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Oregon Trail Band Director Nomination & Recommendation Form

The 11th annual Oregon Trail Band sponsored by Doane University will be held Monday, January 8, 2018, at Gering High School Auditorium. There will be one band which will be conducted by Dr. Jay W. Gilbert. Fifteen schools participated last year, and we hope you will consider joining us this year. We thank Randy Raines for his willingness to host this event at Gering High School.

This year the directors have commission Jay to write a piece celebrating ten years of the Oregon Trail Band. Jay has composed two pieces for the OTB. The first is a fully instrumentated band composition titled: Scenes from The Red Badge of Courage, a book by Stephen Crane. The second is a reduced instrumentation work titled: Walking Tune. If you would like to participate in the consortium, please contact Randy Raines at Gering High School. 

SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 2018

9:15 a.m. Registration (coffee and doughnuts for attending band directors)
9:30 a.m. Meeting
9:45 a.m. Sectionals – woodwinds, brass, and percussion
10:45 a.m. Rehearsals begin
11:30 a.m. Break
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Rehearsals resume
4:00 p.m. Break (change clothes)
5:00 p.m. Final concert 

Oregon Trail Band Schedule [PDF]

Oregon Trail Band Evaluation Rubric [PDF]

Please collect the student information forms and complete your nominations and recommendations by Tuesday, November 21, 2017.

Director Name *
First
Last
Student Name *
First
Last
Student email addresses will be used to send music and communicate about the Oregon Trail Band.
Please provide the name and phone number of the person you wish to be contacted in case of emergency.
Of all the students who have applied how would you rank this student, with 1 being your top choice.

Please refer to the OTB Student Evaluation Rubric when assigning the rating for the following questions. (If this is a percussionist, please skip to the percussion questions below.)

Consulting at the Evaluation Rubric rate the students: Tone Quality
Consulting at the Evaluation Rubric rate the students: Technique
Looking at the Evaluation Rubric rate the students: Range
Looking at the Evaluation Rubric rate the students: Musicality
Looking at the Evaluation Rubric rate the students: Sight Reading Ability
Percussion Questions
Looking at the Evaluation Rubric rate the students: Musicality
Looking at the Evaluation Rubric rate the students: Sight Reading Ability

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