2012 Young Musicians Competition – Piano
Registrations must be postmarked no later than Thursday, September 20, 2012. A late fee of $35 is charged for entries postmarked between September 21 and September 24.
| Chairperson: | Hwei-Lan Luo |
| Competition Date and Location: | Sunday, November 4, 2012
Westminster Choir College, Princeton Hall |
| Recital Dates and Locations: | Friday & Sunday, November 16 & 18, 2012 Location TBD |
| Awards: |
Certificates will be sent to Participants upon request.
All winners should make arrangements to pick up their awards at the State Conference if they cannot attend the award presentation at the conference. |
| How to Enter: | There is only one downloadable registration form for for ALL 2012 NJMTA sponsored Fall Events that can be downloaded HERE. It should be noted that a separate form and a separate check are required for each event category. Be sure to collect fees from the students and supply all requested information on both sides of the form. Mail the entry form with ONE teacher’s check payable to “NJMTA Competition” to:
Hwei-Lan Luo 10 Blossom Hill Drive Plainsboro, NJ 08536 hweilanl@yahoo.com |
| Fee: | $40 per student. Fees are non-refundable. Please make one check for the total registration fee. Only teachers’ checks will be accepted. |
| Duty Deposit Fee | $50 duty deposit fee is required for all participating teachers. The deposit check will be returned after the duty is fulfilled. Please send the job form and a duty deposit check in the amount of $50. The deposit check will be cashed if the teacher fails to fulfill his/her assigned job. Please understand that we are very short of volunteers and need all the teachers’ support for the event. Please send a separate check from the Registration Fee. |
| Registration Deadline: | Postmarked no later than Thursday, September 20, 2012. A late fee of $35 is charged for entries postmarked between September 21 and September 24. Absolutely no forms will be accepted postmarked after September 24. Entries postmarked after September 24, 2012 will be returned. Application forms will not be processed until the late fee is received. Application forms must be sent by regular mail. NO CERTIFIED MAIL, PLEASE! |
| Student Eligibility: | Entrants must have studied the performance medium of the competition with the same member teacher for a minimum of six months of the nine months proceeding immediately the first day of the month in which the state competition is held. Students of any age are invited to compete. Students will be grouped according to their age as of October 1st of the competition year. Exceptions to the six-month eligibility requirement will be allowed in the following situations:
Under such circumstances, a certified letter from the original teacher explaining and approving the change in teachers must be submitted with the official application form. Both teachers must satisfy teacher eligibility requirements for NJMTA competitions and both teachers must be recognized in any matter related to the competition. |
| Teachers Eligibility: | The teacher must be a member of NJMTA and current membership dues to NJMTA must be paid on or before September 1st of the competition year. An exception to the September 1st payment of teacher dues will be granted to a teacher joining NJMTA for the very first time. The one-time exception will allow the teacher to pay state dues on or before the postmarked deadline of the competition. An NJMTA member with Student Membership status may not enter students. The teacher and the entrant may not be the same individual. The Primary teacher of the performing medium of the competition must be the teacher who enters the student in the competition. |
| Repertoire: | Selection of the repertoire is at the discretion of the teacher, with the following requirements: Two compositions from standard repertoire from memory:
* Please use MTNA Composer Classification List in the yearbook (page 31) for your reference. · Variations must be performed in their entirety. · Students are required to perform only one movement of sonata/sonatina. · Both Prelude & Fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier by Bach must be performed to count as one piece. · Repeats will not be played unless the piece is very short or the repeats affect the integrity of the piece. · No arrangements or simplified editions of works originally written for piano will be accepted. · Published transcription of the other instruments or ensemble (such as Bach/Busoni’s Chaconne, Chinese tradition folk songs) will be acceptable as long as they are original by the composers. · A group of short pieces such as Chopin Preludes can be considered as one piece if they do not exceed the maximum time allowed in their age group |
| Maximum Performance time: |
Students who go over the time limit might be stopped by judges during the competition. |
| The competition is scheduled by age. Due to the complexity of scheduling, any requests regarding time preference or schedule change will not be honored.
Please read the Participating Teachers Requirements and the Audition and Competition Guidelines. |
