District 1 MS/HS Honor Band

Students apply for membership to the OMEA district 1 middle school and high school honor band. The two groups are rehearsed by guest conductors and perform a concert for the general public.This is the first of two days of rehearsal. The concert will be on Feb 1 at 7:00pm.dkays@pps.net

Southern Oregon University Percussion Festival

The second annual SOU Percussion Festival features student soloists and ensembles from southern Oregon middle and high schools performing throughout the day and receiving coaching from adjudicators Bryan Jeffs, Terry Longshore, and Ivan Trevino.Terry Longshore, DMAlongshore@sou.edu 541.552.6548longshore@sou.edu

West Salem High School Jazz Festival

Greetings Fellow Educators! We would like to invite you to join us for the Eighth Annual West Salem High School Jazz Festival, which will be held on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at West Salem High School in Salem. We are very pleased to announce that our guest artist for this year’s festival is Yamaha Performing…

Left Edge Percussion Composition Contest Deadline

Left Edge Percussion, ensemble in residence at the Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University, seeks submissions for our 2019–20 Composition Competition. The winning work will be selected by its innovative compositional language and use of the percussion quartet–sextet in an inventive style, clear and professional score-writing (handwritten or computer-generated scores are acceptable),…

District 12 Solo/Ensemble

Solo/Ensemble Festival for District 12Julie Bounds sheldonhsband@gmail.comChris Holt christopher.holt@springfield.k12.or.us