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Oregon All-State band audition requirements

Recorded audition submitted online through OpusEvent, and submissions may only be made by OMEA member teachers.

OMEA | Recorded All-State audition

Start with one passage

Check OMEA'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 emailed through Opus to students and directors, not posted publicly.

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Last checked October 6, 2026 | Official source: https://oregonmea.org/all-state/

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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Oregon Music Education Association (OMEA)

2026-27 materials are posted.

Ensembles: All-State High School Wind Ensemble, All-State High School Symphonic Band, All-State High School Jazz Band, All-State Middle School Band, All-State High School Orchestra (wind and percussion sections)
Season: 2026-27
Audition window: Audition materials released May 15, 2026. Online application and audition window opened September 1, 2026 and closed October 5, 2026 at 11:59pm on OpusEvent.com. Screening October 6-17, 2026; ensemble placement October 18-20, 2026; results to students and directors October 21, 2026; registration and payment due November 1, 2026. Event held January 14-17, 2027 in Eugene, Oregon.
Instruments: winds and percussion, including optional doubling instruments (piccolo, English horn, contra bassoon, Eb soprano/alto/contra-alto/contra-bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, bass trombone)

What the organization posted

Recorded audition submitted online through OpusEvent, and submissions may only be made by OMEA member teachers. Woodwind and brass applicants for All-State Wind Ensemble record Tracks 1-3 from the OMEA-supplied 'Set C' packet for their instrument, which contains the printed audition material OMEA distributes (licensed from WMEA and prepared by Don Neptun). Percussionists record three tracks: mallets, snare drum (three exercises recorded as a single track), and timpani. Track 4 is optional and is a named excerpt required only to be considered for a doubling chair, for example Grainger's Molly on the Shore for piccolo and Eb soprano clarinet, Beethoven's Trio for Two Oboes and English Horn (La ci darem la mano variations) for English horn, Weissenborn Bassoon Studies Op. 8 Book II No. 15 for contra bassoon, Holst Second Suite in F mvt. IV with Molly on the Shore for alto/contra-alto/contra-bass clarinet, and Arban Etude No. 28 from the Complete Method for Tuba. The same Wind Ensemble packet is used for the wind and percussion sections of the All-State Orchestra. The All-State Symphonic Band requires a separate audition using its own packet and is limited to OSAA 1A-4A schools; students at 5A and 6A schools may only audition with the Wind Ensemble materials, and Wind Ensemble auditionees may be placed into Symphonic Band. There is no sight-reading component.

Notes

One application window covers all all-state ensembles, but each ensemble has its own packet PDF on OMEA's Google Drive linked from this page: High School Wind Ensemble (drive.google.com/file/d/1-1dkgglrJaciMHqjtBi3xefaz3KLtsBu), High School Symphonic Band (drive.google.com/file/d/15ZER_WWnM8bkdjW5lmoPhD-XIR2lcreM), Middle School Band (drive.google.com/file/d/1jipMdmDYMX-ayFeJC1eQSo52fsHd0w6s), and a High School Jazz Band folder (drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IkxPr4oMD2qmNKEciVSpjcPbdPE5matt). The Wind Ensemble packet is 34 pages and is mostly printed music, so the specific content of Tracks 1-3 appears as notation rather than as named published etudes. The jazz packet has its own requirements, which are not covered on this page. The linked 2027 High School Information document lists audition fees of $22 for high school and $17 for middle school, paid by the teacher or school by card on Opus before upload; participation is $368 for high school and $275 for middle school. It prints an October 5, 2026 close of 11:59:59pm, while the hub says 11:59pm; neither gives a time zone. Its January 15-18, 2026 event line is stale; the hub gives January 14-17, 2027. Source: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IlQvP6CJZ4A06ngqAINk3GolgUWRUx63/export?format=txt.

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

2027 All-State Audition Information

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How it fits each part of this audition

Prepared 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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