ORCHESTRA _ STRING ENSEMBLE

							                                                                                                                                                          Rating
                     ORCHESTRA / STRING ENSEMBLE
                                                                     (three forms per entry)

Order or Time of Appearance:___________ Event #:_______ Class:______ Date:____________
                                                                                                                                                        7-10, Div I
School:_________________________________________________________________________                                                                        11-17, Div II
                                                                                                                                                        18-24, Div II I
Name of Organization:_____________________________________________________________                                                                      25-31, Div IV
                                                                                                                                                        32+, Div V
Selections:______________________________________________________________________


   SCORI NG DEFI NITIONS: (Pleas e s co re ea ch caption)
            1 - Con sis tently ou ts tand ing, 2 - Stro ng; Occasion al in co ns is ten cies , 3 - Repeated ly in co ns is ten t, 4 - Cons isten tly w eak, 5 - Un acceptable




         TONE (beauty, blend, control)




         INTONATION (tonality awareness, pitch center, unisons / intervals / chords)




         PRECISION (accuracy to the printed page - rhythms / notes / bowings)




         FACILITY (ease of performing bowings / fingerings / positions / shifts; articulations, phrasing, dexterity, attacks / releases)




         BALANCE (ensemble / sectional; melodies / harmonies)




         EXPRESSION / INTERPRETATION (phrase shape, style contrasts in tempos / dynamics / articulations, feel for musical line)




         OTHER FACTORS (choice of music, feelings of ensemble, discipline, posture, stage presence and appearance, instrumentation)




_______ TOTAL POINTS                                                 Signature of Adjudicator
NSAA Form 2005