Junior CDMMEA Festival Audition Files & Information
(updated 12.01.20)

Junior CD Festival Audition timeline

  Tue. Dec. 1    On-line Jr. CDMMA Festival On-Line registration open
                       (see below)
 
Wed. Jan. 13  8:00 pm        On-line registration deadline
            (see handbook for 9th grade participation requirements)
 
Thur. Feb. 11  8:00 pm       Video Submission deadline (see Virtual Instructions)
            (see  "How to upload a video" link for more info.)
            (Directors should pre-check all submissions for accuracy)

Mon. Feb. 15                         Send Audition links to judges
 
Sun. Feb. 28  11:59 pm       Judge Scoring deadline
 
Mon. March 8  (+-)              Results sent out to participating schools

Thus the on-line Junior Festival Registration link is now open
        You do not need an All State code. 
        The form will create one for you.  (error in video)

Jr. CDMMEA Festival On-Line Link
     there is a $10 registration fee for each audition.

email Steve (supmug@comcast.net) if you have any questions.

9th grade participation in the Junior Festival
Please review the guidelines posted in our handbook.

Virtual Video Instructions


Revised
"Official" 2020-2021 Junior Festival
Audition List
Please report any issues or concerns to Steve (supmug@comcast.net)

Audition solo cuts are now posted on the
"Audition List" page.

Junior Festival Please read "new" audition requirements as posted on our home page.

   -There will be no scales or sight-reading required for wind instruments and strings
   -No auxiliary percussion or percussion excerpt requirement
   -No improvisation option for jazz auditions
   -Vocal solo only
   -No sight reading, scale, percussion rudiments or tone matching

For reference....
Here is a link to a youtube video that explains/demos how to register online.
Online Registration Tutorial 2020-2021

All Junior CDMMEA Festival On-Line
Registration Forms are due
Wed. Jan. 13th 8:00 PM

CD using only on-line registrations for 2020
No Paper forms

Please download the
revised 2020-2021 CD-MMEA Handbook
which contains the following
CDMMEA Audition Registration forms below.
(click on the "Document Center" tab)
* Junior Festival Recap Form (submit with ALL registrations)
* Instrumental Registration Form
* String Registration Form
* Vocal Registration Form
* Jazz Registration Form

***Audition limits for the 2020-2021
Junior Festival have been suspended.***

Please encourage all who are interested & capable to register for auditions. 

Remember we are also allowing 9th graders to audition
Follow the guidelines outlined in our handbook

The 2020 audition sheets have been modified to only contain the categories needed.
ie no scale, sight-reading, etc

The 2020-2021 Junior CD Audition forms
can be found under the
"Document Center" tab above.

2020-2021 Jr. CD Audition Sheets

2020-2021 Jr. Aux Percussion Solo
(will not be posted for this year)
     CDMMEA will provide all equipment for performing the aux. solo. Please note that students can and are encouraged to bring their own triangle/beater, tambourine, crash cymbals and bass drum beaters.

Vic Firth
Auxiliary Percussion
Instructional Videos & Information

Please note:  The Snare Audition Rudiments have been updated to match the Percussive Arts Society International Drum Rudiments. 
     #1 - 5 and 9 stroke rolls, alternating (open/close)
     #2 - 7 stroke roll, left hand (open/close)
     #3 - flam accent 1
     #4 - flam paradiddle
     #5 - single & double paradiddle

The 2020-2021 Junior Jazz Music material can be found by clicking on the Junior CDMMEA Jazz Music tab located under the Junior Festival button.

Junior Festival Audition Files

During virtual auditions students should sing along with the accompaniment. They may sing along with headphones or have the accompaniment play in the background. Their choice & comfort level.

Not being used for 2020 auditions
Junior Vocal Interval Sheets (revised 6/19)
4 examples will be selected for audition

2020-2021 Jr. CD Treble Clef Sheet

2020-2021 Jr. CD Bass Clef Sheet
Not being used for the 2020 Virtual Auditions
Sight-Reading
​Guidelines are now posted.

We will be using sight reading that is created using
the site, SightReading Factory.com.

The sight has published CDMMEA tabs to automatically set preferences to match our guidelines.

CDMMEA,
in working with Sight-Reading Factory, is now offering 20% off the yearly subscription price for all educators interested in creating an educator account.
email Steve (supmug@comcast.net), for the code.

Not being used for the 2020 Virtual Auditions
Junior Festival Scale Sheets
(updated 6/17/17)

String Scale Sheets
(with bowings)

Violin Scale Sheet

Viola Scale Sheet

'Cello Scale Sheet

String Bass Scale Sheet

Jazz Scale Sheets

All Jazz players must play from memory the jazz scale listed at the top of their jazz music, one major scale plus the appropriate chromatic scale. Jazz Rhythm does not play a chromatic scale. 
​There are no scale requirements for Jazz Drums 

Jazz Guitar Scales

Jazz Bass Scales

Jazz Piano Scales

Jazz Vibes Scales