GLSM Audition

The Annual National Piano Playing Auditions, a special program and added incentive offered to piano students nationwide every year, is sponsored by the American College of Musicians and the National Guild of Piano Teachers. Pupils build a repertoire during the course of the year, which encourages both review of pieces and memorization, essential to musical growth. Pupils then audition before a judge to qualify for membership into the National Fraternity of Student Musicians.

A well-qualified judge will come to a Guild approved audition center and hear pupils 
perform a prepared program. Each pupil will be given an appointed time, which may 
require being excused from school. The National Guild Auditions are well known to 
teachers and administrators and are generally considered a legitimate excuse to be absent. 

Parents are advised that their children play only against a standard of excellence in the Auditions and not against each other.

The Auditions afford an annual check-up under an outside examiner as an incentive to greater progress and encourage all pupils to study 
longer through national recognition and awards for their achievements. 
Auditions are private (pupil and judge only). Pupils are judged on individual merit, which includes accuracy, continuity, phrasing, pedaling, dynamics, rhythm, tempo, tone, interpretation, style, and technique. Upon passing, pupils will receive a certificate, 
a pin, and a complete evaluation!

SAMPLE MEMBERSHIPS

Pledge:
1 Programmed Piece

Local:
2 or 3 Programmed Pieces

District:
4-6 Programmed Pieces

State:
7-9 Programmed Pieces

National:
10-14 Programmed Pieces

International:
15-20 Programmed Pieces