Certificate of Merit Honors Festival – Rules and Guidelines

1. All rules under “Branch Guidelines and Fees” apply to this festival unless they conflict with the specific rules for this festival.

2.  The Festival is for students who were awarded honors in the Certificate of Merit program.

3. To qualify for Branch Honors, students must:

• Be Level IV or higher
• Receive a Good or an Excellent rating for technique
• Receive an Average, a Good or an Excellent rating for sight-reading
• Score 70% or higher on the theory test
• Receive a 5-, 5, or 5+ for the chosen piece, which must be memorized [Memory requirements otherwise (keyboard only) are the same as for CM in general: 2 pieces memorized for Levels IV and higher, and the etude for Level X students must also be memorized.]