General Information

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 www.mtna.org prior to the September 9, 2008 deadline.  

The 2008 PMTA/MTNA competitions will take place on Friday, November 7 at Mansfield University in conjunction with the PMTA Conference.  All competitions will take place in the music building. All levels of piano competitions will begin early in the morning so that they may be completed in time for the winners’ recital which generally takes place at 4pm.  Other instrumental and vocal categories may begin later in the day.  Winners are expected to participate in the recital. 

All entrants MUST check-in at the registration table in the main lobby of the Swope School of Music Building prior to their audition.  The registration table will be open by 5pm on Thursday, November 6 and throughout the day on Friday November 7.  Rehearsal time in the competition rooms on Thursday evening will be assigned to each entrant. 

Entrants will receive an email with their assigned Entrant ID # as soon as possible after the application deadline.  At that time competition rooms, rehearsal times and audition times will be listed by level/category and entrant ID # under For Entrants/Parents/Teachers. 

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We look forward to seeing you at Mansfield University and hope that this will be a very positive performance experience for you.   

 For information on the MTNA Composition Competition, visit MTNA.org.