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Multiple Piano Festival--November 22nd, 2008 at Vance Brand Auditorium, Longmont
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The Multiple Piano Festival provides an opportunity for piano students to participate in a large ensemble event. Since 1985, this annual event has consisted of approximately 250 students playing duet repertoire on twelve grand pianos. A repertoire list is distributed at the May meeting and MPF committee members perform samples of each

programmed duet. Each student auditions with partners and will be required to play their piece(s) at pre-specified metronome speeds. Then students must attend several rehearsals where they work with a conductor.

2008 Repertoire List (PDF)
2007 Registration Form (MS Word Document)
2007 Letter to Teachers (MS Word Document)

BAMTA Music Festival--February 2, 2008
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The second annual BAMTA Music Festival will be held on February 2, 2008. Each student is required to perform one piece from the selected era (2007--Baroque) and one contrasting piece. They must both be memorized and prepared carefully. Two adjudicators will write comments and select several winners from each category

(Elementary--grades 3-5, Intermediate--grades 6-8, Advanced--grades 9-12) to play on the Honors Recital that evening.

Additional Festival Information
Festival Entry Form

Ensemble Festival

This event is a chamber recital in which each ensemble includes at least one BAMTA student. It is designed to encourage collaborative music-making, and ensembles of all levels are invited to participate. BAMTA teachers are responsible for selecting repertoire and chamber partners, coaching the ensembles and attending the program to help with set-up, clean-up and reception details. All participants contribute to the reception. The 2007 Ensemble Festival will be Saturday, May 19 at 4 p.m. at Harvest Baptist Church. Program information (students, instrument, piece, composer) should be sent by May 4 to Julie Goodman-Post, 1895 Alpine 37-J, Boulder, CO 80304 303-417-9081. Harvest Baptist Church is located at 7493 Old Mill Trail, Boulder. Directions: From Boulder, go north to Jay Road, east to 75th Street, north a short distance to Old Mill Trail. From the north, you may take Lookout Road to 75th Street, south about a mile to Old Mill Trail. The church is on the west side of 75th Street.

Achievement Day--May 10, 2008, at the College of Music, University of Colorado
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BAMTA sponsors this special event at the University of Colorado each spring for students of BAMTA teachers. This wide-spectrum event promotes broad musicianship - emphasizing skills that support music as a lifetime pursuit.

 

Achievement Day allows students to participate at levels Preparatory through Level 12. Their participation in Achievement Day begins with two evaluated performances of selections from classical repertoire. One of the required selections is to be performed by memory. If a student chooses to play more than the two required pieces, they can include popular, jazz, folk, or sacred music.

Beyond the two required performances, there are more than 22 student-selectable activities relating to Achievement Day, providing choices to interest, motivate, and challenge each music student. Of the selectable activities, students choose at least 2 or as many as 5 (a "Super Achiever" category). Students can choose to take written tests, demonstrate musical skills, and/or prepare (in advance) a special project.

Written Tests are offered in music theory, terms & signs, music history, and ear training. Performance Skills may include additional pieces, duets, sight reading, improvisation, scales, chords, and arpeggios. Special Projects may include compositions, reports on composers, and art or construction projects related to music.

For more information please refer to the files below.

Selection
List of Options PDF
2008 Teacher Information PDF
2008 Registration Form PDF

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Scholarships
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Annual scholarships are awarded on the basis of financial need and playing ability. Applications are due June 1 and include an application form, recording of the student's performance, parental financial report, and teacher's letter of recommendation. This information is then evaluated by the scholarship committee. Identities of teachers and students are not known to the committee members. The scholarship money is distributed in time to be applied to the fall tuition.

Scholarship Form

BAMTA Graduating High School Senior Award
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The Student's BAMTA teacher should submit a typewritten Letter of Recommendation by April 15, 2007 to Lois Abbuhl, 1321 Whitehall Drive, Longmont, CO 80501.

Beginning with Spring Graduation 2006, BAMTA started a special recognition to acknowledge an outstanding graduating high school senior at the recipient's high school. The award will consist of a plaque or framed certificate and a special gift (approximately $100) appropriate to that student's interest.

BAMTA members in good standing may submit a letter of recommendation for their graduating student(s) who have contributed to the enrichment of the musical community through participation in BAMTA activities, community theater, high school band ensembles, accompanying, as a church musician or other musical venues.

Through this award BAMTA wishes to expand its presence in the community and increase communication with the schools. We will be in contact with the recipient's high school music teacher to make arrangements to honor this student in the appropriate awards ceremony.

The Letter of Recommendation Should Include:

  • The Student's Name, High School, and BAMTA Teacher's name
  • Tell about the student's music awards and accomplishments,
  • List venues in which the student's musical talents have been shared with the community.
  • List the student's participation in BAMTA activities
  • Describe student's post-high school music plans.
  • If the student has substantial school music involvement, please have the High School Music teacher provide a signature, phone number and comments regarding the student's participation in the school music program.

The award recipient will be announced at the BAMTA meeting on May 2, 2007.

Recommendation form (MS Word Document).