Wisconsin Badger Collegiate Performance Competition 

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Wisconsin MTA Badger Collegiate Performance Competition

Entrant Eligibility

• Entrants must be high school graduates who have not reached age 28 by April 1st of the year of entry and must be currently enrolled in college, studying their instrument or voice. 
  
• See the WMTA Events Handbook (2009 edition) under Teacher Membership Dues and Requirements For Entering Students in Auditions.

Competition Procedure for All Categories

• The entrant selects the first work to be performed; the order of the program is then determined by the adjudicator(s).
• Entrants may be stopped during the performance of any work due to time constraints.
• Only the performance time will be recorded, not the time between numbers or for tuning.
• Competition performances are open to the public; however, competition rehearsals are closed.
• Recording of any event pertaining to the competitions will not be allowed.

Competition Music

• Each entrant must provide the adjudicator or panel of adjudicators with one published edition (or satisfy the requirements for music that is
  out of print or still in manuscripts) of each work listed on the Official Application Form. Instrumentalists may submit either the solo part or the complete score.
• All music used by the entrant, accompanist and adjudicators at any level of the competitions may not contain the name and address of teacher, coach, entrant, parent or guardian, school or library.
• All music used by the entrant, accompanist and adjudicator at any level of the competitions must be submitted for examination prior to the entrant’s performance.
• Reproduction of printed music and/or text, either by hand or by machine, including transpositions and transcriptions, may not be used by entrants, accompanists and adjudicators for any part of the competition, which includes competition rehearsals and performances and concert rehearsals and performances. The only exception to this rule is for music and/or text that is out of print or still in manuscript and not published. In either of these cases, the entrant must, at each level of the WMTA competitions, present written permission to the competition chair from the publisher or the copyright holder to copy the music. It is recommended that the letter of permission be included with the Official Application Form to the Local Coordinator. This rule is not based on the Copyright Law, but is one made by WMTA in the interest of professional ethics.
• Reproduction of single pages, but not the entire score, may be used to facilitate page turns, and the appropriate published score must also be present on the music stand and/or music rack of the entrant and/or accompanist using reproduced pages.

Accompanists

• Entrants may be accompanied by anyone other than their teacher or coach at all levels of the competition for any event pertaining to the competition.
• Recorded accompanists are not permitted.

WMTA Badger Collegiate Artist Performance Competition
Repertoire Requirements

• The entrant must perform a solo recital program that includes significant representative selections from at least three (3) of the five (5) following classifications that demonstrate contrasting style characteristics and historical periods: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic, Contemporary.
• Once the above requirements have been met, additional selections may be submitted to complete the solo recital program.
• Memorization is required for all repertoire.
• The entrant will be allowed a minimum of 20 minutes and a maximum of 30 minutes performance time and will be scheduled for a maximum of 35 minutes in the competition room.
• At the request of the competition hosts and piano companies providing instruments, compositions for prepared piano are not allowed.
• The piano repertoire program submitted must be grouped according to the following classifications:

Please refer to the current edition of the WMTA Handbook section pertaining to the Badger Collegiate Performance Competition for additional requirements pertaining to Brass, Guitar, Organ, Percussion, Woodwinds, Strings or Voice.

The typed repertoire program submitted must include tempo markings, title and number of each movement, the performance time for each movement, the composer’s full name and historical period.

Application Deadline, Fees, and Materials

• Audition Date: Saturday, May 15, 2010
  Audition Site: UW-Madison School of Music
  Deadline: postmarked no later than April 17, 2010
  Entry Fee: $25.00