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STUDENT PROGRAMS2007-2008 state program forms for Bartok, Ensemble, Honors, Piano Auditions, and Student Evaluations now available. Please remember that they should be filled in within Acrobat and printed for submission. Having Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Problems? Read this MTNA STUDENT PROGRAMS include performance competitions for junior high through collegiate levels and composition competitions for elementary through collegiate levels. State winners proceed to the division level; division winners progress to the national finals held annually at the MTNA Conference. Because CAPMT is the California branch of the Music Teachers’ National Association (MTNA), all CAPMT members may enter students in MTNA events. Annually, MTNA holds five national senior competitions and four junior competitions for elementary through collegiate-age students, 11 to 26 years of age, in brass, piano, strings, voice, and woodwinds (there is no junior voice competition). The competitions include Junior and Senior Performance and Young Artist Performance. There is also an MTNA Chamber Performance competition with the average age of ensemble members between 18 to 26 and the MTNA Student Composition competition for elementary to collegiate students. The first-place winner of each state competition competes at the division level (California is in the Southwest Division). Division winners receive monetary awards. Prizes of instruments or cash awards and plaques are presented to national winners. National winners also perform at the MTNA National Conference. MTNA competitions are funded by the following: MTNA; the MTNA FOUNDATION FUND; Baldwin Piano Company; Steinway & Sons; Alfred Publishing Company, Inc.; Yamaha Corporation of America, Band and Orchestral Division; Yamaha Corporation of America, Piano Division; Morty and Iris Manus; Jane E. Snow, the Allen I. McHose Scholarship Fund; and the Evelyn Lindblad Folland Endowment Fund. Registration for MTNA events must be completed online; fax or postal submissions will not be accepted. Note: California entrants will pay an additional state fee, which is mailed to the State MTNA Competitions Chair; a separate check must be written for the state fee. The California MTNA Competitions will be held on November 10 – 11, 2007, at San Francisco State University. In addition to application forms, complete information regarding the MTNA competitions is available on the MTNA website. Details were also published in the April/May issue of American Music Teacher. The teacher entering students should read this information carefully. As with CAPMT events, failure to follow guidelines and requirements can result in a student’s disqualification. All applications must carry an e-mail address for the teacher, student, and parent. All entry fees are nonrefundable. Questions and concerns inevitably arise during the application process. When this happens, double check the information available in the Communiqué, The American Music Teacher (April/May issue), and the CAPMT and MTNA websites. If your questions are not answered by these sources, e-mail the CAPMT chairman or coordinator for the event. Please avoid telephone calls to chairs or coordinators for CAPMT and MTNA; a short, succinct e-mail will be more successful and will usually result in a prompt answer. Once all the requirements have been met and the applications have been submitted, enjoy preparing your student for the challenge, the excitement, and the sense of achievement that participation brings. Whether the event is competitive or involves a level of excellence, there are no losers; every student and teacher gains valuable experiences and a sense of accomplishment and pride when the student completes the performance and takes a final bow. Click on a link below to contact the chair for the event:
CAPMT STUDENT PROGRAMS. At the local level, CAPMT sponsors competitions and auditions in both solo and ensemble performance and noncompetitive evaluations including theory, aural and oral exams. In the competitive events, students receiving the highest ratings are invited to perform and/or compete at the State Conference. The competitive events are the Bartók and Contemporary Music Festival, the Concerto Competition, and Honors Auditions. Students entering the Piano Auditions or the Ensemble Auditions receive a numerical rating, and the Student Evaluations are non-competitive. This website is the official location for all entry forms and information. All CAPMT teachers entering students in CAPMT events must carefully read the Student Program Guidelines linked below. These requirements, as well as application forms, are in Adobe Acrobat PDF form and may be printed out for future reference. (An updated copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader may be downloaded free of charge; you must have a copy of this program on your computer in order to read the guidelines and the application forms.) Because the completed application form cannot be saved on your computer, it is a good idea to print two copies, one to mail to the chair of the event and one for you records. Notice the requirements concerning photocopying, duplication, and changes of repertoire, payment of fees, CAPMT membership, and eligibility based on length of study with the CAPMT teacher. Also, teachers who have students participating in any student program will be expected to help in some manner or to send a studio representative to assist as needed. These requirements are established to assure efficiency and fairness in all events. It is the responsibility of the teacher entering students in CAPMT events to be familiar with and to abide by these overall guidelines. Two CAPMT events, Piano Auditions and Ensemble Auditions, are entered at the district or local chapter level. Completed application forms and entry fees should be sent to the district or chapter chairperson of these events. Also, each district or chapter will hold these auditions on a different date. Should the dates and/or the chairmen not be posted on the CAPMT website, e-mail the District Coordinator or chapter president for the name and address of the person to whom the application forms and fees are mailed. Each CAPMT event as well as the Northern Festival and Southern Festival is chaired by a different person, who will be listed in the updated online information later in the summer. Questions concerning the event may be directed to the chairman of the event. E-mail is the most efficient form of communication, saving both teachers and chairmen considerable time and effort.
The following programs are subject to the overall CAPMT Student Program Guidelines. Failure to follow the guidelines will result in disqualification. BARTÓK FESTIVAL. Piano students ages 6-23 compete in the performance of compositions by Bela Bartók and an additional twentieth century composer.
PIANO AUDITIONS. Students, grades 1-12, are adjudicated on their performance of two memorized solos and one ensemble composition at the District and Chapter level.
ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS. Student instrumentalists (band, orchestral, piano, electronic instruments) and vocalists are adjudicated on their performance of one ensemble composition at the District and Chapter level.
NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PIANO AND ENSEMBLE FESTIVALS. Students who received superior ratings at the District and Chapter Auditions in the Fall for these student events are invited to participate in the Festivals in January and February. Details
HONORS AUDITIONS. Highly motivated students of all instruments and voice, grades 4 through college undergraduates under age 23, compete in the performance of three memorized solo pieces of contrasting musical periods.
CONCERTO COMPETITION. In late spring students of all instruments, ages 12-18, compete for a cash prize and the opportunity to perform a complete concerto with orchestra.
STUDENT EVALUATIONS. A comprehensive non-competitive evaluation is held each spring for students of all instruments. Students are evaluated in performance, theory, technique, music history, sight reading and aural skills.
Every District and Chapter has local events. Several are listed here:
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