Certificate of Merit is a comprehensive program of music evaluation for students offering annual adjudication in Keyboard, Strings, Winds and Voice. All students from ages 5 on up are welcome to participate. The students are evaluated in the following five areas: performance, sight-reading, theory, ear training and technique. Each student must be registered online at the State website (new.mtac.org) in one of eleven levels by October 31, 2017.
There will be a Branch Meeting on September 19, 2017 at the Escondido Library from 10:30 – 12:30, which is mandatory for teachers with students in CM (doors open at 10:00). Make-up meetings may be scheduled for September 23 (afternoon) and September 26 (7 p.m.).
BRANCH AND KEYBOARD CHAIR: Joanne Stohs (jrstohs@gmail.com)
VOICE EVALUATIONS AND THEORY
Date: February 24, 2018
Location: Temecula
Chair: Cindy James (cindyjames@cox.net)
STRING EVALUATIONS ONLY
Date: March 11, 2018
Location: San Diego Music, San Marcos
Chair: Lynne-Marie Friedrichs (angelicstrings@cox.net)
WIND EVALUATIONS AND THEORY
Date: March 24-25, 2018
Location: Cal State San Marcos
Chair: Jane Masur (janemasur50@gmail.com)
KEYBOARD EVALUATIONS AND THEORY
Dates: March 17-18, 2018
Location: Cal State San Marcos
Chairs: Joanne Stohs, Keyboard Chair (jrstohs@gmail.com),
Nelly Kras, Keyboard Teacher Scheduling and Theory Chair (NellyKras@aol.com)