Only current 10th and 11th-grade students may audition for All-State.
Only NYSSMA school teachers may register students. Registrations made by parents or non-NYSSMA school teachers will not be accepted.
All Guitar and Harp auditions will be held at either the Up County or Down County Festival. Please make sure to check the Calendar of Events to see which festival is hosting these auditions.
All instrumental jazz auditions (All-State and Regular), will be held at either the Up County or Down County Festival. Please make sure to check the Calendar of Events to see which festival is hosting the Jazz auditions.
Only selections from the NYSSMA Manual Edition 33, effective June 1, 2022, (Green colored pages) are permitted for evaluation grades.
No, Xerox copies are not permitted in any NYSSMA or WCSMA festival.
All students of the same instrument or voice, from the same school, must audition at the same festival. No Exceptions!
There is a specific listing for voice solos. Only the specific solo in the specific key will be accepted as an All-State audition. If no key is stated, the standard published key is required.
Piano accompaniment is ONLY allowed for All-State and Vocal adjudications.
Yes, students, who wish a Comments Only evaluation may do so by indicating that choice when they register. Comments Only evaluations will not be scored and will only receive written comments. Scales (task 2) and are optional with Comments Only evaluations.