Klarinet Archive - Posting 000659.txt from 1999/02

From: "Paulette W. Gulakowski" <pollyg@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Competition of players of various States
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 19:32:12 -0500

I never auditioned for District, rather was chosen by my band director -
30 + years ago. When I got to District, there was an INTENSE audition
for chair in each section. First couple of chairs went to Regional. At
that time, I believe there were 4 regions in PA, each made up of a number
of districts. This Regional was called "State" Band. I never went any
farther although I made Regional 3 years in a row in high school. I
don't know if there was a next step up. It's been fun reminiscing about
this!
Paulette

On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 09:58:25 -0500 "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.com>
writes:
>Jason,
> PMEA Districts 10 and 11, ever since before I was in high school 30+
>years
>ago, have auditioned (on a standard piece of solo lit) for district
>band,
>orchestra and chorus. Regional and state levels are determined by a
>composite of the original audition score and a re-audition at each
>festival
>(the re-audition at the district festival helps determine who goes to
>regional, etc...). The re-auditions (on the actual performance music
>in the
>folders) were actually instituted after my high school years to try to
>ensure that the players would be prepared for the rehearsals when they
>came
>to the festivals, but serve also to give a kid whose original audition
>was a
>little under par a chance to improve his/her chance to continue to the
>next
>level.
> The "system" you're describing in District 2 is one that might be
>useful
>if there were VERY FEW schools in the district, all the directors knew
>and
>trusted each other, and the concern existed that, if auditions were
>held,
>not enough kids would actually take them and it would become hard to
>fill
>the ensembles. Is District 2 very small (say, half a dozen or fewer
>schools)
>or in an area of very sparse population such that the pool of players
>who
>would come to an audition is too small to make the process worthwhile?
>Where
>is District 2?
>
> Apologies to those on the list who find this off-topic. It probably
>is,
>and if other list members prefer, we could continue the discussion
>privately. As a PMEA member and teacher in a Southeastern PA school
>district, I find Jason's information surprising and interesting.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Jason L. Cable <cablej@-----.edu>
>To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 7:38 AM
>Subject: RE: [kl] Competition of players of various States
>
>
>>That is PMEA District 2. When I got to college people from District
>7 et.
>>al. told me that they had to audition to go to districts. I found
>that
>odd.
>>
>>Jason
>>
>>Jason L. Cable
>>Undergrad. Music Ed. Major (Oboe)
>>Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA
>>cablej@-----.edu
>>http://users.penn.com/~cabes/
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Karl Krelove [mailto:kkrelove@-----.com]
>>> Sent: Monday, February 15, 1999 6:19 PM
>>> To: klarinet@-----.org
>>> Subject: Re: [kl] Competition of players of various States
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Jason L. Cable <cablej@-----.edu>
>>> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, February 15, 1999 5:27 PM
>>> Subject: RE: [kl] Competition of players of various States
>>>
>>>
>>> >I know for sure that in PA District 2 names are drawn from a hat
>>> as to who
>>> >goes to districts. It is us to the individual band director to
>>> submit the
>>> >names of the students he thinks fit to go to districts. Then, the
>names
>>> are
>>> >basically chosen at random.
>>> >
>>> >Jason
>>> >
>>>
>>> Jason, are you talking about a PMEA district? This is so
>>> uncharacteristic of
>>> anything PMEA does it leaves me thinking that this is some other
>>> organization.
>>>
>>> Karl Krelove
>>>
>
>
>
>
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