Chamber Music Performance Competitions

National Coordinator:
James Norden, NCTM 

9139 N. Meadowlark Ln.,
Bayside, WI 53217

Telephone: (414) 351-3098 

E-mail: j.norden@sbcglobal.net

ATTENTION

  • Application deadline is 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 12, 2012.
  • Current active membership dues for MTNA or a nonmember teacher fee must be paid prior to accessing the student competition application.

Application Procedure

  • Entry Fee: $120 for each ensemble.
  • Application deadline: September 12, 2012.

Entrant Eligibility

  • The average age of ensemble members must be 18-26 as of January 1, 2013.
  • An entrant may enter in more than one ensemble.
  • An entrant may enter both the Chamber Music competitions and the solo performance competitions.

Competition Categories

String (majority of instruments are string)

  • Award for national winning ensemble made possible by James Norden, NCTM.
  • Winning Ensemble: $3,000
  • Awards made possible by the Allen I. McHose Scholarship Fund.
  • Second Place Ensemble: $1,500
  • Teacher/Coach of each Winning Ensemble: $200

Wind (majority of instruments are wind)

  • Awards made possible by the Allen I. McHose Scholarship Fund.
  • Winning Ensemble: $3,000
  • Second Place Ensemble: $1,500
  • Teacher/Coach of each Winning Ensemble: $200

NOTE: Piano will be considered a string instrument.

National Awards

  • In order to receive the monetary award, the winning ensembles are required to perform at the Winners Concert, which takes place from 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. on the day following the competition at the MTNA National Conference, March 9-13, 2013, Anaheim, California.

Ensemble Requirements

  • The ensemble must consist of at least three (3) performers and may have no more than six (6) performers.
  • During the course of a performance, an ensemble may change in size, through the addition or subtraction of personnel. (For example, a woodwind quintet might add a piano and become a sextet, or a string quartet might be reduced to a string trio.)
  • Ensembles may be any combination of the following instruments: Brass (Trumpet, Horn, Euphonium, Trombone, Tuba), Piano, String (Violin, Viola, Cello, String Bass), and Woodwind (Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon, Saxophone). Ensembles with piano only are not permitted.
  • No changes in ensemble personnel may be made.
  • The performance is without conductor

Guidelines

See Performance Competitions Guidelines.

Repertoire Requirements

  • No changes in repertoire are allowed following submission of the application. Repertoire must remain the same for all three levels of the competition (State, Division, National).
  • All repertoire submitted with the application must be prepared for each level of the competition (State, Division, National).

Performance time:

      • State Competition:
        • Maximum performance time: thirty (30) minutes
      • Division and National Competition:
        • Maximum performance time: forty (40) minutes
      • The program must contain compositions from at least two different  periods of music (baroque, classic, romantic, impressionistic, contemporary).  Transcriptions are allowed.
      • Cuts in the music are not permitted.
      • Repeats are left to the discretion of the ensemble.

Competition Music

      • Each ensemble must provide the judge(s) one score or one complete set of parts for each work listed on the application.