Specific information for each division is available on the ILMEA website (www.ilmea.org). Please visit this site periodically for the most up-to-date information.

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IMEA DIVISION INFORMATION

ILMEA SPRING NEWSLETTER

District 5 Music Educators: I hope this newsletter finds

your school year ending with fantastic final performances!

Contained in this District 5

newsletter is all of the information currently available

auditions and festivals. All of our guest conductors,

except two, are under contract and working with our division representatives to make sure our 2013 Festivals are a success.

If you are retiring or leaving

your position at the conclusion of the school year, please leave a note for whoever follows you explaining about ILMEA and our

process. A copy of this newsletter would be great to help any new director hit the ground running and be ready to participate.

In closing, it has been a

rough Spring for some school districts. I have had many calls and emails from music educators who were RIFed or their program cut deep or completely. These are truly tough times, but I believe that it will get better.

Finish strong, get some

much needed R&R and I look forward to working with you all in the Fall!

Musically,

Chris Gunn President, ILMEA District 5

district5@ilmea.org

Dates & Deadlines

Submitting ILMEA Participation form and fee 9.15.13

Submitting Audition Entries Online 10.2.13

Auditions: Effingham High School 10.14.13 EGM/Jazz Festival: EIU Charleston 11.4.13

Concert Festival: EIU Charleston 11.23.13 Submitting FMES Nominations Online 11.15.13

ILMEA All-State Festival, Peoria 1.22-25.14

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ADD NEW TEACHERS Go to www.ilalldist.org.

complete this process. information or you can contact me.

If you have students who will

audition for the ILMEA District

5 JR Orchestra, make sure you

see the JR Orchestra page for

some exciting changes to the JR

Orchestra festival experience!

DELETE RETIRING & RESIGNING TEACHERS This can only be completed by the pr imary contact Go to www.ilalldist.org.

director you

want to delete

It is CRITICAL that EVERY music teacher be registered in the RNS system. Having each teacher registered means they will receive specific information regarding their area of specialty as well as this newsletter.

DO NOW 1. Submit School Participation Fees and Forms There are no longer Elementary Participation Forms, but you are encouraged to register your school and yourself online. Please note that in addition to sending in these forms/fees, you should register your school and yourself on the RNS website at www.ilalldist.org. Download a blank participation form: The new school participation form will be available on line soon. Check ilmea.org to get this form. 2. Let your school distr ict know about dates for next year .

DO LATER SEPTEMBER Update RNS by deleting retired teachers or teachers no longer at your school Register your students for auditions at www.ilalldist.org Pay audition fees to the district president

OCTOBER AUDITIONS After students are selected for the district ensembles, pay participation fees to the State office

NOVEMBER DISTRICT FESTIVALS

STAY CONNECTED

LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNTY

DISTRICT 5

NEEDS A VOCAL JAZZ

REPRESENTATIVE

D E T A I LS INSID E

SENIOR BAND

2013 Division Info SR Band Representative Todd Black Mattoon High School P - 217.259.5211 mrb@mattoon.k12.il.us

Conductor Joseph Manfredo Illinois State University

Repertoire

Colonial Collage by James Hosay American Elegy by Frank Ticheli Washington Post March by John Philip Sousa First Suite for Band by Alfred Reed Mvmt. 3 & 4

AUDITIONS

3 Minute Time Limit All Notes Tongued

Other use Required Etudes (Cycle Set 1)

for 2013-14.

ESSENTIAL POINTS

The following link will take you to the list of required etudes for the 2013-2014 audition cycle.

http://www.ilmea.org/site_media/filer_publi

c/2012/08/22/band_etudes_cycle_1.pdf The following link will take you to the

ILMEA Scale Pages. http://www.ilmea.org/site_media/filer_publi

c/2012/08/21/band_senior_scale.pdf

JUNIOR BAND

2013 Division Info JR Band Representative Courtney Leach Effingham Junior High P - 217.540.1300 leachc@u40gw.effingham.

k12.il.us

Conductor Katrina Fitzpatrick Morton

Repertoire

Fanfare for the Third Planet by Richard Saucedo

Expression by Craig Andrew Fitzpatrick

Russian Sailor Dance by Reinhold Gliere, arr Johnnie Vinson

The Great Escape (Concert March) arr Robert W. Smith

AUDITIONS

The Etudes can be found at:

L isted above

Other to use Required Etudes for 2013.

There may still be old versions of the scale sheets floating around your band room. Use the new ones and destroy the old ones!

ESSENTIAL POINTS

INSTRUMENT TEXT 2014 2013 OBOE Second Book of

Practical Studies for Saxophone

#93 p. 24 #90 pg. 23

Bassoon Second Book of Practical Studies for Bassoon

#53 pg. 3 #70 pg. 11

Flute Second Book of Practical Studies for Flute

#27 pg. 24 B Fine

#29 pg. 26 A C

Clarinet Second Book of Practical Studies for Clarinet

82 pg. 44 #62 pg. 34

Bass Clarinet Second Book of Practical Studies for Tuba

#78 pg. 8 mm. 17 24 Perform in C major

#78 pg. 8 mm. 1 16

Saxophones Second Book of Practical Studies for Saxophone

#91 pg. 23 Lines 1 5

#96 pg. 26

Trumpet Second Book of Practical Studies for Trumpet

#76 pg. 38 #70 pg. 36

French Horn Second Book of Practical Studies for French Horn

#75 pg. 5 #81 pg. 9

Trombone Second Book of Practical Studies for Trombone

#76 pg. 12 mm. 1 24

#72 pg. 9 Last 3 lines

Euphonium Second Book of Practical Studies for Trombone

#76 pg. 12 mm. 1 24

#72 pg. 9 Last 3 lines

Tuba Second Book of Practical Studies for Tuba

#109 pg. 26 mm. 17 32

#67 All

Mallet Percussion Second Book of Practical Studies for Trumpet

# 67 pg. 35 #69 pg. 36

Snare Drum Audition Etudes by Garwood Whaley for Snare, Timpani, Keyboard and Multi

# 3 Snare Etude #4 Snare Etude

Timpani Audition Etudes by Garwood Whaley for Snare, Timpani, Keyboard and Multi

#2 Timpani Etude

#3 Timpani Etude

The JR Band scales pages can be found at:

http://www.ilmea.org/site_media/filer_public/2012/08/21/band_junior_scale.pdf

SENIOR JAZZ BAND

2013 Division Info Jazz Division Rep. Russell Burch Taylorville Jr. High P - 217.824.4924 rburch@taylorvilleschools.com

Conductor Jazz Band 1

Brent Wallarab Indiana University Repertoire

* by Chip McNeall Ticker by Bill Holman Nardis by Miles Davis arr. George Stone Little Dave by J.J. Johnson arr. Brent Wallarab Jazz Band 2

Jason Landes Normal University High Repertoire

* All-State Required Selection

AUDITIONS JAZZ WINDS

red Selection

Tone Quality Intonation

ESSENTIAL POINTS

JAZZ RHYTHM

JAZZ WINDS AUDITION PROCEDURES NEW!!

At All-State, students will have the opportunity to solo over Bb rhythmn changes in an effort to pick the top soloists for the combo. For these rhythm changes we will use the Jamey Aebersold Book, # 47, Track # 13. This is an optional portion of the audition and left to the discretion of the auditioner and performer. JAZZ DRUMS - NEW IMPROVISATION & RHYTHMIC STABILITY ITEMS

Demonstrate improvisational ability by playing a medium fast, swing drum solo in a 12 bar blues format. The student should play four measures of swing followed by four measures of solo, going through at least two choruses.

Demonstrate: (1) swing (fast and slow), (2) Latin (samba and bossa), (3)

brushes (medium swing and ballads) and (4) funk.

WELCOME

The 2012 Festival and All-State Jazz Band performances were outstanding! We had the most schools participating than I can remember. The Senior Jazz Band audition piece for 2013 - 2014 is by Chip McNeall http://www.jwpepper.com/Aaron%27s-Blues/10366180.item

JUNIOR JAZZ BAND

2012 Division Info Jazz Division Rep. Russell Burch Taylorville Jr. High P - 217.824.4924 rburch@taylorvilleschools.com

Conductor Mark Maegdlin Chicago

Repertoire Sack of Woe Adderley/Kamuf Things Ain't What They Used to Be arr. Mills Manteca arr. Owen Shadow of Your Smile arr. Phillippe Auditions for JR JAZZ will come from the selections marked with an *

AUDITIONS ALL JR JAZZ auditions come from the selected tunes!

ESSENTIAL POINTS

WELCOME

The 2012 Festival JR Jazz Band performance was outstanding! If you did not have students audition last Fall, please

encourage them to do so this year. Even if you do not have a

jazz band at your school, please encourage your students to

audition in Jazz. There is a massive amount of talent in

District 5!

SENIOR CHORUS

2012 Division Info Senior Chorus Representatives Christopher Weisenborn Maroa Forsyth HS christopher.weisenborn@mfschools.net Warren Weitkamp East Richland HS wweitkamp@ercu1.net

Conductor Dr. Jim Henry UMSL

Accompanist Patrick Ward

Repertoire

*Praise to the Lord - arr. F. Melius Christiansen SATB divisi St. Olaf Choral Series /Augsburg Fortress 0-8006-4504-9

*Afternoon on a Hill - Eric Barnum SATB divisi Hal Leonard HL08501664 Dies Irae from Mozart's Requiem SATB Sing Creation's Music On (Stephen Paulus) SSAA Paulus Publications (SP385) Betelehemu (arr. Wendell Whalum) TTBB Lawson-Gould (LG52647) Old Joe Clark (Mack Wilberg) SATB Hinshaw Music (HMC1166) * All-State Required Selections

AUDITIONS

Tonal Skills Tone Quality

Tonal Skills can be found at: www.ilmea.org

Senior Tonal

Other

on the IMEA - 12.

d to provide starting pitches for both the required selections and tonal skills.

ESSENTIAL POINTS

I M E A District V Senior Chorus Spring Newsletter 2013

Christopher Weisenborn & Warren Weitkamp, Division Reps

Happy Spring! As we close this school year, we must start thinking about the Fall Festival! As I stated in an earlier email, Dr. Jim Henry (All-State conductor this past January) will be our Festival Conductor! He is very excited about joining us in November. Below are the All-State and District Festival Pieces for 2013 2014. I have also contacted The Music Shoppe and Kidder Music with our titles so you can order packets. All-State Selections Afternoon on a Hill (Barnum) SATB Hal Leonard (HL08501664) Praise to the Lord (Christiansen) SATB div St. Olaf Choral Series/Augsburg Fortress (0-8006-4504-9) Distr ict Selections Dies Irae from Mozart's Requiem SATB (a free CPDL copy is attached) Sing Creation's Music On (Stephen Paulus) SSAA Paulus Publications (SP385) Betelehemu (arr. Wendell Whalum) TTBB Lawson-Gould (LG52647) Old Joe Clark (Mack Wilberg) SATB Hinshaw Music (HMC1166) As we head into the fall, please consider helping as a room judge! More details to come this fall! Continue to look at the IMEA website (Division information, Chorus) for Tonal Skills pages, All-State Information, etc) **NOTE if you have a change in directors for next year, PLEASE leave information on how to update the RNS system so we can get information to the correct directors! Thank you for your time! Christopher and Warren

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Junior Chorus Representatives

Rachelle Cekander

Dieterich Junior High School 217-925-5247(8) (school phone) arugala76@dieterich.k12.il.us

Sarah Swardstrom

t_sax79@hotmail.com

Please make audition scheduling requests to

Jr . Choir Reps by the audition registration deadline.

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SAB Blue Skies* - Zegree $1.95 Hal Leonard (08200205)

3pt Mix I Am The River*

Bernon $1.95

Lorenz (15/1364H)

SAB Sing Unto God* Handel/Robinson

$2.95 Alfred (27253)

SAB Patapan - Ehret

$1.60 Carl Fischer (CM8256)

SAB Boatmen Stomp - Gray

$1.80 Hal Leonard (50322200)

SSA H eart, We Will Forget

H im - Farnell $1.80

Hal Leonard (08745125)

* The audition selections are indicated with an aster isk *

AA uuddii tt iioonnss Required Selections

Major Scale

Major T riad

Minor T riad

Rhythmic Sight-reading

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Boys may audition as S1 S2 A1A2 or B

Girls may only audition as S1 S2 or A1A2

Please register girls on part assigned for the SSA A Song

Please register boys on part assigned for the SAB Songs

ESSENTIAL POINTS

2013 JR Choir F estival Repertoire Blue Skies--arr. Zegree; 3 pt mix; Improv soli will audition on audition day. Please let Rachelle know if your students wish to audition for the solos before nomination deadline, they will need to be scheduled into a special audition room. I Am the River--Bernon; 3 pt mix; Jessica C. will play the flute part, still need cellist; Audition judges will select finalists for soli at M. 56-69; all finalists will audition on festival day. Sing Unto God--Handel/arr. Robinson; 3 pt mix; This will definitely be one of required audition pieces. Pat a Pan--arr. Ehret; 3 pt mix; still need hand drum player. Boatmen Stomp--Michael Gray; 3 pt men; All male sop/alto will sing the high part. Please divide your men evenly on the 3 parts. Please teach middle part to high part singers when the high part has rests. Heart, We Will Forget H im--Laura Farnell; SSA; Please teach ½ of your sopranos the sop 2 part. Please teach ½ of your altos the sop 2 part. Please teach the sop 1 part to solo quality sopranos. Sept. 1 is the target date to send out tracks. More info later on the other required audition solos. Nomination Information

All 6th, 7th and 8th students are eligible. Male vocalists may audition and sign up as JC Soprano 1 or 2, JC Alto 1 or 2, JC Tenor or JC Baritone. Male vocalists please audition and register on the part they sing in the SAB selections. Female vocalists may audition and sign up as JC Soprano 1 or 2 or JC Alto 1 or 2. Female vocalists please audition and register under the part they sing in the SSAA selection. Cambiata Baritones (JC Tenor) are male vocalists who sing the baritone part with an unchanged alto

register/voice in SAB selections. Adult baritones (JC Baritone) are male vocalists who sing the baritone part with a changed adult male

register/voice. Please sign up all male students in the correct section. If mistakes are made during nominations, please let one of the Reps know asap.

Required Audition E lements 3 Prepared Festival Selections/Solos An A cappella Major Scale (Ascending & Descending) An A cappella Major and Minor Triad (Ascending & Descending) 4 Measures of Rhythmic Sight Reading (No syncopation, ties or dotted notes)

Required Audition E lements Information The 3 Prepared Festival Selections/Solos (Please read carefully) The selected, required solo will be sung with a recorded track. Judges may ask students to start the solo at any measure in the piece. All accompaniment tracks will be e-mailed or placed on the state website, at the very latest,

icate the accompaniments designated in the scores. An A cappella Major Scale: Students may use any prompt sheet, the judge will provide one if necessary. Initial pitch and tonic chord will be given. Recommended scales include Bb, D or F Major; however, a student may request another scale. No humming will be allowed. Singers may use any method to sing the major scale. An A cappella Major and Minor T riad (One of Each): Ascending

given. No humming will be allowed. Singers may use any method to sing each triad. Rhythmic Sight Reading: 4 measures in common time containing only whole, half, quarter and eighth note rhythmic values and quarter rests. Flagged and beamed eighth notes will be included in all four samples. The singer will be asked to sight read one of the four samples. Singers may use any method to interpret the rhythm, except humming.

*** N O electronic/mechanical devices may be used in audition room. *** Prompt sheets and scores will be available in each audition room or students may use thei r own.

SENIOR VOCAL JAZZ

2013 Division Info Vocal Jazz Representative Jeannie Craddock Tuscola P - 217.253.4187 jcradok@tuscola.k12.il.us

Conductor Bob Mohr Crete Monee HS

Repertoire

*Like Someone In Love ar r . April A rabian-T ini Shawnee Press A1972 Words by Johnny Burke Music by Jimmy Van Heusen *September Song ar r . Phil M attson Hal L eonard 08743583 Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson Rachel - transcription by Beardon (Will be sent to all auditioning schools) Take Five - arr. Kirby Shaw, Belwin, CHM03040 * Required Audition Selection

AUDITIONS

provisation

Other The Tonal Skills Study Guide (Blues/Chromatic Scales) can be found at: www.ilmea.org/documents/VJEScales.pdf

ESSENTIAL POINTS

WELCOME

The 2012 Festival and 2013 All-State Vocal Jazz performances were outstanding! After serving as District 5 Vocal Jazz Representative for 20

years, 2 years as State Vocal Jazz Rep and 2 years as State

Vocal Jazz Rep Assistant, Jeannie Craddock is stepping down

after the 2013 Festival season. I am looking for someone to step

up and take over the District 5 Vocal Jazz representative

opportunity for someone to get into ILMEA leadership. District

5 has many outstanding music educators so I am sure we will be

able to find an outstanding replacement. Please contact District

5 President, Chris Gunn (district5@ilmea.org), if you are

interested in taking over the District 5 Vocal Jazz Division.

Jeannie will be happy to answer any questions you might have.

Also, please feel free to drop Jeannie a quick note to thank her

for the fine work she has done for ILMEA District 5!

SENIOR ORCHESTRA

2013 Division Info Senior Orchestra Representative Jason Zimmerman JZimmrmn@dps61.org

Conductor Clark Chaffe

Repertoire

* All-State Required Selection

AUDITIONS

(From memory, Quarter = 120) Bb Major F Major C Major G Major D Major A Major E Major C Melodic minor G Melodic minor Violin, Viola and Cello = 3 Octave String Bass = 2 Octave

Other

& 2nd violin excerpts.

iolins for auditions; NOT Violin I or Violin II as in years past.

Jason Zimmerman for the violin audition music.

ESSENTIAL POINTS

WELCOME 2013 SR Orchestra Audition Information Three components: Music - Scales - Sight-reading

Audition music for this fall will be Ruslan and Ludmilla. Violins will audition on a selection of excerpts chosen from both 1st and 2nd violin parts. These excerpts will vary slightly between districts so please contact your district representative for information as to specific excerpts. Violas, cellos, basses will prepare the entire part and will audition on excerpts as selected at the auditions.

Luck's Music offers a printed version of the parts with ILMEA bowings. If you or your students would like to purchase a part (or set of parts) please specify that you want the ILMEA bowings when placing your order. Note that these bowings are meant as a starting point and bowings are always subject to change at the discretion of the guest conductor. http://www.lucksmusic.com/ 800-348-8749

Students will also be asked to perform two, three-octave scales (two octaves for bass) from the following list: C,G,D,A,E,F,Bb major and c or g melodic minor. Scales are to be performed at qtr note=120 with a detache stroke.

Finally, all students will be asked to perform sight-reading. The state is commissioning someone to create appropriate sight-reading for all strings and harp that will be used by all districts. All of this information may be found on the website: http://ilmea.org/divisions/orchestra/senior-level-required-music/ Harp audition information is also available on that website. Harps also have three components: Music - Etude - Sight-reading

JUNIOR ORCHESTRA

2012 Division Info Junior Orchestra Representative Tom Miller tmiller@dps61.org

WELCOME CHANGES FOR JR ORCHESTRA There are some significant changes to the way the Junior Orchestra festival will look next year. We are pleased to announce a satellite festival site and date for the Junior Orchestra festival. th at Central Christian Church, in Decatur IL. Our guest conductor for this event will be Dr. Louis Bergonzi of the University of Illinois. Please note that the Junior Orchestra festival date is different than the larger IMEA festival held in Charleston. Reasons for the changes:

Avoid logistical issues with EIU Better accommodate District 5 JR Orchestra students Provide a better festival experience for these students

Auditions will be over the festival repertoire, which are:

Toccatina William Hofeldt When Johnny Comes Marching Home Arr. Stephan Arlington Sketches Elliot Del Borgo Variations on an Irish Tune Brian Balmages

No scales or other etudes required for Junior Orchestra. If you need parts or have questions, please contact Tom Miller at  tmiller@dps61.org

Conductor Louis Bergonzi UIUC

Repertoire

Toccatina William Hofeldt When Johnny Comes Marching Home Arr. Stephan Arlington Sketches Elliot Del Borgo Variations on an Irish Tune Brian Balmages

AUDITIONS

from Festival repertoire

ESSENTIAL POINTS

EGM

2013 I M E A Distr ict V E lementary General Music F estival

JEM Division Reps Jennifer Gawthorp

St. Joseph Catholic, Olney jgawthorp@roe12.net

(618) 395-3081 Juliane Sharp

Jefferson Elementary, Charleston sharpj@charleston.k12.il.us (217) 639-5050 ext. 5050