High School Orchestra

2019-20

Greetings!

We're looking forward to our 2019-20 school year! I hope you had time to recharge during the summer months and get ready for another busy year of inspiring students!

Here's some important information for NW/SW KMEA District Orchestra:

Who: Our director this year is Dr. Thomas Dickey from Oklahoma State University.

When: Saturday, Dec. 7

Where: Fort Hays State University

What: We'll be playing
Rosamunde Ballet Music No. 1 - Schubert, arranged by Dackow (grade 3)
When the Stars Began to Fall - arranged by Fred Allen (grade 3)
Capriccio Espagnol - Rimsky-Korsakov, arranged by Dackow (grade 4)

October 31 at midnight is the deadline to upload your students' auditions to Festivalscores.com. This year's chairman is Joan Crull from Hays, and she'll be in contact with all NW/SW directors with more info on this process, including the Event Tag for this year.

Students auditioning for District orchestra or WKOF chair position (Nov. 22-23) will need to know this music:

District - ( audition upload deadline is midnight Oct. 31!)
We will post excerpts from the District music itself in Sept.
Violins: All-State 3 oct. g melodic minor scale, All-State Mendelssohn excerpt, "Italian Symphony"
Violas: All-State 3 oct. E Major scale, All-State Mendelssohn excerpt, "Midsummer Night's Dream"
Cellos: All-State 3 oct. E Major scale, All-State Mozart excerpt, Symphony No. 40
Basses: All-State 3 oct. E Major scale, All-State Mozart excerpt, Symphony No. 41

WKOF
For all instruments, the same All-State scale and All-State excerpt as District, but not the Piazolla or Bach. ALSO, be ready to play anything from the WKOF music.