Events

We are happy to announce that Syllabus Exams starting Fall 2022 will be in-person. 

Syllabus is a music curriculum that covers technique, music theory, sight reading, rhythm reading, and repertoire. The ten levels of Syllabus are graduated in difficulty and challenge students to achieve musical goals. After completion of a level, students can opt to be assessed by a master teacher who provides a helpful critique.

To register your students, please visit https://omta.leggierosw.com. 

Spring Syllabus registration will open on March 1, and the deadline is April 21, 2023. Spring Syllabus will be held May 19-21. 

Please contact Deborah Butler at butlers9@frontier.com or by text/phone (503) 932-0514 with any Spring Syllabus questions.

For over 30 years our community was enriched by the life of Pamela Miller. Her musical talents and standards, her teaching of young people to develop and enjoy their musical gifts, and her positive and dynamic personality touched many in our community and our state. Some of her students have gone on to achieve recognition as professional musicians, but all who studied at the keyboard with Pam have confidently shared their talents with family and friends in school, church and recital. She prepared her students with skills for living.

Sadly, Pam is no longer with us. But her influence remains in the hundreds of relationships she left behind. In keeping with Pam's love of teaching keyboard students, this Memorial is used to recognize outstanding keyboard students with scholarship awards. The awards will be determined each Spring by performance auditions under the supervision of the Salem District of the OMTA. 

During her years in Salem, Pam was an active member of the Salem OMTA, serving in various positions of leadership. One of her teaching requirements for each of her students was participation in successive levels of "Syllabus," a yearly comprehensive exam in music theory, style and performance. She was also a key organizer of annual "Bach Festivals," believing that all music students were richer for their contact with the works of J.S. Bach. Both of these trademarks are requirements for participants in the annual competition for "Pamela Miller Memorial Scholarship" award.

Print and fill out the form below to apply for the Pamela Miller scholarship competition. The competition will be held the afternoon of May 20, 2023 at Willamette University. 

Please contact Crystal Zimmerman at crzimmer@willamette.edu or by phone (541) 514-3295 with any questions.

The Iva Turner Awards were so-named to honor a devoted Salem piano teacher. To enter, the young musician must be studying piano or violin, in the 8th, 9th, or 10th grade, and is required to play a five–to–ten minute program, at least two pieces of which must be from contrasting periods. All music is to be memorized. 

The participants play in a recital format of seven or eight pianists per group and will announce their own pieces. The adjudicator selects up to four students to be awarded a prize of $50.00. The Iva Turner Awards are held in late spring and there is a very low entry fee.

Please print and fill out the form below to participate in the Iva Turner Awards Recital.

Dates and Location TBD.

Please contact Trinity Goff at trinity.raia1@gmail.com or by phone at (503) 302-8340 with any Iva Turner Award Recital questions.

The Baroque Festival will be held date, at place.

Please use Leggiero to sign up your students. Deadline for entries is date.

Please contact chair at email or by phone at number with any Baroque Festival questions.