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DISTRICT I
Illinois Music Educators Association District I Spring Newsletter April, 2008 Click Here for PDF Version of this Newsletter
Dear Music Educator, I hope all of you had a restful spring break and are making plans for a restful and relaxing summer. We will continue to send and receive all correspondence electronically. This includes spring and fall newsletters, audition nomination, and festival selection and billing. Please inform your colleagues that they can find the newsletter online at www.ilmea.org. To view or download the newsletter, click on District Info, and then click on District 1. You must have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view this PDF file. If you are aware of a school or music program that would like to become involved in IMEA activities, please share this information with them or have them contact Keith Anderson at keithand921@sbcglobal.net. The contents of this newsletter are as follows:
Instructions For All Forms 1) Each high school and junior high/middle school BUILDING with participating students is required to submit a JR/SR Participating School Form and $25.00 fee. This fee may also be paid online at www.ilmea.org. EXCEPTION: a high school district must submit 1 form and 1 $25.00 fee for EACH LEVEL for EACH BUILDING that graduates students with a diploma. Separate 9th, 10th and/or 11th grade buildings are considered affiliated with their graduating 12th grade building. 2) Elementary Information Forms are for the purpose of providing information to music teachers in each grade school building. Many elementary teachers find themselves without information regarding JEM activities because they do not complete the elementary school form. Furthermore, this year elementary school music teachers can register on-line. There is no fee for elementary school participation. (K-6 only). 3) Only one set of information will be emailed to each school that submits a school form and fees. It is the responsibility of the contact person in each music department of every school to disseminate the information that is emailed from IMEA to all music teachers in his/her building. 4) Information on how and where to access MENC/IMEA membership forms is also included to help you keep your IMEA/MENC membership up to date. Becoming a member, or maintaining your membership makes each of us an active supporter of music education in our communities, in our state, and in our country. The professional development benefits of this membership are many and varied. MENC also has a great web site and a new music education alert e-mail system in place. You can reach MENC by following the direction on the last page of this document or by calling 1(800) 828-0229.
REGISTRATION/NOMINATION/SELECTION
Welcome to IMEA District online registration. This program is designed to replace the paperwork normally associated with IMEA District auditions and festivals. Traditional Fall Participating School Information Packets, including the individual student nomination forms, WILL NOT be mailed UNLESS the school indicates, on the Participating School Form, a need for the paper forms. It is preferable for each school contact person to instruct the teachers in your building to follow the steps listed on the IMEA web site to complete the RNS (Registration/Nomination/Selection) process. If you have any questions, please e-mail your district president and you will receive a timely response. To reach District web pages to complete your director and student registration, please click the following link: Remember, you must hold down the ctrl key to activate the link when you click.
You will not be able to access the nomination forms pages until your school has paid the $25.00 participation fee! So register and pay that fee ASAP. Also, only one summary per participating schools will be accepted. This means that every division within your school must be submitted on one (1) summary. Payment should be made in full with one (1) check for all participants. Failure to implement this procedure will result in the return of your summary and payment. JEM (Junior High/Elementary Music) Workshop Information
Professional Development Our Professional Development Chair is Ben Salgado ( bsalgado@bhsd228.com ). Information about securing CPDU credit for the fall festivals will be included in the fall newsletter, but all of the divisions will again offer observation credit at the fall festivals. Senior Division Auditions In response to director requests to improve the objectivity of the audition process, all senior level auditions will be held at Carl Sandburg High School, Orland Park. Junior Division Auditions Junior Division auditions will be held at Liberty Junior High School, New Lenox. DIVISION INFORMATION All information pertaining to required audition literature for all senior divisions can be located at http://www.ilmea.org/division.shtml. Scale sheets are also available for both Junior and Senior levels for download at this location. MEMBERSHIP/SCHOOL PARTICIPATION FORMS You may download a membership application for MENC/IMEA at http://www.menc.org/information/members/memform.html. You may also download Junior/Senior school participation forms by clicking on the District Information link and then clicking on the Forms link at the top of the IMEA home page at www.ilmea.org. Remember, to hold down the control button on you keyboard when you click the link to navigate to the desired page. 2008 – 2009 DISTRICT 1 LEADERSHIP
2008 DATES AND LOCATIONS Senior Auditions Audition checks & summary forms postmarked by October 1, 2008 Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 4:00pm – 10:00 pm Site: Carl Sandburg HS, Orland Park, IL Contact: Deborah Baker 708-671-3100 or Stewart Bailey 708-671-3100 Senior Festival Saturday, November 22, 2008, 3:00 pm Site: Downers Grove South HS Contact: Glen Williams Jr/Sr Jazz Festival Saturday, November 15, 2008, 3:00 Site: Chicago State University Contact: Mark Smith Junior Auditions Audition checks & summary forms postmarked by Sept 24, 2008 Saturday, October 11, 2008 Site: Liberty Junior High School, New Lenox Contact: Elise Greene 815-462-7951 Junior Festival Saturday, November 1, 2008, 3:00 Site: Chicago State University Contact: Mark Smith
2008 GUEST CONDUCTORS
Jazz
Senior Level
Junior Level
IMPORTANT WEBSITE INFORMATION IMEA Site for specific District I information, click on “District Information,” click on District 1 on the State map or scroll down to District 1, click on the link (blue “1”) next to the president’s name. RNS Site (Registration/Nomination/Selection) – is linked on the IMEA website (Steps 1, 2 and 3) or the direct URL is www.ilalldist.org
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