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OCMEA Performance Scholarship Audition Form

O.C.M.E.A. PERFORMANCE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS:                        $1,500 (One Vocal, One Instrumental)
$ 500 Honorable Mentions

AUDITION DATE:                           Thursday, January 5, 2012
SNOW DATE:                                   Friday, January 6, 2012
AUDITION SITE:                             Monroe-Woodbury Middle School
APPLICATION DEADLINE:          December 9, 2011
APPLICATION MAILED TO:         Nicole Regan
Central Valley Elementary School
45 Route 32
Central Valley, NY  10917

Eligibility requirements:

  1. Student must be a senior.
  2. Student must be an active participant and in good standing with their school music program (attending and passing).
  3. Student must have been a member in at least one High School All-County ensemble unless he/she plays a non-band/orchestra instrument.
  4. Student must remain a member in good standing in school music program through graduation or else they forfeit their O.C.M.E.A. performance and/or scholarship.
  5. Student must be planning on attending college and pursuing a career in music.  The college music program must require an audition.
  6. Student must complete the scholarship application, including student signature, parent signature and teacher signature.
  7. Student must audition live on the scheduled audition date.
  8. All applicants are to bring with them three copies of the score for the judges.  Photocopies are acceptable.
  9. Scholarship recipients are required to perform their solo at the High School All-County Festival.

 

Instrumentalists: 
Prepare a level VI NYSSMA solo.  Choice of music is important.  The solo should demonstrate the student’s overall musicianship and command of the instrument.  You are strongly urged to perform the solo with piano accompaniment.  If chosen, the solo performance at the All-County Festival should be limited to five minutes.

Vocalists:
Prepare two contrasting selections, one being a level VI NYSSMA solo, and the second being one of your own choosing.  Vocalists should carefully choose music which demonstrates the student’s vocal potential.  Broadway show tunes are NOT proper audition material.

The winning students, selected by a panel of three qualified judges, will perform at the All-County High School Concert at Warwick Valley High School on Saturday, January 28, 2012.
The snow date for the concert is Saturday, February 4, 2012.


O.C.M.E.A. PERFORMANCE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM

 

Students’ Name:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
Street Address:                                                                                                                        

City, State, Zip:                                                                                                           

Home Phone:                           Director’s Name:                                                        

Instrument/Voice Type:                                                                                              

Colleges/Universities Applied to:                                                                                

                                                                                                                                   

Title of Composition No. 1:                                                                                        

            Composer:                                                                                                      

            Publisher:                                                                                                        

Title of Composition No. 2 (Vocalists only):                                                              

            Composer:                                                                                                      

            Publisher:                                                                                                        

Preferred Audition Time (Between 3:45 and 6:00 PM):                                                          

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I have read and completed the OCMEA Performance Scholarship Audition form and would like to audition for the 2012 OCMEA Performance Scholarship.

                                                                                                                                               
Student Signature                                                                                 Date

I have read the OCMEA Performance Scholarship Audition form and would like my son/daughter to audition for the 2012 OCMEA Performance Scholarship.

                                                                                                                                               
Parent Signature                                                                                   Date

I will attest that my student,                                                      , is a member in good standing in the school music program and would like him/her to audition for the 2012 OCMEA Performance Scholarship.

                                                                                                                                               
Teacher Signature                                                                                Date


To:       All OCMEA High School Directors

From:   Nicole Regan, Scholarship Auditions Chair

Re:       High School Scholarship Auditions

 

Enclosed you find the application form and instruction page for the 2012 OCMEA Performance Scholarship.  Please read carefully before distributing to qualified students and note the following:

  1. College music programs applied to must require an audition and students will list these colleges on the application.

 

  1. The deadline date is December 19, 2011.

Please assist your students in the application process and help with: application deadline, securing an accompanist and arranging transportation to the audition, if needed.

The Josephine Giacco Memorial Music Award applications will be available at the High School Festival.  This award is for students majoring in Music Education.

 

Thank you for all you do for your students and for OCMEA!