CHAIRMAN: | Chiao_Li Tsai: (505) 610-1580 chiaoli97@gmail.com 703 Cannon Ln, Sugar Land TX 77479 |
DEADLINE: | December 1, 2023 |
FEE: | $20 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.
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The TMTA SA Publication Topics for 2023-2024 are: | Grades 1 and 2: (75 – 300 words)
IA – Music of the 19th century IB – Music for film
Grades 3 and 4: (250 – 550 words) IIA – Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf IIB – Music for the organ
Grades 5 and 6: (400 – 650 words) IIIA – American protest music of the 1960s IIIB – Beethoven
Grades 7 and 8: (500 – 750 words) IVA – Revolutionary music IVB – Music and mental health
Grades 9 and 10: (600 – 850 words) VA-“Les Six” VB – Music for video games
Grades 11 and 12: (700 – 950 words) VIA – Lowell Lieberman VIB – Music and/of migration
Post-12th (750 – 1050 words) VII – Music influenced by symbolist poetry |
GUIDELINES: | Eligibility
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TMTA STUDENT AFFLIATE VIDEO ESSAY CONTEST (The Creative Video Contest has been discontinued.)