CMEA State Virtual Spring Festival
CMEA State Virtual Spring Festival
A virtual performance and critique opportunity for any and all of the music performance audio and video recordings your students are creating during this challenging time.
- Festival open to any school solo or ensemble, regardless of size or instrumentation: band, choir, orchestra, jazz, rock/pop band, mariachi, steel drum, hand bells or any instrument or vocal ensemble. All are welcome!
- Audio and video engineering can be done by students, teachers, and/or professionals: You explain your recording and editing process in the registration form.
- Any/all styles of music are welcome.
- Multi-tracking and/or using electronic accompaniments are allowed.
- In person, small cohorts, or at home distance learning recordings.
- All ensemble entries will receive judges comments from highly qualified judges with expertise in the category of your submission.
- All solo entries will be provided comments and a rating, if desired. Students performing solos who receive a superior rating, will be invited to participate in the CMEA State Virtual Solo Festival taking place in April and May of 2021.
- Entries can be audio only or audio/video submissions.
- Because of the nature of submitting videos, a media release form will need to be signed by each parent/guardian and collected by the director. We will provide the media release form once you are registered.
Dates and Submission Details:
The registration form will be available in January. The submission deadline is March 15, 2021. Once you are registered, you will be sent specific information for submitting your performance video and music. Performances will be evaluated by an adjudicator between March 16-31, 2021. Results will be communicated to participants by April 3, 2021.
Registration Fees:
Solo Registration / Active Member: $40.00 per solo
Solo Registration / Non-Member: $50.00 per solo
Ensemble Registration / Active Member: $80 per ensemble
Ensemble Registration / Non-Member: $100 per ensemble
Directors – Register your ensembles and soloists here.
CMEA State Virtual Solo Festival
CMEA State Virtual Solo Festival
April – May 2021
More information for the 2020-2021 Festival will be posted soon.
Choral Festival
California State Choral Festival
Presented by World Projects
2021 Date Coming Soon
Weill Hall at the Green Music Center, Sonoma State University
1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, CA 94928
2020 Accepted Schools:
East Bakersfield High School
Ethel Dwyer Middle School
Encore High School for the Arts
Exeter Union High School
Horner Junior High
Maria Carrillo High School
Robert F. Kennedy High School
Summit High School
Troy High School
2020 Festival Adjudicators
Dr. Jenny Bent Sonoma State University
Jody Beneke Santa Rosa Junior College
Dr. Jeffrey Benson San Jose State University
Band & Orchestra Festival
California State Band & Orchestra Festival
Presented by World Projects
2021 Date Coming Soon
Soka Performing Arts Center, Soka University of America
1 University Circle, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
2020 Participating Schools:
Aliso Niguel High School Chamber Orchestra
Beckman High School String Orchestra
Beckman High School Wind Ensemble
Central High School Wind Ensemble
Hopkins Jr. High School Advanced Orchestra
Hopkins Jr. High School Wind Ensemble
Independence High School Wind Symphony
John F. Kennedy Middle School Philharmonic
Mira Mesa High School Symphony Orchestra
Rancho Bernardo High School Wind Ensemble
Tesoro High School Orchestra
Southwest High School Chamber Orchestra
Valencia High School Sinfonia Orchestra
Yorba Linda HS Sinfonia Orchestra
2020 Festival Adjudicators
Daniel Wachs Director of Orchestras at Chapman University
Georgia Ekonomou Director of the Atlanta Junior Chamber Orchestra
Dr. Emily Moss Director of Bands, Cal State Los Angele
Dr. Greg Whitmore Director of Bands at Irvine Valley College, Director of the Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble
Solo & Ensemble Festival
California State Solo & Ensemble Festival
Presented by World Projects
The 2020 CMEA State Solo and Ensemble Festival, presented by World Projects, has been cancelled. Please click the link for the 2020 CMEA State Virtual Solo Festival for our current festival.
CMEA State Solo & Ensemble Festival Flyer – 2021 Flyer coming in the fall of 2020.
Registration Forms:
Registration forms for the 2021 CMEA State Solo and Ensemble Festival will be posted March 1, 2021.
Schedules
Schedules will be posted here for each venue at least one week prior to the event. Schedules are sorted by school or private studio name.
Schedules can be viewed by clicking the links below. Please understand that every effort is made to accommodate your requests, but sometimes it is not possible. The schedule for staff accompanists at all of the festivals is very full this year and alterations to the schedule will not be possible. Thank you for your understanding. If you have questions about the schedule, please email cmea@calmusiced.com
2021 Festival Locations
Sacramento State
Music Department, Capistrano Hall
6000 J Street, Sacramento CA 95819
2021 dates will be posted soon.
5:00p – 8:00p (strings, woodwinds, brass only)
2021 dates will be posted soon.
9:00a – 5:00p
Cal Poly Pomona
Department of Music
3801 West Temple Avenue, Pomona CA 91768
2021 dates will be posted soon.
9:00a – 5:00p
Special Thanks to our CMEA State Festival Premier sponsor
Special Thanks to our additional 2020 State Festival sponsors
