Students signed up for CM:
Certificate of Merit is coming up very soon! Keep working diligently on your pieces, technique, & sight-reading AND keep studying that theory & ear training!
Keep ALL 3 days open in your schedule for now: March 5, 12, & 13, 2011! We will receive specific evaluation times for each student soon.
For those of you who are LEVEL 4 or above below is the requirements to qualify for Branch Honors that the judges look for.
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Requirements for our Regular Branch Honors are as follows:
Ø Recommendation from the adjudicator
Ø Level IV or above
Ø All pieces performed by memory during evaluation (Strings and Winds: Memorization in accordance with syllabus)
Ø All pieces performed well–all at Level 4 quality during evaluation, same as the convention requirement)
Ø Theory/ear training score 80% or higher
Ø Sight-Reading excellent or good
Ø Technique excellent
Ø Chosen piece must be 5- or better. If no piece is at a level of 5- or better, please circle “no” for Honors and do not give any numerical rating. Thank you.
Ø Maximum length of piece: 5 minutes
We expect a “convention level” performance to quality for Honors. Please give a rating to the student’s best piece according to convention definitions:
5 – Polished performance, very musical, mature
4 – Well performed, musical
3 – Generally accurate, less sense of musicality
2 – Insecure performance, lacking musicality
1 – Poor performance, inaccurate and unmusical
