Spring Bulletin No. 220 - January 2002 - The Iowa High School ...

Brass Choir, Low Brass Choir, French Horn Choir, Trombone Choir, Woodwind Choir,
Flute Choir, and Clarinet Choir.
22. The “initial” schedule will be mailed directly to the band/chorus/orchestra directors
shortly after the penalty postmark deadline. It is IMPERATIVE that involved staff
jointly decide upon the location of their various performances and return the initial
schedule to the IHSMA office by the specified date.
23. Solo/Small Ensemble Festival adjudication forms must be completed in every detail
- school name, soloist, selection, etc. - and given to the adjudicator along with the
judge’s score(s) just prior to their performance. DO NOT SEND ADJUDICATION
FORMS TO THE IHSMA!
24. Video-taping of performances is not allowed. Performance rooms cannot typically
accommodate such equipment.
25. Expenses incurred by a participating school (meals, lodging, etc.) should be paid by
the participating school. The Iowa High School Music Association assumes no responsibility
in this regard.
BAND/ORCHESTRA ONLY:
26. Instrumental selections written with an accompaniment must be performed in that
manner unless emergency conditions prevent the accompanist from being present.
27. The French Horn will be considered a woodwind instrument only in a Mixed Woodwind
Ensemble.
28. The only electronic instruments permitted for Solo/Small Ensemble Festival is the
electric bass guitar for Percussion Ensembles, and the Vibraphone.
29. The Executive Committee has ruled that the human body is NOT a percussion instrument.
Directors should exclude compositions which utilize exclusively special effects
(hand clapping, body slapping) as the primary compositional device.
30. Wind/Percussion ensembles may not double parts, but may substitute personnel if
there is a transposition of octave (flute/piccolo) or like key (oboe/flute). This regulation
does not pertain to directed choirs.
31. A director MUST construct a reduced/condensed score for instrumental ensembles
for which no conductor’s score is available. Individual parts will not be accepted.
Performances not supplying the adjudicator a score will not be heard and will be
declared disqualified.
32. In case of mechanical difficulty in a performance, the participants shall retire and
return later for the performance. The normal time allowance will be accorded for the
second performance.
33. Instrumental directors should be cautioned against providing adjudicators with a piano
score that contains the instrumental line for solo performances. Such copies
normally do not contain the dynamic markings, phrasing, articulations, etc.
VOCAL ONLY
34. The method of presentation of vocal performances - accompanied or a cappella - is a
decision of the director. However, judges will be instructed to address the appropriateness
of an accompanied performance of a cappella literature in the “Other Performance
Factors” of the adjudication form.
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