IBA All-State Band

All-State Band

Eligiblity

The 2026 Indiana Bandmasters Association All-State Band Festival will be held March 13 - 15 at Purdue University in West Lafayette. The finale concert will be at the Elliott Hall of Music on Sunday, March 15 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 13, 14 and 15, 2026). 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 5. Beginning Saturday, December 6 a $10 late fee will be added to the student $15 application fee. On Saturday, December 13, 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.

2025-2026 Audition Etudes - The auditon material will be posted on or before October 12, 2025

Flute - Piccolo	Oboe - English 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 11, 2026 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) - Scott Cooksey
Carmel High School – Kyle Young
Jasper High School – Chad Gayso
Lafayette Jefferson High School – Tyler Long
Penn High School (Mishawaka) –
Pike High School (Indianapolis) – Aaron Burkhart
Valparaiso High School – Miguel Rosario

Cost

Selected students will pay a fee to participate. Fee includes quad rooms at the Hilton Garden Inn - Wabash Landing, transportation to and from the hotel and all meals beginning with breakfast on Saturday.

2026 Conductors

Michael Haithcock from the University of Michigan (retired) will conduct the All-State Honor Band. Dr. Rodney Dorsey from Florida 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
Audition Music Available	Tentative Audition Date	All-State Band Festival Weekend
October 14, 2026	January 10, 2027	March 12 - 14, 2026
October 11, 2027	January 9, 2028	March 10 - 12, 2028
October 9, 2028	January 14, 2029	March 9 - 11, 2029
October 8, 2029	January 13, 2030	March 8 - 10, 2030

All-State Band Conductors & Programs 1961 - Present

All-State Members 1961 - Present / Excel Spreadsheet