In late November/early December, directors are asked for nominations of middle school students for the OMEA District VI Honor Band event that occurs in February. I will nominate names of 7th and 8th grade students who show exceptional behavior/attitude and musical abilities in class. From those nominations students are selected to participate in the honors band. Students who are selected for this event will be notified mid December. Below is the information paper sent home with students.
The Tri-County Honor Band is an audition group for grades 9-12 in Ashland, Wayne, and Homes County students. Audition materials are released in the beginning of October with auditions being held in mid-November at Smithville High School. All students 9-12 are encouraged to audition, we use the audition excerpts as our seating auditions for concert band, so students are already required to learn the scales and excerpts. Students typically find out the results before Thanksgiving. Then In January there are combined rehearsals and a final concert in February. Below is the information letter sent out to the area schools.
Throughout the school year various colleges have honor band programs available for high school students (9-12). I post information on the door about the events I hear about, but sometimes students will find some on their own. If you are interested in any of these other honor band, let Mr. C know so he can register you!
Here are some of the college honor bands to look out for:
All-Ohio State Fair Band July-August
Application/Audition period February 1st - March 31st
Ashland University High School Honor Band-March
Nominations due January
Bowling Green State University Honor Band-November
Nominations due September
Capital University Band Festival-November
Nominations due September
Kent State All-Star Band-January
Nominations due December
Muskingum University Youthfest Honor Band-November
Nominations due September
Ohio University Honor Band Festival-December
Nominations due October
OMEA All State Honor Band (both Jazz and Concert Band)-January/February
Audition Materials Posted: March 1st
Audition Acceptions Open: April 1st
Audition Recordings Due: May 31st
Notification of Results: August 31st
Acceptance Forms and Payment Due September 30th
The Ohio State University Honor Band-January/February
Audition recording due December
The Ohio State University Honor Jazz Band-September
Band Placement Video due September
University of Akron OBDC Honor Band-November/December
Nominations/Audition recording due October
Wright State MS and HS Honor Band Festival-February
Auditions/Nominations are due January
Youngstown State University High School Honor Band-November
Nominations due September
Youngstown State University Middle School Honor Band-January
Nominations due November