Orchestra All-State Chair Audition Recording Cuts

Important Seating Audition Dates

  • January 16 at 12:00 PM CT: Orchestra seating audition cuts are released.
  • January 20-23: Orchestra directors assist All-State students to record their seating audition on the TMEA audition portal.
  • January 25: Seating audition recordings are adjudicated by five-person panels and placed in rank order.
  • January 25: Notification of seating results are posted on the TMEA website.
  • January 26: Based on the ensemble to which they are named, students can download their concert music and begin practicing.

Recording Process

See the Orchestra Division Appendix, starting page 14, for the State Audition procedures and rules.

To retrieve recording links for your students, go to the audition entry system, view contests for your campus(es) and look for the 3 All-State Orchestra auditions (Symphony, Philharmonic, and Sinfonietta). In the audition details will be a page with the recording links. Any director with access to your campus record can complete this task.

Each cut must be recorded into its own track on the recording page, must be done in one take, and can only be recorded once. There must be no more than 30 seconds between recording each track, except in the case of issues with instruments or recording equipment.

Use the practice track on the student's recording page or the recording test page to set up recording equipment and verify volume and sound is good before recording the audition tracks.

Once all tracks have been recorded and played back to verify they are correct, use the button at the bottom of the recording page to verify the entry. An entry must be verified to be heard for the audition. If there are issues with any tracks, leave the entry unverified and contact the Orchestra Division Vice-President with details about the issue.

Audition Cuts

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All-State Students

Go to your All-State Dashboard page to access the cuts under the Music Download tab, available starting Friday, January 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM Central.