Festival Commission
Terry Thompson, Chair
1830 Paradise Lane
Ashland, KY 41102
Home: 606-571-1746

Next Festival Commission meeting:
10:00 am, Eastern time
Sat. November 14, 2009, Elizabethtown

2008-09 Festival Commission Members and Schedule of Festivals

Festival Classification Information

Festival Forms

Medals available for purchase

2006-2007 Festival Assessments

2007-2008 Festival Assessments

KMEA Required Choral List
KMEA Choral Publisher Abbreviations
(choir option 1 in spring, 2008)

Dixie Classic Required Listing for Bands and Choirs
(choir option 2 in spring, 2008)
• Go to their "Music Lists" and log in.
• First timers, create an identity.
• For choirs, grades 1 & 2 = Easy, grades 3 & 4 = Medium, and grades 5 & 6 Hard.

KMEA Selective List of Band Literature, pending board approval on June 27, 2009

Ky Dept of Educ future testing dates

State Solo & Ensemble Festival Overview
State Solo & Ensemble Festival is for high school students, only.
Students must play a Grade 1 selection from the required list to qualify.
Students must play from the required list at the State Solo & Ensemble Festival.
Final proposal passed by the KMEA Board

Required Lists for students wishing to participate in State Solo and Ensemble Festival:

For solos and ensembles—

  1. Go to the UIL Prescribed Music List search page, then on the drop down menu scroll all the way to the bottom for the categories.
  2. After you get search results for the category, click on the red word GRADE to sort by grade. All the Grade 1 selections (approved for State Solo and Ensemble) will come to the top. ONLY GRADE 1 SELECTIONS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR KENTUCKY STATE SOLO AND ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL.
Sight-Reading Criteria:
The complete KMEA Rules and Regulations Book is now on-line and available to KMEA members in the KMEA Information Center located in the Member Login Area.

Click on a district below for Festival dates.