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Concert Festival Student Listening Forms
The WSMA concert festival committee, along with input from the Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance committee, has revised and updated the student listening forms for choral and instrumental ensembles. The new offering serves as a springboard to develop quality concert listening skills that students could comprehend while also allowing for self-reflection and comparison in their own performance. Committee Chair Diane Goetsch of Weston commented, “Assisting music teachers in communicating what to listen for and how to discern quality is an outcome we hope to address. Teachers and students will be able to use this form in their concert festivals and for self-reflection in listening to recordings of their own performance.” The updated student listening forms may be found in the “Member Schools” section of the WSMA web site.
x WSMA Festival Rule Changes (changes noted in italics):
IV.E.2: Schools petitioning to change district membership must receive approval from WSMA, the school principal, the district festival manager of the former site and the new district festival manager. Notifications must be completed by September 15.
V.B.9: Two schools may form a Co-op Concert Group (Concert Band, Full Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, String Orchestra, Mixed Choir, TTBB Choir, SSAA Choir, or Middle School Choir) under the following conditions:
Permission is requested and granted by WSMA four weeks prior to the Concert event; and
Participating students all attend WSMA member schools; and
Music directors and principals from the participating schools submit written approval; and
Registration is processed from each participating school.
V.D.4 (Formerly Rule V.D.5): The time allotted for several instrumental events at WSMA State Solo & Ensemble Fes- tivals is slightly longer than district. Qualifying students and events need not prepare additional music for the State Festival.
V.D.5 (Formerly Rule V.D.4): Soloists who qualify for the State Festival may perform a different solo at State. However it must be chosen from the current WSMA Festival Music Class A List for the same Event. No Permission from WSMA is required.
V.D.6: Ensembles who qualify for the State Festival must perform the same selection(s) at State as was performed at District Festival, with the following exceptions:
Wisconsin School Musician
Vocal Jazz Ensembles, Show Choirs and Alternative String Ensembles who qualify for the State Festival may perform a different selected number at State. However the revised selection must still fulfill the style requirement as outlined in the event header.
Jazz Ensembles who qualify for the State Festival may perform a different selected number at State. However the revised selection must maintain the swing tune requirement as outlined in the event header.
V.D.8: Individual students who qualify for State Festival may enter a maximum of 10 (ten) total events per State Festival date. Students qualifying in greater than ten events may transfer solo events to alternate State Festival dates as permitted in WSMA Festival Rule V.E.2-3.
V.E.1: Requests to transfer all of a school’s state festival entries to another State Festival site must contact WSMA in writing by November 15.
WSMA retains the sole discretion to grant transfer requests, and may limit transfer locations based on space at any given State Festival site.
Generally, requests will not be granted for schools that schedule another music event or tour on the same day as the assigned State Festival.
State Festival Transfer Requests will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Any State Festival transfer requests received by WSMA after November 15 must be submitted in writing via email and will be assessed a $5.00 per entry surcharge.
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District Conference Meeting
Conference meetings provide a vital means of planning and communication between schools and the state association. WSMA values its membership and will make every attempt to attend or provide materials for fall conference meetings. Please contact Jeff Gretzinger at
gretzj@wsmamusic.org with district conference meeting plans.
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