We are thrilled to announce the application for the 2022 Quad State Middle School Band Festival on November 21, 2022 on the campus of Murray State University. (Link to Nomination Form)
Applications are due by October 17 and the fee this year will be $25 per student AND INCLUDES a T-SHIRT for each participant. Over the last few years of hearing suggestions from many of you, we will provide a shirt that students can wear for the concert, and then keep as a memento of their experience.
Once again this year, we will have three bands of equal ability, and we will offer one Honor Band. This Honor Group will require an audio or video file link to two components: Link to Audition Material 1. Chromatic scale on their instrument (either one octave, or range of their ability, your choice) 2. Excerpts in the folder HERE, from pieces selected by our Honor Band composer. 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. You will upload each student's audition to the web and include the link in your nomination form.
We hope this will once again provide an, 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!
Our clinicians this year as follows: Honor Band - Cyndee Hawkins, Fayette Co. Retired Blue Band - Anne Wilcheck-Schuessler, Evansville, IN; Elementary and Middle School Band Gold Band - Brittany Froedge, Kentucky Band Organization Green Band - Ben Walker, Madison Co; Caudill Middle School
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.
