All-State posting
North Dakota All-State band audition requirements
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NDMEA
North Dakota Music Educators Association (NDMEA)
This organization has not posted 2026-27 materials yet.
The organization's page still shows last season (2025-26).
- Ensembles
- All-State Band, All-State Orchestra, All-State Jazz Band
- Season
- 2025-26
- Audition window
- The live manual covers the 2025-26 cycle only. Wind, percussion, vocal and jazz auditions were held January 8-11, 2026 at Bismarck State College, Minot Magic City Campus, Grand Forks Central High School, and West Fargo High School. Audition application deadline was November 7, 2025, late deadline November 12, 2025, audition schedules sent to schools December 12, 2025, and the 60th Annual festival ran March 26-28, 2026 at the Bismarck Civic Center and Exhibition Hall. No 2026-27 dates are posted.
- Instruments
- winds and percussion (the same audition system also covers strings and voice for the other All-State ensembles)
What the current page describes
Live, in-person auditions at four regional sites; students must audition at the site for which they registered and no make-up auditions are scheduled. Under the posted 2025-26 manual, all required scales must be memorized, while the solo and required etudes do not have to be memorized. Sight-reading is a 16-measure etude with 20 seconds of study time before playing, at a tempo set by the judge using a metronome. Students must supply an original copy of the solo for the adjudicator or be disqualified; the adjudicator will not read over the student's shoulder, photocopies of copyrighted music are barred (page turns excepted), and online purchases require proof of purchase for student, accompanist, and adjudicator copies. Percussionists select one area - snare, mallet, or timpani - for a one-minute solo but must complete the entire audition, and must bring their own sticks and mallets. Auditioning on two instruments requires two separate forms, two time slots, and two fees. Open by audition to grades 9-12 at NDHSAA member schools, with director approval and membership in the corresponding school performing group required. Only the performer, adjudicator, and accompanist are allowed in the audition room.
Notes
2026-27 materials were NOT live as of August 23, 2026. The site still serves this 2026 Manual, dated September 11, 2025, and the auditions page at https://www.ndallstate.org/auditions still reads that links went active 9/15/2025. The page states no date for the 2026-27 posting. Last cycle's manual was dated September 11, 2025 with registration links live September 15, 2025, so re-check https://www.ndallstate.org/auditions after September 1, 2026 for the 61st Annual festival materials. The manual is issued on behalf of NDMEA; ndallstate.org is the festival's own site, linked from ndmea.org. Mixed Chorus, Treble Chorus, and Jazz Choir are also covered by this manual and are excluded here as out of band scope. Specific wind and percussion audition repertoire is published per-instrument later in the same manual.
Retrieved from the organization's page on August 23, 2026.
2026 Manual - North Dakota All-State Music FestivalPrepare the scales and etudes
Use a structured practice plan for scales, excerpts, and recordings. The official packet still sets the requirements.