Festivals: 2007-2008 Rule Changes-Updates-Reminders
Rules change;
WSMA Festival Rule V.A (changes noted in italics)
School Eligibility Requirements
1. To enter a WSMA-sanctioned Festival, a school must be a paid member of WSMA for the current academic year.
2. To enter WSMA Solo & Ensemble events, each school must participate in a WSMA-sanctioned Concert Festival, Clinic Festival or Alternative Clinic Festival with at least one group each year. In addition, one concert group of each type (Band, Orchestra, Choir) is required to participate in a WSMA Concert Festival or Clinic Festival a minimum of once every two years.
3. Failure to meet the concert group participation requirement for ONE year will result in a letter to the teacher and school administration placing the school on probation. The probation will be removed by fulfilling the concert group participation in the subsequent school year.
4. Failure to meet the concert group participation requirement for TWO consecutive years will result in a letter to the school administration placing the school on final probation. Final probation removal requires the school to complete two WSMA concert group activities during two consecutive school years.
5. Failure to remove the final probation status may result in the suspension of Solo & Ensemble Festival participation for the member school.
6. Waivers to the above requirement may be granted if the school has no concert group which meets the minimum size requirement. Waiver requests must be made in writing to WSMA. See Rule VI.C.2.
7. Any school, concert group, solo or ensemble event who does not meet the WSMA eligibility requirements will not be scheduled for participation in a WSMA Music Festival.
A reminder of additional updates;
- Doubling of parts is allowed in Class C vocal duets
- Students should perform no more than 75% of the allotted time with the remainder of the time for adjudication. It is permissible for the teacher or an adjudicator to cut a performance to stay within the allotted time.
- Cuts in instrumental solos should be indicated in the judges' copy of the music.
- Music lists for Concert Groups (Events 2000, 3000, 3002, 3004, 4000, 4002, 4004, 4006) and Ensembles (Events 520-1088) are now listed exclusively online: http://www.wsmamusic.org.
PENALTIES-Any violation of a WSMA Festival Rule results in the performance receiving a critique only. However, no student will be prevented from performing for violating a WSMA Festival Rule.
COMPLETE MUSIC LIST ON THE INTERNET
Log on to www.wsmamusic.org frequently for the most complete, accurate, and up-to-date version of the current WSMA Festival Music List.
- Titles for some events are found only on the www.wsmamusic.org web site, including the pre-approved permissions events listed above.
- Guide to Publishers is available only on the web site. It includes the addresses for all WSMA Festival Music List publishers, should you need to contact a publisher for any reason.