Auditons

All-State Band Middle School

2025 Information

Conductor for Middle School Symphonic Band

Darcy Vogt Williams
Stiles Middle School, Leander, Texas

Darcy Vogt Williams is the head band director at Stiles Middle School in Leander, TX. She is a graduate of West Texas A&M University and is in her 20th year of teaching. Her bands have performed at The Midwest Clinic in Chicago and the Western International Band Clinic (WIBC) in Seattle. While at Stiles MS her bands have been state finalists in the prestigious TMEA Honor Band Contest. She is a member of Phi Beta Mu and serves on the Music For All Advisory Board.

In addition to teaching, Darcy is a clinician across the country for both students and music educators. She is the author of two books about teaching band (“Teaching Rhythm Logically” and “Pacing for Success: Beginner Band”) and the creator of the music education podcast “After Sectionals.”

Repertoire Symphonic Band

Roster Symphonic Band

2024–25 All-State Middle School Band 1 Roster — TBA

Rehearsal Schedule

Friday, March 7, 2025

9:00–11:00 am – Rehearsal
1:00–4:30 pm – Rehearsal
7:00–9:30 pm – Rehearsal

Saturday, March 8, 2025

9:00–11:30 am – Rehearsal
1:30 pm – Seated on stage in concert attire
2:00 pm – Concert

Conductor for Middle School Concert Band

Teresa Elliott

Repertoire Concert Band

Roster Concert Band

2024-25 All-State Middle School Band 2 Roster – TBA

Site Information

TBD

Ticket Purchasing

$12.50 per ticket click here

Order a recording of this all-state group – Not yet available

Audition Information

Teachers must be current members of KMEA, and they must register their band program prior to submitting auditions. Auditions will be submitted online using a Google Form that includes a Youtube link to the video audition (please review the Audition video instructions sheet for video guidelines – all portions of the audition shall be performed consecutively in one take with the student’s face and hands visible in the video). Audition videos will be due by the third Friday of January (January 17, 2025) by 11:59PM.

Audition Fee

$10 per audition. SEND BEFORE THE AUDITION SUBMISSION

All-State Middle School Band Audition Payment form (under construction) This form will generate and email you a form to print and send with payment.

Audition Submission

DEADLINE: TBD

All-State Middle School Band Audition Submission form (under construction) – Complete once for each audition

Audition Materials

Winds and mallets

2 scales predetermined for each instrument prior to audition (chosen from Concert Bb, Eb, Ab, F, C, G) and
1-octave-plus-a-5th chromatic scale at the specified tempo and rhythm from scale sheet.
2 etudes (lyrical and technical) Access to etudes granted to directors following registration of their band program. For security, please print for your students and do not share electronically.

All-State Middle School Scale Sheet

2023–24 Major scales for auditions (24–25 scales TBD)
Note: Students are to play scales exactly as written with no changes to rhythm or range.

Flute: E-flat & G
Oboe: B-flat & G
Bassoon: E-flat & G
Clarinet: B-flat (Concert A-flat) & D (Concert C)
Bass Clarinet: B-flat (Concert A-flat) & F (Concert E-flat)
Alto & Bari Saxophones: F (Concert A-flat) & D (Concert F)
Tenor Saxophone: F (Concert E-flat) & D (Concert C)
Trumpet: F (Concert E-flat) & A (Concert G)
Horn: F (Concert B-flat) & D (Concert G)
Trombone/Baritone/Tuba: E-flat & G
Mallets: A-flat & G
Snare Rudiments (Open/slow-Close/fast-Open/slow): Flam Accent, Single Ratamacue, Long roll (double stroke/open, not buzz)
Note: Timpani has no requirements beyond the two audition etudes. Students must tune the timpani as part of their audition video.

2025 All-State Middle School Audition Music (under construction)

Percussion

Students can audition on timpani, mallets, or snare.
If auditioning on snare or mallets, students will declare their primary audition instrument (snare or mallet), perform an excerpt on primary and perform an easier excerpt on secondary instrument (for example: Snare auditions will play a primary snare excerpt and perform a secondary mallet excerpt. Mallet students will perform a primary mallet excerpt and a secondary snare excerpt).

In addition, percussionists will perform either 3 predetermined rudiments (open/slow to close/fast to open/slow) selected from the list below or 2 major scales and a 2 octave chromatic scale aligned with their primary audition instrument.

Roll Rudiments: long roll, 5-stroke roll, 7-stroke roll, 9-stroke roll
Diddle Rudiments: paradiddle, double paradiddle, paradiddle-diddle
Flam Rudiments: flam, flam accent, flam paradiddle, flam taps
Drag Rudiments: drag and single ratamacue
Mallet Scales chosen from Concert Bb, Eb, Ab, F, C, G, Chromatic Scale (2 octave)

After the Audition

Director completes All-State Middle School Participation Fees Form 2025 (under construction)
- Director sends Participation Form with check for $35 per student by February 16, 2024. Failure to meet the February 16 payment deadline may result in the substitution of an alternate.
Students and parents complete All-State Middle School Regulations Form for Participation 2025 (requires director signature) (under construction)

Both participation payment and regulation forms must be received by the KMEA office before music will be shipped.

Judging Process

Two judges will be assigned per instrument.
Judges will watch the video audition and grade according to the rubric.

Judging Rubric

Winds
100 points total

Etude (80)
- Tone – 25
- Musicality – 25
- Rhythmic Accuracy – 15
- Technical Accuracy – 15
Scales (20)
- Scale 1 pulse – 2
- Scale 1 accuracy – 4
- Scale 2 pulse – 2
- Scale 2 accuracy – 4
- Chromatic pulse – 2
- Chromatic accuracy – 6

Percussion
100 points total

Primary Etude (60)
- Rhythmic Accuracy – 25
- Musicality – 20
- Facility and Control – 15
Secondary Etude (20)
Scales/Rudiments (20)

Timpani
100 points total

Etude (80)
- Rhythmic Accuracy – 30
- Musicality – 30
- Facility and Control – 20
Tuning (20) (tuning process must be included in the video audition)

Instrumentation

For the inaugural year, there will be one MS All-State Band using the Concert Band instrumentation listed below. The Symphonic Band instrumentation is included for the option of adding an additional band in the future.

Symphonic Band and Concert Band
(104 members each)

Flutes 12
Oboes 3
Bassoons 3
Clarinets 18
Bass Clarinets 4
Alto Saxophone 5
Tenor Saxophone 3
Baritone Saxophone 2

Trumpets 14
Horns 8
Trombones 10
Euphoniums 6
Tubas 6
Percussion 6*
Mallets 3
Timpani 1

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KMEA Second District All-District Band

Event Information

The KMEA Second District All-District Band allows the top performers in our district to come together for an intense few days of music preparation and performance. Auditions are typically held in November and the rehearsals and performance are in January. See our District Events page for specifics.

2023 All District digital program

2002-2012 PAST REPERTOIRE

2013-present PAST REPERTOIRE

Past Conductor Database

How Does All-District Work?

Our district features four outstanding ensembles: A 6th through 8th grade All-District Middle School Band, a 9th-10th Grade High School All-District Band, and an 11th-12th Grade High School All Distict Band. Students receive audition music early in the year. The district provides audition excerpts for the 6th-8th and the 9th-10th grade bands. The 11th-12th grade audtion music, which is also the audition music for All-State Band, will be provided by the band director at your school.

Students audition in November at TBA and TBA in Owensboro, KY. The audition of any 11th-12th grade student will count as an audition for both All-District Band and All-State Band - round 1. Second round All-State auditions occur in December at John Hardin High School in Elizabethtown, KY. Students for all of our All-District Bands are chosen based on audition results and our district's instrumentation needs for each of these ensembles.