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Welcome to Tualatin Valley District Oregon Music Teachers Association
Fall Syllabus
OMTA Syllabus is a complete music curriculum which covers technique, theory, rhythm reading, sight reading, ear training, and leveled repertoire. The levels increase in difficulty. Students are evaluated by an adjudicator (master teacher) and receive comments and a certificate. Exams are offered Fall and Spring.
Types of Syllabus Exams:
Classical Piano Syllabus: Levels 1-10
Strings Syllabus: Levels 1-8
Jazz Piano Syllabus: Levels 1-7
Fall 2025
Upper & Lower Division:
Registration opens: September 5, 2025
Registration closes at midnight: October 3, 2025
Exam dates: October 31-Nov. 2, 2025
NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED. Unpaid student registrations will not be scheduled.
Fall Syllabus Chair: Linda Rodgers: pianolessons97034@yahoo.com
For Teachers
Learn more about piano and strings Syllabus criteria on the Oregon Music Teacher's Association website:
Festival of Ribbons
Date: November 8, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM-4:30 PM
Entry Fee: $25
Location: Rise Church, 10445 SW Canterbury Lane Tigard, Oregon
Chair: Audrey Horowitz: audrey.horowitz.piano@gmail.com
Co-Chair: Lorraine Alner: lyant@samford.edu
Co-Chair: Anna Danese: annacdanese@gmail.com
Registration opens on OMTA’s website festival dashboard: September 12, 2025
Registration closes at midnight on OMTA’s website festival dashboard: October 10, 2025
The Festival of Ribbons is an adjudicated, non-competitive event to encourage student performance at all levels. Each student will receive a comment sheet, certificate and ribbon for participating. The ribbon color will change each year so students can collect a rainbow of ribbons through their years of participation.
Baroque Festival
Date: February 7, 2026
Time: TBA
Entry fee: $25
Venue: Rise Church, 10445 SW Canterbury Ln. Tigard, OR 97224
Chair: Myrna Setiawan : myrnasetiawan@gmail.com
Co-Chair: Mahroo Hamedani : mahroofazel55@gmail.com
Registration opens: December 16, 2025
Registration closes at midnight: January 17, 2026
Performance time limit: 2 pieces or movements max not exceeding the time limit below for each division
Competitive Category:
- Division I (up to age of 8): 5 min
- Division II (ages 9-11): 5 min
- Division III (ages 12-14 : 7 min
- Division IV (ages 15-19 | 24 for vocalists): 7 min
Non-Competitive Category:
- All age groups: 5 min
IMPORTANT GUIDELINE UPDATE FROM STATE
- Percentage of winners selected: Beginning in 2025, only 25% of participants from each division will be selected as winners.
- Elimination of the 3-time winner clause: The 3-time winner clause was removed starting last year of 2024. Just a reminder that there is no need to indicate any student who has won three times during registration, as the adjudicator will not be informed of previous winners. All students will compete on equal terms, with the adjudicator selecting 25% of participants from each division as winners.
- Elimination of alternate winners: Starting in 2025, no alternate winners will be selected.
Founded in 1895, the OMTA Baroque Festival, formerly Jr. Bach is open to instrumentalists through age 19 and singers through age 24. Districts from around the state send a group of "winners" to perform at the State Baroque Festival Recital. The TV-OMTA Baroque Festival is open to students in either competitive or non-competitive status, and students receive valuable feedback from the adjudicator on their performance.
Teachers may only enter students in one OMTA district. Teachers need to read all information on the OMTA website.
Documents from 2024 will be updated will be updated when 2026 info is available.
Spring Syllabus
OMTA Syllabus is a complete music curriculum which covers technique, theory, rhythm reading, sight reading, ear training, and leveled repertoire. The levels increase in difficulty. Students are evaluated by an adjudicator (master teacher) and receive comments and a certificate. Exams are offered Fall and Spring.
Types of Syllabus Exams:
Classical Piano Syllabus: Levels 1-10
Strings Syllabus: Levels 1-8
Jazz Piano Syllabus: Levels 1-7
Spring 2026 Dates
Lower Division:
Registration opens: January 9, 2026
Registration closes at midnight: February 6, 2026
Exam dates: March 6-8, 2026 (estimated dates)
Upper Division:
Registration opens: February 27, 2026
Registration closes: March 27, 2026
Exam dates: April 24-26, 2026 (estimated dates)
NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED. Unpaid student registrations will not be scheduled.
Spring Syllabus Chair: Linda Rodgers: pianolessons97034@yahoo.com
For Teachers
Learn more about piano and strings Syllabus criteria on the Oregon Music Teacher's Association website:
Continuing Education Scholarship
Entries must be emailed by midnight of or postmarked by: March 15, 2026
Audition Date: April 12, 2026
Time: 2:00pm
Location: TBA
Chair: Karen Huntsberger
The purpose of the Continuing Education Scholarship is to support students who have been actively involved in our district's events who plan to pursue music education in college and bring their knowledge and experience back to the community at large.
The Tualatin Valley District Continuing Education Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who plan to continue their music education in college as a music major, minor, or in general education. Seniors must currently be studying with an active member of the Tualatin Valley District and have studied with a Tualatin Valley District teacher, or combination of teachers, for the previous two years. The 1st place award is $1,000. The 2nd place award is $500. The 3rd place award is $350.
Composition Festival
Date: April 3, 2026
Entry Fee: $30
Chair: Abigail Gerhardt: abbyteachespiano@gmail.com
Student submissions are by email only.
Mail paper entry forms and fees, postmarked by April 3, 2026 to:
Abigail Gerhardt: 22950 Doane Creek Rd., Sheridan, OR 97378
Student composers create and notate a piece with their supervising TVOMTA teacher. Open to students of all ages, levels, styles, and instrumentation, each piece is critiqued by an area composer with useful feedback to improve the composition. When the Composition Festival is over, all participants will have their composition published in a spiral bound book with all other entries. One TVOMTA Composition Book is included per registration fee. Additional copies of the book are available for pre-order via the entry form and are $7 each. A few Honored Composers from each division are chosen to submit a YouTube recording of their piece for the State Composition Virtual Recital.
OMTA Participation Trophy
Chair: Lorraine Alner: trophychair@oregonmta.org
The trophy is an award for participation in all district or state OMTA/MTNA events. All OMTA/MTNA-sponsored events qualify for one trophy point.