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Saturday, February 11 2017 5:00 PM - 1:00 AM

ALL-COUNTY MUSICIANS TO PERFORM AT CHAUTAUQUA LAKE CS

 

 

Mayville, NY—The Chautauqua Lake Central School Auditorium will be the site of the 2017 Chautauqua County Music Teachers Association-sponsored Winter All-County Festival and Concert.  Taking place on Saturday, February 11th at 5 p.m., this event features the county’s best student musicians from the eighteen school districts located in Chautauqua County, in one of several music ensembles.  Featured in this festival are the Elementary Band, Treble Chorus, Percussion Ensemble, Vocal Jazz Chorus, and All-County Jazz Ensemble.

 

This festival is graciously sponsored in part by a grant the Harold E. and Elizabeth Adams Johnson Fund at the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation. The Instructional Media Center at Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattauragus BOCES facilitates access and housing for portions of the sheet music used in this concert.

 

Tickets will be available at the door, $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for seniors and students, and can be purchased at any time through ccmta.ticketleap.com.

 

 

The organization for this festival begins nearly ten months prior to the program. Each student is selected first by their school’s music teacher. That list is pared down by the CCMTA chair people, who then select the students (in some cases by audition, teacher recommendation, or through a score received by playing a solo for a New York State-certified music adjudicator) who make the final roster for each group.

 

Other duties of each chairperson include finding the guest conductor to lead the group, compiling and disseminating music to each of the students selected for the ensemble, and organizing any rehearsals prior to the day of the festival.  The chairperson’s final act is to introduce the guest conductor.  It then becomes the students’ moment to shine, showcasing their hard work and talent to an enthusiastic audience of over 500.

 

The concert itself lasts under two hours, but the time and preparation that go into the festival far exceed that moment in time on stage.  Students begin rehearsing their music with their teacher as soon as they receive it sometime in early December from their Chairperson.  They may then be required to attend one or two additional rehearsals throughout the months of January and February. 

 

On the day of the concert, these dedicated music students begin arriving at the school between 8:00 and 8:30 a.m., for a prompt 9:00 a.m. rehearsal start.  The day continues with rehearsals, lunch, and a few small breaks in between, until 4:30 p.m. when the last students dress for the 5 p.m. concert start time. 

           

In addition to the Winter All-County Festival, CCMTA

  • Provides scholarships to area music students to aid the student in continuing music education;
  • Sponsors a Solo Evaluation Festival, where students prepare and play for a New York State-certified music adjudicator who in turn provides the student with valuable comments and tips on how to improve his or her musicianship; and
  • Hosts a Spring All-County Music Festival each year featuring the Elementary, Junior, and Senior Choruses, and the Junior and Senior All-County Bands, held in Steele Hall at SUNY Fredonia on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 7:30 pm.

 

For more information, visit www.ccmta.net or contact your school district’s music department.  CCMTA can also be liked on Facebook:  www.facebook.com/CCMTAmusic.

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