¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ Middle School Honor Band

Welcome to the Middle School Honor BandÌýat the ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ College of Music!

Our goal is to enhance the opportunity students receive in their school band program by allowing them to meet and perform with other students.ÌýParticipants benefit fromÌýmaster classes with College of MusicÌýfaculty.ÌýAfterÌýtwo days of rehearsal,ÌýstudentsÌýpresent a full-length concert to highlight their growth and development.

Feb. 20-21, 2026

Guest clinician
Liz Love, Director of Bands, Leander Middle School

All rehearsals and performances will take place at the ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ. Check-in will begin at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026 with rehearsals and the ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ band concert that evening. The Middle School Honor Band will rehearse from approximately 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026 and will perform a concert in Macky Auditorium that evening.

2025 schedule

2026ÌýMiddle School Honor Band results

We will email results to applicants by end of day on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. Rosters will be posted to our website shortly thereafter.

Auditions

Audition deadline:ÌýWednesday, Nov. 5, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.

Notifications of acceptance, as well as audition feedback, will be emailed in December 2025. Music will be emailed to directors and students by mid-January 2026.

If selected, students will be expected to attendÌýallÌýscheduled rehearsals and activities, including attending the Friday evening ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ Wind Symphony + Symphonic Band concert. Parents are responsible for transportation, lodging and supervision during Honor Band weekend.

Audition materials

2025-26 audition materials

Audition process Step 1: Prepare to record your audition Step 2: Record your audition Step 3: Submit your audition Step 4: Submit your audition fee
Audition process

Auditions are online only. Students are required to record and submit a video file of their audition through a sharable link on the application form. Please see the link below for more information.

2025-26 Recording + application guidelines

  1. Prepare the requirements for your instrument.ÌýPractice stating your name, grade, school and instrument, and performing the scales and etudes in the order you will record them.
  2. No metronome is allowed for audition recordings.
  3. Gather the materials you need to record your audition.ÌýFor best results, make recordings using a high-quality microphone.Ìý
  1. Record your audition as a video file. We will only accept one file per student.
  2. You may splice together separate recordings of each scale and excerpt, butÌýthe scales and excerpts themselves should NOT be edited. Any edits to theÌýindividual components of the audition (including added reverb, metronome,Ìýpitch correction, etc.) will result in disqualification.
  3. Please title your video file with your Lastname_Firstname_Instrument.
  4. Make sure that you and your instrument are visible in the video frame at all times.Ìý

All students must submit their audition via the online registration form (see links below).ÌýNote:ÌýThere is a separate form for each instrument.Ìý

  1. The audition fee is $25Ìýper audition submission (i.e., students auditioning on two instruments would pay $50Ìýtotal).ÌýWhoever is paying the student’s audition fee (directors and parents, please connect with one another to determine this for yourselves), .ÌýIf you require a pay-by-check option, email MSHonorBand@colorado.edu.
  2. Once registration has closed, we will notify directors whose students submitted auditions, including student names and instruments, and what their payment status is.ÌýUnpaid auditions will not be scored.

Questions?ÌýEmail MSHonorBand@colorado.edu.Ìý

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