All-State posting
Nebraska All-State band audition requirements
Recorded audition uploaded by the director through FestivalScores at $25 per audition, in three parts.
NMEA | Recorded All-State audition
Start with one passage
Check NMEA's Recorded All-State audition requirements for your instrument. Recordings due: confirm with your director.
Begin your etude with a short passage. Confirm the official packet with your director.
Results are members-only for 48 hours, then available on the public site; no separate results URL is stated.
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Last checked October 6, 2026 | Official source: https://www.nmeanebraska.org/2026-all-state-band
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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Confirm every date and requirement with your director. Organizations update packets.
NMEA
Nebraska Music Education Association (NMEA)
2026-27 materials are posted.
- Ensembles
- 2026 Nebraska All-State Band
- Season
- 2026-27
- Audition window
- Registration ran August 24-September 8, 2026 and is closed. Recorded audition uploads ran from 8:00 AM CST September 16, 2026 to 11:59 PM CST September 26, 2026, with no extensions. Audition fees were due October 12, 2026 at 11:59 PM CST; selections were announced October 19, 2026 at 8:00 AM CST; the $25 participation fee is due November 2, 2026. The festival is November 18-20, 2026.
- Instruments
- winds and percussion (plus piano where the repertoire calls for it)
What the organization posted
Recorded audition uploaded by the director through FestivalScores at $25 per audition, in three parts. First, the Set 4 scale sheet for the student's instrument, downloadable per instrument, performed from beginning to end without stopping - on the clarinet sheet the tempo is half note = 92, and the chromatic scale is slurred ascending and tongued descending. Second, the Set 4 etudes from NMEA's posted all-instrument etude document (a separate piano etude file exists). Third, an excerpt from the 2026 All-State Band repertoire, which is Big City Lights (Marie Douglas), Lord Tullamore (Carl Wittrock), Adoration (Florence Price, arr. Cheldon Williams), and Havana (Kevin Day). Eligibility and Festival Scores instructions are in the linked All-State Auditions Manual.
Notes
Set 4 scale sheets, the etude document and All-State Band Excerpts - ALL INSTRUMENTS are linked. NMEA runs separate postings for All-State Jazz Band, All-State Orchestra, and choral ensembles. FestivalScores registration is director-only; students must not use the director login. Source: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_hqRFSzNVhe-BFRhJeIJQ5H0vmKByiuDKX7ckT1lcyk/export?format=txt.
Retrieved from the organization's page on September 21, 2026.
2026 Nebraska All-State BandNMEA
Nebraska Music Education Association (NMEA)
2026-27 materials are posted.
- Ensembles
- 2026 Nebraska All-State Jazz Band
- Season
- 2026-27
- Audition window
- Registration ran August 24-September 8, 2026 and is closed. Recorded audition uploads ran from 8:00 AM CST September 16, 2026 to 11:59 PM CST September 26, 2026, with no extensions. Audition fees were due October 12, 2026 at 11:59 PM CST; selections were announced October 19, 2026 at 8:00 AM CST; the $25 participation fee is due November 2, 2026. The festival is November 18-20, 2026.
- Instruments
- jazz band instrumentation: alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, trumpet including lead, tenor and bass trombone, and rhythm section (piano, guitar, acoustic or electric bass, drum kit and auxiliary percussion, vibraphone)
What the organization posted
Recorded audition uploaded by the director through FestivalScores at $25 per audition, consisting of Jazz Scales Set B and Etudes Set B for the student's instrument, all posted per instrument on the page. Each instrument has two etudes - Etude B-1 Swing Ballad and Etude B-2 Samba - with a downloadable play-along track for each, plus an instrument-specific Set B audition instruction sheet. Drummers also submit the auxiliary percussion audition excerpt; judges use the same pool to select primary drum set and secondary auxiliary percussion players.
Notes
Separate posting from the concert All-State Band, with its own scale and etude sets (Set B, not Set 4), but the same registration and upload calendar and the same $25 audition fee plus $25 participation fee per selected student. FestivalScores registration is director-only; students must not use the director login. Source: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_hqRFSzNVhe-BFRhJeIJQ5H0vmKByiuDKX7ckT1lcyk/export?format=txt.
Retrieved from the organization's page on September 21, 2026.
2026 Nebraska All-State Jazz BandPractice for NMEA with your audition tempo, tuner and drone on one screen
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- Scales
- Set up each scale in Virtunity and practice it with the metronome at your audition tempo, with the tuner and drone in the same window. Scale Checker confirms scale notes on your iPhone. Notes only. Not tone, rhythm or a complete performance.
- Prepared etudes and excerpts
- 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.
- A recorded audition
- Practice the run-through. Record a final take and listen back in Review before you record the real one. A saved take stays private until you choose to share it with a connected teacher.
- 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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