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Junior Composers ContestLFMC has awards for the LFMC Junior Composers Contest winners!
LFMC Junior Composers Contest Awards Class IV: First Place $200, Second Place $100 Class III: First Place $150, Second Place $75 Class II: First Place $100, Second Place $50 Class I: First Place $50, Second Place $25 And NFMC offers additional awards up to $300. Congratulations to the following 2024 LFMC Junior Composers Contest Winners!
The following students earned Gold Cups in the Junior Composers contests this year: CONGRATULATIONS to our Juniors who advanced in judging to Regional and National Judging! The First and Second Place winners in each Class advanced to regional judging, with two regional winners from LFMC, Melanie Freedman and Jacob Johnson, whose pieces advanced to national judging. Melania Freedman received an NFMC Incentive Award for $100 in the NFMC judging. Chairman: Melanie Perez, MelaniePerezPiano@gmail.com
The LFMC Junior Composers Contest encourages Junior members to develop their talents in composition.
All LFMC Junior Composers applications and materials must be uploaded to the NFMC website.
Follow the directions on the JR 7-1 form for uploading all materials to the NFMC website.
Entrant must be a member of an LFMC Junior Club.
Only one composition per student may be entered.
Compositions will be judged on the following categories: Melody, Harmony, Rhythm, Form, Originality,
Appropriate Writing for the Instrument(s),Idiomatic Constructs, Expressive Content, Notation, Other.
Gold Cups! LFMC now fully participates in the official Federation Gold Cup program for the Junior Composers Contest.
It is a wonderful point system based on their ratings. And the points are HIGHER in the Junior Composers Contest!
A Superior earns 7 or 8 points (see below)!
So Gold Cups have the potential to be awarded sooner and more frequently!
Gold Cup Points awarded as follows:
8 points for a Superior for 2 or more instruments
7 points for a Superior
6 points for an Excellent
5 points for a Satisfactory
3 points for a Fair
1 point for a Needs Improvement
Entries will be judged in four divisions:
Junior Class I - ages 9 and under The TOTAL fee is $21: NFMC Contest Fee: $5 State Fee: $10 Federation Cup Fee: $6 Total: $21 There are three (3) parts to the application (score, recording, payment). All three parts must be uploaded to the NFMC website prior to February 1 (NOTE: The Application Form (JR 7-2) is no longer used.)
Follow the rules and the submission process on the JR 7-1 (see link below to download).
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LFMC WINNERS Class I |
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Student Name, Age |
Composition Title |
Teacher Name |
1st Ava Mai, 9 |
“The Spelunky Spirit” |
Melanie Perez |
2nd Sophia Perez, 9, Regional HM |
“The Brave Knight’s Funeral” |
Melanie Perez |
LFMC WINNERS Class II |
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1st Nicholas Chen, 12 |
“Duet for Oboe and Piano” |
Melanie Perez |
2nd Aaliyah Poptani, 10 |
“Circus Gone Wrong” |
Rebecca Bellelo |
LFMC WINNERS Class III |
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1st Advait Ramesh, 15, Regional Winner |
“The Cat and the Mouse” |
Evan Arceneaux |
2nd Isabella Hays, 14 |
“The Storm Within” |
Rebecca Bellelo |
LFMC WINNERS Class IV |
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1st Matthew Vuong, 16 |
“Westward Bound” |
Melanie Perez |
2nd Adam Ledet, 18 |
“Great Hills” |
Melanie Perez |