2024 YOUTH FESTIVAL
November 15-16, 2024
Mechanicsville Baptist Church
Mechanicsville, VA
Kathryn Jurado, Clinician
CLICK HERE to download a pdf of the Youth Festival information and registration form
Massed Repertoire
Music is to be purchased and learned in advance.
Amen Siakudumisa
(arr. Cathy Moklebust)
Choristers Guild | CGB1036 (2-3 oct) |
CGB1037 (3-5 oct) | CGB 1035 (full score) | L 2
A Gift In the Manger
(arr. Karen Buckwalter)
Beckenhorst | HB778 | 3-5 oct | L2
Gloria Hodie
(arr. Julie Turner and Kevin McChesney)
Jeffers | JHS9482 | 3-6 oct. | L3
Grazioso
(arr. Arnold Sherman)
Red River Music | HB0042 | 3-5 oct | L2+
Challenge Piece
Hymn To Joy
(arr. Michael Keller)
Agape | 1457 Bells) | 1458 (full score) 1458B (brass) |
1687 (choral) | 3-5 oct. | L3
Handbell Musicians of America Area 3 supports the copyright laws, and no photocopies of
music will be allowed. Unauthorized recording of the sounds and images of the musical
performances is a violation of the Copyright Act(17USC~1101).
FESTIVAL DETAILS
Registration Fees
**HMA Membership is not required**
Ringing Youth / Director / Chaperone—Early Bird – $75 (postmarked / entered online by 9/20/24)
Ringing Youth / Director / Chaperone – $95 (postmarked / entered online 9/20/24)
Non-Ringing Chaperone – $11
Refund Policy: If by October 18, 2024 all but $25 of the base ticket fee can be refunded.
October 19, 2024 or later, NO refunds for any reason (including medical or family reasons).
**ONLINE PROCESSING FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE**
Tentative Schedule
FRIDAY
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM Registration and Setup
7:00 PM – 7:15 PM Welcome and Announcements
7:15 PM – 7:45 PM Sight Reading Session
7:45 PM – 8:50 PM Rehearsal
8:50 PM – 9:00 PM Challenge Piece Groups Break/
Everyone else dismissed
9:00 PM – 9:30 PM Challenge Piece Rehearsal
SATURDAY
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Rehearsal
9:40 AM – 10:30 AM Classes
10:40 AM – 11:40 AM Rehearsal
11:40 AM – 1:00 PM Lunch (on your own)
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Challenge Piece Rehearsal/
Group Activity (for those not
ringing Challenge Piece)
1:30 PM – 2:20 PM Classes
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Rehearsal
3:10 PM – 4:00 PM Classes
4:10 PM – 4:45 PM Rehearsal
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM Break
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Closing Concert
Solo Performance Opportunity – NEW THIS YEAR!
Choirs will be given the opportunity to perform a solo of their choice during the final concert.
This opportunity is limited to the first five (5) choirs that register.
If your choir is interested in performing, please check the box on the registration form.
The title, composer and arranger will be due by October 18, 2024.
Lodging
There is not an official festival hotel. Here are some suggestions:
Hampton Inn & Suites (Richmond/Mechanicsville)
7433 Bell Creek Rd.., Mechanicsville, VA 23111
804-559-0559
Holiday Inn Express (Richmond/Mechanicsville)
7441 Bell Creek Rd., Mechanicsville, VA 23111
804-559-0022
Photography Policy
By registering for an Area 3 event, you give permission to use pictures from the event on the Area 3 website,
in the Area Historian’s Photo Album, and in future publications. Individuals will NOT be identified or pictured in potentially embarrassing situations.
Parents who do NOT wish to have their minor child(ren) included in pictures must complete the Area 3
Photography Form for Minors and return it with their registration.
(This form is available as a pdf below.)
Questions
Laura Shelton
[email protected]
About the Clinician
Kathryn Jurado
A musician with over 30 years of performance experience, 20 years of non-profit volunteer work, and lifelong church music ministry service, Kathryn Jurado has quickly gained prominence in the handbell community. Currently, she is Vice President and Event Coordinator, as well as one of the music
directors of Magic of Bronze, the community handbell ensemble in the Orlando area, and also finished a term as Associate Director of Suncoast Bronze Ringers, a community handbell ensemble based in the Tampa area. After serving a second 2-year term as Treasurer of Handbell Musicians of America, Area 4, Kathryn was elected to the Position of President-Elect of Handbell Musicians of America. She most recently held the position as director of the Lake Magdalene Ringers at Lake Magdalene United
Methodist Church in Tampa and is now serving at Hyde Park United Methodist Church. Kathryn is a Province Officer with Sigma Alpha Iota, International Music Fraternity, and has been an educator for over a decade with Hillsborough County Public Schools, the 7th largest school district in the nation.
Kathryn had the privilege of being the clinician for Reaching for Bronze 2022 (now known as Crescendo), at Distinctly Bronze East alongside Brian Childers in New Bern, North Carolina. She was also one of the participants in HMA’s Conducting Masterclass under Dr. William Payn in 2021 and 2023. Recently Kathryn has rung at both Distinctly Bronze East and West events, has been selected for the National Seminar All-Star Choirs every year since 2018, and was honored to have been chosen to ring in two high level ringing ensembles, Virtuoso 2019, 2022, 2024 with the Raleigh Ringers and Zenith 2023 and 2024 with Matthew Compton and Alex Guebert.
Born in Puerto Rico, Kathryn started her music studies at a young age. By age 15, she was playing the oboe with The Florida Orchestra and began free-lancing in the Tampa Bay area. Some of these performances have been with Opera Tampa under the late Anton Coppola, the Venice Symphony, The Tampa Bay Symphony, The Villages Philharmonic, The Florida Wind Band as well as events featuring Ray Charles, the Irish Tenors, La La Land Live and pop superstars Hanson. Kathryn attended the University of South Florida and received a Bachelor of Music Studies degree with concentrations in education and performance.
As a K-12 educator, Kathryn has led many ensembles in singing, handbells, percussion, and modern band. She had the privilege of directing the Hillsborough All-County Handbell Ensemble four times and has had many students selected for the All-State Elementary Choir and Orff Ensembles. For her years of leadership for the Sigma Alpha Iota Tampa Alumnae Chapter, she was awarded the Rose of Honor in 2021, and has held the position of President of the Hillsborough County Elementary Music Educators Council.
To pursue her goals of teaching at the collegiate level, Kathryn has completed the first year of a master’s degree, at the University of South Florida, in Music Performance with a graduate assistantship in the oboe studio and is excited to be offering the first-ever Handbell Ensemble at the University in the fall of 2024. Kathryn currently lives in Seffner, Florida with her son, Daniel, and her husband and fellow handbell ringer and director, William J. Murphy, and their 4 cats.