District 2 Concerto Competition 2024
All applicants must submit the following:
- Online Application: complete and submit District 2 application (includes photo and bio).
- Application deadline: TBD
- Application fee: $40.00.
- Teacher’s fee (if applicable): FSMTA members who renewed their membership before TBD pay no fee. All other teachers are required to pay $40 non-member fee.
General Information for Entrants
The FSMTA Concerto Competition is a 2-stage competitive event. All applicants must first apply and compete at a District level. District Concerto winners (with the exception of the Elementary category) are obligated to represent their Districts and compete in the State Concerto Competition.
Instrumental Categories: Piano, Organ, Voice, Brass, Woodwinds, Percussion, and Strings (including Harp).
Age Categories:
Rules:
For questions, contact District Competition Chairperson Kyungju Lee [email protected] or email Concerto Competition Chairperson, Anne Falik, [email protected].
The teacher must enter all of his or her participating students in a district in which he/she is a member of a local MTA. If a teacher is a member in more than one district, the student has to enter in a district where the student resides. The contestant must be a Florida resident. Exceptions may be given to students residing more than 100 miles radius from the location of the live event.
For non-members district affiliation is based on the physical location of the teacher’s studio. If the teacher’s studio is located outside of Florida, the student must enter in the District where he/she legally resides.
The FSMTA Concerto Competition is a 2-stage competitive event. All applicants must first apply and compete at a District level. District Concerto winners (with the exception of the Elementary category) are obligated to represent their Districts and compete in the State Concerto Competition.
Instrumental Categories: Piano, Organ, Voice, Brass, Woodwinds, Percussion, and Strings (including Harp).
Age Categories:
- Elementary: age 12 and under (this is a special entry level which takes place only at the District competition. This level exists to provide opportunities for adjudication of students not yet ready to compete in the Junior level. These winners do not proceed to the State competition.)
- Junior: age 12 and under
- Intermediate: age 13–15
- Senior: age 16–19 (Senior entrants must not have graduated or taken the GED and must be enrolled in a high school program. Dual enrollment students are eligible.)
Rules:
- Teachers may accompany any entrant.
- At least one copy of the repertoire, unmarked except for measure numbers, shall be presented to the judges. (All entrants must abide by the federal Copyright Law.)
- Three judges having no connection with any student entered will audition students on performance. All decisions of the judges are final and will not be subject to further review. Judges have the right to declare no winner.
- Repertoire must be an original work for solo instrument and orchestra for the Junior, Intermediate, and Senior concerto levels (See suggested repertoire list on pages 20 and 21 of Handbook of Student Activities). This regulation does not apply to the Elementary level – appropriate piano repertoire suggestions for the Elementary level include Vandall, Rozin, Rowley, Boykin, Rollin, Olson, Asch, Mittler concertos, “Little Concerto” by Haydn etc.
- Vocal Concerto entrants refer to the separate FSMTA vocal requirements here. Senior Vocal Concerto entrants need orchestral accompaniment for one classical selection.
- Repertoire must be performed by memory. A 20-minute time limit will be imposed. In the event of a longer duration, the entrant must be prepared to perform any 20-minute portion chosen by the judges. The repertoire requirement for all levels is restricted to one movement only. If two movements are linked musically, the student will be permitted (but not required) to play both movements.
- No changes or adjustments in repertoire are allowed at the District or State level of the event. Changes or adjustments due to rule infractions must be made by the District Concerto Chairman prior to the District Concerto Competition event. Repertoire performed at the State Concerto Competition must be the same repertoire performed at the District Competition.
- For all live auditions, at least one copy of the repertoire, unmarked except for measure numbers, shall be presented to judges. All entrants must abide by the federal Copyright Law. Photocopies are strongly discouraged. Entrants using photocopies or PDFs downloaded from the Internet may be asked to complete the Music Release Form verifying that they have permission to use this music. Should a contestant have a bona fide reason for using a photocopy, the Concerto Competition Chairman must be notified, in writing, prior to the competition. No copies of the repertoire are required at the State Concerto Competition.
For questions, contact District Competition Chairperson Kyungju Lee [email protected] or email Concerto Competition Chairperson, Anne Falik, [email protected].
The teacher must enter all of his or her participating students in a district in which he/she is a member of a local MTA. If a teacher is a member in more than one district, the student has to enter in a district where the student resides. The contestant must be a Florida resident. Exceptions may be given to students residing more than 100 miles radius from the location of the live event.
For non-members district affiliation is based on the physical location of the teacher’s studio. If the teacher’s studio is located outside of Florida, the student must enter in the District where he/she legally resides.