ADJUDICATIONS

 The Adjudications Project of the Washington State Music Teachers Association
is a self-supporting enterprise developed to encourage interest in music and to maintain
 standards of fine musicianship among student musicians.

*Keyboard Adjudications - download forms at http://www.wsmta.net/forms.html or contact Barbara Roberts. Registration deadline is the January meeting - January 18, 2011.  Important information regarding registration for piano adjudications, click here.

The purpose of WSMTA Adjudications is to:

1. Provide an educational experience which encourages goal-setting, persistence, and creativity.

2. Provide a performance opportunity for students where an objective evaluation of the student's skill and musicianship is made by an impartial, competent adjudicator.

3. Provide the teacher an opportunity to have his/her teaching evaluated objectively by a well-qualified, professional musician.  

Each student and ensemble will be given a written evaluation and oral comments from the adjudicator.  WSMTA will present a certificate to each student participating.

Those students who are enrolled in the "Musicrafters of America" program are provided a means of advancement through the ranks.

High School Credit students will receive a seal to be attached to their Adjudications Certificate, after performing two memorized pieces.

Adjudications encourages and enlists parental interest and support and provides a wholesome outlet for community pride.

It is understood that photocopied music will not be allowed.

To enroll students:

1. A teacher may put any or all students (from various levels of study) in adjudications.
There are six levels of achievement for school age students as follows:

  
GENERAL ADJUDICATIONS RULES FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS
AND VOICE TEACHERS

1. Teachers must be WSMTA members in good standing to participate in Adjudications.  Dues must be paid by October 15, for continuing members and January 10 for new members.  The date of payment is to be entered on the Teachers Registration Form.  Non-member registration is $125.00 plus student fees.

2. Every teacher, including student teachers, entered Adjudications must choose one form of evaluation described below.

    a. The Written Evaluation provides 10 minutes for the Adjudicator to write.  The written evaluation is available to all piano teachers entering a minimum of five students in Adjudications.  The written evaluation is available to voice, string, wind and percussion teachers entering a minimum of three students.

    b. The Oral Consultation provides discussion time with the Adjudicator concerning the topics related to teaching issues.  The Oral Consultation is the best choice if only one form of evaluation is chosen.  Teachers are encouraged to formulate questions for their Oral Consultation.

    c. Additional Written Evaluation and/or Oral Consultation time may be purchased with more than one Adjudicator when a teacher has entered a minimum of five students with each Adjudicator.

3.  It is imperative that teachers be timely in presenting fees and forms to the Chapter Adjudications Chair.  Adhering to MTNA policy, he/she is required to meet a postmarked deadline to insure Chapter Adjudications.
 
 
SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE LEVELS FOR ADJUDICATIONS

Level 1:
Agay                   Joy of First Classics
Bartok                 First Term at Piano
Kabalevsky         24 Pieces for Children, Op. 39
Tansman             Happy Time, Bk. 1
L.F. Olson           Menagerie
Martha Mier        Just Imagine Bk. 1
                            Best of Martha Mier
Robert Vandall    Elementary level selections

Level 2:
Bach                    March in D Major, Musete in D major
Bartok                 Children at Play, from "For Children,"  Vol. 1, No. 1
Gurlitt                 Return and the Storm
Dello Joio            Little Sister, from "Suite for the Young"
Schumann           Soldier's March, Melody, from "Album for the Young," Op. 68

Level 3:
Bach                   Short Prelude in C Major, BWV 924
Haydn                Selections from German Dances
Chopin              Waltz in a minor, Op. Posth.
                          Waltz in E-flat Major, Op. Post.
Kabalevsky        Five Happy Variations on a Russian Folk Song, Op. 51, No. 1
Khachaturian      Ivan Sings, from "The Adventures of Ivan"
Nakada               Selections from "Japanese Festival"
Mozart               Minuet in F, K.6

Level 4:
Bach                   Invention No. 8 in F Major
Clementi            Sonatina, Op. 36 No. 6
Debussy            Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum
Kuhlau              Allegro Burlesco, from Sonatina, Op. 88 No. 3
Schubert           Waltzes and Landers
Schumann         Knight Rupert or the Horseman, from "Scenes from Childhood"
Turina               Miniatures of The Circus

Level 5:
Bach                Movements from French Suites
Bartok             Rumanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56
Chopin            Waltz in b minor, Op. 69 No. 2
                        Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9
Copland          Three Moods or Four Piano Blues
Haydn             Sonata in D Major, XVI/37
Mozart            Sonata in G Major, K. 283
Mucznski        Preludes, Op. 6
Scarlatti           Sonata in A Major, K. 149, L93
Shostakovich   Preludes, Nos. 15, 16, 17
Tchaikovsky    June from "The Seasons,"  Op. 37B

Level 6:
Bach               Selections from English Suites
                       Prelude & Fugue in D minor, WTCI
                       Prelude & Fugue in G major, WTC I & II
Beethoven      Sonatas Op. 10 No. 1
                       Sonata Op. 14, No. 2
Brahms           Rhapsody in g minor, Op. 79 No. 2
Chopin            Etude in f minor, Op. 25,No. 2
Dohnanyi        Rhapsody in C major, No. 3
Liszt               Consolation No. 6 in D-flat Major
Scarlatti          Sonata in D Major  K. 96, L 465
                       Sonata in C Major  K. 420, L.S. 2

LITERATURE

1. Only published original compositions may be used in both solo and ensemble literature.  Arrangements or transcriptions by major composers (such as Liszt, Busoni, etc.) may be considered for students in Levels V (early advanced), VI (advanced) and VII (Collegiate).  Student compositions should not be used.

2. NO REPRODUCTIONS (either by hand or machine) of printed music may be used by accompanists, soloists, or provided for Adjudicators.  The ONLY exception to this rule is music which is out of print or still in manuscript (not published).  In either case, the student must present written permission from the publisher or the copyright holder to copy the music.  This MTNA rule is in the interest of professional ethics.

3. Music legally downloaded from the internet or printed form CD's must have the permission sheet from the internet site, CD, or the WSMTA Legally Copied Music Verification form, available at wsmta.net

4. Provide the adjudicator an original of the music, with measures numbered at the beginning of each line.