All-State Band
Eligiblity The 2020-2021 All-State Band will be a virtual experience.  While nothing truly can replace the in-person ensemble, we believe the plans that are being made will make this unique experience a worthwhile event for the selected students.  A video performance of the ensemble will be released to the public via YouTube on Sunday, March 28. Outstanding musicians, who are students of IBA members, in grades 9 -12 are eligible for the 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 a Zoom sectional rehearsal on Sunday, February 28 .  We ask that students not audition if they cannot make a commitment to these requirements.
2021 All-State Honor Band 2021 All-State Band All-State Alternates
2021 Program and Conductors
All State Band Carnival (Mr. Jay Gephart ~ Purdue University) Moon By Night (Dr. Thomas Caneva ~ Ball State University) The Purple Pageant (Col. Michael Colburn ~ Butler University) All State Honor Band Overture in Five Flat (Mr. Jay Gephart ~ Purdue University) Canterbury Chorale (Col. Michael Colburn ~ Butler University) Come Sunday [Mvt. II Shout!] (Dr. Thomas Caneva ~ Ball State University)
2021 Important Dates
February 28 - Section rehearsals via Zoom (afternoon, exact time to be announced) March 6 - Videos of Carnival (All-State) and Overture in Five Flat (Honor) is due by 11:59 PM March 10 - Videos of Moon by Night (All-State) and Canterbury Chorale (Honor) is due by 11:59 PM March 14 - Videos of Purple Pageant (All-State) and Come Sunday (Honor) is due by 11:59 PM March 28 - The performance video is released as a YouTube video @ 7:00 PM
Cost
Each selected students will be accessed a $67 fee. Fees will be paid online via PayPal. Students will be able to download their parts upon payment. All fees should be paid by Saturday, January 30.
Audition Requirements
All students auditioning pay a $10.00 entry fee per instrument and are required to record (audio only - (MP3 or M4A) a chromatic scale and 2 etudes for his/her instrument to upload.  The chromatic scales are used to demonstrate the student’s mastery of the full range of the instrument,  A complete list of the books to be used every year is below.  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 an additional chromatic scale and one etude on the second instrument.)  Students auditioning may not always be able to play every excerpt perfectly at the tempo indicated.  Each percussionist will be required to prepare etudes  on both snare drum and keyboard mallets.  There will be no timpani recording required for the 2021 audition. Percussion applicants pay only one audition fee.
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.
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 16, 2022 March 11 - 13, 2022 January 15, 2023 March 10 - 12, 2023 January 14, 2024 March 8 - 10, 2024
All-State Band Conductors 1961 - Present
All-State Members 1961 - Present / Excel Spreadsheet