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Next year's repertoire posted
June 5, 2025
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Audition materials for the 2025-2026 school year have been posted. You can find senior information here and junior information here. As of today (June 5), the audition materials for senior and junior auditions have been updated and finalized. The senior saxophone and junior viola and bass materials have changed from when they were initially posted.
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The recipient of this year's MMEA-WD scholarship is Ceileigh Thomson from Westfield High School. She is going to be studying music education at UMass-Lowell. Congratulations Ceileigh!
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Here are dates for next year's auditions and festivals. All auditions will take place at the Catherine Dower Center for Performing Arts at Westfield State University. All festivals will take place at Minnechaug High School.
Senior Auditions: Saturday, November 8th
Senior Festival: Saturday, January 10th and Saturday, January 17th
Rehearsals 9:00-3:00 and concert at 3:00 on 1/17
Junior Auditions: Saturday, December 6th
Junior Festival: Saturday, February 28th and Saturday, March 7th
Rehearsals 9:00-3:00 and concert at 3:00 on 3/7
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Congratulations to all who participated in the Senior Festival! Concert recordings are now available for the Senior Festival at this link, and the Junior Festival at this link.
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If you attended at least ten hours of MMEA-WD events this year, you can receive PDPs for your time. Fill out this form by June 13 to receive your certificate.
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