Important Information​

The NFMC online Festivals management system, known as “Vivace,” is fully functional and all 2025 Festivals this  will be conducted by using it.  All existing members and students of Metairie Music Club have been entered and will use it for this year’s Festivals.  Teachers should access the system to enter any new students who will be entering Festivals for the first time this year.  Online help for this procedure is available.

Vivace will handle all student registrations, selection of pieces, generation of invoice (fees), printing of Judge’s Sheets and reporting of results including awarding of cups.  Registrations for a specific Festival are usually opened on or shortly after January 1st.

There will only be one master Festival for all disciplines.  This is necessary to calculate the proper fees for students who participate in multiple events and/or on multiple instruments.  Fees must be paid by check and mailed (or given directly) to Mark Vile, MMC Treasurer, 1501 Airline Park Blvd, Metairie, LA 70003, and be received by February 10, 2024.  Do NOT delay payment because the USPS can be very slow these days.

New members who are teachers and are planning to enter students in Festivals will need to contact the MMC system administrator, Mark Vile, markvile@cox.net, in order to be set up in the system.  Once you are set up you can access Vivace and explore the many help screens and videos to learn how to use it.

MMC Vivace Administrator: Mark Vile
Please contact Mark or Irene Vile for assistance: (​markvile@cox.net, ​eyedine@cox.net​)
Festival Fees: ​$21.00 for the first event and $10.00 for each additional event.