Junior High All-State Orchestra

2025 Junior High All-State Orchestras

January 16-19, 2025, Sacramento, CA

CODA Junior High School All-State String Orchestra, Dr. Tammy Yi, Conductor
To Those Who Made Us by Mia Ruhman
Take the L.A. Train by Charley Harrison (CODA Composer Consortium 2025)
Pizzicato by Vivian Fung
Testament (from Vishwas) by Reena Esmail
Habari Gani by Quenton Blache

CODA Junior High School All-State Concert Orchestra, Dr. Rachel Dirks, Conductor
Concerto Grosso in G, Op. 6, No. 1 by George Frideric Handel, arr. by McCashin
Snowberry by Yukiko Nishimura
Asturias by Isaac Albeniz, arr. by Chin
Incantations by Richard Meyer

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

  • 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.


Audition Excerpts and Instructions

CODA Audition Honor Code

Please contact Trish Adams at tadams@codaorchestras.org if you have any questions regarding the audition materials after speaking with your school music director.  Please do not reach out to the guest conductors with audition questions.

2025 CODA Junior High All-State Orchestra Required Scales and Audition Excerpts

Student Instructions:
2025 CODA All-State Orchestras Recording Instructions

*Please note the new due date for auditions from previous years.
All recordings must be submitted electronically by November 2, 2024.

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