Registration for District Jazz Auditions is now ONLINE! Please CLICK HERE to go directly to the registration form.

Registration for Band and Orchestra Auditions is now open.  Please CLICK HERE to go to registration.  Registration will close at midnight on November 18, 2011.

Registration for District Chorus Auditions closes tonight at Midnight!  Fees are due to Bob Rhine by next Friday!

There is an updated map of the campus as well as what buildings are being used and where to park for Monday posted on the Workshops Page.

A schedule, description of workshops, and a campus map of Gettysburg College are now available on the Workshop page of the website. 
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The following update has been developed by the chair with input from the clarinet repertoire committee and reflects an effort to balance the musical requirements of the solo with the procedural/objective requirements of the audition process. Language in quotation marks below is taken directly from our audition scoring guides.
 
1) The entire solo must be prepared for the audition, with the exception of any “ossia” measures, which will not be used, as these measures do not appear in all printings of the edition.
 
2) The first page may be played expressively, but must NOT be performed as a cadenza. The solo may be interpreted such that the “performance demonstrates full control of tempo, dynamics, phrasing, and expression in a dramatic performance consistent with the style of the solo,” but the rhythms must be clear enough so that they are “accurate and precise throughout the performance.”
 
3) The printed tempo discrepancy in the 3/8 section must be left to the musical judgment of the teacher and performer. The range of printed tempi is between 8th note=63 bpm and 16th note=63 bpm. While this is indeed a wide range, good musical judgment must prevail. All interpretations should adhere to the language in the scoring guide, “performance demonstrates full control of tempo, dynamics, phrasing, and expression in a dramatic performance consistent with the style of the solo.”
 
It is the suggestion of both the committee and the chair that students preparing the solo seek out several recordings of this work in an effort to develop the interpretation that suits their playing most effectively; many examples are available through publicly accessible internet sources.”

Registration for District 7 Chorus auditions is now open.  Click Here to proceed to the registration page.

The website and Google calendar was updated September 3rd with the latest information available. If you would like a hard copy of the calendar, you can download it here.  I sent out an e-mail to the entire membership with a message from president Carl Barr.  If you did not receive this e-mail, the most likely reason is it was caught in your district's spam filter.  Please talk to your technology director and have him/her white list the address techchair@pmeadistrict7.org.  The e-mail list I used was the one issued to me from the PMEA state office, so whichever e-mail address is associated with your account is the one I used to send you the update. Anyone who requested to be added to the update list was added manually and should have received the message.  If you see any incorrect information on the District 7 website, please let me know.  You can e-mail me at techchair@pmeadistrict7.org. 

Have a great school year!

David Fair
Technology Chair

The District 7 Executive meeting scheduled for tomorrow is cancelled due to the impending weather. Please watch for an e-mail from Carl Barr on how we will proceed.

Updated information regarding the Professional Development Day can be found by clicking on the Workshops tab to the left.  If you would like to proceed directly to registration CLICK HERE.  Registration is open and will close at midnight on October 3rd