SOLO & ENSEMBLE
CVGPA Individual/Ensemble
COLOR GUARD
Our Color Guard performers will showcase their abilities in dance, rifle, flag and sabre. Choose a soundtrack, design your show and take the floor in competition!
CVGPA Solo/Ensemble
PERCUSSION AND WINDS
Our Percussion Ensembles will perform works that will showcase their ablities. Solo categories include snare, tenors, mallet keyboards and ensemble categories include marching bass ensemble, keyboard ensemble and the open-ended percussion ensemble. See the handbook for more details when avialable!
REGISTRATION
REGISTRATION OPENS
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
REGISTRATION CLOSES
Sunday, March 23, 11:59pm
SOLO
REGISTRATION FEES
$10 per performer
Payment must be completed online. CVGPA accepts all major forms of credit card as well as Apple & Google Pay.
Payment must be received by the end of unit check-in on the performance day or the performer(s) will be barred from performing and a drop fee will be assessed on behalf of the performing ensemble, which must be paid to be eligible for ensemble check-in at championships
SMALL ENSEMBLE
$15 per ensemble
FAQs
Who can register?
The Solo/Ensemble Contest is an event reserved for CVGPA Members. All musicians who. participate in a performing ensemble of the current season and meet the qualifications to participate in the circuit championship may register.
How “small” is a “Small-Ensemble”?
The CVGPA definition for “Small Ensemble” designates any ensemble with 2-5 unique members on the performance floor. (Why “unique”? A musician performing 3 different instruments will not count as 3 musicians- they are still one person).
How will Percussion work?
Due to the challenges that some of our more distantly-located ensembles face with carrying equipment to the same show site 2 days in a row, the Percussion S/E now occurs in tandem with the Color Guard Championship, in the ‘black box’ theater of Enochs HS.. CVGPA is careful about ensuring that the solo/ensemble performance times will not collide witht heir corresponding color guard ‘s performance time. (Ex: a peformer from Frank Ticheli HS Percussion will not be scheduled within a 15-minute block of the Frank Ticheli HS Color Guard).
Who is judging?
The judging panel will constitute one judge per division (color guard, percussion). While VVGPA boasts a wonderful roster of some of the minds that defined this very activity, CVGPA fosters the community talent and reaches out to high-ed performers that are products of this very circuit.
Will they be jduged the same as the large ensembles?
No - SoloEnsemble has its own sheets and rubrics.. The 2025 iteration is being vetted and will be available within the 2025 Membership handbook so that all performers know exactly what the judges are looking for in their performances.
When will the winners be announced?
All participants who take on this challenge will receive acknowledgment for their work (and our top-3 of each category will receive something extra) during their respoective award ceremonies.