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Audition Information
Contents:
A. What to Bring to Auditions
B. Audition Day
C. Audition Registration
D. Preparation for Auditions
E. Piano Audition Information
F. Governing Documents - Handbook
A. What to Bring to Auditions
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The signed Principal Form for your school. (The Principal Form is accessible when you register your students for auditions.)
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Payment for the amount indicated on the Principal Form.
Payment should be made to:
MMEA
PO Box 920004
Needham, MA 02492
B. Audition Day
Audition Type: 2024 auditions will be live auditions.
Location: *New Address* Shrewsbury High School, 75 Cypress Avenue, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 01545
Date: Saturday, January 20, 2024
Snow Date: Sunday, January 21, 2024
All State Audition Times -- January 20, 2024 -- Shrewsbury High School
The audition schedule by district is indicated in the following table. Note the time that corresponds to the name of your school and your geographic district. Home-schooled students may come at any time during their geographic district's audition times, or arrange a suitable time with Michael Lapomardo, the MMEA Auditions Coordinator, in advance. Contact Michael at mlapomardo@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us.
Please note the following:
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Three schools will be randomly assigned from the first time block to audition at the start of auditions.
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Schools sending more than 20 students to auditions may be contacted to schedule a time to avoid congestion.
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Each school may ask for two special time requests. All requests must be made from their school director in advance. Requests from parents, students or private teachers will be declined.
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Any requests for changes to audition times must be submitted to Michael Lapomardo by January 2, 2024.
TIME SCHOOL DISTRICTS
8:15 AM: Northeastern District Schools A-M
9:00 AM: Northeastern District Schools N-Z
9:45 AM: Southeastern District Schools A-M
10:30 AM: Southeastern District Schools N-Z
11:15 AM: Central District Schools A-M
1:00 PM: Central District Schools N-Z
1:45 PM: Western District Schools A-M
2:30 PM: Western District Schools N-Z
3:15 PM: Eastern District Schools A-M
4:00 PM: Eastern District Schools N-Z
C. Audition Registration
Registration Dates:
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All State Audition Registration opens Monday, December 4, 2023.
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All State Audition REGULAR Registration closes on Friday, December 8, 2023.
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All State Audition LATE Registration: closes on Friday, December 15, 2023. Students cannot be registered for auditions past this point.
Signed Medical Form
The signed electronic medical form must be provided by Friday, December 15th, 2023. The link for the health form is https://form.jotform.com/202996299030058. Both the parent/guardian and the music educator/ensemble director emails that are provided in the health form will receive a copy so that you can keep track of your students' submissions.
Registration Fees
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2024 All State Audition Student Regular Registration Fee: $30.00
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2024 All State Audition Student Late Registration Fee: $50.00
Registration Login Procedure
Students must be registered through your District Avenir login.
Completing the Audition Registration Process
Once students have been registered online, appropriate fees, payment/PO's, and the signed principal form must be brought to Auditions on January 20, 2024. Do not email a PDF copy of the forms to Noreen.
Each ensemble director that has a student auditioning must have a valid, active NAfME number. Please double-check when yours expires. It must be active through January 20, 2024 for auditions, and through March for the festival.
Please note: You can retrieve your NAfME credentials at any time by visiting https://nafme.org/membership/join/.
D. Preparation for Auditions
2023-2024 All-State Audition List
All-State Vocal Audition Tracks
Music When Soft Voices Die
Practice Tracks (mp3 format) - Soprano | Alto | Tenor | Bass1 | Bass2 | Bass3 | SATB
Audition Tracks (mp3 format) - Soprano | Alto | Tenor | Bass
Vocal Scale Sheet
Sight Reading
Students will be asked to sight read a short example during their audition. MMEA uses Sight Reading Factory and has a published level. Students and directors can access that directly through SRF. If you do not have an account, please use these examples to help give you guidance.
Timpani and Jazz students will follow similar requirements. Examples have been written specifically for MMEA uses and cannot be shared.
Harp students will read from concert literature when available
Snare Drum Rudiments
All snare drum musicians will perform 2 rudiments (adjudicator’s choice from the approved list):
5, 7, or 9 stroke roll - alternating
Flam accent
Single paradiddle
Double paradiddle
Ruffs
Triple Ratamacue
Flamacue
Multi-Percussion
All timpani, snare drum, and mallet musicians will be required to play 5 multi-percussion examples.
Musicians may pause slightly between each example.
Triangle
Tambourine
Crash Cymbals
Suspended Cymbals
Bass Drum
Multi-Percussion Sheet Music
Multi-Percussion Year 2
Instrumental Scale Sheets
Concert Band Scale Sheets
Jazz Band Scale Sheets
String Scale Sheets (Including Harp)
Mallet Percussion
E. 2024 Piano Audition Information
Piano audition information here.
F. Governing Documents
The updated MMEA All-State Ensemble Handbook can be found here and below.
Adjudication forms are available at https://scoreforms.avesi.com.
2024 All-State Festival Information
The Festival Packet can be found here.
All-State Chaperone Form can be found here.
Please contact James Joinville, Concert Coordinator, with questions: jjoinville@quaboagrsd.org
Choir Conductor
Dr. Wendy M. Koy
Bio
Letter
Program
My Heart Be Brave
Marquest L. A. Garrett
Elijah Rock!
Traditional Spiritual
Adapted and Arranged by Jarrett Roseborough
O Schöne Nacht
Op. 92, No. 1
Johannes Brahms
Fire
Katerina Gimon
Magnificat
No. 11 Chor.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jauh/Dekat
(Far/Near)
Tracy Wong
The Land of the Free
Gwyneth Walker
Concert Band Conductor
Dr. Eric Laprade
Bio
Letter
Program
Fanfare for Wind Ensemble
Sally Lamb McCune
For This Brave New Day
Steve Danyew
Danzón no. 2
Arturo Márquez
Transcribed by Oliver Nickel
Jazz Band Conductor
Christopher Merz
Bio
Letter
Program
Koobism
Chris Merz
Roll ‘Em
Mary Lou Williams
Transcribed and Edited by Ted Buehrer
Goodly Creatures
Mike Conrad