Rules and Regulations These are the Rules and Regulations that govern the 28th Annual Roberta Savler Piano Contest. For any discrepancies between the Rules and Regulations as given in the brochure and those that are published here on this page, the Rules and Regulations as given in the brochure take precedence. CONTEST DATE Saturday, April 5, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CONTEST VENUE Roosevelt University, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago APPLICATION DEADLINE Postmarked no later than March 1, 2008 ELIGIBILITY Students entering the competition may be in any grade level through High School Senior. Students who previously placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in Levels A, B, or C, or 1st in Level D are not eligible to compete again in the same level; however, students who previously placed 2nd or 3rd in Level D may re-enter at the same level. Honorable Mention winners are not required to advance to the next level. A first place winner of other 2006 and 2007 MTNA piano contests is not eligible to compete. ENROLLMENT Teachers may enroll no more than 10 students in this event, but there are no restrictions regarding level enrollment. Each student may enter only one level, and must be enrolled on the official application form, showing ALL required information. Please specify on the application any scheduling requests, as times will NOT be reassigned after the schedule is complete. Also, please indicate siblings whose times need to be coordinated. Scheduling requests cannot be guaranteed but will be considered carefully. SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION AND FEES The entry fee for students of a CAMTA member is $22.00 per student for all levels. Teachers who are not members of CAMTA must pay a $10.00 per student application fee in addition to the $22.00 entry fee. ENTRY FEES ARE NOT REFUNDABLE. The completed contest application form and entry fees should be mailed to Junichi S. Sato, 707 W. Waveland Ave., Apt. 311, Chicago, IL 60613-4112. Please make checks payable to CAMTA. The postmark deadline is March 1, 2008. No late entries will be accepted. Schedules will be mailed to teachers towards the end of March. If your schedule has not been received by March 29, 2008, please call Junichi Sato (773-327-0057). MONITORING ALL PARTICIPATING TEACHERS are expected to help with the contest by monitoring a room for two hours. Please indicate the time frame you wish to monitor on the application form. Teachers are required to stay at the door during the entire monitoring assignment. If it is impossible for you to physically be present on the contest date, then you must include an additional $5.00 fee per student to pay for monitors in your place. Due to difficulties in past years, parents and students are not allowed to monitor. In addition, teachers are not allowed to monitor a room their students are assigned to. Please note that your monitoring preference does not affect student scheduling. You must request scheduling preferences separately as described under "Enrollment" above. REPERTOIRE Teachers should enroll students in the appropriate level, selecting ONE PIECE from the elective list to be performed IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIRED PIECE. Please be certain your students prepare the correct pieces, since an incorrect piece will result in disqualification. Editions mentioned in the repertoire list are for reference only; there are no specific edition requirements. No repeats are to be taken except for Da Capo and Dal Segno. All pieces must be memorized. CONTEST PROCEDURES Students MUST bring a clean, published copy of the music to the competition with measures numbered. Failure to do so will result in disqualification. In order to comply with copyright laws, NO PHOTOCOPIES OR OTHER SIMILARLY REPRODUCED COPIES WILL BE ALLOWED. Persons arriving later than their assigned playing time will NOT be allowed to compete. Judges and contestants are the only people permitted in the audition rooms. Please be advised that practice rooms are NOT available; the practice rooms at Roosevelt University are for Roosevelt students, and CAMTA students are not allowed to use these rooms. Any infraction of these Rules and Regulations will result in disqualification. We strongly advise you to review these Rules and Regulations with your participating students prior to the contest date. AWARDS AND HONORS RECITAL All students will receive ribbons for participation on the day of the contest. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place trophies will be awarded in each level if scores warrant such awards. Ties and Honorable Mentions can be given at the judges' discretion. Trophies and Honorable Mention certificates are distributed at the Honors Recital. If the number of entries in a division becomes excessively large, contestants may be split into separate groups with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place winners in each group. Conversely, if a level has a small number of participants, fewer prizes may be awarded. At least three contestants are necessary for a contest in any division. THE DECISION OF THE JUDGES IS FINAL. Results of the contest and judges' comment sheets will be mailed to the teacher. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place winners from each level will be given the opportunity to perform in the Honors Recital. The winning students' teachers will be notified the evening of the contest and told which piece should be performed on the recital. Teachers of winning students should notify the contest chairs if their students will NOT be performing in the Honors Recital. Any awards not picked up at the Honors Recital can be shipped to the teacher at the teacher's expense. Details regarding the date and time of the Honors Recital will be in the January newsletter and will also be included in the scheduling information. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many thanks to Paulo Carvalho, Linda Barker, and Regina Syrkin for their invaluable assistance in putting the repertoire list together. The 2008 repertoire list reflects two anniversaries: Diabelli and MacDowell. CONTACT INFORMATION For more information, or to receive an application form consult the contest website (http://www.savler.org/) or contact Junichi S. Sato at 773-327-0057 or e-mail info@savler.org.

NOTE: The repertoire list can be found as part of the Contest Brochure, which also includes these Rules and Regulations.