Branch Guidelines and Fees for Recitals and Festivals
1. Recitals and festivals are open to students of active and provisional members in good standing in the branch. Keyboard and instrumental students are eligible until they become 19 years of ages. Vocalists are eligible until they become 25 years of age. After that they are welcome to perform in Adult Recitals.
2. Teachers are asked to be selective in choosing music for recitals. SFEV wishes to maintain a high standard of repertoire. Method-book repertoire and simplified arrangements are not appropriate for branch recitals.
3. Whenever it is necessary to have more than one recital in an afternoon, any teacher submitting more than four entries may expect to have students in more than one program. Teachers should provide the chairperson of each recital as much flexibility in scheduling as possible with regard to students’ availability. Be sure to indicate if there are two or more family members participating.
4. Schedule changes for teachers or performers are occasionally necessary, and giving students an opportunity to perform is a priority of this branch. Chairpeople will do their best to accommodate requests for a change in the schedule when absolutely necessary, but teachers should keep requests to an absolute minimum as this does cause much extra work for the chairperson and for judges when involved.
5. Teachers are expected to attend the recitals in which their students perform. Teachers, please inform the chairperson if you will not be able to attend.
6. Piano students must memorize their music (with some exceptions as outlined in individual festival rules.) Memorization is generally not required for string, wind and voice students (check specific rules for individual festivals.)
7. Students requiring an accompanist must provide their own.
8. For General Recitals, an entry fee of $25.00 is required for each student participating as a soloist and $TBD per student for piano duets. Ensembles are only required to pay one fee of $TBD. The Classical and Romantic Festival and the Contemporary Festival fees are $25.00 per soloist or ensemble, the Bach Festival fee is $40 and the Scholarship Competition fee is $50.
9. Teachers should send application forms for all their students and fees payable to MTAC-San Fernando East Valley to the recital chairperson. Fees are non-refundable.
10. For all adjudicated events, awards are given at the discretion of the judges, and the decision of the judges is final.
11. All registration deadlines are firm.
12. Teachers are responsible for all guidelines printed in the directory and updates on our website mtacsfev.org.