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Skills Day: Keyboard and Sightreading
Application Requirements 1. Please register at new.mtfest.com 2. Pay 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 non-refundable. 3. Non-NVMTA members have to pay the $50 fee (per student per event) plus registration fee. Levels and Time Limits To access the VMTA Keyboard Skills and Sightreading requirements, teachers should go to https://vmta-music.org/member-area/ and sign in. If you have not registered for an account on the new website, please click on the ''Register Account'' button to access the members area. This event is a pre-requisite for Northern District Auditions (NDA). The requirements for NDA are listed below: Teacher Guidelines The minimum judging time commitment is 1 hour plus 1 additional hour for every four students entered. These assignments are based on the number of students enrolled, regardless of subsequent student withdrawals.Students must bring 1 rating sheet for each skill being tested. These may be downloaded from new.mtfest.com, and will be available after the schedule is published. Teachers must agree to abide by the Teacher Responsibilities. No make-up exams will be given for any reason. If the entire event is cancelled for weather, the snow date is January 18, 2025. Due to the number of exams being given, the paucity of volunteers, and the difficulty of scheduling adjacent exams for those students testing on two or more skills, please ask your students to save the whole day, and understand that time requests, nor requests for make-ups can […]
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Robert Spencer Piano Concerto Competition
Application Requirements 1. Please register at new.mtfest.com. Registration will open on November 15 and will close on December 5. 2. Pay fees online through 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 non-refundable. 3. Teachers are responsible for checking their entries online for any errors in submitted applications. If there are any errors, you must edit your entry online (click on the pencil icon next to student name) by December 5. Changes to applications are not permitted past December 5. 4. Non-NVMTA members have to pay the $50 fee (per student per event) plus registration fee. 5. Snow date for this event is January 25, 2025. Levels and Time Limits Repertoire Requirements Students who play the same concerto for more than one year may not repeat the same movement. Only one movement is allowed. Only cuts to orchestral tutti are permitted. Students must perform the entire movement unless stopped by the room monitor. A room monitor will ask the performer to skip to the cadenza if the total performance time is longer than the allotted time limit. Music must be performed from memory. If a cadenza for the movement exists, it must be played. Students who play a concerto without a cadenza risk being disqualified from prize eligibility if there is a cadenza in existence for that concerto, and a cadenza is not performed. A student may compose and perform his/her own cadenza for a Mozart or Haydn concerto, […]
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NVMTA Lecture Series
NVMTA Lecture Series
NVMTA presents..... Dr. Laura Wager on Teaching Individuals with ADHD: Using Evidence-Based Psychological Science to Inform Piano Instruction.
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Concerto Competition: Strings
Application Requirements 1. Please register by January 2, 2025 at new.mtfest.com 2. Pay 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 non-refundable. 3. Non-NVMTA members have to pay the $50 fee (per student per event) plus registration fee. Levels and Time Limits The competition has two divisions: Upper Strings (Violin) and Lower Strings (Viola, Violoncello, String Bass, Guitar and Harp). Each division has the following levels and playing time restrictions: Students and teachers may determine their own cuts. Repertoire Requirements One movement from a concerto or other major work for solo instrument with orchestral accompaniment. Performance from memory is required. Here is a list of repertoire used in 2014 which you may download as a spreadsheet for your reference: Repertoire for Concerto Competition for Strings 2014 Eligibility Open to students of violin, viola, violoncello, string bass, guitar or harp. This event will be an in-person competition at Spectrum School for the Arts. Previous first place winners may not compete again in the same grade category, but are eligible (with the chairman’s approval) for the next level. Awards Each performer will receive a certificate for participation. Teacher Guidelines All parent or student questions about an event should be handled by the teacher. Teachers should never give parents or students the phone numbers or e-mail addresses of chairmen. Chairmen have no obligation to respond to parent or student inquiries. Teachers must agree to abide by the Rules […]
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Financial Award Application Due Date
See this link for more information: https://nvmta.org/nvmta-financial-assistance-scholarships-overview/