Western States

Audition Materials

1. Submit the registration form by Friday, September 26, 2025. (Registration coming late summer, 2025.)

2. Upon submission, you will be redirected to the portal, where you can pay your $35 audition fee and upload your recording.

3. Audition Recording Requirements:

   • The audition file (mp3 file) must be labeled: LastName_FirstName_School_Instrument.mp3

   • All required audition material must be included in one file in the following order: Scales, Orchestral Excerpts, Solo Selection. Only one file including all audition requirements should be submitted per applicant.  An announcement of the student name and instrument is NOT required at the beginning of the recording.

   • Audition recordings must be recorded without accompaniment.  Recordings must also be unedited with no added “overdubs” or reverb.

   • Mp3 files must be compressed at a bit rate of no more than 256 kbps. Files larger than 20MB will not be accepted. Consider that the quality of the audition recording may reasonably affect the perception of the adjudicators.