All State Auditions

Students must attend an independent (private), parochial or public school in Maryland and meet the class membership and grade designations in order to be eligible to participate. Check the Student Eligibility policy in the All State Handbook if there are questions. Remember that your signature and your principal’s signature attest to the eligibility of the listed students as well as to the appropriate grade levels.

Because the events are on different weekends, a student in grades 7, 8, or 9 may audition for and participate in All State Junior Band and either the All State Junior Chorus or All State Junior Orchestra, if eligibility requirements have been met for both groups. Please indicate such nominations on the forms so that such students will be scheduled appropriately. MMEA requires a statement from both music teachers, indicating that the student is aware of the added pressure of preparing two auditions and is prepared for the possibility of being rejected twice.

Eligible students in grades 10 through 12 may audition for the All State Jazz Band in addition to the All State Senior Band or Orchestra. Teachers must complete the nomination process for Senior Band or Orchestra AND the Video Tape authentication Form that accompanies the Video Taped Jazz Audition. The deadline for the taped/DVD auditions is Wednesday, November 2. Copy the forms as often as needed.

To make the Friday, September 30, 2011 receipt deadline for Junior Groups (Graders 7, 8 and 9), nominations should be mailed by September 27 or shipped UPS on September 29. (Normal UPS delivery within the State of Maryland is the next-day without any additional fee.)

To make the October 7 date for receipt of Senior groups (Grades 10, 11 and 12), nominations must be mailed by October 4 or shipped UPS on October 6.

Copy the forms as often as needed.

List no more than 10 students per form. Send as many forms as needed. There is no limit on the number of student who may audition. Once you have completed the forms, photocopy them for your records. SEND THE FORMS WITH ORIGINAL SIGNATURES to the MMEA Office to be received by the deadline. The late fee is $35.00 per student.

• No jazz audition tapes or DVD’s will be accepted after Wednesday, November 2. Late fees do not apply.

• No nomination is accepted by FAX.

• If you wish acknowledgment of receipt of the forms, include a self-addressed postcard or envelope, with sufficient postage for return to you.

• All instrumental auditions (band and orchestra) are at Edgewood High School in Harford County.

• Choral auditions are at three sites across the state. (Anne Arundel, Baltimore, and Frederick Counties) Make sure you check an audition site on each choral form. Your students may audition at different sites, but please mark one site for each application.

• All Junior auditions are Saturday, November 12. All Senior auditions for are Saturday. November 19. Jazz auditions are on video tape or DVD and are due on Wednesday, November 2. There are no exceptions.

• Late applications must be pre-approved by the Executive Director and a fee of $35 per student must be included with the late applications

• Schedules for auditions and specific directions to the sites will be mailed to each nominating teacher.

• Fees for selected All State members will not exceed $330 per person. All students will be housed two persons to a room.

All Eastern Ensembles

Teachers note the policy concerning eligibility for the All Eastern groups in 2013 in Hartford. The audition scores from the November, 2011 auditions determined the All Eastern nominations from Maryland.

The Maryland policy states: “Any student who is selected for an All Eastern Band, Chorus, Jazz Band or Orchestra or a national group sponsored by Music Educators National Conference MUST be a participant in the Maryland All State Band, Chorus, Jazz Band or Orchestra during the school year PRECEDING and INCLUDING the year in which the student is selected for such an organization.”

The students who were nominated in the spring of 2012 may be notified of acceptance in the 2013 All Eastern ensemble before the 2013 Maryland All State results are published. A student will be disqualified from the All Eastern Ensemble unless they participated in the Maryland ensemble in 2012 and auditioned and made the accepted list for 2013. There are no exceptions to this policy.

To make the October 7 date for receipt of Senior groups (Grades 10, 11 and 12), nominations must be mailed by October 4 or shipped UPS on October 6.

Maryland Music Educators Association