The purposes of the Music Teachers National Association performance competitions are to provide educational experiences for students and teachers and to recognize exceptionally talented young artists and their teachers in their pursuit of musical excellence. The Pennsylvania state competition is the first level of the MTNA performance competitions and all state competitions are considered the primary educational level. Applications for all categories and levels must be submitted online at the MTNA website prior to the 3:00 PM EASTERN time on Wednesday September 11, 2019 deadline.
Location, Dates & Times
The 2019 PMTA/MTNA competitions will take place on Sunday, November 24, 2019 in Penn State, University Park. Depending upon the number of entrants, competitions may begin very early in the morning and will run until finished.
Registration
All entrants must check-in at the registration desk prior to their audition. The registration table will be open 45 minutes prior to the start of the first competition on Sunday morning. Warm-up times in a practice room will be scheduled for all competitors throughout the day on Sunday. Other practice rooms will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Entrants will receive an email with their assigned Entrant ID # on or before October 7, 2019. At that time competition rooms, warm-up times and audition times will be listed by level/category and entrant ID # under For Entrants/Parents/Teachers. Be sure you have registered with a current email address that you regularly check!
Lodging
There is no official hotel.
For More Information
- MTNA/PMTA Competitions Chairs
- Amanda Gunderson: gunderson@lycoming.edu
- Jacqueline Herbein: jhpianostudio@gmail.com
- MTNA Performance Competitions State Coordinators
- Junior: Douglas Jurs: djurs@allegheny.edu
- Senior: Darlene Ziegler: dzstudio@ptd.net
- Young Artist/Chamber Music: Kristin Stephenson: kms647@psu.edu
- MTNA Composition Competition State Coordinator
- Daniel Hall: halld@lycoming.edu