2019 Solo & Ensemble Overview

Date: March 16, 2019
Location:  Rush Creek Bible Church
Times: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

​Registration Deadline: February 16, 2019

Fees:

Solo & Ensemble Fees (all ensemble fees are the cost for the complete ensemble):
   Solo:                                   $10
   Duet:                                  $20
   Trio:                                   $30
   Quartet                              $40
   Quintet                               $50
   Sextet                                 $60
   Septet                                 $70
   Octet                                  $80
   Chamber 9-20 players          $90

Non-WMHFA students may participate with a $10 surcharge per event. 

Student Eligibility
All instrumental students 6th -12th grade; 4th and 5th grade instrumental students with at least one year playing experience.

 Instruments: 
  •    Woodwinds: flute, piccolo, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, bari sax
  •    Brass: trumpet, trombone, horn, tuba, euphonium
  •    Percussion: snare, timpani, mallet/keyboard percussion instruments 
  •    Strings: violin, viola, cello, bass
  •    Piano
  •    Harp

Events Rule Highlights (download detailed rules above)
  • If a solo has an accompaniment, it must be played live at the event.  Technical studies and etudes should not encouraged to be used as solo except for those that are traditionally treated as solos.
  • All Solo for students 4th – 8th grade need to be at least 1.5 minutes in length
  • All solos for 9th -12th grade and All ensembles need to be at least 2 minutes in length
  • All ensembles, except chamber ensembles, are to have one player on a part. 
  • Chamber events must be at least 3 to 4 different parts, with the director determining the doubling of parts.
  • High School Solos have the option of clinic or honors track
  • All events are 10-15 minutes long
  • Clinic Track Solos  (solos for 4th-8th grade students and high school students choosing clinic track) and all ensembles and will receive a short clinic following their performance using most of the time remaining in the 10 minute time allotment.
  • ​Rating will be earned as a Division I, Division II, Division III, Division IV or Division V
  • Medals will be awarded to all Division I and Division II events
  • Honors Track Solos will perform a proficiency that includes a solo, scales and sight-reading – piano will add an invention or fugue.
  • Proficiency 1 – for all ninth grade students or 10th, 11th & 12th grade students who have not passed Proficiency 1.
  • Proficiency 2 – for all tenth grade students who have passed proficiency 1 or 11th & 12th grade students who have not passed Proficiency 2.
  • Proficiency 3 – for all eleventh grade students who have passed proficiency 2 or 12th grade students who have not passed Proficiency 3.
  • Proficiency 4 – for all 12th grade students who have passed proficiency 3
  • Honors track participants will earn the opportunity, based on the score from their performance, to perform their solo at the WMHFA Spring Concert and possibly earn a scholarship.
  • Rating will be earned as a Division I, Division II, Division III, Division IV or Division V
  • Medals will be awarded to all Division I and Division II events
​​Registration Deadline: February 13, 2019

REGISTER HERE

Solo & Ensemble Schedule

Schedule will be posted about two weeks before the Festival
Solo & Ensemble Information & Rules
wmhfa-se-rules.pdf
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Solo & Ensemble Proficiency Scales
wmhfa-se-honors_track_proficiency_information.pdf
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2018 S&E Map

Map to Rush Creek Bible Church
rush_creek_building_map.pdf
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