2023 MMEA All-State | The Collective – Ensemble Guidelines

85th MMEA In-Service Workshop/Conference

 

Grow MO:  Telling Our Story and Influencing our Future 

January 25-28, 2023

Tan-Tar-A Conference Center

Mmea all-state | “the collective”

 performance

Wednesday, January 25, 2023
8:00pm – Paradise Ballrooms

  General information

Our goal is to have representation from as many colleges and universities across the state as possible.

  • All institutions must award at least an Associate’s Degree or Music Minor.
  • All participants must be undergraduate students in good standing and enrolled in your institution for the spring 2023 semester.
  • Participants must be a member of your school’s Jazz Ensemble (if this offering exists).
  • Participants must be currently enrolled in the applied music studios at their institution (if this offering exists).
  • Participants must be in attendance at the 2023 MMEA Annual In-Service Workshop/Conference beginning the evening of Wednesday, January 25 through the performance on the evening of Friday, January 27, 2023.

  application information

PLEASE COMPLETE A SEPARATE FORM FOR EACH STUDENT NOMINATED:

  1. The online application form (below)  must be completed for each perspective member. 
    1. NOTE: If there is more than one auditionee per instrument from your school, please indicate accordingly. For example, “Tenor Trombone A – College Name” and “Tenor Trombone B – College Name.”  
  2. An audio recording of the selected excerpt must be uploaded for each auditionee.
  3. An audio recording of the  improvisation, and/or other specified components, must be uploaded for each auditionee.

Thank you for taking the time to submit your students for consideration. 

  audition materials

*Include the following in your audition recording:

  1. A performance of the selected excerpt for your instrument.
  2. 2 Choruses of improvisation over the backing track provided. 

Audition Excerpts:

*Include the following in your audition recording:

  1. A performance of the selected excerpt for your instrument.
  2. A performance of a comp (or walk) in a swing style.
  3. 2 choruses of improvisation over the backing track provided.

Audition Excerpts:

*Include the following in your audition recording:

  1. A performance of the selected excerpt including hits and fills as marked. 
  2. A performance demonstration of playing time and soloing in the following three styles: Medium Swing, Fast Swing, Fast Samba.

Audition Excerpts:

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