JUNIOR LEVEL INFORMATION 2009
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JUNIOR BAND
Amanda Allen, Monticello Middle School - allam@sages.us - (217-762-8511 x 3126)
AUDITION PROCEDURE
- Students must be in grades 6, 7, or 8 and be members of their school band.
- Scale sheet and etudes - please use the new scale sheets and etude cycle.
- Students may audition for both jazz band and concert band.
- Percussion students in our district are expected to play the oboe scale sheet. This is for District 3 only. It does not indicate this on the IMEA website.
IMPORTANT: All nine IMEA Districts, including District III, will use the official Junior Level Scales. Please click on Division Information and navigate to the Junior Level Scales.
FESTIVAL INFORMATION
Guest Conductor: Milt Allen, Eastern Illinois University
Repertoire: will be mailed to each school after auditions.
JUNIOR CHORUS
Heidi Blaine, Parkside Junior High School - blaineh@unit5.org - (309-337-3324)
Elizabeth Martin, Jefferson Middle School - martinel@champaignschools.org - (217-351-3790 ex.730)
AUDITION NEEDS
- 8 judges (stipend available)
- 5-7 music teacher volunteers to monitor the warm-up room (1 hour shifts each)
- 5-6 parent volunteers to serve as hallway monitors
AUDITION PROCEDURE
Students in grades 7 and 8 who are members of their school choral ensemble are eligible to audition.
Prepared Selections (2): 48 points
- Students will need to learn their own part on all of the music selected for the festival. Students will be asked to sing 2 selected passages using an accompaniment CD (provided). Starting pitch, tonality, and piano accompaniment intro will assist the student in starting the passages. The two pieces will be posted outside the audition rooms.
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6 points per selection in the following categories: note accuracy, rhythmic accuracy, intonation, and diction.
Rhythmic Sight-Reading: 8 points
- One 2-measure exercise in common time (4/4) using only eighth, quarter, half, and whole notes. Students will intone the rhythm on the solfege syllable Do or using ta’s and ti ti’s.
Tonal Skills (Tonal Memory & Major Scale): 26 points
Tonal Memory (10 pts) - 5 note melody beginning and ending on the tonic and based on the first five scale degrees of a major scale. Student will sing the melody back on a neutral syllable. The melody will be played twice on the CD before the student sings it back.
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Ascending Major Scale (16 pts) - Altos and Sopranos will sing a C major scale. Tenors will sing F Major. Basses will sing B Major. Due to the variety of vocal changes occurring in their voices, any tenor or bass who prefers to sing a different major scale will be allowed to do so provided he can walk into the audition and clearly state which scale he is prepared to sing.
Tone Quality: 18 points
- This is the only subjective part of the audition score. Overall vocal quality awarded by the judge may be based upon the following: voice support, evenness of vocal range, and developmentally appropriate sound of the student’s voice.
FESTIVAL INFORMATION
Guest Conductor: Emily Crocker, Milwaukee Children's Choir Founder and Artistic Director. Vice President of Choral Publications for Hal Leonard Corporation.
Festival Repertoire (Prepare ALL Music)
Gloria Festiva - Crocker/SAB/Hal Leonard 8551015
The Turle Dove - Arr. Spevacek/SAB/Hal Leonard 43720070
O Bella Fusa - di Lasso Ed. Klein/SATB/G. Schirmer 50312670
Niska Banja - Arr. Page/SAAB/Boosey and Hawkes 48004287
Let Me Ride - Arr. Emerson/SAB/Hal Leonard 40312080
Note: Kidder Music, The Music Shoppe, King Music and J. W. Pepper have been notified of these selections.
JUNIOR ORCHESTRA
Karen Monhardt, Bloomington High School - monhardtk@district87.org - (309-828-5201, ext. 1332)
AUDITION PROCEDURE
- Selections from the required repertoire
- Students in grades 7 and 8 who are members of their school orchestra are eligible to audition.
FESTIVAL INFORMATION
Guest Conductor: Dung Pham
Festival Repertoire
Fantasia on a Theme from Thailand - Richard Meyer - Highland/Etling
Allegro Giocoso from Symphony No. 4, Op. 98 - Johannes Brahms Arr. Deborah Baker Monday - Kjos
Lullaby - William Hofeldt - Kjos
Orange Jam - Jeffrey Bishop - Kjos
JUNIOR JAZZ BAND
Mike Lehman, Edison Middle School - lehmanmi@champaignschools.org - 217-351-3771
AUDITION PROCEDURE
- Students in grades 6, 7, and 8 are eligible to audition
- Prepared Piece: students should audition on the first part for their instrument
2009 Audition Selection: Orange Sherbet - Sammy Nestico
- Improvisation: F Blues (Jamey Abersold, Vol. 1, Track 8)
The majority of the audition will consist of the prepared piece. Improvisation is encouraged and a large component of jazz in general, but is not the focus of the audition.
Audition Prepared Piece Cycle
FYI: We have an audition rotation for Junior High Jazz Band
2010-11 - Front Burner
2011-12 - Smack Dab in the Middle
2012-13 - Orange Sherbet
FESTIVAL INFORMATION
Guest Conductors: Roosevelt Griffin and Tom Wirtel
Festival Repertoire will be mailed to each student selected.
