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 the
link to the
Yakima Valley Group Reservations
and enter the code ConferenceGuestsWMEA21209.
ALL-STATE
CONCERT:
WMEA Junior All-State Concerts are free of charge and require no tickets for
admission.
|
2010 WMEA JUNIOR ALL-STATE |
| Vocal
Concert |
Instrumental Concert |
|
Saturday, February 13 |
Saturday, February 13 |
|
Capitol Theatre, 4:15 pm |
Davis High School, 4:15 pm |
WMEA All-State
Youth Honor Chorus
WMEA
Junior All-State Treble Choir
WMEA
Junior All-State Mixed Choir
|
WMEA All-State Wind Symphony
WMEA All-State Chamber Orchestra
WMEA All-State Wind Ensemble |
|
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. |
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.
NEW THIS YEAR
JUNIOR
ALL-STATE MOVES TO CONFERENCE WEEKEND IN YAKIMA: As a pilot project,
Junior All-State will become a part of the WMEA Yakima Conference and
take place on Saturday, February 13. Students from across the state will
be blended in all groups. There will be two bands (Baker and Rainier,
with students alternating between bands according to ranking), two
choirs (Mixed and Treble, with girls alternating between choirs
according to ranking) and one orchestra.
SEVENTH
GRADERS NOW ELIGIBLE FOR JUNIOR ALL-STATE: The WMEA board
has decided to pilot the addition of seventh graders to the Junior
All-State groups. While teachers are not obligated to include seventh
graders, several have asked for this opportunity because of their
schools’ configurations, thus the board honored their request on a
one-year trial basis.
AUDITION
FEES FOR JUNIOR ALL-STATE: There will now be an audition fee for all
levels. The huge
investment in moving to the highly successful online system has incurred
significant costs that WMEA must be able to recover over time. Beginning
this year, auditions will cost $10 for Junior All-State. Of course, all applicants from schools
holding Associate Memberships will have audition fees waived.
COST OF PARTICIPATION
:
The cost of participation in Junior All-State remains at $100. 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 in the audition packets.
