Senior Honour Band
Grades 9-12
October 29, November 3-5, 2016
Online Registration: form.jotformpro.com/form/41755098268971
or
Mail In Registration Form: www.mbband.org/PDF/HB%20App%2016%20SR.pdf
Audition Scales: www.mbband.org/PDF/HB%20Sr%20Scales.pdf
Audition Etudes: www.mbband.org/PDF/HB%20Etudes%2016%20SR%20A.pdf
Audition Tips: www.mbband.org/PDF/HB%20Audition%20Tips%202016.pdf
Final Concert: Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 7:30 pm
Jubilee Place (180 Riverton Avenue, Winnipeg)
Adults $10
MBA members and students grade 9 and up - $5
Auditions close Monday, September 26, 2016 at 10:00 PM
Online Registration: form.jotformpro.com/form/41755098268971
or
Mail In Registration Form: www.mbband.org/PDF/HB%20App%2016%20SR.pdf
Audition Scales: www.mbband.org/PDF/HB%20Sr%20Scales.pdf
Audition Etudes: www.mbband.org/PDF/HB%20Etudes%2016%20SR%20A.pdf
Audition Tips: www.mbband.org/PDF/HB%20Audition%20Tips%202016.pdf
Final Concert: Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 7:30 pm
Jubilee Place (180 Riverton Avenue, Winnipeg)
Adults $10
MBA members and students grade 9 and up - $5
Auditions close Monday, September 26, 2016 at 10:00 PM
Christmas Tuba Festival
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Rehearsal: 11:15 am
Performance: 1:00 pm
Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall (555 Main Street, Winnipeg)
This is an opportunity for tuba and euphonium players to perform Christmas carols prior to a Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra concert. Registration is $5 and music is available online at no cost. If your registration is received by November 30, you will receive a voucher for two free tickets to a Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra concert on a pre-determined date. Please note, parents may attend the festival if they have a ticket to the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra on December 4, 2016.
Register Online: form.jotform.ca/form/33057748632257
or
Registration Form: www.mbband.org/PDF/TC%20Reg%20Form%202016.pdf
Rehearsal: 11:15 am
Performance: 1:00 pm
Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall (555 Main Street, Winnipeg)
This is an opportunity for tuba and euphonium players to perform Christmas carols prior to a Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra concert. Registration is $5 and music is available online at no cost. If your registration is received by November 30, you will receive a voucher for two free tickets to a Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra concert on a pre-determined date. Please note, parents may attend the festival if they have a ticket to the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra on December 4, 2016.
Register Online: form.jotform.ca/form/33057748632257
or
Registration Form: www.mbband.org/PDF/TC%20Reg%20Form%202016.pdf
Solo & Ensemble Festival
Festival Date: Friday, January 20, 2017
North Kildanan Mennonite Brethren Church (1315 Gateway Road at Springfield, Winnipeg)
This non-competitive festival is an adjudicated festival where the performer(s) receive a verbal adjudication after their performance and written comments afterwards. (Performers also receive a certificate of participation.) The festival is for woodwinds, brass, and percussion musicians who can choose to perform as a soloist or as an ensemble (up to 6 musicians). The music is the choice of the performer(s). Each performance slot is 10 minutes in duration (including the verbal adjudication).
Registration Deadline: December 1, 2016
Registration Form: www.mbband.org/PDF/SE%20Reg%20Form17.pdf
North Kildanan Mennonite Brethren Church (1315 Gateway Road at Springfield, Winnipeg)
This non-competitive festival is an adjudicated festival where the performer(s) receive a verbal adjudication after their performance and written comments afterwards. (Performers also receive a certificate of participation.) The festival is for woodwinds, brass, and percussion musicians who can choose to perform as a soloist or as an ensemble (up to 6 musicians). The music is the choice of the performer(s). Each performance slot is 10 minutes in duration (including the verbal adjudication).
Registration Deadline: December 1, 2016
Registration Form: www.mbband.org/PDF/SE%20Reg%20Form17.pdf
Intermediate Honour Band
Grades 9 & 10
April 29, May 4-6, 2017
Online Registration: opens January 1, 2017
or
Registration Form: opens January 1, 2017
Audition Scales: www.mbband.org/PDF/HB%20Int%20Scales.pdf
Audition Etudes: January 1, 2017
Audition Tips: www.mbband.org/PDF/HB%20Audition%20Tips%202016.pdf
Final Concert: Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 7:30 pm
North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church (1315 Gateway at Springfield, Winnipeg)
Adults $10
MBA members and students grade 9 and up - $5
Auditions open Sunday, January 1, 2017
Auditions close Monday March 6, 2017 at 10:00 PM
Online Registration: opens January 1, 2017
or
Registration Form: opens January 1, 2017
Audition Scales: www.mbband.org/PDF/HB%20Int%20Scales.pdf
Audition Etudes: January 1, 2017
Audition Tips: www.mbband.org/PDF/HB%20Audition%20Tips%202016.pdf
Final Concert: Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 7:30 pm
North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church (1315 Gateway at Springfield, Winnipeg)
Adults $10
MBA members and students grade 9 and up - $5
Auditions open Sunday, January 1, 2017
Auditions close Monday March 6, 2017 at 10:00 PM
Jazz Honour Band
The annual Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra Honour Jazz Band program offers students the opportunity to gather together for a shared experience of fast-paced musical challenge and growth in the context of a big band. Students get the opportunity to work closely with some of Manitoba's finest jazz educators and performers.
Students are eligible to audition for one of three bands:
Junior (1-2 years of jazz experience)
Intermediate (3-4 years of jazz experience)
Senior (4-5+ years of jazz experience)
Students are selected based on the strength of their audition, which includes improvisation and excerpts (and sight reading in live auditions). Rehearsals take place over the course of three days in preparation for a final concert as part of the TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival.
Auditions in May 2017
Students are eligible to audition for one of three bands:
Junior (1-2 years of jazz experience)
Intermediate (3-4 years of jazz experience)
Senior (4-5+ years of jazz experience)
Students are selected based on the strength of their audition, which includes improvisation and excerpts (and sight reading in live auditions). Rehearsals take place over the course of three days in preparation for a final concert as part of the TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival.
Auditions in May 2017
National Youth Band of Canada
Ages 16-22
For more information: www.canadianband.org/#!national-youth-band/cpda