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TMTA SA Virtual Festivals

Deadlines: November 1 and March 15

General Information and Requirements

  1. The TMTA SA Virtual Festivals are noncompetitive performance events for solo piano, voice, and instrumental students.
  2. Students in Grade 1 through adult are eligible to participate.
  3. Student Affiliate membership is required for this activity.  There is no theory requirement. 
  4. Students may submit multiple entries.
  5. Recordings will be stopped after 15 minutes, but the student will not be penalized.
  6. Students must play the entire piece to receive a rating. 
  7. Piano and voice pieces must be memorized.  Instrumental pieces do not have to be memorized. 
  8. Vocal and instrumental pieces must be accompanied by a live pianist unless the piece is written acapella.
  9. Students may not enter the same repertoire in more than one TMTA Virtual Festival. 
  10. Students will receive a critique sheet with a rating and a printable certificate.
  11. Students may earn one SA Participation point for participating in two TMTA Virtual Festivals.  The two festivals do not need to be during the same school year to earn the point.  Entering multiple submissions in a single festival does not earn additional points.   
  12. A superior rating at a TMTA SA Virtual Festival may be used to qualify for the TMTA All-Star Festival.  See the All-Star Festival portion of the TMTA Handbook for details. 

Submission Instructions

  1. Entries MUST be completed by the teacher, not the parent.
  2. You will need the piece title and composer/arranger, recording length, a PDF score, and a video to complete a submission.
  3. The uploaded score must be a PDF scan of an original copyright compliant score for the judges. All music must have measures numbered either by individual measures or by the system/line.
  4. The video must show the performers face, hands, fingers, and feet.  Students may introduce themselves and the piece they are playing if desired.  Students should dress nicely and be wearing shoes.  No music should be on the piano rack.  

The entry form can be found under Student Activities>Fall 2024 Virtual Festival.

Fees are $15 (0-5 min.), $20 (6-10 min.), $25 (11-15 min.)  The system will only allow one price point ($15), so if you enter students at the $20 and $25 price points, you will be invoiced the difference separately.  If you pay by credit card, you will be charged a fee of 3.5% in order to offset credit card processing costs.