Audition Instructions

Teachers are requested to audition their own students for the AMIS Middle School Choir Festivals. This should be a formal audition procedure designed to show that the singer can hold his own part and can learn fairly quickly.

Many teachers use procedures such as having the student sing a round with the teacher singing a different part. Another procedure frequently used is to have a student hear a melody and sing it back to the teacher to test tonal memory. Another test might be to play two or more parts including the student's part, while the student sings his own part. There are many acceptable variations on the testing procedure which should be designed to make sure that the most qualified students participate in the festival. it is especially important that students have a good pitch sense and are capable of holding a part. Unqualified students can spoil the festival experience for the rest of the participants.

Students are responsible for the complete learning of all repertoire and should not be recommended unless they are able to meet the demands of performing challenging literature with other outstanding students. They must be capable of concentrating during long rehearsals each day. Students must be well prepared so as to insure a positive experience. It is the responsibility of each teacher to be sure the students are prepared.

Contact Information MSHMC

Host Organizer: Simona Popova
American International School Dhaka
P. O. Box 6106
Gulshan
12 United Nations Road, Baridhara
Dhaka 1212
Bangladesh
Phone: +8802 882 2452
Fax: +8802 8823175
ms_popova@yahoo.com

Housing & Hotel Information

Students will be housed with AISDhaka families. Teachers will be housed in the Westin Dhaka hotel which is near the school. Although every effort should be made to arrive in the Wednesday, the day before the festival officially begins, because flights are not always easy to obtain for that time period, the school will meet flights whenever they come in. Families will house if necessary a day or two ahead of the usual arrival time or will continue to house a day or two after the usual departure time if your travel arrangements make this necessary.

Westin Dhaka
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/overview
This hotel is located across the street from the DIT-2 Shopping Square.
The exact price of rooms will be known shortly after the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year.

The Westin Dhaka
Main Gulshan Avenue, Plot -01,
Road 45 Gulshan-2
Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Phone: (880)(2) 9891988

VISA Information

You will need to apply for your tourist visas ahead of time. The school will write letters of invitation for all teachers and students participating in the festival which will facilitate the process.

As soon as your school’s participants are known, you will need to send directly to Simona, all proper names as listed in the passports, the nationality of each participant, your school’s address and contact information (including the fax number) and the fax number for the Embassy or Consulate where you are processing your visas. It takes about 48 hours to get your visa once you have the proper information.