AMIS International European Middle School Honor Band
26-28 February, 2009
Zurich International School
Host Organizer - Bill Gilfry; Guest Conductor - Laura ReeseOctober 27 Middle School Honor Band Auditions Deadline,All audition materials to arrive at CFH.
Breaking news! All auditioned Festivals!
HBC, SHO, JHO, AMSHB, EMSHB, HJB!
A new online registration form will be appearing in the very near future. Please do not use the current forms. Details of new procedures will be posted in the near future.
- 23 September, 2008November 6-9 AMIS Middle School Honor Band Audition Panel November 11 AMIS Middle School Honor Band Results Posted ont he Internet November 18 AMIS International Middle School Band Festival Acceptance Form Due (Online)
Student Festival Agreement Forms Completed and Posted to Church Farm HouseNovember 18 AMIS International Middle School Band Festival Housing Form Due December 15 AMIS Middle School Band Festival Payment Due December 15 Director's Expertise Form Due for AMIS International Middle School Band Festival December 15 Arrival Departure Forms Due for AMIS International Middle School Band Festival February 26-28 AMIS International European Middle School Honor Band Festival,
Zurich International SchoolAudition Information | Online Track List and Entries Form
Audition Codes | Audition Instructions Reminder
Hotel & Housing Information | Visa Information| Fees
Membership Clarification |AMIS Policies | Financial Aid |
Student Festival Agreement Form
Online Acceptance Form
Directors Expertise Form | Arrival and Departure Form
Dress Code | Festival Handbooks
Contact Information | Draft ScheduleAudition Results
Paris 2007 | Morocco 2008 | Zurich 2009
Students from schools that are AMIS members as of November 1, 2008 pay "member" fees. Students from schools other than those that are AMIS members as of November 1, 2008 pay "non-member" fees.
Teachers from AMIS member schools (as of November 1) pay "member" rates. Teachers who are individual members of AMIS also pay "member" rates. All others pay "non-member" rates.
Note: Only students from AMIS member schools are eligible to apply for financial aid.
The previously posted material was incorrect. Please read the Audition Instructions Reminder below.- 2 October 2007
Audition Instructions Reminder
MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR BAND AUDITIONS
All high school auditions are "blind" as is the Junior Orchestra whish is grades 6-9. MSHB is NOT a blind audition and the audition instructions should be followed, including having the student announce his or her name. - 1 October, 2007 topHotel & Housing Information for EMSHB
EMSHB students will be housed with families from the Zurich International School. Teachers and official chaperones will be housed in an Ibis Hotel, which is very close to the school.
Hotel Information:
Ibis Hotel Adliswil
Zürichstrasse 105
8134 Adliswil
Switzerland
Telephone:+41 44 7118585
Fax: +41 44 7118586Room rates are CHF 142.50 for singles W and Th and CHF 116.50 for F and Sa or CHF518 for the entire stay, including taxes and breakfast. Those wishing to share twin-bedded rooms will be able to save almost 50% by sharing. - posted 21 July, 2008
Bill GIlfry, host organizer
Zurich International School
Niedelbadstrasse 49
Kilchberg
CH-8802 Switzerland
Phone:+41 44 7152795
Fax: +41 447152694
BGilfry@zis.ch -posted 21 July, 2008Many students and teachers who are citizens of countries outside North America, Japan, and the EU countries will need to apply for a visa to visit Switzerland.
PLEASE CHECK EARLIER RATHER THAN LATER TO SEE WHICH MEMBERS OF YOUR GROUP WILL REQUIRE A VISA. IT TAKES SEVERAL WEEKS, MINIMUM, TO OBTAIN ONE.
You will need a letter from the host school to support your visa application. Please send the following information to Bill Gilfry as early as possible so he can send the appropriate letter of invitation for your students.
E-mail address: BGilfry@zis.ch
Give him:
your school’s name and address.
your school’s telephone and fax numbers
the names, nationality and passport number of each of your students requiring a visa - it is important that this is exactly the name on the passport
the name of the teacher/chaperones traveling with the students
the date you expect to enter Switzerland and the date you expect to leave Switzerland
the fax number of the Swiss Embassy to which this letter must be sent directlyBill will send you a fax of the letter as well as sending the letter directly to the Swiss Embassy where you are applying for the visa.
If you send all the requested information directly to Bill as early as possible, this will certainly help in getting the necessary visas for your group. - posted 21 July, 2008
