Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association

The Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association (MICCA) is a sanctioning body for marching band field contests in the state of Massachusetts. Previous championships were held at the Cawley Memorial Stadium in Lowell, Massachusetts. Championships are now held at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Its current President is Dave Gresko.

MICCA Festivals were canceled in April 2020 due to the 2019-2020 coronavirus pandemic.

Marching Band Scoring Criteria

The Marching Band festivals are scored individually per group. Each groups is graded in 5 categories, receiving a score between 1 and 5 stars in each category. The categories are:

  • Music - a grade of the style and execution of the musical selections
  • Percussion - a grade of the quality of the percussion and pit ensembles
  • Visual - a grade of drill design and execution, as well as marching technique
  • Auxiliary - a grade of colorguard and other aspects of the performance not covered above
  • General Effect - a grade of the overall impression of the show, including how well different aspects complement each other

The scores are then averaged together, with the overall average corresponding to different medals:

  • 1-2.5 - Medal of Merit
  • 2.5-3.5 - Bronze Medal
  • 3.5-4.5 - Silver Medal
  • 4.5-5 - Gold Medal

Mission statement

According to the Micca website, the mission statement is as follows:

MICCA is dedicated to the study of music through performance. Creating opportunities for evaluation and expert opinion and feedback to all our participants in a non-competitive setting is our main focus.[1]

References
  1. MICCA - Massachusetts Instrumental & Choral Conductors Association Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20071024174256/http://www.miccamusic.org/marchingband.htm. Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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