Quad State Middle School Band Festival
We are thrilled to announce the application for the 2021 Quad State Middle School Band Festival on November 22, 2021 on the campus of Murray State University.
Applications are due by October 15 and the fee this year will be $25 per student AND INCLUDES DINNER. Over the last few years of hearing suggestions from many of you, we will shorten the dinner break, provide a meal for students, and start the concert earlier in order for you to get on the road sooner. Full schedule available below.
New this year, again a wonderful suggestion from one of you, we will have three bands of equal ability, and we will offer one Honors Band. This Honors Group will require an audio or video file link to two components:
-Chromatic scale on their instrument (either one octave, or range of their ability, your choice)
-Excerpt in the folder HERE, from Colliding Visions by Brian Balmadges. Each pdf is labeled by instrument, with marked cuts. Students should include both the chromatic scale AND audition excerpt IN THE SAME AUDIO or VIDEO FILE! You will see a place in the application for you to add the link. (This piece is available in SmartMusic, as well as a free audio download on the FJH website.)
We hope this will provide an additional, enhanced experience for many of our older, experienced students at the MS level.
Once students have been selected, we will return an invoice for you to process and keep for your records. Thanks in advance to those of you who are able to help us process payment prior to the day of the festival, it certainly takes some of the chaos of the day away!
COVID-19 Protocols:
-All students will be required to wear a mask at all times while on campus. They can be removed/brought down while students are playing, but must be put back on at all other times.
-We will follow the guidelines of the Aerosol study for the festival keeping students in ensembles 3 feet apart in setup. This means that our ensembles will be smaller than in years past. We hope to bring you the same great experience for you and the students that we have in years past, regardless of adjustments.
Our clinician bios and repertoire, as well as the schedule will be available online soon at http://www.murraystatebands.com/qs-middle-school.html
We will of course have our directors band again, and I hope to welcome back Jeff Girard from Midwest Sheet Music for our event. We have some details to work out in the interim, but I hope to be able to curate a folder of diverse repertoire to meet all of the interests and needs of your students.
Have a great week and I look forward to meeting and working with all of you very soon, and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at any time.
Dr. Trae Blanco
Director of University Bands
Murray State University
cblanco1@murraystate.edu
Applications are due by October 15 and the fee this year will be $25 per student AND INCLUDES DINNER. Over the last few years of hearing suggestions from many of you, we will shorten the dinner break, provide a meal for students, and start the concert earlier in order for you to get on the road sooner. Full schedule available below.
New this year, again a wonderful suggestion from one of you, we will have three bands of equal ability, and we will offer one Honors Band. This Honors Group will require an audio or video file link to two components:
-Chromatic scale on their instrument (either one octave, or range of their ability, your choice)
-Excerpt in the folder HERE, from Colliding Visions by Brian Balmadges. Each pdf is labeled by instrument, with marked cuts. Students should include both the chromatic scale AND audition excerpt IN THE SAME AUDIO or VIDEO FILE! You will see a place in the application for you to add the link. (This piece is available in SmartMusic, as well as a free audio download on the FJH website.)
We hope this will provide an additional, enhanced experience for many of our older, experienced students at the MS level.
Once students have been selected, we will return an invoice for you to process and keep for your records. Thanks in advance to those of you who are able to help us process payment prior to the day of the festival, it certainly takes some of the chaos of the day away!
COVID-19 Protocols:
-All students will be required to wear a mask at all times while on campus. They can be removed/brought down while students are playing, but must be put back on at all other times.
-We will follow the guidelines of the Aerosol study for the festival keeping students in ensembles 3 feet apart in setup. This means that our ensembles will be smaller than in years past. We hope to bring you the same great experience for you and the students that we have in years past, regardless of adjustments.
Our clinician bios and repertoire, as well as the schedule will be available online soon at http://www.murraystatebands.com/qs-middle-school.html
We will of course have our directors band again, and I hope to welcome back Jeff Girard from Midwest Sheet Music for our event. We have some details to work out in the interim, but I hope to be able to curate a folder of diverse repertoire to meet all of the interests and needs of your students.
Have a great week and I look forward to meeting and working with all of you very soon, and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at any time.
Dr. Trae Blanco
Director of University Bands
Murray State University
cblanco1@murraystate.edu
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