District Choral Festival

Registration Requirements
  • Students should be enrolled in grades 6 to 12 and members in good standing in their school's vocal music program.
  • Choirs must be comprised of 17 or more students.
  • Ninth grade students should perform at the same level in all events throughout the year and are expected to meet the performance standards of the level in which they participate.
  • A completed and signed registration form should be postmarked or hand delivered to the District Manager.  Fees and deadlines are determined by each District. Please consult your District Page for details.
  • Registration is completed online using the Festival Scheduler. For login information, click here. Online scheduling questions should be directed to Andrea Gay at AndreaGay@msvma.org. For technical issues, contact hannahmiller@msvma.org.
  • In signing the registration form, the principal and the director agree to supervise the students from their school to ensure proper conduct at the Festival. Improper student conduct may result in sanctions by the MSVMA Executive Board.
  • Choirs must pay fees at the time of registration. Invoices must have all the required signatures to be accepted. Purchase orders will not be accepted. 
  • Payment should be made by school check or director’s personal check payable to MSVMA and must be postmarked by the deadline. Fees are non-refundable.
  • Failure to meet established district deadlines will result in your events not being scheduled or an additional late registration fee per your District policy.
Repertoire
  • Each choir must perform two selections.  
  • One selection must be from the approved repertoire list. (click to view MSVMA's Required Repertoire Lists)
  • Repertoire is arranged by voicing and divided into levels of difficulty: Primary, Intermediate and Advanced. 
  • JH/MS choirs may select their required piece from the following lists: JH/MS Primary, JH/MS Intermediate, JH/MS Advanced, HS Primary, HS Intermediate, or HS Advanced.  JH/MS choirs can choose their level of sight reading, independent of the level of their required piece, but must sight read the voicing of their required number.  For example, a JH/MS choir could sing a piece off the HS Primary list, but choose to sight read JH/MS Intermediate. 
  • High school choirs may select their required piece from the following required lists: JH/MS Advanced (and sight read HS Primary), HS Primary, HS Intermediate, and HS Advanced.  High school choirs must sight read the level and voicing of their required piece.  
  • High School Choirs may choose from the following required list: Primary level high school choirs of all voicings are allowed to use pieces from the JH/MS advanced list for required Festival pieces and junior high/middle school choirs may select from the high school primary list.
  • Popular show tunes, vocal jazz, barbershop, or novelty selections are not to be used. 
  • Choreography is not allowed. However, artful staging and appropriate choral movement that reflect performance practice of the genre is allowed.
Performance
  • District Festival participation includes warm-up, performance, clinic and sight reading.
  • Every attempt will be made to honor performance date and time request.  Schools sending multiple groups cannot be assured of same day scheduling. 
  • Choirs may be scheduled to sing from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Accompanists must have original copies of selections.
  • Choirs must provide one original score of the selections with measures numbered for each of the adjudicators. Failure to do so will result in a no final determination rating.
  • The use of musical scores during performance is optional.
  • Performances will be recorded.
  • When performing music requiring accompaniment, live accompaniment must be used, unless it is avant garde or 21st century music requiring electronic or taped accompaniment as part of the composer's compositional and performance intent.
  • Allotted performance time includes stage entrance and exit.
  • Any changes in the literature must be emailed to the District Manager one week prior to the first day of the Festival.  Changes in repertoire after this date will result in a "no final determination" rating.

Final Determinations

 I Excellent  96-120 
 II Good   72-95
 III Fair   46-71
 IV Developing   24-45


Choirs with a final determination of I qualify for State Choral Festival.

For more information on festival participation, click here.


District Festival Documents
District Event Transfer

Registration Instructions

Final Determinations

Festival Scheduler

https://msvma-prod.azurewebsites.net/

Online scheduling questions should be directed to Andrea Gay at andreagay@msvma.org.

                                                                                                  

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Big Rapids, MI 49307-1131

(231) 592 - 9344

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