What’s New?

Winner of FVA Scholarship for Music Education 2012

The winner of the Elaine McNamara Scholarship for Music Education in 2012 is Ashley Taylor, seen in the photo below. Ashley is currently a music education major at Palm Beach Atlantic University.

Ashley Taylor, Scholarship Winner 2012

Ashley Taylor (right), Scholarship Winner 2012

Winner of FVA Choral Composition Contest 2012

The winner of the FVA Choral Composition Contest in 2012 is Kelly Oakes, seen in the photo below. Congratulations, Kelly!

Kelly Oakes, Winner, 2012

Brad Franks presents Kelly Oakes with plaque at 2012 FMEA Convention

All State Schedule – Please Read

Directors, students, and parents– Do NOT follow the schedule for All State printed in the FMEA conference program. Instead, please follow the FVA published schedule found here.

View/Download All State Schedule

Men’s Choir Music and Rehearsal Notes

All members of the All State Men’s Choir (TTBB) are expected to have the clinician’s notes about solo passages. Also, much of the Men’s Choir sheet music must be printed from the PDFs provided here. See below to download each of these files:

2012 FVA All-State Choirs announced

The 2012 FVA All-State Choir seat assignments are now available for perusal.

The FMEA deadline to receive early registration price is November 15th. The deadline to pre-register for the FMEA Clinic-Conference is December 15th. The deadline to cancel hotel rooms is December 1st. Remember that you save money by registering early and avoid long waits at the convention! Find out more at flmusiced.org.

Thank you for all of your hard work, patience and support as we have worked out the kinks in this new process. Please give your District Chair feedback to bring to the meeting or e-mail comments and concerns to fvaallstate@gmail.com. A huge thank you to the 75 judges who spent many hours listening to the recordings! Also, a huge thank you to Josh Bula at the FMEA office for his tireless work on the computer end of this process.