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COMPETITION DETAILS

Denver Percussion – Fall 2020 Virtual Band Competition


 

  • Who: High School & Middle School Band Programs in Colorado and Wyoming

  • When: Fall 2020 (Now – November 6, 2020) – All competitions are by video upload

  • What: Concert and/or marching band as allowed by your district.

  • Why: To keep kids engaged and give them a goal to look forward to, while still promoting musicianship and fun.

  • Cost: $100 per ensemble, no limit on number of ensembles from each school.

  • How: Band directors will form groups of any size to compete in a virtual band competition for the fall of 2020. Groups will perform one or more pieces for a minimum of 4 minutes but no more than 8 total minutes of music (total video length must be less than 10 minutes). Bands may compete with or without visual scoring.

Classifications:

There will be four band classifications for this competition.

Middle School: Open for all middle school band programs. Middle school programs will have one competition date only (November 6, 2020) to allow the most time for the band(s) to prepare. Scoring criteria will be announced soon but will be based on standard practices by educational organizations such as CHSAA and CMEA. Note, advanced middle school programs may choose to compete in the high school levels.

High School Beginning: Open for all high school band programs that are playing grade 2 average level music. Bands may compete in a concert style or marching style (with or without visual score). Scoring criteria will be announced soon but will be based on standard practices by educational organizations CBA and CHSAA based on concert or marching performances.

High School Intermediate: Open for all high school band programs that are playing grade 3 average level music. Bands may compete in a concert style or marching style (with or without visual score). Scoring criteria will be announced soon but will be based on standard practices by educational organizations CBA and CHSAA based on concert or marching performances.

High School Advanced: Open for all high school band programs that are playing grade 4+ average level music. Bands may compete in a concert style or marching style (with or without visual score). Scoring criteria will be announced soon but will be based on standard practices by educational organizations CBA and CHSAA based on concert or marching performances.


 

Competition Dates (videos must be submitted by 11:59pm MST):
Bands may choose to submit the final performance video before the final round date.

Round One - optional (High Schools only): September 25, 2020

Round Two – optional (High Schools only): October 16, 2020

Final Round (All ensembles): November 6, 2020

How to Submit:


Single file video submissions should be of high quality (HD1080 recommended), from one fixed camera positioned to see the entire group. Note that the video may be comprised of a single take of the entire performance or mixed takes of individual pieces to allow for cleaning/sanitation between pieces. Stereo audio provided on the video should be of exceptionally good quality, and multichannel audio mixing (close micing) is allowed. Groups that do not have multichannel mixing capability may use a single stereo microphone. Please contact Denver Percussion with questions or for assistance in video and audio recording as needed. We recommend you do a few dry runs of your video/audio work prior to the actual submission deadlines!

All videos will be uploaded through a DropBox.com or similar link supplied by Denver Percussion. These links are time restricted, and late uploads will not be accepted. Failure to upload a video will result in a score of N/V (no video). Videos are large files and will take quite a bit of time to upload. Do not wait until the last minute to upload your video!


 

Other rules:

All students will be required to have a parental (and/or student release for students over 18) for video recording and use. Denver Percussion requires all groups to have these releases filed before the first video submission for all students in the performing ensemble. Denver Percussion may promote any ensemble on its YouTube page to showcase the great things going on in Colorado.

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