40 th CMEA Capitol Section High School Honor Band 2017 Dear Directors, Students, and Parents, Enclosed you will find the 40 th Annual 2017 CMEA Capitol Section High School Honor Band information. We are currently working on our 40 th Honor Band location. We emailed all of the audition materials to your Band Director. You can also print your materials from our CMEA Capitol Section website. I recommend this if you have a new director this year. Students and parents can download the scales we will use from the CBDA website. CMEA Capitol Section website - cmea-cs.org CBDA website cbda.org The Middle School Honor Band leaders and I are distributing materials after ALL schools are in session after Labor Day weekend. I would like to welcome Mr. Patrick Neff, Director of Bands at Rosemont High School for assisting me as your new Band Rep, while I transition into the position of CMEA-CS Honor Band Coordinator. Mr. Neff will shadow me this year and will help with administrative duties. Only those directors who participate in the entire CD audition meeting will be allowed to have students in the band. Directors must attend the Saturday Mandatory meeting to meet all requirements for the following year. This is a CMEA-CS policy adopted by the participating member directors. Schedule: All directors must participate in the audition meeting in the band room of Ponderosa High School on Monday December 5, 2016 at 4:30pm. Only those directors who participate in the entire CD audition meeting will be allowed to have students in the band. Directors must attend the Saturday Mandatory meeting to meet all requirements for the following year. This is a CMEA-CS policy adopted by the participating member directors. The fee structure is as follows: Student Fee. $35.00 Director/School Fee (MENC/CMEA Member).. $70.00 DO NOT mail tapes or fees; fees are to be paid in ONE CHECK, payable to CMEA, Capitol Section. The fees must be paid at the tape audition meeting in order for your students to participate. Audition Materials 1. Audition excerpts are provided by CMEA Capitol Section. 2. Scales please print the most current All State Honor Band scales on the CBDA website. www.cbda.org 3. Percussion must audition on Snare Drum/ Timpani and basic mallet. 4. All items are also posted on our Cap Section website at http://cmea-cs.org There will be a Mandatory Participating Band Director s on the day of the concert, Saturday, January 7, 2017 at Cosumnes River College. The meeting will begin at 9:30 AM with refreshments at 9:00 AM. We will discuss and evaluate this year's procedures and select guest conductors for the ensuing years. Directors must attend the Saturday Mandatory meeting to meet all requirements for the following year. If you have any questions, please contact me at: Elk Grove High School: Office: (916) 686-7741 ext.6477 E-mail: msebasti@egusd.net Here's to a great 2017 Honor Band and our 40 th Anniversary! Sincerely, Mario Sebastian CMEA, Capitol Section Honor Band Coordinator EGHS Director of Music & NCBA President All Band Directors and Students must complete the application and the google registration on our CMES-CS website.
40 th CMEA Capitol Section High School Honor Band 2017 Honor Band Schedule & Details Guest Conductor Gary P. Gilroy is a Professor of Music and Director of Bands at California State University, Fresno. In 1993 he was appointed Associate Director of Bands and Director of the Bulldog Marching Band. After 13 years in this position and building one of the finest collegiate marching bands on the west coast, Dr. Gilroy became Director of Bands in 2006. Prior to this appointment he served for a decade as Director of Bands at Fred C. Beyer High School in Modesto, California where his band was awarded several national honors as well as the International Sudler Shield Award from the John Philip Sousa Foundation. Gilroy also served as faculty at CSU, Stanislaus and graduate assistant at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon where he completed his doctorate in 1995. Dr. Gilroy is in demand as a guest conductor of many honor bands throughout the United State. As an adjudicator and guest conductor he has served in 39 states and throughout Canada. Dr. Gilroy has been the conductor for all state groups in Colorado and Oregon as well as the California Band Directors Association All-State High School Symphonic Band. An ASCAP Awardwinning composer, Gilroy's music is published for concert band, marching band, and percussion ensembles through the Arrangers Publishing Company, BRS Music, Inc., C. Alan Publications, Daehn Publications, Kagarice Brass Editions, Matrix Publications, TRN Publications, Warner Brothers, Wingert-Jones, Inc., and CPP/Belwin Mills. SCHEDULE Stand Up 4 Music grew out of a need to strengthen music education In California. The leaders in The California Arts Project, TCAP, and California Association of Music Education, CMEA, convened an historic meeting of the many California professional music education organizations to surface common concerns around the equity and access of music education for all students within California. Out of this summit grew the idea to gather the many supporters of music education into a coalition of Californians who advocate for music as a vital part of a comprehensive education. Stand Up 4 Music provides a collective voice for the many who believe that music education is an essential and powerful learning experience. www.standup4music.org Thank you to our scholarship sponsors Donner Mine Music Camp CAZADERO MUSIC CAMP
CMEA Capitol Section Honor Band Recording Instructions Please follow every instruction in detail. Submit one CD for every student or a USB flash drive with the MP3 file. Directors should listen to the recordings and make sure it is HONOR BAND QUALITY. CD s must be clean; completely erase all tracks before recording. Each audition CD should be preceded by: Name of Student Name of School Name of Instrument Recording the audition. 1. Play the CBDA scales first for the current year listed on the CBDA website. 2. Play passages as near to the specified tempos as possible. 4. Omit long rests 5. Take all second endings: no repeats 6. At the end of the audition, say "end" Do not use piano accompaniment. Piccolo players must also audition on the flute. Percussion players must audition on both snare drum and timpani and basic mallets. Mallet players audition on specified solo. A student may submit two CDs for one fee, one for snare drum/timpani/basic mallet and one for mallets. Listen to the entire recording making sure everything is recorded and audible. Label each cassette or CD with student's name, school and instrument. CDs will be disqualified if: a. CDs are not free of interference due to incomplete erasing. b. All instructions are not followed in detail. c. Edited / cut & paste.
40 th CMEA-CS Director Application 2017 The 40 th Annual CMEA Capitol Section High School Honor Band will be selected by a CD audition process. Audition music will be sent to your school after Labor Day weekend. There will be no limit to the number of students who may audition. Percussionists may submit both a Snare/Timpani/Basic Mallet tape and a Mallet Specialist cd for one fee. Bring your student s cd s, mp3 on a labeled usb flash drive, student permission form for each student, a copy of this application along with one check for all fees to the tape session on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Ponderosa High School beginning at 4:30 PM. The director must be in attendance for the entire audition session in order for his/her student s recordings to be auditioned. You will find a master copy of the student permission form in the packet along with all instructions, audition music and scales. If you have any questions, please call Mario Sebastian at 916-686-7741 ext.6477 or by email at: msebasti@egusd.net. Please print or type Director s Name Cell Phone Home Phone Director s Home Address City and Zip FAX email address School School Phone School Address City and Zip Principal s Name Number of recordings submitted: x $ 40 $ MENC/CMEA Membership Number Expires: / / CMEA-CS School/Director Fee: $ 70 $ $70.00 Director s T-shirt (Please indicate size: S M L XL XXL N/C $ N/C MENC RENEWAL: CMEA-CS will not process applications for MENC. You must renew your membership before arriving at the CD session. You can easily renew online and provide a copy of online receipt for verification if necessary. Total (ALL FEES IN ONE CHECK): $ Make the check payable to: CMEA-Capitol Section Sorry, no purchase orders accepted. Only one check per application. There will be a $20 fee for returned checks. Office Use Only Amount Paid $ Number of CD s not accepted: x $30 $ Amount of Refund $
40 th CMEA-CS Student Application 2017 Please Print Student's Name: Cell Phone Home Phone School Name: School Phone: ( ) Band Director's Name: School Address: Principal's Name: Please circle your T-shirt size: S M L XL XXL Instrument: Musical Background: Past Member of CMEA High School Honor Band (check those that apply) 2014 2015 2016 Initial here if you have been a member of CMEA Capitol Section Honor Band all 4 years of high school. Initial here is you have been a member of CMEA Capitol Section Honor Band 7 th, 8 th, 9 th, 10 th, 11 th. & 12 th grade. Student Fee: $40.00 $30.00 of the student fee will be refunded to the director if the student is not accepted. Required Signatures: We, the undersigned, acknowledge that this applicant is and will be a bonafide active member in good standing of his/her band during auditions and at the time of the Honor Band and therefore give our permission and recommendation to this applicant for membership in the 2017 CMEA-CS High School Honor Band to be held on the campuses of Cosumnes River College and Sheldon High School, January 3,7,8,& 9. In addition, the student agrees to participate in all auditions, sectionals, rehearsals and concert of the honor band and that failure to attend all rehearsals will result in dismissal from the band. Parent or Guardian Band Director Student Emergency Medical Treatment Permit Family Physician: Phone: ( ) Insurance Co. Policy No. Emergency Contact Phone: ( ) Please list any medications and dosages as well as allergies, allergic reactions and any other information necessary on the back of this form. I hereby give permission for to participate in the 2017 CMEA-CS High School Honor Band, and I assume responsibility for the behavior and actions of my son/daughter. Also, in case of emergency, I hereby give my consent for a qualified physician to perform any medical or surgical procedures s/he deems necessary to the welfare of this student while participating in the honor band. It is understood that the honor band coordinator and medical personnel will make every attempt to contact parents, guardians, relatives listed prior to taking any such actions. Further, this authorization permits said physician to hospitalize, secure appropriate consultation, order injections, anesthesia (local, general or both) or surgery for this applicant if emergency conditions warrant. The undersigned does hereby assume and agree to pay any indebtedness for physician's or surgeon's fees and hospital charges for such service. Signature: Date: Relation to Student: Phone: ( )
CD AUDITIONS & DIRECTOR S MEETING DECEMBER 8, 2014 Location: Ponderosa High School 95682, 3661 Ponderosa Rd, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 All directors must participate in the audition meeting in the band room of Ponderosa High School on Monday December 5, 2016 at 4:30pm check-in & 5:00pm meeting time. Only those directors who participate in the entire tape audition meeting will be allowed to have students in the band. This is a CMEA-CS policy adopted by the participating member directors. Attention Participating Directors Please bring a portable cd player/lap tops for the cd auditions.