MEA Guitar All-State 208 TIMELINE By May 5th The 208 Audition Items Document ill be released state-ide mid-aug Audition registration opens or teachers via the MPA Online system, via the SMA ebsite Sept st, midnight Audition registration DEADLINE Sept st, midnight Teachers must be current/active members o MEA (dues are paid). Component membership is NOT required or participation in Guitar All-State. mid-sept Auditions take place in your local OA district. The local OA District Chair ill contact teachers in early September ith the audition schedule and location inormation. Get to kno these people no...and THANK THEM or hosting our auditions...and ask ho you can assist them in executing the auditions. Sept 20-Oct 5th Auditions are scored by judges By Oct 23rd (i not beore) Audition results are released By Oct 27th (i not beore) Music mailed to the teachers/schools o accepted students Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan Students are preparing their music packets Tuesday January 9th, 208 at 7pm...irst rehearsal at Marriott Waterside Hotel (room TBA) Wednesday January 0th, 8:30am-5pm..rehearsal Thursday January th, 2:30pm CONCERT!!!!
MEA Guitar All-State 208 Audition Items Section one- scales: G Major and E minor scale rom Diatonic Major and Minor Scales by Andres Segovia, Columbia Music/Theodore Presser edition (#CO-27). You ill be asked to play either the G or E minor scale at the audition. Use alternating right hand ingering (such as i-m or m-i), at a tempo o q = 0. Use alternating rest stroke and play ithout repeats, observing the ritten quarter note rhythm. Scoring: 5 points o 00 total on audition, in the olloing areas/categories: 5 pts-correct notes 5 pts-luid, steady rhythm 5 pts-quality tone rom rh, lh techniques --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section to- solo etude: Estudio 6 rom Tenty Studies, by ernando Sor Op. 35, no. 7, Andres Segovia Edition. Play the entire etude ithout repeats. Must be rom the olloing printed edition to ensure consistency o edited markings: Hal Leonard HL 00006363 Scoring: 35 points o 00 total on audition, in the olloing areas/categories: 0 pts- correct notes and rhythms 0 pts- quality tone rom rh and lh techniques 0 pts- musicality: dynamics/phrasing/interpretation 5 pts- overall quality o preparation --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section three- ensemble excerpts: Learn part rom Mark Houghton s Tangology (see pp. 2-5 o this document) and part rom Houghton s Ballad (see pp. 6-7 o this document) You ill be asked to play ONE excerpt o approximately 20-30 measures rom EACH piece. Take care to interpret all musical & technical markings. Scoring: 40 points o 00 total on audition, in the olloing areas/categories: EXCERPT scoring rubric EXCERPT 2 scoring rubric (same) 5 pts- correct notes and rhythms 5 pts- correct notes and rhythms 5 pts- quality tone rom rh and lh techniques 5 pts- quality tone rom rh and lh techniques 5 pts- musicality: dynamics/phrasing/interpretation 5 pts- musicality: dynamics/phrasing/interpretation 5 pts- overall quality o preparation 5 pts- overall quality o preparation --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section our- sightreading: One 8-6 measure passage ill be presented at the audition; one minute ill be given to visually study the piece (no playing); auditioner ill be given one opportunity to perorm the passage. The passage ill likely be in an upper position, have a key signature and accidentals, have a variety o rhythms, and contain dynamic and other musical markings. See the samples on p. 8 & tips on p. 9. Scoring: 0 points o 00 total on audition, in the olloing areas/categories: 5 pts- correct notes, rhythms and markings 5 pts- steady rhythmic pulse
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208 MEA Guitar All-State audition items p. 9 Tips and strategies or preparing to sightread at an audition ) Kno the parameters o the sightreading portion o the audition PRIOR to the audition- dierences in the length, rhythmic diiculty (monophonic or polyphonic), st position or upper position, musical markings or not, etc., can dramatically change the diiculty level o the sightreading test. Knoing the length o revie time prior to testing can also have an impact on your psyche in the moment and thereore the quality o test result. or this audition, read and amiliarize yoursel ith the sightreading criteria printed on the 208 MEA Guitar All-State Audition Items document. 2) Practice sightreading- it may sound obvious, but purposeully and regularly practicing sightreading should increase your sightreading score. Sightreading is a skill that can be developed, reined and perected just as any other musical skill. Generally speaking, the more time spent doing the skill, the better the result ill be. or this audition, obtain an abundance o print materials similar to examples -3 and SIGHTREAD!! 3) Research musical terms and symbols- or the most accurate sightreading results, research the olloing: tempo indications (allegro, adagio, etc.), dynamic markings (cresc., piano, ortissimo, etc.), articulation markings (staccato, marcato, various accents, etc.), guitar-speciic technique indications (dolce, ponticello, 5th pos., etc.) and other standard musical instructions (legato, con brio, sing eel, etc.). or this audition, one strategy could be to create a glossary o common terms and symbols dran rom several dierent text/print resources. You ill be more likely to remember terms and symbols i you chart them by hand. 4) BUILD conidence in your ability to sightread- apprehension, nervousness and ear should be supplanted by conidence, ability, and calm execution through careul preparation o items -3 above. BECOME a great sightreader! Rationale or sightreading at the audition Why is sightreading a part o the 208 MEA All-State Guitar Audition? The ability to successully sightread an excerpt o standard notation demonstrates that your musical skills are beyond the preparation o only the prepared items. Secondly, a successul sightreading test result is a strong indicator that you are capable o arriving at the irst rehearsal having learned all o your parts ith the high level o accuracy.