2015 NJ Elementary And Junior High Choral Festival by Carol Dory Beadle
NJMEA/NJ-ACDA Festival Chair
carol.dory.beadle@
gmail.com
wide Honor Choir program for outstanding elementary and junior high singers.
T Why Send Your Students To This Festival?
• Students have the opportunity to sing with some of the best conductors from our state and from around the country.
• Students are able to be challenged at an advanced level with other students who are equally as talented and who love to sing.
• Although students are required to learn the music on their own, there are only two days of commitment required – the rehearsal day and the festival day .
• Directors have the opportunity to network and meet other teachers throughout the state.
• Directors are able to sit in on rehearsals and watch fantastic conductors.
• Directors only have two Saturday dates to attend – Audition Day, Rehearsal Day, or Festival Day.
• Rehearsal tracks are provided to make practicing at home easy for the director and student.
Student Information
• Students must be residents of New Jersey. • Students must prepare their audition as well as the concert pieces, if accepted.
• The Elementary Honor Choir is for grades 4-6 (treble voicing). • The Junior High Honor Choir is for grades 7-9 (mixed voicing). • Students will audition with two vocalise warm-ups and a pre- selected short melody.
• Students will be judged on Vocal Quality, Intonation, and Musicianship.
Director Information
• Any church, school, or community choir director who is a member of NAfME and/or ACDA is eligible to sponsor students for membership.
• There is a limit of 16 student applicants from each school, church, or community chorus for each honor choir. • All communication is done via email. • The director will be responsible for: • Supervising the preparation of audition and application materials.
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he New Jersey Music Educators Association in coop- eration with the New Jersey American Choral Direc- tors Association is proud to announce the annual state-
• Ensuring that students are musically prepared for the first rehearsal.
• Coordinating efforts with parents and sponsoring organization to assure that singer is financed and has transportation provided.
• Ensuring all required paperwork is completed and submitted according to guidelines.
• Attending and assisting at both the Rehearsal Day and the Festival Day in their entirety. (If director is unable to attend, a pre-approved member of either NAfME or NJACDA must take his or her place.)
• Directors who serve as an audition judge may be excused from either the Rehearsal or Festival Day.
Important Dates
• Wednesday, January 14, 2015 – Audition materials due • Saturday, January 24, 2015 – Audition Day – begins at 8:30am, Grace Church, Madison NJ
• Monday, February 9, 2015 – Registration forms due for those who are accepted
• Saturday, April 25, 2015 – Rehearsal Day - 8:30am-1:00pm, New Providence High School, New Providence, NJ
• Saturday, May 2, 2015 - Festival Day – rehearsal starts at 8:30am and concert starts at 4:30pm, JP Case Middle School, Flemington NJ
Audition Information
• Audition materials must be postmarked by Wednesday, January 14. 2015
• Required materials – Application form, recording, and $8.00 audition fee
• Audition day is Saturday, January 24, Madison, NJ
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• Audition results will be emailed following auditions. • If a student is accepted and wants to participate, there is a registration fee of $25.00 per student which must be postmarked no later than Monday, February 9, 2015
• Information about audition requirements will be posted on
www.njacda.com during the Fall of 2014. There you will find the vocalise and song the students will be required to audition with as well as information about how to send the recordings and the application forms. (You do not have to be an ACDA member to find this information on the NJACDA website.)
OCTOBER 2014
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