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Delivery of SmartMusic has begun. Due to demand we have had to order additional student copies, but all requests should be answered by the end of next week.

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Complete new information for the 2010 Season of Saskatchewan's Provincial Honour Choir and Saskatchewan's Provincial Honour Band is here. (Audition requirements follow button at bottom)

Honour Groups 2010 Update! March 14

If you have missed the March 1st deadline regarding SmartMusic for yourselves and/or your top students, there's still time to contact the 2010 HGroups coordinators! We have placed about 150 student SmartMusic subscriptions so far, and have a limited number still available.

Virtually all Choral conductors (who use a computer for WWW can experiment (and use) SmartMusic with a SmartMusic mic/headset. [contact Tracy Oddan (Choir Coordinator) OddanT@spsd.sk.ca if you would like to receive the Choral package for 2010.]

Private teachers who are interested in "studio placement" of a SmartMusic student subscription, and who have HS private instrumental students, can request a free student subscription too... this (hopefully) promotes several students having access with only one node. SMEA is seeking
out the most skilled players who are in scope.

Alumni and past auditioners will soon receive a complimentary "home" student subscription which is fully functional. A comprehensive list will be posted and updated so Parents and "home school" can also try SmartMusic. (In some cases no "band" teacher or "school" connection may be available
to a student. Such students/parents can "self recommend" and that's expected. Simply download the infopak or contact Nick Fanner (Band Coordinator) nfanner@sasktel.net with the required registration information.

Due to the SJB South and imminent SJB North concerts being sucessful, we expect more "first time" parent contacts, so any questions you (parents) may have after reading our website can be answered. (This years grade 8's are "in-scope" for 2010 Honour Groups).
Parents are most likely to be the ones to "act" on this due to potential discontinuity between middle school and high school student tracking/response.

Band directors and choir directors who have not been contacted directly (there may be some!) and who are interested in the 2010 SmartMusic pilot should contact either the choir or band coordinator as appropriate.

AUDITION DEADLINE is April 15th. All audition material us available on this website. Auditions are "anonymized" before judging, and all auditions are scored by more than one judge.

(Students can audition even if they do not participate directly in the SmartMusic Pilot. In 2009, most auditions were received in MP3 format but not all. Auditions for 2010 can still be made via CD or cassette. Even students with computers which are offline can still find a right-sized
support effort from SMEAHonour Groups, with SmartMusic (HG 2010 repertoire) files delivered via CDROM.)

Contact SMEAHonour Groups Chair: Lenora Bells lenora.bells@saskatoonsymphony.org for further information on any aspect of SMEAHG 2010!

LATE NEWS: SHAW TV planning full scale concert video of Honour Groups 2010 CONCERT. Unless preempted by a sports championship, Shaw TV will be shooting a TV Concert Special of the concert. With that in mind, the 2010 Concert will be a gala affair!

Sincerely,
Lenora Bells

2010 Forms and info are here (2010HGinfopak.pdf)

Information is mirrored in NOTZ(print) and ENOTZ (pdf).

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Dates: November 4-6, 2010

Location: Marion Graham Collegiate, Saskatoon

BAND Conductor: Clinton Marshall, BAND Coordinator: Nick Fanner

CHOIR Conductor: Scott Leithead, CHOIR Coordinator: Tracy Oddan

TROUBLE? QUESTIONS? Contact Lenora Bells , 2010 Honour Groups CHAIR

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SMEA PROVINCIAL HONOUR GROUPS ARE SPONSORED IN PART BY SASKTEL

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Any questions or concerns? Contact me, Graeme Steen SMEAHG Registrar 2010.

November 4-6

$10 to be included with the audition form. DO NOT SEND CASH. Make cheques payable to:

Saskatchewan Music Educators Association