UIL Solo/Ensemble Contest Approaches

Greetings, everyone!  I hope your Spring semester is off to a great start.

UIL Solo/Ensemble Contests are quickly approaching. Today was Tomorrow is [oops] the deadline for West Zone, in fact.  While this is a UIL event rather than TMEA, I would like to offer some reminders…

• Entry fees are $8 per student.
• Entries are processed through the www.uilforms.com website.
• Form 1A must be postmarked by the deadline.  The form is on the Region 7 UIL Music site – [http://uilforms.com/regions/7].
• The Form 1A can also be used as backup for your entry check (which is supposed to be mailed as well).
• To make the schedule, the contest host needs to know…
  • How many accompanists and students per accompanist
  • If you have specific time needs

Clinic – important reminder

I always thinks this goes without saying, but it probably bears repeating.
Directors with students involved in the clinic & concert are required to be present at Weatherford HS all day.

Correction to prior post’s attachment

Oops!  I accidentally attached last year’s Clinic Info file for printing.  I have corrected it on that post, and here it is as well.  The correct file should not have a judge list and should have a map.

Clinic Info 3

Clinic Info 3B

The Durant Auditorium and Fine Arts wing of WHS face I-20.  Entering at the auditorium, the hall immediately to the right leads back to the band hall and choir room.

7:45             Be present at rehearsal area.  This means in the building by 7:40.  Unloading bus by 7:37.  Pulling into parking lot by 7:32.  You get the idea.

REGION – start on stage

DISTRICT – ladies start in band hall, men in choir room

Some important reminders:

• Be on time!  With choirs this large, it is vital that we maximize the rehearsal time for the clinicians.  Plan ahead.  Arrive early.  Make sure students understand the need for alacrity.  Make smart choices for lunch and dinner.
• District choir will need a couple of soloists.  The top 4 chairs can audition if they choose.
• Make sure your students have…
  •  all the music they need (originals)
  • black folder (with no other music or papers cluttering it)
  • pencil(s)
  • a positive attitude and flexible approach
  • looked at the new music
  • concert attire – choir uniform (proper shoes included)
  • See information 2 post for schedule
  • Space is limited, so changing clothes off-site for dinner is preferable.  If students must change at the school, then arrive early enough so they can be on time to warm up.
  • Directors will meet in the afternoon to get patches, etc.

PRINT VERSION – INCLUDES MAP - Clinic Info 3

Clinic Info 3A

There will be more information coming, but here is some for now.

Weatherford HS – 2121 Bethel Rd. – Weatherford, TX 76087

Alison Haygood’s e-mail if you have any questions – chaygood@weatherfordisd.com

While there is still construction going on, the bridge is open this year!

FOOD

1. Students and adults, please avoid bringing “nutty” snacks for the sake of a highly allergic student.
2. There will not be any concessions for students during the day.

Here is a list of restaurants in Weatherford - Weatherford Restaurants

Pre-Area Info #3

REGION 7 – Pre-Area Information #3

Nov. 17, 2011

Directors,

Please read the following very carefully.  There is a PDF version below that you can print.

FRIDAY – AUDITION – North Crowley HS – 9100 S. Hulen, Fort Worth, TX 76123

Let me know immediately if you have anyone not participating in the audition!!

• Make sure students and parents understand and will abide by the cell phone/electronics rules!!
• Every school must have a chaperone.  If you can’t find a parent, talk to administrators and teachers.

Host Information

• Enter on the north side of the building.  Students will enter the auditorium.  Directors will proceed past that entrance, through the picnic area and into the building.  We will meet in the library, which is up the stairs on the left.  There is also an elevator just past those stairs in the hall to the right.
• Cars and vans can park in the teacher lot on the north side.  Buses should use the part of the lot that is further from the building – marching band practice area.
• We will need a few parents to help as monitors.
• Director food – Dinner should be ready when you arrive.  We will have “Fancy Nachos” – the load ‘em up yourself type.  Snacks will come around during the audition as well.
• There will be a student concession area in the cafeteria after students audition – pizza, nachos, and candy.  Water can be bought before in the auditorium.
• Alternates who are at the audition but are not called to sing will accompany the singers to the holding area in case someone becomes ill and has to leave.  If they were to go to the cafeteria, they could no longer be called to audition.
• Try not to arrive before 3:00 since school is still in session until 4:00.

The Procedure

• Students will register, receive cuts, and warm up in the auditorium.
• After singing through the cuts, all singers will be taken to holding rooms at the same time.  They will be escorted from that room to warm up rooms in small groups.
• Singers will go to one audition room to sing the cuts.  There will be 4 singing rooms.  2^nd parts will audition first, followed by 1^st.
• As students finish the music, they will be taken to a separate sight-reading room.  There will be one SR room for Soprano/Tenor and another for Alto/Bass.
• The cafeteria is the post-audition holding area.
• We will also rehearse “Set Down Servant” a little after the audition, so please make sure your students bring that music.
• We usually finish around 8:00, but you know that there is a lot of variation from year to year.
• Students will take all their stuff with them from point to point.  No swimming back up-stream!

PRINTABLE PDF VERSION - Pre-Area Info 3

Pre-Area Audition Info 2

Let me know if I have left off any vital information.

1. Registration will begin at 3:30.
2. Keep your eyes open for information from Robyn (or via me) about logistics.
3. Official notice – we will not hear a cut from “Kyrie”.
4. There will be 4 singing rooms – Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass.
5. There will be 2 sight-reading rooms – sopranos and tenors will go to one room, altos and basses to another.
6. The tonic chord and pitches will be played in octaves to avoid any issues switching files or mp3 players in the room.
7. Have students bring their “Set Down, Servant” music.  We may do a quick check with sections while scores are being verified.
8. Let me know immediately if you have any students who will not be attending the audition.  The ONLINE FORM is available for this.
9. Payment paperwork is past due.  Please email or fax the paperwork even if the “check is in the mail”.

Clinic Info 2

Information for Saturday’s Clinic/Concert.
Please read the following carefully.

Attire

Members of the District and Region Choirs will wear choir uniform formal dresses and tuxedos/formal vests.  No “prom” attire of should be on stage.

Things students will need

• Black folder – every student needs one
• Originals of music – no copies (see earlier post for list)
• Pencils – sharpened
• Water bottle, lozenges, etc.
• Choir uniform/formal wear
• Money for lunch and dinner

Schedule

7:45  Roll Check – Warm Up
8:00-11:30  Rehearsal
11:30-12:45  Lunch Break
12:45-4:30  Rehearsal
4:30-6:15  Dinner
6:15  Call time – roll check
7:00  Concert

Please plan ahead for meals.  Things will go smoother if you call ahead for dinner – perhaps send someone ahead to place orders.
Starting late after lunch will make us late going to dinner.

Audition Results

Area candidates will be announced after the concert.  There will be a director meeting in the afternoon to verify results, pick up patches, etc.  I need to know if any Area candidates are also involved in Band auditions.

Merchandise

T-shirts, plaques, and recordings can be ordered Saturday evening.

 

FILE OF THIS INFORMATION: Clinic Info 2

Solos at Audition

Per TMEA audition notes, all solos on the Mozart ARE part of the audition. All singers should be prepared on them.

Pre-Area/Clinic Info 1

PRE-AREA/CLINIC INFO #1

Here are some of the basics for upcoming events.  More details will be available soon.

Pre-Area Audition (Nov. 18 – North Crowley HS)

• School confirmation forms with the fees listed will be coming to you soon.
• Students should be preparing all 3 movements from the Mozart Coronation Mass and “Nunc Dimittis”.
• I will get back with you about starting times later.  We usually start registration around 3:30 or 4:00.
• There will be four singing panels (soprano, alto, tenor, bass).
• Sight-reading will be in a separate room after singing.  Sopranos and tenors will go to one room, altos and basses will go to another.  The tonic chord will be played in octaves so the same audio can be used for both parts.
• All-Region chairs 1-12 are candidates for this audition.  Chairs 13 & 14 are alternates.  If your district is out of school the entire week of Thanksgiving, then your students will be eligible for the audition regardless of their academic grades.
• Let me know right away if you have any students who will not be auditioning.

Clinic & Concert (Nov. 19 – Weatherford HS)

• DISTRICT CHOIR will perform
  • Your Voices Tune – Handel
  • Ballade to the Moon – Elder
  • Muie Rendera – Fonesca
  • Rejoice – Ames
  • Reginal Wright, clinician
  • **Please help your students learn the new songs before the clinic!!
• REGION CHOIR will perform
  • Zigeunerleben – Schumann
  • Set Down Servant – Shaw
  • Nunc Dimittis – Holst
  • Coronation Mass – Mozart
  • Dr. Dennis Shrock, clinician
• COMBINED MEN/WOMEN will perform
  • Minnesänger (TTBB) – Schumann
  • How Can I Keep from Singing (SSAA) – Walker
• There are no alternates for either choir.
• Soloists will be appointed by chair.  Further information to come.
• Performers will wear their choir uniforms.  Formal length dresses and tuxedos/suits.

Philip