SCMEA Piano Division Newsletter

Greetings SC Piano friends! We hope that your year is off to a great start and that things are beginning to settle down. Our division is GROWING accross the state, and we hope you will join us at our Membership meeting to meet some new faces, site hosts, and voices in our blossoming division.

In this Issue:

• Membership Meeting: Saturday, September 12. See below for details. Click on the image to access the Zoom Link. Come vote on our new Multicultural Chairperson. The agenda is below.
• Mid-term Incoming Officers

We hope to see you Saturday morning, September 12 at 10 am!

Yours,

Kristine Peters

SCMEA Piano Division President

Choral & Piano Teacher

Sanders-Clyde Creative Arts Elementary School

krissy.peters@scmea.net l https://www.scmea.net/divisions/piano-division/

*Click on the picture to take you to the Zoom Meeting!

**Please note the UPSTATE Spring Piano Festival date and location

Transportation too tricky?

Can't take a day to bring your students to festival?

Submit your students virtually to the Piano Festival and still get great feedback from our judges!

We hope to see YOUR STUDENTS online!

The College of Charleston would like to invite you to join us this concert season. Please check out our new Sunday Soiree concerts and our International Piano Series recitals and masterclasses.

We are pleased to offer 50% off tickets for the International Piano Series recitals to students, accompanying parents, and music teachers using code IPS50. Masterclasses on Wednesday mornings 10-11:30 am following each recital are completely free and open to the public. Schools that want to arrange a visit to one of these IPS events are welcome to reach out to Dr. Hicks for further support.

For potential students, please also note:

• Music Experience Day - October 24, 2026 (come and meet the faculty, enjoy a lesson, and learn what music at college really looks like)

  Sign up now!