St. Louis Suburban Music Educators Association

NEWS and INFORMATION:

All 2017-18 Honor Group Information will be posted by September 1, 2017. Please click the honor ensembles tab above to download the information.

DO NOT register any students for district band, orchestra, and choir auditions at this time. The online database will be cleared and updated to prepare for new data.

Registration will open on September 25, 2017 for most groups. WAIT until you receive the all-clear to enter new data for the 2017-18 school year. If you enter data before you have received the ALL-CLEAR, your data will be ERASED and not recorded. Wait for the “Registration Open” announcement.

REMINDER OF FEES FOR 2017-18:

HIGH SCHOOL HONOR GROUP INFORMATION – Band – Orchestra - Choir:

All students auditioning or participating in a high school honor group which includes the band, jazz band, orchestra, and choir will pay a fee of $10.00 per audition. If no audition is required, they will pay a $10.00 participation fee per student. Checks should be made payable to SLSMEA.

HIGH SCHOOL - SOLO AND ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL

Schools will pay this fee directly to MSHSAA. The fees are $12.00 per solo and $15.00 per ensemble. There will be no cancellation fee. Checks should be made payable to MSHSAA.

MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR GROUP INFORMATION – Band – Orchestra - Choir:

All students auditioning or participating in a middle school honor group which includes the band, jazz band, orchestra, and choir will pay a fee of $10.00 per audition. If no audition is required, they will pay a $10.00 participation fee per student. Checks should be made payable to SLSMEA.

MIDDLE SCHOOL - SOLO AND ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL

Schools will pay $12.00 per entry. Schools will pay this fee directly to SLSMEA. There will be no cancellation fee. Checks should be made payable to SLSMEA.

LARGE GROUP FESTIVAL

HIGH SCHOOL - $75.00 per entry. Schools will pay this fee directly to MSHSAA. There will be no cancellation fee.

MIDDLE SCHOOL - EducationPlus will pay this fee. Cancellation fees will apply if necessary.

Elementary 5/6 Honor Choir

A $25.00 per school (not per singer) fee to help pay the expenses. Checks should be made payable to SLSMEA.

MOASTA-Missouri String Teachers Association MOACDA-Missouri Choral Directors Association

ACDA-American Choral Directors Association JAZZ-Missouri Jazz Website PAS-Percussive Arts Society

PAS - Missouri Chapter - Percussive Arts Society MENC-Music Educators National Conference

MSHSAA-Missouri State High School Activities Association Contact Webmaster

Update your contact information:

Click on the link and update your contact information. This is the contact information we will use to email the latest from SLSMEA.

Here's the link:

Directory Form

CONGRATULATIONS:

Congratulations to the following SLSMEA performing groups who were selected to perform at the MMEA Conference in January 2018:

Wildwood Middle School Concert Band, Neil Hershey

Mehlville High School Symphonic Band, Tony Brown

Rockwood Summit High School Symphonic Band, Joseph W. Padawan

Pattonville Heights Middle School Concert Choir, Tracy Baker

Parkway Central High School Standard Time Vocal Jazz, Ben Silvermintz

Clayton High School Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Henderson

Rockwood Summit High School Symphonic Orchestra, John Mazar

Kirkwood High School Woodwind Chamber Ensemble, Rebecca Friesen

MS Solo/Ensemble Ratings Website 2018:

This year at the MS Solo and Ensemble Festival at Holman M.S. on April 14, 2018, we will have the mobile ratings website.

Listed below are the URL's for the specific devices you may have.

URL for regular laptops and android devices. This URL will work on iOS as well if needed.

http://fms.slsmea.org/ratings/home.php

URL for iOS Apple Devices Only

http://fms.slsmea.org/ratingsios/home.php