- Jayson Martinez, chairperson
Arts High School Newark
550 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
Newark, New Jersey 07102Email: jmarti37@webmail.essex.edu
2020 NJMEA Honors Guitar Ensemble
Auditions:
Saturday December 7, 2019 at The College of New Jersey (Music Dept.)
2000 Pennington Rd., Ewing, NJ 08628 Ewing, NJ
9:00-1:00 pm (snow date Saturday, December 14 @ Arts High School, Time TBA)
Audition Requirements for students in grades 9-12
- Set Piece: Solo Piece: •Caprice No. 2 by Luigi Legnani
- Scale Requirement: Choose two (2) out of the four following scales: F-sharp melodic minor, E major, C-sharp melodic minor, E major, edited by Abel Carlevaro.
- Ensemble Excerpt: May be downloaded from: https://njmea.org/classroom/guitar-in-the-music-classroom/
- Sight Reading at the audition.
Adjudication:
Students will be judged on a rubric system for correct notes and rhythms, tone quality, musicality: dynamics, phrasing, interpretation and overall quality of preparation for prepared solo piece, ensemble excerpt, scales and sight reading.
- Rehearsal 1: January 2020 from 9:00-12:00 pm at New Jersey City University – Rossey Hall 101. 2039 JFK Blvd, Jersey City, NJ. (Exact Date and Snow Date, Location TBA)
- Rehearsal 2: February 15th, 2020 from 9:00-12:00 pm at Montclair State University Cali School of Music. 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, NJ (Snow Date, Location TBA)
- Rehearsal 3: February 29th, 2020 from 9:00am-12:00 pm at Kean University – Enlow Hall. 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ (Snow Date, Location TBA)
- Rehearsal 4: March 2020 from 9:00am-12:00 pm at William Paterson University – 300 Pompton Rd, Wayne, NJ (Exact Date and Snow Date, Location TBA)
Performance Date:
Saturday May 2, 2020 @ William Paterson University (no snow date)
In conjunction with William Paterson University’s Annual GuitarFest
- Audition Fee for NJMEA : $15 (non refundable)
- Participation Fee (if selected): $50.00
- Personnel:
Raul Huaman, conductor
NJMEA Guitar Festival Director: Jayson Martinez
Contact info: jaysonimartinez@gmail.com
Cell: 973.207.3524
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Related Documents
- Guitar Ensemble Application PDF – 118 KB
- Guitar Ensemble Solo PDF – 500 KB
- Guitar Ensemble Scales PDF – 1 MB
- Guitar Ensemble Excerpt PDF – 764 KB