Bach/Baroque Festival and Competition, Virtual

Bach/Baroque will be a virtual event for 2021.  Teachers will receive a video submission form shortly after the registration deadline which they will forward to their students.  Festival students will submit one video that does not have to be continuous.  Competition students will submit their video made in one continuous take, like an actual performance.  All videos must be submitted by Feb. 27, midnight.  (Updates have been made to both Festival and Competition video submission guidelines below.  Be sure to read through all requirements).

Application Requirements

1. Please register at new.mtfest.com.
2. Pay fee online through new.mtfest.com.  Click on Billing, then click on the $ next to the event.  Pay with Visa or Mastercard.  After payment is made, you may print a copy of the invoice for your records.  You do not need to mail anything to the Chair.  No late applications will be accepted.  All fees are non-refundable

Levels and Time Limits

Repertoire Requirements

Festival

• Repertoire:  Play 2 memorized pieces, one by J. S. Bach and a second piece by J. S. Bach or another Baroque composer.  Any piece with a BWV number, including all pieces in the Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook, is acceptable as the first piece.
• Format:  video submission.  Playing both pieces in one continuous video is optional.  However, they still will submit only one video.
• Adults:   memory optional

Competition

Piano:

• Repertoire: Play 2 memorized pieces. Choose the first piece (by J S Bach) from the following list:
  1. A Little Prelude (BWV 899-900, 902, 924-928, 930-931, 933-941, 943, 999, 902a);  4 minutes total playing time
  2. A 2-part Invention;  4 minutes total playing time
  3.  A 3-part Invention (Sinfonia);  7 minutes total playing time
  4. A movement from a French or English Suite or from a Partita;  7 minutes total playing time
  5. One Prelude and Fugue set (both with the same BWV number) from either volume of WTC;  10 minutes total playing time
• In categories 1 through 4, the second piece may be by any Baroque composer or by JS Bach, except for pieces from the Anna Magdalena Bach collection.
• In category 5, no additional piece is needed.
• Format:  Students submit 1 VIDEO OF BOTH PIECES (an unedited video made in one take like an actual performance) that will be reviewed by judges who will write a critique.  Students with worthy performances who might otherwise have been advanced to the Second Round will be acknowledged by the First Round judges and awarded the Second Round ribbon.

Strings:

• Open to pre-college students grades K through 12, and adults

• Repertoire: Play 2 memorized pieces, one by J. S. Bach and a second piece by J. S. Bach or another Baroque composer. Published arrangements from Suzuki books or other anthologies are accepted.

• Format: Students submit one video (an unedited video made in one take like an actual performance) that will be reviewed by judges who will write a critique.  Students with worthy performances who might otherwise have been advanced to the Second Round will be acknowledged by the First Round judges and awarded the Second Round ribbon.

Voice:

• Open to pre-college students grades 9 through 12, and adults

• Repertoire:  Sing 2 memorized arias, one by J. S. Bach and a second piece by J. S. Bach or another Baroque composer. Any piece with a BWV number, such as aria from mass and Magnificat (BWV 232–243) or aria from Passions and Oratorios (BWV 232–243) accepted. For second piece, aria in Italian, German, English or French from standard Baroque repertoire is accepted.

• Format:  Students submit one video (an unedited video made in one take like an actual performance) that will be reviewed by judges who will write a critique. Students with worthy performances who might otherwise have been advanced to the Second Round will be acknowledged by the First Round judges and awarded the Second Round ribbon.

Eligibility

Festival

• Open to pre-college students grades K through 12, and adults

Competition

• Open to pre-college students grades K through 12.
• A student who is chosen for the Honor’s Recital one year, cannot participate in the Competition the next year.  The student can participate in the Festival and then return to the competition the following year.

Awards

Festival

Certificate of Participation

Competition

Students with worthy performances who might otherwise have been advanced to the Second Round will be acknowledged by the First Round judges and awarded the Second Round ribbon.

Teacher Guidelines

Teachers who enroll 1 to 10 students are obligated to judge for 3  hours; teachers who enroll 11 or more students are obligated to judge for 6  hours.  Teachers must be available to help in other capacities at the discretion of the chairman.

Teachers must agree to abide by the Teacher Responsibilities.

If a participating teacher needs to hire a substitute, they must inform the chairman no later than two weeks prior to the event.

Please let the chairman know if you are willing to work extra hours as a judge at the rate of $60/hour.

Judging Workshop notes