Awards & Awards Descriptors
Based on your performance, participants shall qualify for one of the five levels of awards:
Platinum
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Certificate of Participation (COP)
Awards Descriptors (copyright of SMTA)
Platinum
- Demonstrates a high level of technical accuracy and command of the instrument
- Displays an exceptional sense of musicality, maturity and attention to musical detail
- Demonstrates a strong awareness of refinement of sound
- Communicates very effectively and shows strong personality, resulting in a very persuasive performance
Gold
- Demonstrates a good technical command of the instrument
- Displays clear musicality and sensitivity to musical detail
- Consistently produces nice and beautiful sound
- Produces a real feeling of performance
Silver
- Demonstrates a competent technical command of the instrument (some minor inaccuracies, but no major errors)
- Displays a musical approach and some sensitivity to musical detail
- Adequate sense of sound production, but not always ideal
- Gives some feeling of performance
Bronze
- Has some technical errors within a reasonably accurate performance
- Musicality and sensitivity are apparent, but not always consistent
- Mildly aware of sound and tone quality
- A sense of communication and performance is sometimes obscured by a preoccupation with the technical demands of the music
Certificate of Participation
- Performed with score(s)
- Technical weaknesses are immediately apparent
- Little feeling for the spirit of the music
- Sound production is not a priority
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Could try to give more thought to the requirements of a performance
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