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NJMEA Honors Guitar Ensemble Audition E Melodic Minor Scale Edited by Matthew S. Ablan Ê # & c  0 1 2 4 1 œ œ œ œ m i i ‰ m 3 ‚ · œ œ œ #œ #œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 4 3 „ 1 œ # œ #œ œ 2 4 1 3 1 2 1 4 1 3 4 simile · ‚ „ ‰ Â Ê 6 #œ œ nœ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ # œ œ œ œ & nœ n œ œ œ œ œ ˙ 3 4 4 2 1 4 2 1 3 1 4 3 1 4 3 1 4 2 1 4 2 1 0 2017 NJMEA Honors Guitar Ensemble Auditions: February 11, 2017 at The College of New Jersey (Music Dept.), 2000 Pennington Rd., Ewing, NJ 08628 Ewing, NJ 9:00-1:00 pm (snow date Sunday, Feb. 12th @ Bergen Academy 12:00-3:00 pm) Audition Requirements for students in grades 9-12 Set Piece: II of Two Lullabies by Kevin J. Cope Scale Requirement: E Melodic Minor Ensemble Excerpt: May be downloaded from: http://njmea.org/classroom/guitar-in-the-music-classroom/ Sight Reading at the audition. Students will be judged on a point system for correct notes and rhythms, tone quality, musicality: dynamics, phrasing, interpretation and overall quality of preparation for prepared piece, ensemble excerpt, scale and sight reading. Rehearsal 1: April 1, 2017 from 9:00-12:00 pm at Location TBA ( snow date, Location TBA, April 2nd from 4:00 -7:00 pm) Rehearsal 2: April 29, 2017 from 9:00-12:00 pm at Location TBA. Rehearsal 3: May 6, 2017 at The College of New Jersey (Music Dept.), 2000 Pennington Rd., Ewing, NJ 08628 Ewing, NJ 11:00-11:45 am. Performance May 6, 2017 @ TCNJ (no snow date) Ensemble Performance 12:00 pm Student Showcase 12:30 pm Guest Artist 1:00 pm Audition Fee for NJMEA : $10(non refundable) Participation Fee (if selected): $50.00 Personnel: Loren C. Fortna, conductor NJMEA Guitar Festival Directors: Thomas Amoriello & Keith Calmes Thank you to Kevin J. Cope for providing the set piece for the audition. TEMPO 76 OCTOBER 2016