Please sign up for 4th grade strings by September 15
The Eastern District of the Massachusetts Music Educator's Association sponsors an annual music festival for students in Grades 7-9. Hundreds of the best musicians in eastern Massachusetts audition for the festival, and each year, a number of students from Sudbury pass the audition and are chosen to participate.
Auditions take place in late January. The festival itself takes place in early March. Ensembles include Full Orchestra (including winds), Concert Band, Jazz Band, Mixed Choir, and Treble Choir.
Audition requirements:
1) The student is a member in good standing of their in-school musical ensemble.
2) Sight-reading
3) Required scales (For string requirements, click here).
4) Required musical selection (For string requirements, click here).
5) Approval by the student's school ensemble director.
*In most cases, the school does NOT provide the sheet music for students to prepare and use at the audition. Please use the above link and order the piece from your chosen music supplier. Please note: Due to copyright laws, students are NOT allowed to use photocopies in their audition. Doing so will result in disqualification.
Students who would like to audition should show the required scales and musical selection to their private teacher. If the private teacher determines that the student is ready, then the student may contact their director regarding the auditions. The director may choose to hold qualifying auditions at the school before approving their request to formally audition for the music festival.**
Parents, if you would like to Pre-Register your child for Jr. District Music Festival auditions, please click: ECMS Jr. Districts Pre-Registration Form (Due by mid-December)
**Audition Registration Limits: Jr. and Sr. Choral - No more than 20 chorus students may be registered or audition from each school. There is a limit of 6 sopranos and 6 altos per school. Jr. Festival instrumental limits – a limit of 5 flutes, 5 clarinets, and 5 alto saxophones per school may audition. No other Jr. Festival instrumental limits.
Upon a successful audition, students will perform in a music festival in early March. Students must be available for this festival in order to participate in the auditions.
All the information for the festival can be found soon Online at: http://www.mmeaeasterndistrict.org/junior.htm