Chairperson:

Hwei-Lan Luo

Competition Date and Location:

Sunday, November 7, 2010   –
Westminster Choir College, Princeton Hall

Recital Dates and Locations:

Friday, Sat. & Sun., November 19, 20& 21, 2010–
Location : Voorhees Chapel, Rutgers University

Awards:

1st Place Winners – Trophies as well as Performances in the Winners Recital at the NJMTA State Conference

2nd  Place - medal

3rd Places, Honorable Mention & Participants – Certificates

All winners should make arrangements to pick up their awards at the State Conference if they cannot attend the award presentation at the conference.

How to Enter:

Teacher should print all the required information on both sides of the entry form located in the “Registration Entry and Trophy Award Forms” section of the Yearbook and collect fees from students.  Mail the entry form with ONE teacher’s check payable to “NJMTA Competition” to:

Hwei-Lan Luo 
10 Blossom Hill Dr.  
Plainsboro, NJ 08536     

hweilanl@yahoo.com

Fee:

$35 per student. Please make one check for the total registration fee and another check of $50 Deposit for the job duty. The deposit check will ONLY be cashed if the teacher has a job assignment and does not show on the competition day.  Please understand that we are very short of volunteers and need all the teachers’ support for the event. The duty deposit fee will be refunded when he/she completes his/her duty. Please send a separate check from Registration Fee.

Registration Deadline:

Postmarked no later than Monday, September 20, 2010. A late fee of $35 is charged for entries postmarked between Sep. 21 and Sep. 24. Absolutely no forms will be accepted postmarked after Sep.24. Entries postmarked after Sep. 24, 2010 will be returned. Application forms will not be processed until the late fee is received. Application forms must be sent by regular mail. No certitfied mail, please.                            

Student Eligibility:

Entrants must have studied the performance medium of the competition with the same member teacher for a minimum of six months of the nine months proceeding immediately the first day of the month in which the state competition is held.  Students of any age are invited to compete.  Students will be grouped according to their age as of October 1st, 2010.  Exceptions to the six-month eligibility requirement will be allowed in the following situations:
                     

• If the regular teacher is incapacitated or on sabbatical leave

• If the family moves out of the area                          

• In the case of a collegiate freshmen or transfer students. 

Under such circumstances, a certified letter from the original teacher explaining and approving the change in teachers must be submitted with the official application form.  Both teachers must satisfy teacher eligibility requirements for NJMTA competitions and both teachers must be recognized in any matter related to the competition. 

Teachers Eligibility:

The teacher must be a member of NJMTA and current membership dues to NJMTA must be paid on or before September 1st, 2010.  An exception to the September 1st payment of teacher dues will be granted to a teacher joining NJMTA for the very first time.  The on-time exception will allow the teacher to pay state dues on or before the postmarked deadline of the competition.  An NJMTA member with Student Membership status may not enter students. The teacher and the entrant may not be the same individual.  The Primary teacher of the performing medium of the competition must be the teacher who enters the student in the competition.

Repertoire:

Selection of the repertoire is at the discretion of the teacher, with the following requirements: Two pieces from memory:

1.    Either Baroque or Classical

2.    Either Romantic or Modern

* Please use MTNA Composer Classification List  in the year book for your reference.

Maximum Performance time:

Through age 10                10 minutes
Ages 11-14                     15 minutes
Ages 15-17                     17 minutes
Ages 18-collegiate           20 minutes