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SUMMARY:Registration Deadline:  Spring Festival
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URL:https://nvmta.org/event/registration-deadline-spring-festival/
CATEGORIES:Festivals & Recitals,Student Events
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SUMMARY:Registration deadline:  General Recitals - November 2025
DESCRIPTION:Information about General Recitals
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SUMMARY:Fall Festival
DESCRIPTION:Contemporary and Historical Judged Music Festival\nLocation\nLewinsville Presbyterian Church\, 1724 Chain Bridge Rd.\, McLean\, VA 22101\, \nDate\nSaturday\, November 15\, 2025 \nDeadlines\nRegistration Deadline:  Thursday\, October 16\, 2025.  All fees must be paid online through new.mtfest.com by this date. \n\nPlease register at new.mtfest.com\nPay fee online through new.mtfest.com.  Click on Billing\, then click on the $ next to the event.  Pay with Visa or Mastercard.  After payment is made\, you may print a copy of the invoice for your records.  You do not need to mail anything to the Chair.  No late applications will be accepted.  All fees are nonrefundable.\nNon-NVMTA members have to pay the $50 fee (per student per event) plus registration fee. Non-member fees can be paid HERE.\n\nLevels and Time Limits\n\n\n\n\n	1-3 years study*5 minutes\n\n\n	4-7 years study7 minutes\n\n\n	8 or more years study10 minutes\n\n\n\n\n**This festival is not recommended for those who have studied less than a year in total. \nREPERTOIRE REQUIREMENTS\n\nTwo memorized compositions: one in the contemporary idiom from the 20th or 21st century and a second piece from any other period.\nBoth selections must be played from memory\, unless a piece uses non- traditional notation.\nNo simplifications\, transcriptions\, or popular songs allowed.\nContemporary settings of folk songs are acceptable\, especially for beginning students.\nMulti-movement works are allowed if they fit the time limit.\nImpressionistic pieces must fall into one of the contemporary idioms in order to be listed as the contemporary selection.\nEntrant will abide by all copyright laws and has permission to use all music given to judges and accompanists during all events as outlined here.\n\nContemporary Idioms\nOn the application\, please substantiate that the contemporary composition reflects one of the following idioms by noting its number and letter.  For example:  1a\, 2c\, etc: \n\nMelody\n\nMelodies are fragmented\, irregular\, or disjunctive.\nSignificant parts of the piece\, or even the whole piece\, lack melody.\nThe melody is constructed by chance or serial technique.\nThe melody is built from non-traditional scales such as modes\, a scale with “blue” notes\, etc.\n\n\nHarmony\n\nChords are unrelated to a major-minor system—clusters\, altered chords\, quartal or quintal harmony.\nThe composer makes simultaneous use of two chords or keys (bitonality).\nThe piece is not in any definable key (atonality).\nUnresolved dissonance is common.\n\n\nRhythm\n\nThe piece or large parts of it contain no bar lines.\nThe meter is irregular\, such as 5/4.\nThere are frequent meter or tempo changes.\nCross rhythms (polyrhythms)—5 against 4\, 7 against 8\, etc.—are prominent.\nJazz rhythms prevail.\n\n\nOther considerations\n\nNon-traditional notation.\nKnocking\, tapping or plucking some part of the instrument not traditionally used in this way.\nUse of prepared piano.\nUse of extreme range on the instrument.\n\n\n\nFor piano repertoire suggestions\, see Fall Festival Resource Guide. \nThere are also many suggestions on Nancy Breth’s Modern Piano Music list. \nHere is an addendum by Laura Bogart with additional repertoire. \nHere is a list of repertoire used in 2013-2018 which you may view online: Fall Festival Repertoire. \nEligibility\nTeachers may enter as many students as desired\, as long as all teacher guidelines are fulfilled. Open to all levels and to adults of any proficiency. \nTeacher Guidelines\nTeachers who enroll 1 to 10 students are obligated to judge for 3  hours; teachers who enroll 11 or more students are obligated to judge for 6  hours.  Teachers must be available to help in other capacities at the discretion of the chairman. \nTeachers must agree to abide by the Teacher Responsibilities. \nAwards\nStudents do not receive cumulative points as in other festivals. They receive written comments and ratings and a certificate of participation.
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SUMMARY:General Recitals-November
DESCRIPTION:Information about General Recitals
URL:https://nvmta.org/event/general-recitals-4/
CATEGORIES:Student Events
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