2016 NCBCDA Honor Band & Choir Applications
Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, NCBCDA is moved to an online application process. For this year, we will only be submitting applications online, not payment. After submission, a PDF file will be emailed to the director that can be used an a receipt/invoice for payment, etc, like has been done in the past. We are aiming to add a payment option next year. Students will submit their own application. Directors will receive a copy of their submission via email for their records.
As this is a new process for us, please let Ryan Heimlich ([email protected]) know if there are any issues that arise.
Instructions:
Applications:
Applications are no longer being accepted.
As this is a new process for us, please let Ryan Heimlich ([email protected]) know if there are any issues that arise.
Instructions:
- Directors will submit their application, including all student information. This is the same application from past years, just an electronic version of it.
- After submission, a PDF file will be emailed to the director that can be used as a receipt/invoice for payment, etc.
- Each student will also fill out an application with their information, their parent's information, and health information.
- After submission, a PDF file will be emailed to the student, the student's parents, and the director.
Applications:
Applications are no longer being accepted.
Audition/Application Policies and Procedures
I. BAND APPLICATION PROCESS
Audition materials must be mailed by the postmark deadline of DECEMBER 1, 2015 and may not be hand delivered to the audition session. Instrumental applications must include the $25 NON-REFUNDABLE APPLICATION FEE. Once accepted each band member will be assessed a $25 PARTICIPATION FEE to be paid during conference registration.
II. INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING INSTRUCTIONS
Submit one (1) AUDIO COMPACT DISK per applicant labeled with the STUDENT’S NAME, INSTRUMENT, AND SCHOOL NAME. Compact disks may be submitted in AIFF OR WAV FORMAT. MP3 format is not acceptable. Audio Cassette tapes are not accepted. Cheating will not be tolerated. Recordings are not to be electronically enhanced. Enhanced recordings will be eliminated from consideration for participation in the honor band. Each audition recording must contain the following material recorded in the listed order:
1. Name of Student
2. Name of School
3. Name of Instrument
4. Scales – Scales MUST be memorized for chair placement tryouts the first evening of the Honor Band weekend.
5. Solo – NCBCDA solo requirements are excerpts from the CBDA solo selections. See www.ncbcda.com for the specific requirements. You can simply submit a complete All-State Audition recording if you choose, or use NCBCDA excerpts.
6. Announcement – “End of Audition”
Omit accompaniments and long rests over one measure. Play scales and passages at specified tempos. Listen to the completed recording to make sure that everything is recorded in order and review the directions above. Percussionists follow directions given on the audition list.
III. CHOIR APPLICATION PROCESS: Reminder- Audition Date for the Honor Choir is November 1st, 2015
Each school may submit two quartets consisting strictly of one soprano, one alto, one tenor, and one bass. If you have enough qualified singers for part of a quartet, you may coordinate with another school choir director to fulfill the quartet. Due to stage restrictions and rehearsal space a maximum of 120 choir students will be accepted and will be strictly observed. Your second quartet will only be accepted after all other qualified applications have been placed and if there is an opening in the choir. Choir students are expected to memorize the music before attending the Honor Choir weekend. Directors are expected to do their best to help students adequately prepare so that the Honor Choir experience can be rewarding for all involved. Students will be tested upon arrival on Thursday night. If a student does not know their music, they will attend a mandatory rehearsal until they are prepared.
IV. ELIGIBILITY
Directors will be notified as to which of their students has been accepted in the Honor Band and Honor Choir. Please do not make any unauthorized substitutions after a student has been accepted to either the Honor Band or Honor Choir. Applications and Recordings postmarked after November 1st for choir and December 1st , 2015 for Band will not be accepted. A student MUST be in enrolled in the high school that submits their audition and be an active participant in the local high school concert band or choir program. Ninth grade members of junior high school bands may apply for the Northern California High School Honor Band or Honor Choir in the following way: A high school band director may include 9th graders from a feeder junior high school in the total of 12 recordings and assume responsibility for any who are accepted. Midterm (January) graduates are not eligible. All instrumental students must meet or exceed the minimum standards of the Honor Band to qualify. No school may have any student(s) in the Honor Band more than two years in a row based on school representation. If a high school submits only one recording, that student can qualify for the band on his/her own merit, however, the school is not guaranteed representation. To be eligible for guaranteed representation a high school must submit at least two recordings of two different instruments. Both recordings must meet or exceed minimum standards for the Honor Band. The failure of students to meet these minimum standards in interpretation, intonation, technical facility, characteristic tone, articulation, or tempo and rhythm will eliminate them from consideration. Instruments that cannot be included for representation are the following: Oboe, Bassoon, Saxophones, and Percussion. Students are required to be chaperoned by the band director or a district designated chaperone during the Honor Band and Select Choir weekend activities. If a designated chaperone is used rather than a director a document designating the chaperone must be presented on school letterhead and signed by the principal, parent, and director. Students are expected to participate fully in the Honor Band and Select Choir weekend activities. Students and directors must plan ahead and be prepared to be on time to begin rehearsals at the designated times. Please review the rules of courtesy to other guests while in a hotel and rehearsal etiquette before you arrive. Rudeness will not be tolerated and will be considered grounds for dismissal.
I. BAND APPLICATION PROCESS
Audition materials must be mailed by the postmark deadline of DECEMBER 1, 2015 and may not be hand delivered to the audition session. Instrumental applications must include the $25 NON-REFUNDABLE APPLICATION FEE. Once accepted each band member will be assessed a $25 PARTICIPATION FEE to be paid during conference registration.
II. INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING INSTRUCTIONS
Submit one (1) AUDIO COMPACT DISK per applicant labeled with the STUDENT’S NAME, INSTRUMENT, AND SCHOOL NAME. Compact disks may be submitted in AIFF OR WAV FORMAT. MP3 format is not acceptable. Audio Cassette tapes are not accepted. Cheating will not be tolerated. Recordings are not to be electronically enhanced. Enhanced recordings will be eliminated from consideration for participation in the honor band. Each audition recording must contain the following material recorded in the listed order:
1. Name of Student
2. Name of School
3. Name of Instrument
4. Scales – Scales MUST be memorized for chair placement tryouts the first evening of the Honor Band weekend.
5. Solo – NCBCDA solo requirements are excerpts from the CBDA solo selections. See www.ncbcda.com for the specific requirements. You can simply submit a complete All-State Audition recording if you choose, or use NCBCDA excerpts.
6. Announcement – “End of Audition”
Omit accompaniments and long rests over one measure. Play scales and passages at specified tempos. Listen to the completed recording to make sure that everything is recorded in order and review the directions above. Percussionists follow directions given on the audition list.
III. CHOIR APPLICATION PROCESS: Reminder- Audition Date for the Honor Choir is November 1st, 2015
Each school may submit two quartets consisting strictly of one soprano, one alto, one tenor, and one bass. If you have enough qualified singers for part of a quartet, you may coordinate with another school choir director to fulfill the quartet. Due to stage restrictions and rehearsal space a maximum of 120 choir students will be accepted and will be strictly observed. Your second quartet will only be accepted after all other qualified applications have been placed and if there is an opening in the choir. Choir students are expected to memorize the music before attending the Honor Choir weekend. Directors are expected to do their best to help students adequately prepare so that the Honor Choir experience can be rewarding for all involved. Students will be tested upon arrival on Thursday night. If a student does not know their music, they will attend a mandatory rehearsal until they are prepared.
IV. ELIGIBILITY
Directors will be notified as to which of their students has been accepted in the Honor Band and Honor Choir. Please do not make any unauthorized substitutions after a student has been accepted to either the Honor Band or Honor Choir. Applications and Recordings postmarked after November 1st for choir and December 1st , 2015 for Band will not be accepted. A student MUST be in enrolled in the high school that submits their audition and be an active participant in the local high school concert band or choir program. Ninth grade members of junior high school bands may apply for the Northern California High School Honor Band or Honor Choir in the following way: A high school band director may include 9th graders from a feeder junior high school in the total of 12 recordings and assume responsibility for any who are accepted. Midterm (January) graduates are not eligible. All instrumental students must meet or exceed the minimum standards of the Honor Band to qualify. No school may have any student(s) in the Honor Band more than two years in a row based on school representation. If a high school submits only one recording, that student can qualify for the band on his/her own merit, however, the school is not guaranteed representation. To be eligible for guaranteed representation a high school must submit at least two recordings of two different instruments. Both recordings must meet or exceed minimum standards for the Honor Band. The failure of students to meet these minimum standards in interpretation, intonation, technical facility, characteristic tone, articulation, or tempo and rhythm will eliminate them from consideration. Instruments that cannot be included for representation are the following: Oboe, Bassoon, Saxophones, and Percussion. Students are required to be chaperoned by the band director or a district designated chaperone during the Honor Band and Select Choir weekend activities. If a designated chaperone is used rather than a director a document designating the chaperone must be presented on school letterhead and signed by the principal, parent, and director. Students are expected to participate fully in the Honor Band and Select Choir weekend activities. Students and directors must plan ahead and be prepared to be on time to begin rehearsals at the designated times. Please review the rules of courtesy to other guests while in a hotel and rehearsal etiquette before you arrive. Rudeness will not be tolerated and will be considered grounds for dismissal.