Fall Bulletin No. 235 - August 2009 - The Iowa High School Music ...

Chorus procedural changesVocal Quotas will not be set prior to the day of auditions. Quotas will be figured after the 1 st round auditionnumbers have been collected and reported.Vocal Solo Auditions – solo auditions will be allowed in instances where there is spot available for theminside an ensemble on the original registration or in instances where everyone has dropped out of the originalensemble after the initial registration has been submitted.Notes – very few notes to directors will be provided this next year.All three chairs expressed their thanks to Donna Barr and Alan Greiner for professional work and assistance inattending to the details of this festival and to the audition managers from the six sites used by the All-State Festival.Director Greiner reviewed the concert order for the 2009 festival and reiterated the audition date as October 24,2009 and the finale dates as November 19-21, 2009.MMS (Law/Lettow) to approve the slate of conductors as presented for the Chorus, Band, and Orchestra.PASSEDA head judge position for wind/percussion auditions was discussed.MMS (Law/Lehmann) to move the starting time for All-State Auditions to 9:00 AM. PASSEDThe method of posting information online concerning those students accepted into the All-State ensembles wasdiscussed. It was determined that IHSMA would only post the students name, school, and ensemble selectedinto (Band, Chorus, Orchestra).MMS (Law/Ney) to move the timeline for the housing policy earlier by ½ hour - all students in their room by11:00 PM and lights out after 11:30 PM. PASSEDDiscussion was held concerning the need for redrawing of All-State District Audition lines and overriding philosophythat determines that need. It was determined that the quota process that is in place best addresses thefairness issue between districts. The only factor that would determine a need to redistrict All-State was if numbersat a particular audition site grew too large and the site was no longer able to accommodate those numbers.IHSMA/IMEA discussed the agreement between the two organizations with regard to co-sponsorship of All-State. There is no written historical agreement that has been found other than decisions and past practice foundin the minutes taken.MMS (Halberg/Aboud) to adjourn at 8:35 PM. PASSEDRespectfully submitted,Alan S. Greiner, Executive Director48