Monthly Meetings

Meeting dates, times, locations for 2025-2026 School Year. If you would like to host a meeting at your studio, home, or school, please contact Amelia Sears. ​​

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Saturday Oct 18th: 10:00am - 11:00am, Play Piano Academy

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Saturday Nov 8th: 10:00am - 11:00am, Cancelled

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Saturday Dec 13th: 10:00am - 11:00am, Amelia Sears Home

Best lesser-known holiday songs for students - bring sheet music for your favorite tunes (maybe even a handful of photocopies?) that you like to teach and we will perform for each other and enjoy hot cocoa and holiday cookies. If you want to bring a treat please do!

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Saturday Jan 10th: 10:00am - 11:00am, Green Source on Higgins

Casual member gathering to plan upcoming meeting presentations, invite presenters, and discuss any adjustments we might like to make to the festival requirements to encourage even more participants.

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Saturday Feb 7th: 10:00am - 11:00am, Play Piano Academy

Presenter: Heidi Alteneder on NCTM designation and the process of becoming certified. We will also discuss volunteer roles needed for Spring Festival.

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Saturday Mar 14th: 10:00am - 11:00am, Missoula Public Library, Ellingson Room on 3rd Floor (SW corner of the floor)

Presenter: Kathryn Skinner will be sharing her strategies for engaging students in the community! Learn how to inspire students and families to attend concerts and take part in events.

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Saturday Apr 11th: 10:00am - 11:00am, Lori Armstrong's Studio

Group Discussion: Adapting to TODAY'S Students: Engaging in their world. We will share our experiences in adapting to technology, student's musical and media interests, navigating shorter attention spans. A list of questions will be sent out in March for you to prepare some thoughts ahead of time and bring a list of any tech tools you use! 

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Saturday May 9th: 10:00am - 11:00am, Missoula Public Library (Room TBD)

MTNA Webinar watch & discuss: