*Please visit the school website for the actual entry forms!!!!

SAA Music & Arts Festival 2014: “When you believe!”
When: Saturday, May 17th, 2014 Where: All events will be held at Syracuse Arts Academy, Syracuse UT
What: There are several events associated with our school’s festival this year: (May 17th, 2014)
*1:00-4:00 pm- Adjudications for Solo and Ensemble music festival competition and visual art entries. (Jr. high building)
*5:20-6:20 pm- Viewing of visual art competition entries. (Elementary & Jr. High Gyms)
*6:30-8:00 pm- Music & Arts Award ceremony and concert. (Jr. High Auditorium)
Who can participate?
-Music Solo & Ensemble Competition: 1st-9th grades
-Visual Art competition- K-9th grades
-Awards Ceremony & Concert-
*All elementary kids have the opportunity to participate in a group musical number.
*Jr. High band, choir and selected 5th & 6th grades students will perform in a combined number.
*Judges will select superior performances to perform in the concert.
Music Festival Performing Art Information & Rules 2014:
* All Music Festival Participants must turn in an entry form, which can be accessed and printed via the school website at www.syracuseartsacademy.org, music & art teachers blogs, or school offices. There is a $10 participation fee for the first entry and $5 for any additional entries, whether art or music.
Approved Instruments:
Percussion, brass, winds, vocal, piano, & strings (includes guitar).
- Solos, duets, or ensembles.
(Ensembles not to exceed 8 people.)
Approved Genres:
*Classical, jazz, contemporary, pop, musical theatre, original composition, original arrangement, & jazz improvisation.
*All musical performances should be quality in nature and memorized with the exception of brass, winds, duets and ensembles.
Performing Arts Rules:
1. All entrants will be assigned a specific time to perform their selection for a professional musician in their specific area of competition.
2. All performances should be “family friendly.” Lyrics should be free of vulgarity or profanity.
3.Times will be assigned after applications are received.
4. Selections should not be longer than six minutes or the participant will be penalized.
5. Participants must have the original music for their adjudication. No photo copied music, unless proof is provided of permission to copy. Exception: original compositions, original arrangements, & jazz improvisation. Students do not need to have their original music notated in order to enter their original arrangements, or original compositions into the festival.
6. Music measures should be numbered before giving music to the judge.
7. All solos should be memorized. Exception: brass and wind instruments or duets and ensembles.
8. Selections should be “quality” in nature and performance worthy.
9. Participants must provide their own accompanist if needed. Digital pianos will be placed in adjudication rooms for the use of accompanists. Vocal participants may bring an iPod, iPhone, or ipad with music accompaniment on it.
(Tech crew will be available during adjudications to help set up music for vocal participants.)
10. Students may enter a maximum of three entries in the music or performing arts area. Each entry must be a different genre or instrument and should support the festival theme. (For example, a student may not enter three classical pieces on the same instrument. They may however enter three pieces that are different genres on the same instrument, or same genre on different instruments.)
11. Students may enter three music entries and three visual art entries for a maximum of six entries into the festival.
12. Music Festival winners will be chosen from each grade division and genre. The winners must have a “superior” rating in their adjudication in order to receive a trophy and perform in the festival awards ceremony. If chosen as a festival winner, they must be present and ready to perform at the concert, on May 17th at 6:30 pm, SAA Jr. High auditorium.
Visual Art Entry Information & Rules 2014:
*All Art Festival Participants must turn in an entry form, which can be accessed and printed via the school website at www.syracuseartsacademy.org, music & art teachers blogs, or school offices. There is a $10 participation fee for the first entry and $5 for any additional entries, whether art or music.
Theme: “When you believe!”
When do I submit my artwork? All artwork must be turned into the school on Friday May16th, between 1:00-2:30 pm to the Jr. High gymnasium. Artwork not received by May 16th, at 2:30 pm will not be entered into the festival.
What types of visual art can I submit?
*Illustrated literature (small storybook, essay, comic book), sculptures, painting, drawing, pottery, ceramics, collage, photographic collage, photography (black & white & color), punch work, metal etching, fiber work, computer–generated digital art, and glass art, multi-medium art, and jewelry
Visual Art Entry Rules 2014:
1.There is a maximum of three visual art entries per student.
2. All entries should be the original work of one student. (Parents and teachers can guide but should not be involved in creating the art piece itself.)
3. If artwork is a copy of an original, participant must give credit to and provide name of original artist.
(Please see Mr. Schroeder’s blog for copyright laws.)
4. Entries from the same student must be in different areas of visual art.
5. All work must be “family-friendly.” No vulgarity, profanity or inappropriate images. “I express myself with respect.”
6. Students’ artwork should support the 2014 festival theme: “When you believe.”
7. Visual art entries must be turned in at Jr. High gymnasium, on May 16th, 2014, between 1:00- 2:30 pm.
(Art received after this day and time will not be entered in the festival.)
8. An “Artist Description” form must be securely attached to your art entry before turning it in. (These can be printed from the music and art teachers blogs, school website, or a hard copy can be received from both school offices.)
9.Make sure everything is secured to your entry when you turn it in.
(The festival committee and teachers will not be responsible for things falling off or coming loose.)
10. No hazardous materials of any kind. No sharp edges.
11. No art pieces resembling weapons or dangerous materials.
12. No art work suggesting racial attitudes or agendas. “I express myself with respect”
13. No frames. Mounted or matted preferred.
14. Art festival winners will be chosen from each grade division within the multiple styles. The winners must have a judges “superior in show” their adjudication in order to receive a winner’s ribbon and be honored in the festival awards ceremony. If chosen as a festival winner, they must be present at the concert, on May 17th at 6:30 pm, SAA Jr. High auditorium to receive their award.
15. All festival art pieces must be collected and taken home by the artists between 6:20-8:30 pm, with the exception of art festival winners. If chosen as a festival winner, please turn your art piece into the small ticket office in the foyer of the Jr. High, at the end of the festival. Winning art will be kept in nice condition for further viewing opportunities. After these events conclude, art will be returned to the student.
What types of materials can I use?
No hazardous chemicals or materials of any kind. No sharp edges. No frames. Mounted or matted preferred.
What dimensions should my project be?
*2D art should be no larger than 16 in x20 in. *3D art should be no larger than 12 inches in any dimension. There is a 25lb. weight limit on all art.
How are entries judged?
Entries are judged primarily on quality and creativity of the artwork and how well the student uses his or her artistic vision to portray the theme. They will not be judged based on presentation (i.e. expensive mounts or mats