High School All-State Orchestras

January 16-19, 2025, Sacramento, CA

CODA High School All-State Symphony Orchestra, William Eddins, Conductor
Overture to Candide by Leonard Bernstein
As Dancing is to Architecture by Christopher Theofanidis
D’un matin de printemps (“Of a Spring Morning”) by Lili Boulanger
El sombrero de tres picos (“Three-Cornered Hat”): Suite No. 2 by Manuel de Falla

CODA High School All-State String Orchestra, Dr. Jacob Sustaita, Conductor
Air and Simple Gifts by John Williams
Entr’acte: A Minuet & Trio by Caroline Shaw
Strut by Michael Daugherty

CODA HS All-State Symphony Orchestra 2025
D’un Matin de Printemps (“Of a Spring Morning”) by Lili Boulanger (1893-1918)
Lili Boulanger was born to a music family in 1893. Her father, mother, and sister Nadia were all trained composers and performers. Boulanger’s D’un Matin de printemps (“Of a Spring Morning”), composed alongside its companion piece D’un Soir triste (“Of a Sad Evening”), stands as a testament to the composer’s remarkable talent during the final months of her life. Despite being stricken by illness and witnessing the turmoil of World War I in Paris, Boulanger, the first woman to win the prestigious Prix de Rome at age 19, continued to compose. D’un Matin de printemps, completed just two months before her passing at age 24, showcases an interchange of rhythmic string motifs  and bright wind passages. Premiered posthumously in 1921, this piece affirms Boulanger’s legacy as a pioneering and evocative composer, with Nadia championing her sister’s music throughout her long career.

Listen to D’un Matin de Printemps HERE.

CODA HS All-State String Orchestra 2025
Entr’acte: A Minuet & Trio by Caroline Shaw by Caroline Shaw
Caroline Shaw writes about her piece, “Entr’acte was written in 2011 after I heard the Brentano Quartet play Haydn’s Op. 77, No. 2—with their spare and soulful shift to the D-flat major trio in the minuet. It is structured like a minuet and trio, riffing on that classical form but taking it a little further. I love the way some music (like the minuets of Op. 77) suddenly takes you to the other side of Alice’s looking glass, in a kind of absurd, subtle, technicolor transition.” 

Listen to Entr’acte HERE

Student Information Form (for students to submit to their director)

Please note the new due date for auditions from previous years.
All recordings must be submitted electronically by October 15, 2024.

• String Bass players have the opportunity to be considered for acceptance into one of the CBDA All-State Bands.  Bass players must indicate on their application, which ensembles they wish to audition for.

Directors, please read the following instructions for setting up your Director’s account and adding student auditions.
Director Instructions for CODA All-State Orchestra Audition Submission

Schools with small or growing music programs may qualify for a School Fee Waiver. Information can be found at the bottom of our FAQs page.