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Friday 5th March - Sunday 7th March, 2010 Dumfries Academy  

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Music Section Rules.

Please read these carefully before completing an Entry Form
Entries
Fees:-
Solo £4.00
Duet/Trio/Quartet/Quintet £7.00
Groups of 6-12 £8.00
Groups of more than 12 £9.00

N.B. Primary School Choirs limited to 40 voices

Cheques should be made payable to D.D.M.F.A.

Closing Date For Entries:-
Entries should be sent to D.D.M.F.A. Mrs D. Jaap,
3, Maxwelltown Drive, Dumfries, DG2 9JH
no later than 1st December 2009

Entry Forms:-
All forms should be completed in BLOCK CAPITAL LETTERS and accompanied by a Stamped Addressed Envelope so that a timetable can be sent A.S.A.P. Please note that no timetable will be sent unless a S.A.E is received.

Extra entry forms can be downloaded from the Festival website www.dumfries-music-festival.org

Music:- Own Choice Pieces
On the Entry Form full details of each chosen piece must be given, i.e. title, composer and most importantly, the DURATION of the piece to enable the timetable to be made up A.S.A.P. Inaccurate timing leads to classes and sessions over-running. In some Classes a time limit is prescribed. In addition, for Senior and Open classes the time limit for own choice items is SIX MINUTES. Competitors playing over either this given time limit, or performing significantly longer than the previously submitted duration, may be stopped and /or disqualified.

Copies of Own Choice music should be sent with the Entry Form, clearly labelled with the Competitor’s name and Class number. If the Official Accompanist is required for Own Choice pieces a printed copy NOT A PHOTOCOPY should be sent, clearly labelled with the Class and Competitor numbers, preferably with the entry form but NO LATER than 12th January otherwise the Official Accompanist will not be available.

Ensembles must submit a Score of the chosen piece, not individual parts.

Please refer to the section on Photocopying.

Music:- Set Test Pieces
Every effort has been made to ensure that all test piece music is available and this can be sourced from

Mackay Music,
3 Cathcart Street,
Ayr
KA7 1BJ
Tel/fax +44(0)1292 289562
Website www.Mackaymusic.com. 

However, should difficulties arise in acquiring any test piece please contact the Music Secretary 01387 255924.

All Test Pieces (except in the Singing Games /Action Song /Under 18 Vocal Solo Classes) must be performed in the key in which they are set in the edition prescribed.

Changes to Original Entry
Should a Competitor require to change the ‘Own Choice’ piece, this will be accepted provided:
a) It does not exceed the duration of the original choice
b) The appropriate number of copies is received by the Music Secretary by 12th January of the Festival year
Should Teachers/Tutors require to change entrants’ names originally submitted, this will be accepted provided:
a) The name is a replacement in the same Class and not additional to the original entry.
b) Notification is given to the Music Secretary by the 12th January of the Festival year.

N.B. Any changes may be too late for the programme.

 

  

Official Accompanist.
Competitors must indicate on the Entry Form if the Official Accompanist is required. If so 2 copies of Own Choice pieces must be submitted by the due date so that the accompanist has time to look over and practise the various pieces. This does not apply to set Test Pieces.

Competitors entering the Senior and Open Instrumental Classes, who wish the services of the Official Accompanist , should consider their choice of music very carefully before making their submission. Please remember that the accompanist generally has no previous rehearsal with the player/s.

N.B. Competitors failing to provide the music by the due date or offering different ‘Own Choice’ pieces on the day may be adjudicated but will not be graded or be part of the Competition.

Trophies
 Winners are responsible for having trophies appropriately engraved. All trophies should be returned to Mr. A. Cameron, Lochside Education Centre, Lochside Rd., Lochside, Dumfries by the end of January of the Festival year, or to Mrs. Maxine Windsor, Middlefield House, (opposite Little Chef) Annan Road, tel. 01387-750536.

Qualifications
In classes where age limits are specified, the date at which age is taken is 1st March of the Festival year.

In order to marry competitor and competition, instrumental classes are grade-related rather than age-related.
The bandings are approximately as follows and relate to the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.

Preliminary: Up to and including Grade 1
Elementary/Junior: Grade 2 / 3
Intermediate: Grade 4 / 5
Senior: Grade 6 / 7
Open: Grade 8 and above

Competitors may not enter more than one Competition within each section e.g. Piano- Intermediate and Piano -Senior.

Photocopying
The Music Publishers Association has issued a Code of Practice on copying copyright works, and the following concession is made for copying ‘Own Choice’ pieces from volumes only for the adjudicator. Other items must not be copied without the permission of the copyright holder. Original music must be available at the performance.

" When an Own Choice piece is selected from a publication containing several different works and is not published separately, one copy may be made for the use of the adjucator at a competition or festival provided that the competitor or participant has already purchased his / her own copy and that the copy made is retained and destroyed by the Administrator of the Competition or Festival immediately after the event. This permission specifically does not apply to prescribed pieces."

Competitors are advised that this permission applies only to the copyright holders who are members of the Music Publishers Association (listed at the back of the Code of Practice Leaflet, obtainable from the Association at 103, Kingsway, London WC2B 6QX). It is the competitor’s own responsibility to ensure that they seek permission to copy direct from any copyright holder whose name does not appear in the MPA List. Single copies of items may not be photocopied without the prior permission of the copyright holder. The permission does not apply to making photocopies for the Accompanist who should always have a printed copy from which to work.

Photocopies for the Adjudicator must be legible, or they may be refused.

The Executive Committee supports the Federation’s warning that the photocopying of music is illegal. All competitors must have an original copy of the material at the performance.

Other
1. All competitors, other than conductors, must be amateur musicians.
2. Competitors, other than conductors, may not take part with more than one competing team or choir in any one competition.
3. All Set Pieces are to be performed with piano accompaniment unless the syllabus especially states otherwise. Competitors may either use their own pianist or the Official Pianist.
4. Competitors will be required to bring their own music stand /s to the venue. Conductor’s stand will be provided.
5. Conductors must not sing with their choirs.