District Music Contest

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Details about District Music Contest and Piano Soloist Contest

THURSDAY, APRIL 21 – Chamber Orchestra Strings
  1. We will meet at MNHS, orchestra room at 7:00 PM to load the buses.  We must leave by 7:10 p.m.
  2. We will arrive at Ralston High School (8969 Park Dr. Ralston, NE) by 7:30 p.m.; leave instruments in the homeroom. 
  3. We will watch Millard South (8:15 p.m.) perform.  After that, we will go tune our instruments in the home room.  *BRING YOUR TUNER/TUNING APP.
  4. Our warm-up time is 9:20 P.M. in the band room and our performance time is 9:45 p.m. in the auditorium.
  5. We will load the bus after we perform and return to MNHS around 10:45 p.m.
  • ALL STUDENTS MUST RIDE THE BUS.  If you need to arrive from or leave for an activity before/after we perform, Mrs. Martinez needs an email or note from your parent and you will need to provide your own transportation.  
  • This is a required, graded, activity for first hour Symphony Orchestra students.  Because Music does not have a state-level competition, District Music Contest is our activity’s equivalent of State!
THURSDAY, APRIL 21 – Piano Soloists
  • Arrive at Ralston High School (8969 Park Dr. Ralston, NE) 20 minutes prior to your performance time.
  • Bring a clean, original score marked with measure numbers.  If your piece is not memorized, you will need to bring an original part to play from as well.   
  • Check in at the registration table. 
  • Your warm-up space is in a practice room; performance space is The Library. 
  • Your judge is Stacie Hainline (UNO Collaborative Piano Professor).

8:15  PM Luke Eckles (warm-up at 7:55 PM in practice room)

8:21 PM Manognya Muktineni (warm-up at 8:01 in practice room)

When finished, you can stick around and wait for scores to be posted, otherwise you are free to leave right after you perform (except Manognya – join your friends in the orchestra homeroom)!