Amador County - On Saturday, May 15th, the Amador County Unified School District Sixth Grade Honor Band and Jackson Jr. High Intermediate and Advanced Bands took a field trip to the Forum Music Festival in the San Francisco Bay area. In the morning, each band performed for nationally recognized adjudicators at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill. After the performance, an awards ceremony took place where the Sixth Grade Honor Band and Jackson Junior High Intermediate Band were presented with a Silver rating and the Jackson Junior High Advanced Band was presented with a Gold rating. “The Forum Music Festival and others like it are like standardized testing for Music,” explains the bands’ director, Christopher Tootle. “The bands are judged on concepts such as Tone, Intonation, and Technique, then given a rating that describes their progress on a national level for their age group,” he said. Tootle explained that “Silver and Gold ratings puts them in the top 10-20 percent of the nation’s student musicians. That is a phenomenal achievement!” The performances were followed by a trip to Six Flags, Discovery Kingdom to celebrate. Outstanding Musicianship awards were presented to Analysa Spears, 6th Grade Honor Band percussion; Will Newey, Intermediate Band baritone; and Ariane Clifford, Advanced Band flute. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Thursday, 20 May 2010 06:06
ACUSD Bands Get Big Honors At Forum Music Festival
Amador County - On Saturday, May 15th, the Amador County Unified School District Sixth Grade Honor Band and Jackson Jr. High Intermediate and Advanced Bands took a field trip to the Forum Music Festival in the San Francisco Bay area. In the morning, each band performed for nationally recognized adjudicators at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill. After the performance, an awards ceremony took place where the Sixth Grade Honor Band and Jackson Junior High Intermediate Band were presented with a Silver rating and the Jackson Junior High Advanced Band was presented with a Gold rating. “The Forum Music Festival and others like it are like standardized testing for Music,” explains the bands’ director, Christopher Tootle. “The bands are judged on concepts such as Tone, Intonation, and Technique, then given a rating that describes their progress on a national level for their age group,” he said. Tootle explained that “Silver and Gold ratings puts them in the top 10-20 percent of the nation’s student musicians. That is a phenomenal achievement!” The performances were followed by a trip to Six Flags, Discovery Kingdom to celebrate. Outstanding Musicianship awards were presented to Analysa Spears, 6th Grade Honor Band percussion; Will Newey, Intermediate Band baritone; and Ariane Clifford, Advanced Band flute. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Latest from
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