Vocal & Ensemble Festival
April 12, 2008
Alumni Memorial Building
(Registration Deadline – April 4, 2008)
Online Registration Form
The University of Tennessee Vocal Solo and Ensemble Festival is an adjudicated music festival intended for vocal and choral students in Tennessee high schools. The Festival is an opportunity for high school students to perform quality music before professional music educators and to receive comments and an evaluation. Four categories will be available for adjudication:
Vocal Solo
This category is for individual singers who will perform two contrasting selections. Literature performed should be drawn from traditional classical vocal solo repertoire.
Small Ensembles
Groups in this category will have between 2 - 24 singers and perform two selections. Literature performed should be drawn from traditional classical choral material, including madrigals and other appropriate material written for smaller ensembles.
Student Conductors
Adjudication for students in this category will be completed with a small ensemble from their school as described above. The student should, with guidance from their teacher, select and prepare one selection of music to be conducted and adjudicated. It is expected that the student conductor alone rehearse the selected piece with their ensemble from the initial note-teaching stage up to performance level during the preparation period before the Festival.
Special Category
Ensembles in this category will also have between 2 - 24 singers and perform music not to exceed ten minutes in length. Literature for this area should be drawn from jazz, Broadway, barbershop or quality popular music. Choreography may or may not be used by groups in this category.
Adjudication
Each student or ensemble receives a written critique of their performance as well as an oral critique and suggestions for improvement from the adjudicator. Each vocal soloist, student conductor or ensemble will receive a rating of Superior, Excellent, or Good. The Student Conductor category involves a somewhat self-directed or "independent study" unit. Students select their music and are responsible for the majority of the preparation on their own.
Awards
Plaques will be awarded to all superior rated singers in the Vocal Solo category and to ensembles in both the Small Ensemble and Special Category areas. Medals will be awarded to all superior rated student conductors.
Fees
Vocal Solo $15.00
Small Ensembles $20.00 (2 - 24 singers)
Special Category $30.00 (2 - 24 singers)
Student Conductors $15.00
All performances will be held in the beautifully renovated Alumni Memorial Building on the University of Tennessee campus. The building is on the corner of Philip Fulmer Way and Middle Way Drive, located beside Neyland Stadium.
Directions
From I-40, take the Alcoa Highway/US 129 exit, # 386B. Take the first exit, Kingston Pike/Cumberland Avenue and turn left onto Cumberland. Go approximately ?? miles and turn right on Philip Fulmer Way. Buses may unload in the KAT transfer station immediately adjacent to Alumni Memorial. There is ample car parking in the immediate area, either in the lot across the street or in the University Center parking garage.
University of Tennessee - School of Music
Vocal Solo and Ensemble Festival
Registration Form