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The high school musicians from Cascade performed at the District Music Festival April 19-20 in Great Falls. There were 10 solos or ensembles that performed on Friday and all did very well. Those that earned a "I" (Superior) qualify to go on to the State Music Festival on May 4-5 in Helena.

All of our student musicians earned earned praise from their adjudicators. After they performed their music the adjudicators worked with the students, and our young musicians learned a lot from this experience. Even though we had some voices that were recovering from ailments and some small groups that had to regroup because of sudden personnel changes, our Cascade Music Departments showed what great work our young musicians are doing. Many thanks go to our accompanist Wendy McKamey for all the good work and support she gives us.

The Concert Band earned Superior (I) ratings in the prepared music in the sight reading evaluation. The Concert Choir earned an Excellent (II) rating on the prepared music and Superior (I) sight reading (WOO HOO!).  Mr. Skogley is very proud of the performances of the Band and Choir (large groups do not advance to the State Music Festival regardless of their ratings) as well as our soloists and ensemble members. What a great bunch of kids to teach!

 

The ratings used at Music Festivals are:


I
A superior performance - Outstanding in nearly every detail

II
An excellent performance -
Minor defects

III
A good performance - lacking finesse and/or interpretation

IV
A fair performance -
basic weaknesses

V
A poor performance - unsatisfactory

Concert band at festival
choir at festival

 

 

 

Here are the results of our Festival events, listed in chronological order of performance.

 

Thursday

Events at University of Providence
 

Rating Performer Title Room
I, I Concert Band When The Stars Began To Fall,
King Cotton		 UP Fine Arts Auditorium
II, I Concert Choir In This Ancient House,
Shut De Do		 UP McLaughlin Providence Forum
 
 

Friday

Events today were at CMR High School
 
RATING NAME ROOM / ADJUDICATOR TITLE
I Jean Blackman Clarinet Room - Joe Acciani Bouree / William Babell
II Still Kickin' Brass Low Brass Room - Jeannie Little Grand March / Giuseppe Verdi
I Cascade Vocal 6 Vocal 7 - Brenda Schilling Cafeteria Now Is The Month Of Maying / Morley
I Oliver Wood Vocal 6 -Darren Small Locvh Lomond / arr. Brian Dean
II The Grumpy Garys Vocal 9--Nancy Murdock He's Gone Away / Ruth Elaine Schram
II Reed Splittiin' Sound Mixed WW/Double Reeds - Beth Antonopolus Fireside Reverie / William Pelz
I Kickin' Brass Low Brass Room - Jeannie Little Theme from Lawrence of Arabia / Maurice Jarre
II Mattison McKamey Vocal 4 - Erin Small Green Sleeves / Bryan Stanley
I Christina Eike Vocal 4 - Erin Small Alleluja / Mozart
II The Cascadian Double Vocal 7--Brenda Schilling Cafeteria Homeward Bound / Marta Keen
II Cascade Jazz Ensemble Jazz Room - Johan Ericksson A Blues To Blow On
III I, Aye, Eye low Brass Room - Jeannie Little Royal Fanfare, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik / Mozart

 

Congratulations to all our musicians on a job well done!!



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