SOLO & ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL

Every spring, District 112 holds the Middle School Solo and Ensemble Festival which is open to all 6th through 9th grade band students.  The festival which is modeled after the state contest encourages students to perform solo or small group selections for a judge.  Students then get feedback on their performances as well as a rating.

This year, the Solo and Ensemble festival will be held on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at Chaska High School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Students who want to participate should ask their band directors for a form to sign up or for permission to perform.  The student and band director will then select a song that will be performed.  Students are expected to work on their music at home very seriously before the contest. 

Students may enter as many times as they wish although all entries must be approved by their director.  Their rating can fall in five categories:  Superior is the top rating (students receive a medal and certificate).  Excellent is the second best rating.  Good is the third best rating (students receive a certificate only for an Excellent or Good rating).  Fair is the next rating followed by Poor.  Scores are posted within a half hour of the performance.  Parents, friends and guests may watch the performances.  Students are asked to dress and act appropriately and come prepared with their music and instrument approximately a half hour before their performance time.

Please check out this website daily for the schedule of performances the week of the festival because changes will be made on a daily basis.  Changes can be kept to a minimum if students commit to performing and know any potential conflicts at least three weeks ahead of time.

Accompanists, CD players and SmartMusic are also provided to accompany students.  Students WILL NOT be able to get into the middle schools to get instruments or music the day of the festival so please plan ahead!

Here are the results from this year's festival.  Look in the score column for S (top rating-superior) or E(second top rating-excellent).

 

	Woodwind Room II	P-110	Adj. Brian Olson	DM:	score	piano	grade	time requests
Time	Performers	Ensemble	Selection	Teacher
9:00	Ashley Beaird	Clarinet Solo	Minuet	Swanson	E	Swanson	9
9:10	Sara Morton	Flute Solo	Wooden Shoe Dance	Prescott	S	Wilgocki	6
9:20	Adam Hoxie	Clarinet Solo	Andate and Rondo	Minette	E		7
9:30	Allison Cress	Flute Solo	Presto	VDZ	S	VDZ	6
9:40	CMSW 8th Grade Woodwind Ensemble	Woodwind Ensemble	Scherzo	Songer	E		8
9:50	Jenna Kirkbride	Clarinet Solo	Melody/Wooden Shoe Dance	Prescott	S	Wilgocki	6
10:00	Hailey Jessen	Flute Solo	Tambourin	Songer	S	H	8
10:10
10:20	Breeann Paulson	Clarinet Solo	Cavatina	Prescott	S	Wilgocki	6
10:30
10:40	Shawni Jones, Kaitlyn Fisher, Katelyn Rudolph	Flute Trio	Ave Maria	Swanson	E		9
10:50	Sarah Hess	Clarinet Solo	La Cumparsit	Meenk	S		6	10-12
11:00	Bethany Fischer	Bari Sax Solo	Encore	Minette	S		7
11:10	Annie Dahlstrom	Flute Solo	Springtime Waltz	Prescott	S	Wilgocki	6
11:20	Allison Sumners	Flute Solo	Waltz	Swanson	S	Mrs. Sumners
12:30	Korryn Downey	Flute Solo	Andantino	Songer	E	H	8
12:40
12:50
1:00
1:10
1:20
1:30	Britt Cahlander	Oboe Solo	Minuet	Songer	S	K	6
1:40	Page Stanberry	Flute Solo	Syncopated Flutes	VDZ	S	VDZ	6
1:50	Austin Wilder	Clarinet Solo	Intermezzo	Swanson	E	Cahlander
2:00	Connor Brewin	Clarinet Solo	Sonate 7 - Courante	Swanson	S	Cahlander
2:10	Sammy Enevold	Flute Solo	Gigue	Minette			8
2:20	Baret Leone	Flute Solo	Syncopated Flutes	VDZ	S	VDZ	6
2:30	Grayson Roper	Oboe Solo	Solo pour Houtbois	Swanson	S		9
2:40
2:50

	Percussion Room	Band Room	Adj.: Steve Kimball	DM:	score	CD,SM	grade	time requests
Time	Performers	Ensemble	Selection	Teacher
9:00	Grace Peterson, Katelyn Mell	Percussion Duet	Minuet	Swanson	S		9
9:10	Alex Hagen	Mallet Solo	Firework medley	VDZ			6
9:20
9:30	Natalie Anderson	Mallet Solo	The Entertainer	Ford	S		7
9:40
9:50	Taken			Swanson			9
10:00	Cassidy Brewin	Snare Solo	No name (new comp.)	Ford	S		7
10:10
10:20	Samuel Boddicker, Caleb Peterson	Snare Duet	Two Ton Tillie	Swanson			9
10:30
10:40
10:50