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INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

due  JANUARY 17, 2025

# of NOMINATIONS
  • Teacher many nominate up to 10 students

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:: 5 juniors 

:: 5 seniors​

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  • Nominations are not tethered to specific specialties. You don't have to worry about keeping track of who you have nominated in any specific specialty.

​ARTISTIC SKILLS TO SHOWCASE

  • Performing

  • Composing/Arranging

  • Conducting

MUSIC STYLES

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  • CLASSICAL / Western, Early ::: Medieval to Romantic periods

  • CLASSICAL / Western, 20th/21st Century ::: Modernism and after

  • CLASSICAL / Avant-Garde

  • CLASSICAL / World ::: like, Andalusi, Carnatic, Didgeridoo, Gagaku, Gamelan, Griot, Guqin, Gugak, Hindustani, Korean Court Music, Jingju, Majori,  Maqam, Nhạc Tài Tá»­, Noh, Ottoman Classical, Pipa, Radif, Shamizen, Tajik Shashmaqam, Tarab, Umm Kulthum, Uzbeck Maqom

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  • POPS ::: like, Marching Band, Movie Scoring, Military Marches, Show Tunes

 

  • POPULAR / Alternative ::: like, Punk, Goth, Grunge, Metal, New Wave, etc.

  • POPULAR / Country ::: like, Bluegrass, Cajun Fiddle, Honky Tonk, Nashville Sound, Western

  • POPULAR / Electronic ::: like, Anime, EDM, House, Techno, Trance, Trip Hop

  • POPULAR / Funk

  • POPULAR / Hip Hop

  • POPULAR / Indie Folk and Singer-Songwriter

  • POPULAR / Pop and Rock

  • POPULAR / R&B and Soul

 

  • JAZZ / Early ::: like Dixieland, Ragtime, Swing

  • JAZZ / Modern, 1940s and beyond  ::: like Avant-Garde, Bebop, Big Band, Cool Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Free Jazz, Fusion, Hard Bop, Latin Jazz, Modal Jazz, Nu Jazz, Smooth Jazz

 

  • FOLK / American ::: like, Appalachian, Blues, Cajun, Gospel, Spirituals, Traditional Native American, Zydeco

 

  • FOLK and WORLD POP / African ::: like, Afrobeats, Bongo Flava, South African House, Nigerian Highlife, Soukous

  • FOLK and WORLD POP / Asian ::: like, Bollywood, C-Pop, J-Pop, K-Pop, V-Pop, etc.

  • FOLK and WORLD POP / Caribbean ::: like, Bélé,  Calypso, Dancehall, Reggae, Steelpan, Zouk

  • FOLK and WORLD POP / European Folk ::: like, Balkan, Bal-musette, Celtic, Germanic, Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Spanish

  • FOLK and WORLD POP / Latin ::: like, Banda, Bolero, Cumbia, Mariachi, Norteño, Flamenco, Mambo, Ranchera, Tejano

  • FOLK and WORLD POP / Pacific Islands ::: like, Fijian, Hula, Lakalaka, Maori, Polynesian, Samoan

If there is style of Music that you want to showcase that is not on the list, you can add it as a write-in style.

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EXECUTIVE PRODUCER  Heide Janssen

QUESTIONS?  (949) 288-3662 |  ocartistoftheyear@aoy.scng.com

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INDIVIDUAL DONORS

Gifts up to $1,000

We deeply appreciate all of the individual donations we have received. We will keep this list private for now so that there is no opportunity for our judges to be swayed by who has donated and who has not. Individual donors will be credited at the end of each season after all judging has been completed.

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