Eligibility

Band students in grades 7, and 8 are eligible to attend this festival. Members are chosen by audition.

In exceptional circumstances 6th graders may apply. See the audition instructions for full details

Audition Instructions

Band 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.

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 band place should one of the participants be unable to participate.

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, 2010 pay "member" fees. Students from schools other than those that are AMIS members as of November 1, 2010 pay "non-member" fees.

Teachers from AMIS member schools (as of November 1, 2010) 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 EMSHB 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.

Hotel & Housing Information for EMSHB

Students will be housed with families from the Munich International School. Teachers and official chaperones will be housed in the festival hotel.

Hotel Seehof
Bahnhofplatz 6
82319 Starnberg
Tel.: +49 (0) 8151 / 90 85 00
Fax: +49 (0) 8151 / 28136
info@hotel-seehof-starnberg.de
www.hotel-seehof-starnberg.de

20 rooms have been blocked: single rooms or double with the possibility of single use
€ 78 per night single room
€ 83 per night double used as a single
Breakfast included

This price will remain the same if some groups will arrive earlier or stay longer. The price will not change until the 20 of January 2012.

Each teacher/chaperone has to confirm the reservation her/himself directly with the hotel, booking code is: AMIS Band.

Arrival: All festival participants should be at Munich International School by 3:30 on Wednesday in order to meet host families.

Contact Information for EMSHB

Carmen Valesani
Munich International School
Schloss Buchhof
Starnberg
D-82319 Germany

Phone: +498151366444
Fax: +498151366444
E-mail: cvalesani@mis-munich.de

Visa Information for EMSHB

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.

Audition Results

Members of the European Middle School Honor Band

EMSHB by school - posted December 4, 2011

We announce "callback" auditions are needed for baritone saxophone players for the European Middle School Honor Band.

There were not a sufficient number of qualified baritone saxophone applicants in the first round of auditions.

Auditions should be submitted to AMIS headquarters to Georgia Bassett as .mp3 attachments to an E-mail. You must also submit full information about the auditionee in the email you are sending: full name, grade, school code and audition code.

The deadline for receiving applications is November 15th. - posted 1 November, 2011

Repertoire

 

Concert Information

 

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