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 (Updated Fall 2014)

Sonatina-Sonata Competition Guidelines
Treasure Valley Music Teachers Association (TVMTA)


Set Guidelines (no voting necessary):

I.  Purpose
            A.  To provide students with the opportunity to perform before a judge
            B.  To provide students with a positive, professional critique of his / her performance
            C.  To provide students with a healthy atmosphere for competition

II. Overview:
        A.   Eligible Students:
                 1.    Students of members of TVMTA in good standing
                 2.    Students of non-TVMTA members who pay non-member fees
                 3.    Students who are in high school or younger
                 4.    Students will be entered solely by the teacher from whom they take lessons; teachers may not enter
                        students of other teachers under their own name.

        B. Fees
                 Members:  Levels 1 – 8, $18 / student
                Members:  Levels 9 – 15, $21 / student
                Members, duets:   $15 each student
                Non-members:  Levels 1 – 8, $23 / student
                Non-members:  Levels 9 – 15, $26 / student
                Non-members, duets:  $20 each student
                (Non-member teachers are also charged a $15 non-member fee)

        C.   Music
                1.  Repertoire is announced each year on a repertoire list, found on the  TVMTA website
                2.    All music must be original and measures must be numbered. 
                3.    Music printed from the public domain (ex: IMSLP) or from a sheet music CD is acceptable if properly                            documented at the top of the first page.

         D.   Repeats and  Ornamentation
                Instructions for repeats are given on each year’s current repertoire list. Ornamentation or additional                             embellishments are acceptable on repeats. Judges will follow these guidelines.

        E.   Teacher Volunteering
                1.    All teachers who enter students in the competition will volunteer for at least a half-day on the day of                        the competition or through assigned committees.
                2.    Preferences for volunteering duties / times will be noted in the on-line registration process. Preferences                        are given on a first-come, first-served basis.
                3.    Teachers who are unavailable on the day of the event will provide an adult substitute to fill in their                             place.

        F.  Results
                 Results are posted within an hour of the preliminary round for each group and can be found on the bulletin                      boards on the first floor of the Morrison Center.  They will also be available on the TVMTA website.  Any                      additional means of posting results will be communicated to the participating teachers.

III. Competition:
         A.   The competition is divided into 15 solo levels of graded difficulty and 2 duet levels (intermediate and                             advanced), with each level represented by one sonatina or sonata movement selected from various                             composers, to be performed by memory.  

        B.   Students may enter just one level / event. Levels with large registrations are divided into sublevels, each group                judged individually.  Adjudicators work as objectively as possible without information of the students’                            teachers, ages, grades, etc. Students present their original music to the judge, so they are judged by the                    edition from which they learned.

       C.   Students are assigned individual performance times for the preliminary round, each student performing for one              adjudicator in a private studio without audience.  Parents, families, teachers, etc. remain outside the studio                  to insure objectivity in the preliminary round.  Door monitors are available to help a student with a pedal                      extender or footstool.  All students receive a participation ribbon following their preliminary performance.

        D.   Two students from each group are chosen to perform in a 4:30p, 6:00p, or 7:30p Honors Recital.  The Honors                Recitals are the final round of the competition and are open to the public.  Three judges sit in each recital and                select first and second place winners for each level based on live performances; the judges’ votes are then                    tallied to declare the winners.  First place winners receive a trophy and second place winners receive a                        rosette in a short awards ceremony following each recital. 

        E.   During the preliminary round, up to three additional students from each group may be chosen to receive                       Honorable Mention awards as well. Honorable Mentions are awarded a rosette ribbon at the Honors Recitals               but do not perform.  Choosing students to perform at the Honors Recital is at the discretion of the judges and               judges are given the option of not declaring a winner.

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