Solo & Ensemble
West Tennessee Vocal Music Educators Association
Vocal Solo & Ensemble Festival
(February 29, 2024)
Vocal Solo & Ensemble is an annual event held in the Memphis area for WTVMEA member schools which gives vocal students (and piano students) the opportunity to perform a solo or ensemble piece for a judge for feedback and a rating. This event is not an audition, a public performance, or a competition between performers. Students are judged based on the rating system of the National Association for Music Educators (NAfME) with the highest rating being Superior (1), then Excellent (2), Good (3), Fair (4) and Poor (5). Adjudication takes place in a classroom with one judge per performer or ensemble. Only the performers and judges are allowed in the room during adjudication. Superior and Excellent medals will be presented at the end of the school year at our Spring Choir Concert on April 29th.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Choose a performance piece that is age appropriate and fits your voice well. This must be approved by Mrs. Hagood before you purchase sheet music (if you buy it rather than use a free song from the choir room)
- There are several vocal solo books in the choir room for you to choose music from. If you choose a piece that I do not have, you will need to purchase the sheet music for it on your own. YOU MAY NOT PRINT A FREE SONG OFF THE INTERNET TO USE AT S & E. THIS IS NOT ALLOWED. It must be a legally purchased copy of the music. You can purchase sheet music at any music store or online. Bartlett Music Academy, Amro, Yarbrough Music..Two websites that sell voice music are musicnotes.com and sheetmusicplus.com.
- Turn in your $5.00 registration fee before the February 1st deadline payable to EPMS.
We will travel by Durham bus from EPMS to the event and back. The event will be held in person this year at Visible Music College, 200 Madison Avenue, Memphis, TN. Scheduling will be announced closer to the event, but we will likely be gone from EPMS all morning.
Permission slips and specific schedules will be sent out as soon as they are available (likely the week before the event). Please feel free to e-mail me with any questions. As always, parents are welcome to drive separately and meet us there to help as chaperones.