All-State posting

Washington All-State band audition requirements

Auditions are recorded and submitted through OpusEvent, not performed live.

WMEA | High school All-State Band

The submission window is open

Recordings due: November 13, 2026. Confirm what to submit with your director.

Start with one passage of your etude, not another full run-through.

Check what to submit

Last checked October 6, 2026 | Official source: https://wmea.org/2026-all-state-honor-group-information-center/

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 - Check the packet. List what must be submitted, who submits it, and the deadline. Bring any unclear item to your director.
10 minutes - Choose one problem spot. Work on a short passage of the etude instead of restarting the whole piece.
5 minutes - Make a practice recording. Record that passage and listen back for one thing: rhythm, notes, or sound.
10 minutes - Rework and reconnect. Practice the spot you noticed. Add a little music before and after it, then record that section again.

These are private practice recordings. Follow the official rules separately when making an audition submission.

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Confirm every date and requirement with your director. Organizations update packets.

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WMEA

Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA)

2026-27 materials are posted.

The full requirements were not readable from a public official source.

Ensembles: High School All-State Band, High School All-State Jazz Band, Junior All-State Band
Season: 2026-27
Audition window: 2027 all-state events: High School Jazz May 19-20, 2027 and High School Band, Choir and Orchestra May 20-22, 2027 in Tacoma; Junior All-State February 13, 2027 in Yakima during the WMEA conference. Auditions opened September 1, 2026. Junior and Youth closed October 9, 2026; High School Band, Choir and Orchestra close November 13, 2026.
Instruments: winds, percussion, and jazz band instruments

What the organization posted

Auditions are recorded and submitted through OpusEvent, not performed live. WMEA routes students to its All-State Hub, which carries step-by-step audition instructions, a table of contents, and recording and uploading instructions, with separate material sets per ensemble (Junior Band, Orchestra, Choir and Youth Choir; High School Band, String and Jazz). WMEA states the audition music for 2026-27 is the same as the 2025-26 school year and that some documents still carry a '2026' label. The per-instrument scale and etude lists sit in Google Drive PDFs linked from the hub.

Notes

Materials are declared live ('Audition Materials available NOW!') and the hub confirms the 2026-27 music is unchanged from 2025-26, but the per-instrument scale and etude lists sit in linked Google Drive folders, so the specific scales and etudes are not confirmed here - open the hub's per-instrument PDFs directly. The information center now gives September 1, 2026 opening and October 9 / November 13, 2026 closing dates. On 2026-10-02 both https://wmea.org/all-state/ and the information center listed the High School Band, Choir, and Orchestra event as May 20-22, 2027. High school choir and orchestra are also offered; whether wind players are placed into the orchestra through this same audition is not stated, so orchestra is not covered on this page.

Retrieved from the organization's page on October 2, 2026.

2026 All-State Honor Group Information Center

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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: 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.

For students 13 and up. Virtunity helps you prepare. Your playing on audition day earns the chair.