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 qualified to participate at the Regional (piano at UW-River Falls) and State (Flute at UW-Oshkosh) on May 10, 2025:  This list shows the student & pieces:

  1. Lily B. - B-Ancient Dance by Micahael Praetorious; C-Sonatina by CH Wilton; TC-The Queen’s Royal Entrance by N&R Faber
  2. Julia P. - B-Tambourin by Jean Philippe Rameau; R-Cowherd's Song by Edvard Grieg; C-Polonaise by Wolfgang A. Mozart
  3. Henry F. - B-The Cuckoo by Louis-Claude Daquin; R-Sonata in c minor, D.958, mvt. 3 by Franz Schubert; TC-Moonlight Fantasy by Melody Bober
  4. Grace H. - R-Catch Me! Op. 15 No. 3 by Robert Schumann; TC-A Peaceful Mountain Trail by Kevin Costley; B-Gigue in G Major from Sonata No. VI by Thomas Arne
  5. Jane M. - R-Chivalry March (Spirit of Chivalry) Op. 100, No. 25 by Friedrich Burgmuller; TC-Winter’s Echo by Sara Kreilein; B-Invention No. 8 by JS Bach
  6. Kirsten N. - B-Siciliano from Sonata No. 2 in Eb Major by JS Bach; R-Melody by R. Schumann; R-Adagio Nobile by Joannes Donjon
  7. Matthew B. - TC - Daybreak by Kristen Allred; R-Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 in Eb Major by Frederic Chopin; C-Sonata in Ab Major by Franz Joseph Haydn, Hob. XVI/43 mvt. 1