All-State Music Festival

It is the intent of ASAA to host championship events in all activities. However, dates, locations and formats may change due to the impact of COVID-19.

2020 ASAA/FIRST NATIONAL BANK ALASKA
ALL-STATE MUSIC FESTIVAL

Hosted by: ASAA and ASD

GALA PERFORMANCE
CANCELLED

MUSIC FORMS
Deadlines and forms required for State Championship participation.
• All-State Music Forms

MUSIC HANDBOOK
• 2020-21 Music Handbook

GENERAL INFORMATION
• 2020 All-State Music Festival Memo (Updated 8/19/20)
• 2020 All-State Music Festival Format

• 2020 All-State Band Selected Participant List
• 2020 All-State Mixed Choir Selected Participant List
• 2020 All-State Orchestra Selected Participant List
• 2020 All-State Treble Choir Selected Participant List
• 2020 All-State First Chair Awards

PROGRAMS
Championship programs are available in a downloadable PDF for free. You may also order a printed version (fees apply) from TheBookPatch via the Print On-demand link below. Print On-demand programs are generally available within 30 days following the event.
• 2019 All-State Music Festival State Championship Program (Download PDF)
• 2019 All-State Music Festival State Championship Program (Print On-demand)

MORE INFORMATION
Make sure to view the Music home page for Gala Performance information, ticket information, photos and more.

AUDITION INFORMATION

2020 AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
For 2020, auditions can be submitted on-line beginning Monday, October 5, 2020 at 8:00 AM and must be completed by 11:55 PM on Monday November 9, 2020:

ALL-STATE BAND
For 2020, Alaska will be using the 2021 NAfME All-Northwwest Set C Audition materials for the audition materials with the exception of the PERCUSSION requirement, which will be using only tracks #1, #3 and #5.

AUDITIONS:
2020 FLUTE
2020 PICCOLO

2020 ALTO CLARINET
2020 Bb CLARINET
2020 Eb CLARINET
2020 BASS CLARINET
2020 CONTRA ALTO CLARINET
2020 CONTRA BASS CLARINET
2020 SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
2020 ALTO SAXOPHONE
2020 TENOR SAXOPHONE
2020 BARI SAXOPHONE

2020 OBOE
2020 ENGLISH HORN
2020 BASSOON
2020 CONTRA BASSOON

2020 TRUMPET
2020 FRENCH HORN
2020 TENOR TROMBONE
2020 BASS TROMBONE
2020 BARITONE
2020 EUPHONIUM
2020 TUBA

2020 PERCUSSION

ALL-STATE CHOIR
For 2020, ALASKA will be using the following audition sequence for each voice consisting of two scales, an exercise and “America, the Beautiful”.

Track 1: Major Scale
Track 2: Major Scale
Track 3: Chromatic Exercise
Track 4: America, the Beautiful

AUDITIONS:
2020 SOPRANO 1
2020 SOPRANO 2
2020 ALTO 1
2020 ALTO 2
2020 TENOR 1
2020 TENOR 2
2020 BASS 1
2020 BASS 2

ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA
For 2020, ALASKA will be using the 2021 NAfME All-Northwest Set C Audition materials for the required recording tracks for each instrument as follows:

Track 1: Major Scale
Track 2: Melodic Minor Scale
Track 3: Exercise
Track 4: Exercise
Track 5: Exercise
Track 6: Identify and play a one-minute excerpt from your solo literature. State only the title and composer of your selection at the beginning of the track.

AUDITIONS:
2020 VIOLIN
2020 VIOLA
2020 CELLO
2020 STRING BASS

OTHER ALL-STATE AUDITIONS
The following instruments may also be needed as a part of one or more of the ALL-STATE GROUPS to be determined by the music selected by one of the All-State Conductors.

For HARP: there will only be 3 Tracks as follows:
Track 1: Melodic Minor Scale
Trace 2: Excerpt
Track 3: Excerpt

For PIANO: there will be 6 Tracks as follows:
Track 1: Major Scale
Trace 2: Major Scale
Track 3: Harmonic Minor Scale
Track 4: Melodic Minor Scale
Track 5: Excerpt
Track 6: Excerpt

AUDITIONS:
2020 HARP
2020 PIANO