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Junior All-State Band
The 2009 Inaugural Indiana Junior All-State Band Festival will be held Thursday and Friday, January 22 and 23 at the Indiana Convention Center. The event is jointly sponsored by the Indiana Bandmasters Association (IBA) and the Indiana Music Educators Association (IMEA). The finale concert will be featured on Friday, January 23 at the 2009 IMEA Convention. This will be an exciting new opportunity for 100 outstanding junior high age students! Any student who applies for the IBA All-Region Honor Band may submit an audition tape/CD for the Junior All-State Band. Students must apply to All-Region in order to audition for the Junior All-State. The audition music, student applications, and director summary forms are available for download below.
The All-State audition will consist of each student recording two prescribed excerpts onto a tape or CD. After All-Region registration, each All-Region site will provide a panel of directors to listen to and rank their site's entries. Then, all tapes/CD's will be sent to a central site, separated by instrument, and sent out for a final listening and ranking. (Please contact your All-Region site host if you are available to listen to your site's tapes.)
Students selected for the All-Region Band will turn-in their All-State audition tape/CD and $10 audition fee (cash or check payable to IBA) at All-Region registration on Saturday, November 22, and will be expected to participate in the entire All-Region weekend. Students who applied to All-Region but were not accepted will also need to turn-in their All-State audition tape/CD and $10 audition fee at registration or make arrangements to have their director bring these to registration. No tapes will be accepted after registration.
Before signing a student's application form, please confirm the student's availability for the entire All-State event. Registration begins Thursday, January 22 at 8:30 AM at the Sheraton Indianapolis Hotel, with the first rehearsal beginning at 10:30 AM. The concert is on Friday, January 23 at 1:00 PM and students will be dismissed to parents by 2:00 PM. Students participating are required to attend all events (100% of every rehearsal) during the festival. Students unable to make that commitment should not audition. Students / schools provide their own transportation to Indianapolis.
Dr. Susan Creasup, Assistant Director of Bands at Morehead State University, will conduct the Junior All-State Band. She is highly respected in our profession and will make this an incredible experience for everyone. Directors are welcome to observe the rehearsals.
We will rely on you to volunteer your help and expertise on Thursday and Friday as a chaperone/staff member (sectionals, etc.). Your hotel room (2 to a room) and all meals (4) will be paid for, plus IMEA will be offering 50% off the IMEA Convention registration fee for those directors who chaperone with us! Please contact Dave Cole if you would like to join us as a staff member/chaperone.
Please encourage your students to apply for All-Region Band and to submit an audition tape/CD for Junior All-State. This will be a musical experience your most talented students will never forget! Questions may be directed to the event co-chairs BJ Marks or David Cole.
Applications & Director Summary Form
You may submit your audition on CD or standard size cassette tape. While a CD will capture your sound with more accuracy, you should use the method with which you are most familiar. If you have never recorded yourself onto a CD before, you need to plan time in advance to be sure you understand how to do this. Ask your director if you have questions.
Audition Music
If you wish to audition for both flute and piccolo, record the flute audition on 1 CD or 1 TAPE, and the piccolo audition on a separate TAPE or CD. You must audition on flute to submit a piccolo audition, but you may audition for flute only.