All-State Jazz

All-State Jazz Audition Policies and Procedures

Click here for a PDF version of the Jazz Audition Policies and Procedures (Revised 2022)

2025-2026 TMEA All-State Jazz Audition Material

It is required that each school that has a student or students auditioning for TMEA Region and All-State Jazz purchase a FULL packet, which includes the drum and improv play along recordings. You may distribute the music to teachers and students at your school, but packets should not be shared between schools.

Buy a Full Packet
$30

Individual Instrument Packets

Individual instrument packets have been provided so that students and private lesson teachers can get the music quickly. Individual instrument packets, which include the play along recordings, are for individual use only and cannot be distributed.

Audition music prepared and published by the Texas Jazz Educators Association.

Video Performance Guides

New! Instructional videos: In a pilot partnership with Ensemble Block, an educational media and technology company, TMEA is providing access to high-quality instructional videos of the TMEA (non-ATSSB) audition etudes. TMEA is offering this access at no cost to high school students who are preparing to audition. Featured practice tools include synchronized notation, looping, and slow‑down playback of the videos. TMEA Jazz etude videos are expected to be available by July 1 and links will be posted here. Students can sign up now at go.tmea.org/2025etudevideos-jazz.

Jazz Audition Material Errata

This page is the official location for posting of TMEA jazz audition material errata.

Improvisation

• Groovin’ Low:
  • M. 21-22 is an Ebmaj7 not Eb7 (posted 5/27/2025)
  • The last chord is an Ebmaj7 not Emaj7 (posted 5/27/2025)

Saxophone

• Saxophone Etude 1:
  • M. 9: and of 4 should be an F#. (The chord in parenthesis is the implied chord, the tri tone-sub) (posted 5/27/2025)
  • M. 12: and of 1 should be a D#. (posted 5/27/2025)
  • M. 14: beat 3 is an F# and the and of 3 is an A natural. The chord in beat 3 is now a Bb+7. (posted 5/27/2025)
• Saxophone Etude 2:
  • Tempo should be quarter note equals 80. (posted 5/21/2025)

Trumpet

• No errata at this time.

Tenor Trombone

• Tenor Trombone Etude 1:
  • M. 14: the and of 2 should be tied into beat three (posted 6/23/2025)
  • M. 15: the and of 2 should be tied into beat three (posted 6/23/2025)

Bass Trombone

• No errata at this time.

Drums

• No errata at this time.

Jazz Guitar

• No errata at this time.

Bass

• No errata at this time.

Piano

• No errata at this time.

Area Auditions

Area recordings will be adjudicated Saturday, November 8 (Trumpet and Trombone Pre-Area), and Sunday, November 9 (Area).

Results for directors/sponsors are available through the audition entry pages (TMEA membership required) immediately after the auditions have finished each day. They are intended for the private use of directors/sponsors and their students. These results are not public and are subject to appeals for 72 hours.

Final public audition results will be available on the All-State Audition Results page at 9 a.m. the following Tuesday.

All-State Jazz Ensemble Instrumentation