CMEA Bay Section News:

• Congratulations to this years CMEA Bay Section Award Winners. Please go to our Bay Section Award page for the list of winnter.

Special Interest Links:

• Tempo (Vol. 44) has arrived. CLICK HERE or the Tempo Tab to see the digital version.

Hosting a Festival...

Here are some of the documents you will need:

Large Ensemble Festival Site Host Contract

Solo & Ensemble Festival Site Host Contract

Check Request Form (PDF)

Check Request Form (Excel)

Medals Request Form (PDF)

Registering your ensembles for 2012 festival season...

After some thoughtfull discussion, the bay section board voted to change some of the Solo Chair registration dates for next year. Since you are all probably finishing your yearly calendars for 2011-2012, be sure to note the following opening and closing dates:

Large Group Festival Registration (In Area): September 8, 2011 (5:00 AM pacific time)

Large Group Festival Registration (Out of Area): September 15, 2011 (5:00 AM pacific time)

Solo & Ensemble Registration OPEN: October 3, 2011 (5:00 AM pacific time)

Solo & Ensemble Registration CLOSING: December 15, 2011 

• If you have specific questions about solo chair dates and processes, please contact Rita Zigas-Brown at rzigas@wcsd.k12.ca.us for Large Group questions and Greg Conway at gconway@musicathopkins.com for Solo & Ensemble questions.

The website has been revamped to be more user friendly for finding out information regarding the annual conference, documents & forms, dates of festivals, and contact information for board members. Two new webpages have been updated and added to our site! Please check out the Bay Section Awards and Past Presidents pages. The CMEA Bay Section Handbook has been updated. If you didn't recieve it in the mail, please feel free to download it here.