Friday 16th 3:30-5:00pm

Saturday 17th 8:30am-4pm

The Festival Adjudications are the main event for all students, K-12, and all ability levels to participate. Soloists and Ensembles are included in all categories. This event is held in both Seeger chapel and the Gregory center on the Milligan College Campus. The festival begins Friday, November 16th, in the afternoon and continues through Saturday, November 17th.

The adjudications are in a non-competitive style with two clinicians giving comments and scores. Scores are given for the individual’s performance of a prepared piece. Only the prepared piece will be played. Adjudications are not open for the public, parents or teachers to observe.

Students can participate in more than one category individually and ensembles. Please feel free to write on the registration form any additional information to clarify the students’ needs. If a student is performing in more than one event please fill out one form per event they are participating, feel free to staple these together and only fill in the price on the top form reflecting all the events together.

Outstanding Festival students may be asked to perform at a special concert hosted by the Paramount Center in Bristol, Sunday, April 29, 2012.

Categories:

All Instrumental and Vocal Individual Events: Students prepare a memorized piece and accompanied (unless the music is non-accompanied such as most piano pieces and some instrumental pieces.) If the student does not have an accompanist we have provided resident accompanists. Resident Accompanists will be available to have a practice session with the student before their scheduled event time. Registration Forms Here

REPERTOIRE:
• Sonata or Sonatina(one movement)
• Concerto (one movement)
• Major Traditional work (any period)
• Art Song or Aria
• Original Composition (sent in prior to audition w/registration)
• Improvisational Work

All Instrumental and Vocal Ensemble Events: Students prepare a piece with one or more other student(s). Pieces are no loner than 3 minutes and are not required to be memorized. Small vocal choirs of no more than 15 students are encouraged to register. We will have a larger classroom for this event. Registration Forms Here

Composition Event: Students submits an original composition for any instrumentation or combination thereof. This is open to all levels of composition. Composition should be submitted with the registration form by the registration due date, October 21, 2011. All scores are to be printed from a computer program such as Finale. No handwritten compositions will be adjudicated. Please use the Individual Registration Form Here.

All Drama Events: Drama is a new category this year. Drama can be in the individual or ensemble categories. Drama includes any type of Interpretative piece memorized and of published literary works not exceeding 3 minutes. They include Dramatic Interpretation, Humorous Interpretation, and Open Interpretation areas. The competitor could interpret a famous and/or historical speech, a poem, storytelling, any type of one-act. The only props allowed are what can be worn or held in the hands of the student(s), performance space is limited. Remember to use the individual Registration Form for solo drama and the ensemble registration form for groups found Here