Additionally, the HMEA middle school festival offers a “world drumming” ensemble. There is a middle school festival and a high school festival, both consisting of a band, a chorus, and an orchestra. HMEA is made up of students from the Amagansett, Bridgehampton, Center Moriches, East Hampton, East Moriches, East Quogue, Eastport-South Manor, Hampton Bays, Montauk, Quogue, Remsenburg-Speonk, Riverhead, Sag Harbor, Southampton, Southold, Springs, Tuckahoe, and Westhampton Beach School Districts. HMEA: Hamptons Music Educators Association – This east end festival typically occurs in January/February each year.
Acceptance into NYSSMA All-State is an extremely prestigious honor. Gathering the finest 11th and 12th grade student musicians in the state, NYSSMA creates these ensembles from the approximately 900 students accepted: band, wind ensemble, string orchestra, symphony orchestra, women’s chorus, mixed chorus, instrumental jazz ensemble, and vocal jazz ensemble. NYSSMA All-State Festival – The New York State School Music Association organizes this festival annually in conjunction with its Winter Conference in Rochester. Four ensembles result: Symphonic Band, Treble Chorus, Mixed Chorus, and Symphony Orchestra. This festival gathers together the finest Suffolk student-musicians in 11th and 12th grade. NYSCAME/SCMEA High School All-County Festival – The NY State Council of Administrators of Music Education and the Suffolk County Music Educators Association organize an All-County festival for November each year. Once selected, students must commit to learning the music prior to the festival, and attending all festival rehearsals and performances. A teacher’s nomination is not a sign of acceptance into the festival ensemble.
#NYSSMA DATES 2017 PROFESSIONAL#
Final ensemble musicians are selected by qualified festival chairpersons from within the professional organizations. These thresholds vary depending on the festival and the instrument. School music teachers for each area will nominate students whose NYSSMA Level and Score is high enough to be considered for each ensemble. There is no “All-State” for piano, except for students who audition for the All-State Jazz Ensemble.įor more information, please visit the NYSSMA website or speak to your child’s music teacher.Įach of the following honor ensembles requires a NYSSMA score from the previous year. Students who play piano at home may also register to perform a NYSSMA solo for adjudication, but will need to register through their school music teacher (please note: there is now a separate piano solo festival in Suffolk County, on different dates than the area solo festival). NYSSMA scores are used in determining nominations for a number of honor ensembles during the following school year. Students in 10th and 11th grades may choose to perform a level six solo as an audition for the NYSSMA All-State Festival. The judge also provides praise, comments, and suggestions to promote the student’s continued growth as a musician. Students perform their prepared solo – along with a spontaneous site-reading – in front of a judge who scores the performance based on a clear rubric. Solos are organized in six levels of difficulty, and students are encouraged to return to the festival each year to perform increasingly challenging solos. With guidance from their music teachers, students choose a solo piece specifically composed or arranged for their instrument or voice part. The NY State School Music Association sponsors this adjudication festival annually, and it is hosted in locations all over New York.
#NYSSMA DATES 2017 REGISTRATION#
Information and registration forms for the 2019 NYSSMA Festival can be found by clicking here. This protects the privacy of the students. The professional groups that organize these festivals do not communicate directly with students and parents festival organizers will only speak to school district officials and/or the student’s nominating teacher. Please note that students/parents should not contact these organizations directly. School music teachers (ensemble directors) will nominate students to be part of any festivals for which they qualify.
There are many wonderful opportunities for music students to perform in select ensembles throughout the county and state.
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