All-State posting
Delaware All-State band audition requirements
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Confirm every date and requirement with your director. Organizations update packets.
DMEA
Delaware Music Educators Association (DMEA)
This organization has not posted 2026-27 materials yet.
The organization's page still shows last season (2025-26).
The full requirements were not readable from a public official source.
- Ensembles
- All-State Junior Band, All-State Senior Band, All-State Jazz Ensemble
- Season
- 2025-26
- Audition window
- Not stated on the live page. The All-State Operations Manual requires each event chair to give audition dates, times, and locations to the All-State coordinator by August 1 for posting on the DMEA website; no 2026-27 dates were posted as of August 23, 2026.
- Instruments
- all band instruments (winds and percussion); jazz ensemble is grades 7-12
What the current page describes
The live All-State page carries no scale or solo lists. The All-State Operations Manual describes the process only: audition requirements consist of scale and solo selections set by each ensemble's event chair and published on the DMEA website; auditions are in person; students apply through a Google application form with a paper signature page and a $20 application fee, signed by a director who is a current NAfME/DMEA member; students without complete forms and payment are not permitted to audition. Grade eligibility is All-State Junior Band grades 7-9, All-State Senior Band grades 10-12, and All-State Jazz Ensemble grades 7-12. Wind, brass, and percussion placement in the All-State Orchestra is finalized by the orchestra chair together with the senior band chair, and orchestra seating is set at a required reading rehearsal/re-audition.
Notes
As of August 23, 2026 the DMEA All-State page links only an All-State Operations Manual and an ensemble contract, with no 2026-27 scale or solo selections and no audition dates. The manual states requirements are due to the All-State coordinator for website publication by August 1 each year, so the 2026-27 materials are already past that stated date and should appear on this same page; check it again soon. Operations Manual (DMEA's own Google Docs host): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rve8aCWnnHAnTwvXrKCfvTmVj5mV3xJm/edit. The manual's only dated reference is to the 2025-2026 Modern Band, which is why the season is recorded as 2025-26. DMEA also runs an All-State Orchestra (strings grades 7-12) and an All-State Modern Band (grades 9-12); the orchestra is strings-only at audition, with winds and percussion drawn from senior band results, and both are excluded from the ensembles list here.
Retrieved from the organization's page on August 23, 2026.
All-State - DMEA - Delaware Music Educators AssociationPrepare the scales and etudes
Use a structured practice plan for scales, excerpts, and recordings. The official packet still sets the requirements.