This feed will encapsulate the latest news from the AMIS web site. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/ Middle School Honor Band is posted. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/auditions/ Sun, 13 May, 2012 21:00:00 GMT The auditions are poseted for the Middle School Honor Orchestra, High School Hono Orchestra, High School Honor Band, High School Honor Mixed Choir and High School Honor Women's Choir und the the Auditions tab. Middle School Honor Band will appear shortly. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/auditions/ Sun, 29 Apr, 2012 14:00:00 GMT The final verison pf the AMIS Festival and Workshops 2012-2013 is published. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/calendar/ Tue, 17 Apr, 2012 21:00:00 GMT AMIS Middle School Honor Boys' Choir Festival 2012 posted. The online School Applications will be accepted through May 26. School names will be drawn from the list of applicants on May 27. When the maximum of participants is reached, the next applicants will be placed in order on a waiting list. Candidates will be notified of results by e-mail on May 27. A list will also be posted on the AMIS web site. All music and registration fees must be received on or before August 20, 2012. Until these payments are received a place in the festival is not guaranteed. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/mshbc/ Sat, 14 Apr, 2012 16:00:00 GMT AMIS Fees, 2012-2013. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/fees/1213AMIS_Fees.pdf Sat, 14 Apr, 2012 15:00:00 GMT Honor Jazz Festival Registrations are open. http://db00694.worldcloud.com/AMIS/index.php Sun, 25 Mar, 2012 00:30:00 GMT The lastest update on the festivals. dated 25 March, 2012. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/draft201213calendar.html Wed, 17 Mar, 2012 10:30:00 GMT The lastest update on the festivals. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/draft201213calendar.html Wed, 14 Mar, 2012 21:30:00 GMT The Jazz Skills Workshop will be held in conjunction with the Honor Jazz Festival at The International School of Kuala Lumpur. Workshop leaders: David Beckstead and Jon Hodge Eligibility: students who have auditioned for the Honor Jazz Festival but were not successful will have first priority to register for this workshop. After that registration will be opened to other students from AMIS schools. Details on the link. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/profdev/index.html Tue, 13 Mar, 2012 21:30:00 GMT There will be no tickets issued for the European Middle School Honor Girls' Choir Festival concert. Admission is on a first come, first served basis. We do not anticipate problems accommodating visiting families and friends. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/News.html Sat, 10 Mar, 2012 15:30:00 GMT Final Instructions for the HB and WC Festival. Three attacthments for you to read in News. Risk assessment for the Friday evening student party at the school. Most of you will not need to submit this to your school but some of you will need to. Please read it. Notes from the hotel. Please read them and go over things with your students. A DRAFT schedule. We are very close to having the final schedule but still need to have you realize we may need to adjust something before your arrival, especially the revised Saturday schedule. Reapeat - Due to the small number of reservations received for the afternoon concert THERE WILL NOW BE ONLY ONE CONCERT AT THIS FESTIVAL THE CONCERT WILL BEGIN AT 7:30 P.M. (19:30) http://www.amis-online.org.uk/News.html Wed, 07 Mar, 2012 20:30:00 GMT Our performance will be live-streamed with the address: www.ksnvienna.com/ive beginning at 7:00 PM, Vienna time. AIS Vienna will make a DVD recording of the performance and provide one copy to each participating school. Follow the link for the rest of the astounding Saturday! http://www.amis-online.org.uk/mshgc/index.html#conc Tue, 06 Mar, 2012 20:30:00 GMT IMPORTANT CONCERT INFORMATION FOR HB AND WC FESTIVAL: Due to the small number of reservations received for the afternoon concert THERE WILL NOW BE ONLY ONE CONCERT AT THIS FESTIVAL THE CONCERT WILL BEGIN AT 7:30 P.M. (19:30). ALL RESERVATIONS FOR THE AFTERNOON CONCERT WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ADDED TO THE EVENING TICKET REQUESTS. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/hbc/index.html#conc Fri, 02 Mar, 2012 13:30:00 GMT The files for the Honor Jazz Festival - Set A are now online under the "Auditions" tab. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/ Wed, 15 Feb, 2012 11:30:00 GMT Please inform the parents of your students, and any other interested parties, that we do plan on offering a live streaming video of the festival concert at 7pm local time. For those who cannot watch it live we will have it archived on the site for a period of one week after the concert. There are still some technical issues to sort out with syncing the sound and video, hopefully all will be dialed in before Saturday! Each school will still receive a high quality DVD and audio recording. Follow the link to the livestream. http://www.livestream.com/iskl Sat, 04 Feb, 2012 07:30:00 GMT There has been some reorganization with the live streaming of our 6pm concert tomorrow (Saturday). Please send out the following link to your communities. https://www1.jisedu.or.id/webapps/temp/amis Fri, 27 Jan, 2012 21:30:00 GMT The concert at JIS for the AMSHO will be streamed live. Click on the link to tune in next Saturday. http://www.jisedu.or.id/explore/jislive.aspx Wed, 25 Jan, 2012 21:30:00 GMT Change in concert start time for AMSHB in Singapore. The starting time for the concert on Saturday evening is now 5:30 p.m. (17:30). This is a change from the previous starting time! http://www.amis-online.org.uk/ Tue, 24 Jan, 2012 21:30:00 GMT The concert ticket information on the HBWC is on website for Aberdeen. There is also the risk assessment that should go up for anyone who needs it. The Permission Slip for the Friday night activity needs to be up there in case some teacher has mislaid the version sent by AMIS. The Nuts and Bolts attachment is lots of information about the festival including transportation info and kilt hire. The concert ticket information on the SHOWC is on website for Brussels. Priority ticket requests much be received prior to February 8th. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/ Thu, 05 Jan, 2012 21:30:00 GMT All participating directors and chaperones should now complete their own booking with the festival hotel. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/amshgc/ Sat, 17 Dec, 2011 11:30:00 GMT Travel information - If you are coming by train, you can book your ticket direct Brussels Gare du Nord from where you can take a taxi to the hotel. The closest underground station to the hotel is Rogier. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/ Mon, 05 Dec, 2011 18:30:00 GMT The start time of the concert is changed from 5.00pm to 4.30pm in order to give time for the schools leaving on Saturday to stay for a little bit after the concert and party with everyone. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/ Wed, 13 Oct, 2011 18:30:00 GMT +0100 The selected schools for the remaining Middle School Honor Choir Festival have been posted. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/ Wed, 12 Oct, 2011 16:30:00 GMT +0100 Hotel And Housing Information for MSHMC New Delhi has been published. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/mshmc/ Wed, 06 Apr, 2011 21:30:00 GMT +0100 The Solo and Ensemble Festival will be held at The American School of The Hague on Saturday, January 21, 2012. This is a week earlier than the usual final Saturday of January spot which conflicts this year with the SAT testing. All deadlines for this festival will therefore be earlier than usual. If you plan to participate, please take note of this date. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/draft201112calendar.html Mon, 04 Apr, 2011 23:30:00 GMT +0100 We have just been able to confirm that Circuit Training for Strings will be held at The American School of The Hague, November 11 and 12, 2011, with Darrell Townshend as host organizer. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/draft201112calendar.html Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:00:00 GMT +0100 Schedule and information posted - Junior Honor Orchestra http://www.amis-online.org.uk/jho/jho2011_lmd.html Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:30:00 GMT We can now confirm the dates and venue for the IB Music workshop as October 13-15, 2011 at The International School of Brussels. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/News.html Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:00:00 GMT Thanks to retiring members of the AMIS Executive Council Hal Halvorsen, Ian Thompson and Jim Yarnell. Congratulations to newly-elected members of the AMIS Executive Council Louise Davey (Shanghai American School Pudong), Darlene Elkins (Saudi Aramco Schools Dhahran), James Libbey (International School of Luxembourg) http://www.amis-online.org.uk/News.html Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:30:00 GMT Honor Jazz Festival is now open on-line for audition registration. http://db00694.worldcloud.com/AMIS/authentication.php Tue, 8 Mar 2011 17:30:00 GMT Honor Band and Mixed Choir Draft Schedule- Adobe Reader format. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/hbc/hbc2011_draft_schedule.pdf Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:00:00 GMT HJF Audition Files - Update - ii-V-I audio files for guitar, piano and bass have been updated. Please download the new files. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/auditions/ Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:30:00 GMT HJF Audition Files - Update - There were links to inccorrect files on the audition page - this has been repaired as of 08:30 London Time, 24 February. Please redownload the audition material. Rhythm sections play along to "Groovin'" and all improvisations are against ii V I, not "Maiden Voyage". Sorry for the confusion. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/auditions/ Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:30:00 GMT The hall for the concert for the Honor Band and Mixed Choir Festival is very small. We need to plan ahead in order to be sure that visiting parents can attend this concert. We will accept this ticket order form only from participating teachers no later than the 5th of March, 2011. Please fill it out carefully. We will be doing our best to make sure that we accommodate everyone who truly wants to attend! Thanks for your help with this. Georgia Bassett, Pat Green, Jim Yarnell http://www.amis-online.org.uk/hbc/index.html#conc Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:00:00 GMT Audition Materials for the 2011 International Honor Jazz Festival to be held at The American School of London 19-23 October 2011 are now online. Please do not use any old materials as this set has been revised by Jon Hodge and Rick Hein. Please follow the link and use the set linked from the Auditions Page. Please note - we will be unable to hold a Jazz Skills Workshop this year. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/auditions/ Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:00:00 GMT Information from candidates for AMIS Executive Council. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/board/2011_candidate_statements.html Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:30:00 GMT Final Notes for SHO and WC. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/showc/final_notes.html Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:30:00 GMT Updated status of alternates - Honor Band and Mixed Choir Festival. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/hbc/index.html#hbcupdates Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:00:00 GMT Please ignore the previous announcement of MSHGC at AIS Vienna. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/draft201112calendar.html Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:30:00 GMT 2011-2012 Information hot off the presses! MSHMC will be at American Embassy School New Delhi from January 18-22, 2012. We have conductors for the Honor Band and Women's Choir in Aberdeen; Band: Craig Kirchhoff, University of Minnesota and Choir: Jo-Anne van der Vat-Chromy, James Madison University. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/draft201112calendar.html Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:30:00 GMT We have a venue for European MS Girls' Choir for 2011-2012. AISVienna is hosting with the dates from Wednesday April 25-Sunday April 29, 2012,including travel days. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/draft201112calendar.html Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:30:00 GMT We are tentativelly now planning MSHMC in New Delhi. We are till working on a date. We have a conductor for JHO: Hanrich Claassen from Shanghai American School Pudong. Asian MS Honor Bandwill be held at the Singapore American School, February 8-12, 2012, including travel days. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/draft201112calendar.html Sat, 22 Jan 2011 09:30:00 GMT We can now confirm the the JHO will be held at Jakarta International School February 1-5 including travel days. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/draft201112calendar.html Fri, 21 Jan 2011 07:30:00 GMT Draft Schedule and Almost Final Deatials for the Senior Honor Horchestra - Women's Choir Festival. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/showc/ Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:30:00 GMT The Asian Middle School Honor Band Festival draft schedule and contact information have been posted. Follow the link for the Adobe Reader file. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/amshb/amshb_draft_schedule_contact_info.pdf Sun, 09 Jan 2011 11:30:00 GMT There are 3 members of the AMIS Executive Council (our governing body) whose three-year terms on the board are coming to an end. Any individual member of AMIS or a teacher in an AMIS member school is eligible to run for these positions. The election to fill these positions will take place in March. Anyone wishing to apply as a candidate for one of these positions on the Executive Council should read carefully the requirements and responsibilities for EC members. You then should fill out a candidacy form (linked here or from the AMIS News page) and return it to attached to an E-mail addressed to Lee Baker - lee.baker@amis-online.org - no later than February 9, 2011 http://www.amis-online.org.uk/board/2011CANDIDACYEC.doc Sat, 08 Jan 2011 22:30:00 GMT Many schools are currently working on their calendars for 2011-2012. We have firm venues and dates for three AMIS festivals. We are working to finalize dates for several other festivals where a host school has come forward but dates are not yet finalized. There are also a number of festivals that need host schools. We are also trying to finalize workshops. Please follow the link to view the draft calendar. If you are interested in hosting a festival please contact Georgia Bassett at your earliest convenience. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/draft201112calendar.html Thu, 6 Jan 2011 23:00:00 GMT ASDoha streams all of its concerts live on their website. If you have parents or families who cannot attend the concert in person, please follow this link for details of the stream. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/mshmc/index.html#concert Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:30:00 GMT Draft Schedule - MSHMC Doha posted. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/mshmc/DohaDraftScheduleJan4.pdf Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:30:00 GMT Revised hotel booking forms for EMSHGC are now on line. Please destry any forms previously downloaded as they have incorrect dates. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/mshgc/index.html#hotel Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:35:00 GMT Notes on the band repertoire from Jerry Luckhardt and sound file of this year's commissioned band work Jubilo have been posted. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/hbc/band11/ Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:30:00 GMT Choral rehearsal files for Honor Mixed Chor 2010 have been posted. Thank you Deb Monson and Hal Halvorsen. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/hbc/HBC_Choral_Rehearsal_Files/ Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:00:00 GMT Updated information and a draft visa invitation letter have been posted. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/showc/index.html#decupd Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:05:00 GMT AISV will not be able to pay for your transportation costs to and from the airport but will make bookings for you. AISV is not in the main part of the city which means public transportation is not a viable proposition in this case. Follow the link for details on the procedure for booking taxis or vans, departure information and luggage arrangements on Sunday. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/jho/index.html#hotel Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:00:00 GMT New dress code for women in the High School International Honor Band, Mixed Choir and Women's Choir. Black dress or black dressy pantsuit.(This means ALL black. No prints, no other colors.) Dresses should have sleeves and should be concert length (knee length or longer.) No straps or sleeveless tops. Black dress shoes and dark hose. Remember that standing on risers in very high heels is both dangerous and uncomfortable. Men's dress code remains - Dark suit or Jacket and dress slacks, white shirt, dark tie, dark dress shoes and dark dress socks. No sneakers. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/dresscode.html#hs Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:00:00 GMT Follow the link to see images from this year's inaugural "Circuit Training for Strings at The American School of THe Hague. Details for uploading your images are also on the site. http://gallery.me.com/amisfestivals#100031 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 21:00:00 GMT Deadlines for Financial Aid Applications - EMSHGC February 1, MSHMC November 30, AMSHGC November 30, HBC November 18, EMSHB November 17, SHOWC November 16, JHO November 18, AMSHB November 17. http://amis-online.org/ Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:30:00 GMT Members of the 2011 Honor Mixed Choir and the 2011 Honor Women's Choirare linked from their respective festival pages. http://amis-online.org/ Sun, 07 Nov 2010 23:00:00 GMT The laatest editon of AMIS Update has been posted. Follow the link to download a copy. http://amis-online.org/newsletter/ Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:00:00 GMT There are 3 instruments for which we did not have enough sufficiently skilled applicants to fill all the places in the band. WE ARE ASKING FOR CALLBACK AUDITIONS FOR FRENCH HORN, EUPHONIUM AND TROMBONE. Please send your auditions (preferably by mp3) to Georgia Bassett at AMIS headquarters NO LATER THAN Wednesday, November 24th. Students that auditioned but did not get in are encouraged to resubmit if they can spend some more time fine tuning the material. http://amis-online.org/ Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:30:00 GMT Teachers will stay in the Hotel Kaiser Franz Joseph. When booking rooms, each person must use the code AMIS to get the special rate. http://amis-online.org/jho/index.html#hotel Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:30:00 GMT Members of the Asian Middle School Honor Band, European Middle School Honor Band and High School Honor Band and members of the Junior Honor Orchestra and Senior Honor Orchestra are now online on the respective festival pages. http://amis-online.org Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:30:00 +0100 All names of students planning to attend Circuit Training for Strings must be in the online database no later than November 1. http://db00694.worldcloud.com/AMIS/index.php Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:30:00 +0100 THe repertoire list for AMSHGC Festival with links to performances ahs been posted. Follow the link to the Adobe Reader document. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/amshgc/amshgc_linked_repertoire Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:30:00 +0100 Housing and teacher hotel information for Circuit Training for Strings has been posted. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/profdev/index.html#cts Sat, 02 Oct 2010 08:30:00 +0100 If your school wants to participate in one of the AMIS Middle School Honor Choir Festivals taking place this winter/spring (MSHMC in Doha, AMSHGC in Hong Kong, EMSHGC in Luxembourg) should register online no later than October 5th. http://db00694.worldcloud.com/AMIS/index.php Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:15:00 +0100 Revised Financial Aid Forms Posted http://amis-online.org.uk/News.html Sun, 19 Sep 2010 19:15:00 +0100 Copy deadlines for AMIS UPDATE during this academic year are October 4, 2010, February 1, 2011 and May 2, 2011. These are the dates that all articles should reach Peter Lutkoski in either Word or Text format. They should also reach AMIS headquarters on or before these dates. Please post articles to Peter_Lutkoski@asl.org and amis@bassetts.demon.co.uk to arrive by those ddates. http://amis-online.org.uk/scholarship/financialaid.pdf Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:30:00 +0100 2010-2011 School Audition Codes are now available online. http://amis-online.org.uk/auditions/audition_codes.pdf Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:30:00 +0100 The festival hotel has been changed. The Yosemite Club is no longer our hotel; we will be in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, about a ten minute ride from the school. Please check your E-mail, read the updated information on the AMIS web site and send any unanswered questions to Georgia. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/hjb/index.html#hotel Sat, 28 Aug 2010 23:30:00 +0100 High School Honor Band Bass Clarinet Auditions - please do not use the Etude page marked Bass Clarinet. It has been deleted in the latest edition of the audition materials. Please use the page marked "Bb Cornet, Alto Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Baritone Treble Clef". Follow the link for the correct page. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/auditions/hbc/hb-c/setC_HB_All_Etudes-bcl.pdf Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:32:00 +0100 All Middle School Honor Band Tuba Auditions - the incorrect note has been fixed in the new Set B v2 of etudes. Please download the entireVersion 2 set or the corrected page. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/auditions/mshb/ Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:31:00 +0100 Find out the new roles of our AMIS admin team. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/admin/ Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0100 The new AMIS FestivalRepertoire List through 2010 is now online as an Excel spreadsheet. Please follow the link to download. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/admin/amis_festival_rep_through10 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 The new AMIS Festival Database is now online. All School usernames and passwords remain the same. This Website has all festivals and workshops attached so it is a single portal for all of the input. The following Festivals/Workshops are at this moment open and available for entry of data from the membership through the website. Specail thanks to our resident database wizard Tim Germann for the massive effort involved in getting this all up and running for this year. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/News.html#db Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 The International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM), in cooperation with Europa Cantat and Jeunesses Musicales International, announces the First International Competition for Choral Composition "A Choral Work for Peace" with the aim of promoting the creation and the wide distribution of a new choral repertoire and, above all, of promoting peace among the people of this world with the help of music. Please follow the link to find the PDF with the notifications and regulations of the competition in the four official languages of IFCM. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/IFCM_IFCM_Composition_Competition_2010_4_Languages.pdf Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:00:00 +0100 NEW payment due date for MSHBC - August 20. Bills are just going out now and we know that some schools may not be able to meet the earlier deadline. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/hjb/ Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:00:00 +0100 NEW payment due date for HJB - August 15. Bills are just going out now and we know that some schools may not be able to meet the earlier deadline. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/hjb/ Sun, 30 May 2010 20:00:00 +0100 Follow the link for vital information concerning the PSAT Tests and the AMIS Honor Jazz Festival. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/hjftestdates.html Thu, 27 May 2010 22:30:00 +0100 Follow the link for the list of participating schools. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/mshbc/index.html#ps Mon, 17 May 2010 13:30:00 +0100 Preliminary applications for the Jazz Skills Workshop can be made from May 17, and must be submitted by June 1. These applications will ask teachers how many students they hope to submit (including their instruments) and will indicate whether these students had auditioned for the Jazz Festival but were not selected. These students will have a priority opportunity to attend the festival if possible. There will be a limited number of rhythm section places, especially for percussion players. Follow the link for more information. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/profdev/index.html#jazz Wed, 23 Apr 2010 01:30:00 +0100 Live Streaming of MS Honor Mixed Choir Performances: will be accessible from the link address for the Assembly performance: Friday, April 23, 2:40 -3:10 pm (Zurich Time) and the Gala Concert: Saturday, April 24, 18:30-19:30 pm (Zurich Time.) http://www.ustream.tv/channel/amis-middle-school-honor-mixed-choir Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:30:00 +0100 The application form the for 2010 Middle School Honor Boy's Choir Festival is now online. Please submit by 25th May. Follow the link for details of the festival and the application form. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/mshbc/ Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:30:00 +0100 Update on Festivals: The Bassetts will not be in Zurich. At this point both Mozambique and Saudi are anticipating traveling Tuesday to arrive in Zurich Wednesday morning. With AIS Vienna, Zurich and Basel this should make around 45 singers in a good balance. So as of right now the smaller version festival is going ahead. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/mshmc/ Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:30:00 +0100 The only Workshop for Teachers and Students of IB Music next year will take place November 10-14 at the American Embassy School New Delhi. Host Organizer is Christine Matovich and the presenter will be James Yarnell. Priority will be given to students and teachers from Asia and the Middle East. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/profdev/ Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:00:00 +0100 After consulting with Cathy Swanson and the AMIS Board, we are all in agreement that the Waterloo festival next week will go ahead as planned, even if there are still airport problems. We certainly have our fingers crossed that by next week all travel will be back to close to normal. For the complete mesage, follow the link. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/mshgc/index.html#volcano Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0100 Please use the repaired version of "There Will Never Be another You" for any piano auditions. Sorry about the previous Schoenberg arranged Ives version. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/auditions/hjb/hjb-accompaniments/mp3/10_piano_twnbay_repaireb162.mp3 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:00:00 +0100 Honor Jazz Auditions Registration is now live and online. Please note one change in the audition procedures: Please send one recording for each instruments (i.e. all alto saxophones on one recording, all tenor saxophones on one recording, all baritone saxophones on one recording, all trumpets on one recording, all trombones on one recording, all bass players on one recording, all guitar players on one recording, all piano players on one recording, all drummers on one recording.) http://amis-registration.org/HJB/ Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:30:00 +0100 Capsule of information from the International School of Beijing about the 2010 Honor Jazz Festival. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/hjb/hjf_isb2010.pdf Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:30:00 +0100 Cathy Swanson can organize transport from the airport to the school and back to the airport. The cost is 10 Euros per person each way. Follow the link for more details. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/mshgc/index.html#tu Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:30:00 GMT Schedule for the 2010 European Middle School Honor Girls' Choir posted. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/mshgc/emshgc_sched_2010.pdf Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:30:00 GMT Images from the 35th Annual AMIS International Honor Band and Choir Festival http://www.amis-online.org.uk/0910/HBC/ Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:30:00 GMT The concert will begin at 18:00 ( 6 p.m.) Follow the link for a draft schedule. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/amshgc/Jakarta_Schedule_10_Draft.pdf Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:30:00 GMT The concert will begin at 19:00 ( 7 p.m.) at St. John's International School in the Performing Arts Centre. No admission will be charged but TICKETS WILL BE NEEDED. Each participating teacher can pre-order tickets for the concert by contacting the host organizer before April 19th. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/mshgc/index.html#conc Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:30:00 GMT The concert will take place at the Zurich International High School on Saturday, April 24th, starting at 18:30 (6:30 p.m.). No tickets are needed for admission. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/mehmc/index.html#conc Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:00:00 GMT Fees for the 2010-2011 school year as announced at the AMIS Annual General Meeting held at the Honor Band and Choir Festival in Ankara, Turkey. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/fees-2010-2011.pdf Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:00:00 GMT Congratulations to Bonnie Reinitzer, new member of the AMIS Executive Council elected at the Annual General Meeting held at the Honor Band and Choir Festival in Ankara, Turkey. http://www.amis-online.org.uk Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:00:00 GMT Paul Myer Hopkins' new work, "Anatolian Sketches". Commissioned for the 2010 AMIS International Honor Band. First performance, 20 March, 2010 at Bilkent Üniversitesi Müzik ve Sahne SanatlarÄrs Fakültesi. Festival hosted by Bilkent Laboratory and International School, Ankara, Turkey. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyNHY-IP8ww Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:00:00 GMT Final deails including Wednesday and THursday Shuttle Bus details have been posted. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/hbc/index.html#tr Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:00:00 GMT An 'EMERGENCY LINE' has been established for the Middle and East Campus of Bilkent University (our festival is taking place on both campuses) in order to deal with emergency health or security problems, which may occur at any time of the day and require assistance. This single emergency line eliminates the need to be anxious about who or what number to call when there is any kind of emergency. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/hbc/index.html#tr Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:00:00 GMT Information about the Honor Band and Choir Festival travel, schedule and registration ahs been updated on the AMIS web site. Make sure tickets for parents are ordered by this Friday. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/hbc/ Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:00:00 GMT Adults from the BLIS Parents' Council will meet flights for participants coming to the HBC in Ankara, holding signs to identify themselves. They will then guide groups to buses for the trip to the hotel for check-in and registration. It is therefore imperative that we know now of any flight information which has changed since schools submitted their travel information! http://www.amis-online.org.uk/News.html THh, 11 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT Draft Calendar 2010-2011 posted. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/News.html Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT Draft SChedules for EMSHB and JHO Posted - follow the link to the festival. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/ Sat, 6 Feb 2010 19:00:00 GMT Our governing board, the Executive Council of AMIS, is elected by the membership. The terms on the EC run from March each year at the time of our AGM. Only one member of the EC has a three year term coming to an end in march 2010. Darrell Townshend has chosen not to put himself forward for re-election. Any individual member of AMIS or any teacher from a member school wishing to run for this position will need to submit the completed candidacy form on or before February 20th.If you are interested, please read the list of duties of EC members before deciding whether or not you wish to become a candidate now or in the future for the AMIS EC. Both documents are linked from AMIS News http://www.amis-online.org.uk/News.html Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT Photos of the AMIS Solo and Ensemble Festival are now online. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/0910/SE/ Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT AMIS Remix Contest 2010 Announced! Visit the contest site for details. http://amismusictech.org/wordpress/ Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT Darlene Elkins has completed rehearsal files as .mp3 and in Sibelius 6 format. They are available individually or as a 143 MB .zip file. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/mshmc/ Thu, 4 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT Scores for Chili Con Carne and Seal Lullaby are now available for download. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/amshgc/ Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT International Honor Mixed Choir - reference performances from Edie Copely are linked from the festival index page. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/hbc/ Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:00:00 GMT Audition materials for the 2010 International Honor Jazz Festival at the International School of Beijing are now online. Our guest conductor for the big band will be Andrew Classen of Drake University and out guest host is David Beckstead. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/auditions/index.html#hjb Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:00:00 GMT Images from the 2010 Senior Honor Orchestra Festival are online. http://gallery.me.com/rahein#100180 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:00:00 GMT Draft Schedule for Senior Honor Orchstra posted. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/sho/ Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:00:00 GMT The Art of Wind Band Teaching Symposium -Minneapolis, Minnesota. July 25-29, 2010. Co-Sponsored by: University of Minnesota-School of Music and the College Band Directors National Association Music Education Committee http://www.amis-online.org.uk/profdev/UMn_Summer_2010.pdf Sat,09 Jan 2010 09:00:00 GMT Online Acceptance and Housing Forms for all three Middle School Honor Choral Festivals are posted. http://amis-registration.org/MSHCs/ Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:00:00 GMT AMSHGC Hotel and Concert Information posted. http://www.amis-online.org.uk Sun, 3 Jan 2010 10:45:00 GMT SHO Travel Information posted. http://www.amis-online.org.uk Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:00:00 GMT Choral Rehearsal files are available for you and your students to download. They are also linked from the Honor Band and Choir Festival Page. MP3 files can be opened in all music players, .sib files will only open in Sibelius. Ahuge thank you to Hal Halvorsen, Bob Krebs and Deborah Monsen for creating the rehearsal tracks. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/hbc/HBC_Choral_Rehearsal_Files/ Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:00:00 GMT This is a callback for piccolo auditions for the 2010 Honor Band. Please send your auditions as mp3 files to the AMIS office. Closing date for this callback is December 15th.We have realized that four of the pieces for the Honor Band in Ankara have major piccolo parts. We did not have qualified piccolo auditions for this festival within the regular auditions. You may have a qualified student who worked on flute auditions and for some reason didn't submit them. Or you may have a good flutist who did not get into the band but is an excellent piccolo player. Or you may have a new student who didn't audition at all. If you have a good piccolo player, please submit the audition! http://amis-online.org Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:00:00 GMT Congratulations to AMIS member Paul Myer Hopkins who received the World Artist Award for his composition "Desert Fortress" at the 2009 Hollywood Music In Media Awards Ceremony on the 19th of November. AMIS members will know Paul for his compositions and arrangements which have graced AMIS festivals including his arangements of "Arabian Folksong Suite" and "Better Is Peace". http://www.musichf.com/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:30:00 GMT Online Acceptance Forms, Online Housing Forms, and Dirsector's Expertise Forms for JHO, SHO, HBC, EMSHB and AMSHB are now live. Please use the same web address as you did for auditions or follow the link from the festival page on the AMIS web site. http://amis-online.org Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:30:00 GMT Deadline has been extended to 18 November, 2009 for housing information for Asian Middle School Honor Band, European Middle School Honor Band, Junior Honor Orchestra, Senior Honor Orchestra and the Honor Band and Choir Festival http://amis-online.org Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:30:00 GMT Members of the 2010 AMIS International Honor Band, the AMIS International Mixed Honor Choir and the AMIS Mixed Women's Choir are now linked from the Honor Band and Choir information page. http://www.amis-online.org/hbc/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT Online Acceptance Forms for the Asian Middle School Honor Band and the European Middle School Honor Band are now live online. http://amis-registration.org/MSHB Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT Members of the Asian Middle School Honor Band and the European Middle School Honor Band are now linked from their respective home pages. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMT We thank all schools who applied to participate in one of the AMIS Middle School Honor Choir Festivals in the spring of 2010. Participating Schools are listed with acceptance details on the relevant festival pages on the AMIS website. Acceptances should be received by AMIS no later than Wednesday, November 18th. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/ Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT Please note revised dates. Online Housing form for SHO and JHO - November 12. Online Acceptances and Online Housing form for AMSHB and EMSHB - November 17. HBC results to be posted on November 10th. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/News.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT The Online Acceptance Form is now live online for Junior Honor Orchestra and Senior Honor Orchestra. http://amis-registration.org/IHO Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:00:00 GMT Correction - Hotel bookings for the Asian Middle School Honor Band Festival must be made directly with the hotel. Follow the link for the updated contact details and information on the AMSHB page. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/amshb/index.html#hotel Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:00:00 GMT Housing and hotel information for Asian Middle School Honor Band, European Middle school Honor Band, Honor Band and Choir and Junior Honor Orchestra have been posted. Click on the festival name for more information. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/ Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT Draft Schedule for MSHBC has been posted. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/mshbc/MSHBCAberdeendraftsched.pdf Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:00:00 GMT Audition Codes for 2009-2010 have been posted. (Adobe Reader Document) If your school name does not appear please contact the Executive Consultant. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/auditions/audition_codes.pdf Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:45:00 GMT Housing Registration Form for the Workshop for Teachers and Students of IB Music has been made active. http://amis-registration.org/IBHousing Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:30:00 GMT Music and rehearsal CD’s were posted on Monday, August 10th to each participating school. Please make the appropriate people at your school aware of the fact that you are expecting this important padded envelope! The CD’s include sung parts for each of the voices, as well as spoken texts for songs such as the Lebanese one. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:30:00 GMT General information about the 2009 Honor Jazz Band Festival in Rome has been posted. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/hjb/index.html#geninfo/ Sun, 31 May 2009 22:00:00 GMT The following schools have been successful with their applications to participate in the Middle School Honor Boys' Choir in Aberdeen September 30 to October 4. International School of Aberdeen (ISAberdeen) Host School International College Beirut (ICBeirut) American School of Paris (ASP) Antwerp International School (AIS) International School of Luxembourg (ISL) Zurich International School (ZIS) Frankfurt International School (FIS) Munich International School (MIS) International School of Düsseldorf (ISD) Bilkent University Preparatory School (BUPS) American School in London (ASL) Hong Kong International School (HKIS) John F Kennedy School (JFK) Rabat American School (RAS) http://www.amis-online.org.uk/ Wed, 20 May 2009 14:30:00 GMT auditions were received from 4 schools. There had been a gray area about whether or not a vocal jazz ensemble could be offered, because we were unsure until this weekend whether or not a rehearsal room could be available for this group. Now that we know such a room can be made available, we are giving until June 1 for schools to submit any additional vocal auditions to AMIS headquarters, using the materials on the web site. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/auditions/ Wed, 20 May 2009 14:25:00 GMT Members of the 2009 Honor Jazz Band. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/hjb/hjb_members_2009.html Sun, 10 May 2009 23:15:00 GMT Winners of the Remix Contest! First Place: Eyal Ephrati - ASL; Second Place: Alex Foing - ASH; Third Place: Jonah Wolfson - ASL; Fourth Place: Brian Levisallies ASP; Honorable mentions: Tate Sedar - ASL and Lee Winkler - ASH. A big thank you is given to the 60 students who entered the Remix Contest. The judges were all very impressed with the high level of musicianship, technical skill and imagination of the entries. This made adjudication difficult. Nevertheless the winners have been selected. Have a listen, and enjoy as the adjudicators have. Get ready for next year! http://amismusictech.org/wordpress/?page_id=330 Sun, 10 May 2009 15:00:00 GMT Middle School Honor Mixed Choir - don't forget about contributing photos to the web gallery online - E-mail Rick Hein if you've lost the address. Two videos captured from the stream are up on YouTube:"Bangladesh" and "Friends Together". http://www.amis-online.org.uk/mshmc/ Mon, 04 May 2009 23:00:00 GMT Middle School Honor Mixed Choir Concert Live Broadcast - 6:30 Dhaka time , Saturday 9 May. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/letkeman Mon, 04 May 2009 13:00:00 GMT The April edition of AMIS Update is available online. Adobe Reader required. http://amis-online.org.uk/newsletter/index.html Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:30:00 GMT Images as sent by you are now on the web site. http://amis-online.org.uk/0809/mshgc/index.html Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:30:00 GMT The draft schedule and "Know Before You Go" Information has been posted as .pdf files. http://amis-online.org.uk/mshmc/ Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:30:00 GMT There has been a change in audition requirements:All students (except percussionists – see below) are required to record three items:The appropriate chromatic scale with a metronome. Etude 9 Etude 10 Percussionists are to record all of the exercises on each sheet, regardless of numbering. There is no chromatic for mallets and none of the percussion exercises are to be recorded with a metronome. They must audition on at least two of the following instruments: mallets, timpani and snare drum. They may also audition on all three. Students are not required to record all three in one take, but each item must be a complete play-through. Editing within a single item is strictly forbidden and will lead to the audition being disqualified. http://amis-online.org.uk/auditions/index.html#mshb Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:40:00 GMT Approaches to Curriculum and Assessment Design in Music Performance Classes, Pete Lutkoski's presentation from the Honor Band and Choir Festival. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/profdev/lutkoski_doha_09_presentation.pdf Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:30:00 GMT Membership and Patron Fees for 2009-2010 now posted. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/membership/index.html Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:30:00 GMT During the 2008-2009 academic year, the exchange rate for sterling and Euros changed drastically as sterling lost considerable value. It is obvious some adjustment of AMIS fees for 2009-2010 is necessary. Euro rates have been held at the 2008-2009 rate. Sterling fees have been adjusted to reflect current exchange rates. At the end of each quarter, the relationship of sterling and Euro fees will be reviewed taking into consideration exchange rates in effect at that time.If necessary, fees will be adjusted to reflect major exchange rate shifts. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/fees_0910.pdf Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:30:00 GMT Samplers and ROMplers and .WAVs, Oh My! Rick Hein's presntation from the Honor Band and Choir Festival. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/profdev/hein_doha_09_presentation.pdf Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:15:00 GMT Images of the 34th AMIS International Honor Band and Choir Festival held 19-21 March, 2009 at the American School of Doha are now online. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/0809/hbc/index.html Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:55:00 GMT The 2009-2010 AMIS Calendar has been finalised. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/0910cal.html Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:50:00 GMT The 2010 AMIS Asian Middle School Honor Girl's Choir will be held 8-10 Apri, 2010 at Jakarta International School. Host organizer is Rhonda Schwartz. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/0910cal.html Fri, 3 Apr 2009 21:00:00 GMT Draft schedule for the Midle School Honor Girl's Choir Festival in Moscow has been posted. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/mshgc/MSHGC_09_draft.pdf Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:45:00 GMT We can confirm that John Bergin is to be the guest conductor for the Senior Honor Orchestra Festival at FIS. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/mshgc/0809_cal.html Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:45:00 GMT AMIS News Feed published! Link (http://www.amis-online.org.uk/amis.xml) using Google Reader, Outlook, Apple Mail, Safari, Firefox or your favourite news aggregator. Instant update to your computer when the AMIS web site is updated. This link will appear to open itself if you open it from your news reader! http://www.amis-online.org.uk/amis.xml Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:45:00 GMT Latest update to the 2009-2010 AMIS Calendar published. Asian Middle School Honor Girl's Choir still to be confirmed. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/0910cal.html Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:00:00 GMT The registration form for this festival is now online at http://amis-registration.org/hjb/. http://amis-registration.org/hjb/ Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:00:00 GMT Please send one recording for each group of instruments (i.e. all saxophones on one recording, all trumpets on one recording, all trombones on one recording, all bass players on one recording, all guitar players on one recording, all piano players on one recording, all drummers on one recording.) Do not send a 'rhythm section'cd. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/auditions/ Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:12:00 GMT The Middle School Honor Mixed Choir Concert will start at 6:30 p.m., 18:30 on Saturday at the school theatre. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/mshmc/index.html#concert Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:10:00 GMT Here are some good examples of jazz for you and your students to listen to. Laura Lentz, host of the 2009 Honor Jazz Band Festival has added her selections. Want to contribute a list? E-mail Rick Hein, AMIS web master with your selections and why you think they are important. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/jazz/ Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:01:36 GMT The world premiere performance of "A New Song's Measure, composed by Feargal Carroll for the 34th Annual International Honor Band and Choir Festival on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEdWZOTaBnQ Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:01:36 GMT A posting from an audience member at the Honor Band and Choir Concert - videos of Haq Ali, Libertango, Cripple Creek and Odysseus and the Mermaids included. http://www.qatarliving.com/node/429593 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:01:36 GMT Audition materials for International Honor Jazz Band, AMIS Middle School Honor Bands, AMIS International Honor Orchestras and the AMIS International Honor Band and Choir Festival are available online. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/auditions/ Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:59:00 GMT Congratulations to Richard Bassett, Timothy Germann and Richard Hein, elected to the AMIS Executive Council at the annual General Meeting of AMIS held 20 March, 2009 at the Honor Band and Choir Feswtival in Doha. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/News.html Fri, 6 Mar 2009 22:00:00 GMT Posted 6 March, 2009 http://www.amis-online.org.uk/0809/emshb/index.html Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:00:00 GMT Lsiting of imprtant dates for next school year. http://www.amis-online.org.uk/0910cal.html