The next WMTA District Auditions will be held March 29, 2025.  It will be held at UW-Eau Claire throughout the day.  The following information is a summary of what you need to know from the WMTA website: http://www.wisconsinmusicteachers.com/  Feel free to check out this website to learn more details about this and other WMTA competitions.  

For Flutists progressing on to the State Competition: UW-Oshkosh state competition is held May 10, 2025.

For Pianists, grades 4-up, who qualify, you will compete at the REGIONAL Competition at UW-River Falls on May 10, 2025.  If you are the WINNER there, and are grades 7-12, you will compete in the WMTA State Piano Competition on May 17.  Location - UW-Stevens Point.

  • Students can enter on ANY instrument in which they are receiving lessons under a WMTA teacher.
  • All Grades 1-12 and adults can audition non-competitively for comments and points with 2 Memorized OR 2 Non-Memorized pieces.  The Non-memorized category only allows for 4 points per piece.
  • Grades 1-3 may also memorize 3 pieces.
  • Grades 4-12 have the opportunity to audition to compete at the Regional and State Competitions in May...3 memorized songs are required for this category  (Instrumentalists only need memorize one piece for state).
  • Grades 7-12 have one other option as well:  2 memorized & 1 non-memorized song
  • A Musicianship Test is taken by each student.
  • Songs must be 16 measures long.
  • All memorized songs must be played by memory for Mrs. Statz no later than 3.5 weeks prior to auditions.
  • Entry fees:  2 songs:  $25; 3 songs: $30
  • Students may also partner up in an ensemble to perform!
  •      3-5 student performers - $35 total due
  •      6-10 student performers - $45 total due

Plaque and bar awards are given based on a point system when students reach 22 points, 50, 75, 100 and every 25 points after 100.  Students earn points with each song they perform and for their theory exam each year, as well as if they progress and compete at the state level.

I'm happy to answer any questions you may have....Sandra Statz

The following students will be participating on March 29, 2025:

  1. Alex B. - TC- Flute of the Andes by N&R Faber; TC-The Haunted Mouse by N&R Faber;
  2. Lily B. - 
  3. Matthew B. - C-Sonata in Ab Major by Franz Joseph Haydn, Hob. XVI/43 mvt. 1; R-Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 in Eb Major by Frederic Chopin; TC-Beyond the Stars by Jennifer Eklund
  4. Mandy D. -C - Sonatina in C Major by Jean Theodore Latour; R-Sonatina in C Major by Albert Biehl; TC-Last Day of Summer by Diane Hidy;
  5. Henry F. - B-The Cuckoo by Louis-Claude Daquin;
  6. Graham G. - C-Valse in C Major by Anton Diabelli; R-Tarantelle, Op. 100, No. 20 by Johann Burgmuller; TC-A Dash for Timber by Catherine Rollin
  7. Grace H. - B-Gigue in G Major from Sonata No. VI by Thomas Arne; Catch Me! Op. 15 No. 3 by Robert Schumann; TC-A Peaceful Mountain Trail by Kevin Costley
  8. Norah K. - B-Minuet by Johann Krieger; C-Ecossaise by Ludwig van Beethoven; TC-Folk Dance, Op. 39 No. 17 by Dmitri Kabalevsky
  9. Jane M. - B-Invention No. 8 by JS Bach; R-Chivalry March (Spirit of Chivalry) Op. 100, No. 25 by Friedrich Burgmuller; TC-Winter’s Echo by Sara Kreilein
  10. Kirsten N. - ML$0 - R-Melody by R. Schumann; R-Adagio Nobile by Joannes Donjon
  11. Isaac P. - ML$0 - TC-Indian Trail by Kathleen Massoud & TC-Look at What I Can Do! by Nancy Faber
  12. Julia P. - B-Tambourin by Jean Philippe Rameau; C-Polonaise by Wolfgang A. Mozart; R-Cowherd's Song by Edvard Grieg
  13. Elizabeth P. (D2) - TC-Bright Side by Diane Hidy; TC-My Best Friends by Mike Springer
  14. Annabelle T. (D2) - C-Minuetto in C Major by Franz Joseph Haydn; TC-Night Winds by Sandra Hahn