​CM Evaluations 2025

CM Enrollment is Now Open Email Link​

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Online CM Evaluations

• Media Submission Period:  Jan 25 - Feb 4, 2025

In-Person CM Evaluations

• In-person Evaluation Date:  Jan 18-19, 2025 

• Location:  Claremont Community School of Music, Claremont, CA

Virtual CM Teacher Training:  Sep 1, 2024 (suggested watch by date)

Online Registration:  Sept 1 - 30, 2024  (Online System opens for enrollment)

Parents Pay Online:  Sept 1– Oct 5, 2024

REPERTOIRE Entry & Apply for Convention Recital:  Sept 1, 2024 - Dec 15, 2024 (Input Online)

CM Results Publish Date:  Feb 24, 2025 (Teachers),  Feb 26, 2025 (Parents)

Panel Regional Application Edit Close:  Dec 15, 2024

PANEL Regional Media Submission  Due Date:  Jan 18-28, 2025

PANEL Results Publish Date:  Feb 24, 2025 (Teachers),  Feb 26, 2025 (Parents)

PANEL Final App. Deadline:  Mar 8-10, 2025

PANEL Final Media Submission Deadline:  Mar 18, 2025

PANEL Results Publish Date:  Apr 3, 2025

Deadline for Teachers to Report Evaluation Results Errors:  Mar 6-16, 2025

Deadline for Convention App and Parents Pay $66:  Apr 15, 2025

CM Make-Up App. Open:  Apr 1, 2025

CM Make-Up App. Close:  Apr 15, 2025

Convention Schedule Publish Date:  May 15, 2025

CM Certificates Send Out:  May 2025

MTAC Convention Dates:  July 4-7, 2025​

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 2025 MTAC CONVENTION THEME RECITAL

Special theme for 2024 and 2025 is

Music by

Women Composers

Piano, Strings, Voice, Winds: Levels 3 – Advanced

Harp: Levels 1 – Advanced

Performance Time Limit: 7 minutes

(students may perform up to 3 short mvts from a suite or collection)

 

Official Recording Cover Sheet for all CM 2025 Repertoire Videos

All online CM Students will need to hold up an official MTAC recording cover sheet at the beginning of each repertoire video recording. The Recording Cover Sheet will be posted on the CM Teacher Resources and the CM Parent Resources page.

 

Students who do not use the recording cover sheet will receive an "Ineligible Results" rating for that repertoire piece.

 

CM In-Person Evaluation Options

Students and parents will have the option to select either an in-person evaluation at a Regional Testing Center or online evaluation through the Online Testing Portal. Students and parents will not be able to make a change to their Evaluation type after the payment has been submitted.

 

Beginning for CM 2026, students will also have the option choose a Branch location if their home Branch offers a .

 

Panel Level Eligibility Update

Beginning for Panel 2025, students must be in the Advanced Level in order to be eligible for a Panel Regional Audition for all instruments. No exceptions will be made.

 

New CM Technique Recording Process

All CM Online Students must use the Official CM Technique chart found on the MTAC Online System in their recordings. The students using the official CM Technique Chart need to show their technique chart to the camera at the beginning of their recording. Students who utilize any other technique charts (i.e., from the CM Syllabi or created by a teacher) will receive an "Ineligible for Certificate" rating.

 

In-person students will be provided with an official Technique chart when they arrive for their evaluations. No outside charts will be allowed.

 

Theme for CM Theme Recitals

The CM recital theme for the 2025 Convention will be Music by Women Composers. More information about the theme is posted on the CM Resources section of your Teacher Portal.

 

Deadline for Teacher Remarks to Evaluator
Teachers are welcome to leave remarks to their evaluators regarding their student's CM applications, such as issues with the student's instruments, or other items of notice for the evaluator. These remarks must be submitted by December 15. No remarks will be accepted after December 15.

 

Please note: this is not a section to submit a Special Needs Accommodation (SNA) Request. In the case where information regarding the special needs of a student are included in the Teacher remarks box, these comments cannot be taken into consideration for the evaluation as this is not the official process for submitting a SNA request.

 

CM Syllabi for CM 2024 - 2025

As stated in Spring 2024, the new CM Syllabi for all instruments will not be released until the late spring of 2025, to be used for CM 2026. Please continue to use the current CM syllabi for CM 2024 - 2025.

 

Collaborative Pianists Must Use Same Sheet Music Format as Student
Students who will be working with Collaborative Pianists need to ensure that their Collaborative Pianists uses the same sheet music as the student participant, which they uploaded as part of their scan. If the student uploaded a scan of an original, published music book then the Collaborative Pianist must use an original, published music book.

 

If a Collaborative Pianist is found to use a photocopy or a digital device without proof of purchase, then the student will receive an Automatic Remain At Level.

 

Please note: the Collaborative Pianist does not need to be visible in the recordings.

 

Students Should Show Sheet Music To The Recording Device
New this year, students must show the original music or downloaded music with digital authorization to the camera before they begin to perform. This helps confirm the use of original music in the performance. However, because this is a transitional year there will not be a penalty if the original music is not shown to the camera, as long as original music is used.

 

If the use of a photocopy is evident, the student will receive a Remain at Level Result.

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Reminders

 

CM Enrollment Period

Teachers are able to create CM applications in September and parents need to submit their payments by October 5, 2024. Here are the registration dates below:

• CM Application Period open: September 1, 2024

• CM Application payment open: September 1, 2024

• CM Application Period close: September 30, 2024*

• CM Application payment close: October 5, 2024

• CM Grade/Level Change Requests close: October 5, 2024

*This includes applying to all levels of CM, Panel and YAG, and submitting Special Needs Accommodation Requests.

 

The full CM calendar will be available in your Teacher Portal.

 

Using Photocopies for Page Turns

MTAC Policy states that students who use photocopied sheet music during their video recordings or live evaluations will receive an automatic Remain at Level rating for their evaluation. The only exceptions are copies to facilitate page turns (an original, published sheet music book must be on the music stand during the video recording or the live evaluation) and copies for confirmed out-of-print material. If the original, published sheet music book is not on the music stand, the student will receive the Remain at Level rating.

 

CM Policies and Procedures for CM 2024 - 2025

The updated CM Policies and Procedures will be posted in August 2024 to both the Teacher and Parent Portals. This will include:

• Updates to this year's programing

• Updated Panel and YAG guidelines

• Updated CM Convention Recital guidelines

• General reminders

All new updates and deadlines are listed in red in the policies.

 

Contacting Your Regional Coordinator

If you have questions about repertoire or technique, you can contact your CM Regional Coordinator through the red “Help” button located on the CM page of your Teacher Portal.

 

For technical assistance, please contact the MTAC State Office. Office hours are Monday through Friday, from 9 AM to 5 PM PT.

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