Verification Quiz - Preparing Your Ensemble for Adjudication

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* 1. Contact Information

First/Last Name

Job Title

School/District

Email Address for Certificate of Verification

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* 2. Which of these are reasons are why you should enter your ensemble for adjudication, according to Nola Jones? Please check all that apply. (20 pts)

It provides information on how our students perform in the skill sets we teach.

This process has been found to improve your students in reading and math scores.

It's just what good ensemble directors do.

You can use that information to guide future instruction.

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* 3. Which one below is NOT a recommendation Nola made for your ensemble to improve its intonation? (20 pts)

Pay attention to intonation in each rehearsal.

Convince your school to purchase separate tuning devices for every performing student.

Record your ensemble.

Teach with awareness of pitch tendencies.

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* 4. Nola stressed the following when considering all of the common judging criteria. (20 pts)

The criteria of musicality and expression are far more important than the others.

Find a composer that covers the criteria you want to focus on and play pieces from that composer each year for adjudication.

Judges typically will focus on certain criteria more than others.

All of the judging criteria are interrelated.

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* 5. Which were points made by Nola? Please select all that apply. (20 pts)

So many of these “Fundamental Technique” criteria items are an “outgrowth” from proper teaching DAY 1 as beginners.

To teach good tone quality, the “audiation process” can really make a difference, playing great recorded examples of tone quality for students.

Check with a trusted friend who performed the day before to find out who the "easy" judges are.

Be cautious not to spend too much time in your daily warm-up.

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* 6. In Nola's final wrap-up comments, which comment was NOT made? (20 pts)

Branch out from your music room and get to know adminstrators and other teachers in your building.

Recording your ensemble, audio and video, is valuable.

Give a recording of your ensemble to a music educator that you trust for critique.

Don't be afraid to invite a guest or clinician to a rehearsal.

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