San Juan Music Educators Honor Orchestra (November)
San Juan Music Educators Honor Band (November)
Where: Lynden Christian High School
When: November
Cost: $15 Paid the the MVHS Band and Orchestra Booster Group
Where: Lynden Christian High School
When: November
Cost: $15 Paid the the MVHS Band and Orchestra Booster Group
SJMEA Regional Solo Ensemble Contest - (January)
Where: Bellingham High School
When: Saturday, January 29, 2011
Cost: Please pay participation fees ($15 per solo or ensemble) to in the ASB Office by December 1st
Applications Due Date: Turn Applications in to Mr. Scherr by the last school day in November.
When: Saturday, January 29, 2011
Cost: Please pay participation fees ($15 per solo or ensemble) to in the ASB Office by December 1st
Applications Due Date: Turn Applications in to Mr. Scherr by the last school day in November.
WMEA All-State or All-Northwest Orchestra - February
Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) serves band, choir, orchestra and jazz students in grades 9-12
through annual All-State groups. Students audition for the
opportunity to perform with the best high school musicians in the
state under the baton of a nationally-renowned director. In
addition, MENC sponsors All-Northwest groups every other year,
providing opportunities for students from six northwest states.The All-NW Honor Orchestra is a highly-competitive auditioned group that is selected from among the best musicians in the six-state All-NW region. The group performs together at the culmination of the 2011 All-NW Music Educators Convention during President's Day Weekend. Please see the attached information packet for more information. Copies of the audition excerpts are available below. Auditioning for this group is purely optional, but encouraged for serious students who are studying. Please talk to Mr. Scherr ASAP about recording and submitting your audition.
ALL-STATE AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
VIOLIN - 75 Melodious and Progressive Studies, Opus 36, Book 1 (Mazas, published Schirmer) Click here to download violin audition material
Track 1 Three-octave A major scale: Sixteenth notes ascending and descending, slur eight notes per bow. (Quarter note = 108)
Track 2 Three-octave A melodic minor scale: Sixteenth notes ascending and descending, detaché. (Quarter note = 92)
Track 3 Exercise 8: Start at the E major section, play 16 measures and end on the E dotted quarter note. (Quarter note = 72)
Track 4 Exercise 23: Play the first 25 measures. Follow indicated markings and suggestions. (Eighth note = 96)
Track 5 Identify and play a one-minute excerpt from your solo literature.
VIOLA - Etudes Speciales, Opus 36, Book 1 (Mazas, published Schirmer) Click here to download viola audition material
Track 1 Three-octave D major scale: Sixteenth notes ascending and descending, slur eight notes per bow. (Quarter note = 108)
Track 2 Three-octave D melodic minor scale: Sixteenth notes ascending and descending, detaché. (Quarter note = 92)
Track 3 Exercise 8: Start at the A major section, play 16 measures and end on the A dotted quarter note. (Quarter note = 72)
Track 4 Exercise 23: Play the first 25 measures. Follow indicated markings and suggestions. (Eighth note = 96)
Track 5 Identify and play a one-minute excerpt from your solo literature.
CELLO - Violoncello Method (Kummer, published Schirmer) Click here to download cello audition material
Track 1 Three-octave D major scale: Sixteenth notes ascending and descending, slur eight notes per bow. (Quarter note = 88)
Track 2 Three-octave E melodic minor scale: Sixteenth notes ascending and descending, detaché. (Quarter note = 72)
Track 3 Page 78, exercise 70: Top part. (Quarter note = 72)
Track 4 Page 86, exercise 79: Top part. (Eighth note = 100)
Track 5 Identify and play a one-minute excerpt from your solo literature.
STRING BASS - New Method for Double Bass, Book 1 (Simandl, pub. C. Fischer) Click here to download bass audition material
Track 1 Two-octave F major scale: Sixteenth notes ascending and descending, slur four notes per bow. (Quarter note = 88)
Track 2 Two-octave E melodic minor scale: Sixteenth notes ascending and descending, detaché. (Quarter note = 72)
Track 3 Page 75, exercise 9. (Quarter note = 88)
Track 4 Page 122, first sixteen measures. (Quarter note = 82)
Track 5 Identify and play a one-minute excerpt from your solo literature.
ALL-STATE AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
VIOLIN - 75 Melodious and Progressive Studies, Opus 36, Book 1 (Mazas, published Schirmer) Click here to download violin audition material
Track 1 Three-octave A major scale: Sixteenth notes ascending and descending, slur eight notes per bow. (Quarter note = 108)
Track 2 Three-octave A melodic minor scale: Sixteenth notes ascending and descending, detaché. (Quarter note = 92)
Track 3 Exercise 8: Start at the E major section, play 16 measures and end on the E dotted quarter note. (Quarter note = 72)
Track 4 Exercise 23: Play the first 25 measures. Follow indicated markings and suggestions. (Eighth note = 96)
Track 5 Identify and play a one-minute excerpt from your solo literature.
VIOLA - Etudes Speciales, Opus 36, Book 1 (Mazas, published Schirmer) Click here to download viola audition material
Track 1 Three-octave D major scale: Sixteenth notes ascending and descending, slur eight notes per bow. (Quarter note = 108)
Track 2 Three-octave D melodic minor scale: Sixteenth notes ascending and descending, detaché. (Quarter note = 92)
Track 3 Exercise 8: Start at the A major section, play 16 measures and end on the A dotted quarter note. (Quarter note = 72)
Track 4 Exercise 23: Play the first 25 measures. Follow indicated markings and suggestions. (Eighth note = 96)
Track 5 Identify and play a one-minute excerpt from your solo literature.
CELLO - Violoncello Method (Kummer, published Schirmer) Click here to download cello audition material
Track 1 Three-octave D major scale: Sixteenth notes ascending and descending, slur eight notes per bow. (Quarter note = 88)
Track 2 Three-octave E melodic minor scale: Sixteenth notes ascending and descending, detaché. (Quarter note = 72)
Track 3 Page 78, exercise 70: Top part. (Quarter note = 72)
Track 4 Page 86, exercise 79: Top part. (Eighth note = 100)
Track 5 Identify and play a one-minute excerpt from your solo literature.
STRING BASS - New Method for Double Bass, Book 1 (Simandl, pub. C. Fischer) Click here to download bass audition material
Track 1 Two-octave F major scale: Sixteenth notes ascending and descending, slur four notes per bow. (Quarter note = 88)
Track 2 Two-octave E melodic minor scale: Sixteenth notes ascending and descending, detaché. (Quarter note = 72)
Track 3 Page 75, exercise 9. (Quarter note = 88)
Track 4 Page 122, first sixteen measures. (Quarter note = 82)
Track 5 Identify and play a one-minute excerpt from your solo literature.
State Solo Ensemble Contest - (April)
Where: Central Washington University, Ellensburg
When: This event is always held on the last Friday and Saturday in April, with small ensembles participating on Friday morning, large ensembles Friday afternoon and solos all day Saturday.
Cost:
Write up:
The WIAA/WMEA State Solo and Ensemble Contest is presented in Ellensburg the last Friday and Saturday in April each year. This event provides the opportunity for the finest of Washington's high school music students to hear each other in a competitive situation. From our 22 regional contests, the winners in each category move on to the state competition where first, second and third places are selected.
The ensemble contest includes "small" and "large" ensembles in seven categories: woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings, women's vocal, men's vocal and mixed vocal. There are 29 solo categories, including seven woodwind categories, five brass, four percussion, four strings, six vocal, piano, guitar and harp.
When: This event is always held on the last Friday and Saturday in April, with small ensembles participating on Friday morning, large ensembles Friday afternoon and solos all day Saturday.
Cost:
Write up:
The WIAA/WMEA State Solo and Ensemble Contest is presented in Ellensburg the last Friday and Saturday in April each year. This event provides the opportunity for the finest of Washington's high school music students to hear each other in a competitive situation. From our 22 regional contests, the winners in each category move on to the state competition where first, second and third places are selected.
The ensemble contest includes "small" and "large" ensembles in seven categories: woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings, women's vocal, men's vocal and mixed vocal. There are 29 solo categories, including seven woodwind categories, five brass, four percussion, four strings, six vocal, piano, guitar and harp.
Music in May - (May)
Write Up:
Music in May was founded in 1948 at Pacific University by Richard A. Green eld to encourage the development of string music in the public schools of the Pacific Northwest. Band and choir were added at the suggestion of high school music directors, who saw in the festival a means of recognizing students whose service to their particular schools was especially noteworthy.
Each year the number of nominees for places at Music in May far exceeds the number who can be accepted. Housing limitations and the natural requirements of each ensemble result in over 500 participants each year, approximately 300 in the choir, 170 in the band and 80 in the orchestra.
Participants' achievements in three days, under distinguished guest conductors culminating in the Saturday afternoon concert, represent not only their own efforts, but those of approximately 170 high school directors who have developed their students’ talents and recommended them for Music in May.
Application Deadline: Postmarked by Friday, February 14, 2011
Music in May was founded in 1948 at Pacific University by Richard A. Green eld to encourage the development of string music in the public schools of the Pacific Northwest. Band and choir were added at the suggestion of high school music directors, who saw in the festival a means of recognizing students whose service to their particular schools was especially noteworthy.
Each year the number of nominees for places at Music in May far exceeds the number who can be accepted. Housing limitations and the natural requirements of each ensemble result in over 500 participants each year, approximately 300 in the choir, 170 in the band and 80 in the orchestra.
Participants' achievements in three days, under distinguished guest conductors culminating in the Saturday afternoon concert, represent not only their own efforts, but those of approximately 170 high school directors who have developed their students’ talents and recommended them for Music in May.
Application Deadline: Postmarked by Friday, February 14, 2011