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

performances and submit online or return the initial schedule to the IHSMA office by the
specified date.
B) Scratches must be reported to the manager’s office upon arrival at the festival site.
4) PERSONNEL
A) SOLO PERFORMANCE GUIDELINES
1. A student is permitted only one vocal solo performance.
2. Instrumentally, a student is permitted multiple solo performances provided they
change instrument and selection for each registered entry.
B) VOCAL AND STRING DUET GUIDELINES
1. a student may perform in one like and one unlike vocal or string duet.
Vocal Duet Like = two female or two male singers.
Vocal Duet Unlike = one female singer and one male singer
String Duet Like = any two identical string instruments
String Duet Unlike = any two string instruments that are not identical
C) WIND/PERCUSSION/MIXED DUET GUIDELINES – students may perform in multiple
wind/percussion duet entries as long as they change music and either partner or
instrument.
D) DUPLICATION OF PERSONNEL/MUSIC
1. No student may participate in two ensembles of the exact same type (i.e., two
trumpet quartets, two girls trios, etc.) If a student is found to have performed in two
ensembles of the same type, both adjudication forms will be withheld and both
performances disqualified.
2. Students may participate in different types of ensembles listed under the same
general heading (i.e., A student may perform in one flute trio, one flute quartet, and
one flute quintet under the general heading, “Flute Ensemble”).
3. Students may not perform the same piece of music more than once during the
festival day.
4. All vocal events require memorization. Instrumental events may perform with music.
5. Wind/Percussion entry clarification:
• Ensembles are restricted one player to a part
• Ensembles may not be conducted
• Choir entries may have multiple players on a part
• Choir entries may be conducted
5) LEGITIMATE INSTRUMENTS
A) The French Horn will be considered a woodwind instrument only in a Mixed Woodwind
Ensemble.
B) The only electronic instruments permitted for Solo/Small Ensemble Festival is the
electric bass guitar for Percussion Ensembles, and the Vibraphone.
C) The Executive Committee has ruled that the human body is NOT a percussion
instrument. Directors should exclude compositions that utilize exclusively special
effects (hand clapping, body slapping) as the primary compositional device.
D) Wind/Percussion ensembles may substitute instrumentation if there is a transposition of
octave (flute/piccolo) or like key (oboe/flute). This regulation does not pertain to
directed choirs.
6) COPYRIGHT
A) Refer to the section entitled “The Copyright Law and IHSMA Festivals” previously cited
in this bulletin.
B) The Executive Committee has ruled that schools should not photocopy copyrighted
material. Judges will be instructed to withhold all ratings where a violation of this
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