September 2026

• September 7: No Lessons (Labor Day)
• September 26: Open House (Student Short Performances, Parent Talk, and Meeting)

October 2026

• Group Lessons Begin!
• October 17: Play It Forward Performance at Pequannock Township Hoedown, Greenview Park, Pequannock
• TBD: 7 Ways to Improve the Sound of Your Instrument, a talk by Jarek Powichrowski, luthier, Princeton Violins
• TBD: Violin Fall Masterclass

November 2026

• November 16-21: Goals and Feedback Performance
• November 22-28: No Lessons (Thanksgiving Break)
  

December 2026

• December 10: Holiday Faculty Performance
• December 19: Winter Recital at Forte Piano, Paramus (12:30 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:30 pm)
• December 20-January 3: No Lessons (Winter Break)

January 2027

• January 4: Regular Lessons Resume
• January 18: No Regular Lessons (MLK Jr. Day)
• January 11-22: 12 Day Practice Challenge
• January 25: Year End Concert - Chamber Music Audition / Concerto competition for soloists

February 2027

• TBD: Violin Masterclass with Nanae Iwata
• TBD: Piano Masterclass with Marina Obukovsky
  
  

March 2027

• March 20: Spring Recital at Forte Piano, Paramus (2:00 pm and 3:30 pm)
• March 25-31: Spring Break

April 2027

• TBD: Cello masterclass

May 2027

• May 31: No Lessons (Memorial Day)

June 2027

• June 19: Year End Concert General Rehearsal (required attendance for performers)
• June 24: Year End Concert: Group classes, chamber music, & concerto competition winners at Merkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center, NYC
• TBD: Mini recital at PFSM Front Lobby

Summer Mode: July to August 2027

• July TBD: Music Camp
• No Group Lessons & Flexibility on Regular Lessons