2005-2006
Choral Festival
Hello fellow MTVA members.
I write this letter to inform you about this year's MTVA Choral
Festival. This year promises to be another rewarding year, with
fine adjudicators, a new location, and potential for record-breaking
attendance.
The Festival will be held at the First United Methodist Church in
Murfreesboro. This will be an ideal location as it is close to
the Interstate, near fast food locations, and easily accessible for bus
travel.
The acoustics of the sanctuary are well suited for choral singing, and
the facilities for warm-up and sight-reading rooms are equally
impressive.
The dates are March 1 for Elementary and Middle School ensembles and
March 2-4 for High Schools. THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS JANUARY
19TH. The Application form is available on the Web; just go to
the website and click on "Forms and Applications." Click here for directions to the church.
This is an opportunity which you should not pass up. Choral
Festival provides a forum for everyone to grow, including us as
educators and musicians. I find it very rewarding as my students
get to hear from the adjudicators' comments many of the same things
they have heard from me in class. Perhaps most rewarding,
however, are those suggestions which I have not yet thought about,
thereby planting seeds for growth in the ensemble which would not have
been yielded without attending.
I hope you will take full advantage of this opportunity. A quick reminder -
Make sure you include a Special Request form with your fee and
application should you have any special scheduling requests. The
MTVA Handbook (available on the web) has a special section devoted to
the Choral Festival if you need more details. Should you have any
questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at the below contact
information. Until then, I remain
Enthusiastically,
Brian T. Russell
White House High School
briantrussell@msn.com
w) 615.672.3761
h) 615.941.2975
m) 615.945.1825
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