The Music Performance Assessment program provides opportunities for students, ensembles, and directors to benefit from the performance assessment experience through PMEA.
Participation is open to bands, orchestras and choruses from the elementary, middle and high school levels and to students from grades 3-12 in Solo & Small Ensemble MPA’s. A Jazz Ensemble MPA structure is also available. Directors may participate in any MPA held in any PMEA District.
Information about MPAs
Access detailed guides to participating and hosting, the PMEA Selective Music Lists, all involved forms, and other resources within the MPA area of the PMEA website.
Register for an MPA
To register for an MPA, go to the MPA Calendar on the state PMEA website.
Host an MPA
Hosts may select the MPA date, choose the adjudicators, and structure the schedule to best accommodate their own district’s ensembles. Hosts also have flexibility in structuring a large ensemble MPA with numerous options available in addition to the typical mix of elementary, middle and high school ensembles from different schools in either the ‘Traditional’ and ‘Festival’ performance context.
MPA types can include (but are not limited to):
- ‘Internal’ MPA’s where all the participating ensembles are from the host’s school district
- ‘All-Festival’ MPA’s where all ensembles participate in the Festival performance context.
- ‘All Middle School’ MPA’s where the participating ensembles could include students from as young as grade 5 through grade 7 or 9. This MPA could also be ‘internal’ with enough ensembles from the host’s school district.
- ‘All String Orchestra’ MPA where all the ensembles are elementary, middle and/or high school string orchestras. It could also be structured as all Festival or the typical mix of Festival and Traditional.
Any questions about MPAs can be directed to Tom Snyder, the state MPA Coordinator, using the Contact tab.