California Association of Professional Music Teachers
District 2
Santa Clara Valley Chapter
Affiliate of
Discovery Day
Discovery Day is an annual event to kick-off the year.
Discovery Day 2025 will be held on September 7, 2025 (Sunday) at Yuma Performance Hall from 2-4:30, followed by a dinner social at Super Duper Burgers.. Check your e-mails for more information! This year's theme is CAPMT Voices: Innovating from Within -- highlighting teachers and performers from our own chapter.
Piano & Ensemble Festivals
Piano Festivals and Ensemble Festivals are non-competitive programs designed to encourage and motivate students through a festival format, where repertoire is performed and students are given comments a rating from 1-5. Students receiving a "5" are invited (but not required) to perform at the CAPMT Northern Festival.
Piano Festivals Brief Overview
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Levels 1-10
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Two Solo Pieces (memorization not required)
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One must be from syllabus
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One Accompanied Piece (piano duet/4 hands or piano duo) - memorization not necessary
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Piece must be from syllabus
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Full details can be found here: Piano Festivals
Ensemble Festivals Brief Overview
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Levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
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Any combination of instruments and voice
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Repertoire does not need to be memorized
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Full details can be found here: Ensemble Festivals
Date: November 22, 2025 | Registration deadline: October 5, 2025
Location: Valley Christian Conservatory
Fees: $45-70 depending on level
Registration is done online via the links above.
Students who receive a rating of 5 will be invited to perform at a Regional Festival Celebration!
Festival Celebration Date: Saturday, January 17, 2026
Location: Peace Lutheran Church, Danville
Questions about this or any Student Program, click HERE to complete Contact Form.
Student Evaluations
Student Evaluations is a comprehensive program dedicated to developing all the skills of a well-rounded musician.
Currently available for piano.
Student Evaluations includes Repertoire, Technique, Sight Reading, Oral Questions, Theory, and Ear Training.
Dates & Deadlines - Evaluations (In-person)
Feb 15: Registration Opens
March 10: Registration Closes. Student list and ALL Repertoire Forms due.
Mail any items to: Glenda Timmerman, 1922 Rock St., #A, Mountain View, CA 94043
NO LATE APPLICATIONS HONORED
Any Schedule requests must be made on the Student List. Please provide a 2-3 hour window of availability.
April 19, 2026: Evaluation Day (all portions of exam) at Valley Christian Conservatory
Honors Recital
May 3, 2026, 6:30-9pm: Student Evaluations Honors Recital at Santa Clara University
How Honors Recital participants are chosen:
The Honors Recital committee looks at the scores for each student in Performance as well as Theory.
Performance scores are weighed a bit heavier than Theory scores. Minimum requirements for students to be chosen for Honors recital are: 90% on Performance as well as 90% on Theory. The only exception to that is for Levels 11 and 12. Since there are very few students that take those levels, the requirements are a bit lower: 85% on both is the requirement.
For all levels concerned, if there is a 5% or higher difference between Performance and Theory, we will average the 2 scores.
The hope is to have all levels represented on each Honors Recital but should there not be any students that make the minimum requirement for that level, none will be chosen.
The Honors Recital committee strives to keep the quality high and to give many students opportunities to perform.
Registration Links and Forms