Middle School Orchestra

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Membership Requirement
For a student to participate in KMEA honor groups the sponsoring teacher must be an active member of the Kansas Music Educators Association.

Middle School Orchestra

2026-27

Clinician
TBA

Important Dates
Oct. 4 - Audition Upload Deadline - Late entries are not possible - $15 per completed audition
TBA - Judging ends
Nov. 7 - Clinic & Concert @ Dodge City MS - $5 per selected student

MS Orchestra invoices are provided in each director's Festival Scores account. An invoice print-out must be included with each mailed payment.

Audition Recordings
We will use recorded mp3 auditions using the Festival Scores audition management system. Directors will need to activate the following tag in their Festival Scores account:

TBA

For all students, Instrument Preference must be entered in their Student profile.

Eligibility
7th and 8th grade students in good standing are allowed to audition/participate in the SWKMEA Middle School Orchestra.

Audition Excerpts (Even Year Excerpts for 2026-27)

Violin Viola Cello Bass

Performance Repertoire

TBA

Chairperson

Matthew McGrory

Garden City CC

801 Campus Dr

Garden City, KS 67846

Important Dates - MS Orchestra

Oct 4, 2026 - Sunday

Audition Upload Deadline — MS Orchestra

$15 per audition

Nov 7, 2026 - Saturday

Clinics & Concerts — MS Band, MS Orchestra, HS Jazz Band

Dodge City MS

$5 per selected student

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