Audition Information

The signed Principal Form for your school. (The Principal Form is accessible when you register your students for auditions.)
Completed Medical Form - Medical Forms will be completed on paper this year and must be turned in at the check in table.
- The Medical & Commitment Form is located here.
Payment for the amount indicated on the Principal Form.

Payment should be made to:

MMEA
PO Box 920004

Needham, MA 02492

Audition Type: 2025 auditions will be live auditions.
Location: New Address Shrewsbury High School, 75 Cypress Avenue, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 01545
Date: January 25, 2025
Snow Date: Sunday, January 26, 2025

All State Audition Times:
The audition schedule by district is indicated in the following table. Note the time that corresponds to the name of your school and your geographic district. Home-schooled students may come at any time during their geographic district's audition times, or arrange a suitable time with Michael Lapomardo, the MMEA Auditions Coordinator, in advance. Contact Michael at mlapomardo@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us.

Please note the following:

Three schools will be randomly assigned from the first time block to audition at the start of auditions.
Schools sending more than 15 students to auditions may be contacted to schedule a time to avoid congestion.
Each school may ask for two special time requests. All requests must be made from their school director in advance. Requests from parents, students or private teachers will be declined.
Any requests for changes to audition times must be submitted to Michael Lapomardo by January 3rd, 2025.

TIME SCHOOL DISTRICTS

8:15 AM: Eastern District Schools A-M

9:00 AM: Eastern District Schools N-Z

9:45 AM: Northeastern District Schools A-M

10:30 AM: Northeastern District Schools N-Z

11:15 AM: Southeastern District Schools A-M

1:00 PM: Southeastern District Schools N-Z

1:45 PM: Central District Schools A-M

2:30 PM: Central District Schools N-Z

3:15 PM: Western District Schools A-M

4:00 PM: Western District Schools N-Z

C. Audition Registration

Registration Dates:

All State Audition Registration opens Monday, December 2, 2024.
All State Audition REGULAR Registration closes on Friday, December 6, 2024.
All State Audition LATE Registration: closes on Friday, December 13, 2024. Students cannot be registered for auditions past this point.

Signed Medical Form

Medical Forms will completed on paper this year.

A completed medical form will need to be turned in at the registration desk prior to auditioning.

A PDF of the medical will be uploaded here soon.

Registration Fees

2025 All State Audition Student Regular Registration Fee: $30.00
2025 All State Audition Student Late Registration Fee: $50.00

Registration Login Procedure
Students must be registered through your District Avenir login.

Completing the Audition Registration Process
Once students have been registered online, appropriate fees, payment/PO's, and the signed principal form must be brought to Auditions on January 25, 2025. Do not email a PDF copy of the forms to Noreen.

Each ensemble director that has a student auditioning must have a valid, active NAfME number. Please double-check when yours expires. It must be active through January 25, 2025 for auditions, and through March for the festival.
Please note: You can retrieve your NAfME credentials at any time by visiting https://nafme.org/membership/join/.

D. Audition List and Changes (Including Anonymous Auditions and Excerpts)

2024-2025 All-State Audition List and Changes

All-State Vocal Audition Tracks
Angelus Ad Pastores

Please use the approved MMEA version of Angleus ad Pastores for the audition. This file is linked with the audition list.

If you notice errors in the printed music, please learn what is on the recording and not what is on the paper. The judges are aware of this. Thank you.

Practice Tracks (mp3 format)

Audition Tracks (mp3 format)

Sight Reading
Students will be asked to sight read a short example during their audition. MMEA uses Sight Reading Factory and has a published level. Students and directors can access that directly through SRF. If you do not have an account, please use these examples to help give you guidance.

Timpani and Jazz students will follow similar requirements. Examples have been written specifically for MMEA uses and cannot be shared.

Harp students will read from concert literature when available

Snare Drum Rudiments
All snare drum musicians will perform 2 rudiments (adjudicator’s choice from the approved list):

5, 7, or 9 stroke roll - alternating

Flam accent

Single paradiddle

Double paradiddle

Ruffs

Triple Ratamacue

Flamacue

Multi-Percussion
All timpani, snare drum, and mallet musicians will be required to play 5 multi-percussion examples.
Musicians may pause slightly between each example.

Triangle

Tambourine

Crash Cymbals

Suspended Cymbals

Bass Drum

Multi-Percussion Sheet Music

Instrumental Scale Sheets

Concert Band Scale Sheets
Jazz Band Scale Sheets

String Scale Sheets (Including Harp)

E. Governing Documents

The updated MMEA All-State Ensemble Handbook can be found here.

Adjudication forms are available at https://scoreforms.avesi.com.

2025 All-State Festival Information

Announcing New Partnership with the Boston Symphony Orchestra

MMEA is excited to announce its partnership with the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), which will host the Annual All-State Concert and generously waive the rental fee. In addition, Friday rehearsals will be moved to venues that do not require expensive catering services. These changes have enabled the Executive Board to reduce the All-State fee by $35 per student, setting the new registration fee at $200 per student. Students should plan to bring a bagged lunch on Friday in Worcester, while a catered lunch will still be provided on Saturday at Boston Symphony Hall.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to Chad Smith, President and CEO of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, for collaborating with MMEA to make the All-State experience more accessible for students and families.

The Festival Packet will be loaded here in December.

All-State Chaperone Form will be posted here in December.

Please contact Allyson Rottman, Concert Chair, with questions: concertcoordinator@massmea.org

All-State Festival Registration Timeline

-Monday, January 27th, 2025: All-State Festival registration opens for 5 DAYS ONLY!

-Friday, January 31st, 2025: All-State Festival registration closes at midnight.

-Friday, February 14th, 2025: Festival payment and all signed forms are due to Noreen Diamond Burdett at the following mailing address:

MMEA

PO Box 920004

Needham, MA 02492

All-State Festival Registration Fee

The All-State Registration Fee for the 2024-2025 All-State Festivial is $200.

*Note a change for this year: Students must bring a bagged lunch to rehearsal on Friday in Worcester.

Concert Committee

Allyson Rottman, Concert Chair

Meredith Lord, Assistant Concert Chair

Chorus

Destiny Cooper, Manager
Maggie Storm, Assistant Manager

Concert Band

Craig Robbins, Manager
Jon Schmidt, Assistant Manager

Jazz Band

Amanda Howland, Manger
Rylee Allen, Assistant Manager

Orchestra

Elijah Langille, Manager
David Palombo, Assistant Manager

4th-6th Grade Treble Chorus

Martha Robertson, Manager

Christopher McGillicuddy, Assistant Manager

Audition Information

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Contents:

A. What to Bring to Auditions

B. Audition Day

C. Audition Registration

D. Preparation for Auditions

E. Governing Documents - Handbook

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A. What to Bring to Auditions

The signed Principal Form for your school. (The Principal Form is accessible when you register your students for auditions.)

Completed Medical Form - Medical Forms will be completed on paper this year and must be turned in at the check in table.

​The Medical & Commitment Form is located here.

Payment for the amount indicated on the Principal Form.

​

Audition Type: 2025 auditions will be live auditions. Location: *New Address* Shrewsbury High School, 75 Cypress Avenue, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 01545 Date: January 25, 2025 Snow Date: Sunday, January 26, 2025

​

Please note the following:

Three schools will be randomly assigned from the first time block to audition at the start of auditions.

Schools sending more than 15 students to auditions may be contacted to schedule a time to avoid congestion.

Each school may ask for two special time requests. All requests must be made from their school director in advance. Requests from parents, students or private teachers will be declined.

Any requests for changes to audition times must be submitted to Michael Lapomardo by January 3rd, 2025.

​

TIME SCHOOL DISTRICTS

8:15 AM: Eastern District Schools A-M

9:00 AM: Eastern District Schools N-Z

9:45 AM: Northeastern District Schools A-M

10:30 AM: Northeastern District Schools N-Z

11:15 AM: Southeastern District Schools A-M

1:00 PM: Southeastern District Schools N-Z

1:45 PM: Central District Schools A-M

2:30 PM: Central District Schools N-Z

3:15 PM: Western District Schools A-M

4:00 PM: Western District Schools N-Z

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C. Audition Registration

Registration Dates:

All State Audition Registration opens Monday, December 2, 2024.

All State Audition REGULAR Registration closes on Friday, December 6, 2024.

All State Audition LATE Registration: closes on Friday, December 13, 2024. Students cannot be registered for auditions past this point.

​

Signed Medical Form

Medical Forms will completed on paper this year.

A completed medical form will need to be turned in at the registration desk prior to auditioning.

A PDF of the medical will be uploaded here soon.​

​

​

Registration Login Procedure Students must be registered through your District Avenir login.

​

Completing the Audition Registration Process Once students have been registered online, appropriate fees, payment/PO's, and the signed principal form must be brought to Auditions on January 25, 2025. Do not email a PDF copy of the forms to Noreen.

​

D. Audition List and Changes (Including Anonymous Auditions and Excerpts)

​

All-State Vocal Audition Tracks Angelus Ad Pastores

Please use the approved MMEA version of Angleus ad Pastores for the audition. This file is linked with the audition list.

If you notice errors in the printed music, please learn what is on the recording and not what is on the paper. The judges are aware of this. Thank you.

Practice Tracks (mp3 format)

SATB​

Audition Tracks (mp3 format)

​​

Sight Reading Students will be asked to sight read a short example during their audition. MMEA uses Sight Reading Factory and has a published level. Students and directors can access that directly through SRF. If you do not have an account, please use these examples to help give you guidance.

​

Timpani and Jazz students will follow similar requirements. Examples have been written specifically for MMEA uses and cannot be shared.

Harp students will read from concert literature when available

​

Snare Drum Rudiments All snare drum musicians will perform 2 rudiments (adjudicator’s choice from the approved list):

5, 7, or 9 stroke roll - alternating

Flam accent

Single paradiddle

Double paradiddle

Ruffs

Triple Ratamacue

Flamacue

​

Multi-Percussion All timpani, snare drum, and mallet musicians will be required to play 5 multi-percussion examples. Musicians may pause slightly between each example.

Triangle

Tambourine

Crash Cymbals

Suspended Cymbals

Bass Drum

The Medical & Commitment Form is located here.

Audition Type: 2025 auditions will be live auditions.
Location: New Address Shrewsbury High School, 75 Cypress Avenue, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 01545
Date: January 25, 2025
Snow Date: Sunday, January 26, 2025

A PDF of the medical will be uploaded here soon.

Registration Login Procedure
Students must be registered through your District Avenir login.

Completing the Audition Registration Process
Once students have been registered online, appropriate fees, payment/PO's, and the signed principal form must be brought to Auditions on January 25, 2025. Do not email a PDF copy of the forms to Noreen.

All-State Vocal Audition Tracks
Angelus Ad Pastores

SATB

Sight Reading
Students will be asked to sight read a short example during their audition. MMEA uses Sight Reading Factory and has a published level. Students and directors can access that directly through SRF. If you do not have an account, please use these examples to help give you guidance.

Snare Drum Rudiments
All snare drum musicians will perform 2 rudiments (adjudicator’s choice from the approved list):

Multi-Percussion
All timpani, snare drum, and mallet musicians will be required to play 5 multi-percussion examples.
Musicians may pause slightly between each example.

Adjudication forms are available at https://scoreforms.avesi.com.