11/13/2009 - Notification of the results of All-State auditions have been made.  Parents and students should contact their teacher for results.

If teachers have not yet heard about results, please contact the WMEA office.  If students or parents have not heard the results, please contact your teacher

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PARENTS
of students in WMEA All-State, Junior All-State and Youth Honor Chorus 

HOUSING:  If you would like to stay in Yakima overnight when attending your child’s concert, WMEA has made special arrangements for discounts in several area hotels. To learn more about the available hotels and reserve a room online, follow this link to the Yakima Valley Group Reservations and enter the code ConferenceGuestsWMEA21209.

ALL-STATE CONCERT TICKETS:   Tickets for WMEA High School All-State Concerts cost $15.00 and can be purchased through the Capitol Theatre Ticket office.  Call 509-853-2787.

2010 WMEA HIGH SCHOOL ALL-STATE CONCERTS
Jazz Concert	Gala Capitol Concert	Gala SunDome Concert
Sunday, February 14	Monday, February 15	Monday February 15
Capitol Theatre, 7:30 pm	Capitol Theatre, 10:00 am	SunDome, 1:30 pm
WMEA All-State Jazz Choir WMEA All-State Jazz Band	WMEA All-State Wind Symphony WMEA All-State Chamber Orchestra WMEA All-State Wind Ensemble	WMEA All-State Treble Choir WMEA All-State Symphonic Choir WMEA All-State Symphony Orchestra WMEA All-State Concert Band
Rehearsals are held at various locations in Yakima. Parents and teachers of students involved were given the times and places for the rehearsals in communications sent from WMEA via the student’s school music teacher. In the interest of student safety, we are not putting that information online and ask participants to check their printed information for the time and location for reporting. Parents who either did not receive or who may have misplaced the information should check with their student’s school music teacher for another copy.

 

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NEW THIS YEAR

AUDITION FEES RAISED FOR HIGH SCHOOL ALL-STATE:  The huge investment in moving to the highly successful online system has incurred significant costs that WMEA must be able to recover over time. Audition costs for high school All-State Auditions will rise to $15. Of course, all applicants from schools holding Associate Memberships will have audition fees waived.

COST OF PARTICIPATION RISES FOR HIGH SCHOOL ALL-STATE:  The cost for high school All-State will rise to $350 this year. Remember, WMEA does not make a profit from student events, but it also cannot sustain a loss (for example, the 2009 honor groups incurred a $13,000 deficit due primarily to unanticipated increases in food and extra site staffing costs). Through assistance from YME, student events at all levels receive some subsidy to help contain costs. The opportunity for needy students to apply for additional individual assistance from YME are now in the audition packets..