**NEW REGISTRATION PROCESS**

All directors will be responsible for registering their students for each honor ensemble.  All current FMCMEA members have received an email with the band and orchestra registration information. If you did not receive this email, please register as a member and reach out to fmcmea.info@gmail.com

Honor Band & Orchestra Audition Date

Saturday, December 13, 2025

Winds & Percussion Audition Site: Sanger West High School

Rehearsals

Saturday, December 13 - 2:30-5:30pm

Honor Band @ Sanger West High School

Honor Orchestra @ Fresno Pacific University

Friday, January 9 - 9am-4pm

Orchestra @ CNHS/PAC, 

Band @ Sanger West HS

Saturday, January 10 - 9am-12pm @ CNHS/PAC

Honor Band Concert

Saturday, January 10 - 1:30pm

Clovis North High School, Performing Arts Center

Honor Orchestra Concert

Saturday, January 10th

Elementary Concert - 4:00pm

Intermediate Concert - 5:00pm

High School Concert - 7:00pm

Clovis North High School, Performing Arts Center

Important Dates/Deadlines

Audition Registration and $20 fee due by December 2nd (band and orchestra)

Jr. High School Winds and Percussion Audition Materials

Download instrument parts here.

Download audio examples here.

High School Winds Audition Materials

High School Winds will be the same audition for the CBDA Golden State Honor Band.  Excerpt list can be found here.  

High School Percussion Audition Materials

Percussionists must play the required 2-mallet excerpt (A Minor Violin Sonata, Allegro) posted on www.cbda.org under HS Solos & Supplemental Material from the top to the spot indicated in red, as both as solos in the order listed below:

Snare Drum Etude #3 (p. 5), Portraits in Rhythm, A. Cirone (Belwin)

m. 1 thru m. 25

Timpani Etude #48 (p. 180) from Fundamental Method For Timpani, Mitchell Peters (Alfred)

m. 16 to End

Sightreading for mallets and snare will take place between the mallet excerpt and snare excerpt, respectively. 

Guest Conductors