Virtual Solo Competition

Results and Awards

Thanks again to everyone who participated in the 2020 RMPA Virtual Solo Competition! All solos have been given ratings by Brian Mason, the Associate Dean of the School of Arts and Professor of Percussion in the Dept. of Music, Theatre & Dance at Morehead State University, Morehead, KY. The top 3 in each class have been selected by him and will be awarded prizes that are being provided by our sponsors, Vic Firth and the Zildjian Company. In addition, he has selected Scholastic and Independent Sweepstakes winners that will be receiving a prize of $100 from RMPA. Congratulations to the winners of RMPA’s first ever virtual competition!

Scholastic Snare

FIRST PLACE - Tryggvi Holt from Centaurus HS

SECOND PLACE - Ava Cabanillas from Centaurus HS

THIRD PLACE - Stefan Wagner from Centaurus HS

Scholastic Marimba

FIRST PLACE - Kevin Huth from Centaurus HS

SECOND PLACE - Annalie Haralson from Monarch HS

THIRD PLACE - Sophie Lindsay from Centaurus HS

Independent Marimba

FIRST PLACE - Chase Llamzon from the Blue Knights Percussion Ensemble

Scholastic Sweepstakes Winner

Kevin Huth from Centaurus HS

Independent Sweepstakes Winner

Chase Llamzon from the Blue Knights Percussion Ensemble

PRIZES!!!

FIRST PLACE winners will receive a VicFirth Classic stick bag and 2 pairs of VicFirth sticks/mallets.

SECOND PLACE winners will receive 2 pairs of VicFirth sticks/mallets.

THIRD PLACE winners will receive 1 pair of VicFirth sticks/mallets.

SWEEPSTAKES winners will receive $100.

*All award winners will receive an assortment of posters, stickers, lanyards, and keychains.

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Virtual Solo Competition Details

RMPA is excited to offer a new virtual performance opportunity for performers — RMPA Virtual Solo Competition sponsored by VicFirth and Zildjian. In this event, performers will self-record their solo and submit their videos for adjudication. Top performers will win prizes from our sponsors, and two overall “Sweepstakes” winners (1 Scholastic 1 Independent) will win $100 each!

AGE CLASSIFICATIONS

Scholastic Class: 18 years of age and under

*Scholastic Class is open to all Colorado percussionists regardless of RMPA affiliation.

*19 year old performers who graduated during the 2019-20 school year may register in Scholastic Class
Independent Class: 19 years of age and above

*Independent Class is open to all of the members of the 2020 RMPA Independent ensembles.

OTHER INFO

Open to any percussion instrument. Specific categories will be established based on the entries we receive.
Solos should be edited no more than 4 minutes in length, entries will be judged for the first 4 minutes only.
Final Submission Deadline is November 2, 2020 at 11:59pm. You must have your video submitted at this time to be part of the competition

Click HERE to register. Video submission instructions will be provided via email after registration is paid for.

2020 RMPA VIRTUAL SOLO CONTEST RULES & JUDGES SHEETS

Click to download the 2020 RMPA Virtual Solo Contest Rules.

Click to download the 2020 RMPA Virtual Solo Judges Sheets

Have more questions? Email pete@rmpa.org.

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Mission Statement

The mission of RMPA is to provide a competitive and educational performance outlet for Colorado indoor percussion ensembles, with a continual goal of enriching the lives of young performers. RMPA commits to delivering the best venues, hosts, adjudicators, clinicians, sponsors, and volunteers in tandem with contributing to this mission.

Our Story

The Rocky Mountain Percussion Association is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit Colorado based youth organization, that was started in 1991 by a group of percussion instructors, judges and educators who were concerned about the level of percussion training and performance, primarily at the high school level. Steve Yates, Joe Bartko and Ralph Hardimon were the founders of the RMPA and along with Charles Craig formed what is now one of the nation’s premier percussion organizations of its kind. Our main focus is student motivation, educational training, and achievement through the percussion activity.

The association is the governing body of the indoor percussion activity in the Rocky Mountain region and sponsors a series of indoor percussion events, educational clinics and competitions during the winter and spring months.

These programs provide a motivational tool that can help turn non-percussionists and a typical drum section into a cohesive and entertaining percussion ensemble. The nation’s top percussion judges adjudicate all of our competitions.

Since the first event was held in 1993, the RMPA has provided competition and training for over 15,000 students, and has become one of the premier percussion organizations of its kind in the country and serves as a national model by which other organizations are administered and managed.

Winter Percussion

The Winter Percussion Activity was organized to provide a program for the many percussion students participating in a typical marching band during the fall season, but not having a comparable performance outlet during the winter and spring seasons. The traditional jazz band, concert band, wind ensemble, etc. does not involve the larger number of percussion students that a marching band requires.

The first units participating in the percussion activity were primarily from scholastic marching units, utilizing both a battery and pit ensemble in a setting that limited the amount of marching and showmanship. Within a few short years, the number of independent organizations participating in the competitions increased, and the performance venue was enlarged to allow for more development of the visual and theatrical potential of the activity. Soon thereafter, traditional “concert” percussion ensembles were included as an additional performance outlet for student percussionists preferring that genre.

The Rocky Mountain Percussion Association operates under the rules and guidelines of Winter Guard International.

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2023-2024 Board of Directors

President - Lauren Maxwell ~ lauren@rmpa.org
Vice President - Scott Wilson ~ scott@rmpa.org
Treasurer - Lori Nonies ~ lori@rmpa.org
Secretary - Lynn Collins ~ lynn@rmpa.org
Contest Liaison - Lisa Crider ~ lisa@rmpa.org
Director - VACANT
Director - VACANT

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Financial Secretary - Erin Moore ~ erin@affinity.cpa

Founding Members (circa 1991)

Steve Yates
Ralph Hardimon
Joe Bartko
Charles Craig

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