Music Listening Contest - MLC

02/07/2025

The Championship Contest is live now! Come tune in:

09/03/2024

Registration for the '24-25 season is now open!
https://www.musiclisteningcontest.com/registration.html
There's over four hours of music, dozens of composers, and hundreds of terms to study, so get your teams started today!

When will I receive my guides?

08/23/2024

It's nearly that time- Registration for MLC '25 opens on September 3rd!

Inspiring students to become lifelong participants in the musical experience. Registration opens September 7th.

09/06/2023

Registration is now open!

Come join us for an incredible year of music study and competition- Music Listening Contest 2024!

Your registration gets your team access to the MLC Playlist on Minnesota Public Radio's website, 3 copies of the official study guide, and a practice test to prep for the real deal.

www.musiclisteningcontest.com

09/08/2021

Registration is now open! Come join us for greatest high school music contest ever -- Music Listening Contest 2022!

Your registration gets your team access to the MLC Playlist on Naxos Music Library, 3 copies of the official study guide, and a practice test to prep for the real deal.

Don't forget to order your official MLC t-shirt while you're there!

Www.musiclisteningcontest.com

09/02/2021

Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov (1960- ) is one of our Central and South American composers featured in our 2022 study guide. He has won two Grammys, and has been awarded both the Guggenheim Fellowship and MacArthur Fellowship for his compositional skill. Golijov has also been a composer in residence at music festivals and with major professional orchestras around the world.

Next weekend, September 10/11, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra is featuring Golijov's "Last Round" (1996) on their season's opening concert. His compositional style feeds on influence from other styles, eras, and composers, fusing their technique and sound with his own unique voice. On his piece "Last Round", Golijov says, "I composed "Last Round" as an imaginary chance for Piazzola's spirit to fight one more time. [...] Two quartets confront each other, separated by the focal bass, with violins and violas standing up as in the traditional tango orchestras. The bows fly in the air as inverted legs in cris-crossed choreography, always attracting and repelling each other, always in danger of clashing, always avoiding it with the immutability that can only be acquired by transforming hot passion into pure pattern."

Even though "Last Round" isn't the piece featured in our 2022 guide, this is a great chance for any teams interested in the 2022 contest to get familiar with his work, his voice, and the textures he creates, all while supporting local musicians. Get out there and LISTEN!

08/26/2021

We are SO excited to be planning for our return to in-person competition for the MLC Championship on February 11, 2022. Registration opens September 7 -- which is in just TWELVE days! Hope to see you next year!

Learn more at www.musiclisteningcontest.com

02/08/2020

Congratulations to today's winning teams: 1st Place Denfeld High school, 2nd Place: Decorah High School, 3rd Place: Gifted Music School (Salt Lake City)

02/08/2020

What a great day! Thanks, Barbara Jean Ramacher Hoppe for capturing the event with these wonderful photos!

131 new photos added to shared album

02/08/2020

Congratulations to Denfeld High School, this year's MLC Champions!

02/07/2020

Best of luck to all participating in the Championship Contest at Augsburg University today! Four states will be represented -- Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Utah!!

2020 MLC Championship Contest Augsburg University in Minneapolis on Friday, February 7, 2020 11:30 a.m. - 12 noon Arrival/Registration Christensen Student Center – 2nd floor (22nd Avenue & 7 1/2...