New Teachers High School Choral

Contents How to join! (MPA)Solo/Small - Ensembles. Contacts (MPA)Solo/Small - Solo. Websites Other Activities Mentoring Helpful Hints and Sites Student Events Honors Chorus Honors Chorus 2018 All-State Chorus All-State Chorus 2019 (MPA) LARGE ENSEMBLE

How to join! You must be a current member in good standing of NCMEA for your school to participate in any of the following events! To Join: https://nafme.org/membership/ Participating students must be enrolled in a scheduled choral class receiving one unit of credit in the current school year. Contents

Contacts Choral Section Chair: Eddie Adams – hschoral_chair@ncmea.net jadams@wcpss.net Past Section Chair/Hall of Fame: Ed Yasick – eyasick@wcpss.net Honors Chorus Audition Chair: Ross Broadway - nchonorschorus@gmail.com Honors Chorus Event Chair: Carol Earnhardt – nchonorschorus@gmail.com All-State Chorus: Sarah McLamb – ncallstatechoir@gmail.com MPA: Michelle Sullivan, Choral Activities Chair – ncmeachoralactivities@gmail.com - for general information Email your MPA Site Chair for details about your district’s MPA Grievances: Sarah Fulton: sefulton@clevelandcountyschools.org Public Relations/Educational Affairs: Jeffery Danielson - Jeffery.danielson@carteretk12.org Contents Contents

Contacts Teacher of the Year: Jenny Patchett - jpatchett@wcpss.net New Teachers: Richard Butler – richardbutlerjr@ccs.k12.nc.us Mentoring Program: Richard Butler (above) or Windy Fullagar – mentoring_program@ncmea.net Music List Revisions: Heather Copley - hcopley@wcpss.net Sight Singing: Bethany Jennings - bethanyhjennings@gmail.com Teacher of the Year: Jenny Patchett - jpatchett@wcpss.net Technology: Roman Brady - rdbrady@wsfcs.k12.nc.us Constitution: David Brooks - brooksd@wilkes.k12.nc.us MPA Revision: Brad Bensen - bbensen@wcpss.net Contents

Websites http://www.ncmea.net/sections-2/high-school-choral/ http://ncmeachoral.org/ - for Honors Chorus ONLY Contents

Mentoring NCMEA has a mentoring program for new teachers! Go to http: https://www.ncmea.net/programs/mentoring-program/ for details Contact: Windy Fullagar - mentoring_program@ncmea.net Sign up for a mentor, sub money is available for mentor/mentee visits Mentoring Pre-Conference: Will pay for room (with a roommate) or half room price (if private room) and lunch Saturday if you are a participant! Contents

Student Events Go to the “Student Events” tab on the website and you will find information on all our student events Honors Chorus All-State MPA’s (Large Ensemble and Solo/Small Ensemble) http://www.ncmea.net/sections-2/high-school-choral/programs/ Contents

Honors Chorus Register at http://ncmeachoral.org/, pay, and postmark registration by midnight, Sept.10 Audition fee of $20.00 per student, school/booster check or money order only. You can bring up to 10% of your CHORAL enrollment (Ex: 1-14 enrolled=1 audition, 15-24 enrolled=2 auditions, 25-34 enrolled=3 auditions, etc.) Count each student only once no matter how many classes they are in! Audition sites alternate yearly: Odd Years – East: Thursday, Central: Friday, West: Saturday Even Years – West: Thursday, Central: Friday, East: Saturday Sites: East: Meredith College, Raleigh, NC Central: UNC-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC West: St. Luke United Methodist, Hickory, NC (West sites vary year-to-year) Contents

** For Schools with Seated Singers ** Honors Chorus Auditions (about 6 minutes) include: Vocalizing (for range only), Singing vocal part from audition piece, and sight singing (tracks are available for download to practice the sight singing audition process) Audition results will be sent by email, send $20.00 registration fee per student postmarked by Honors Chorus Coordinator’s designated postmark deadline. ** For Schools with Seated Singers ** J.W. Pepper will send music packets directly to your school – you don’t have to order, but you do have to pay! You may need to secure a PO number. Honors Chorus convenes Saturday and Sunday at the beginning of Conference (early November in Winston Salem) Singers are mixed and screened – so make sure your students know their stuff! http://www.ncmea.net/sections-2/high-school-choral/ for details Contents

Honors Chorus 2018 Chair: Ross Broadway - nchonorschorus@gmail.com East Audition – Thursday, September 26, Meredith College Central Audition – Friday, September 27, UNC-G West Audition – Saturday, September 28, St. Luke’s UMC Rehearsals: November 9th and 10th, 2019 Performance: November 10, 2019 at UNCSA Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, NC, 3 p.m. – free of charge Contents

All-State Chorus To benefit NEW TEACHERS, deadline for registration is December 1 Register at https://www.ncmea.net/sections-2/high-school-choral/programs/all-state-choral-festival/ $30.00 non-refundable registration fee for each choir These fees will be applied to your total fees, which are $30.00 per seated student due by All-State Coordinator’s designated postmark deadline. Allotments are assigned by enrollment. You’ll know by Feb. 1 When submitting chorus program enrollment, count each student only once no matter how many classes they are in! Contents

All-State Chorus All-State convenes in Charlotte in April/May Contents You choose which choirs you participate in. You select your singers for up to three choirs this year: TTBB (9-12), SSA (9-12), SATB (9-12) You must assign one student to each voice part in a choir before you can duplicate a voice part assignment. Programs with 24 or fewer students may not be guaranteed a slot in every choir, and will be refunded registration fees if their enrollment is not sufficient to allow for one slot in every choir. Your students must attend a three hour District Rehearsal. All-State convenes in Charlotte in April/May Contents

All-State Chorus Your school must have participated in an MPA within the last two years: Solo/Small Ensemble or Large Ensemble Two exceptions: 1. New School or 2. Teacher’s 1st year at the school – if the school went to MPA last year and you have the information, go ahead and submit it! Once you receive your allotments, select your students and order your music. J.W. Pepper has the repertoire lists, but you are responsible for acquiring the music. Singers are screened, so make sure they know their stuff! See http://www.ncmea.net/sections-2/high-school-choral/programs/all-state-choral-festival/ for details. Contents

This year All-State convenes April 26-27, 2019 at the All-State Chorus 2019 This year All-State convenes April 26-27, 2019 at the Charlotte Convention Center Contents

Music Performance Adjudication (MPA) LARGE ENSEMBLE Register with your Site Chairperson by February 1 Registration is ONLINE ONLY See http://www.ncmea.net/sections-2/high-school-choral/programs/music-performance-adjudication-mpa/ and click on MPA Calendar for dates and contact information and to download the MPA Approved Repertoire List $125.00 per ensemble No size limitation (small ensemble is considered up to 24) Perform two memorized selections: One MUST be from the MPA Approved Repertoire List, the other can be off the list, but of comparable difficulty (exception: Comments Only or Grade 1, in which case BOTH songs should be OFF the list) Sight singing is optional: one rhythmic exercise and one singing exercise in a voicing/difficulty level selected by the choral director, The difficulty levels do not need to be the same for both types of sight singing. “Retired” sight singing is available online through Bethany Jennings. Contents

Music Performance Adjudication (MPA) Music Performance Adjudication (MPA) Solo and Small Ensemble: ENSEMBLES Register with your Site Chairperson by February 1 Registration is ONLINE ONLY See http://www.ncmea.net/sections-2/high-school-choral/programs/music-performance-adjudication-mpa/ and click on MPA Calendar for dates and contact information. $20.00 for ensembles of 2-4, $50.00 for ensembles of 5-24 Size limitation: A small ensemble is considered 2 to 24 singers 2 to 4 singers: 1 memorized selection 5 to 24 singers: 2 memorized selections Does not have to be from MPA Approved Repertoire List, but Broadway, Gospel, and Pop selections are not suitable Sight singing was offered at three sites as a pilot program in 2017 Contents

Music Performance Adjudication (MPA) Solo and Small Ensemble: SOLOS Register with your Site Chairperson by February 1 Registration is ONLINE ONLY See http://www.ncmea.net/sections-2/high-school-choral/programs/music-performance-adjudication-mpa/ and click on MPA Calendar for dates and contact information $15.00 per soloist Up to 2 memorized selections if under time limit of 6 minutes total Broadway, Gospel, Pop are not considered suitable No sight singing Contents

Other Activities All-County Chorus – see your local school district for information, there are multiple formats from massed choirs to director auditioned/selected to county-wide auditions Performance at NCMEA Convention – email section chair for information Adjudicators – there is a training seminar at Convention You must complete the training seminar Must have taught in North Carolina for 2 years Solo/Small Ensemble adjudicators must be either voice majors or collegiate instructors Contents

Helpful Hints and Sites https://www.edmodo.com/ – an educational “Facebook” https://flipgrid.com/ - have students enter a code, click record simultaneously, and video record each individual in your choir individually while they are singing in the choir! All at once! https://www.weebly.com/ – create your own website (if your district allows) https://www.remind.com/ – a great way to send group texts to parents and students https://www.musictheory.net/ – great resource with excellent graphics https://edpuzzle.com/ – upload videos and imbed questions for students https://www.thinglink.com/ – collect topical links on a related image for your students https://classroom.google.com/ - needs to be activated at a district level! https://www.audacityteam.org/download/ – easy way to create rehearsal tracks! Contents