MTAC Sacramento County Branch Memorial Scholarship Recital

Guidelines and Requirements

MTAC Sacramento County Branch Memorial Scholarship Recital

Date and Time: Sunday, May 18th, 2025, from 1pm - 4pm

Location: Music Exchange, 1537 Howe Avenue Unit 206, Sacramento, CA 95825

MSR Winners’ Soiree (Command Performance): Sunday, June 8th, at 7pm at a home in McKinley Park.

Application Deadline: April 18th, 2025
Application is available online at https://www.sacramentomtac.org/memorial-scholarship-registration. Proof of age must be shown at the time of check-in.

Entry Fee

  • $36 per student for all divisions. If participating as a group, each student pays a $36 fee.

  • Students will be redirected to pay the fee on our website after submitting their registration form.

  • They must pay the fee online—other forms of payment or payment from teachers will not be accepted.

Eligibility

  • An MTAC Sacramento County teacher may enter a maximum of three entries per division.

Repertoire

  • Equivalent to CM Level 5 and up.

  • Students must bring one original music score with numbered measures for the evaluator.

  • The same composition may be used in only ONE of the following recitals: Baroque Festival Honors Certificate Recipient, Memorial Scholarship.

Time Limits

  • Division I (ages 11 and under): 8 minutes

  • Division II (ages 12 to 14): 10 minutes

  • Division III (ages 15 to 18): 10 minutes

  • For chamber ensembles, the average age of the players must be within the Division age range.

Awards

  • Division I: $100

  • Division II: $150

  • Division III: $200

  • Up to three monetary awards can be awarded per division at the discretion of the adjudicator. The decision of the adjudicator is final.

  • Past winners will not be eligible to win again in the same division.

Event Format

  • This event will be held in a recital format, with one adjudicator evaluating.

  • Each recital will last approximately one hour.

  • The recital is open to the public.

  • All winners of the event are invited to perform at a Soiree (Command Performance) on Sunday, June 8th, at 7pm at a beautiful McKinley Park home.

Dress Code

Attire:

  • Knee-length dresses, skirts, or dress slacks with an appropriate top.

  • Dress slacks with a tucked-in, buttoned, collared shirt or sweater.

  • Coat and/or tie optional.

  • Not Allowed: jeans, cargo pants, shorts, workout clothes, sports uniforms, t-shirts, tank tops, bare midriffs, or tops that are low cut, backless, or strapless.

Shoes:

  • Dress shoes.

  • Not Allowed: athletic shoes, sneakers, casual sandals, flip-flops.

Additional Requirements:

  • Neat, clean hair, pulled back from the face.

  • Short nails.

  • Students who do not adhere to the dress code will not be allowed to perform.

Questions

  • Parents: Please direct questions to your teachers.

  • Teachers Only: Please direct questions to recital chair Natsuki Fukusawa.