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Orchestra Directors – Annual Membership

The California Orchestra Directors Association exists to promote school orchestras in California by providing quality honor orchestra experiences for school orchestra students, facilitating an exchange of instructional strategies and ideas for the school orchestra director, and providing a forum and community for school orchestra directors.

Become a member today (2024-25 memberships begin on July 1st) and help take an active role in supporting students, educators, and school orchestra programs across the state of California. 

Click here to view membership class information.  If you are new to CODA, enter your email address on the login page, create a password, and you will be redirected to the registration page.

Audition excerpts for CODA Honor Orchestras 2025 (Dec 5-6, 2025 at University of the Pacific) and All State 2026 (Jan 14-18, 2026 in Sacramento) are now online!

2025 All-State Orchestra Audition Results

Congratulations to all of the students who auditioned for this year’s All-State Orchestras.  Follow the links below to see this year’s list of accepted students and registration information.

2024 CODA Honor Orchestra Audition Results

Congratulations to all of the students who auditioned for this year’s CODA Honor Orchestras.  Follow the links below to see this year’s list of accepted students and participant information.

2025/26 Audition Excerpts and Applications

All auditions excerpts for the 2025-2026 school year are now available online by following the event links below.  Applications and recording instructions will be available soon.

New Audition Due Dates:
High School December CODA Honor Orchestras- October 15, 2025
High School All-State Orchestras- October 15, 2025
Junior High All-State Orchestras- November 3, 2025

*Directors and Students, please take some time to review the new CODA Audition Honor Code as we work together to commit to a fair and honest audition process.

Save the Date! Super Saturday Audition Preparation, September 6, 2025

Join us for Super Saturday 2025: clinics with esteemed professionals on all band & orchestra instruments, offered at 6 locations throughout California! Stay tuned for details and registration!

CODA Composition Consortium Project

CODA is proud to launch the CODA Composition Consortium that aims to highlight historically underrepresented composer voices, to bring new repertoire to the string education field.  Follow the link below to learn more about this year’s project and become a member of the consortium!

CODA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives

CODA serves to promote school orchestras in California by providing quality honor orchestra experiences for school orchestra students.  Music continues to be a vehicle to bring our communities together in the ongoing effort to end systemic racism, discrimination, and injustice. We believe that our students deserve respect and representation inclusive of race, religion, socio-economic status, sexuality, and gender identity. CODA also facilitates an exchange of instructional strategies and ideas for the school orchestra director and provides a community and forum for school orchestra directors. We pledge to center the discussion of diversity, equity, and inclusion in our ensembles, classroom culture, and music libraries.

Our goal is to help increase access to quality orchestral experiences for all students. Our proposed long-term plans toward increased diversity, equity, and inclusion include:

1. Conductor Diversity
2. Repertoire Recommendation for Honor Orchestras
3. Financial Barriers for Honor Orchestra Participation
4. Teacher Education Regarding Diversity
5. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Chair & Resources

Click here to learn more about our initiatives.

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2025-26 CODA Events

CODA Honor Orchestras
December 5-6, 2025
University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
CODA Honor Symphony Orchestra, Eric Dudley, Conductor
Repertoire TBA
CODA Honor String Orchestra, Ruth Brittin, Conductor
Repertoire TBA

CODA All-State Honor Orchestras
January 15-18, 2026
Sacramento, CA
CODA High School All-State Symphony Orchestra, Ho-Yin Kwok, Conductor
Repertoire TBA
CODA High School All-State String Orchestra, Rudy Perrault, Conductor
Repertoire TBA
CODA Junior High School All-State String Orchestra, Juan Felipe Molano, Conductor
Repertoire TBA
CODA Junior High School All-State Concert Orchestra, Daryl Silberman, Conductor
Repertoire TBA

CODA Scholarship Fund

Please consider making a donation to the CODA Scholarship Fund to help reduce financial barriers for student participation in CODA Honor Orchestras.



CODA Board and General Membership Meetings

October 2025- CODA Board Meeting
December 6, 2025- CODA Board Meeting, Stockton, CA
January 2026 at CASMEC- exact times TBA-  CODA Board and General Session, Sacramento, CA
*All CODA members are invited to attend the CODA General Session at CASMEC.
March 2026- CODA Executive Board Meeting, Zoom
June 2026- CODA Board Meeting, Zoom