BACKING TRACKS FOR YOUNG SINGERS

Wherever possible please use an accompanist rather than a backing track. A backing track presents a lack of flexibility for young performers to recover from any unintentional mistakes they may make whereas a sympathetic accompanist will be able to assist the performer in recovering from a missed line, wrong verse, etc. Whilst pre-recorded backing is allowed, entrants are responsible for providing and operating the appropriate equipment.

 

FRIENDLY ADVICE FOR YOUNG INSTUMENTALISTS

• Tune up before the class begins - ‘fine tune’

      before you start playing.

• The adjudicator will let you know when to start.

• Announce your piece before you start playing - be confident!

• Don’t hide behind your music stand - we’d like to see and

      hear you!

  

REPETITION OF CHOICE

In all Classes competitors’ choice may not be repeated within FIVE consecutive years.

 

SOUND & VISUAL RECORDINGS

Please note it is illegal to record performances and that soundtrack, still or moving image recording on any capable device or photography of any type is strictly forbidden. This includes, but is not limited, to the use of cameras, video cameras, mobile phones, tablets or any other device capable of recording and storing such information for retrieval at a later time. Members of the audience will be required to switch off any such devices on entering the performance area and anyone using such equipment during any performance will be asked to leave the area by a member of the Tournament Council or its appointed representatives.

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PHOTOCOPIES

The Music Publishers Association has issued a revised Code of Practice on copying copyright works and the following concession is made for copying own choice pieces from volumes only for the adjudicator. Other items must not be copied without the permission of the copyright holder in each case.

 

“When an 'Own Choice’ work is selected from a publication containing several different works and which is not published separately, one copy may be made for the use of an adjudicator at a Competition or Festival provided that the competitor or participant has already purchased his/her own copy, and that the copy made is retained and destroyed by the Administrator of the Competition of Festival immediately after the event”.

 

Competitors are advised that this permission applies only to copyright holders who are Members of The Music Publishers Association (listed at the back of the Code of Practice leaflet, obtainable from the association at 3rd Floor, Strandgate, 18-20 York Buildings, London WC2N 6JU). It is the competitors’ own responsibility to ensure that they seek permission to copy direct from any copyright holder whose names do not appear on the MPA list. Single items may not be photocopied without the prior permission of the copyright holder. The permission does not apply to making copies for the Accompanist, who should always be given a printed copy from which to work. Photocopies for the Adjudicator must always be totally legible or they may be refused.

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Schools benefit from central funding for copyright licence. From April 2013, the Department of Education will manage a national CLA Schools Licence for all state maintained schools in England. Schools need this licence in order to legally copy materials from books, magazines and websites. In addition, the deal will include a new Schools Printed Music Licence from the MPA to cover copying of printed sheet music. More information may be found at www.schools.cla.co.uk

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