THE
FIRST ANNUAL MINGUS HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION
February 22, 2009
& 3-Day Mingus Summit February 20-22, 2009
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC New York City (Complete schedule for the weekend.)pdf
Presented by Justin DiCioccio at the Manhattan
School of Music and Sue Mingus of Let My Children Hear
Music (The Charles Mingus Institute.)
Conductor and composer Gunther Schuller and musicians from
the Mingus repertory bands including Conrad Herwig, Vincent
Herring, Donny McCaslin, and Boris Kozlov, adjudicated and
performed during the summit.
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation provided music charts
to participants.
2008/2009 was
open to high schools in the entire Northeast, including: Connecticut,
Delaware, District of Columbia, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, and Vermont. Click
on the Application link above for more information, FAQ, etc.
The 2010
Competition will be open to all high schools nationwide.
VIDEO
HIGHLIGHT REEL
(tv coverage, bands playing, the band director's comments,
brief awards, Mingus Dynasty performance, Mingus Big Band
Performance, high school Mingus clinic)
SLIDESHOW
FROM THE COMPETITION
Rehearsal and Preparation, Combo Competition, Big Band Competition,
MSM band, Mingus Dynasty. (Photos by Brian Hatton, MSM)
As stated on the application, you will select 3 charts from
the following 4 categories, only 1 per category. Either Simply
Mingus or the original Mingus Big Band orchestration (in
bold) is fine for performance. More audio files and
score samples will be posted here shortly to assist selection
for application.
(NOTE: You are not locked in to performing the exact selections
you make on the application. If you already own a chart listed,
you may select another to try out, or you may later purchase
another chart to perform. But your recorded entry must be
3 charts from this list, one from each category.)
COMBOS: you will receive
a packet of ALL of the following Mingus lead sheets, from
which you will select 3 to arrange and perform. Please vary
your selections by tempo, keys, and moods to make your experience
more musically rewarding and to demonstrate your ensemble's
range. More audio files will be posted here shortly to assist
selection for the competition.
