Certificate of Merit (CM) 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–www.new.MTAC.org in one of eleven levels by October 31, 2019.
There will be a Branch Meeting on September 17, 2019 at the Escondido Library from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., which is mandatory for teachers with students in CM (doors open at 9:30). Make-up meetings may be scheduled for September 21 (2:30 p.m.) and September 23 (7:30 p.m.) and will be held at Joanne Stohs’ home.
BRANCH AND KEYBOARD CHAIR: Joanne Stohs (jrstohs@gmail.com)
VOICE EVALUATIONS AND THEORY
Date: February 29, 2020
Location: Temecula
Chair: Cindy James (cindyjames@cox.net)
STRING EVALUATIONS AND THEORY
Date: March 8, 2020
Location: Palomar College, San Marcos
Chair: Lynne-Marie Friedrichs (angelicstrings@cox.net)
WIND EVALUATIONS AND THEORY
Date: March 28-29, 2020
Location: Cal State San Marcos
Chair: Jane Masur (janemasur50@gmail.com)
KEYBOARD EVALUATIONS AND THEORY
Dates: March 28-29, 2020
Location: Cal State San Marcos
Chair: Joanne Stohs (jrstohs@gmail.com)