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Indiana All-State band audition requirements

Each student pays a $15 entry fee per instrument and performs a chromatic scale plus two etudes for the instrument, and must also sight-read an excerpt.

IBA | Recorded All-State audition

Start with one passage

Check IBA's Recorded All-State audition requirements for your instrument. Audition date: January 10, 2027.

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

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Last checked October 6, 2026 | Official source: https://www.indianabandmasters.org/All-state/all-state.html

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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IBA

Indiana Bandmasters Association (IBA)

We could not find 2026-27 materials posted publicly yet.

Ensembles: All-State Band, All-State Honor Band
Season: 2026-27
Audition window: Auditions are Sunday, January 10, 2027 starting at 1:00 PM local time at nine recording sites (weather backup the following Wednesday). Application deadline December 4, 2026, with a $10 late fee from December 5, a $50 late fee from December 12, and an absolute cutoff of December 31, 2026. All-State Festival weekend is March 12-14, 2027.
Instruments: woodwinds, brass, and percussion (IBA's instrument list also includes harp and piano)

What the current page describes

Each student pays a $15 entry fee per instrument and performs a chromatic scale plus two etudes for the instrument, and must also sight-read an excerpt. The chromatic scale is used to demonstrate mastery of the full range of the instrument. Auditions are recorded by a proctor live at one of nine sites and then reviewed blind by the selection committee. The specific 2026-27 etude selections are NOT yet published - the page currently lists only the etude books used as resources (for example Mary Karen Clardy's Flute Etudes Book and Ferling's 48 Famous Studies).

Notes

Re-check after October 12, 2026: the page stated the 2026-2027 audition etudes would be posted on or before October 12, 2026. The structure of the audition (chromatic scale + 2 etudes + sight-reading, proctor-recorded, blind-scored) and all dates and fees ARE published now; only the etude selections are pending. Indiana also runs separate band-relevant postings not covered on this page: IBA Junior All-State Band for grades 7-9, whose 2027 excerpts are posted: uploads run Saturday, October 24 through 11:59 PM EST Friday, November 13, 2026; $15 audition fee; festival January 14-16, 2027 in Fort Wayne (https://www.indianabandmasters.org/All-state/junior_all-state.htm, read September 21, 2026), plus IMEA's All-State Jazz Band, Junior All-State Jazz Band, All-State Percussion Ensemble, and Honor Concert Band.

Retrieved from the organization's page on September 21, 2026.

IBA All-State Band

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How it fits each part of this audition

Chromatic scale: Practice it with the metronome at the marked tempo and the tuner in the same window, so you can see your note and how sharp or flat it is.
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.
Sight-reading: Sight Reading Sprint in the Lab puts one note at a time on the staff for a 60-second round of fast note reading. It is not a full sight-reading excerpt, so read something new every day too, and keep your counting steady with the Lab's rhythm modules.
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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