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Colorado All-State band audition requirements
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CBA
Colorado Bandmasters Association (CBA)
2026-27 materials are posted.
- Ensembles
- All-State Concert Band, All-State Symphonic Band
- Season
- 2026-27
- Audition window
- Student and director registration opens November 2, 2026; audition video submissions due 7:00 PM on November 20, 2026. Early-bird registration for selected students January 29, 2027; final registration March 19, 2027. All-State Band weekend April 1-3, 2027.
- Instruments
- all band instruments (woodwinds, brass, percussion, and string bass)
What the organization posted
Video-recorded submission, no live or sight-reading component. Audition Set 1A must be assembled in a fixed order: major scale, harmonic minor scale, full-range chromatic scale, excerpt 1, excerpt 2. The major and harmonic minor scales are two octaves at quarter note = 92, articulated ascending and slurred descending, need not be memorized, and no arpeggios are required. The chromatic scale is played full range (best low note to best high note; percussion play two octaves from C) in eighth notes, articulated both directions at quarter note = 104, memorization not required. Each instrument draws two excerpts from a specific named book with page and measure limits, for example flute/piccolo from Kohler 25 Romantic Etudes for Flute Op. 66 (Kalmus), Bb/Eb clarinet from Rose 32 Etudes for Clarinet revised edition (Carl Fischer), oboe from Voxman Selected Studies for Oboe (Rubank), bassoon from Voxman/Gower Advanced Method Vol. 1, bass clarinet from Weissenborn/Rhoads Advanced Studies (Southern). Printed metronome markings are stated as targets, not requirements, and a slower accurate performance may score higher. Recording rules allow splicing between complete elements but not within an element.
Notes
Requirements are published as per-instrument PDFs plus a Set 1A directors poster linked from this page (poster: /uploads/1/4/3/2/143254750/casb_director_poster_-_set_1a.pdf; wind recording instructions: /uploads/1/4/3/2/143254750/2027_wind_recording_instructions.pdf). Scale keys and excerpt pages differ per instrument, so students must open their own instrument sheet. Eligibility requires the director to be a current CBA and CMEA member. Concert Band is grades 10-12 for schools of 1,100 students or fewer; Symphonic Band is grades 11-12, all school sizes. The All-State Jazz Bands are a separate posting (see the separate row).
Retrieved from the organization's page on August 23, 2026.
Audition Information - Colorado All-State BandCBA
Colorado Bandmasters Association (CBA)
2026-27 materials are posted.
- Ensembles
- Colorado All-State Jazz Band, Small School All-State Jazz Band, Middle School All-State Jazz Band
- Season
- 2026-27
- Audition window
- All audition videos due 5:00 PM Monday, November 16, 2026. Selected students perform at the CMEA Clinic/Conference January 27-30, 2027 at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs; the All-State Jazz Band concert is Saturday, January 30, 2027 at 2:00 PM.
- Instruments
- jazz band instrumentation - saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and rhythm section (piano/guitar, bass, drumset/percussion)
What the organization posted
Video-submitted audition, $30 per audition. For the 2027 cycle the high school requirements changed: the chromatic scale is no longer required and the former Set A, B, and C etudes are no longer used. High school students instead prepare two unaccompanied standards in addition to their play-along excerpt material; per-instrument audition material is posted for alto/bari sax, tenor sax, trombone, trumpet, piano/guitar, bass, and drumset/percussion. Play-along tracks are offered but explicitly not required. Lead trumpet and bass trombone candidates must record an additional excerpt at the end of the same audition video rather than submitting it separately; lead trombone and bari sax submit no extra material. Middle school students prepare two standards, Tenor Madness (Sonny Rollins) and Billie's Bounce (Charlie Parker), plus a chromatic scale over the range of the instrument for wind players only.
Notes
This is a genuinely separate posting from the Colorado All-State Concert/Symphonic Band audition, with a different deadline, different materials, and its own instruction and tips documents. High school ensembles are grades 9-12; the Small School band is limited to schools of 1,100 students or fewer; middle school is grades 6-8. Director must be a current CBA and CMEA member and students must meet CHSAA eligibility.
Retrieved from the organization's page on August 23, 2026.
All-State Jazz Bands | Colorado Bandmasters AssociationPrepare the scales and etudes
Use a structured practice plan for scales, excerpts, and recordings. The official packet still sets the requirements.