Colleagues,
This email is intended for band directors and teachers of students auditioning for the 5A/6A All-Region Bands. This includes Phase 1 West Zone, Phase 1 East Zone, Phase 2, and Freshman Region Band. If you are not entering students into the TMEA All-Region process, please ignore this email.
Greetings. I hope this email finds you, your family and your students doing well. Our TMEA Region Band auditions are one month away. The online entry website is now open for you to start entering your students. This email contains all the information you need to know to get started. If at any time you have a question or concern, please email me or call/text me at (432) 889-3591.
Please review the information on the following TMEA website. On this site you will find the TMEA Statewide Audition and Clinic/Concert Site COVID Protocols, Audition Policies and Procedures Documents, Contest Results, and your Campus List.
5A/6A High School All-Region Band Auditions
- Please enter your students in the correct Zone.
- West Zone includes Midland HS (6A), Lee HS (6A), Permian HS (6A), Odessa HS (6A), and any other 1A-4A schools in region 6 west of a line that connects Colorado City, Sterling City, Big Lake, and Sanderson. Colorado City and Sterling City will be part of the east zone. Big Lake and Sanderson will be a part of the west zone.
- East Zone includes Abilene HS (6A), San Angelo Central HS (6A), Abilene Cooper HS (5A), Wichita Falls HS (5A), Wichita Falls Rider HS (5A), Abilene Wylie HS (5A), and any other 1A-4A schools in region 6 east of a line that connects Colorado City, Sterling City, Big Lake, and Sanderson. Colorado City and Sterling City will be part of the east zone. Big Lake and Sanderson will be a part of the west zone.
- Entry Fees: The entry fee is $12 per student per entry.
- If a student is auditioning on two different instruments, such as alto sax and tenor sax, the entry fee is doubled.
- Students who advance to Phase 2 from Phase 1 do not have an additional fee. Freshman students who audition at the freshman auditions do not have to pay an additional fee to audition in Phase1 or Phase 2.
- Audition Cuts: Auditions cuts for each phase will be chosen by the 10 head high school band directors.
- The director names will be drawn randomly for each instrument. I will email all head directors, letting them know the instruments they are to choose cuts for. Cuts must be emailed back to me one day before each contest deadline. More information will be emailed to head directors at a later time about this process.
- Audition cuts will be the same for both East and West Zone Phase 1 contests.
- We will go through the same process for Phase 2 cuts.
- Phase 1 Instruments: Only 7 sections will be judged in Phase 1 Auditions. (flute, Bb clarinet, alto saxophone, cornet/trumpet, horn, tenor trombone, and percussion).
- The number of students advancing to phase 2 from each zone will be limited to the total number of musicians on each instrument that could possibly earn a spot in either of the all-region bands. Students placed high enough in Phase 1 will advance to Phase 2 for further auditioning. The other sections will compete in Phase 2 for All-Region Band membership.
- Number of students advancing from each zone from Phase 1 to Phase 2
- Flute: 13
- Bb Clarinet: 22
- Alto Sax: 9
- Cornet/Trumpet: 22
- F Horn: 14
- Tenor Trombone: 12
- Percussion: 14
- Phase 1 East/West Zone All-Region Information
- Contest Date: Monday, December 6, 2021
- East Zone: Abilene HS
- West Zone: Midland HS
- Signup Deadline: Monday, November 22, 2021
- Campus Fee: $0.00; Student Fee: $12.00
- Late Deadline: Monday, November 29, 2021
- Additional Late Student Fee: $12; Additional Late Campus Fee: $0
- Phase 2 All-Region audition Information
- Contest Date: Saturday, December 11, 2021, Abilene HS
- Not open for online entry. You must enter your students in the appropriate Phase 1 Zoned contest.
5A/6A FRESHMAN All-Region Band Audition Information
- Freshman students may audition in both the freshman all-region auditions and/or the regular high school all-region auditions.
- A freshman student may only hold membership in one all-region band. They may not hold a spot in both the freshman all-region band and the high school all-region band. If a freshman student makes the freshman all-region band and the high school all-region band, they will forfeit their chair in the freshman all-region band, and the next chair student will be moved up.
- Freshmen are allowed to enter the regular high school all-region auditions even if they did not audition for the freshman all-region band.
- Student entry fees will only be paid once per student for the entire process regardless of trying out for the freshman, phase 1, and/or phase 2 contests.
- Freshman students who audition for the freshman all-region band will NOT be automatically entered into the phased all-region auditions. You must enter the students in both contests.
- The freshman entry fee is $12 per student per entry. If a student is auditioning on two different instruments, such as alto sax and tenor sax, the entry fee is doubled.
- If you are entering your freshman into both contests, your payment invoice printed from the TMEA website will indicate that you must pay twice for freshman; however, when you send your entry fee, you will indicate which students are entered in both contests and that you are only paying once for them.
- Freshman All-Region audition information
- Contest Date: Saturday, December 11, 2021, Abilene HS
- Signup Deadline: Saturday, November 27, 2021
- Campus Fee: $0.00; Student Fee: $12.00
- Late Deadline: Saturday, December 4, 2021
- Additional Late Student Fee: $12; Additional Late Campus Fee: $0
Best wishes on your final audition preparations. If you have any questions, please reply or call/text (432) 889-3591.
Sincerely,
Steven Dojahn
Legacy High School Director of Bands
Region Band Chair, TMEA Region 6
Area Coordinator, TMEA Mentoring Network
