Please see this information from Eryn Carranza (audition site host)
Director Responsibilities
Before District Wide Audition (DWA) Day:
On District Wide Audition day:
2.) Director Feedback
3.) Prior Honors Ensemble Participation
Director Responsibilities
Before District Wide Audition (DWA) Day:
- NEW!!! DIRECTOR PRE-REGISTRATION: You must complete the District Wide Audition (DWA) Day Director Registration Form (by Friday, October 4) to attend. This will ask you to provide an estimated number of students attending and their audition room(s). In addition, you must also include a copy of your PMEA card. This will be verified and must be current before students can audition. You will receive this google form in your email or can access it from the District 1 website. The information asked on this form allows the executive board and audition committee to best prepare for a satisfactory audition process for directors and students.
- AUDITION FEE: Remind your students that there is a $5.00 audition fee for each instrument they plan to audition on (percussion registration includes mallets/timpani/snare in one fee). Cash and check (made payable to PMEA) will be accepted. There will also be the option to pay electronically via Ludus for $6/audition. All fees must be paid at registration or the student(s) will not be permitted to audition.
- Please remember that students are NOT permitted to drive themselves to the audition.
On District Wide Audition day:
- DIRECTOR/PROXY ATTENDANCE: Each director must attend auditions or provide a current PMEA member as a substitute. This substitute will not be responsible for representing any other school at the audition. Please be sure to make note of this on the DWA Day Director Registration Form or contact the PMEA District 1 President or Festival Coordinator as early as possible so judging assignments can be made accordingly. Every director/proxy will have an assignment for the audition timeframe.
- MEETING ATTENDANCE: Each director/proxy must attend the Director Meeting prior to auditions. During this time, the audition procedures will be reviewed, updates will be announced and discussion for future auditions and festivals will occur as needed and judging assignments/responsibilities will be announced.
- UPDATES TO AUDITION PROCEDURES:
- Audition numbers will be randomly assigned and not based on order of arrival/registration. They will be sorted following the close of registration.
- Preliminary and Final Rooms will be utilized in rooms with the largest number of auditionees as long as there are enough current PMEA directors to facilitate preliminary room auditions. If there is more than one director at a school, ALL are expected to attend. It is recommended that schools bring 1 director per 25 students.
- Students must use paper copies of the music; no iPads or similar devices are permitted in the audition room.
- Digital scoring will be used; paper copies of scores may be used if there are connection issues. All directors are expected to bring a device in order to submit digital scoresheets.
- Percussionists will demonstrate ability on ALL percussion excerpts (timpani, snare, mallet).
- Reminder- students will have a maximum 30 seconds to tune the timpani by ear. Students will select the pitch to be used as a reference note which they can play up to 3x. At the end of 30 seconds, the student will be directed by the SAA to begin the timpani audition.
- Reminder- students will have a maximum 30 seconds to tune the timpani by ear. Students will select the pitch to be used as a reference note which they can play up to 3x. At the end of 30 seconds, the student will be directed by the SAA to begin the timpani audition.
- Audition numbers will be randomly assigned and not based on order of arrival/registration. They will be sorted following the close of registration.
- IF NEEDED- FILLING ANY OPEN SEATS IN SENIOR DISTRICT BAND: As voted upon at 2022 District Band East & West Meetings. If open seats remain after DWA Day, Applications will be accepted and student selection will be done by committee, using the following criteria in numerical order:
2.) Director Feedback
3.) Prior Honors Ensemble Participation
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