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SCJ Bach Festival will be held on April 5, 2008 (Saturday) in La Mesa United Methodist Church.
Eligibility:
Only Active Teacher members may enter students in SCJ Bach Festival. A teacher should not present any students as one’s own until after an enrollment of 6 months unless by consent of the former teacher. No limit will be placed on the number of student from any studio participating at a Branch Festival since the purpose of the Festival is to encourage students to study and perform the works of J.S. Bach.
Students playing instruments other that organ shall not have reached their 19th birthday by April 1, 2008; organists, their 22ndbirthday, and vocalists, their 25th. Student may play more than one instrument but may appear only once on each instrument at any one Branch or Regional Festival.
REPERTOIRE:
At the branch level, students may play any original music of J.S. Bach, transcriptions of Bach, or music of other Baroque composers. However, to be eligible to play in the Regional Festival, the following exceptions must be kept:
1. No music from the Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook, ANH 113-132
2. No works by other Baroque composers.
3. No transcriptions other than those made by L. S. Bach himself from his own works.
Music need not be limited to the Complete Works Audition Official List of Bach’s works in order to be eligible for Regional Festival.
Music from the current Official List is required ONLY at Complete Works Audition.
Multiple pieces must be from the same work or as categorized on the CWA list.
The following rules will be strictly enforced:
1. Time limit for Branch and Regional Festivals is 5 minutes and also at the Complete Works Audition.
2. All music is to be performed by memory, except in categories XVII Organ, XX Flute, XXV Ensembles, where memorization is optional.
3. Students MAY NOT PRESENT photocopied music to the judges and accompanist may not use photocopied music.
4. Student must perform the same music and in the same category, at the Branch and Regional Festivals, and also for the Complete Works Audition, but complete as shown on the Complete Works List. Multiple pieces must be from the same work or as categorized on the CWA list.
5. No student may use the same piece nor use the same movement or section of a work he presented at any preceding year at Regional.
6. No student may use the same composition, or any part thereof, that was presented in any preceding year at Complete Works Audition, except for the Goldberg Variations.
7. A student may enter on more than one instrument in a Branch Festival, but may not enter on the same instrument twice.
8. Student with works from the Complete Works List must be a winner at Regional Festivals in order to be eligible for CWA.
9. Students selected for first, second, and third place in the CWA must be present at the Memorial Awards Program on order to receive their medal.
10. Repeats in repertoire are optional.
11. Transfer students must have consent in writing from the previous teacher in order to participate in SCJ Bach Festival if the student has been with the new teacher less than 6 months.
12. Accompaniments for keyboard concerto are required for the CWA with the exception of the Concerto for two keyboards. Accompaniments are optional at the Branch and Regional level. Teachers may not accompany their own students. All movements of the Concerto are required for Complete Works.
13. Alternates are accepted up to 24 hours prior to the regional Festival.
14. Alternates are accepted for CWA if they in the Regional Festival and are a regional winners.
15. All fees are non-refundable.
16. The decision of the judges is final.
17. Teachers, students, and parents are prohibited from personal contact with judges before, during and after the competition.
Beginning in 2008, registration for SCJ Branch Festival will be conducted online only. The scjbf.org website gives you detailed information for registration. Please, read carefully complete instructions for teachers first.
Registration deadline is March 1st, 2008 (Saturday). No late registrations will be accepted!
Student Evaluation Sheet ( 3 copies for every student),master list of students, 2 (small and large) self - addressed stamped envelopes, and one check for all entering students, drawn on the teacher's account made payable to " MTAC SD Branch", should be in my hands( Not Postmarked) by March 5, 2008 (Wednesday).
NO EXCEPTIONS.
Special thanks to all of the teachers for their help at the Bach Festival last year. If we all want SCJ Bach Festival to be successful, pleasant and memorable event to our students, every teacher
\M U S T contributes their time and help to carry out this competition.
If you have any questions about repertoire, rules, fees, and applications, please, do not hesitate to contact me at 858-452-9914.
Wish you a very successful year.
Anna Stal
SCJ Bach Festival Chair, annastalpiano@yahoo.com |
