San Diego MTAC
May 18, 2012

 
 

 

VOCE COMPETITION

Important Dates and Deadlines

BRANCH  

VOCE Competition

- Click here for REVISED 2012 Winners

- What is the VOCE Competition?

- VOCE Guidelines Poster for students, teachers and parents

Branch Registration Begins November 1, 2011
Branch Audition Fees $45/solo; $35 per student for ensembles
Registration Deadline January 23, 2012 postmark – Mail (1) proof of age
(copies of birth certificate or passport) and (2)self –addressed, stamped envelope (one large stamped envelope with $1.22 postage, 9x10 or 10x13)
to:
VOCE Branch Chair, Angela Rowland
Please find Angela Rowland’s contact information online in the post-login menu listing “Managing Teachers.
 
     
Competition Festival February 12, 2012 The location of the festival will be sent to you with the registration confirmation.  
     
STATE    
Finals Open Enrollment January 31, 2012 – March 1, 2012  
State Audition Fees $60/solo; $45 per student for ensembles  
State Finals April 29, 2012 at Chapman University
333 North Glassell, Orange, CA 92866
 

MTAC Convention VOCE Winners Recital
July 1, 2012, Town and Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego


Please refer to the VOCE Guidelines and State website for
full details about the competition/festival.
www.mtac.org

Audition Information

    1) Original scores are to be provided to the judges by each performer. No photocopies allowed.
         Photocopies (for the students or the judges) will result in immediate disqualification.
    2) Each contestant or group of contestants will be allowed nine (9) minutes to perform. The judges
         may choose whether or not to hear the cadenza(s), and/or if they wish to stop a contestant if they
         have exceeded the time limit.
    3) Judges may select a first, second and third - place winner for each category. Ties are allowed.
         The judging panel reserves the right not to award a 1st place winner in every category.
    4) The judges’ decisions are final.
    5) Awards

        There will be award ceremonies throughout the day following each category. Each performer will receive a Certificate of Participation

Repertoire
All repertoire must include at least one piece from the standard literature for that category. No transcriptions, arrangements or abridged versions will be accepted. Selections written with piano accompaniment must be performed with a pianist. Unaccompanied solo works are acceptable entries if paired with a concerto.

Vocalists
Choose three selections composed in the original languages, specifically to include one work in English and two works in languages other than English. Everything is to be memorized.

Solo Instrumentalists
Choose two contrasting works, representing different musical eras, styles and tempi. At least one piece must be a concerto or the equivalent (with orchestral accompaniment). All solo pieces must be memorized, including Sonatas.

Chamber Music/Ensembles
Choose two (substantial) contrasting movements, selected from the standard repertoire, representing two different musical eras. Major sonatas for piano and one other instrument (either a wind or stringed instrument) may be considered an ensemble piece if the piano part is written as an equal to the other and not considered an accompanying part. Sonatas performed within the ensemble category should be performed with music.


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