2025 MMTA Composition Contest: 

Deadline: September 21st, 2025

General Rules and Guidelines

Entries:
• Open to any MMTA members and their students.
• One entry per person may be submitted.
• Compositions previously entered in MMTA Composition Festival and won
an award cannot be resubmitted.
• Compositions previously entered in MMTA Composition Festival but were
not selected can be resubmitted only if they have significant changes.

About the Composition:
• Compositions must be the original work of the person entering the
composition.
• Compositions must be notated. If the composition is hand-written, it must be in the composer’s own
handwriting. The composer may choose to submit a copy on computer-notation
software but the composer must produce the work. Non-traditional notation is acceptable, especially for younger
students. Number all measures.
• Compositions may be written for any instrument (s) or voice(s) or ensemble.
• Accompaniments are not required.
• Compositions must be audio recorded. If at all possible, the student composer should perform their own work. If the composition is for voicing or instrumentation or needs
accompaniment then having additional performers is acceptable

Entry Fee:  $25.00 per composition

About the judging process: 
• Entries will be divided into divisions by grades.
• Winners and Honorable Mentions will be named in each category at the
discretion of the judge.
• Winners and Honorable Mention will be noted in the printed booklet of
pieces.
• Winners and Honorable Mention will also be noted on the MMTA website
and the MMTA Facebook page.
• All students will receive a printed booklet of all the pieces as well as a
participation certificate.

2024 Composition Competition Booklet 

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2025 Composition Contest Winners:

Division 1 (Grades K-2)
Winner- Raymond Boateng
Honorable Mention- Dahlia Sanchez Luft 

Division 2 (Grades 3-5)
Winner- Evangeline Pagel 
Honorable Mention- Mia Makejenko 

Division III (Grades 6-8)
Winner – William Wu 
Honorable Mention – Lana Monahan 

Division IV (Grades 9-12)
Winner – Abbi Heinen 

Division 6 (Teacher)
Winner – Drea Wagner Ream

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