Eligibility Requirements

• Qualifying performance of Division I - Excellent at District Festival

• It is expected that the choir will consist of the same members who performed at District Choir Festival.  

Registration and Payment

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Registration Instructions

Fees are $195 per choir.  Fees for the UP are $100. Fees are non-refundable.

Deadline for registration and payment is March 27, 2023.

Payment can be made by:

• School, booster, or director’s personal check payable to MSVMA

• Credit card on the scheduling website or by calling 231.592.9344

• Purchase order submitted by the postmark deadline
  
  

Your events will not be scheduled unless your signed invoice with payment or PO postmarked by the deadline is received. If the PO payment has not been received by the first day of the festival, your events will not perform. 

Fees are non-refundable. Returned checks are subject to a $15 fee. Late registration will be available for seven days after the deadline and will require an additional $50 per event fee that must be paid by credit card.

Invoices and checks for fees payable to MSVMA should be mailed to:

MSMVA

P.O. Box 1131

Big Rapids, MI  49307

For registration questions, contact State Events Scheduling Coordinator Julia Holt or Director of State Events Kathy Cunningham.

Repertoire

• For HS events, each choir must perform three selections. District Choral Festival literature requirements apply.
• For JH/MS events, each choir must perform two selections and may opt to perform three.
• For HS events only, one selection must be unaccompanied, but may include non-pitched percussion or body percussion.
• Popular show tunes, vocal jazz, barbershop, minstrel songs or novelty selections are not to be used. 
• Choreography is not allowed. However, artful staging and appropriate choral movement that reflect performance practice of the genre is allowed.

Festival Performance of Original Arrangements

• All copyright laws will apply.  This includes use of copyrighted texts.
• In order to perform an arrangement of a copyrighted piece, you must have written permission that includes all pertinent information.
• Adjudicators are required to provide written comment regarding the quality of literature using the rubric.
• All other MSVMA Festival literature requirements apply.

Performance

• There is no Sight Reading at State Choral Festival.
• State Festival participation includes three components: warm-up, performance and clinic.
• Each component is allocated 15 minutes which includes the time needed to enter and exit the warm-up room, stage or clinic room. Choirs that exceed this time in any of the components may be stopped. 
• Every attempt will be made to honor performance date and time requests. Schools sending multiple groups cannot be assured of having them scheduled on the same day. 
• Choirs may be scheduled to sing from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Accompanists must have original copies of selections.
  
• Choirs must provide one original score of the selections with measures numbered for each of the four adjudicators. Failure to do so will result in a No Final Determination rating.
• Any changes in the literature must be submitted through the online scheduler seven days prior to the first day of the Festival. Changes in repertoire after this date will result in a No Final Determination rating.

State Choral Festivals Documents

2023 State Choral Festival Invite

State HS Choral Performance Rubric