



District 4: Riverside & San Bernardino Counties

Hemet Valley Music Teachers  ‣  November 15, 2026 (Sun) 

University of Redlands
Chair: Michi Swanson


Riverside - San Bernardino Counties  ‣  November 15, 2026 (Sun) 

University of Redlands
Chair: Erika Ramos


District 5: Sacramento & San Joaquin Counties

Sacramento  ‣  November 7, 2026 (Sat)  

California State University, Sacramento

Chair: Anitra Elizabeth Alexander


Fresno/Clovis  ‣  November 21, 2026 (Sat)

The First Presbyterian Church in Coalinga

Chair: Rycharde Gambin


District 6: San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties

Central Coast  ‣  November 14, 2026 (Sat)

First Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Church (FUEBC)
Chair: Deborah Lagomarsino



District 7: Redwood Empire

Redwood Empire  ‣  November 14, 2026 (Sat)
Center for Spiritual Living (Rear Room)

Co-Chairs: Elizabeth MacDougall and Nancy Guevara



District 8: Orange County

Orange County  ‣  November 21, 2026 (Sat)   

Lyceum Village

Chair: Su-Shing Chiu



District 9: Los Angeles County - Northern

Greater Pasadena  ‣  October 24, 2026 (Sat)
Steinway Piano Gallery
Chair: Dr. Hyewon Chang