The CAPMT Contemporary Competition is for highly motivated students and highlights the contemporary repertoire. It is open to piano, strings, winds, brass and voice from ages 9 and under to 26. The Contemporary Competition offers opportunity to compete with 1-2 pieces of repertoire written by a composer with a death date on or after January 1, 1945. Online applications will be open December 2-16, 2024. The CAPMT State Finals will be held on a Saturday TBD in March 2025 at Santa Clara University. |
CAPMT Contemporary Competition Guidelines:
TEACHERS: You may NOT register for your students for liability reasons.
TEACHERS: CAPMT membership must be current at the time of application. Non-CAPMT members are assessed an additional $20 non-member fee.
Failure to abide by the Guidelines will result in disqualification of the applicant.
Late applications forms will not be accepted.
Communication regarding any CAPMT Student Program must be between the teacher and the student program chair for that chapter/district. It is inappropriate for a student or parent to contact any CAPMT Board Member.
Decisions of the adjudicators are final.
In competitive programs, the student must have studied with the teacher a minimum of six of the past nine months in all stages of the competitions.
Students may compete (a) in the chapter/district where the student has permanent residence, or (b) in the chapter/district where instruction takes place.
For competitive programs, repertoire listed on the application form is to be used for both the District and State Finals levels. No repertoire changes are permitted.
There are no refunds of application fees in the event of non-participation.
Entrants will abide by all U.S. Copyright Laws and, when applicable, have permission to use all music given to judges and accompanists during all phases of the auditions/evaluations/competitions.
Entrants forfeit consideration for any placement (winner/alternate/honorable mention) but may play for comments only if: 1) All music listed on the application is NOT presented for examination at registration; 2) Entrant is not prepared to perform all music listed on the application.
Repertoire Requirements:
Time Limits:
Category A: age 9 and under (10 minutes)
Category B: age 10 - 12 (10 minutes)
Category C: age 13 - 15 (12 minutes)
Category D: age 16 - 18 (15 minutes)
Category E: age 19 - 26 (15 minutes)
The age determination date is December 31, 2024.
Application Fees:
$75.00 for all categories (plus any applicable District surcharges). Application fee is NON-REFUNDABLE.
$20 surcharge for students of Non-CAPMT members.
Application fees will only be accepted ONLINE via credit card payment. Registration will be open from December 1-15, 2023. No applications will be accepted past the deadline.
Online Registration: December 2-16, 2024
Click on the corresponding Region below to register.
Please contact Contemporary Chair, Ivana Grubel Malo, with any questions at ivanagrubel@hotmail.com
IMPORTANT: Please ensure that you have registered for the CORRECT District.
There are NO REFUNDS for any registration errors. Check with your teacher if you are uncertain.
Please use your teacher's email address to register.
Please contact your District Chair with any questions.
Accompanists are not provided.
District 1: San Diego & Imperial Counties Chairs: *James Gary and Rowena Asuncion Greene Music, San Diego District Fee: $25 |
District 2: San Francisco Bay Area Chairs: Dr. Kristal Kim and Anjela Asryan Silicon Valley Piano - Yuma Hall District Fee: $25 |
District 3: Los Angeles County - Southern Chair: Victoria Roizen Venue TBD District Fee: $25 |
District 4: Riverside & San Bernardino Counties Chair: Caitlin Olivarria University of Redlands |
District 5: Sacramento & San Joaquin Counties Chair: Dr. Brandon Bascom Fresno City College |
District 6: Central Coast Chair: |
District 7: Redwood Empire Chair: Dr. Sally Wei Center for Spiritual Living 2075 Occidental Road Santa Rosa, CA 95401 |
District 8: Orange County Chair: Dr. Judy Huang Sunday, February 2, 2025 9am-3pm Hoson House 1961 Irvine Blvd. Tustin, CA 92780 |
District 9: Los Angeles County - Northern Chair: Melody Kuo First United Methodist Church 500 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101 |