An advisor is an individual that works in a school’s activity program and has direct supervision of students. Beginning with the 2019-20 school year Music Directors will be required to complete the NFHS Concussion Awareness and Sudden Cardiac Arrest Courses.
(See ASAA Bylaw Article 10)
Concussion in Sports $0
Sudden Cardiac Arrest $0
ALL-STATE MUSIC FESTIVAL
2020 ASAA/FIRST NATIONAL BANK ALASKA
ALL-STATE MUSIC FESTIVAL
November 19, 20 and 21, 2020
Bartlett / West Anchorage HS
Hosted by: ASAA, Bartlett & West Anchorage High School
Deadlines and forms required for State Championship participation.
• All-State Music Forms
MUSIC HANDBOOK
• 2020-21 Music Handbook
GENERAL INFORMATION
• 2020 All-State Music Festival Memo 1
• 2020 All-State Music List
ALL-STATE BAND:
Peter Loel Boonshaft, guest conductor – New York
(depending on the audition strength of the 2020 All-State Band, four of these selections will be performed)
Impact – Randall D. Standridge
Nostalgia – Rossano Galante
Procession of the Sorcerers – Robert Buckley
Flight of the Piasa – Robert Sheldon
Once More Unto the Breach – Stephen Melillo
In Heaven’s Air – Sam Hazo
Hymn of St. James – Reber Clark
ALL-STATE MIXED CHOIR:
Victor Johnson, guest conductor – Texas
Ritmo – Davison
To Thee Cherubim and Seraphim – Handel arr. Favazza
Flight Song – Arnesen
Guadete – arr. Englehardt
Sing Me to Heaven – Tawthrop
Let the River Run – arr. Johnson
ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA:
Ryan Ross, guest conductor – Texas
Orawa – Kilar
A Downland Suite, II. Elegy – John Ireland
Overture to Nabucco – Verdi
ALL-STATE TREBLE CHOIR:
Ryan Beeken, guest conductor – Kansas
Be Like the Bird – Abbie Betinis
I Will Be Earth – Gwyneth Walker
Song of Miriam – Elaine Hagenberg
Refugee – Moira Smiley
Stars in Your Bones – Joan Szymko
• 2020 All-State Band Selected Participant List
• 2020 All-State Mixed Choir Selected Participant List
• 2020 All-State Orchestra Selected Participant List
• 2020 All-State Treble Choir Selected Participant List
• 2019 All-State First Chair Awards
PROGRAMS
Championship programs are available in a downloadable PDF for free. You may also order a printed version (fees apply) from TheBookPatch via the Print On-demand link below. Print On-demand programs are generally available within 30 days following the event.
• 2019 All-State Music Festival State Championship Program (Download PDF)
• 2019 All-State Music Festival State Championship Program (Print On-demand)
MORE INFORMATION
Make sure to view the Music home page for Gala Performance information, ticket information, photos and more.
REHEARSAL INFORMATION
CHOIR REHEARSAL AIDS
Can be accessed as outlined below. If you have any problems in accessing the part predominant program, Bruce Hanson is standing by and ready to assist as needed. His email is: 277bias@gmail.com
MIXED CHOIR:
TBD
TREBLE CHOIR:
TBD
REHEARSAL SCHEDULE
2020 All-State Rehearsal Schedule
REHEARSALS at BARTLETT HIGH SCHOOL
Thursday November 19: 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday, November 20: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
DRESS REHEARSAL at WEST ANCHORAGE HIGH SCHOOL
Saturday, November 20: 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
GALA CONCERT at WEST ANCHORAGE HIGH SCHOOL
Saturday, November 21: 6:00 pm
AUDITION INFORMATION
For 2020, auditions can be submitted on-line beginning Monday, September 7, 2020 and must be completed by 11:45 PM on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020:
ALL-STATE BAND
For 2020, Alaska will be using the 2021 NAfME All-Northwwest Set C Audition materials for the audition materials with the exception of the PERCUSSION requirement, which will be using only tracks #1, #3 and #5.
AUDITIONS:
2020 FLUTE
2020 PICCOLO
2020 ALTO CLARINET
2020 Bb CLARINET
2020 Eb CLARINET
2020 BASS CLARINET
2020 CONTRA ALTO CLARINET
2020 CONTRA BASS CLARINET
2020 SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
2020 ALTO SAXOPHONE
2020 TENOR SAXOPHONE
2020 BARI SAXOPHONE
2020 OBOE
2020 ENGLISH HORN
2020 BASSOON
2020 CONTRA BASSOON
2020 TRUMPET
2020 FRENCH HORN
2020 TENOR TROMBONE
2020 BASS TROMBONE
2020 BARITONE
2020 EUPHONIUM
2020 TUBA
ALL-STATE CHOIR
For 2020, ALASKA will be using the following audition sequence for each voice consisting of two scales, an exercise and “America, the Beautiful”.
Track 1: Major Scale
Track 2: Major Scale
Track 3: Chromatic Exercise
Track 4: America, the Beautiful
AUDITIONS:
2020 SOPRANO 1
2020 SOPRANO 2
2020 ALTO 1
2020 ALTO 2
2020 TENOR 1
2020 TENOR 2
2020 BASS 1
2020 BASS 2
ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA
For 2020, ALASKA will be using the 2021 NAfME All-Northwest Set C Audition materials for the required recording tracks for each instrument as follows:
Track 1: Major Scale
Track 2: Melodic Minor Scale
Track 3: Exercise
Track 4: Exercise
Track 5: Exercise
Track 6: Identify and play a one-minute excerpt from your solo literature. State only the title and composer of your selection at the beginning of the track.
AUDITIONS:
2020 VIOLIN
2020 VIOLA
2020 CELLO
2020 STRING BASS
OTHER ALL-STATE AUDITIONS
The following instruments may also be needed as a part of one or more of the ALL-STATE GROUPS to be determined by the music selected by one of the All-State Conductors.
For HARP: there will only be 3 Tracks as follows:
Track 1: Melodic Minor Scale
Trace 2: Excerpt
Track 3: Excerpt
For PIANO: there will be 6 Tracks as follows:
Track 1: Major Scale
Trace 2: Major Scale
Track 3: Harmonic Minor Scale
Track 4: Melodic Minor Scale
Track 5: Excerpt
Track 6: Excerpt
AUDITIONS:
2020 HARP
2020 PIANO
SUPPORTERS
THANKS TO AMEA FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF ALL STATE MUSIC AND SOLO & ENSEMBLE FESTIVALS