All-State posting
Idaho All-State band audition requirements
This page reports what the official organization posted. Virtunity does not write audition requirements.
Confirm every date and requirement with your director. Organizations update packets.
IMEA
Idaho Music Education Association (IMEA)
2026-27 materials are posted.
- Ensembles
- All-State Band, All-State Small Schools Wind Ensemble
- Season
- 2026-27
- Audition window
- Recorded auditions must be uploaded by an IMEA deadline that the site has not yet published - as of August 23, 2026 the All-State timeline and deadline fields render as empty placeholders. Auditions are prepared in fall 2026 for the winter 2027 All-State event.
- Instruments
- winds and percussion (separate string, choir, and jazz auditions exist)
What the organization posted
Auditions are recorded and uploaded, not live. Wind and percussion applicants download the posted 2027 wind and percussion material (a zip of per-instrument PDFs for oboe, bassoon, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, horn, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba, and percussion) and upload four files, one per exercise, each saved separately, converted to MP3 and under 2 MB or the upload errors out. A metronome may be used to set tempo but not while playing, and points are deducted for playing faster or slower than the printed metronome marks. Students must not state their name, school, or the name of their solo on the recording. The Small Schools Wind Ensemble (IHSAA 1A-4A schools only) uses a separate set of excerpts, posted as its own 2027 PDF, and carries a separate $15 fee.
Notes
The 2027 wind/percussion and Small Schools Wind Ensemble materials are live, but every date field on the site (audition registration open/close, fee due, notification, festival dates and host city) is still an unpopulated template placeholder as of Aug 23, 2026 - check the page again for the upload deadline. Eligibility: grades 9-12, director must be a current IMEA/NAfME member, and the school must belong to IHSAA. Group sizes stated as Band 140, Orchestra 120, Small Schools Wind Ensemble 80. The jazz audition PDF linked on the same page is still the 2025 file. All-Northwest members must still submit an All-State recording separately.
Retrieved from the organization's page on August 23, 2026.
IMEA All-State AuditionsPrepare the scales and etudes
Use a structured practice plan for scales, excerpts, and recordings. The official packet still sets the requirements.