Winterfest and Spring Festival Competitions
Winterfest (Romantic in 2019): The student is allowed to play, from memory, a piece(s) or one movement (sonata) from a specific musical period. Each year has a specific repertoire of musical period, and the student must play the repertoire from the suggested period. The theme applies only to the keyboard repertoire. All pieces must be published and available for purchase.
Spring Festival: The student is allowed to play any repertoire of one piece or multiple pieces if they are in the same collection (for example, different pieces but within the same opus number), or SINGLE MOVEMENT (Sonata) from any period except the arrangements of ragtime, pop music or classical pieces for the keyboard. A student who performs an arrangement or more than one movement of the Sonata will be disqualified from the competition. All pieces must be published and available for purchase.
Guidelines for the Festivals include:
1. Students will be divided into 7 different categories, according to their AGE.
Category I: 5-7 Years Old
Category II: 8-9 Years Old
Category III: 10-11 Years Old
Category IV: 12-13 Years Old
Category V: 14-15 Years Old
Category VI: 16-18 Years Old
Category VII: Adults
*Please note that the studentʼs age should be AS OF the Winterfest or Spring Festival date.
2. Application fees:
$40.00 up to 5 minutes
$42.00 up to 7 minutes (maximum time limit is 7 minutes)
3. The application deadline is 30 days prior to the day of the event. Teachers must send one (1) check to the Winterfest or Spring Festival Chair for the total amount of the studentsʼ fees payable to the MTAC Diamond Bar Branch. The application fee is non-refundable, except in the case of extenuating
circumstances. Also, a refund request must be made within a week after the application deadline.
4. All music must be memorized.
5. Awards: Trophies for the First, Second, and Third place winners, and medals for Honorable Mentions will be awarded.
6. Applicant must be studying with a teacher who is currently a member of the Diamond Bar Branch, and the student must have studied with that teacher continuously for a minimum of 6 months.
7. Students must provide judges with the original score of the repertoire they will be performing, having each measure numbered, and the specific piece bookmarked. No XEROX copies will be allowed.
8. Teachers must adhere to all the Recital Rules.
9. There is a maximum of 8 students per teacher. Applications that exceed the minimum amount of students allowed will be returned to the teacher.
10. The Program Chair is not required to handle special scheduling requests, with the exception of siblings.
11. Students playing over the maximum 7 minutes will be stopped, but not disqualified.
12. Videography and photography are strictly prohibited and will result in disqualification.
Spring Festival: The student is allowed to play any repertoire of one piece or multiple pieces if they are in the same collection (for example, different pieces but within the same opus number), or SINGLE MOVEMENT (Sonata) from any period except the arrangements of ragtime, pop music or classical pieces for the keyboard. A student who performs an arrangement or more than one movement of the Sonata will be disqualified from the competition. All pieces must be published and available for purchase.
Guidelines for the Festivals include:
1. Students will be divided into 7 different categories, according to their AGE.
Category I: 5-7 Years Old
Category II: 8-9 Years Old
Category III: 10-11 Years Old
Category IV: 12-13 Years Old
Category V: 14-15 Years Old
Category VI: 16-18 Years Old
Category VII: Adults
*Please note that the studentʼs age should be AS OF the Winterfest or Spring Festival date.
2. Application fees:
$40.00 up to 5 minutes
$42.00 up to 7 minutes (maximum time limit is 7 minutes)
3. The application deadline is 30 days prior to the day of the event. Teachers must send one (1) check to the Winterfest or Spring Festival Chair for the total amount of the studentsʼ fees payable to the MTAC Diamond Bar Branch. The application fee is non-refundable, except in the case of extenuating
circumstances. Also, a refund request must be made within a week after the application deadline.
4. All music must be memorized.
5. Awards: Trophies for the First, Second, and Third place winners, and medals for Honorable Mentions will be awarded.
6. Applicant must be studying with a teacher who is currently a member of the Diamond Bar Branch, and the student must have studied with that teacher continuously for a minimum of 6 months.
7. Students must provide judges with the original score of the repertoire they will be performing, having each measure numbered, and the specific piece bookmarked. No XEROX copies will be allowed.
8. Teachers must adhere to all the Recital Rules.
9. There is a maximum of 8 students per teacher. Applications that exceed the minimum amount of students allowed will be returned to the teacher.
10. The Program Chair is not required to handle special scheduling requests, with the exception of siblings.
11. Students playing over the maximum 7 minutes will be stopped, but not disqualified.
12. Videography and photography are strictly prohibited and will result in disqualification.
