Concert Bands
2023-2024 Dates
November 1, 2023 - Registration Opens
November 17, 2023 - Registration Deadline/Auditions Due
Thursday, January 11, 2024 - Rehearsal 1 (5:00-8:00pm) at Fossil Ridge High School
Friday, January 19, 2024 - Rehearsal 2 (5:00-9:00pm) with Guest Clinicians
Wind Symphony rehearses at Fort Collins High School
Symphonic Band rehearses at Fossil Ridge High School
Saturday, January 20, 2024 - Rehearsal 3 (9:00am-4:00pm) with Guest Clinicians
Wind Symphony rehearses at Fossil Ridge High School
Symphonic Band rehearses at Fort Collins High School
CONCERT: Saturday, January 20, 2024 - 4:00pm at Fort Collins High School
Tickets $10.00 for adults; $5.00 for students - available at the door
NOTE: Students accepted to the band MUST attend all reheharsals and the performance. If you will be unable to attend everything, you should not submit an audition.
Auditions
Register HERE
(Registration for 2023-2024 has closed. This link will re-open on November 1, 2024)
Audition Materials available from your band director
Auditions are selected elements from the Colorado All-State Band auditions and usually the same as the requirements for the CSU Honor Band.
Students must complete an online registration form (Click the button above beginning November 1), pay a $15.00 audition fee (to your school), and submit your recorded audition (to your band director). Directors have to have all auditions uploaded by 5:00pm on Friday, November 17 - so they will set a deadline that works for them to have time to complete their requirements. Be sure to check with them for your specific deadline.
Recording Instructions
Be sure to follow the step-by-step instructions (available below) when creating your audition recordings. Failure to follow the instructions could result in you not being selected to the band.
Click HERE for step-by step instructions for wind instruments
Click HERE for step-by step instructions for percussion
Eligibility
All students who submit an audition must:
be a member of their school band program (string bass students can be a member of their school orchestra program)
attend one of the participating schools (Berthoud HS, Fort Collins HS, Fossil Ridge HS, Liberty Common, Loveland HS, Mountain View HS, Poudre HS, Resurrection Christian, Rocky Mountain HS, Thompson Valley HS, Timnath MHS, Wellington MHS and Windsor HS)
All students who participate in the Northern Colorado Honor Band must:
be a member of their school band program (string bass students can be a member of their school orchestra program)
meet their school elegibility requirements for participation in extra-curricular activities
Participation
Results are typically posted by December 1 each year
You can find the results on this web-site by following the Participants link.
Participation Fee's for the group are set at $20.00 per person. Students should check with their school director to see if the school or student will pay the participation fee. If the student is expected to pay the fee - they will pay their school and the school will submit the payment to NOCO.