Materials must be postmarked by: 04/15/2011

50th Anniversary PAS Marimba Orchestra to perform at PASIC 2011 on Friday, November 11

Download an application form here.

Purpose: In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Percussive Arts Society, 50 college student marimba artists will be selected to perform in the 50th Anniversary PAS Marimba Orchestra at PASIC 2011.

Eligibility and Audition Requirements: College students who are enrolled full time and are current Percussive Arts Society members are eligible to audition. Selected participants are responsible for all financial commitments (room, board, travel).

Those selected will also be responsible for transporting a tuned (A442) marimba for the performance as well as storage of their marimba until move-in on Friday morning (November 11) and immediately after the concert.

Audition Procedures: Submit a DVD of the required audition material and a completed application form. Audition materials must be postmarked by 4/15/2011. The DVD should be a continuous, unedited, single camera video of all pieces performed in succession that contains the audition material available from the PAS website. All complete applications will be evaluated by a panel of judges.

Audition music
1.) Carmen, Page 1
2.) Pilgrim’s Chorus, Pages 1 and 2
3.) Bolero, from Letter E to the end (including the D.C. al Coda, no repeats on the D.C.)

DVD Submission Guidelines:
Please strictly adhere to the following video submission guidelines:
• DVD should be clearly marked with applicant’s name
• The preferred video format is mp4, although the following formats will be accepted: mp4, 3g2, 3gp, 3gp2, 3gpp, asf, asx, avi, divx, mts, m2t, m2ts, m2v, m4v, mkv, mov, mp4, mpe, mpeg, mpg, ogg and wmv
• Do not create any menu options as offered on many DVD creation software programs
• Application will be immediately discarded if DVD video format does not follow these guidelines

Video resolution:
640x480 for standard definition is 4:3 video
853x480 for widescreen DV and 1280x720 for high definition

Download an application form here.