Each year MTAC hosts the State Convention, bringing together world-class artists, music educators and students to celebrate music performance and composition. Over 4,000 attendees experience a four-day extravaganza filled with seminars, performances, recitals, presentations, and master classes.
Convention 2024
Convention 2024| June 28 - July 1
Hilton Los Angeles Airport
Thank you for attending the 2023 Convention in Santa Clara! We hope to see you in 2024 in Los Angeles. More information will be posted soon.
Future Conventions
Convention 2025| July 4 - July 7
Hyatt Regency Santa Clara and Santa Clara Convention Center
Convention Archives
Convention 2022
Convention 2019
Artist and Presenter Handouts
- Kathleen Flemming – Making Beautiful Music
- Ya-Liang Chang – Eight Elementary Techniques that Help Students Build A Solid Foundation For the Future
- Nicole McKenzie – Using Analogies to Improve Musicality and Technique (violin)
- Yuko Maruyama – Learn to Play from Chord Charts
- E.L. Lancaster – Piano for Life
- Lua Hadar – Using Literary Elements to Provoke Critical Thinking Through Analysis of Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Convention 2018
Artist and Presenter Handouts
- Julie Jaffee Nagel – Saturday June 30 Managing Anxiety
- Susan Chan – Sunday July 1 Contemporary Chinese Repertoire
- Kris Palmer – Monday July 2 Flute Lecture Recital
- Addenda of Concepts Presented
- Summary of Activities that Build CM Theory_Technique
- Zach’s Chord Progression
- Hallelujah
- Samantha Coates – Overscheduled child
- Dr Rob Watson Lecture Handout
- Dr Stephen Pierce Thriving Vs. Surviving Handout 2018