Audition Materials - 2010 Festival

Audition Codes | Audition Instructions Reminder
Audition Information | Online Track List and Entries Form | Fees
Online Acceptance Form | Housing Request Form | Membership Clarification
Arrival and Departure Form | Financial Aid
Student Festival Acceptance Agreement Form | Director's Expertise Form
AMIS Policies | Festival Handbooks

Examples of successful auditions - SHO

Members & Alternates - SHO

Repertoire

Images - SHO 2010

Hotel & Housing Information | Visa Information
Concert Information | Dress Code
Contact Information | Schedule

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Membership Clarification

Students from schools that are AMIS members as of November 1, 2009 pay "member" fees. Students from schools other than those that are not AMIS members as of November 1, 2009 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 SHO Festival at FIS

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. To make it easier to see the fees specifically for this festival, they are listed below.

Schools must choose to be invoiced in either Euros or Sterling. It will for the first time be 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.

One Archive concert CD for your school €35   £32.00
School Music fee: €35   £32.00

The fees listed below are per person.

AMIS Members:
Director/Chaperone Registration €175   £160
Student Registration €125   £115

Non-Members
Director/Chaperone Registration €220   £200
Student Registration €170   £155

Alternates will pay registration fees only if they are called to become a regular participant. - posted 17 November, 2009

NOTE: REGISTRATION FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE. If a cancellation is necessary, hotel fees will be refunded where possible, if AMIS is not charged for that room, or if an alternate is able to take the hotel place for the original registrant. -posted 9 November, 2008

Audition Codes

Here are the audition codes for the 2009-2010 school year. Use this new number to clearly mark all auditions being submitted for festivals during the 2009-2010 school year. Do NOT use the initials for your school on the audition discs, CDs, or cassettes.

If you do not find your school’s name on this list, email the Executive Consultant so a number can be assigned to your school. - posted 30 July, 2008 updated 24 September, 2009

Important Reminder for all preparing auditions:
Students are each to announce " I am violin number 1" (or the appropriate instrument and audition number) at the beginning of their audition. They must never announce their school or their name. The number they say is the order in which their audition appears on the CD. It must also match the online form that was submitted. This helps us to be sure we are hearing the auditionee we think we are hearing. The second student on the CD would say "I am violin number 2" and so on. Remember, all violins go on one disc, all violas go on one disc, all 'cellos go on one disc....

BE SURE TO READ ALL INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE AUDITIONS PAGE BEFORE YOU START TO RECORD WITH YOUR STUDENTS!

Repertoire

Elgar: "Serenade for Strings in E minor"
Britten: "Simple Symphony"
Doyle: Harry at Hogwarts, (Themes from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)"

You will find attached a pdf of part assignments for SHO. It is important to note for each of your students whether they are assigned to A or B part as there will be a number of divisi sections for which A plays the higher of the two notes and B plays the lower of the 2 notes.

Every effort has been made to put strength into every stand. Very strong players have also been assigned to the front desks of the second violin section where they can truly be leaders.

If it is necessary to replace a player with an alternate, every effort will be made not to switch A and B parts for the remaining players. Alternates should learn B parts.

ACCESSING MUSIC

You will receive an invitation to access SHO music from Box.net Please go to the site soon and download the parts you need for your students.

Music will NOT be sent to you in the post. It has been purchased, the guest conductors have added bowings as they have seen fit, and it has then been scanned by Darrell Townshend so you can access it immediately for your students.

We hope this will be an easy way to get the music to you now for rehearsals before Christmas break. We realize with such early dates for this year's festival that you'll need to get right to work.

If you do not receive an invitation to box.net in the next 24 hours, please let Georgia know!

Audition Results

The orchestra audition committee has spent three days listening to the auditions for both the AMIS Junior and Senior Honor Orchestras.

You should know some of the facts about the auditions as they have a bearing on the results. The venues for this year's festivals are considerably smaller than the facilities we all experienced last year in Singapore. After having a year when each orchestra numbered over 100 players, we are back to our usual size of approximately 70 students in each orchestra. This means that many students who were members of last year's groups were not successful in this year's auditions. Competition was sharp in all sections, but the calibre of the senior cellos was especially outstanding.

There were auditions received from a total of 40 schools.
In the JHO there were 220 total applicants with 137 violins, 22 violas, 51 cellos and 10 basses from which to select an orchestra of 36 violins, 14 violas, 14 cellos and 8 basses.

In the SHO there were 179 total applicants with 99 violins, 29 violas, 40 cellos, and 11 basses from which to select and orchestra of 36 violins, 14 violas, 14 cellos and 8 basses.

In the JHO auditions, the first 2 scales were marked out of 5 points and the third scale out of 3 points. The piece was marked out of 10 points.

In the SHO auditions the scales were all marked out of 5 points and the piece was marked out of 10 points.

For each section those selected for participation are marked as Y. There are alternates selected for each section. They will be admitted in order should any of the selected participants be unable to accept a spot in the orchestra.

Each participant, including alternates, will need to accept his or her position within the group no later than November 5th. Teachers should list all acceptances or non-acceptances (including alternates) in the online database,using the same password they used for entering initial audition information.

Soon sample auditions will be placed on the AMIS web site so that teachers and students can see the level of the playing that gained acceptance into this year's festivals. Band teachers found it very helpful to have such examples available, and string teachers asked for similar examples to be posted this year.

Music for both JHO and SHO has been purchased and the bowings have been added by this year's conductors. This music will be posted on a special box.net site. Teachers whose students have been accepted into the orchestras will be invited to download the appropriate parts from the site and duplicate them if necessary for their students. The original music will be taken to the festival site, but this method will allow teachers immediate access to the music, so they can start working with their students right away.

The part and chair assignments will be made after acceptances are received.

SHO Members and Alternates - Adobe Reader Document

updated 27 October, 2009

Concert and Ticket Information

The Gala Festival Concert for the Senior Honor Orchestra will be held at the Frankfurt International School starting at 7:30 p.m. (19:30) on Saturday, January 23, 2010. - posted 3 January, 2010

Contact Information

Host organizer: Julie Borsodi Julie_Borsodi@fis.edu

Frankfurt International School
An Der Waldlust 15
Oberursel 61440
Germany

School Telephone: +49 6171 2024171
School Fax: +49 6171 2024375

Visa Information

Some of the participants in this festival will require a Schengen Visa in order to be allowed to enter Germany. This same visa allows you to enter any of the countries within the Schengen area as well as Germany. (List nationalities requiring Schengen Visa)

It is important to check about the visa requirements for citizens of your country
sooner rather than later.

If you do need a visa, you need to write to the host organizer for this festival as soon as possible. It takes quite a long time to obtain the necessary visa.

• Documents that need to be presented when applying for a Schengen visa
• One application for a Schengen visa
• Two pictures
• Passport (needs to be valid at least 3 months after having left the Schengen territory)
• Travel insurance
• Justifying documents with regard to the object and the duration of the stay (business or tourist trip or private traveling) (This means your letter of invitation to the festival which needs to be issued by FIS.)
• Documents proving the intention for returning back

Visa Information
Anyone needing a visa for this festival should send the following information directly to Julie Borsodi at Frankfurt International School - Julie_Borsodi@fis.edu This information will be processed by the school as soon as possible after it is received, as it sometimes takes several weeks for a Schengen visa.

1. Full name as on passport
2. County of passport
3. Passport No.
4. Date of birth
5. Your school's full name and address
6. Who will be accompanying the students
7. Exact dates of arrival and departure in Germany.

- posted 3 November, 2009; revised 27 November, 2009

Hotel & Housing Information

All students participating in the festival will be housed by the Frankfurt International School community.

The festival hotel where teachers and official chaperones will be housed is Parkhotel Am Taunus (formerly known as the Waldlust) which is conveniently located down the block from FIS. In order to qualify for the FIS rate teachers will need to book through AMIS. Rooms are to be paid upon arrival at the hotel.

There are different prices charged by the hotel for weekday (Monday through Thursday night) and for weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.)

Most participants will require housing Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, meaning they would need 2 nights at each rate.

Many teachers require a single room but if you have someone you wish to share with, the per person cost is considerably reduced.

Standard single room for the 4 nights: 2 nights at €92 and 2 nights at €77
total cost (including breakfast) €338

Business single room: for 4 nights: 2 nights at €104 and 2 nights at €87
total cost (including breakfast) €382

Standard double room for the 4 nights: 2 nights at €126 and 2 nights at €98
total cost (including breakfast) €448

"Comfort" double room for the 4 nights: 2 nights at €175 and 2 nights at €134
total cost (including breakfast) € 618

PARKHOTEL AM TAUNUS
Hohemarkstraße 168
61440 Oberursel
Telefon: 06171-9200
Telefax: 06171-26627

www.parkhotel-am-taunus.com

Hotel information for chaperones
Waldlust Parkhotel am Taunus
Address: Hohemarkstraße 168
Oberursel 61440
Web Page: www.parkhotel-am-taunus.com
Phone: +49 (0) 6171-9200
Train Access: Next to the U3 Waldlust train stop (this is the second stop from the end of the line).

Risk assessment, emergency info
Frankfurt International School
An Der Waldlust 15
61440 Oberursel
School Tel. 0049 6171 2020
Julie_Borsodi@fis.edu

Emergency Numbers
AMBULANCE 112
FIRE 112
POLICE 110

Nearest Hospital
Kliniken des Hochtaunus, Bad Homburg
0049 6172 142106

Emergency Pharmacy, Eye Doctor
0049 6172 19222

Directions to FIS -
FIS Visitor Info Link
The link that AMIS should use for FIS Visiting information (such as hotel information, maps to school, train info, restaurants, and local interests) http://www.fis.edu/podium/default.aspx?t=100772

Getting to FIS/Hotel from the Airport

Adobe Reader document containing detailed information on travel from the airport. - posted 3 january, 2010