The Junior All-State Band is an exciting opportunity for our 7th & 8th Grade Band students. All-State members are selected by audition from across the state. They are given concert music to practice on their own for about a month and then meet for only one day on the Saturday of President's weekend in February. They rehearse during the day and perform a concert in the evening for the public. It is always amazing to hear what these talented students can do.
Auditions are done with the band director. The band director records the student performing the required etudes. Each etude can be recorded as many times as possible within the 20 minute allotted time in order for the student to show their best playing at their current level. The best of these recordings are uploaded to the State Server to be reviewed anonymously by a professional musician who specializes in that instrument. The top scoring players are selected based on tone quality, note and rhythm accuracy, articulation precision, intonation, dynamics and musical phrasing. Understand that music is subjective; sometimes the "best" player doesn't win the gig. The job of the student is to take care of business to eliminate any obvious detractors, such as wrong notes and rhythms. To help prepare, encourage, and motivate students to challenge themselves to audition, the first play test of the year in both the Intermediate Band and the Advanced Band will be one of the audition etudes.
(you do no not need to read all of this, but you may find it interesting.)
https://wmea.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/JR-ApplicationPacketFINAL.pdf
Here are the audition materials (they have been the same every year since 2002):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10GdZchBG4hYSKBofEgn4fmL2x82Xx3vt/view?usp=sharing
Jr. All-State Jazz Audition Material:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mXrqDD2rSkVLZvjD8O-TytUCXVtMhoJq/view?usp=sharing
Congratulations to our PCMS students whose auditions earned invitations to be in the 2025 bands!
Listed by instrument then alphabetical by first name.
(Baker Band & Rainier Band are equal in level)
Flutes
Ashley K, Baker Band **1st chair!
Janie M, Baker Band
Emi S, Baker Band
Oboe
Eli S, Rainier Band
Clarinets
Berit C, Baker Band
Ava F, Rainier Band
Alice M, Rainier Band **1st chair (for the 2nd time!)
Alex N, Baker Band
Nethra S, Baker Band
Ira U, Baker Band
Natalie V, Baker Band
Tenor Saxes
Kaden K, Baker Band
Diven M, Rainier Band
Trumpet
Ally K, Rainier Band
Horn
Jose G, Baker Band
Trombones
Ronith K, Rainier Band
Kushal K, Rainier Band
Carter S, Baker Band
Aiden Y, Rainier Band
Euphonium
Samuel H, Baker Band
Tuba
Pranav C, Rainier Band
Percussion
John C, Rainier Band
Ashwin N, Baker Band
Ashton S, Baker Band
All-State Jazz Band 2025
Caleb M, Jazz Band-Baritone Saxophone
Congratulations to our PCMS students whose auditions earned invitations to be in the 2024 bands!
Listed by instrument then alphabetical by first name.
(Baker Band & Rainier Band are equal in level)
Chloe K, Baker Band-Flute
Emi S, Baker Band-Flute
Ashley K, Baker Band-Flute
Neal C, Rainier Band-Oboe
Ryder D, Baker Band-Bassoon
Beckham W, Rainier Band-Bb Clarinet (2nd chair!)
Nina P, Rainier Band-Bb Clarinet
Alice M, Rainier Band-Bb Clarinet (1st chair!)
Berit C, Rainier Band-Bb Clarinet
Luke G, Baker Band-Tenor Saxophone
Tanav T, Rainier Band-Tenor Saxophone
Kaden K, Baker Band-Tenor Saxophone
Owen L, Rainier Band-Trumpet
Truman S, Rainier Band-Trumpet
Lanah S, Baker Band-French Horn
Rose S, Baker Band-Trombone
Samuel H, Baker Band-Euphonium/Baritone Horn
Karthik R, Rainier Band-Tuba
Colby I, Rainier Band-Tuba
Ved G, Rainier Band-Snare Drum and Mallets Option
All-State Jazz Band 2024
Jaedon O, Jazz Band-Baritone Saxophone--Jazz Band
Andysheh B, Jazz Band-Trumpet--Jazz Band
Congratulations to our PCMS students whose auditions earned invitations to be in the 2023 bands!
Listed by instrument then alphabetical by first name.
(Baker Band & Rainier Band are equal in level)
Arya B. Rainier Band-Flute
Chloe K. Rainier Band-Flute
Ryder D. Rainier Band-Bassoon
Ali W. Rainier Band-Bb Clarinet
Beckham W. Baker Band-Bb Clarinet
Haoyang (Henry) L. Rainier Band-Bb Clarinet - 2nd chair!
Kadence H. Baker Band-Bb Clarinet
Jaxon W. Baker Band-Alto Saxophone
Rohan K. Baker Band-Alto Saxophone
Lucas N. Baker Band-Tenor Saxophone
Boden D. Baker Band-Baritone Saxophone
Luke G. Baker Band-Baritone Saxophone
Andysheh B. Baker Band-Trumpet
Lanah S. Baker Band-French Horn
Anna R. Baker Band-Trombone
Anvi J. Rainier Band-Trombone - 1st Chair!
Cate S. Baker Band-Trombone 2nd Chair!
Rose S. Baker Band-Trombone
Karthik R. Baker Band-Tuba
Jonas H. Baker Band-Snare Drum and Mallets Option
Niel Y. Rainier Band-Snare Drum and Mallets Option
Ved G. Rainier Band-Snare Drum and Mallets Option
All-State Jazz Band 2023
Jaedon O. Jazz Band-Baritone Saxophone--Jazz Band
Jacob F. Jazz Band-Trumpet--Jazz Band, Lead Trumpet/Improv trumpet Soloist
Pradyuth K. Baker Band-Trumpet
Congratulations to our PCMS students whose auditions earned invitations to be in the 2022 bands!
Listed by instrument then alphabetical by first name.
We won't know seating until the bands meet to play.
(Baker Band & Rainier Band are equal in level)
Roya B. Baker Band-Flute
Joy D. Rainier Band-Flute
Trinity H. Rainier Band-Flute
Leah K. Baker Band-Flute
Taylor K. Baker Band-Flute
Rosemary S. Rainier Band-Flute
Jeremy L. Baker Band-Oboe
Kady H. Baker Band-Bb Clarinet
Henry L. Rainier Band-Bb Clarinet
Carter T. Rainier Band-Bb Clarinet
Carter T. Baker Band-Bb Bass Clarinet
Nora D. Rainier Band-Alto Saxophone
Augie S. Rainier Band-Alto Saxophone
Andrew S. Baker Band-Tenor Saxophone
Arman B. Baker Band-Trumpet
Joshua D. Baker Band-Trumpet
Camden J. Baker Band-French Horn
Elizabeth H. Rainier Band-Trombone
Anvi J. Baker Band-Trombone
James K. Rainier Band-Trombone
Mihir M. Rainier Band-Trombone
Anna R. Rainier Band-Trombone
Alexander K. Baker Band-Tuba
Finley M. Rainier Band-Percussion
All-State Jazz Band 2022
Andrew S. Jazz Band-Tenor Saxophone--Jazz Band
Mihir M. Jazz Band-Trombone--Jazz Band
Here is the link to the entire statewide 2021 Junior All State Band rosters along with information about #Merch: https://wmea.org/ardisplay.aspx?ID=310
Congratulations to our PCMS students whose auditions earned invitations to be in the 2021 bands!
(listed by instrument then alphabetical by first name. We won't know seating as the bands won't actually meet to play due to Covid restrictions)
(Baker Band & Rainier Band are equal in level)
Abby M, Baker Band-Flute
Adelle F, Rainier Band- Flute
Katie H, Baker Band- Flute
Leah K, Rainier Band-Flute
Rosemary S, Rainier Band-Flute
Roya B, Rainier Band-Flute
Trinity H, Baker Band-Flute
Jeremy L, Baker Band-Oboe
Alicia N, Baker Band-Bb Clarinet
Katherine M, Baker Band-Bb Clarinet
Bianca S, Rainier Band-Bb Bass Clarinet
Advait R, Baker Band-Alto Saxophone
Joonyoung H, Baker Band-Alto Saxophone
Kunaal C, Baker Band-Alto Saxophone
Mason U, Rainier Band-Alto Saxophone
Sara H, Rainier Band-Alto Saxophone
Jack R, Rainier Band-Tenor Saxophone
Grayson J, Rainier Band-Trumpet
Matthew F, Rainier Band-Trumpet
Camden J, Rainier Band-French Horn
Keaton S, Rainier Band-French Horn
Noah Y, Baker Band-French Horn
Sena P, Rainier Band-French Horn
Dallen T, Baker Band-Trombone
Elizabeth H, Rainier Band-Trombone
Everest C, Rainier Band-Trombone
Mihir M, Rainier Band-Trombone
Robert F, Baker Band-Trombone
Gavin C, Rainier Band-Tuba
Hollis M, Rainier Band-Tuba
Advik V, Baker Band-Percussion
Avinash M, Baker Band-Percussion
Brady C, Rainier Band-Percussion
Elliot H. Rainier Band-Percussion
All-State Jazz Band 2021
Sara H, Junior All-State Jazz Band-Alto Saxophone
Advait R, Junior All-State Jazz Band-Baritone Saxophone
Eden H, Junior All-State Jazz Band-Trumpet
Brady C, Junior All-State Jazz Band-Drums
PCMS All-State Band Members for 2019-2020 (listed by instrument then last name. We won't know seating until the event in Feb)
(Baker Band & Rainier Band are equal in level)
Katie H, Baker Band, Flute Adv1
Olivia E, Rainier Band, Clarinet Adv2
Sophie L, Baker Band, Clarinet INT
Landon M, Baker Band, Clarinet Adv2
Alicia N, Baker Band, Clarinet Adv1
Jack R, Baker Band, Clarinet Adv1
Clara T, Baker Band, Clarinet Adv2
Akshay V, Rainier Band, Clarinet Adv2
Alvin X, Rainier Band, Clarinet Adv2
Jacob Y, Rainier Band, Clarinet Adv2
Nathan S, Rainier Band, Bass Clarinet Adv2
Franklin W, Baker Band, Bass Clarinet Adv1
Advait R, Baker Band, Baritone Saxophone Adv1
Jackson C, Baker Band, Trumpet Adv1
Elija G, Rainier Band, French Horn Adv2
Keaton S, Baker Band, French Horn Adv1
Kenneth S,Rainier Band, French Horn Adv2
Noah Y, Rainier Band, French Horn Adv1
Viggy R, Baker, Tuba Adv2
Saurav N, Rainier Band, Percussion Adv1
**New This year*** PCMS All-State Jazz Band Members for 2019-2020:
William H, Tenor Saxophone Adv2
Keegan C, Trumpet Adv2
Veer S, Trumpet Adv2
PCMS All-State Band Members for 2018-2019:
Anna J, Flute
Anna T, Flute
Daniel, Flute
Daniela, Flute
Mackenzie, Flute
Nicholas, Clarinet
Hana, Clarinet
Jackson, Clarinet
Olivia, Clarinet
Kunal, Clarinet
Shriyan, Clarinet
Alex, Clarinet
Tyler K, Clarinet
Jeffrey, Clarinet
Marcus, Clarinet
David, Clarinet
Sanjit, Clarinet
Richard, Clarinet
Jacob, Clarinet
Nathan S, Bass Clarinet
Sydney, Tenor Sax
Nehemia, Bar Sax
Keagan, Trumpet
Nathan, Trumpet
Sam, Trumpet
Veer, Trumpet
Reagan, French Horn
KJ, French Horn
Tyler J, Trombone
Ty, Trombone
Ryan, Trombone
Viggy, Tuba
Riley, percussion
Seth, Percussion
Viraaj, Percussion
PCMS All-State Band Members for 2017-2018:
Anna, Flute
Olivia, Flute
Isaac, Flute
Ava, Bassoon
Yeajoon (Stephan), Bb Clarinet
Veronica, Bb Clarinet
Ethan, Bb Clarinet
Carlo, Bb Clarinet
Jackson, Bb Bass Clarinet
Sanjit, Bb Bass Clarinet
Amita, Baritone Saxophone
Clark,Trumpet
Nathan, Trumpet
Samuel F, Trumpet
Joseph, Trumpet
Gavin, Trumpet
Samuel R, Trombone
Karl, Tuba
Caleb, Snare Drum and Mallets
Charles, Snare Drum and Mallets
PCMS All-State Band Members for 2016-2017:
Keila, Flute (solo piccolo!)
Emma, Oboe
Hisham, Bb Clarinet (1st chair!!)
Nicolas, Bb Clarinet (2nd chair!!)
Carlo, Bb Clarinet
Ethan, Bb Clarinet
Veronica, Bb Clarinet (3rd chair!!)
Ashley, Alto Saxophone (1st chair!)
Trevor, Tenor Saxophone
Matthew, Baritone Saxophone
Clark, Trumpet (2nd chair!!)
Faith, French Horn (1st chair!!)
Matthew, Trombone
Daniel, Trombone
Ella, Euphonium
Jackson, Tuba
Benjamin, Mallets and Timpani
PCMS All-State Band Members for 2015-2016:
Joshua, Flute (1st chair!!)
Shelby, Flute (1st chair!!)
Renee, Flute
Brendan, Bb Clarinet
Nicolas, Bb Clarinet
Faith, French Horn (2nd chair!!)
Trevor, Tenor Saxophone
Ryan, Trombone
Alexandra, Trombone (1st chair!!)
Michael, Euphonium (1st chair!!)
Ian, Tuba