Zone 10

NYSSMA Zone 10 Representative

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Meghan Cabral

(c) 201-317-8285
zone10@nyssma.org

PARENTS… Please contact your teacher with all questions, first.

Please do not contact the festival hosts directly. 

All parent questions should be sent through your school music teacher or to the Zone Rep at zone10@nyssma.org

Presidents of Affiliated Counties

ZONE 10 NYSSMA FESTIVALS DATES

Solo and Ensemble Festivals– 2020 Dates Teachers must register at SoloChair.com.
All-State applications it is CRUCIAL that ALL of the Chair receive the All-State applications 6 weeks BEFORE the festival
Date	Appl. Deadline	Location	Chairperson
April 24 – 25, 2020 North Solo Festival (ASE, Piano) *note – NO JAZZ	March 13th	Chatham NY	Samantha McShane mcshanes@chatham.k12.ny.us
May 1 – 2, 2020 Central Solo Fest (ASE, Piano, All Jazz)	March 20th	Arlington HS	Rich Guillen  rguillen@acsdny.org
May 8- 9 South Solo Fest (ASE, Piano)  *note – NO JAZZ	March 27th	John Jay HS Wappingers Falls, NY	Gina Stephens gina.stephens@wcsdny.org

Zone 10 News (Updated July 1st, 2019)

New Manual

There is a new edition of the NYSSMA manual beginning the July of 2018.
Be sure that you are using the new edition when you select your solos. The issues with the last manual have all been corrected. It looks great!

Solo Festival Assignments — register at SoloChair.com.

ALL JAZZ SOLOS MUST BE PERFORMED @ Carmel, GFMS.
       This includes ALL All-State Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Regular Jazz & Drum Set.

Suggested Sites

North Site: all of Columbia County and northern Dutchess

Central Site:  all  of Arlington and Greater Poughkeepsie Area  including Private Schools

South Site: all of Putnam county and Beacon 

Having 3 sites makes hosting less work, cuts down on lengthy travel time, and gives us more flexibility. Teachers assigned to the old North/South sites (LaGrange/Putnam Valley) must contact the host and me if they would like to change sites. Although the NYSSMA manual states that schools may register at any site, zones do have the option of assigning districts to sites. Most requests will be considered as long as the host can accommodate your numbers.Rules for Private School and Home School Students

• Private school students who attend a K-12 private school are eligible to attend solo festival, Area All-State, and All-State as long as their private school has paid its NYSSMA Member School Participation Fee. They must register through their private school.
• Private school students who attend a private school which does not offer a HS diploma (i.e. a K-8 school) may attend solo festival if they register through their public school district. It is the public school teacher’s choice whether to register them or not.
• Home school students may attend solo festival if they register through the public school district in which they reside. It is the public school teacher’s choice whether to register them or not.
• Home school students may not apply for All-State or Area All-State. The applications clearly state, “Applicant must attend a NYSSMA Member New York State School.”