We are happy to welcome you as a participant in the Pennsylvania state level of the MTNA Competitions on Sunday, November 24, 2019 in Penn State, University Park. To make your competition process as smooth as possible, please review the following guidelines and procedures. All information is listed with your competition entrant number that you have received via email. If you have any other questions, please contact the appropriate competition official.
- Sign in at the registration desk and have music checked. Besides music for you and your accompanist (if applicable), bring one (1) score of each piece you are performing for the judges (MARK MEASURE NUMBERS AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH LINE/SYSTEM IN THE MUSIC YOU WILL GIVE THE JUDGES).
- You will be assigned a warm-up room and time close to your competition time. Practice facilities at the competition site will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Be outside the competition room ten (10) minutes before your scheduled performance time.
- All entrants should be present for the announcement of the results at the completion of each individual competition.
- In their winner email notification, state winners will be provided a link to Division Online Instructions.
- MTNA recommends that students under the age of eighteen (18) be accompanied by an adult at all levels of the competition. MTNA will exercise all reasonable caution to provide a safe environment for all entrants but cannot guarantee the safety of all entrants.
- Teachers, coaches, entrants, parents and guardians should not interact in any way with judges before or during the competition at any level.