High School and JH/MS State Choral Festival

State Choral Festival is an educational opportunity designed to encourage your students to develop their performance. You and your students will have the opportunity to hear some of the most advanced and accomplished choirs in Michigan. The adjudication team will provide assessment by nationally recognized master choral clinicians who are selected for their outstanding and engaging work with choirs. 

Eligibility Requirements

  • Qualifying performance of Division I - Excellent at District Festival
  • For the 2022-23 festival season, choirs must be at least 6 students.

    For the 2023-24 festival season, choirs must be at least 12 students.

    For the 2024-25 festival season and beyond, choirs must be at least 17 students. 

  • 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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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.

    Final Determination

    Final Determination will be assessed by totaling the final scores from the performance adjudicators. 

     Division I  Excellent 90 - 72
     Division II  Good 54 - 71
     Division III  Fair 53 - 36
     Division IV  Developing 35 - 18


    Director of State Events
    Kathy Cunningham
    kathycunningham@msvma.org

    Supervisor of State Choral Festivals
    Brian Leduc

    brianleduc@msvma.org 

    Central

    May 8-9, 2023

    Districts 1, 2, 3, 5 & 9 
    District 7 Montcalm County schools


    Amy Schroeder

    Festival Coordinator 

    amyschroeder@msvma.org


    Amon Eady

    Host


    Central Michigan University 

    1200 S Franklin St

    Mt Pleasant, MI 48859

    East
    April 24-26, 2023

    Districts 4 & 16

    Brian Leduc

    Festival Coordinator

    brianleduc@msvma.org 


    Catherine Lykins

    Host 


    Rochester High School 
    1361 Walton Blvd

    Rochester Hills, MI 48309

    South
    May 3-5, 2023

    Districts 8, 11, 12, & 15 and schools
    Berry and Ionia County schools (Districts 7 & 10)

    Brendan Closz

    Festival Coordinator

    brendanclosz@msvma.org 


    Jillian Burgam (Newton)

    Festival Coordinator

    jilliannewton@msvma.org

    Clayton Parr

    Host


    Albion College

    611 E Porter St,

    Albion, MI 49224

    UP
    April 14, 2023

    Districts 13 & 14


    Sheila Grazulis

    Festival Coordinator 

    sheilagrazulis@msvma.org


    Kristen Mowafy

    Host
    kristenmowafy@outlook.com

    St. Paul's Episcopal Church
    201 East Ridge Street
    Marquette, MI  49855

    West 

    May 5, 8, 9, 2023

    Districts 6, 7 & 10

    Pam Pierson

    Festival Coordinator

    pampierson@msvma.org


    Eric Reyes

    Host


    Hope College Music Department

    Jack Miller Center for Musical Arts

    221 Columbia Avenue

    Holland, MI 49423

                                                                                                      

    Michigan School Vocal Music Association

    P.O. Box 1131

    Big Rapids, MI 49307-1131

    (231) 592 - 9344

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