Official Rules – Winter Academic Concert “Butterfly Ball” 2025–2026

 

General Information

Learn the Soft Mozart exercises and pieces yourself and teach your friends, relatives, and neighbors to play them as well.

Please publish videos of your students on your blog or on your YouTube channel.

Your students should also:

• post videos of their learning process on their own YouTube channel;
• optionally add a short video sharing their impressions of the lessons and the instructor’s work.

Performances by your students are counted in addition to your own performances.
Students of Academy instructors may use the earned Butterflies as a discount toward the purchase of a license in the future.

Who can participate?

• Any Soft Mozart Academy student aged 2 and older who has an active Soft Mozart program license.
• For students of child-instructors within the “Teach Good Things” project, an active license is not required.

What repertoire may be performed?

• Any pieces and exercises you have learned or sight-read during the semester — with or without the Soft Mozart program.
• For younger preschool children, it is allowed to:
  • play with separate hands;
  • perform exercises.
• Children with special educational needs and adults with special educational needs:
  • may play with or without the program;
  • may perform with one or two hands;
  • may perform exercises.

Are entries in the “Personal Diaries” required?

No.

Keeping records in the “Personal Diaries” section is not mandatory for participation in the Winter Academic Concert.
You may continue studying and keeping records at your own pace in order to complete the curriculum by the Academic Assessment period in August–September 2025.

The Goal of the “Butterfly Ball” Project

• to involve as many people as possible in active music-making;
• to perform as many pieces as possible;
• to receive one Butterfly for each performed piece, where 1 Butterfly = a 100-ruble discount toward the purchase of the program.

The main purpose of the project is to experience joy from music and share it with others.

How many pieces should be performed?

The number of pieces is not limited. You may perform as many pieces as you wish.

Is memorization required?

No.

The “Butterfly Ball” is a participation concert, not a competition.

You may perform:

• from memory;
• using sheet music.

Even imperfect performances are welcome.

Dress Code

The dress code for video recording is festive.
Welcome attire includes:

• suits and ties for boys;
• festive dresses for girls.

What is required to participate?

1. Prepare your performance.
2. Record a separate video for each piece in a horizontal format (16:9).
3. Publish the videos on your YouTube channel.

YouTube Video Formatting

Video title (must be in Latin characters).
All names and titles must be written in Latin characters.
The concert has an international format.

Format:
Soft Mozart Recital 2025–2026: Name (age) plays “title of the piece” by composer’s name

Example:
Soft Mozart Recital 2025–2026: Elena (5) plays “French Song” by Tchaikovsky

Video Description

In the description, please include only the following information:

• Participant’s name
• When the student started learning music with the Soft Mozart program (___ months / years ago)
• This is the first / second / third performance
• Teacher’s name or home study with mom / dad

YouTube Tags:
soft mozart academy, soft mozart, butterfly ball 2025–2026, music education, piano for children, piano playing, online music school, music lessons, piano video, Hellene Hiner, Soft Way to Mozart, music software, Grand staff is symmetrical

How to Create a Forum Post

1. Click the NEW TOPIC button:
   softmozart.com/forum/recital-27-winter-b...-ball-2025-2026.html
2. In the topic title (Latin characters), indicate:
   • participant’s name,
   • age,
   • country.
3. A colorful photo of the participant with the Soft Mozart program or attributes is welcome at the beginning of the post.
4. Post one video by copy–pasting it from YouTube.
   Under the video, indicate the title of the piece and the composer’s name (Latin characters).
5. Add subsequent videos using Quick Reply.
6. The final day for publishing videos is January 17, 2025.
7. Share the link to your page with friends and acquaintances.
8. Watch other participants’ performances and support them with comments.

IMPORTANT!

• Only videos with public access on YouTube are accepted.
• Publishing personal data is prohibited:
  last names, addresses, or cities of residence.
  Please use only first names or nicknames.

Certificates and Gifts

After the concert, gifts will be sent to participants.
We will additionally request your address and the total number of Butterflies earned.

• Preparation of a certificate and shipment of a physical package — 1000 rubles per participant.
• A digital certificate is provided free of charge.

Bonus

You may record a video message addressed to all participants of the Butterfly Ball.
For this, Queen Tonic may send:

• an additional Butterfly,
• several Butterflies,
• or a gift.

We wish you inspiring performances and joy in music!
For any questions, please contact us — we are here and ready to help.

Soft Mozart Academy Administration