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Austin High School

301 3rd Street NW
Austin, MN 55912
507-460-1800
School Hours: 8:30AM - 3:30PM

Austin Public Schools

Directors Information

Homeroom Maps

Please DO NOT copy maps, post online, or share publicly, by request of the APS District Office. The school will have plenty of signage and 80+ staff directing traffic.

Homerooms

Albert Lea: 202, 204, 206
Century: 243, 245, 247
Faribault: 208, 210, 216
John Marshall: 343, 345, 347
Mankato East: 220, 222, 224
Mankato West: 226, 230, 232
Mayo: 350, 352, 354
Northfield: 236, 238, 242
Owatonna: 250, 252, 254
Red Wing: 256, 258, 260
Winona: 356, 358, 360
*Please consolidate to 1 homeroom at the completion of the day program, if at all possible.

Arrival/Buses

  • Drop off on the East side of Austin High School (flagpole side); pull as far south as possible.
  • AHS Staff will be on the north side of the school (3rd Ave NW) to direct bus traffic.
  • AHS Choir students will greet and escort your students to your homerooms.
    • Enter through Door #7 (Gym lobby) or Door #1 (main HS door)—both accessible
    • If you have large percussion, Ove Berven Gym (behind auditorium) will be the “holding room”
  • Note: there will be very few guides available before 7:30 (enough for the schools with 7:45 warmups)
  • See separate attachment with additional bus information, bus parking locations, etc.

Elevators and Large Equipment

  • There are two elevators in the main building, both located in the West hallway just south of the middle of the building. One is clearly newer and is significantly larger and faster. If you are bringing your own large percussion equipment, it can be stored in Ove Berven Gym (directly behind the Knowlton Auditorium stage, and just inside Door 6 on the main building). Please let Christoph Dundas know if you will be bringing your own large percussion so we can have storage space available and an alternate door open to move it onto the stage!
  • If you need elevators to go to your warmup location: Both elevators in the morning go to the basement, leading to the tunnel to the AHS Annex building. The annex has an elevator leading to the warmup spaces. Level “-1” is the tunnel, “1R” opens into the choir room at the bottom level, “1” is choir room top level, and “2” is band & orchestra.

Information Desk, Lost & Found

Information will be in the Main Commons (outside Knowlton Auditorium).

Nurse’s Office

Located in the Door 5 Entryway in the main building (near the Commons)

Sponsor Tables

  • The Music Mart: Emergency instrument repairs, emergency loaner instruments.
    Sponsoring directors lounge, including breakfast, lunch, and coffee/snacks!
  • MacPhail Center for Music: Info about MacPhail programming, including in-person and virtual private lessons through their Austin and Minneapolis locations.
    Sponsoring evening concert program!

Directors’ Lounge

The directors’ lounge will be the HS Media Center, located in the northwest hallway on the main floor. Breakfast, morning snacks/coffee, and lunch are sponsored by The Music Mart. Please thank them for their sponsorship! Directors’ room is open to directors and accompanists only.

Warmup and Performance Locations

  • ALL ensembles: Assigned hosts will meet ensembles at your homerooms 15 minutes prior to your warmup time. Please give clinicians’ copies your scores/music to your host. Host students will remain with you until your performance ends.
  • Band: Warm up in AHS Band Room (2nd floor of Annex), perform in Knowlton Auditorium. (Enter on west side of auditorium, exit on east side—ramp only on west)
  • Orchestra: Warm up in AHS Orchestra Room (2nd floor of Annex), perform in Packer Gym.
  • Choir: Warm up in AHS Choir Room (1st floor Annex), perform in Christgau Hall (2nd floor main building)

Daytime Recordings

  • Daytime performances will be recorded by Imagery Sound & Light (Mark Bliese). Directors will receive a SD card with your group’s recording immediately following your performance.
  • Clinicians’ comments will be recorded on a separate SD card and delivered to directors with your judges’ music copies.
  • Daytime performances will be professionally recorded, but unedited. The only copy will be provided to directors to use as you see fit.

Finale Concert Video

Will be professionally livestreamed by Westmark and archived on the Austin Public Schools YouTube channel.

Audience

  • The three performance sites are the ONLY part of the building open to the public. Audience members are NOT allowed in homeroom areas, directors’ room, or anywhere in the Annex.
  • PERFORMANCE SITES WILL ONLY BE OPEN BETWEEN SCHOOLS! Please remind your students to arrive early for performances, as doors will close when each performance is announced. Staff members will not allow entry during a piece of music.

Director Reminders

  • Changing rooms:
    • Staff bathrooms located throughout building; ask a staff member in your area if they are locked.
    • There are public “single” restrooms in the main floor hallway by Door 5 and in the Annex main floor hallway (unmarked gray door next to the women's restroom).
  • Please provide your own students with listening forms/critique sheets as needed.
  • You are responsible for bringing a copy of your scores for the clinicians.
  • Emergency copiers are located in the AHS Office (inquire at info desk) or the AHS Annex (1st floor in the robe storage room west of choir room - door will be locked - go through the choir room).