District 12 Band Chair Officer Report September 21, 2020
Sam Rouster
We had a meeting with Dr. Stroube near the beginning of the school year to discuss the concerns with All-State. Lots of concerns were brought up and I think the aspect that hit home the most dealt with what would be the “All-State Experience” for students in our current situation. It was determined that we will NOT be able to successfully and safely have the traditional All-State experience and that our time and efforts would be better suited to attempt to plan some type of alternative event or scenario for students. I believe the top option is to do some type of virtual audition process that could be followed up with either student recognition for “making it” into an All-State ensemble or it could be discussed to have some type of event pending it is safe to do so. There will be another meeting with the band chairs in which we will discuss these possibilities and I may have new information by the time our meeting happens. I have created a folder in our JCPS Music Shared Drive (you must be logged in to your JCPS account to have access to this folder) specifically for All-State information which is where you can find Stroube’s email that has the link to access the music selections for the auditions (they are also posted below). If you have any ideas, questions, or concerns please reach out to me individually and I will bring them to the table. I know some schools have discussed doing smaller ensemble performances with these students, or even having a multi-district honor band in place of the All-State. Just some thoughts. I will send out an update from that meeting whenever it happens. Here is the link to view the All-State Audition Music Selections (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oFwszjtt8F7CB_8qI7TM9nacAPMJgCI9YA_Mk-QIoxg/edit?usp=sharing)