Composers Today

Encourages and stimulates teachers and students to write music and offers opportunities for evaluation, recognition and performance of original compositions. The program includes a non-competitive MTAC Evaluation, Branch Contest, State Contest, Branch Composers Festival Recital, State Convention Symposium Recitals and Winners' Recitals and a Young Composers Guild (YCG). Annual teacher and student workshops are also held. The following materials can be ordered from Central Office: The Composers Today Syllabus - A Guide to Teaching Composition, The Craft of Composition student workbooks (Preparation Level through Level 5), The Improvisation Syllabus and The Improvisation Games and Activities Book.

Composers’ Today Evaluations - Original compositions by either a teacher or a student are submitted by January 15 for evaluation. Each entrant receives a certificate as well as comments, suggestions and ratings by two evaluators. Pieces with a rating of 4 or 5 may be submitted by April 15 to the Composers Today State Symposium Chair for consideration for Convention Symposium Recitals.

Chair: Laurie Fischer-Blaisdell 714-392-5026 laurieannfischer@yahoo.com

Sunday, January 15, 2012 Composition Evaluation Deadline
Friday, April 15, 2012 Deadline to submit evaluated compositions to
state for Symposium consideration

Eligibility Requirements: Any student or teacher, any level or age
Other Requirements: Composition manuscript must be done entirely by the composer, either by hand or computer.
Fee: varies according to length of composition, starting at $25.00
Application can be downloaded from MTAC website or made available from Laurie Fischer-Blaisdell.

Send application with composition to:

Laurie Fischer-Blaisdell
507 W. Maple Avenue
Orange, CA. 92868

All student entrants are invited to play at the Composers’ Festival Recital.

Composers’ Festival Recital -
Orange County/Orange County North Branches

Summary: This is a recital to celebrate the original compositions written by students who have entered their pieces in C/T Evaluations, the Branch Contest, the MTAC State Contest or YCG.

Co-Chair:
Laurie Fischer-Blaisdell 714-392-5026 laurieannfischer@yahoo.com
Elizabeth Lucus 714-742-7355 liz@lucusnet.com

Sunday, May 20, 2012
2:00PM
Salmon Recital Hall at Chapman University

Fee: None
Time Limit: 5 min.
Eligibility Requirements: see summary above

Dress Code: Boys - Buttoned shirts, slacks, dress shoes.
Girls- Street length dress/skirt, or dressy slacks and dress shoes.
Composers’ Today State Composition Contest - A highly competitive contest for MTAC teachers and students throughout California. Original compositions are judged by two judges. All entrants receive written comments. The winners of the contest must perform the winning pieces at Convention in order to receive their cash prizes.

Chair:
Laurie Fischer-Blaisdell 714-392-5026 laurieannfischer@yahoo.com

Date Compositions due: March 30, 2012 to:

Laurie Fischer-Blaisdell
507 W. Maple Avenue
Orange, CA 92868

Fee: Varies according to division

Application: available from Laurie Fischer-Blaisdell or downloaded from MTAC website.

Requirements: Original composition may be any form, any style, any length, for any voice(s) or instrument(s), including multi-media.

Time length: Composition may be any length. Convention performances are limited to 5 minutes.

Eligibility Requirements: Any student or teacher, any level or age.
Other Requirements: Composition manuscript must be done by the composer, either by hand or on computer.