2017 NYSSMA Solo & Ensemble Festivals
Fest. # / Zone / Festival Location / Festival Date(s) / Type001 / 13 / Nassau Community College / March 3-4 / S-E Piano Only-No Jazz
002 / 7 / College of St Rose / March 10-11 / S-E Piano only
003 / 7 / Saratoga Springs CSD / March 10-11 / S-E
004 / 13 / Jericho High School / March 10-11 / S-E Piano Only-No Jazz
005 / 13 / H Frank Carey Junior-Senior High School / March 17-18 / S-E
006 / 13 / Great Neck North High School / March 17-18 / S-E Piano Only-No Jazz
007 / 7 / Albany City Schools / March 18. / S-E
010 / 12 / Celia Cruz Bronx High School Of Music / March 24-25 / A-S-E-VJ-IJ
011 / 13 / Birch School / March 24-25 / S-E
012 / 14 / Sachem High School-East / March 24-25 / A-S-E
013 / 3 / Cortland Junior-Senior High School / March 25. / S-E
014 / 9 / Monroe Woodbury Middle School / March 31-April 1 / S-E (I-VI)
015 / 13 / Holy Trinity Diocesan High School / March 31-April 1 / A-S-E
016 / 14 / West Islip Union Free School District / March 31-April 1 / A-S-E-IJ-VJ
021 / 2 / Canandaigua Academy / April 7-8 / A-S-E-IJ
022 / 5 / Carthage High School / April 7-8 / A-S-E
023 / 7 / Bethlehem Central Middle School / April 7-8 / A-S-E
028 / 3 / Johnson City High School / April 7-8 / A-S-E
029 / 12 / Fiorello H LaGuardia High School Of Music / April 22. / S-E (no AS)
034 / 1 / Frontier High School / April 21-22 / A-S-E
035 / 9 / Kingston High School / April 21-22 / A-S-E
036 / 13 / Herricks High School / April 21-22 / A-S-E (Lv.5-6)
037 / 14 / Huntington High School / April 21-22 / A-S-E
052 / 1 / Jamestown City School District / April 28-29 / A-S-E-Piano
053 / 2 / Webster Thomas HS / April 28-29 / A-S-E
054 / 4 / Westmoreland High School / April 28-29 / A-S-E
055 / 10 / Red Hook Senior High School / April 28-29 / A-S-E-Piano
056 / 11 / White Plains High School / April 28-29 / A-S-E (Harp,JI,VJ)
057 / 13 / Farmingdale Senior High School / April 28-29 / A-S-E-IJ-VJ
058 / 14 / Commack Middle School / April 28-29 / A-S-E
059 / 15 / Corning City School District / April 28-29 / A-S-E
066 / 3 / Newfield High School / May 5-6 / A-S-E
067 / 5 / Suny College - Potsdam (Crane School Of Music) / May 5-6 / A-S-E-IJ-VJ
068 / 6 / Saranac High School / May 5-6 / A-S-E
069 / 9 / Liberty High School / May 5-6 / A-S-E-IJ-VJ
070 / 10 / Arlington Central School District / May 5-6 / A-S-E-piano
071 / 13 / Lloyd Harbor School / May 5-6 / S-E (Lv.1-4)
072 / 14 / Walter G O'Connell Copiague High School / May 5-6 / A-S-E
073 / 1 / Lewiston Porter Middle School / May 6. / A-S-E
078 / 1 / Pioneer High School / May 12-13 / A-S-E
081 / 3 / West Genesee High School / May 12-13 / A-S-E - Levels V-VI
082 / 4 / Mexico Middle School / May 12-13 / A-S-E
083 / 7 / Queensbury Senior High School / May 12-13 / A-S-E
084 / 8 / Norwich High School / May 12-13 / A-S-E-IJ-Hp-Gtr
085 / 10 / Putnam Valley High School / May 12-13 / A-S-E-IJ-VJ-Piano
086 / 11 / Lakeland High School / May 12-13 / S-E Piano only
087 / 13 / Syosset High School / May 12-13 / A-S-E-Harp (Lv 5-6)
088 / 14 / Eastport-South Manor Junior Senior High School / May 12-13 / A-S-E
089 / 12 / Jhs 278 Marine Park / May 13. / A-S-E
050 / 2 / Brockport High School / May 19-20 / A-S (Lv.5-6) Voice, Vocal Jazz
109 / 3 / Christian Brothers Academy / May 19-20 / S-E
110 / 4 / Central Valley CSD at Ilion-Mohawk / May 19-20 / A-S-E
111 / 9 / Suffern High School / May 19-20 / A-S-E
112 / 11 / Somers High School / May 19-20 / A-S-E-Harp
113 / 12 / Tottenville High School / May 19-20 / A-S-E
114 / 13 / Valley Stream North High School / May 19-20 / S-E
115 / 14 / Patchogue-Medford High School / May 19-20 / A-S-E
134 / 2 / Gates-Chili High School / June 2-3 / A-S-E
135 / 7 / Guilderland Central School District / June 2-3 / A-S-E-IJ-VJ
136 / 9 / Minisink Valley Central School District / June 2-3 / A-S-E
137 / 13 / Howard T Herber Middle School / June 2-3 / A-S-E
139 / 15 / Bolivar-Richburg Junior-Senior High School / June 2-3 / A-S-E-IJ-VJ
144 / 12 / New York University / June 9-10 / A-S-E-IJ-VJ
Dear Adjudicator,
Enclosed is the Adjudicator Availability Form for our 2017 Spring Festivals. I ask that you return the completed form to me in the enclosed return envelope by February 1, 2017. You must return the form whether or not you intend to judge this year. Please do not delay in returning the form. If you are unsure of availability for specific dates, you can call, e-mail or write to me anytime up to five weeks prior to the festival dates with changes. If possible, I would prefer that you return the form to me by mail. If you plan to send it electronically, be sure to send me both sides of the form! Please note…due to phone line restrictions, I cannot receive faxed copies.
Cell Phone Number – If you use a cell phone, please provide the number and tell me which number (home or cell) you would prefer to have listed as your primary number for distribution to festival hosts (use check boxes).
Email – Please provide a current email address – check to see that the email indicated on the form is accurate.
Please indicate available dates by circling individual days on the calendar(s) printed on the back of your form. If you live or work in specific or nearby areas (Zones 2, 3, Long Island and NYC), your Availability Form will also include a place to indicate availability for Mid-Week festivals. Also included in your packet is a listing of Mid-week festivals (yellow for Zone 2/3 and green for Long Island/NYC). If you are a Majors adjudicator, your Availability Form will include a place to indicate availability for majors. Also included in your packet is a listing of Majors festivals (blue). If you feel you did not receive the correct forms, contact me immediately.
All availability (weekends, mid-week, and majors) must be recorded on ONE Availability Form. Please do not return the other lists – keep them for your own records.
Please check carefully each piece of data that is preprinted on your form. If data is incorrect or missing, please correct or add it using a different colored ink or by highlighting the changes.
School/Work Information: Please be sure we have your current school information listed.
Exceptions:
· If you are retired from teaching, your School/Business field should read “Retired.”
· If you are retired from teaching and have, like many, taken another position, please indicate your business’s name and phone number, including area code, so that you may be reached during the day if necessary.
Availability: Please check only one box. Please note that Adjudicators who are consistently unavailable may be removed from the “Active” list. This simply means that you would not automatically receive an Availability Form each year. To be “Reactivated” you would need go online to the Assignor of Adjudicators page at www.nyssma.org, download a blank form, and return it to the assignor indicating your availability.
On the reverse of the Availability Form are the festival weekend dates (in bold).
· Please circle each day you are available – if you are available only one of the two days on a weekend, please circle only that day which you are available.
· I have provided a list of Weekend Solo & Ensemble Festivals on the back of this sheet. Please use Festival Numbers when referring to specific festivals.
Notate Restrictions: If you have a maximum number of assignments you are willing to take, please do not limit your availability to that number of weekends. Please indicate all weekend dates you are available and indicate, in the appropriate space, your maximum number of assignments and I will honor your request. By doing so, it will help me to assign you when and where you are most needed. Likewise, if you have restrictions on travel distance or locations make sure you let me know in the space provided. If you were available to judge last year but were not assigned, please indicate that in the “other restrictions” space. I will make every effort to see that you are assigned this season.
Your Signature: Your signature indicates your commitment to adjudicate for NYSSMA on the dates you are available and a further commitment to hold those dates available until at least two (2) weeks prior to the festival dates.
Honoraria, Lodging, and expenses:
Honoraria: All-State/Majors = $25.00; Regular = $20.00; Local = $16.00
Lodging: NYSSMA will pay for the cost of a single room for adjudicators who live too far from the festival site to stay at home. Festival Chairpersons will make the necessary arrangements for housing for judges.
Travel: Mileage for 2017 will be reimbursed at $.54 per mile. NYSSMA® adjudicators will be reimbursed for mileage and tolls incurred when driving within New York State. Adjudicators are expected to take the shortest route that is reasonable for the traffic and/or weather conditions. If the adjudicator lives outside of the state (New York State), NYSSMA® will reimburse up to a total of 150 miles (75 miles, each way) beyond the New York State border in addition to the travel within New York State. Receipts for tolls, etc., should be submitted to the Zone Representative with your expense form. Travel by plane, limo or taxi requires prior approval from the Assignor of Adjudicators. NYSSMA does not reimburse for car rentals.
Meals: For weekend festivals: Friday dinner and Saturday lunch will be provided on-site FREE. For midweek and in house festivals, dinner will be provided on-site FREE. In addition, a meal allowance (1 day = 2 session) will be given to all adjudicators.