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Upcoming competition dates:
Friday, October 15, 2010
All MTNA
Empire Collegiate
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Empire HS
Empire Jr High
To download Empire Competition application form and guidelines, click here
For more information on the MTNA Competitions click:
http://www.mtna.org/Programs/Competitions/CompetitionsOverviewGuidelines/tabid/304/Default.aspx
MTNA/NYSMTA COMPOSITION COMPETITION
A reminder here of a
great opportunity to submit your students’ original compositions into a
state-wide contest, the first of three levels of the MTNA Composition
Competition. All submissions are reviewed and judged with insightful
written comments. Winners at the State level go on to compete at the
Division levels; winners there then go on to the National level.
The MTNA Composition
Competition provides an excellent goal for young composers. So many
young students come to us not only wanting to learn to play an
instrument, but also wanting to learn how to write down the pieces they
have already been devising on their own, and to learn how to do it
better. Even if we ourselves are not trained composers, just think of
how much we can help our students, how much we can motivate them and
steer them in stimulating directions. We already do this by the way we
guide them through the wonderful literature of great composers, and in
doing so lead them to “inhabit” these best of models for themselves. And
if it is more of a popular style they are striving for, we can still
help them to shape their ideas by means of our own strong sense of
musical shape and worth and experience. Far too few of us and far too
few of our students explore this path of creativity and unique
self-expression. Here is a chance to motivate and challenge our
students, and for them to gain acknowledgment, encouragement, and
perhaps reward.
Similar to the MTNA
performance competitions, age categories determine the level for
submission in the MTNA Composition Competition: Elementary, Junior, High
School and Collegiate. Deadline for submission in this year’s event is September 14, 2010. For downloadable
applications and all other information, please visit www.mtna.org and follow the links for “competitions”.
I look forward to
receiving your students’ compositions!
Christine Johannsen, NYS Coordinator, MTNA Composition
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