Senior Performance Competitions

National Coordinator: 
Laura Melton

836 Hunters Run

Perrysburg, OH 43551-5475

Telephone: Home: (419) 872-2869  • Work: (419) 372-8025

E-mail: meltonl@bgsu.edu

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

  • Age: 15-18 as of January 1, 2013.
  • Piano Duet Age: 11-18 as of January 1, 2013. One of the duet partners must be 15-18 as of January 1, 2013.
  • Entry Fee: $110.
  • Application deadline: September 12, 2012.

Competition Categories

  • Brass (Trumpet, Horn, Euphonium, Trombone, Tuba), Solo Piano, Piano Duet (one piano/four hands), String (Violin, Viola, Cello and String Bass), Voice and Woodwind (Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon, Saxophone)

Brass, String and Woodwind

Awards made possible by the MTNA Foundation Fund

  • National Winner: $2,000
  • Second Place: $1,000
  • Merit Awards: $100
  • Teacher of Winner: $200

Piano

Awards made possible by the Yamaha Corp. of America, Piano Division.

  • National Winner: $2,000
  • Second Place: $1,000 (supported by the Evelyn Lindblad Folland Endowment Fund)
  • Merit Awards: $100
  • Teacher of Winner: $200

Award for Best Chopin Performance will be given by the Chopin Foundation of the U.S.: $1,000 renewable scholarship

Piano Duet (one-piano/four-hands)

Awards made possible by Dallas Weekley & Nancy Arganbright

  • National Winning Duo: $2,000
  • Second Place Duo: $1,000
  • Merit Awards (per duo): $100
  • Teacher(s) of winning duo: $200

Voice

Awards made possible by the MTNA Foundation Fund

  • National Winner: $2,000 (supported by a gift from Jane Snow)
  • Second Place: $1,000
  • Merit Awards: $100
  • Teacher of Winner: $200

National Awards

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

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).

MTNA Foundation Fund Senior Brass 

MTNA Foundation Fund Senior String

MTNA Foundation Fund Senior Woodwind

  • Performance time:
    • State Competition:
      • Maximum performance time: twenty-five (25) minutes
    • Division and National Competition:
      • Maximum performance time: thirty (30) minutes
  • The program must contain compositions from at least two different periods of music (baroque, classic, romantic, impressionistic, contemporary. Transcriptions are allowed.
  • Memorization is not required.
  • Entrants are limited to one entry per category. Brass or Woodwind entrants may perform on any instrument(s) of their choice (e.g. Alto Saxophone/Tenor Saxophone, Tenor Trombone/Bass Trombone and so on).

MTNA-Yamaha Senior Piano

  • Performance time:
    • State Competition:
      • Maximum performance time: twenty-five (25) minutes
    • Division and National Competition:
      • Maximum performance time: thirty (30) minutes
  • The program must contain compositions from at least two different  periods of music (baroque, classic, romantic, impressionistic, contemporary). Transcriptions are allowed.
  • Memorization is required for all repertoire.
  • Concerto performances are not permitted.
  • Compositions for prepared piano are not permitted at the request of competition hosts and piano companies providing instruments.

 MTNA-Weekley & Arganbright Piano Duet (one piano/four hands)

  • Performance time:
    • State Competition:
      • Maximum performance time: twenty-five (25) minutes
    • Division and National Competition:
      • Maximum performance time: thirty (30) minutes
  • Piano Duet Age: 11-18 as of January 1, 2013.. One of the duet partners must be 15-18 as of January 1, 2013.
  • The program must contain compositions from at least two different  periods of music (baroque, classic, romantic, impressionistic, contemporary). Transcriptions are allowed.
  • Memorization is not required.
  • Students may change parts (primo/secondo) for different pieces in their program.
  • A duet team may enter the competitions in only one state.
  • A student may enter only once in the Piano Duet category in the same competition year.
  • Two teachers may jointly enter a duet team.  Both teachers must be listed on the application and must pay current active MTNA dues or the Nonmember Teacher Entry Fee.
  • If the entry involves two different states, the state of entry is determined by the teacher(s).
  • Students entering the Piano Duet competition may also enter any other MTNA competitions for which they are eligible.
  • Both students will share any monetary awards. If two teachers are listed on the application, both teachers will share any monetary awards.

 MTNA Foundation Fund Senior Voice

  • Maximum performance time: twenty (20) minutes
  • The program must contain only four selections: (include the name of any identifying work from which a song is taken)
    • two art songs sung in a language other than English
    • one art song sung in English (With the exception of early Italian songs and arias composed before the time of Handel, an art song is music composed for one voice and keyboard.)
    • one selection of the entrant's choice
  • Memorization is required for all repertoire.