Spring Bulletin No. 234 - January 2009 - Iowa High School Music ...

SELECTION OF FESTIVAL LITERATURE
This Association believes student improvement and educational gain are the two greatest
purposes for offering festival programs. The selection of legitimate literature must be a high
prerogative with directors to ascertain these ends are accomplished. The selection of
“popular” music for either the Solo/Small Ensemble or Large Group Festival purposes is to be
discouraged.
Large Group Vocal Ensembles and Concert Bands are required to perform, in its entirety, one
selection from the Required Music List. Concert Bands may petition the Literature Review
Committee to allow the performance of literature not found in the Prescribed Literature List by
submitting a Literature Petition Form-Add, score, and recording to the IHSMA prior to February
1. March 1 will serve as the notification date concerning the acceptance or denial of a petition.
Required literature lists and literature petition forms can be downloaded from the IHSMA
website: www.ihsma.org
DUPLICATION OF PERSONNEL REGULATION
In cases where schools enter multiple large ensembles of the same type (ie. 2 show choirs, 2
concert bands, 2 orchestras, etc.), students can be eligible in both ensembles provided a
change of basic instrument family takes place. Those basic instrument families are defined as:
woodwind, brass, percussion/rhythm, string, and voice. This regulation does not apply to
Show Choir backup combos.
FESTIVAL ATTIRE
Contemporary fashions provide for a tremendous variety of attire for high school students.
Believing appearance contributes positively to a student’s conduct, personality and
performance capabilities, attire appropriate to the situation should be encouraged by member
schools and their directors.
APPLAUSE AT SPRING FESTIVAL PROGRAMS
Applause is permitted at any of the Solo/Small Ensemble Festival events. Applause will be
permitted wherever deemed appropriate at Swing Choir/Jazz Band Festivals. For the Large
Group Music Festivals, applause is permitted only at the end of each school’s performance.
SPECTATORS WELCOME AT ALL FESTIVAL CENTERS
Public performance is a part of the festival setting and, from that context; spectators are
encouraged and welcome at all programs sponsored by this Association. Requests to empty a
center of spectators will NOT be allowed at any festival program sponsored by the IHSMA.
“CONFIDENTIAL REMARKS TO THE DIRECTOR”
Adjudicators are provided with “Confidential Remarks to the Director” forms. Frequently
situations present themselves that require some type of confidential reporting to the director.
The adjudication form is basically for student perusal and these remarks do not belong on that
form.
ADJUDICATOR EVALUATION FORMS
The IHSMA Office urges careful, considerate, accurate completion of the Adjudicator
Evaluation Forms. These evaluations are compiled for office records and returned,
anonymously, to the involved adjudicators. Evaluations aid this office in determining whether
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