PMEA DISTRICT 11
INSTRUMENTAL AUDITIONS
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Central Bucks HS East
2804 Holicong Road
Doylestown, PA 18902
Jason Morehouse, Director of Bands
November 6, 2015
Dear colleague,
It is our pleasure to invite you and your qualified students to participate in the PMEA District 11 Instrumental Auditions to be held at Central Bucks HS East on December 13, 2014. Please read the following information carefully and contact me if there are any questions or concerns.
Each school may send a full contingent of students, grades 10-12, and may also include grade 9 string players. These grade 9 string players are not eligible for Region/State or All-State consideration. All students must be pre-registered for the event or they are ineligible to audition. On-site registration is not permitted. Students planning to audition for District Band or Orchestra should be available to participate in the festival.District Orchestra is scheduled for January 13-15, and District Band is scheduled for January 27-29 (W-F). The deadline for registration is Tuesday, November 24. All payments must be received prior to Wednesday, December 9.
The registration process will take place online. Please know that PMEA District 11 President, Victor Holladay, will oversee the online registration process. The online process is intended to significantly limit the potential for human error, and we appreciate your attention to accuracy and deadlines when completing the registration process. Only directors are allowed to register their students, and by registering the students, the directors acknowledge that they are qualified to audition at the District level.
To register, please visit the district 11 website (pmead11.net), then click on the “PMEA D11 Members Only” section and follow all of the directions carefully. The password for the members only section is “pmead11members.”In schools where multiple directors teach, please be certain to register the students only once. However, both directors should register separately and plan to assistwith the auditions. The registration fee for each student is $5. An invoice will be available with the confirmation page that follows the registration page. Please send a check payable to Central Bucks HS East Band and include a copy of the invoice to ensure accurate accounting.Payments and registration confirmation should be sent to:
Central Bucks HS East
District 11 Instrumental Auditions
2804 Holicong Rd.
Doylestown, PA 18901
The most recent literature and scale/rudiment requirements are posted at the PMEA District 11 Website: All auditioning students are required to have an original copy of the required solo. Photocopies will not be allowed.Please review the scale/rudiment requirements with your students prior to the auditions. Each student should know the required ranges, tempos, and articulations prior to the audition. Also, the scoring breakdown of the audition is listed on the same pages.
All directors are kindly reminded that they are required to participate in the adjudication process. This may include responsibilities as a judge, sergeant-at-arms, or tabulator. Judges must remain at the auditions until their instrument is completely finished, including solos, sight-reading, and scales. Although every effort will be made to assign judges to assess their primary instruments, some flexibility is necessary to cover the full instrumentation of the ensembles. All directors are also considered to be the legal representatives of their school and must be available in case of an emergency as long as any of their students are present at the auditions.
On the day of auditions, students should register between 8:00 and 8:45 AM in the gymnasium. Directors should also register between 8:00 and 8:30 in the library. Directors will meet at 8:30 AM to conduct a District 11 business meeting and finalize adjudication specifics. Breakfast concessions and other snacks will be available for the students throughout the day. Breakfast for the directors will be provided by Peak Performance Tours and lunch will be provided by Zeswitz. Although every effort will be made to keep the audition process moving as quickly as possible, students should not expect to be finished before 2:00 PM. This information will be reiterated in another mailing prior to the auditions.
Questions regarding the online registration or literature specifics should be addressed to Victor Holladay, at . Any questions regarding the payment of registration fees or event specifics should be sent to Jason Morehouse at .
Sincerely,
Jason L. Morehouse
Director of Bands
Central Bucks HS East