competitions behaving badly
Alphabet Soup wrote a blog post discussion competition competitions behaving badly, and I too have written a blog post about the most exploitive comp comp ever. But I probably found one that's worse because it targets only young composers.
Who would think that the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) would be able to sleep at night charging an exorbitant fee for their comp comp? Check out the divisions and the ridiculous fees:
Elementary
Age: 5–10 as of January 1, 2012
Entry Fee: $50
Junior
Age: 11–14 as of January 1, 2012
Entry Fee: $70
Senior
Age: 15–18 as of January 1, 2012
Entry Fee: $100
Young Artist
Age: 19–26 as of January 1, 2012
Entry fee: $100
I know what you're thinking—how many fifteen to twenty-six-year-olds have access to $100?! How many eleven to fourteen-year-olds have $70?! And what five year old has an extra $50 lying around?! Because, if I were five and had an extra $50, I would take all my fifty one-dollar bills and throw them on a mattress while jumping on the bed procla…
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