News
April 30, 2021
MMTA Newsletter - April/May/June 2021
The April/May/June 2021 issue of the MMTA Newsletter is now available.
March 1, 2021
Judge Education Committee Members Needed
The Judge Education Committee is looking for new members. Please consider if this committee will be a good fit for your interests. It is preferred that you be an experienced MMTA Endorsed Judge and that you have considerable experience with students participating in MMTA’s quality and programs.
Our current committee is: Mary Fadden, Maria Grant, Sharon Kaplan, Jill Kilzer, Kay Koehnen.
What would you do as a JEC committee member?
February 18, 2021
2020-2021 Spring Event Dates
Due to the continuation of the pandemic, many Spring events have changed from in-person to virtual. An updated list can be found below. The situation is still fluid, so please watch for more updates as we move into March, April, and May.
December 7, 2020
Survey: Development of High School Musicians
John Bragle is a doctoral candidate at Boston University. He is conducting a research study of the development of high school musicians and their attitudes towards musical career paths, and would be love to have more high school pianists included.
What does it mean to participate?
- Students take a 10 minute survey.
November 17, 2020
Piano Contest and Piano Solo Festival NEW Information
This year the prerecorded virtual Piano Contest and Piano Solo Festival have some new rules and video submission deadline changes.
The students and teachers can make multiple recordings and submit their best take to the judge. The videos may not be edited.
November 17, 2020
MTNA Competitions 2020-2021 - State Level Results
Congratulations to all students who were selected as Winners, Alternates and Honorable Mentions in the Minnesota State MTNA Competitions for 2020-2021! Winners and Representatives will move on to the Regional Competition in January.
Junior Composition
Representative: Edward Ojard (Nick Susi)
Senior Composition
Representative: Evelyn Rohrbach (Pam Sohriakoff)
October 20, 2020
2021 Piano Contest, Piano Solo Festival, and Young Artist Piano Contest
Piano Contest & Piano Solo Festival
The Piano Contest and Piano Solo Festival deadline, December 1, is approaching fast. With the unpredictability of the COVID- 19 pandemics, we need to make adjustments to some of the deadlines, rules, and procedures this year.
Preliminaries
TC Sat, TC Sun, C, SWM, and SWNU districts will hold virtual pre-recorded Contest Preliminary and Piano Solo Festivals.
October 6, 2020
Oct/Nov/Dec 2020 MMTA Newsletter
Below is the October/November/December issue of the MMTA newsletter.
October 6, 2020
MMTA Virtual Ensemble Festival
Preparation suggestions for the MMTA VIRTUAL Ensemble Festival
to be shared via YouTube on November 21