Friday: |
8:00am - 5:00pm Vocal Competition 6:00pm - 7:00pm Concert and Awards Ceremony |
Saturday: |
8:00am - 5:00pm Instrumental Competition 12:00pm - 1:00pm Concert and Awards Ceremony 1:00pm - 5:00pm Instrumental Competition 6:00pm - 7:00pm Concert and Awards Ceremony |
Friday, April 17, 2020 |
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College Vocal Jazz: | |||||
Cost: | $200.00 + $1.50 per participant. | ||||
Time Limit: | 25 min. | ||||
Equipment: | Sixteen hand-held cabled microphones with stands and a piano microphone. | ||||
Levels: | |||||
Non-Competitive- | This group will have had solid festival experience. A larger quantity of good soloists who improvise well. The arrangements are complex. Accompaniment group is complete, comprised of piano and/or guitar, bass, and drums, and plays various styles and breaks away from the written accompaniment. The use of an all-student rhythm section is highly encouraged. The group should demonstrate sophisticated jazz styling. | ||||
College Vocal Soloist: | |||||
Cost: | $55.00 + $1.50 per participant. | ||||
Time Limit: | 15 min. | ||||
Equipment: | One hand-held cable microphone with stand, music stand, small PA and piano provided. | ||||
Levels: | |||||
Non-Competitive- | Soloists should sing up to three songs with varying tempo and style. For example: An up-tempo Swing tune, a Ballad and a Latin or Bossa Nova/Rock Fusion. For the more experienced soloist, there should be some improvisation. It would be best to use a "live" combo for accompaniment, if possible. A microphone must be used. | ||||
Community/Adult A Cappella: | |||||
Cost: | $200.00 + $1.50 per participant. | ||||
Time Limit: | 20 min. | ||||
Equipment: | Sixteen cabled microphones with stands will be provided at each site. Stage will be lit, no special lighting needs are permitted. | ||||
Levels: | |||||
All Levels- | Each category is an open category with all levels participating - Beginning, Intermediate, or Advance. An A Capella group includes Men's, Women's and Mixed Groups. All styles are allowed - R & B, Pop, Rock, Barbershop, etc. All groups must be unaccompanied. A Capella groups will have at least 3 singers with no limit to the maximum. All members must be amateur (non-professional). The performance time limit includes set up and tear down. | ||||
HS A Cappella: | |||||
Cost: | $200.00 + $1.50 per participant. | ||||
Time Limit: | 20 min. | ||||
Equipment: | Sixteen cabled microphones with stands will be provided at each site. Stage will be lit, no special lighting needs are permitted. | ||||
Levels: | |||||
All Levels- | Each category is an open category with all levels participating - Beginning, Intermediate, or Advance. An A Capella group includes Men's, Women's and Mixed Groups. All styles are allowed - R & B, Pop, Rock, Barbershop, etc. All groups must be unaccompanied. A Capella groups will have at least 3 singers with no limit to the maximum. All members must be amateur (non-professional). The performance time limit includes set up and tear down. | ||||
HS Band: | |||||
Cost: | $200.00 + $1.50 per participant. | ||||
Time Limit: | 30 min. | ||||
Equipment: | Seven cabled microphones with stands, a piano microphone and twenty music stands will be provided at each site. | ||||
Levels: | |||||
Advanced- | Solid festival experience. Several good soloists with advanced improvisational skills. Full instrumentation. Morning Slots Only. | ||||
Heavy- | A very experienced program. Challenging literature. A quantity of excellent soloists. Full instrumentation. Afternoon Slots Only. | ||||
Intermediate- | Have attended several festivals. One or two soloists who are beginning to break away from written solos. Instrumentation fairly complete. | ||||
Magnet School - | |||||
Novice- | Little or no previous festival experience. Very beginning soloists. Incomplete instrumentation. | ||||
HS Combo: | |||||
Cost: | $135.00 + $1.50 per participant. | ||||
Time Limit: | 30 min. | ||||
Equipment: | Four cabled microphones with stands and six music stands will be provided at each site. | ||||
Levels: | |||||
Advanced- | The level of material should be such that there is a variety of styles and material. At least one of the charts should contain an advanced level of chord structure over which the soloists will perform a minimum of one chorus, but prefer two or more choruses. | ||||
Intermediate- | They will be able to perform an arrangement of the head and then improvise over the changes. The emphasis of this classification is on improvisation. Intermediate students should be able to improvise over simple changes such as a blues or easy standard. | ||||
Magnet School - | |||||
HS Soloist: | |||||
Cost: | $55.00 + $1.50 per participant. | ||||
Time Limit: | 15 min. | ||||
Equipment: | One hand-held cable microphone with stand, music stand, small PA and piano will be provided. | ||||
Levels: | |||||
Vocal Jazz- | Soloists should sing up to three songs with varying tempo and style. For example: An up-tempo Swing tune, a Ballad and a Latin or Bossa Nova/Rock Fusion. For the more experienced soloist, there should be some improvisation. It would be best to use a "live" combo for accompaniment, if possible. A microphone must be used. | ||||
HS Vocal Jazz: | |||||
Cost: | $200.00 + $1.50 per participant. | ||||
Time Limit: | 25 min. | ||||
Equipment: | Sixteen hand-held cabled microphones with stands and a piano microphone will be provided at each site. | ||||
Levels: | |||||
Advanced- | This group will have had solid festival experience. A larger quantity of good soloists who improvise well. The arrangements are complex. Accompaniment group is complete, comprised of piano and/or guitar, bass, and drums, and plays various styles and breaks away from the written accompaniment. The use of an all-student rhythm section is highly encouraged, but not required, as the competition will solely be judged on vocals. The group should demonstrate sophisticated jazz styling. | ||||
Intermediate- | This group will have had some previous festival experience. One or two soloists who are improvising. Arrangements are more complex. Accompaniment group is complete, comprised of piano and/or guitar, bass, and drums, and plays various styles and breaks away from the written accompaniment. The use of an all-student rhythm section is highly encouraged, but not required, as the competition will solely be judged on vocals. The group should demonstrate good jazz styling. | ||||
Novice- | This group has little or no previous experience, very beginning soloists. Arrangements are fairly easy with occasional four-part harmony. |