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Registration is only done through the music program at the school which the student attends. Can I register directly as an individual or through my child’s private music teacher or studio? The school district or private school must be a school member of NYSSMA.ģ. Information regarding scheduling times and appropriate materials should be received from the school music teacher or the head of the school’s music department. At major ensemble festivals, school bands, choruses and orchestras are evaluated.Īll NYSSMA registration is done through the student’s school music program. At solo and small ensemble festivals, students are given a performance evaluation that involves playing a graded solo from the NYSSMA Manual, playing scales and sight reading. NYSSMA sponsors approximately 145 solo & small ensemble and major ensemble festivals in New York State each spring. NYSSMA Festival Q & A for students and parents: School Music Teachers – Please contact your district music supervisor, administrator or the host of your festival. Thank you.Parents, Students and Private Teachers – All questions concerning students, repertoire, registration or scheduling should go through the students’ school music teacher, guidance councilor or building administrator. Review them from year to year to help guide your progress. You will get both a numeric score and written evaluative comments on your performance. Compete with yourself to do better and better each year. Ultimately, you are challenging yourself to do a solo.
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Grades 6, 7, 8 should do a level IV or higher (III might do the trick for viola/bass).ĭon’t let All County be the ultimate goal for doing a NYSSMA solo. The general idea is as follows if you want to get into All-County: In the case of also working with a private teacher, talk with them as well.Īcceptance to All-County is entirely dependent on the applicant pool. Typically, the first step is to talk with your music teacher. How do we decide what piece and level to do? The requirements for scales and sight reading increase and encompass greater knowledge and skill as the levels increase. Level 1 is the easiest solo and Level 6 is the most challenging. Usually, students who do not do a NYSSMA are not recommended for All County. Ultimately, your music teacher writes you a recommendation which is then reviewed by an All County selection committee. The performance itself is no longer than 10 minutes for levels I-IV or 15 minutes for levels V and VI.ĭo NYSSMA solos qualify us for All County?Īt SOCSD and in Rockland County, we use your NYSSMA information to help you apply for All-County. That includes time trying to find parking at the NYSSMA site, showing up to the room where the performance will take place, warming up for a few minutes, the performance itself, and then leaving the building to go home. On NYSSMA day, plan to set aside 1-2 hours for the entire experience. A parent may be in the room for the solo and scales, but not the sight reading. The entire performing experience happens in that room with the student and the adjudicator-the performance is not public. The adjudicator will also ask for sight reading. A student walks into a classroom with a practicing or retired music educator in the room and performs a prepared solo and scales. When a student ‘does a NYSSMA,’ they need to be able to perform by themselves in front of a trained NYSSMA adjudicator (a ‘professional listener’). Usually, there are about 2,000 students that choose to perform at this NYSSMA festival alone, which means an enormous amount of students from the state participate each year.Ĭan you describe a typical NYSSMA Solo Festival Experience? Many times, that festival happens to be in Rockland County. We at SOCSD participate in a festival that is relatively nearby to our school. The NYSSMA Solo Festivals appear throughout the State of New York.
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When people talk about ‘doing a NYSSMA,’ they are referring to performing at a NYSSMA solo festival.
#NYSSMA SOLO FESTIVAL PROFESSIONAL#
This organization is responsible for sponsoring research studies and professional development involving music education throughout the state, as well as coordinating advocacy efforts, hosting and sponsoring conferences, scholarships, and competitions, and finally, solo and ensemble festivals. NYSSMA stands for the New York State School Music Association.