Fall Bulletin No. 225 - August 2004 - The Iowa High School Music ...

JUDGING REQUIREMENTS
Persons interested in serving the Iowa High School Music Association as an adjudicator
are directed to meet three criteria established by the Executive Committee:
1. You must have taught successfully in the area of adjudication for five years.
2. You must attend an adjudicator’s certification clinic session.
3. You must be recommended, in writing, to the IHSMA office by two people
currently on the “Approved” adjudicator listing.
IHSMA SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION
Beginning in the fall of 2004, IHSMA will begin of fering specialist certification sessions for
adjudicators. Specialist Certification Sessions will be of fered in the following areas: Large
Group, Show-Jazz Choir, Jazz Band, and Marching Band. These sessions will last between
45 minutes and 1 ½ hours and will be of fered at the ICDA, IBA, and ISTA conferences
as they are developed. Attendance at one of these sessions will meet the recertification
requirements of IHSMA. Judging contracts will first be of fered to adjudicators
that have obtained specialist certification for that particular festival series.
IHSMA ADJUDICATION CERTIFICATION CLINICS
The Iowa High School Music Association will conduct Adjudicator Certification Clinics in
late August for wind, percussion, and string adjudicators; and in late September for vocal
adjudicators. These sessions will operate between the hours of 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. There
will be a regular session for vocal adjudicators on Monday, July 19, 2004, as a part of the
ICDA Summer Symposium from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. There will also be a specialist session for
Large Group band adjudicators at the IBA Conference, May 14 from 10:00 –11:30 and a
regular session from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Registration is required for all certification clinics
as a means of guaranteeing the correct amount of materials.
Six dif ferent sites have been selected geographically for each discipline. You must register
for attendance in advance of the clinic. A site will not open if less than five (5)
people will be in attendance. If a site will not open because of insuf ficient enrollment, we
will attempt to schedule you into a nearby site on a different date.
REGISTRATION FOR ATTENDANCE MUST BE BY TELEPHONE ONLY! Call the Association
of fice (515-432-2013), ask for Donna, to reserve a place at the session you have
chosen to attend. This must be done by August 16 for instrumental adjudicators and by
September 13 for vocal adjudicators.
CERTIFICATION CLINIC SITES
Wind, Percussion, String
Vocal
Mason City, ICDA Summer Symp.
Monday-July 19 (reg)
Mason City, ICDA Summer Symp.
Thursday-July 22 (sp)
Muscatine HS, Muscatine Monday, August 23 Monday, September 20
Melcher-Dallas HS, Melcher Tuesday, August 24 Tuesday, September 21
Ventura HS, Ventura Thursday, August 26 Thursday, September 23
Griswold HS, Griswold Monday, August 30 Monday, September 27
West HS, Waterloo Tuesday, August 31 Tuesday, September 28
Buena Vista Univ., Storm Lake Thursday, September 2 Thursday, September 30
Des Moines, IBA Conf
Saturday, May14
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