Spring Bulletin No. 220 - January 2002 - The Iowa High School ...
Spring Bulletin No. 220 - January 2002 - The Iowa High School ...
Spring Bulletin No. 220 - January 2002 - The Iowa High School ...
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Brass Choir, Low Brass Choir, French Horn Choir, Trombone Choir, Woodwind Choir,<br />
Flute Choir, and Clarinet Choir.<br />
22. <strong>The</strong> “initial” schedule will be mailed directly to the band/chorus/orchestra directors<br />
shortly after the penalty postmark deadline. It is IMPERATIVE that involved staff<br />
jointly decide upon the location of their various performances and return the initial<br />
schedule to the IHSMA office by the specified date.<br />
23. Solo/Small Ensemble Festival adjudication forms must be completed in every detail<br />
- school name, soloist, selection, etc. - and given to the adjudicator along with the<br />
judge’s score(s) just prior to their performance. DO NOT SEND ADJUDICATION<br />
FORMS TO THE IHSMA!<br />
24. Video-taping of performances is not allowed. Performance rooms cannot typically<br />
accommodate such equipment.<br />
25. Expenses incurred by a participating school (meals, lodging, etc.) should be paid by<br />
the participating school. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> Music Association assumes no responsibility<br />
in this regard.<br />
BAND/ORCHESTRA ONLY:<br />
26. Instrumental selections written with an accompaniment must be performed in that<br />
manner unless emergency conditions prevent the accompanist from being present.<br />
27. <strong>The</strong> French Horn will be considered a woodwind instrument only in a Mixed Woodwind<br />
Ensemble.<br />
28. <strong>The</strong> only electronic instruments permitted for Solo/Small Ensemble Festival is the<br />
electric bass guitar for Percussion Ensembles, and the Vibraphone.<br />
29. <strong>The</strong> Executive Committee has ruled that the human body is NOT a percussion instrument.<br />
Directors should exclude compositions which utilize exclusively special effects<br />
(hand clapping, body slapping) as the primary compositional device.<br />
30. Wind/Percussion ensembles may not double parts, but may substitute personnel if<br />
there is a transposition of octave (flute/piccolo) or like key (oboe/flute). This regulation<br />
does not pertain to directed choirs.<br />
31. A director MUST construct a reduced/condensed score for instrumental ensembles<br />
for which no conductor’s score is available. Individual parts will not be accepted.<br />
Performances not supplying the adjudicator a score will not be heard and will be<br />
declared disqualified.<br />
32. In case of mechanical difficulty in a performance, the participants shall retire and<br />
return later for the performance. <strong>The</strong> normal time allowance will be accorded for the<br />
second performance.<br />
33. Instrumental directors should be cautioned against providing adjudicators with a piano<br />
score that contains the instrumental line for solo performances. Such copies<br />
normally do not contain the dynamic markings, phrasing, articulations, etc.<br />
VOCAL ONLY<br />
34. <strong>The</strong> method of presentation of vocal performances - accompanied or a cappella - is a<br />
decision of the director. However, judges will be instructed to address the appropriateness<br />
of an accompanied performance of a cappella literature in the “Other Performance<br />
Factors” of the adjudication form.<br />
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