STATE JUNIOR CONVENTION

Due to the massive size of our Junior Convention, any university that hosts us cannot use any of their performance rooms or classrooms. Because of this, we are only able to book dates during the university's graduation weekend, when all students are expected to be off campus and there are no regular or summer classes scheduled.

The current list of fees is included in the Junior Procedures Manual, which can be found under the "About Us" tab. Teachers are not allowed to charge their students in excess of the entry fee established by FFMC.

All applications and payment instructions are emailed directly to FFMC teachers who have students registered at their local Festivals.

March 10.

No.

All applications, payments, and communication must go through the teacher.

No. Students may enter as many events as they qualify for.

Each teacher will need to submit applications and fees for the instrument they teach.

Contact your teacher, and if there are any further questions, the teacher may reach out to the Convention Committee via email.

This varies by event, the maximum is 30.

No.

This is a competition where all students within a level MUST perform back to back for the same panel of judges to ensure a fair and consistent deliberation process. Therefore we CANNOT separate students from their group and accommodate scheduling requests.

No.

No.

All events require memorization, except Hymn Playing, Collaborative Piano, Ensembles and Sight Playing.

Scores must be legally purchased, including books, single sheet scores, or digital downloads.

Yes! There is an award ceremony which features special endowed award performances and all of the winners and honorable mentions from that day.

All awards are announced and distributed at the evening award ceremonies, or can be picked up by a designed person by the end of the last evening ceremony on the last day. Any unclaimed awards will be available for the teacher/designated person to pick up at the Senior Convention.

Teachers, or their designated pick up person, may pick up all of their studio certificates at the info desk in the lobby.

Only FFMC convention committee staff and indoor room monitors are allowed to communicate directly with judges.

No.

All FFMC Convention Committee staff, volunteers, monitors and hired workers must fill out the Child Protection Policy.

Yes.

Yes.

Teachers are required to submit a monitoring deposit, which is returned IF the teacher signs up and completes on full monitoring shift at the FFMC Junior Convention.

The current JPM is always available on the "About Us" tab of the FFMC website, and is included in the first Jr. Convention info email to teachers.