YOUNG MUSICIANS PIANO COMPETITION
PIANO SOLO
Chairman: Wendy Dengler, 8702 Granite Lane, Laurel, MD 20708
Competition Date: March 15, 2025 (This event is held in recital format)
Email Deadline: February 14, 2025 by 10:00 p.m. (Only e-mail entries on official excel entry forms}.
Fee: $15.00. No late entries will be accepted after deadline. Do not enter students unless they are available the entire day. Time alterations due to scheduling conflicts cannot be made. Entry fees are not refundable after entry. Include all fees in one teacher check to GLMTA and mail to Treasurer Wendy Dengler no later than February 15 AND send an e-mail to Wendy saying “Check is in the Mail”)
Eligibility: Any student 12th grade and under of a teacher member. First place winners from last year are not eligible to compete this year.
Levels: Divisions are made according to birth date and number of entrants. The adult level will be competitive only if 3 or more students wish to compete.
Awards: Each student will receive a critique and a certificate. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners (when awarded) receive a plaque. Honorable Mentions will receive medals. Awards will be given at the end of each group of students. Students must stay until the group’s end to receive an award.
Literature: Two contrasting pieces 10 years and under. Two periods of music 11 years and above. Only one movement of a sonatina, sonata or suite may be programmed as one piece. Literature may be changed after deadline if it meets the criteria. Please send change by email to chairman and $5.00 change fee per student per piece changed to GLMTA Treasurer immediately.
TEACHERS AGREE TO BE AVAILABLE (a minimum of 4 hours) TO HELP THE DAY OF THE COMPETITION IF ENTERING STUDENTS. Please note any restrictions in the application email.
TEACHERS: PLEASE REVIEW COMPETITION REGULATIONS UNDER THE “POLICIES” TAB.
WENDY G. DENGLER AWARD
Literature: A composition by Chopin, Mendelssohn, Grieg, Schumann, Schubert, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Albeniz, Granados, Faure, MacDowell, or Rachmaninoff
Eligibility: Student must be in 10th, 11th or 12th grade. Previous winners are not eligible. Award will only be given if there are three or more eligible students performing a required work.
Award: $50.00
*Note: The Student will be adjudicated at the same time as he/she performs the two pieces for the Young Musicians Competition.
YOUNG MUSICIANS COMPETITION (continued)
VOCAL SOLO or INSTRUMENTAL SOLO
Chairman: Wendy Dengler, 8702 Granite Lane, Laurel, MD 20708
Competition Date: March 15, 2025 (This event is held in recital format)
Entry Deadline: February 14, 2025 by 10:00 p.m. (Only e-mail entries acceptable on official excel entry forms)
Fee: $15.00 per Student (One teacher check to GLMTA and mailed to Treasurer Wendy Dengler postmarked no later than February 15 – And send an e-mail to Wendy saying “Check is in the Mail”).
Eligibility: Any student of a teacher member except last year’s 1st place winners. There must be a minimum of 5 entries to hold the event competitively.
Literature: Two contrasting pieces.
Time Limit: No time limit on length of pieces, but a maximum time limit for performance is:
age 12 and under-six minutes; 13 and above-10 minutes. If pieces exceed the limit, a judge will hear equal parts of each.
Awards: Each student receives a critique and certificate. 1st, 2nd (and 3rd Place, if 6 or more performers) receive plaques. Honorable Mentions receive medals. If fewer than 5 entries the performances will be heard online via YouTube recordings.
TEACHERS AGREE TO BE AVAILABLE (a minimum of 4 hours) TO HELP THE DAY OF THE COMPETITION IF ENTERING STUDENTS. Please note any restrictions in the entry e-mail.
YOUNG MUSICIANS PIANO EVALUATION
PIANO or INSTRUMENTAL or VOICE
Chairman: Wendy Dengler, 8702 Granite Lane, Laurel, MD 20708
Competition Date: March 15, 2025 (This event is held online)
Entry Deadline: February 14, 2025 by 10:00 p.m. Only (e-mail entries on official excel entry forms). Videos must be submitted on the same entry form no later than March 7 by 10:00 PM
Fee: $15.00. No late entries will be accepted after deadline. Entry fees are not refundable after entry. Send fees in one teacher check to GLMTA and mailed to Wendy Dengler postmarked no later than February 15 – with an email stating the check is in the mail..
Eligibility: Any piano student of a teacher member including adults who are not entering competitively. Students may not enter both events in the same year.
Levels: Divisions are made according to birth date and number of entrants.
Awards: Each student will receive a critique and a certificate.
Forms: Use Same from as the competitive event, but use the tab for the page dedicated to the Evaluation.
Time Limits: No time limit on length of pieces, but a maximum time limit for performance is: age 12 and under-six minutes; 13 and above-10 minutes. If pieces exceed the limit, a judge will hear equal parts of each.
Literature: Two contrasting pieces 12 years and under. Two periods of music 13 years and above. Only one movement of a sonatina, sonata or suite may be programmed as one piece. Literature may be changed after deadline if it meets the criteria. Please send change by email to chairman and $5.00 fee per piece per student to GLMTA Treasurer immediately.
Awards: Students will receive a special pin if they receive a superior rating. Pins will be allowed up to 40% of number of entries. Judge will be informed.