Spring Bulletin No. 234 - January 2009 - Iowa High School Music ...
Spring Bulletin No. 234 - January 2009 - Iowa High School Music ...
Spring Bulletin No. 234 - January 2009 - Iowa High School Music ...
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Trombone Choir ........................................................................................................... 6 minutes<br />
7-24 players - may be directed - may not be accompanied - performing music suitable<br />
for the ensemble<br />
Brass Choir .................................................................................................................. 6 minutes<br />
7-24 players - Percussion included - may be directed - may not be accompanied<br />
- performing music suitable for the ensemble<br />
Low Brass Choir .......................................................................................................... 6 minutes<br />
7-24 players - may be directed - any combination of Trombones, Euphoniums, and Tubas<br />
performing music suitable for the ensemble - may not be accompanied<br />
Keyboard Percussion Choir ......................................................................................... 6 minutes<br />
5 -16 players, must have a majority of keyboard percussion instruments -may be directed -<br />
may be accompanied<br />
Percussion Choir ......................................................................................................... 6 minutes<br />
5-16 players - may be directed - may be accompanied. Must employ only instruments<br />
found within a typical percussion section<br />
Mixed Instrument Choir ............................................................................................... 6 minutes<br />
7-24 players any combination of wind/string/percussion instruments - may be directed -<br />
may not be accompanied - performing music suitable for the ensemble. This choir caption<br />
is for choirs that don’t fit in other captions.<br />
Solos-Band<br />
All Solo/Small Ensemble performances must be a minimum of 2 1/2 minutes in length<br />
(All band solos have a maximum time limit of 5 minutes)<br />
Clarinet Family Solos: Includes only Bb, Eb, Alto, Bass and Contra-Bass/Alto Clarinets<br />
Saxophone Family Solos: Includes only Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone Saxophones<br />
Flute Family Solos: Includes only members of the flute family<br />
Double Reed Family Solos: Includes only Oboe, Bassoon and English Horn<br />
<strong>High</strong> Brass Family Solos: Includes only Cornets, Trumpets, Flugelhorns and French Horn<br />
Low Brass Family Solos: Includes only Trombones, Euphoniums and Tubas<br />
Percussion Family Solos: Includes only Snare Drum, Tympani, Keyboard, Steel Drum<br />
and Multiple Percussion<br />
Smart<strong>Music</strong> & IHSMA Solo/Small Ensemble Festival<br />
Smart<strong>Music</strong> is an interactive, computer-based tool for musicians featuring challenging exercises,<br />
instant feedback tools, and more than 30,000 accompaniments. Smart<strong>Music</strong>’s exclusive<br />
Intelligent Accompaniment follows the student’s spontaneous tempo changes like a good human<br />
accompanist, allowing the student to be free to express him or herself.<br />
Requirements:<br />
• <strong>School</strong>s may use Smart<strong>Music</strong> Accompaniments for the IHSMA Solo/Small Ensemble<br />
festival;<br />
• <strong>School</strong>s must provide own equipment and operator;<br />
• Events must stay within established time schedule;<br />
• In the event of an equipment problem, the event may retire and reappear later.<br />
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