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Massachusetts All-State band audition requirements
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MassMEA
Massachusetts Music Educators Association (MassMEA)
This organization has not posted 2026-27 materials yet.
The full requirements were not readable from a public official source.
- Ensembles
- All-State Concert Band, All-State Orchestra, All-State Jazz Ensemble, All-State Percussion Ensemble
- Season
- 2026-27
- Audition window
- Live auditions Saturday, January 23, 2027 at Grafton High School, Grafton, MA, snow date Sunday, January 24, 2027. The registration dates still printed on the page are from the prior cycle (registration opened December 1, 2025, regular registration closed December 12, 2025, late registration December 13-17, 2025) and have not been rolled forward.
- Instruments
- winds, percussion, and jazz instruments
What the current page describes
From the MMEA All-State Ensemble Handbook linked on the page: wind players perform a major scale, one harmonic minor scale and a chromatic scale from memory; mallet percussionists the same; jazz instrumentalists perform a chromatic scale, one major scale and one harmonic minor scale. Sight-reading is part of every ensemble audition except the Jazz Ensemble vocalist audition. Auditions are live, not recorded (pre-screen videos apply only to the Contemporary Ensemble and jazz vocalists), and metronomes are not permitted in the audition room. Required solo/etude repertoire comes from an annually published All-State Audition List. The 2026-27 repertoire itself is NOT actually live: the link labeled "2026-27 All-State Audition List" resolves to a PDF headed "MMEA 2025 ALL-STATE AUDITION LIST (Approved October 2024)."
Notes
The handbook states the audition selection list and editions are published each year by July 1 on the MMEA website, but as of August 23, 2026 the file behind the page's "2026-27 All-State Audition List" link is the 2025 list approved October 2024, so the current repertoire cannot be confirmed; check the page again for the updated list. Registration dates on the page are also still the previous cycle's. Choral ensembles and a Contemporary Ensemble audition the same day and are not covered on this page. Scale and sight-reading requirements above are from the handbook, which is dated updated 10/2025.
Retrieved from the organization's page on August 23, 2026.
MassMEA | All-State Ensemble AuditionsPrepare the scales and etudes
Use a structured practice plan for scales, excerpts, and recordings. The official packet still sets the requirements.