AOA All-State 2011 Quick Info Guide
AlabamaAll State Orchestra Festival 2011
Final Date for live auditions for all levels All State FinancialAid Deadline
Videotape DistrictMailing Deadline All State Results Posted
All State OrchestraAcceptance Deadline Begin To ContactAlternates Begin mailing music
Feb. 10-13, 2011, University ofAlabama, Tuscaloosa October 11, 2010
Consult the district audition page on the web for specific dates!
October 15, 2010 October 13, 2010 November 15, 2010 December 1, 2010 December 2, 2010 Early December
Audition fee is $20 for first audition, $5 extra for each subsequent audition Please make all checks payable toAOA 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 posi- tion in yourAll 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 chosen, you will not be placed in any other orchestra. 2.All Festival events will take place in the UAMoodyMusic Building. 3. If you decline the invitation to come toAll StateAFTER 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 12-1:30 pm on February 10, with string seating auditions upon arrival. Wind, brass, and percussion check-in will be from 2:30 - 3:30 5. Check in will be from 2:30-4:30 for Consort and Sinfonietta String Orchestras with string seating auditions upon arrival. 6. Festival Orchestra will have their first rehearsal Thursday afternoon from 4:00-6:00. 7. Pictures and warm-ups for all orchestras will take place from 9-1. The Festival Concert will begin at 1 PMon Sunday February 13 inMoody Concert Hall.
Festival Conductors: Wes Kenney (Colorado State University) is the conductor the Festival Orchestra (FO). The FO will perform Les Preludes by Liszt, DieMeistersinger Overture byWagner, as well as the winning work from our composition competition. Dr. Fred Geiersbach (SaintAndrews School in Delaware) is the conductor of the String Sinfonietta Orchestra (SSO). The SSO will perform Egmont Overture by Beethoven/arr.McCashin, Intermezzo by Brahms/arr.Hopkins, Concert Grosso by Jenkins, and Hoe-Down, by Copland. Latoya Lamons (Youth Orchestras of PrinceWilliam County in Virginia) is the conductor of the Con- sort String Orchestra (CSO). The CSO will perform selections from the following: Hornpipe by Frost, Jupiter by Holst/arr. Monday, Skaters’Waltz byWaldteufel/arr. Longfield, Gauntlet by Spata, Sahara Crossing byMeyer, Concerto in EMinor by Avison/arr. Issac, and Follow the Rainbow arranged by Cerulli.
Hotel Information: The hotel for the festival is the Capstone Hotel on the campus of the University ofAlabama. This is the same hotel as last year’s All State. 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 theAlabamaAll State Orchestra Festivalmust attend all rehearsals and required activities of the festi- val. 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.
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