All-State Band
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Eligiblity
The 2025 Indiana Bandmasters Association All-State Band Festival will be held March 14 - 16 at Purdue University in West Lafayette.  The finale concert will be at the Elliott Hall of Music on Sunday, March 16 at 2:30 PM EDT. Outstanding musicians, who are students of IBA members, in grades 9 -12 are eligible for All-State Band.  The student must be a member in good standing of his/her school’s band program throughout the school year. All participants are required to attend all rehearsals and the performance for the All-State Festival weekend (March 14, 15 and 16, 2025). Students must verify their availability.  We ask that directors confirm that each student applying from your school is available for the entire All-State weekend before the January auditions.  Students participating are required to attend all events (100% of every rehearsal) during the festival.  Students unable to make that commitment should not apply to audition. The application deadline is December 6. Beginning Saturday, December 7 a $10 late fee will be added to the student $15 application fee. On Saturday, December 14, the late fee will increase to $50. No registrations will be accepted after December 31.
Audition Requirements
All students auditioning pay a $15.00 entry fee per instrument and are required to play a chromatic scale and 2 etudes for his/her instrument.  The chromatic scales are used to demonstrate the student’s mastery of the full range of the instrument.  The etudes for all instruments are chosen to discriminate between the very finest players in Indiana.  The purpose of these etudes is to 1) delineate between All-State caliber and non-All-State caliber players, 2) to delineate between All-State Honor Band personnel and All-State Band personnel, 3) to rank players within the sections of each band. (Students who double playing flute/piccolo, Bb clarinet/Eb clarinet, Oboe/English horn or trombone/bass trombone pay one audition fee but perform on both instruments.)  Students auditioning may not always be able to play every excerpt perfectly at the tempo indicated.  Each student must also sight-read an excerpt on his/her instrument.  Each percussionist will be required to prepare etudes  on three  instruments: snare drum, keyboard mallets and timpani and sight-read a brief excerpt on one instrument.  The player will select the instrument before being presented the excerpt.  Percussion applicants pay only one audition fee.
Director / School Registration Student Application
Chromatic Scales
Flute / Piccolo Oboe Eng;ish Horn Bassoon B flat and E flat Clarinet Bass and Contra Bass Clarinet Saxophone Trumpet Horn Trombone Bass Trombone Euphonium and Baritone Treble Clef Tuba String Bass
Audition Etude Books (Different etudes will be selected each year.)
Click on the book title to link to the J.W. Pepper website.
Flute - Piccolo Flute Etudes Book, Mary Karen Clardy - Schott Music Distribution Oboe - English Horn 48 Famous Studies (for Oboe or Saxophone), Franz Wilhelm Ferling/rev. Albert Andraud - Southern Music Company Bassoon Practical Method for the Bassoon (including Fifty Advanced Studies), Julius Weissenborn/ed. W.F. Ambrosio - Carl Fischer LLC B flat & E flat Clarinet Artistic Studies (Book 1 From The French School), Cyrille Rose/ed. David Hite - Southern Music Company Bass & Contra Bass Clarinet Artistic Studies (Book 1 From The French School), Cyrille Rose/ed. David Hite - Southern Music Company Saxophone 48 Famous Studies (for Oboe or Saxophone, Franz Wilhelm Ferling /rev. Albert Andraud - Southern Music Company Selected Studies for Saxophone, Himie Voxman - Rubank Inc. Music Pub. Trumpet Student's Essential Studies for Trumpet, Christopher Moore – Carl Fisher LLC Horn 335 Selected Melodious Progressive and Technical Studies No. 2, Pottag / Andraud - Southern Music Company 60 Selected Studies for French Horn - Book 2, C. Kopprasch - Carl Fischer LLC Trombone Melodious Etudes for Trombone Book 1, Johannes Rochut/ed. Alan Raph - Carl Fischer LLC Selected Studies for Trombone, Himie Voxman - Rubank Inc. Music Pub. Bass Trombone 20 Etudes for Bass Trombone, Lew Gillis - Southern Music Company Euphonium & Baritone TC Melodious Etudes for Trombone Book 1, Johannes Rochut/ed. Alan Raph - Carl Fischer LLC (Treble Clef transposition coming soon,) Arban Complete Method, Joe Alessi & Brian Bowman - Encore Music Publishers Tuba 43 Bel Canto Studies, Bordogni - Alphonse Leduc - Robert King Inc. 40 Advanced Studies for Bb Bass (Tuba), H.W. Tyrell - Boosey & Hawkes, Inc Percussion Masterpieces for Marimba, arr. Thomas McMillan - Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. Advanced Snare Drum Studies, Mitchell Peters - Mitchell Peters Fundamental Method for Timpani, Mitchell Peters - Alfred Music Publishing String Bass   Piano Any student auditioning for the All-State Bands may also audition for piano with no additional fee.  Piano would then be a secondary instrument and the student would only play piano on 1 or 2 pieces.
2024-2025 Audition Etudes will be posted on October 14, 2024
Flute - Piccolo Oboe - Englisth Horn Bassoon Bb Clarinet - Eb Clarinet Bass Clarinet - Contra Clarinet Saxophone Trumpet Horn Trombone - Bass Trombone Euphonium BC Euphonium TC Tuba String Bass Percussion Piano
Audition Date
Auditions are Sunday, January 12, 2025 starting at 1:00 PM local time.  Information concerning audition schedules and locations will be posted on the IBA website when received from the Audition Center Hosts.  In the event of weather-related problems, auditions may be moved to the following Wednesday at the discretion of the host chairperson.  Auditions are recorded by a proctor live at one of 9 sites and then are reviewed in a blind format by the selection committee.  Selections are based solely on the recording, previous participation is not considered.
Piano
Any student auditioning for the All-State Bands may also audition for piano with no additional fee.  Piano would then be a secondary instrument and the student would only play piano on 1 or 2 pieces.
All-State Audition Sites (click on site to see schedule) and Host Directors (click on name to email director)
Bloomington High School North – Thomas Wilson Concordia Lutheran High School (Ft. Wayne) – Jennifer Porath Floyd Central High School (Floyds Knobs) – Harold Yankey Fishers High School – Chad Kohler Jasper High School – Chad Gayso Lafayette Jefferson High School – Tyler Long Penn High School (Mishawaka) – Glenn Northern Pike High School (Indianapolis) – Aaron Burkhart Valparaiso High School – Miguel Rosario
Cost
Selected students will pay a $225 fee to participate.
2025 Conductors
Dr. Sara McKoin from Texas Tech University will conduct the All-State Honor Band. Dr. Caroline Beatty from Texas State University will conduct the All-State Band. Both conductors will provide an incredible experience for all involved.   Observing these rehearsals can be beneficial to everyone. IBA directors may earn professional growth points by observing the All-State Band rehearsals.
Purdue University Map	Photo Order Form	Recording Order Form
All-State Photos All-State Recordings Performing Arts Photography by Bateman Mark Custom Recording Service, Inc.
Future All-State Band Dates Tentative Audition Date All-State Band Festival Weekend January 11, 2026 March 13 - 115, 2026 January 10, 2027 March 12 - 14, 2026 January 9, 2028 March 10 - 12, 2028 January 14, 2029 March 9 - 11, 2029
All-State Band Conductors & Programs 1961 - Present
All-State Members 1961 - Present / Excel Spreadsheet