AOA All-State 2008 Quick Info Guide
Alabama All State Orchestra Festival 2008 Feb. 7-10, 2008 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Videotaped District Auditions for All Levels Deadline Videotape District Mailing Deadline
All State Financial Aid Deadline All State Results Posted
All State Orchestra Acceptance Deadline Begin To Contact Alternates
Registration fee is $50.
Audition fee is $15 for first audition, $5 extra for each subsequent audition Please make checks according to the instructions of your District Chair
Notice: We will begin contacting alternates immediately so be sure to abide by the deadline of December 11th to accept your position in your All State Orchestra.
New Policies: 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 chosen, you will not be placed in any other orchestra.
2. 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 )
Reminders: 1. All Festival events will take place in the UA Moody Music Building. 2. Check in will be from 12:00-2:00 pm on February 7, with string seating auditions upon arrival. 3. Check in will be Feb. 7 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. for string orchestras with string seating auditions upon arrival.
4. Festival will have their first rehearsal Thursday afternoon from 4:30-6:00, followed by a concert presented by the University of Alabama Huxford Symphony Orchestra at 7:30. 5. Pictures and warm-ups for all orchestras will take place from 9-1. The Festival Concert will begin at 1:00 P.M. on Sunday February 10 in Moody Concert Hall.
Festival Conductors: Mr. Jeffery Meyer, director of orchestras at the Ithaca College School of Music will conduct the Festival Orchestra. Dr. Mark Laycock, Associate Professor of Music at Wichita State University will conduct the String Sinfonietta Orchestra and Ms. Jacquelyn Dillon, Director of Strings and Orchestral Studies, Professor of Music Education and Pedagogy and Associate Chair of the School of Music at Wichita State University will be conducting the Consort Strings Orchestra.
Festival Hotel: Four Points Sheraton. (205) 752-3200 fax (205) 759-9214 ala breve 11 Consult the info guide for your district on the web for specific dates!
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