41st Annual Sonata Contest
Registration Deadline—January 12, 2010
Postmark Deadline - Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Contest Date—January 30, 2010
Sonata Coordinator: Vincentine Williams
Paperwork Chairman: Elizabeth Petro
(You must be a member of MMTA in good standing to enter students in this contest.)
Repertoire List | Information Sheet | Guidelines | Entry Form | Certificate List | Signature Form | Governing Rules
Governing Rules
(Revised, May 2000)
- Students of members in good standing of MMTA are eligible to enter the contest for a non-refundable fee of $15.00. The information sheet located in the yearbook gives the name and address of the current Sonata Contest Paperwork Chairman, states the time and date of the deadline, and gives detailed instructions regarding the registration procedure. Also located there are the registration form and certificate list.
- The minimum age of students is 7 years by contest date.
- All music must be performed from memory without repeats, except in the case of a da capo, which completes the form of the piece. Any student using music will be evaluated but not considered for awards.
- Pre-registration is conducted at the January meeting of MMTA. The playing order of students in each level is determined by random drawing. Students must perform in consecutive order to be considered for awards. Latecomers, though disqualified, will be allowed to play and receive the judge's evaluation.
- All teachers who enter students in the Contest are expected to be on the premises all day to help in whatever capacity needed.
- All performances in the Sonata Contest shall be open to the public so far as space permits.
- Flash photography, video and audio taping are prohibited in the performance rooms, but permitted elsewhere.
- Children under the age of five will not be allowed in the performance rooms. Audience members are expected to remain in the room until all contestants have performed. The only exception made here is for parents having children performing simultaneously. They must identify themselves to the door monitor in advance and exit or enter between performances.
- Prior to their performance, students are allowed a warm-up of either a scale, cadence or arpeggio; the pedals should be tested at this time. This warm-up should be limited to approximately 15 seconds. No other practice time is allowed on the premises that day.
- After all contestants in a given classification have performed, the judge shall select a first, second and third place winner and designate these rating on the students' evaluation sheet. Honorable mentions may be given at the judge's discretion. No recall of students is permitted.
- First place winners will receive a trophy, second and third place winners, medallions, and honorable mentions will receive ribbons. All students will receive a certificate of participation during the awards ceremony and the judge's written evaluation from his/her teacher at a future lesson.
- Participation trophies shall be presented during the awards ceremony to students who have performed in the contest for 5, 8, and 10 or more years.
- Winners in each classification will be announced in the lobby throughout the day as the judges' decisions are reached and the decoding process is completed, a lapse of approximately 20 mintues after the final contestant's performance.
- A first place winner in any classification must proceed to a higher classification the following year.
- A student may not be entered in more than one classification in any one year.
- Level 20 is limited to SENIORS in high school. They shall perform the first movement of a sonata by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven, which they have not previously played in the Sonata Contest.
- Students enrolled in college at the time of the Sonata Contest registration and studying with MMTA members shall be eligible to enter the college level.
- Repertoire requirements for the college level shall be either the first or last movement of a sonata by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven which that contestant has not previously played in the Sonata Contest.
- A college first place winner may not re-enter the Sonata Contest unless it is in the adult category.
- Any adult studying with an MMTA teacher is eligible to enter the adult category. Ratings of Superior, Excellent or Good will be received by performers in this category in lieu of trophies. Each performer will play a movement of a sonata/sonatina which that student has not previously played in the Sonata Contest.
- The editions specified on the current sonata list will be given the judges. If other editions are used in teaching, it is the teacher's responsibility to resolve discrepancies.
- Absolutely no changes whatsoever will be allowed once the pre-registration is completed on the night of the deadline.
- Commemorative T-shirts listing names of all participating students and teachers will be available for sale each year with the income offsetting the cost of the contest. The design will be an exclusive of the Mobile Music Teachers Association.
- Neither the Mobile Music Teachers Association nor the current Sonata Committee will be held responsible for any student entered in the wrong level, given the wrong performance time, playing the wrong piece, the wrong movement, or from a publication other than the ones specified. Students failing in any of these categories will be permitted to perform, to receive their certificates and critique sheets and if applicable, their participation trophies, but will be disqualified from competing for award.
- These rules may be amended only at the May meeting of MMTA.
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