2026-2027 Competition Calendar
Performance Times
Updates
Director of Competitions
Winners’ Concert Announcement Junior / Chamber Music
Winners’ Concert Announcement Senior
Winners’ Concert Announcement Young Artist/ Stecher & Horowitz
National Performance Coordinator
Guidelines
Timeline
2027 Competition Map for Judges
2027 Competition Map for Entrants
2027 Competition Venues
Winners’ Announcement Junior
Winners’ Announcement Senior
Winners’ Announcement Young Artist
Winners’ Announcement Chamber Music
Winners’ Announcement Stecher & Horowitz
2027 Competitions Committee Agenda
2027 Finals Schedule on MTNA Website (Registration Hours)
2027 Junior Schedule
2027 Junior Schedule with Official Accompanist/ Chopin/ No Ebony
2027 Senior Schedule
2027 Senior Schedule with Official Accompanist/ Chopin/ No Ebony
2027 Young Artist Schedule
2027 Young Artist Schedule with Official Accompanist/ No Ebony
2027 Chamber Music Schedule
2027 Stecher & Horowitz Schedule
Competitions by Day Schedule
Room Schedules
Winner Handouts
Junior/ CM
Senior
Young Artist
Stecher & Horowitz
Sound Checks/ Pictures
2026 Junior/Chamber Music
2026 Senior
2026 Young Artist/ Stecher and Horowitz
2026 Pictures
2026 Shot Sheet (cameraman)
Packet Materials Needed:
Materials Needed for Orientation/ Balloting
MTNA will provide
Entrant Email
Performance Finalist Emails
Chamber Music Finalist Emails
Finals Information Link
Finals Competition Schedule Link
Judges:
2026 Judges
Judging Recommendations
Guidelines for MTNA National Judges
Judges’ Orientation
S&H Judges’ Orientation
Performance Judges’ Decision Form
Stecher & Horowitz Decision Form
Judges’ Comment Sheet (Blank)
– Ex. 1 timings on Comment Sheet (Judges)
– Ex. 2 timings listed (Monitors)
2026 Judges’ Comment Sheets
2026 Judges Schedule
2026 Junior Finalist Handout with Teachers (for judges at the end of competition)
2026 Senior Finalist Handout with Teachers (for judges at the end of competition)
2026 Young Artist Finalist Handout with Teachers (for judges at the end of competition)
2026 Chamber Music Handout with Teachers (for judges at the end of competition)
Registration:
Check in Hours
Registration Form
Late Registration Google Link
Registration Entrant Information (Jr/ Sr/ YA)
Registration Entrant Information (CM)
Registration Entrant Information (SH)
Monitors:|
2026 Monitor Timings
Inside Monitors (contact information)
Inside/Outside Monitor Instructions
Inside Monitor Competition Opening
Inside Monitor Competition Opening (S&H)
Outside Monitor Listing (Date/Time)
Balloting:
Procedures for Balloting
Winner Material Chart
Assembling Materials- Step by Step
Repertoire:
Repertoire Consultants
Google Sheet for New Composer Classifications
Repertoire Listing Do’s and Don’ts
Ebony Awards Repertoire List
2026 Competition Booklet
Entrant #’s
Comparison #’s
Stecher & Horowitz Handbook:
Guidelines (draft)
Finalist Letter
Preliminary Invitation to judge
Preliminary Judges Letter
Judges Payment Form
Entrant Non-Finalist Letter
PreConference Email
Registration Google Link
No Names Ranking
Preliminary Round Handbook (Brass/Voice/Chamber Music):
FAQ
Coordinator Position Description
Repertoire Requirements
Timeline
Ranking Procedures
Results Email
Coordinator Acceptd Guidelines
Judges Acceptd Guidelines
Requirements for Judges
Fee Schedules
Judges Guidelines
Judges Payment Form