Concerto Competition

This event is open to students of MTAC San Diego Branch member teachers.


DATES: February 8, 2025 (Piano) & February 9, 2025 (Winds and Strings)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: January 15, 2025
REQUIRED DOCUMENT UPLOAD DEADLINE: January 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
LOCATION: Greene Music, 7480 Miramar Rd. San Diego CA 92126


ELIGIBILITY:

  • Open to students of MTAC San Diego Branch members in good standing, as well as students of Contributory Members who have joined the San Diego Branch and paid their Contributory Member dues 30 days before the registration deadline.
  • Students must have studied at least 6 months continuously with the entering teacher at the time of registration.
  • The entering teacher must be the primary teacher who regularly teaches the student for a majority of the lessons on the instrument for which the student is enrolled.

REGISTRATION

Online registration must be completed by the teacher at mtacsd.org. The proof of age document must be uploaded to the link which will be provided to the parent. The Teacher-Parent Agreement Form must be uploaded to the link which will be provided to the teacher at the time of online registration.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION

  • PROOF OF AGE DOCUMENT, such as Birth Certificate, Passport, student ID with birthdate, or driver's license, is required for each applicant.
  • Teacher Parent Agreement Form, signed and dated by both the teacher and the parent.

RULES AND GUIDELINES

STUDENT CATEGORIES:

Division I - Piano (through age 11)
Division II - Piano (12-14 years old)
Division III - Piano (15-18 years old)
Division IV - Wind Instruments (through age 18)
Division V - String Instruments (through age 13)
Division VI - String Instruments (14-18 years old)

PLEASE NOTE: No previous first-place winner can compete in the same division. The first-place winner of one division cannot enter the next division before he/she meets the age requirement.

AUDITION PROCEDURES:

  • Each contestant is given 10 minutes maximum.
  • Orchestral parts must be played on a second piano.
  • Teachers cannot accompany their own students.
  • Applicants must provide judges with an original copy of music to be performed. Photocopied scores are not permitted. Downloaded copies should have an accompanying bill of sale. Any contestant presenting photocopies will automatically be disqualified.

REPERTOIRE:

  • One complete movement of a work for soloist and orchestra. Please keep in mind that Twentieth-century concertos by
    composers such as Barber, Bartok, Prokofieff and Scriabin may be too difficult for the accompanying orchestra.
  • All performances must be from memory.
  • A previous first-place winner cannot compete with the same concerto in a different division.

AWARDS:

  • Judges will select First, Second and Third-Place winners from each division. All participants will receive a Certificate of Participation.

WINNERS PERFORMANCES:

First-place winners from each division will perform with the MCC Community Orchestra (Mr. Brandon Muresan, conductor) on one of the following weekends:

  • Dates TBD (same program both dates)
  • Dates TBD (same program both dates)
  • Repertoire will determine which date each first-place winner will perform.

ATTENTION TEACHERS AND PARENTS:

It is highly advisable that all students audition with works that are in public domain.

When students place first in the competition and are awarded a performance with the MCC-Oceanside Symphony Orchestra, the concertos available in the public domain will have orchestra parts and conductor's score available free of charge at IMSLP.

Students and parents will have to cover the costs for rental fees and performance rights when scores are not available in the public domain. Works published before 1928 qualify to be public domain. MTACSD cannot cover these costs.

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