All-State Auditions and Festival

All-State Festival: April 15-17, 2010, at Samford University

All-State Festival is an opportunity for students with outstanding ability and initiative to receive public recognition, to sing under the direction of nationally recognized choral clinicians, and to perform choral literature of the highest quality. Directors may choose to register students for auditions at any of the sites listed below. Students will audition on the All-State music for their choir and the state song "Alabama." All-State Festival is a three-day event that culminates in a professionally recorded concert.

Information about All-State Choirs, Fees, Audition Dates and Locations, and where to mail the audition application is listed below the All-State Checklist on this page. Links to forms, the music list, clinician bios, and other information will be added (top right of this page) as they become available.

All-State Checklist:

1 All-State Music: Directors should order music for each student planning to audition for All-State at least eight weeks prior to the audition date, and should contact the District Chair for a copy of any music selection that has not been received by three weeks before the audition.

2 "Must Know" Info: Print and study P-1, P-1a, and P-2, as well as Sections III, IV, V, and VI of the Standing Rules from the AVA Handbook for specific information regarding every aspect of All-State Auditions and All-State Festival.

3 Audition Application: Mail Audition Application Packet by March 1, 2010, to Pat Blackwell, AVA Executive Secretary, 1703 Emily Circle, Huntsville, AL 35802. Include these items in your application packet :

completed forms which apply; two pdf versions are available from the website, regular and fillable (High School: F-1, F-1a, F-1b, F-1c; Middle School: F-2, F-2a, F-2b)
school check or signed school Purchase Order
a copy of your MENC card
Please add a $50.00 late fee if mailing after the deadline.

4 Audition: District Chairs will contact directors about audition time(s) after they receive the complete audition application and schedule all of the District auditions. Each student must bring the following to auditions:

F3 All-State Audition Form, signed by PARENT and STUDENT, after reading P1a
complete set of music for the choir for which they are auditioning (NO PHOTOCOPIES)

5 Registration (for those who make All-State): Directors will receive notification of students accepted into All-State after . If you have not received this by December 1, contact your District Chair. Re-read P-2 and for students accepted into All-State, mail the All-State Registration Packet by December 15 to Pat Blackwell, AVA Executive Secretary, 1703 Emily Circle, Huntsville, AL 35802:

completed forms which apply (High School: F-4, F-4a, F-4b, F-4c; Middle School: F-5, F-5a, F-5b)
school check or signed school Purchase Order
Please add a $50.00 late fee if mailing after 12/15.

All-State Choirs:

High School SATB: selected by audition from grades 10-12
High School SSA: selected by audition from grades 9-12 (females only)
High School TTBB: selected by audition from grades 9-12 (males only)
Middle School MIXED: selected by audition from boys grades 7-8 and girls grade 8
Middle School TREBLE: selected by audition from girls grades 7-8

All-State Fees:

Audition Application Fee per student: $5.00
Audition Application School Fee: $40.00
Festival Registration Fee per student (for students who make All-State): $25.00
Festival Registration School Fee: $40.00

All-State Audition Dates, Locations, and Deadlines:

	Audition Deadline*	Audition Date	Location
District I:	December 31, 2009	February 4-5, 2010	Southside Baptist, Decatur
District II:	December 31, 2009	February 1-3, 2010	Bluff Park UMC, Birmingham
District III:	December 31, 2009	February 1-3, 2010	Bluff Park UMC
District IV:	December 31, 2009	February 1-3, 2009	Bluff Park UMC, Birmingham
District V:	December 31, 2009	February 4-5, 2010	Southside Baptist, Decatur
District VI:	December 31, 2009	February 1-3, 2010	Bluff Park UMC, Birmingham
District VII:	December 31, 2009	January 29-30, 2010	Spring Hill Baptist Church, Mobile
*Please add a $50.00 late fee after this date.