January 2024 Updates

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Piano/Voice/Clarinet Schedule has been sent out via email. If you have not received it, please contact the committee ASAP. 

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December 2023 Updates

Vivace registration is closed. The Bay Ridge Committee is working on approving entries and the official invoice will be sent out via email. If you don't receive your invoice by Dec. 12, let us know. 
 

Festival fees are due by December 18th, 2023 (postmarked).

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Schedule will be published beginning of January 2024.

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October/November 2023 Updates

Bay Ridge Festival 2024 registration is open until December 1st at 11:59pm. All registration is done via Vivace. 

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August/September 2023 Updates

Senior and Junior Memberships are approaching. 

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January 2023 Updates

Piano and voice schedule has been sent out via email. 

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December 2022 Updates

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Bay Ridge Festival 2023 invoices have been sent out. Please check your emails and send in your fees. 

Due Dates:

• Festival Fees - December 17, 2022 (postmarked)
  ​Make checks payable to Bay Ridge District and send to Ivanka Stefanov, 9005 Bana Villa Ct., Tampa 33635

• Receiving Graded Rating Sheet Form - December 17, 2022

• FFMC Child Protection Form - February 1, 2023

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September 2022 Updates
 

• Looking ahead to the FFMC State Junior Convention (May 5-6, 2023 at USF, Tampa)
  
  If you plan to enter your students in the Junior Convention, please read the correlation and memorization requirements listed in the Junior Procedures Manual. Though these requirements do not apply to Festival, they do apply to the Junior Convention and some events require planning prior to Festival. If they have specific questions, have them email jr.convention@ffmc-music.org. 
  
  In addition, there were a few approved proposals at the Senior Convention in Jacksonville:
  Student entry fee increase
  1-2 events: $35
  3-4 events: $50
  5-6 events: $65
  7-8 events: $80
  
  Teacher fee increase:
  $25/teacher
  
  Maximum competitors in Solo events
  30 maximum per event (changed from 44)
  
  Judges in Sightplay
  2 judges for all sightplay events (changed from 3)
  
   

• Teacher information email has been sent out on September 13, 2022 regarding the Bay Ridge Festival Tampa 2023 as well as how to access the Teacher Info Tab. If you did not receive it let the committee know. 

August 2022 Updates

Dear Teachers,
 
You are invited to an in-person teacher meeting on Friday, August 26th at 10am at the Friday Morning Musicale Building - located at 809 W Horatio St, Tampa, FL 33606.
 
This meeting will be relevant in many ways for you as a teacher, your students and the organization. We will be discussing numerous changes and updates in the upcoming festival as well as some specific jobs that will help us all grow at the Bay Ridge Festival.



🎵 Previous Updates - August 2021 thru March 2022