District Festivals
Non-competitive, pre-college festivals are held every spring at five district sites in piano, orchestral strings, voice, woodwinds, brass, percussion, plectrum guitar, and classical guitar. These festivals are held in April or May at sites in the Lincoln, Omaha, Central, Western, and Northeastern Districts. Students entering as soloists are required to perform at least two memorized pieces, scales or other technical requirements, sight reading, and a written and aural test in theory and musicianship.
Festival Manual
How to Register Students:
To enter students into the NMTA Districts Festivals, the teacher must be a member of NMTA by March 1st of the current year.
District Member Entry Blank – Use this to gather student information but complete registration online.
District Festival Student Entry Instructions
LOGIN to see specific festival information and documents on the Festival Information Page.
Central District Festival
| Festival Date: | Deadline has passed: April 26, 2025 |
| Registration Deadline: | Deadline has passed: March 4, 2025 |
| Location: | Hastings College |
Lincoln District Festival |
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| Festival Date: | Deadline has passed: April 12, 2025 |
| Registration Deadline: | Deadline has passed: March 11, 2025 |
| Location: | Nebraska Wesleyan |
Northeastern District Festival |
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| Registration Deadline: | |
| Location: | no in-person festival |
Omaha District Festival |
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| Festival Date: | Deadline has passed: |
| Registration Deadline: | Deadline has passed: March 10, 2025 |
| Location: | UNO |
Western District Festival |
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| Location: | no in-person festival |
District eFestival
| Registration Deadline: | ** No Current District eFestival ** |
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How to submit videos and music scores
When recording performance videos have the student play the scale then their solo as one video, then the other scale and the other solo as the second video.
The music rack must be empty on the submitted video when recording performances from memory.
For the performance video, have the student play the scale then their solo as one video, then the other scale and the other solo as the second video.
Upload your video to unlisted YouTube video. How to make an unlisted video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOr7JluzEOM
Copies of scores must be uploaded to the private, password protected member login area. Once uploaded these documents will be unavailable to print or download and can be only viewed by the teacher and the single judge.
For festival related questions, send an e-mail to: contactnmta@gmail.com
Useful Documents:
NMTA Theory Guidelines – Level 1A-4B
Level 1A Theory Test Sample – 03/18
Level 1B Theory Test Sample – 07/19
Level 2A Theory Test Sample – 07/19
Level 2B Theory Test Sample – 07/19
Level 3A Theory Test Sample – 07/19
Level 3B Theory Test Sample – 07/19
Level 4A Theory Test Sample – 07/19
Level 4B Theory Test Sample – 07/19
Glossary Level 1A/1B – 03/18
Glossary Level 2A/2B – 08/18
Glossary Level 3A/3B – 08/18
Glossary Level 4A/4B – 08/18