TMTA Publication Contest
ENTRY DEADLINE: December 16, 2016 (postmark)
CHAIR: Dorothy Yan
ENTRY FEE: $12.00
Guidelines
- This Student Affiliate activity is for grades 1-Post 12.
- There is no theory requirement for this competition.
- Any number of articles may be submitted. Teachers entering more than one student are urged to have students write on different topics, if possible.
- The topics are purposefully broad to allow the student journalist freedom of perspective.
- The articles should be written so that others of the same age will be able to read them.
Publication Contest Topics 2016-2017
Grades 1 and 2
(75 – 300 words)
IA The Nutcracker Ballet
IB Meet the Orchestra
Grades 3 and 4
(250 – 550 words)
IIA “Peer Gynt Suite” by Grieg
IIB Characteristics of Romantic Era Music
Grades 5 and 6
(400 – 650 words)
IIIA Beethoven’s 5th Symphony
IIIB Characteristics of Contemporary Era Music
Grades 7 and 8
(500 – 750 words)
IVA Berlioz’s “Symphonie Fantastique” IVB Baroque Concerto
Grades 9 and 10
(600 – 850 words)
VA Verdi and Wagner – The Giants of 19 Century Opera VB Virtuoso Performers in the Past and Present
Grades 11 and 12
(700 – 950 words)
VIA Expressionist Opera
VIB Renaissance Music
Young Artist (Post-12)
(750 – 1050 words)
VII Music and Politics: Trace the interplay of protest and/or power in a chosen composition
Video Contest Topic: “What does it feel like to be a conductor?”
(Grades 4-8 and 9-12)
(60 – 120 seconds including credits, which should be no more than 10 seconds)