AMIS
European Middle School Honor |
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| October 5 | Due |
| October 6 | Notification of Successful Participants |
| October 25 | Due: Acceptance of School Place List of Teacher Hotel Needs |
| December 15 | Deadline: All Fees Paid |
| February 1 | Due: NEW PROCEDURE
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| March 1 | Arrival and Departure Forms Due |
| April 18 | Travel |
| April 19-21 | AMIS
European Middle School Honor |
| April 22 | Travel |
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Teachers are requested to audition their own students for the AMIS Middle School Choir Festivals. This should be a formal audition procedure designed to show that the singer can hold his own part and can learn fairly quickly. You will find attached the vocalises AMIS suggests you use for your auditions.
It is recommended that teachers select their own alternates for this festival. Alternates would be expected to practice the music and would then be ready for one of the school's places should one of the participants be unable to participate.
Soprano Auditions Suggestions | Alto Auditions Suggestions - posted 8 November, 2011
Students are responsible for the complete learning of all repertoire and should not be recommended 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 fully prepared. - posted 21 July, 2008
Dress Code for European Middle School Honor Girls' Choir
Concert: Girls - white blouse with sleeves (preferably long)concert length black skirt (knee or longer) or dressy full length black trousers; black shoes (avoid really high heels); absolutely no bare midriffs or bare shoulders
Rehearsals: Neat, clean, comfortable clothes
Fees for all Middle School Choral Festivals
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 and for the teacher. Music will be posted to participating schools. Some music will also be posted on box.net for which participating teachers will receive a download invitation, to facilitate rehearsals before music arrives and for commissioned works and special arrangements. Rehearsal tracks are usually also posted on box.net. - posted 8 May, 2011
Kathy Heedles, Organizer
American International School Vienna
Salmannsdorferstr. 47
Vienna A-1190
Austria
Phone: +431 40132
Fax: +431 401325
K.Heedles@ais.at
- posted 10 Novemeber, 2011
Who requires a visa?
Holders of an EEA (EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) or Swiss passport do not require a visa. Nationals from EU-countries as well as Switzerland and Liechtenstein may remain for an unlimited time.
Holders of British Passports (European Union) do not need a visa for Austria (exceptions are listed below). There are no restrictions on the remaining validity of your passport, providing you leave Austria before its expiry date.
All holders of Travel Documents and Certificates of Identity (CID) do require a visa!
Austria is a member of the European Union, but also of the Schengen Treaty. The Schengen area includes most of the EU countries and Switzerland and lead to the end of border controls between Austria and most of its neighbor countries.
However, everybody – foreigners as much as Austrians – are required to carry an official identification document with them at all times.
Schengen visa are issued collectively, if you got a visa for e. g. France, it is automatically valid for Austria. Citizens of the EU are free to travel, work or live in Austria with almost full citizen rights except the suffrage for national elections and the passive vote.
Citizens of the European Economic Area, the United States, Canada, Israel, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, most South American countries, Australia and New Zealand do not need a visa for a stay in Austria up to three months.
Citizens of the following countries do require a Schengen visa for traveling to Austria:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina-Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Cote d′Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea (Democratic People′s Republic, North), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- posted 10 November, 2011
Here is the contact for the hotel we are using—each person booking a room must use the code AMIS to get the rate shown below.
Contact person: Sabine Pichler
Contact Email: Sabine.Pichler@deraghotels.de
Code: AMIS
HOTEL WEB PAGE: http://www.deraghotels.de/en/KFJ.htm
HOTEL FOR EUROPEAN MS HONOR GIRLS' CHOIR:
Hotel Kaiser Franz Joseph
Sieveringer Strasse 4
A/1190
Vienna
Tel: 00431 329000, 1
Cost:
€104 for a Double Room (1 double bed)
€104 for a Twin Room (2 twin beds)
€86 for a Single Room (1 single bed)
€143 for a triple (1 double bed +1 single bed)
These rates are per room, per night inclusive of all taxes and a buffet breakfast.
- posted 10 November, 2011
Festival Information for EMSHGC Vienna
Host families from AISVienna will offer housing to participating students for 4 nights starting with the Wednesday of the festival.
Host families will collect their students from The American International School Vienna between 5 and 6 p.m. on the Wednesday evening of the festival. Please keep this in mind when booking your flights and trains.
Host families will deliver their guest singers to the AISV campus at 9 a.m. on the Sunday morning of the festival.
Please avoid middle of the night arrivals and departures or extremely early morning Sunday departures. In either of those situations, you will need to book hotel rooms for your students for these arrival or departure nights. -posted 22 January, 2012
American International School Vienna (host)
International School of Luxembourg
Antwerp International School
International School of Aberdeen
Munich International School
American School of Paris
International School of Basel
International School of Düsseldorf
American School of The Hague
Frankfurt International School
Zurich International School
International College Beirut
Dubai American Academy
American School of Doha
Bilkent Laboratory and International School
International School of Stavanger
International College Beirut Al Ain
- posted 13 October, 2011
2012 EMSHGC, Vienna Repertoire List (in possible concert order)
- Hotaru Koi, Japanese children's song, arranged Ro Ogura, Theodore Presser Co., SSA a cappella
- All Things Bright and Beautiful, John Rutter, Hinshaw Music, Inc., SA with piano
- Zing-A-Za, Brazilian folk song, arranged Mary Goetze, Boosey & Hawkes 4-part treble with piano (and optional latin percussion)
- The Mouse Madrigal, American folk song, arranged Steven Porter, Phantom Publications, Inc., SSA a cappella (as agreed, I will scan this in and upload it to box.net)
- How Can I Keep from Singing?, Robert Lowry, arr. Becki Slagle Mayo, Shawnee Press, SSA with piano
- Laudate Dominum, W.A. Mozart, arranged Rentz, Heritage Music Press, SSA with piano
- Sie nicht mehr gehen wuerde, sondern fliegen, Joshua Shank, text by Rainer Maria Wilke, commissioned piece, SSA with piano
- Route 66, Bobby Troup, arr. Roger Emerson, Hal Leonard Corporation, two-part with piano and percussion
- Rockin' Robin, Jimmie Thomas, Recordo Music Publishers (Alfred/Belwin), SSA with piano, bass and percussion
- Sahayta, Ben Allaway, Shawnee Press, SSA with piano (and optional guitar and congas)
- posted 15 January, 2012
- TBA