Please mark your calendars! Below is a list of events we have booked so far:
• CT State Music Teachers Association Conference will be held on Saturday, October 29, 2022, 9:00-4:00
pm at the Congregational Church in South Glastonbury. All the information including registration can be
found on the website; www.csmta.org
• October 29, 2022 - MTNA Competitions
•
December 3, 2022- Haydn and Clementi Online Music Festival. Applications and Recordings are due to
[email protected] by
November 19, 2022
•
February 4, 2023 - Recorded Audition Competition Winners Performance. Applications and Recordings are
due to
[email protected] by
January 21, 2023.
•
March 19, 2023 - Spring Recital for Beginners- Applications due by March 5, 2023, to
[email protected] • May 20, 2023 -Musicianship Achievement Program (Theory Exam and Performance Audition) –
Applications due April 8, 2023. For more
• June 4, 2023 – Youth Spring Recital - Applications due by May 21, 2023, to
[email protected]
All application forms can be
printed on our website: https://newhavenchapter.webs.com/
• June 2023 - Annual Luncheon – TBA
Select
Student’s Piano Competition By Video recorded Auditions
Deadline for Submission of Recordings
January 21, 2023
Videotapes will be placed online and
open for the public by February 4, 2023.
The New Haven Chapter CSMTA is
organizing a Select Students Open Competition (by video recorded auditions.)
The ONLY option to submit your tape to the competition is to use online file
storage like Meet Google Drive – One place for all your files (especially
if you already have a Google/Gmail account),
www.dropbox.com/ (these two are
free), add your tape file to the storage and share this file link.
Students entered should be of honors
caliber.
• Age 10- 13 performances may be a
maximum of 5 minutes.
• Age 14- 18 performances may be a
maximum of 7 minutes. Only one selection or sonata movement may be presented, eliminating
repeats, especially in sonatinas and sonatas.
As in any competition, judging is
subjective, and the judges’ decisions are final.
Each winner will receive an Amazon Gift Card, and a videotape will be placed online and open to the
public. The top 15+ files will be considered “winners.” Winners will not be
categorized by 1st, 2nd, 3rd place, etc. The CSMTA reserves the right to
publish winners’ and teachers’ names in the newspaper.
Video recording should be done
throughout the year rather than only once, under pressure, in the weeks
preceding the competition. Teachers should listen to the recording to be
submitted to check for sound quality and tempo appropriateness. We hope both
you and your pupils benefit from the process of taping performances. A poor
recording can hinder the committee’s ability to evaluate the performance
fairly. The teacher should listen to the recording before it is
submitted.
ELIGIBILITY:
- Students entered
should be of honors caliber. No elementary and early intermediate level pieces.
- Entrants must have
studied with their teacher for at least three months before the competition.
- For Teachers that
are non-members of the CSMTA, the New Haven Chapter application fee
is $20.00
- Students must be aged
10-18.
- The contestant’s face and hands must be seen at all times.
Students must announce the title of the piece and composer before playing.
REGISTRATION
FORMS:
- All entries must be received by January 21, 2023 (no
exceptions); allow plenty of time for mail.
- Registration form must be filled out and signed by the
parent, signed by the teacher, and submitted by the teacher in one package.
- The $10.00 fee ($20 fee for non-members of the CSMTA, New
Haven Chapter must accompany the registration form, check payable to CSMTA,
New Haven Chapter.
PIANO
REQUIREMENTS:
- All music must be performed from memory in its original
composition, not arrangements/simplifications. Students entered should be of
honors caliber. No elementary and early intermediate level pieces.
- Time performances with a stopwatch. Files submitted
with inaccurate timing or no timing may be disqualified.
- The contestant’s face and hands must always be seen.
Students must announce the title of the piece and composer before playing.
Dress Code:
- Students should be dressed in
"Concert Attire" - not necessarily formal, but "concert appropriate.”
Shoes are required. No shorts or sneakers. Participants should wear either
dress slacks, a dress or skirt, a buttoned or collared shirt, or a blouse.
GUIDELINES:
- Music must be
performed in its original composition; arrangements not accepted.
- Music must be
memorized.
- Time performances
with a stopwatch. Recordings submitted with inaccurate timing or no timing
may be disqualified.
- To participate, these
file links must be received by January 21, 2023.
- Allow plenty of time for the mail.
JUDGES AND
EVALUATIONS:
- Judges are experts in this field of music.
- No one (teacher, performer, parent) should approach the
judges at the competition. All comments or questions should be passed to the monitor.
- Decisions of the judges will be final.
SUGGESTIONS or COMPLAINTS:
- Please make all
suggestions and complaints in writing addressed to the current New Haven
Chapter President. All letters will be forwarded to the chairman of the next
annual competition.
2023
Application Form:
Make
copies of this application form, if you need to, for each student:
Send
this form and the $10.00 fee ($20 non-member of the CSMTA, New Haven
Chapter to Asmik Fomin, P.O Box 7101, Prospect, CT 06712 - by no later than
January 21, 2023. Teachers should collect their students’ fees and mail ONE
check (payable to New Haven Chapter, CSMTA" (non-refundable.)
The
ONLY option to submit your tape to the competition is to use online file
storage like Meet Google Drive – One place for all your files (especially
if you already have a Google/Gmail account), www.dropbox.com/ (these two are
free of charge), add your tape file to the storage and share this file link.
Send
the Recordings links info by email to: [email protected].
PLEASE
PRINT ALL THE INFORMATION!
Name
_____________________________Phone _________Age ___Grade
Address____________________________________________________
Composition
______________________________Composer__________
Time____________________
Share
storage file link___________________
Parent
Signature____________________________________________
Teacher
Name _______________ Teacher
Phone and email
___________________________________________________________
(Parents: by typing your name
above, you grant CT State Music Teachers Association permission to use your
video for public view). If you have any questions or concerns, please
contact [email protected].