MTAC Santa Monica Bay
Deborah H. How & Emily Senchuk, Co-Chairs
Students/Parents are asked to please communicate with the Chairs through your Teacher.
December 13, 2020 (SUN) June 13, 2021 (SUN) • revised date 5:30pm (if necessary)
Application Form (will be available 3 weeks before each Student Recital)
Rules & Guidelines
Repertoire & Eligibility
- Any solo or ensemble literature.
- Two pianos are available.
- Students
may be any age, including adults.
- No
minimum playing level, but students are expected to be polished and prepared.
- Students
do NOT need to be registered for CM to participate in this Festival.
- If you have any
questions regarding the appropriateness of your literature, please contact
Deborah or Emily. Students/Parents are
asked to please communicate with the Chair through your Teacher.
Number
of Students - Each
teacher may enter up to a maximum of 15 minutes of total playing time divided among:
- Solo Performers OR
- Ensemble Groups OR
- Solo Performer and Ensemble Groups combined
- We encourage teachers to submit as many students as they have prepared
- Any teacher with more than 15 minutes of total playing time should contact the Chair to see if there is enough time to accommodate extra time/students.
Memorization
& Performing Experience
- Memorization
for Piano solo literature is mandatory.
- Memorization
for String solo literature (unaccompanied and accompanied) is mandatory.
- Memorization
for Guitar solo literature (unaccompanied and accompanied) is mandatory.
- Memorization
for Voice solo literature (unaccompanied and accompanied) is mandatory.
- Memorization
for Wind/Brass solo literature (unaccompanied and accompanied) is optional, but
highly encouraged.
- Memorization
for all Ensemble Groups (chamber music) is optional.
Solo
Performers: $20 fee per solo performer
- Solo
Performers must be Students.
- Solo
Performers include:
- Piano Soloists
- Wind/Brass/String/Guitar/Voice Soloists (unaccompanied)
- Wind/Brass/String/Guitar/Voice Soloists (accompanied on piano by
non-student collaborative artist, teacher, or parent)
Ensemble
Groups: $25 fee per ensemble group (covers all members of the ensemble group)
- Ensemble
Groups are chamber music ensembles of two or more performers.
- All members of Ensemble Groups must be Students, unless the work is for two or more "soloists" with accompaniment. At least one member of the Ensemble Group must be a student of an MTAC Santa Monica Bay Branch Teacher.
- Ensemble Groups include:
- Piano Four Hands (Duets)
- Piano Six Hands
- Piano Eight Hands
- Piano Duos (two pianos available)
- Instruments and/or Vocal Ensembles with/without piano
Etiquette & Concert Dress - All performers must stay for the entirety of their assigned recital program.
- All performers must appear in CONCERT DRESS.
For example, NO T-shirts, clothing with advertising, jeans, shorts, sweatpants, mini-skirts, sneakers, or flip flops.
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