Here ye, here ye! The Musicianship Festival Committee is proud to announce that a successful Festival was held on the 9th of May, in the year 2026. 135 students of all ages gathered to perform music and demonstrate their music literacy skills both in-person and online. 18 teachers were represented, and more teachers joined to form an incredible team of teacher volunteers to organize behind the scenes and judge events. We also had a host of wonderful non-teacher volunteers registering students for each room and organizing in the scoring room.

Many thanks to the following volunteers:
Allan Park – Performance Judge for Videos
Angela Michael – Judge for Technique, Rhythm, and Sight-reading
Bonnie Thomas – Performance Judge
Brandi Bassett – Performance Judge for Videos
Brooke Shields – Volunteer Coordinator*, Check-in Desk
Cathy Baylor – *Scoring Room
Conney Vernall – Performance Judge for Videos
Dawn Taylor-May – *Webmaster and Jotform creation
Frances Goei – Listening Room, Judge for Technique, Rhythm, and Sight-reading
Jeffrey Pettijohn – Judge for Composition, Technique, Rhythm, and Sight-reading
Jennie Holland – Performance Judge for Videos
Kathy Wolf – Judge for Technique, Rhythm, and Sight-reading
Laurie McFarland – *Scheduler, Judge for Technique, Rhythm, and Sight-reading
Leilani Montagne – Performance Judge
Marie Wollam-Mergler – Performance Judge for Videos, Performance Judge
Marilyn Droz – Theory Room and Grading Tests
Roxanne Kar – *Database and Document Management, Performance Judge for Videos
Sam McFarland – Technique, Rhythm, and Sight-reading Judge
Sarah Silvia – Technique, Rhythm, and Sight-reading Judge
Suzetta Glenn – Performance Judge
Talman Welle – Theory Room and Grading Tests
Tamara Wagle – Theory Room and Grading Tests
Valerie Gathright – Performance Judge
Vera Borodina – *Document Printing and Organization, Theory Room and Grading Tests
*Denotes Committee Position

Thanks to all who came early to help set up and to those who stayed to help put everything back in place for church the next day! Thank you to the many non-teacher volunteers for all of your hard work!

Congratulations to Ananya Raghaven, (student of Kathy Wolf,) and Lilly McIntyre, (student of Angela Michael) who each received a Trancendental Ribbon for 100% Scores on all five Music Literacy Program Exams.

Congratulations to the 45 Students whose names are listed in upcoming WSMTA Clarion for a score of 98% or higher on their Theory Test.

Congratulations to the 59 Students who received a yellow rosette ribbon and golden seal for a score of 94% or higher on their Theory Test.

Congratulations to all students participating in the Festival!

We hope to see all our volunteers and students return to us next year as we Dive Deep in the Musical Ocean!
— Mary Walker-Lieberman, NCTM – Musicianship Festival Event Chair, Music Literacy Program Chair