Eligibility for this Festival

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Contact Information
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Visa Information
Hotel & Housing Information

Concert & Ticket Information
Dress Code

EJHO - Berlin 2012

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Eligibility

For the 2011-2012 academic year, AMIS is sponsoring two Junior Honor Orchestra Festivals.
For the 2012 festivals, the following rules will apply:
     Schools in Asia are invited to apply for the Asian Junior Honor Orchestra.
     Schools in Europe are invited to apply for the European Junior Honor Orchestra.
     Schools in the Middle East and Africa must choose the festival in which they will participate.

String players in grades 6, 7, and 8 are eligible to attend this festival. Members are chosen by audition.

Alternates as well as full members will be chosen for each instrumental group. Alternates would be expected to practice the music and would then be ready for a full orchestra  place should one of the participants be unable to participate.

Audition Instructions

Orchestra members are chosen by competitive audition.  All auditions must be received no later than October 25, 2011.  Please see the complete audition instructions and audition materials linked from this page.
Students are responsible for the complete learning of all repertoire and should not be submitted as candidates unless they are able to meet the demands of performing challenging literature with other outstanding students. They must be capable of concentrating during long rehearsals each day. Students must be well prepared so as to insure a positive experience. It is the responsibility of each teacher to be sure the students are prepared.

It is important that you are at the school by the end of school on Wednesday. It will be difficult for many families to meet guests other than at this time. Please keep this in mind when making your reservations. If you arrive before Wednesday you will need to organize hotel accommodation for yourself and your students until Wednesday. The housing with families will be Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.

Please avoid really late arrivals and early departures on Sunday. If you have no other choice, you will probably need to keep your students in a hotel on Saturday night, since we cannot ask host families to be up very early on Sunday morning.

Membership Clarification

Students from schools that are AMIS members as of November 1, 2011 pay "member" fees. Students from schools other than those that are not AMIS members as of November 1, 2011 pay "non-member" fees.

Teachers from AMIS member schools (as of November 1) pay "member" rates. Teachers who are individual members of AMIS also pay "member" rates. All others pay "non-member" rates.

Note:
Only students from AMIS member schools are
eligible to apply for financial aid.

Fees for JHO Festival

You can view all the fees, quoted in both Euros and Sterling, for all AMIS events by clicking on the link on this revised fees page. Schools must choose to be invoiced in either Euros or Sterling. It is possible to pay fees by cheque, transfer or by school credit card. Please contact Georgia Bassett at AMIS headquarters for details of credit card payment. You must be billed in sterling in order to use this facility.
Please note that registration and music fees for AMIS festivals are never refundable.

Adult fees are payable for any participating teacher and official chaperones. These fees cover lunches, snacks, the directors' dinner, a dinner on the concert day, and transport during the actual festival, as well as all administrative fees.

Student registration fees cover lunches, snacks, dinner on the concert day and transport during the actual festival, as well as all administrative fees.

A music fee is charged for each student participant. Music will be purchased by AMIS and copies of each part will be posted on box.net for which participating teachers will receive a download invitation, to facilitate learning of the parts prior to the festival.

Contact Information

The John F. Kennedy School
Teltower Damm 87-43
14167 Berlin, Germany
Tel.: +49 30 90299 5187
Fax: +49 30 90299 6868
Host Organizer: Mindi Loewen
E-Mail: mloewen@jfksberlin.org

Visa Information

Certain nationalities require a Schengen visa to enter Germany.  Check carefully for the requirements of your students attending the festival.  Anyone needing a visa should apply two months ahead of the festival as it often takes more than a month to obtain the necessary visa.  The host school will supply a letter of invitation should one of your students require it.

Citizens of the following Countries do not require a visa to enter Germany:
All countries and territories that are members of the Schengen acquis, of the EU or of EFTA. Positive visa list of countries (also known as White Schengen List) from whose citizens no visa is required to enter the territory of the EU member states for a period of maximum 90 days.
Andorra***, Antigua and Barbuda , Argentina, Austria*, Australia (including the Cocos Islands, Norfolk Island, Christmas Island)**, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium*, Bermuda, Brazil***, Brunei, Bulgaria*, Canada**, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus*, Czech Republic*, Denmark*, El Salvador, Estonia*, Finland*, France*(including French Guyane, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, New Caledonia, Réunion, St Pierre and Miquelon), Greece*, Guatemala, Honduras***, Hungary*, Iceland**, Ireland*, Israel**, Italy*, Japan**, Korea (South)**, Latvia*, Liechtenstein**, Lithuania*, Luxembourg*, Macao, Malaysia, Malta*, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco***, Montenegro, Netherlands*, New Zealand (including the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau)**, Nicaragua, Norway*, Panama, Paraguay, Poland*, Portugal*, Romania*, Saint Christopher and Nevis, San Marino***, Singapore, Slovak Republic*, Slovenia*, Spain* (including Spanish territories in North Africa with Ceuta and Melilla), Sweden*, Switzerland**, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (including the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and Bermuda)*****, United States of America (including Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico)**, Uruguay, Vatican City, Venezuela.

Hotel & Housing Information

Students will be housed with families from the JFKS Community. Teachers will be housed in the festival hotel.

The festival hotel:

BEST WESTERN PREMIER
Hotel Steglitz International
Schlossstrasse/Albrechtstrasse 2
12165 Berlin

Each teacher/adult chaperone will need to book his/her own accommodation.

The special room allotment code is "AMIS" You will need to use this to book rooms at this rate.

Prices: € 79 per single room per night € 102 per double or twin room/night
The prices include service, our opulent breakfast in buffet-style and VAT (7% on the overnight stay, 19% on breakfast).
The guests have the following possibilities for booking their rooms:

By Telephone: +49 (0)30 / 79005-521
By Telefax: +49 (0)30 / 79005-530
By Email: info@steglitz.bestwestern.de

By Internet, description below:

1st Step
On our homepage www.si-hotel.com you will find the Button "to the room allotments". When clicking this button, you will be forwarded to a page where a room allotment code can be entered.
2nd Step
After having filled out the appliance data, you may book your room.
3rd Step:
When you've finished the booking, you will automatically get a confirmation of reservation sent to your email address.

- updated 29 October, 2011

Repertoire

Repertoire for European Middle School Honor Orchestra

Sibelius - Andante Festivo

Leroy Anderson - Jazz Pizzicato and Jazz Legato

David Holsinger - On a Hymn Song of Philip Bliss

Hayakana Massaki - selections from Taiwanese Four Seasons

1. Loving the Year Round (movement I from Spring)
2. In the Cold Pouring Rain (movement III from Summer)
3. Moonlight Sorrow (movement II from Autumn)
4. Bittersweet Flowers (movement I from Winter)

Brahms/Isaac - Hungarian Dance no. 5

Norman Leyden – Serenade for String Orchestra
Prelude, Fugue, Nocturne, Cakewalk

Audition Results

2012 AMIS European Junior Honor Orchestra

EMSHO by school - posted December 4, 2011

Information re Viola Callbacks

There were not a sufficient number of qualified viola auditionees for the European Middle School Honor Orchestra. The committee decided in retrospect that the tempo marking on the Marcello "Allegro" was too fast, and believe that a number of viola players in European schools may have been discouraged by this fast tempo.

We have reopened auditions for violas for this orchestra. Auditions should be submitted no later than Monday, November 21. Please submit .mp3 files of all the audition materials to amis@bassetts.demon.co.uk Please also include a Microsoft Word document or pdf of student's name, school number, audition number, track numbers.

Please use the original scales from the viola audition material. Please use the Marcello "Allegro" as listed in the viola materials, BUT AT A TEMPO OF 65 TO THE QUARTER NOTE.

In case you have thrown out your audition materials, the link for the audition materials is:

www.amis-online.org.uk/auditions/iho/JHO_SetA_All_Instruments1112TWO.pdf

- posted 8 November, 2011

Concert & Ticket Information

The festival concert for the European Middle School Honor Orchestra will be held at 19:00 (7 p.m.) on Saturday, February 25 in the Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Zur Heimat‎ located at Heimat 27, 14165, Berlin.  This church is located just a short walk from the John F. Kennedy School. No tickets are necessary.  There is no admission charge. - posted 14 January, 2012