CHAIRMAN: | Chiao_Li Tsai: (505) 610-1580 chiaoli97@gmail.com 703 Cannon Ln, Sugar Land TX 77479 |
DEADLINE: | December 1 |
INSTRUCTIONS: |
Corrected papers being sent to the state level should be returned to the Chair by January 20. |
FEE: | $15 per student mailed to chair by December 1 Pay for your student’s registration:
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INFORMATION: | The purpose of the contest is to promote excellence in music research and publications. Students pick one of two topics for their grade level (grades one through college) and write an essay designed to explore and analyze the topic in an original, engaging way. Each article is judged at the local level and then the selected articles are judged at the state level. Judges award “Winner” and “Outstanding” articles which are published in the TMTA SA Publication Contest Book. Winners receive certificates and cash awards. After a student’s paper is judged at the local level, the paper will be sent back to the student. If it is deemed qualified to progress to the state level, the student will have an opportunity to make corrections based on the judge’s comments before being submitted.For more information, please go to the TMTA Handbook. |
The TMTA SA Publication Topics for 2021-2022 are: | Grades 1 and 2: (75 – 300 words)
IA – Music of Vince Guaraldi IB – American Children’s Songs (nursery songs/folk tunes)
Grades 3 and 4: (250 – 550 words) IIA – K-Pop IIB – The early music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Grades 5 and 6: (400 – 650 words) IIIA – Music of Franz Schubert IIIB – French Folk Music
Grades 7 and 8: (500 – 750 words) IVA – Music of Nobuo Uematsu IVB – Music of Sergei Rachmaninov
Grades 9 and 10: (600 – 850 words) VA – 20th Century Music for Harpsichord VB – Music and Ritual
Grades 11 and 12: (700 – 950 words) VIA – The Celesta and Its Music VIB – Music of Billy Joel
Post-12th (750 – 1050 words) VII – Schubert and Goethe |
TMTA STUDENT AFFLIATE VIDEO ESSAY CONTEST (The Creative Video Contest has been discontinued.)