Performing music before others is important! Are you looking for performance opportunities? You’ve come to the right place! We have between 8-10 opportunities a year (see below), and some very special opportunities that we keep hush hush as they are proprietary.

We don’t prefer the word performance, but making music for others and for the community is both an essential part of why we learn and create music and what drives us, and it is literally built into the foundation of everything we do at TIA.

One of our core values is that we value presentation over performance, because music is more than mere entertainment or amusement, but art, and a gift to be presented. To live this out, the academy will always be seeking to find ways and opportunities to serve the community through music, not just putting on concerts. But if you are a part of TIA, we can assure you that you will have opportunities to share your music live before others every semester if you choose. To find out more, or see some of what we do with that, read here.

We have presentations (that’s what we call our recitals) every semester, usually in October/November, December, June, and August. We also have many of our students present at Arts Walk (the last weekend in April), and we have other events like Festival (sort of a competition with yourself, an opportunity for adjudication), Celebration of Scales, and occasional opportunities for community music making at the local senior centers and retirement homes.

Obviously right now, presentations are different because of Covid-19, but we have still been having them every semester and will continue to, via both live stream and recorded video. Different? Sure, but we are all learning important realities about making music for others in the age of Covid. And Covid restrictions willing, we will have some kind of out door live presentation this spring or summer outside, picnic style. Stay tuned!

Looking to make music for others? Come and be a part of the community, we would love to have you!