All State Ensemble

Conductors of 2008 All-State Groups

• All-State Jazz Band – not yet selected
• All-State Chorus – Dr. James Rodde, Director of Choral Activities, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
• All-State Band –Quincy C. Hilliard, Composer in Residence, University of Louisiana, Lafayette
• All-State Orchestra - Louis Bergonzi, School of Music, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Repertoire

Chorus
Band
Jazz Band
Orchestra




Director’s Final Concert Tickets

Registration for this year’s NMEA In-service Conference/Clinic does NOT include a complimentary ticket to either final concert. No vouchers will be issued for exchange at the Lied Center box office. Rather, NMEA members who preregister for the conference before November 1 will receive a personalized ticket order form. That form must be returned to the Lied Center box office and the tickets will be sent to you by mail. The tickets for preregistered NMEA members will be offered at a discounted price of $6.00 each. Because of the high demand for concert tickets, NMEA members will only be able to purchase no more than two tickets to each concert during pre-sale. Additional tickets must be purchased from the box office when the tickets are offered to the general public. To take advantage of this offer, the NMEA member must be preregistered and must return the order form to the box office. All NMEA members not participating in this pre-sale must purchase tickets at the box office at the regular $12.00 rate. Anyone registering at the conference will be able to purchase concert tickets at the box office, if they are still available.

Parents' Tickets

A personalized ticket order from will be mailed directly to the home address of every student selected for an All-State ensemble. This order form will allow the family to order tickets before they are offered to the general public. If parents skip the pre-sale and order after the tickets go on sale to the general public, they may not get tickets. The chorus/jazz band concert is usually sold out and parents may be very disappointed. All order forms will be personalized with the student's name and an identification number. Orders received on duplicate order forms will NOT be filled.