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

2024-25

Clinician
Leonardo Rosario, Kansas Wesleyan University

Important Dates
Sep. 29 - Audition Upload Deadline - Late entries are not possible - $15 per completed audition
Oct. 7 - Judging ends
Nov. 2 - Clinic & Concert @ Dodge City MS - $5 per selected student

MS Orchestra invoices are provided in your Festival Scores account.

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:

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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 2024-25)

Violin Viola Cello Bass

Performance Repertoire

King's Court, by Susan Day
Finlandia, by Sibelius, arr. by Roy Phillippe
Burst!, by Brian Balmages

Chairperson

Aubrey Maneth

Great Bend MS

1919 Harrison

Great Bend, KS 67530

w: 620-793-1510

Important Dates - MS Orchestra

Sep. 17, 2023 - Sun

Mentoring Kick-Off Meeting

via Zoom, 2:00 PM

Sep. 29, 2024 - Sun

Audition Upload Deadline — MS Orchestra

$15 per audition

Nov. 2, 2024 - Sat

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

Dodge City MS

$5 per selected student

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