Fall Bulletin No. 239 - August 2011 - Iowa High School Music ...

Meeting Minutes
MINUTES OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
February 4, 2011
The Executive Committee of the Iowa High School Music Association met in Boone, Iowa
at the association offi ces at 8:30 a.m. Executive Committee members present were:
Todd Lettow, Hampton; Mike Teigland, Indianola; Susan Stogdill, Malvern; Jim Fritz, Decorah;
Kathy Elliot, Panora; and Duane Philgreen, Manchester. Also in attendance was
Alan Greiner, Executive Director who served as recording secretary. President Lehmann
chaired the meeting.
Jim Henkel from Henkel and Associates was on hand to provide the results of the fi nancial
audit of 2009-2010 year.
MMS (Elliot/Stogdill) to approve the minutes from: October 21, 2010. PASSED
MMS (Teigland/Philgreen) to approve the fi nancial bills as submitted. PASSED
ALL-STATE MUSIC FESTIVAL: Director Greiner presented an up-to-date fi nancial report
for the 2010 festival. October 22, 2011 and November 17-19, 2011 will serve respectively
as the audition and festival dates for next year. The CD, DVD, and T-shirt programs
and their suppliers were reviewed. MMS (Teigland/Lettow) to use the same suppliers for
the 2011 Festival. Suppliers used were: CD’s and DVD’s Comprehensive Sound and
IPTV; T-Shirts – The Graphic Edge. PASSED MMS (Lettow/Elliot) to leave the current
All-State Conductor Honorarium for 2013 at $2,000. PASSED The All-State Chaperone
policy was reviewed for the 2011 festival. The All-State Chorus Quota procedure after the
1 st round of chorus auditions on audition day was reviewed.
SHOW-JAZZ CHOIR/JAZZ BAND FESTIVAL: The registration report was presented.
This year’s event experienced a net loss in participation of 3 ensembles.
PIANO FESTIVAL: The registration report was presented and a loss of 6 entries was
noted. The director has been instructed to conduct a survey to the membership asking:
1. If we were to combine this festival into the current solo-small ensemble festival would
it adversely affect their accompanist situation. 2. Would it increase or decrease participation
SOLO/SMALL ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL: MMS (Philgreen/Stogdill) to increase the vocal
solo maximum performance time from 5 minutes to 6 minutes. PASSED MMS (Philgreen/
Elliot) to provide directors with two options for adjudication on the adjudication form; written
feedback only; both written and verbal feedback. PASSED It was also suggested that
we explore adding a caption to the Judges Evaluation asking if verbal comments used
and if so, were they done appropriately.
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