Spring Bulletin No. 220 - January 2002 - The Iowa High School ...

Piano Rules and Regulations
1. A fee of $9 will be charged for each entry.
2. Schools may have an unlimited number of participants.
3. All entry fees should be sent to Alan S. Greiner, Executive Director, Iowa High School
Music Association, Boone, Iowa 50036-0010.
4. Adjudication forms were mailed in November with registration forms. They may also
be downloaded from our website - www.ihsma.org.
5. Piano adjudication forms must be completed in every detail - school name, soloist,
selection, and be returned to your Festival Site Manager by January 30, 2002.
6. The solo(s) will be performed from memory.
7. A copy of the score(s) will be provided for the convenience of the adjudicator. All
measures must be numbered. A performance will not be permitted for participants
that do not comply with this regulation. Copies are not permitted. Judges will withhold
the rating for all performances employing illegally duplicated scores. These
performances will be disqualified by the Executive Director.
8. Time limit is 5 minutes. There is a 2 1/2 minute minimum performance time which
will be penalized at the rate of 1 point for every 15 second segment of violation.
9. Soloists must be eligible high school students (grades 9-12).
10. Only member schools can register students for participation.
11. The rating system employed for this festival will be: Division I, II, III, IV, V - Superior,
Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor.
12. The host school and site will send a schedule to each participating school.
13. A 15-second warm-up period will be permitted on the center piano to allow the
students to determine the touch and feel for the instrument.
14. Adjudicators may speak with participants for a brief moment at the conclusion of their
performance.
15. Comments Only performances will be allowed for this festival. Participants wishing
to perform for “Comments Only” should write COMMENTS ONLY boldly across the
top of the adjudication form.
SITES - MANAGERS
MOC/Floyd Valley High School, Orange City Manager: Pam Anderson, Vocal Director
COUNTIES: Lyon, Plymouth, Sioux
West Harrison High School, Mondamin Manager: Julie White, Vocal Director
COUNTIES: Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery,
Page, Pottawattamie, Shelby, Woodbury
Drake University, Des Moines Manager: Chiu-Ling Lin, Professor of Piano
COUNTIES: Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Benton, Boone, Clarke, Dallas, Davis, Decatur,
Guthrie, Iowa, Jasper, Keokuk, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, Polk,
Poweshiek, Ringgold, Story, Tama, Taylor, Union, Wapello, Warren, Wayne
Buena Vista University, Storm Lake Manager: Beth Rowlet, Instructor of Piano
COUNTIES: Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Greene, Humboldt,
Ida, Kossuth, O’Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Sac, Webster
Waverly-Shell Rock High School, Waverly Manager: Mark Lehmann, Vocal Director
COUNTIES: Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Fayette,
Floyd, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Howard, Mitchell, Winnebago,
Winneshiek, Worth, Wright
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