All-State posting

Texas All-State band audition requirements

Each wind instrument prepares three selections (Selection 1, Selection 2 and Selection 3); percussion prepare Selection 1 in each of Snare, Keyboard (2 Mallet), Keyboard (4 Mallet) and Timpani.

TMEA | Region band

Start with one passage

Check TMEA's Region band requirements for your instrument. Audition date: confirm with your director.

Begin your TMEA etude with a short passage. Confirm the official packet with your director.

Region results come from your director. TMEA's site does not publish local Region contest results.

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Last checked October 6, 2026 | Official source: https://www.tmea.org/all-state/audition-results/

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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Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA)

2026-27 materials are posted.

Ensembles: 6A Symphonic Band, 6A Concert Band, 5A Symphonic Band, Jazz Ensemble 1, Jazz Ensemble 2, 6A Percussion Ensemble, 5A Percussion Ensemble
Season: 2026-27
Audition window: Region audition dates are set by each TMEA region in the fall of 2026. Area Band auditions are January 9, 2027 (next cycle January 8, 2028). Jazz Area recordings were due 11:59 pm CT Saturday, October 17, 2026; judging is November 14-15, 2026.
Instruments: all band instruments - winds, percussion, and jazz

What the organization posted

Each wind instrument prepares three selections (Selection 1, Selection 2 and Selection 3); percussion prepare Selection 1 in each of Snare, Keyboard (2 Mallet), Keyboard (4 Mallet) and Timpani. Examples: flute/piccolo, Cavally Melodious and Progressive Studies Book 3, nos. 3, 8, 2; oboe/English horn, Ferling/Andraud 48 Famous Studies, nos. 8, 13, 32; soprano clarinet, Hite Artistic Studies Book 1, nos. 12, 31, 24; low clarinet, Hite Artistic Studies Book 1, nos. 26, 13, 11; bassoon, Waterhouse 30 Classical Studies, nos. 14, 21, 12; saxophone, Voxman Selected Studies (Allegro, Andantino, Vivace); trumpet/cornet, Wurm/Voisin 40 Studies, nos. 6, 36, 39; horn, Pottag/Andraud 335 Selected Melodious Studies Book 1 (no. 45, Andante, no. 111); tenor trombone, Voxman Selected Studies (B-flat major, C major, G-flat major); bass trombone, Gillis 20 Etudes, nos. 15, 2, 8; euphonium, Voxman Selected Studies (A Major - Tempo di polacca, p. 43; Eb Major - Adagio Cantabile, p. 6; Allegretto grazioso, pp. 21/22); tuba, Blazhevich 70 Studies Vol. I, nos. 17, 23, 16. Percussion prepare Peters Advanced Snare Drum Studies no. 17, Gottlieb Masterworks for Mallets (Allegro from Sonata III), Ford Marimba: Technique Through Music (Birchbrook), and Orfaly Studies in Copper etude 2. Students advance from Region auditions to Area auditions to All-State placement; TMEA is offering high school students preparing to audition no-cost access to instructional videos of the non-ATSSB etudes; the band etude videos will be at Ensemble Block soon.

Notes

Small-school bands audition through a separate organization, ATSSB (Association of Texas Small School Bands), which posts its own etude list and fields its own All-State Symphonic Band, Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble; that is a separate posting not covered here. The state audition material pages list etudes only and do not publish a state scale list or state sight-reading requirement. Area audition date confirmed at https://www.tmea.org/band/all-state/area/. Source: https://www.tmea.org/band/all-state/jazz/. Source: https://www.tmea.org/wp-content/uploads/Region_Admin/2026/12_TMEA_Jazz_Audition_Policies_and_Procedures_2026_2027.pdf.

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

All-State Band Audition Etudes | TMEA

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Prepared etudes: 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.
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