Carmen ForteResults you can trust. Feedback you can teach from.

Trusted by WorldStrides, Frisson Foundation, and 170+ competitions each year — scoring performing arts since 2009

How a Contest Runs on Carmen

From registration to results and beyond. Carmen Forte delivers feedback you can immediately apply in the classroom.

Prepare the contest

Hosts create a custom registration form for their contest that is either displayed on the Contest Marketplace or hidden for invitation only applicants.
Directors fill in the responses, add pictures and bios, and Carmen automatically fills the same information on future registration forms.
Hosts approve participants and create the performance schedules with Carmen's scheduling tool.
Hosts download group bios, photos, and program info to build printed programs.

Day of contest

Judges login and enter scores, comments, and audio recordings.
Judge's Assistant automatically transcribes and summarizes what they said.
Hosts monitor results live as scores and feedback are entered.
Hosts can blast judges and attending directors with Carmen's built-in messaging tool.
Directors immediately receive recordings, transcripts, and summaries.

Take it home

Hosts announce awards from a custom script that is automatically filled with winners.
Hosts instantly send results via email and text message to all participating directors.
Directors receive a permanent shareable link containing all scores, feedback, transcripts, summaries, and audio recordings from the contest.
Director's Assistant turns those scores and Judge's Assistant feedback into an educational summary for rehearsal, and can compare this contest with a prior performance when history exists.

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