ALL-STATE JAZZ BAND

Students wishing to audition for the Colorado All-State Jazz Band may do so using the information and audition material found below.  

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Membership in All-State Jazz Band is limited to students who are members of a curricular Colorado high school band for the entire school year, and whose directors are current members of the Colorado Music Educators Association and the Colorado Bandmasters Association. School director and administrator approval are necessary to audition and participate. At the time of the audition and the festival, students must be eligible under the rules of the Colorado High School Activities Association; the student’s director is responsible for ensuring academic eligibility. If no curricular band class exists at the school, students must still receive administrative and music teacher approval; the music teacher (or if none exists another school official) must be a member of CMEA and CBA. Home schooled students must be enrolled in a local public or private school band. Large School All-State Jazz Band is open to students in grades 9-12 from schools with 1101 students or more. Small School All-State Jazz Band is open to students in grades 9-12 from schools with 1100 students or less. Any Small School jazz student that qualifies to be in the Large School ensemble will be rewarded so. Large School students may be used in the Small School ensemble only when necessary, determined by the All State Jazz Chair and approved by the CBA board. Being the only student to audition on a given instrument does not guarantee acceptance into the All State Jazz Band.

 

School sizes are based on the CHSAA count for the 2023-2024 school year.  Audition materials and procedures are the same for both bands.

$25 fee is charged for each audition.