Chicago Area Music Teachers Association - CAMTA

Roberta Savler Piano Contest 2026

Masterclass submissions DUE TODAY! 🥳

The June 5 Presentation will be a Masterclass from 11:00-12:30 with Nick Zehao Bai and Coco Ke'er Wang.
All CAMTA teachers are invited to submit up to 2 students/student ensembles for consideration. Performers will be selected by the masterclass clinicians.
Please send your submissions via this form:
https://forms.gle/WqzieJWFpVt4jpD78.

Masterclass Submissions You are invited to submit two students to be considered for the CAMTA masterclass on June 5, 2026 from 11:00-12:30 at PianoForte Studios. Masterclass clinicians are Nick Zehao Bai and Coco Ke'er Wang. Please submit repertoire and age for each student. Nick and Coco will choose 3 or 4 students from t...

Oakton Six Piano Ensemble Concert April 26

The Oakton Six Piano Ensemble, conducted by Glenna Sprague, will present its annual concert on Sunday, April 26th at 3:00 p.m. in the Footlik Theater at Oakton College, 1600 East Golf Road, Des Plaines.

The group is founded by Glenna Sprague, Professor and Coordinator of Music at Oakton, where she also teaches piano. Performing at multiple pianos, the group performs not only traditional classical piano music; but also, symphonic literature
as well as ragtime, popular, and jazz music. Performing with a conductor, the rich, layered sound of the Six Piano Ensemble compares to that of an orchestra, with each member playing a different part of a composition as the melody transfers from pianist to pianist.

This year’s concert features the following works:
Samba triste from Four Piece Suite by Richard Rodney Bennett; Suite in C Minor for Two Keyboards by Handel; Sonata in D Major, K.381 by Mozart; Ain’t Misbehavin by Thomas Waller; The Strenuous Life Rag by Scott Joplin as well other selections.

Tickets are $15 for general admission; $10 for seniors and students; and $8 for groups.
For ticket information, call the Oakton Box Office at 847-635-1900; order tickets online at www.oakton.edu/tickets or get tickets at the door (subject to availability). A reception will follow the concert.

Widely acknowledged as one of the most unique music groups in the world, the Oakton Six Piano Ensemble has performed both internationally and throughout the United States, including the World Conference of the International Society for Music Education (ISME) at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow; the College Music Society International Conference in Vienna, Austria; MTNA National Conferences in Atlanta and Spokane; numerous MTNA state conferences; National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy in Chicago. Critics from Vienna to Glasgow hail the Ensemble as “extraordinary”, “technically superb”, and “musically innovative.”

The results are IN 🥳✨🎶

You are invited -

Upcoming event:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/duo-diorama-concert-at-notre-ecole-lincoln-tickets-1980563240969?aff=oddtdtcreator

The results of CAMTA’s inaugural Two-Piano Composition Contest are now available!

This first project brought together 25 submissions from around the world, demonstrating the depth and creativity of today’s two-piano writing.

Our warm thanks to our jury; Claire Aebersold-Neiweem, Ralph Neiweem, and Dr. Kyong Mee Choi; for their thoughtful and expert evaluation.

Winner: Mystical Journey for Two Pianos - Andrew List
Honorable Mention: TENONES 38 - Luis Oliveira

CAMTA congratulates all participating composers and looks forward to sharing these compositions with the teachers and students of ISMTA, and to building on this successful first edition.

🎹 🎹 CAMTA Two-Piano Committee Composition Contest:

We received 25 works for two pianos
from composers around the world! 🌍

Our distinguished jury —
Ralph and Claire Neiweem, and Kyong Mee Choi —
is now reviewing the submissions. 🎶

Stay tuned for the results on November 15! ✨

Many thanks to our Two-Piano Committee members — Ayse Celasun- Chair, Cynthia Papierniak, Yumy Lee Kim Matt Mason — and Jia-Yee Tang,
for their time and enthusiasm throughout this project. 💫

🎻 Dear friends and colleagues,
Please join us next Saturday for Professor Bernard Zinck's violin masterclass at Notre École de Musique.

As pianists, we thrive by immersing ourselves in the full spectrum of orchestral color - and Bernard, a distinguished French violinist and faculty member at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, will bring his artistry and insight to this special session.

📍 5036 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago
🕑 Saturday, October 19 – 2 PM