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1 p. 1 of 10 The NWIBA Honor Bands provide an opportunity for students to participate in an auditioned band of the best instrumental students. The primary focus is to present the best musical performances/experiences in an atmosphere where the students learn the value of dedication, discipline, teamwork, and pride while having fun and participating in an event they will remember. The excitement generated from participating will carry back to the student s school and instrumental music program. NWIBA Honor Bands have been designed to enhance the education and development of young instrumental performers. AUDITIONS / REHEARSAL - Saturday, October 13, 2018 Auditions: 8:00am - 11:30am - Elementary School Hyland Dr, Storm Lake, Rehearsal for accepted students: 2:00-3:30 (per 2012 meeting minutes to allow ballot tabulations/crosscheck) Elementary & Middle School - Middle School is across street from Elementary Students not selected to the Honor Bands will be given the opportunity to watch a popular movie during the afternoon rehearsal. Do you have different ideas to occupy this time, i.e. group music computer games? The time is usually 2:00-3:00. It is strongly recommended students be in attendance at the afternoon rehearsal. (per 2012 meeting minutes) REHEARSAL / CONCERT - Saturday, November 3, Storm Lake HIGH SCHOOL Rehearsal: 9:30-4:00 - Storm Lake High School Concert: 6:00 pm - Storm Lake High School Gym Admission fee: $5.00/adults, $3.00/students Students must be in attendance at all rehearsals and concert on concert day. REGISTERING STUDENTS NAMES FOR AUDITIONS & FEES DEADLINE Audition Student Names Entry at electronic receipt date of September 28, 11:59PM Payment of audition Entry Fees: Postmark on/before October 5, 2018 Penalty ($) assessed if deadlines not met Student names to audition received after September 28 and on/before October 5 will have a fee of the original $5.00 per student, plus a $5.00 per student late fee assessed (maximum $50.00 penalty). Audition entry FEES received after October 5 will be assessed a $20.00 per school late fee. No new entries will be accepted after October 5. You may only exchange a student name of the same instrument from your school Middle School/Junior High Honor Band Committee Chair/Volunteers Monica Boogerd, Sioux Center, monica.boogerd@scwarriors.org, Auditions Scheduler: Adam Perry, Sioux Central, aperry@sioux-central.k12.ia.us, Music / Percussion Equipment Coordinator Janet Boyens, Spirit Lake MS, jboyens@spencerschools.org, Judges - Nikole Nuttall, Alta-Aurelia, nnuttall@alta-aurelia.k12.ia.us, If you are willing to assist with judging auditions, please contact Nikole. Ballots Tabulations - **POSITION TO BE FILLED - Contact Monica Boogerd

2 p. 2 of 10 DIRECTOR S CHECKLIST 1. Pay NWIBA & IBA dues. 2. Check the concert music list to determine if you have the music in your library to loan. 3. Submit Student names electronically by September Submit Entry Fees by October 5 5. Electronically complete the VOLUNTEER FORM 6. Arrange student transportation to Storm Lake 7. Prepare students musically for auditions and subsequent concert. Note the short amount of music preparation contact time between the auditions and the concert. 8. Prepare students for possible outcomes on audition day, i.e. selection process, students not chosen, etc. ELIGIBLE STUDENTS All 7th & 8th grade students whose director and/or teacher is a paid-up member of NWIBA and IBA is eligible to audition for acceptance into the MS/JH honor bands. 9th grade students are not considered MS/JH for this Honor Band. Students selected from these auditions are assigned to one of two equal ability bands. The audition preparation and the audition are a learning process. All students who have the desire to participate are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity. You may enter as many students to audition you feel are capable of the audition requirements. All entered students will receive an audition time. However, not all students who audition will be selected to participate in the Honor Bands. Students may audition on only one instrument. The honor band shall have representation from every school that has students audition, if the director desires. If no student from a school is selected through the audition process, that director has the option of choosing a student to represent their school in one of the Honor Bands. This selected student cannot be a percussionist.

3 p. 3 of 10 GUEST CONDUCTORS FOR THE 2018 MS/JH HONOR BANDS Mrs. Holli Safley..Storm Lake, Iowa Mrs. Barbra Wells Storm Lake, Iowa MUSIC TO BE USED FOR THE FESTIVAL SAFLEY - BLUE BAND The Wild Westerns March of the Lost Battalion The Water is Wide Arabian Dances WELLS - RED BAND Military Escort Of Wizards and Warriors Gently Touch the Sky Velocity Arr. Story Ployhar Arr. Jenkins Roland Barrett Harold Bennett Roland Barrett Robert Sheldon Larry Neeck If your school owns any of these pieces, please contact Janet Boyens. Identify your music with your school stamp. Borrowing music saves NWIBA considerable money and keeps dues dollars low. Mail the music to: Janet Boyens- Spencer MS 800 East 3rd St Spencer jboyens@spencerschools.org Instrumentation: The planned instrumentation of each of the two bands: 9 - Flutes 6 - Alto Saxophones 3-1st Trombones 2 - Oboes 2 - Tenor Saxophones 3-2nd Trombones 2 - Bassoons 2 - Baritone Saxophones 3-3rd Trombones 5-1st Clarinets 3-1st Trumpets 4 - Baritone Horns 7-2nd Clarinets 4-2nd Trumpets 4 - Tubas 9-3rd Clarinets 5-3rd Trumpets 1 - String Bass 4 - Bass Clarinets 8 - French Horns 5 -? Percussionists (or as determined 1 - Contra Clarinet by the needs of the music)

4 p. 4 of 10 NWIBA MS/JH HONOR BAND AUDITION PROCEDURES REQUIRED Audition Etudes and Scales are located on the NWIBA website. All students will warm-up in the gym. You may bring a music stand to warm-up. PERCUSSIONISTS: Bring a practice pad or snare drum practice pad mat for use during warm-up time in the gym. WINDS AUDITION PROCEDURE: *Student will have option to choose whether they would like to start the audition with scales or etudes. 1. SCALES: Auditor will choose four major scales from the scales listed on the scale page. Scales are to be performed memorized. Students will be asked to step away from their music stand when playing scales. a. The manner in which the scales are played (tempo, articulations, rhythm) are left to the discretion of the student s teacher. b. The ranges are suggested, but not required. However, the majority of students accepted into the honor bands are able to meet or exceed these guidelines. 2. CHROMATIC scale from memory 3. ETUDES as assigned - not memorized - Etude Listings 4. Sight-reading (as per 2014 mtg - sight-reading will NOT be a part of the audition) PERCUSSION AUDITION PROCEDURE: Percussionist MUST audition on each of these areas: Snare Drum, Timpani, Mallets. In addition to learning the assigned etudes, percussionist will be required to learn the techniques listed below for each instrument. The final score will be the sum of each instrument scores. Accepted percussionists will have concert music parts assigned by the auditors. Snare Drum: Student should bring their own sticks and snare drum. 1. Auditor will choose three rudiments from these: rudimental double stroke long roll, five stroke roll, alternating flams, flam accent, flam paradiddle, multiple bounce roll (done pp to ff to pp). Rudiments are all done open- close-open. Visit for examples of correct playing. 2. Required etude Timpani: Student should bring their own sticks, pitch pipe. Tuning gauges are not to be used. 1. Student will be asked to do a long, single stroke roll from pp to ff to pp. 2. TUNING - Student will be asked to tune these intervals: P4, P5, m3. Students will first tune a drum to a specific pitch with a pitch pipe. Then student will tune a second drum to a given interval higher than the first drum. 3. Required etude Mallets: The student should bring their own mallets and instrument. 1. Auditor will choose three major scales from the following: C, F, G, Bb, D, Eb, Ab, (2 octaves or more if possible on the instrument) These must be performed memorized. 2. Chromatic - full range of the instrument 3. Required etude PERCUSSIONISTS: Bring a practice pad or snare drum practice pad mat for use during warm-up time in the gym.

5 p. 5 of 10 Video Taped Auditions ******** **** There should be nothing seen that would indicate which school the student is from. **** **** Place only your school number and instrument on the outside of the video and turn into Monica Boogerd or Adam Perry by 9:00 a.m. on the morning of the auditions. **** ***** Please make sure that you have a ballot filled out for each video audition and bring it with the video to the library. **** REMEMBER: VIDEO AUDITIONS CAN NOT be placed as a 1st Chair player in the Honor Band or be a member of the All Iowa Band. 1. Scales: A. Must play all scales. There should not be any breaks in the video of the auditions (The video should be made in one sitting. You cannot start videotaping, stop, and begin again.)**** **** Please make sure the recordings are made on DVD/Zip Drive. B. Say the name of each scale before performing it. C. NO music stand should be seen in front of student while they are playing. 2. Etudes: A. Announce the title of each etude. B. Play only the indicated measures. TIPS FOR A GREAT VIDEO AUDITION: Treat it as though it were a live performance. o Have your student dress as though they are auditioning live. o Teachers: Ask the students to play the scales one at a time and not in the order of the scale sheet. Teachers: supply the students with good recording tools. RECORD THE AUDITION IN YOUR BAND ROOM. In order for this to be the best experience for your student, please do not put pressure on them to record themselves at home- even if a parent will voluntarily record them. The band room is more professional!

6 p. 6 of 10 REGISTRATION INFORMATION AUDITION ENTRY FEES Audition entry fee is $5.00 per student. There is no additional fee if a student is selected to participate in the MS/JH Honor Bands. There are no refunds given once the student entry fees have been submitted. Audition entry fees payment must be received on/before October 5, 2018, to avoid a penalty fee. Mail the AUDITION ENTRY FEES FORM (page 7) Adam Perry, NWIBA Auditions Chair Sioux Central Community Schools 4440 US Hwy 71 Sioux Rapids, IA AUDITION ENTRY FEES PAYMENT Colleen Hecht, NWIBA Treasurer 621 Tornado Dr. Storm Lake, IA ** PLEASE INCLUDE A COPY OF THE ENTRY FORM WITH YOUR PAYMENT** AUDITION ENTRY FEE PENALTY POLICY Audition entry fees check/cash must be received on/before October 5, Entry fees received after October 5 will be assessed a $20.00 per school late fee. Electronic audition entries received after September 28 and on/before October 5 will have a fee of the original $5.00 per student, plus a $5.00 per student late fee assessed (maximum $50.00 penalty). These entries must be paid for by October 5. No new entries will be accepted after October 5. You may only exchange a student name of the same instrument from your school. DIRECTOR/TEACHER IBA and NWIBA Membership Dues Requirement for Participation IBA and NWIBA membership dues must be paid for student audition entries to be complete. These are two separate membership requirements. 1. The NWIBA Membership form is at the NWIBA website. 2. IBA Membership information can be found at the IBA website. Send each membership dues/form to the appropriate person as indicated on the membership form. Northwest Iowa Bandmasters Association By-laws: Article III Membership and Dues - Dues shall be paid annually on or before October 1 of each calendar year... Participation in Northwest Iowa Bandmasters Association activities will be incumbent upon each director belonging to both the Northwest Iowa Bandmasters Association and the Iowa Bandmasters Association. IBA By-laws: ARTICLE XI. Section Participation in District Activities. Only students whose director or teacher is a paid up member in good standing of the Corporation(IBA) may participate in activities sponsored by the above defined Corporation districts.

7 p. 7 of 10 STUDENT AUDITION REGISTRATION PROCEDURES All registrations of student entries for auditions are entered electronically at If for any reason you are unable to complete the registration process, contact: Jody Ingwerson jingwersen@okoboji.k12.ia.us Once at the form, follow the prompts on the page. Deadline for entries before a penalty is assessed is electronic receipt date of September 28, 11:59PM. After submitting your final student entry electronically, you need to complete the AUDITION ENTRY FEES FORM. Locate this form on page 7 of this MS/JH Honor Band General Information document or it is available on the NWIBA website. This form you will submit to your district s accounting department for payment of the audition entry fees. The AUDITION ENTRY FEES form must be postmarked by October 5, 2018 before a penalty will be assessed. Make check payable to: Colleen Hecht - Treasurer NWIBA Mail the AUDITION ENTRY FEES FORM (page 7) Adam Perry, NWIBA Auditions Chair Sioux Central Community Schools 4440 US Hwy 71 Sioux Rapids, IA AUDITION ENTRY FEES PAYMENT Colleen Hecht, NWIBA Treasurer 621 Tornado Dr. Storm Lake, IA ** PLEASE INCLUDE A COPY OF THE ENTRY FORM WITH YOUR PAYMENT** Your registration is complete when: 1. Electronic student registration has been submitted 2. Registration fees have been received by the committee 3. Membership dues in IBA have been received by IBA Secretary 4. Membership dues in NWIBA have been received by NWIBA Membership chair Please complete the VOLUNTEER REQUEST form by clicking on this link: NWIBA-MSHB-VolunteerForm

8 2018 NWIBA MS/JH HONOR BAND AUDITION ENTRY FEES FORM p. 8 of 10 Audition entry fees check/cash must be received on/before October 5, Entry fees received after October 5 will be assessed a $20.00 per school late fee. SCHOOL NAME DIRECTOR S NAME SCHOOL MAIL ADDRESS Street/PO City Zip AUDITION ENTRY FEE STUDENTS at $5.00 each = $ PRINT A COPY OF THIS FORM GIVE TO YOUR DISTRICT S ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT FOR PAYMENT Make check payable to: Colleen Hecht, Treasurer-NWIBA Mail this Form, along with Entry Fees to: Colleen Hecht, NWIBA Treasurer 621 Tornado Dr. Storm Lake, IA 50588

9 p. 9 of 10 NWIBA MS/JH HONOR BAND BOOKS USED IN A 4-YEAR ROTATION FOR MS/JH HONOR BAND AUDITIONS Selected Duets for Flute, Volume 1, Voxman, Rubank Publications Gekeler Method for Oboe, Book 2, Gekeler, Belwin-Mills First Book of Practical Studies for Bassoon McDowells/Hovey, Belwin-Mills Bassoon Student, Level 2 (Intermediate), Henry Paine, Belwin-Mills Selected Duets for Clarinet, Volume 1, Voxman, Rubank Publications Studies and Melodious Etudes for Clarinet, Level 3, (Advanced Intermediate) Ployhar, Belwin-Mills Studies and Melodious Etudes for Alto Clarinet, Level 2, (Intermediate), Ployhar, Belwin-Mills Studies and Melodious Etudes for Bass Clarinet, Level 2 (Intermediate), Ployhar, Belwin-Mills Selected Duets for Saxophone, Volume 1, Voxman, Rubank Publications Tunes for Alto Sax Technic, Level 3, (Advanced Intermediate), Ployhar, Belwin-Mills Supplementary Studies for French Horn, Volume 1, Endresen, Rubank Publications Selected Duets for French Horn, Volume 1, Voxman, Rubank Publications Selected Duets for Cornet or Trumpet, Volume 1,Voxman, Rubank Publications Second Book of Practical Studies for Cornet or Trumpet, Volume 1, Getchell/Hovey, Belwin-Mills 40 Progressive Etudes for Trombone, Hering, Fischer Publications Tunes for Trombone Technic, Level 3, (Advanced Intermediate), Ployhar, Belwin-Mills Selected Duets for Trombone or Baritone, Volume 1, Voxman, Rubank Publications Supplementary Studies for Eb or Bb Bass, Endresen, Rubank Publications Intermediate Method for Tuba, Voxman, Rubank Publications 30 Studies for String Bass, Simandl, International Music Company Solos and Duets for the Snare Drummer, Whaley, JR Publications Primary Handbook for Mallets, Garwood Whaley, Meredith Music Publishers Masterpieces for Marimba, McMillan, Belwin-Mills Tymp Tunes, Schinstine, Southern Publications 17 Plus 1 Percussion Pieces, Schinstine, Southern Publications

10 p. 10 of 10 ALL-IOWA 8TH GRADE HONOR BAND The All-Iowa 8th grade Honor Band first concert was in May This 132-piece band is comprised of 8th grade students from the six regional IBA districts. The quotas for each district are determined by the IBA JH/MS Affairs Committee. Each district has its own specific requirements for selection into the All-Iowa 8th Grade Honor Band. The auditions for the students from the NWIBA district are held in conjunction with the NWIBA MS/JH Honor Band auditions. The audition requirements are the same. The highest seated 8th grade students are chosen for the All-Iowa 8th Grade Honor Band, if they are of All Iowa Honor Band caliber. It is possible for 7th grade students to be seated ahead of an 8th grade student in the NWIBA Honor Bands. The identification of 8th grade students is not done until after the seating order of the NWIBA MS/JH Honor Bands is determined. If a judge feels there is no 8th grade student of All-Iowa 8th Grade Honor Band caliber, no student is chosen for that instrument. Students who are selected from each IBA district meet in May at the IBA Conference for a one-day rehearsal and concert.

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