AOA All-State 2010 Quick Info Guide Alabama All State Orchestra Festival 2010 Final Date for live auditions for all levels
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All State Orchestra Acceptance Deadline Begin To Contact Alternates Begin mailing music
Audition fee is $20 for first audition, $5 extra for each subsequent audition. Please make all check payable to AOA Registration fee is $55.
Notice: We will begin contacting alternates immediately so be sure to abide by the deadline of December 1st to accept your position in your All State Orchestra.
Reminders: 1. Those wishing to be considered for more than one orchestra will need to audition for BOTH orchestras separately. You will fill out separate audition forms and mail them together to your district chair. If you audition for only one orchestra and are not cho- sen, you will not be placed in any other orchestra. 2. All Festival events will take place in the UA Moody Music Building. 3. If you decline the invitation to come to All State AFTER mailing your acceptance letter, you will not be allowed an audition the following year. (With the exception of medical emergencies) 4. Check in for Festival Orchestra will be from 12:00 - 2:00 P.M. on February 11, with string seating auditions upon arrival. 5. Check in will be from 2:30-4:30 P.M. for string orchestras with string seating auditions upon arrival. 4. Festival Orchestra will have their first rehearsal Thursday from 4:30-6:00 P.M. 5. Pictures and warm-ups for all orchestras will take place from 9:00-1:00. The Festival Concert will begin at 1:00 P.M. on Sun- day February 14 in Moody Concert Hall.
Festival Conductors: Dr. Jeff Reynolds, department chair at UAB, will conduct the Festival Orchestra (FO). The FO will perform the fourth movement of Dvorak’s “Symphony No. 8”, as well as the winning work from our composition competition. Gary Wilkes of Chattanooga will conduct the String Sinfonietta Orchestra (SSO). The SSO will perform “Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (unabridged)” by Bach, “Holdberg Suite” by Grieg and “Molly on the Shore” by Grainger. Dr. James Barket of Atlanta will conduct the Consort String Orchestra (CSO). The CSO will perform several wonderful works including an arrangement of “Canon in D” by Pachebel and “Baby Elephant Walk” by Mancini.
Hotel Information:
The hotel for the festival is the Capstone Hotel on the campus of the University of Alabama. This is the same hotel as last year’s All State (though now with a new name). There is a block of rooms reserved for our event. We urge you to book rooms early as there are a limited number of rooms in the block. The cutoff date for the block is January 12. After this date, rooms will not be held at the festival price. Reservation phone number for the block is 1-800-477-2262. The block is under the name “All State Festival Orchestra”.
Participation Requirements: Students participating in the Alabama All State Orchestra Festival must attend all rehearsals and required activities of the festival. Failure to comply with this rule will result in dismissal from the festival without refund of any fees. If a student us unable to attend all activities of the festival, it is his/her responsibility immediately to notify his/her District Chair so that an alternate may be given that place.
6 October 2009
Feb. 11-14, 2010, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa October 15, 2009 October 15, 2009
October 16, 2009 November 16, 2009 December 1, 2009 December 2, 2009 December 5, 2009
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