Auditions: Saturday, November 15th 2025    

8:30am - 4:30pm

Honor Recital(s): November 16th 2025

(between 12:30pm & 4:30pm - TBA)

@ St. Philip Lutheran Church

7531 S. Kendall Blvd., Littleton, CO  80128

Deadline - October 15th

Fee: $28 per entrant (CMTA members); $42 per entrant (non-members)

Kellie Johannik, Chair: dolcemusickellie@comcast.net

This year we celebrate the Romantic Era!!! 

Please use the following sources to check composers:

           Jane Magrath's The Pianist's Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature

           The MTNA Composer List  https://www.mtna.org/MTNA/Engage/Competitions/Composer_Classifications.aspx

           The ABRSM List https://pianosyllabus.com/x-composers.php

The Romantic Music Festival is a two-day event promoting and encouraging appreciation of the repertoire of Romantic Era. Students will perform a memorized selection for 2 adjudicators in a closed audition setting. Auditions will take place at St Philip Lutheran Church. The fee for this event will be $28 per student. Once registered, if a student cancels, fees are forfeit. Students earning a superior rating are eligible to play in the honors recital the following day. All participating students earn a medal or trophy. 

Auditions are held all day November 15th. Parents may request* "AM", "PM", or "Either" audition times. *PLEASE NOTE: There are NO GUARANTEES for preferences. Please remain flexible! Sunday, November 16, 2025 Honors Recital(s) 

Dress for the Festival is Formal, no jeans and tennis shoes, please. Students MUST have an officially purchased score with measures numbered to audition. No photo copies are allowed. Audition Day Teachers are asked to participate in audition day as monitors and lunch helpers. Thank you!!!!  

Kellie Johannik, Chair 

dolcemusickellie@comcast.net

Please find registration forms access in the CMTA Newsletter or contact the event chair above regarding event/registration questions

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