The many useful features of Solo-Ensemble.com are available with annual membership subscriptions and have no additional costs.

The subscription cost varies depending upon how many schools participate in each contest event during the subscription year. See the Pricing Page for more details.


Managing Solo and Ensemble Contests

The primary feature of Solo-Ensemble.com is the online management of Solo and Ensemble contests at the local school and school district levels. In addition to traditional Band events, Solo-Ensemble.com can equally well accommodate related types of judged events such as Orchestra, Choral, Jazz, and Mariachi. Each Contest event gets its own website with its own…

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Mobile Device Friendly Interface

Solo-Ensemble.com is known as a “web application” because it is completely hosted on internet web servers. This allows great flexibility because the contest data is stored securely on the internet and not on any particular computer or device. To provide the most flexibility and ease of use to School, Judge, Accompanist, and Contest personnel, all…

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Accompanist Main Menu

Every Accompanist that participates in a contest that uses Solo-Ensemble.com will receive their own customized Main Menu for each contest, with a single login identity (see the image below). All users of Solo-Ensemble.com have a Main Menu with a similar structure but different functions according to their role (Contest Staff, School Staff, Judges, Accompanists). From…

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Participating School Main Menu

A Solo and Ensemble contest event can be as small as a single school or as large as an entire district with dozens of participating schools. Every school that participates in a contest that uses Solo-Ensemble.com will receive their own customized Main Menu for each contest, with a single login identity (see the image below)….

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Contest Judge Main Menu

Every Contest Judge that participates in a contest that uses Solo-Ensemble.com will receive their own customized Main Menu for each contest, with a single login identity (see the image below). All users of Solo-Ensemble.com have a Main Menu with a similar structure but different functions according to their role (Contest Staff, School Staff, Judges, Accompanists)….

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Office Staff Main Menu

The Office Staff for a Solo and Ensemble contest (or related event) has a comprehensive Main Menu (see image below) from which they can manage all aspects of a contest event. The actions are divided into logical groups for pre-contest setup, school and personnel management, and contest management for the day(s) of the event. All…

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Placement Auditions (aka Group Judging)

Particularly useful to high school band programs that intend to evaluate incoming students, the Placement Audition capability of Solo-Ensemble.com allows the contest staff to set up scoring criteria (rubrics) with specific numeric weights for a student performance (see image below). A panel of judges may then evaluate each student against these criteria, and the resulting…

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Comment Sheets in PDF Format

Judged comment sheets are a critical element of any Solo and Ensemble (or similar) contest. Since all of the results from judged performances are stored in a database, this information can be retrieved in many ways. The comment sheets are provided as Adobe Acrobat .pdf files, which may be viewed online, downloaded, or printed directly…

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Ensemble Evaluation Form

Contest Judges especially like Solo-Ensemble.com because much of the data entry has already been done before they ever meet their student performers. By having the music teachers enter their own students’ data, the judge is able to focus on the performance, entering their comments, and deciding the overall score. Each contest may select custom judging…

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Solo Evaluation Form

Contest Judges especially like Solo-Ensemble.com because much of the data entry has already been done before they ever meet their student performers. By having the music teachers enter their own students’ data, the judge is able to focus on the performance, entering their comments, and deciding the overall score. Each contest may select custom judging…

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Participant Dashboards

Contest participants (currently Participating Schools, Judges, Accompanists, and Contest Staff) create a one-time login account with Solo-Ensemble.com. Each participant then has a customized web page (called a Dashboard) from which they can access any contest with which they are associated. Switching between Contests is as easy as returning to your Dashboard and choosing a different contest….

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