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In 1999 MACSA director Kenneth Thompson created the MACSA performance awards to recognize and challenge those students capable of making music at the highest level. The awards combine certain levels of competition success with required performance experience. Awardees have combined quality with quantity which is required for success in the field of music. See your private instructor for requirements.
MACSA Achievement Awards
The purpose of these awards is to recognize the remarkable achievements of the recipients and to set goals for those who have the potential to make music at the highest level. The awards combine achievement through different levels of competition with performance experience. Thus, awardees will have combined quality with quantity; which is required for success in the music field. Quality is measured by a student’s success in various levels of competition. Quantity is measured by the type and amount of intense performance experience that the student has completed. All requirements must be met on the same instrument. Awardees must be current MACSA students or recent graduates (although all past competition experience in Texas is counted). Names of recipients of these awards are on display at MACSA.
If you have not met these requirements but know you can, let this be a challenge to you to work hard enough to reach your potential!
MACSA Performance Honor Roll
The Performance Honor Roll is for those students, who because of the following criteria, can be considered among the best young performers in San Antonio in their age group. Those on the Performance Honor Roll have done the following 4 times in any combination: Performed at least 25 minutes of music on a recital, performed in the SAMTA Judge’s Choice Recital, won 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in any local or district competition, or have come close to completing the requirements for the Young Artist Award. A student may achieve the Performance Honor Roll more than one time.
MACSA Young Artist Award
The Young Artist Award is for those students, who because of the following criteria, can be considered among the best performers in Texas in their age group. Students must meet both the competition and the performance requirements.
Competition Requirement: Place 1st, 2nd or 3rd in any state, multi-state, national, or international level competition three (3) times.
Performance Requirement: Perform two (2) different solo recitals with at least 45 minutes of music each, or perform two (2) different concerto movements with an orchestra, or perform one (1) solo recital and one (1) concerto movement with an orchestra.
MACSA Artist Award
The Artist Award is for those students, who because of the following criteria, can be considered among the best performers in the United States in their age group. Students must meet both the competition and the performance requirements.
Competition Requirement: Place 1st, 2nd or 3rd in any state, multi-state, national, or international level competition five (5) times.
Performance Requirement: Perform three (3) different solo recitals with at least 45 minutes of music each, or perform three (3) different concerto movements with an orchestra, or any combination of these genres that equals three.