Hello everyone!

 

I hope you are all doing well and having a wonderful Spring Semester! This is Ryan Ellefsen, chairperson for the All State Orchestra Woodwind/Brass/Percussion Auditions. It is my pleasure to invite you to have your wonderful musicians submit their auditions for the NC All State Orchestra Clinic which will run on Friday, Nov. 6th, Sat. Nov. 7th and Sun. Nov. 8th. Because of renovations to the Stevens Center, rehearsals will continue to be at UNCSA in Winston-Salem but the performance will be at historic RJR Reynolds theater located at RJ Reynolds HS, which is basically a mini-Stevens Center. It's a great experience and wonderful repertoire with this year's clinician, Dr. Chung Park and while some of you may recognize him from his years at App State, he is currently Director of Orchestras at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. We're excited to welcome him back to North Carolina. 

 

Eligible Students MUST meet at least one the following:  

 

• Current High School Students Who Participated in either the Western OR Eastern Regional Orchestra

• Current High School Students who Auditioned for the 2024 All State Band on March 7th, 2026. 

  • Students did NOT need to get into the ASB to be eligible. They only need to have auditioned. 

  • Students who auditioned on String Bass at the ASB Auditions are not eligible to audition. This process is only for non-string players.

• Only the following instruments are eligible to audition: Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Bb Soprano Clarinet, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba, Mallet, Timpani, Section Percussion. (Sorry Low WW, Saxes and Euphoniums!)

 

 

NOTE: Students MUST audition using the 2025-2026 11/12 All State Band

 

• Scales and 

• Solo Requirements. Be aware that many solos have cuts. Please ask your student to click on the solo requirements link to see what the cuts are. If a "Start" and "End" designation doesn't exist, then your student should play all of it. 

There is no sight-reading and there is no registration fee. 

 

When creating a video, you simply use the script located in the packet linked below, video-record the student's entire solo in one video and all of the required scales in a separate video. IMPORTANT - Do NOT use iCloud to share your videos and videos must be shared to allow anyone to view. 

 

File names must be labeled as follows: 

 

• LAST_FIRST_INSTRUMENT_SCALES

• LAST_FIRST_INSTRUMENT_SOLO

 

Then, fill out the information and upload the videos using the form below and you're good to go! 

 

ALL required information and most of your questions (including which scales are tongued and which are slurred) can be answered by carefully reading the All State Orchestra Audition Packet. Thank you! 

 

 

TO SUBMIT VIDEOS, CLICK HERE: 

2026 North Carolina All-State Orchestra: Wind, Brass and Percussion Audition Submission

 

The deadline to submit auditions is Friday, June 5th, 2026 at 11:59pm. 

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Anyone with questions can contact me, Ryan Ellefsen, rellefsen@chccs.k12.nc.us, with questions.

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