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 MODERN MUSIC PIANO   COMPETITION of Washington Music Teachers Association
                                        




   
 Date: Saturday, Decmber 7, 2024     

deadline for ME to register YOU for Modern Music
(Teachers entry deadline:November 2, 2024)

   

Location:  Calvary Lutheran Church  
9:00am - 6:00 pm
9545 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland


Special rules: In the Competitive Division, students who arrive late or leave before the end of the session may play for comments only. Students must provide the judges with scores of their pieces. All participants are responsible for complying with U.S. copyright law. 

Driving south from the beltway, take the first left into the church driveway.
Driving north on Georgia Avenue toward the beltway, take the next right after Flora Lane.

PARKING:
Most of the spaces to the right of the church driveway are marked handicapped but can be used without a permit.  If they full, bear left, down the driveway.
You may park anywhere along the driveway.  Park perpendicular to the driveway, nose-in.
There is on-street parking behind the church on Woodland Drive.

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Application fee: $25 per student of WMTA member, $35 per student of non-member. 
Eligibility: All ages welcome, including adults. 

Eligibility:  First-Place winners of the 2023 Modern Piano Music Celebration are ineligible to participate in the 2024 competitive division, but more than welcome to enter the non-competitive division.

Repertoire Requirements: Any piece or group of pieces by a composer born in 1905 or later. For repertoire suggestions, click here. This event is memory optional. Participants may perform with or without the musical score. This applies to all sections: precollege, adult, competitive, non-competitive.

Format:
Sessions are held in recital format; to qualify for awards a student must attend the entire session. The final 10 minutes of each session are devoted to verbal commentary from the judges.
 
  Both sections are held in recital format

IF YOU ARE USING MUSIC, BRING AN EXTRA BOOK FOR THE JUDGES.
OPEN EACH BOOK TO THE PIECE YOU WILL PLAY
MAKE SURE THE MEASURES ARE NUMBERED
IF YOU PLAY MULTIPLE PIECES IN ONE BOOK, PUT PLACE MARKERS AT EACH SPOT
ONCE YOUR SESSION HAS ENDED, PLEASE HELP US BY LEAVING THE PERFORMANCE SPACE PROMPTLY AND QUIETLY SO THAT THE NEXT SESSION CAN BEGIN ON TIME


🎹Time limits:
Level 1: grade 3 and under: four minutes
Level 2 grades 4-6: five minutes
Level 3:  grades 7-9: six minutes
Level 4: grades 10-12; seven minutes
Adults six minutes

Awards:
Non-Competitive: judges' critiques and certificates.
Competitive:  judges' critiques and certificates plus cash prizes for 1st place winners and ribbons for 2nd and 3rd place winners.
Level 1 $25
Level 2 $50
Level 3 $75
Level 4 $100

Time limits: Level 1. Age 7 and under: four minutes Level 2. Age 8-9: five minutes Level 3. Age 10-11: six minutes Level 4. Age 12-13: seven minutes Level 5. Age 14-18: eight minutes Adults: six minutes Awards. Non-Competitive: judges’critiques and certificates. nd rd Competitive: judges’critiques and certificates plus cash prizes for 1st place winners and ribbons for 2 and 3 place winners. Level 1. $20 Level 2. $40 Level 3. $60 Level 4. $80 Level 5. $100 Benford Award: $100 for Best Performance of music by a living composer.

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Calvary Lutheran Church 9545 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD​

Marjorie Lee Piano Studio

Teaching Piano in Vienna VA. Since 1976

For more information on Marjorie Lee's Studio or Lee Studios of Music please contact us via phone or email. 
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Vienna, VA. 22180
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