Festival
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Families, please use the form below to view a history of your child's Festival participation, including pieces and scores.
What is Festival?
All students participate in Festival each March and December. Festival is designed to promote the study of music, especially American music, and to encourage students to reach a high standard of musical achievement.
Festival is hosted by the Nampa Musicale, our local chapter of the National Federation of Music Clubs, the world's largest philanthropic music organization. Founded in 1898, NFMC awards over $750,000 annually in awards and scholarships. Over 150,000 students enter the NFMC Festivals each year all over the United States. Approximately 4500 Idaho students participate every year.
Festival includes many events on all kinds of instruments. Piano events include:
- Piano Solo (Held in March)
- Musicianship Theory (Held in March)
- Patriotic/Folk Song (Held in December)
- Piano Duet (Held in December)
- Hymn Playing (Held in December)
Why Participate?
- Festival challenges students to polish and memorize their music, enhancing their musicianship skills.
- Students receive a written evaluation from a qualified judge, a certificate, and points toward Gold Cups.
- When the student has earned 15 points in an event, their first Gold Cup is awarded.
- Junior High and High School students can audition for scholarships through the Festival program.
Festival is Non-Competitive
The student plays a warmup and two memorized pieces in front of a judge, in a private room (no audience). Students are judged on an objective scale based on individual merits, not by comparison to other students.
| Rating | Points |
| Superior | 5 |
| Excellent | 4 |
| Satisfactory | 3 |
| Fair | 2 |
| Needs Improvement | 1 |
Festival Levels
- Pre-Primary (age 8 and under)
- Primary I-IV
- Elementary I-IV
- Medium
- Moderately Difficult I-III
- Difficult I-II
- Very Difficult I-II
- Musically Advanced I-II
Enrollment
Festival occurs in the Fall and Spring of each year, with separate events at each Festival. I will select the appropriate level for each student. In each school year, the fee is $15.00 for the first event, $13.00 for each additional event, and $9.00 for the theory exam.
Information Sheet for All Students
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