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Arkansas All-State band audition requirements

The 2026-2027 school year uses Set I of a three-year rotation (Set II is 2027-28, Set III is 2028-29).

ASBOA | Senior High All-Region

Start with one passage

Check ASBOA's Senior High All-Region requirements for your instrument. Audition date: confirm with your director.

Begin your etude with a short passage. Confirm the official packet with your director.

Region chairs report All-State qualifiers to the ASBOA Office; no public results URL is stated.

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Last checked October 6, 2026 | Official source: https://asboa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-2027-Calendar-2.pdf

What to work on this week

Use this plan for your next round, a solo, or next season. Not taking another audition? Choose music with your director and use the same steps.

5 minutes - Read before playing. Find the required passage in the official packet. Mark its start and end. Count through a rhythm that needs attention.
10 minutes - Work on one small chunk. Choose a few notes or a short phrase. Play slowly enough to follow the notes and rhythm.
10 minutes - Connect two chunks. Practice the next small section. Then join the sections, paying attention to the connection.
5 minutes - Record and listen. Record the joined passage. Follow the score while listening. Write down one thing to revisit.

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Arkansas School Band and Orchestra Association (ASBOA)

2026-27 materials are posted.

Ensembles: All-State Band (Senior High Wind and Percussion)
Season: 2026-27
Audition window: Senior high All-Region auditions run January 8-16, 2027 depending on region (Region II January 8, Regions III/IV/VI/VIII/IX January 9, Region I January 11, Regions V/VII January 16). All-State wind/string/percussion auditions are February 6, 2027 at Henderson State University (weather date February 13, 2027). All-State jazz auditions are February 5, 2027 at Arkadelphia. The Arkansas Music Conference / All-State Clinic is February 17-20, 2027 at the Hot Springs Convention Center.
Instruments: senior high winds and percussion (separate lists exist for strings and for jazz)

What the organization posted

The 2026-2027 school year uses Set I of a three-year rotation (Set II is 2027-28, Set III is 2028-29). Scales: major and harmonic minor scales for all instruments plus a chromatic scale, all played from memory at quarter note = 72 or faster, tongued, ascending and descending, in a fixed 2/4 pattern of one eighth note followed by six sixteenth notes. The chromatic scale is played in 16 counts of eighth-note triplets followed by one quarter note, tongued, two octaves, from a starting pitch specified for each instrument. Scales are listed in written pitch, not concert pitch, and the number of octaves is specified per instrument. Etudes are named method-book excerpts with page and exercise numbers and a minimum tempo for each, differing by instrument: for example bassoon uses Weissenborn Practical Method for Bassoon (Carl Fischer), clarinet uses The Complete Clarinet (C. Rose Revisited, Complete Works Music Publishers, revised 2020) together with the H. Klose Method for Clarinet (revised Bellison, Carl Fischer, Klose-Prescott page numbers), low clarinet uses Advanced Studies (Weissenborn) arr. Rhoads (SMC), and saxophone uses Selected Studies for Saxophone by H. Voxman (Rubank). Region and state auditions are held in person at the host sites named on the ASBOA calendar.

Notes

Requirement detail read from the linked senior high packet at https://asboa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SR-Complete-2026.pdf, titled 'SENIOR HIGH ALL-REGION / ALL-STATE TRYOUT MATERIAL, 2026-2027 - Set I'. The lists page was updated 09/1/2026. Jazz is a separate posting with its own packet (https://asboa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/SR-High-Jazz-Complete-2026-with-Key-Centers-and-Drum-Beats.pdf) and its own audition date of February 5, 2027; there is also a junior high track. ASBOA runs nine regions; all-region auditions feed the all-state auditions. Dates taken from the official 2026-2027 calendar PDF at https://asboa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026-2027-Calendar.pdf. Percussion material is new for 2026-27.

Retrieved from the organization's page on October 2, 2026.

All-Region/All-State Required Music Lists - Arkansas School Band and Orchestra Association

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Scales: Set up each scale in Virtunity and practice it with the metronome at your audition tempo, with the tuner and drone in the same window. Scale Checker confirms scale notes on your iPhone. Notes only. Not tone, rhythm or a complete performance.
Prepared etudes: Keep the PDF in your Music Library and set the piece up in practice with the metronome, tuner and your notes beside it. Start under tempo: good reps in a row move the tempo up a step, and Keep lets you stay at the old tempo.
Tone and intonation: Every judge listens for these. The tuner shows your note and how sharp or flat it is, and the drone gives you a steady reference pitch for long tones.
Tempo: Tap tempo finds a marked tempo, and subdivision clicks keep your eighths, triplets and sixteenths even.

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