NCBA Eastern District
The North Carolina Bandmasters Association (NCBA)
Concert Band Music Performance Adjudication will:
- Provide a performance opportunity for students and directors that offers a critical assessment of the quality of their performances by highly qualified experts in band performance.
- Encourage participation in the only state-sanctioned event that provides a summative, standards-based assessment, designed to measure student performance as related to the goals, objectives, and grade-level competencies specified in the North Carolina Standard
Course of Study.
- Provide the opportunity for students and directors to perform for and learn from their peers in a formal concert venue.
- Provide a model that connects quality preparation with quality performance and supports the continued musical growth of students and directors
Concert Band Music Performance Adjudication will:
- Provide a performance opportunity for students and directors that offers a critical assessment of the quality of their performances by highly qualified experts in band performance.
- Encourage participation in the only state-sanctioned event that provides a summative, standards-based assessment, designed to measure student performance as related to the goals, objectives, and grade-level competencies specified in the North Carolina Standard
Course of Study.
- Provide the opportunity for students and directors to perform for and learn from their peers in a formal concert venue.
- Provide a model that connects quality preparation with quality performance and supports the continued musical growth of students and directors
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The Eastern District has three locations for MPA due to
size of the district. See below for your assigned location. North Site Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Edenton-Chowan, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Hallifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Nash, Northhampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrell, Washington, Wilson Central Site
Carteret, Craven, Jones, Lenoir, Pamilco, Wayne South Site New Hanover, Onslow, Pender |
MPA Dates |
*Updates
•You may only have five students playing the same instrument across multiple bands.
• Ensure your music selections are on the approved list.
• Music must be chosen from the same grade level or two adjacent grade levels.
• There are updates to the sight-reading music.
• During sight reading, directors will now be allowed to look at the score earlier.
• Changes have been made regarding who is permitted in the sight-reading room.
* Review the full details on the website to ensure compliance*
•You may only have five students playing the same instrument across multiple bands.
• Ensure your music selections are on the approved list.
• Music must be chosen from the same grade level or two adjacent grade levels.
• There are updates to the sight-reading music.
• During sight reading, directors will now be allowed to look at the score earlier.
• Changes have been made regarding who is permitted in the sight-reading room.
* Review the full details on the website to ensure compliance*
Students and Parents: Eligibility requirements for student events in the elementary, middle, and high school grade level are set by each NCMEA member section (Band, Choral, Jazz, and Orchestra). NCMEA supports each member section’s autonomy when setting criteria for participation in student events. Please refer to each section’s webpage for additional information.
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