2002 MTVA Adjudication Festival

April 18 - 19 at Lipscomb University and Campus School.

 

1.   Report to the choral wing of Lipscomb High School. Warm-up rooms and sight-reading will take place in the 3 rehearsal rooms in this wing. Performances will be in the Willard Collins Alumni Auditorium. Allow at least 5 minutes to move a group from the HS to the auditorium.

2.   Warm-up room time is 30 minutes prior to performance, although actual time in the warm-up room may be only 20 minutes. We must stay on schedule. If a warm-up room is available earlier, we will make every effort to let you in it early.

3.   Sight-reading is immediately after your performance.

4.   Please read the following section from the handbook and be sure to follow all guidelines for the festival.

5.   Best of luck making beautiful music!

 

I.                    CHORAL FESTIVAL

 

A.       General Information

1.       The rules and regulations for the Elementary/Middle School Festival, Junior High/Middle School Festival and the Senior High Festival shall be the same except where specifically noted.

2.       All directors of students must be members in good standing of the local, state, and national music organizations.

3.       Choruses with less than twenty-one (21) members may participate in choral festival provided fees are paid to cover 21 students.

4.       Students will be classified according to their local school system’s classification:

a)         9th grade is Junior High in some areas while in other areas they are considered High School. Directors may choose which classification for adjudication.

b)         Elementary students in grades four through six (4-6) will be classified as Elementary/Middle School.

c)         Other combinations or variations shall be approved by the executive board.

 

A.       Music

1.       Choice of music:

a)         Members are encouraged to choose music of the highest quality and appropriate for an adjudicated choral festival.

b)         Members are encouraged to choose music for the festival other than that used in the All Mid-State Honor Choirs that year.

c)         The association shall purchase 5 reference copies of the Texas Music List and make them available to the membership.

d)         Senior High School choruses shall perform three (3) selections.

e)         Junior High/Middle School Choruses shall perform three (3) selections.

f)           Elementary/Middle School Choruses shall perform two or three (2 or 3) selections.

1.       Only printed copies of copyrighted music will be accepted. No photocopies of copyrighted music are allowed. Photocopies will result in an automatic letter grade reduction per selection and those selections will not be allowed to be performed. (A director must produce proof from the publisher that copies are currently out of print before reproductions are allowed.)

2.       All music must be turned in at the registration desk thirty (30) minutes before warm-up time.

3.       All music for judges, four (4) copies of each selection, must have the measures numbered.  Failure to do so will result in the penalty of lowering the rating by one grade level.

4.       All music will be performed from memory.

5.       Selections performed by a given group may not be repeated by that group for two (2) years.

 

A.       Adjudication, rating, and awards

1.       There shall be no classifications according to graded difficulty of the music.

2.       New schools and beginning teachers may be adjudicated for comments only upon request and approval by the Executive Board.

3.       There shall be three judges.

4.       Final grade shall be the average of the three judges’ scores.

5.       Rating System:

 

A+ = 12          B+ = 9                    C+ = 6                    D+ = 3                    F   = 0

A   = 11          B   = 8                    C   = 5                    D   = 2

A-  = 10          B-  = 7                    C-  = 4                    D-  = 1

 

Rating will be tallied at the registration desk, and any discrepancy will be returned to the judge.

 

6.       Awards:

a)         Choirs receiving a Superior (A) rating will be awarded a gold trophy.

b)         Choirs receiving an Excellent (B) rating will be awarded a silver trophy.

 

A.       Sight-Reading

1.       All choruses will be required to sight-read.

2.       Choruses may elect to sight-read for comments only provided the director submits a written request to the executive committee at the month prior to the month of the festival.  This exemption precludes eligibility for state choral festival.

3.       Each chorus will be required to sight-read one or more sets of rhythm patterns, one or more sets of pitches, and melodic lines.

4.       Failure to sight-read will disqualify the group from the festival.

5.       Sight-Reading rating will NOT affect performance rating.