Recitals, Festivals, Scholarship Competition ~ Music Teachers' Association of California San Fernando East Valley Branch

Recitals, Festivals &
Scholarship Competition

PLEASE NOTE: The following are the dates and information we have so far. Everything that is italicized is tentative, including dates and locations.

Recitals
General Recital
Spring Festival- General Recital & Scholarship Winners Concert

Festivals
Contemporary Festival

Classical & Romantic Festival
CM Events
CM Honors Festival
Southern California Junior Bach Festival
Spring Festival- General Recital & Scholarship Winners Concert

Competitions
Concerto Competition
Scholarship Competition

General Recital

The 2020 General Recital is scheduled to take place Sunday Oct. 25 on Zoom - $10 fee
-Chairs- Arisa Ogino & Nicole Nale
Recital Application Form
Recital Rules and Guidelines

Contemporary Festival

The 2020 Contemporary Festival will take place on Dec. 13 - $15 fee
-Chairs- Nicole Nale & Lacey Bowen
Contemporary Festival Application
Contemporary Festival Rules and Guidelines
Contemporary Festival Results

Classical & Romantic Festival

The 2021 Classical and Romantic Festival will take place February 21 - $15 fee
-Chairs- Nobuyo Nishizaka & TBD
Classical & Romantic Festival Application
Classical & Romantic Festival Rules and Guidelines

Concerto Competition

Auditions for the Concerto Competiton - TBD
Concerto Winners Rehersals - TBD
Concerto Winners Concert - TBD
Registration Deadline- TBD

Guidelines for the event include:
1 movement performed at the audition for 3 Judges.
There will be 2 age categories, 1 Junior and 1 Senior.
The students' teacher may accompany them at the audition.
The audition fee will be TBD.
Chair: Gillian Smith
Assistant:
View Previous Event Flyer
Concerto Competition Application Form
Concerto Competition Rules and Guidelines (currently being developed)
Results

Certificate of Merit

VIEW 2020-2021 CM CALENDAR

CM Evaluations will take place during March 2021 exact dates TBD
Registration Oct.1-31
Fees paid by Nov.5, 2020

For more info please visit the Certificate of Merit page

Certifcate of Merit Honors Festival

The 2021 CM Honors Festival will take place TBD
-Location- TBD
-Chairs- TBD

1st Registration deadline TBD
2nd Registration deadline TBD

The Festival is for students who were awarded honors in the Certificate of Merit program. There is no enrollment fee for participation in this festival.

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.]

Certificate of Merit Honors Festival Rules and Guidelines

Southern California Junior Bach Festival

The aim of the Southern California Junior Bach Festival is to celebrate and cultivate knowledge and understanding of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Through festivals, lectures, master classes, recitals and concerts, SCJBF offers many opportunities for musical growth to the best of Southern California's young instrumentalists and vocalists.

The 2021 San Fernando East Valley Branch Bach Festival will take place virtually via YouTube video submission March 1 - April 4, 2021
The fee for a soloist is TBD. The fee for an ensemble is TBD (total).
Fee deadline: TBD
-Chairs- Arisa Ogino & Cortlandt Jones

The 2021 Southern California Junior Bach Regional Festival will be TBD

For more information and to register please visit:
http://www.scjbf.org/

Southern California Junior Bach Festival Rules and Guidelines

List of Bach Festival Winners

Scholarship Competitions

The 2021 Scholarship Competition will take place on TBD
Location: TBD
Fees deadline: TBD
-Chairs- TBD
Music Scholarship Competition Application
Scholarship Competition Rules and Guidelines

Spring Festival - General Recital & Scholarship Winners Concert

The 2021 Spring Festival will take place Sunday, May 23
Location: TBD
Fee TBD per solo student and TBD per student in a piano duet
- Chairs- TBD
Spring Festival Rules and Guidelines
List of Scholarship Competition Winners

**General Recital registration/fee deadline is the Monday 13 days before the event (postmarked by that day).

*Festival and Competition registration/fee deadline is the Monday 20 days before the event (postmarked by that day).

Recitals, Festivals & Scholarship Competition