Solo & ensemble festival

Events
  • Instrumental, Vocal, and String Solo 
  • Small Ensemble (2-18 students plus eligible student accompanist)
  • Student Conductor – must conduct an ensemble with a minimum of sixteen members

Participation Fee
  • $5.00 per solo or ensemble member

Eligibility
  • Students of teachers who are members in good standing of NAfME/LMEA.  Only students attending the participating school are eligible to perform.  The only exceptions are students from a certified parish group and students of an eligible private teacher.
  • Participation in no more than one solo and two ensembles on a given instrument for an assessment rating.

Performance Time Limits
  • Six minutes of one selection

Music
  • Requirements:
    • Vocal music should be selected from traditional vocal literature, including folk music or spirituals.  Broadway, pop music, and similar styles are not acceptable.
    • Strings should see the LMEA Handbook for specific information for both solos and small ensembles
  • Memorization:
    • A vocal soloist is required to perform from memory or be rated one division lower.  Memorization for all other events is optional.
    • Instrumentalists are not required to perform from memory in either a solo or small ensemble event.
  • Scores:
    • Each event must provide an original copy of the performance selection (with the measures numbered) for the judge. Duplication of scores is not allowed unless accompanied by written permission from the copyright owner.

Awards
  • Ratings will be designated as I, II, III, IV, and V.
  • Awards are given to each soloist or ensemble member whose performance rated a I (Superior) as follows:
    • Solo – blue medal 
    • Small ensemble members – red medal to each member
    • Student conductor – blue medal

Dates and Locations
If you want to do a solo and ensemble event at your school, there are just a few things you need to do.  

Before the Event
  • Pick the date that you want your event.  There will be a deadline for entry in the Calendar Issue of the Louisiana Musician, but if you are organized, you can do Solo and Ensemble at any time of the year.  
  • Hire a judge.  If you want the district director to hire your judge, give a month notice in advance.  
  • Submit a completed Entry Form, with a check attached payable to LMEA for $5.00 per student per event.  For example, if a student is in an ensemble and is playing a solo that student owes $10.00.  If you are securing the judge, you simply fill out a reimbursement form and give that to me, and I will pay your judge.

After the Event
  • Submit the Medal Request Form to the District Director
  • Submit the Expense Voucher to the District Director to get reimbursed or to have judges paid (attach receipts)

Please submit all forms and paperwork to:
Jessica Fain
Bluff Middle School
15464 Bluff Rd.
Prairieville, LA 70769
         
FORMS
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Entry Form (pdf)
Entry Form (Word)

Judges Sheet - Wind (pdf)
Judges Sheet - Wind (Word)

Judges Sheet - Percussion (pdf)
Judges Sheet - Percussion (Word)

Judges Sheet - Vocal Solo (pdf)
Judges Sheet - Vocal Solo (Word)

Judges Sheet - Vocal Ens. (pdf)
Judges Sheet - Vocal Ens. (Word)

Judges Sheet - String (pdf)
Judges Sheet - String (Word)

​Judges Sheet - Student Conductor 

Expense Voucher (pdf)
Expense Voucher (Word)

Medal Request Form