All-State posting
Louisiana 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.
LMEA
Louisiana Music Educators Association (LMEA)
2026-27 materials are posted.
- Ensembles
- All-State Symphonic Band, All-State Concert Band
- Season
- 2026-27
- Audition window
- Round one district qualifying auditions must be completed by October 10, 2026, with each of the nine districts setting its own date, fee and location; results are posted online October 20, 2026; registration for selected students closes November 6, 2026.
- Instruments
- all band instruments - winds and percussion, including melodic (mallet) and four-mallet percussion
What the organization posted
Two rounds. Round one is a live district-level qualifying audition; round two is the state-level round, described by LMEA as a live monitored audition submitted as an mp3 file. Wind players perform all twelve major scales and the chromatic scale in the order and with the articulation printed on the LMEA All-State scale sheets, plus two prepared etudes, one slow and one fast, drawn from the current rotation - Set III for 2026-27 - using the selected cuts provided by the Band Division chairperson. All students also sight-read a short selection. Melodic percussionists play three of the twelve major scales on a rotating basis from the mallet scale sheet, and four-mallet players perform one exercise from the rotation, Set III for 2026-27. Students must be in grades 9 through 12, enrolled in a Louisiana-accredited high school and active in that school's ensemble program, and the director must be a current LMEA member.
Notes
The Set III cuts PDF for 2026-27 was posted in May 2026 and is linked directly from this page along with the scale sheets and the four-mallet exercise sheet. LMEA runs nine districts that each set their own first-round dates, fees and locations, so students should also check their district site. Louisiana's middle school all-state jazz is administered separately by the Louisiana Association of Jazz Educators.
Retrieved from the organization's page on August 23, 2026.
All-State High School Band - Louisiana Music Educators AssociationPrepare the scales and etudes
Use a structured practice plan for scales, excerpts, and recordings. The official packet still sets the requirements.