Pre-Festival Clinic: MANDATORY
All orchestra students will be expected to attend this event (during class time). Each orchestra will perform all three pieces that are to be performed at festival, in front of a clinician/judge. Immediately following the performance, the clinician will work with each orchestra to improve upon their overall musicality.
MSBOA District Orchestra Festival: MANDATORY
All orchestra students are required to participate in this festival (please see concert calendar for specific info). The performance requirements for Concert and Symphony Orchestra are the following: Perform three string orchestra selections and sight-read. This festival includes transportation time, warm-up times, and the orchestra’s performance. Parents are welcome and invited to attend this performance.
MSBOA District Solo and Ensemble Festival: Optional
Solo and Ensemble Festival is a great opportunity for musicians of all levels. By committing yourself to participate in this festival, you are accepting the challenge that you are a valuable performer who is willing to accept professional criticism and critique in order to further your musical growth. It is through this willingness to excel and challenge yourself that we will continue to grow as a musical organization. A student enters as a member of up to two ensembles. An ensemble may have up to eight members. Students may perform up to two solos only if they perform on two different instruments. Students who receive a “I” at District Solo and Ensemble Festival are eligible for State Festival.
MSBOA State Solo and Ensemble Festival: Optional
If you receive a “I” at district festival you become eligible for State level. Here, they will require a solo that will count as 50% of your final grade. You will also be expected to perform scales and sight-reading- each will contribute 25% toward your final score. Piano and harp proficiencies also require a specific etude and have a slightly different scoring system.
If you are actually reading this handbook, you have an extra credit opportunity! Please send me a picture of a dinosaur by the end of the day Monday, September 17th.
MSBOA State Honors Orchestra/ Youth Arts Festival: Optional
If a student receives a 1st division at State Solo and Ensemble and at the recommendation of their adjudicator, the student may be nominated to participate in an all-state Honors Orchestra. Scoring is usually required to be in the 90’s for nomination. The all-state Honors Orchestra involves intense rehearsals on a college campus and a concert presented in May during Michigan Youth Arts Festival.
All orchestra students will be expected to attend this event (during class time). Each orchestra will perform all three pieces that are to be performed at festival, in front of a clinician/judge. Immediately following the performance, the clinician will work with each orchestra to improve upon their overall musicality.
MSBOA District Orchestra Festival: MANDATORY
All orchestra students are required to participate in this festival (please see concert calendar for specific info). The performance requirements for Concert and Symphony Orchestra are the following: Perform three string orchestra selections and sight-read. This festival includes transportation time, warm-up times, and the orchestra’s performance. Parents are welcome and invited to attend this performance.
MSBOA District Solo and Ensemble Festival: Optional
Solo and Ensemble Festival is a great opportunity for musicians of all levels. By committing yourself to participate in this festival, you are accepting the challenge that you are a valuable performer who is willing to accept professional criticism and critique in order to further your musical growth. It is through this willingness to excel and challenge yourself that we will continue to grow as a musical organization. A student enters as a member of up to two ensembles. An ensemble may have up to eight members. Students may perform up to two solos only if they perform on two different instruments. Students who receive a “I” at District Solo and Ensemble Festival are eligible for State Festival.
MSBOA State Solo and Ensemble Festival: Optional
If you receive a “I” at district festival you become eligible for State level. Here, they will require a solo that will count as 50% of your final grade. You will also be expected to perform scales and sight-reading- each will contribute 25% toward your final score. Piano and harp proficiencies also require a specific etude and have a slightly different scoring system.
If you are actually reading this handbook, you have an extra credit opportunity! Please send me a picture of a dinosaur by the end of the day Monday, September 17th.
MSBOA State Honors Orchestra/ Youth Arts Festival: Optional
If a student receives a 1st division at State Solo and Ensemble and at the recommendation of their adjudicator, the student may be nominated to participate in an all-state Honors Orchestra. Scoring is usually required to be in the 90’s for nomination. The all-state Honors Orchestra involves intense rehearsals on a college campus and a concert presented in May during Michigan Youth Arts Festival.