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Certificate of Merit is a statewide program of graded music education made available to students by music teachers who are member of the Music Teachers’ Association of California (MTAC).

Teachers plan annual music instruction using a carefully researched syllabus for the Certificate of Merit Program. Students of piano, strings, and woodwinds can participate. Each instrument has a different syllabus graded from Preparatory to Advanced, probably the most thorough and widely used of its kind in the United States.

Over 30,000 students participate at the annual evaluations in Spring done locally by the branches. Students are tested at their specific Levels in sight reading, technique, performance, ear training, and written theory.


Certificates of achievement from MTAC validate your child’s success at each level.