2025-2026 FMCMEA GENERAL MEETING

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Fresno City College, Old Administration Building, 7:00PM

2026 Honor Band & Orchestra Audition Information

**NEW REGISTRATION PROCESS**

All directors will be responsible for registering their students for each honor ensemble.  More information and procedures coming soon.

Honor Band & Orchestra Audition Date

Saturday, December 13, 2025

Location TBD

Rehearsals

Saturday, December 13 - 2:30-5:30pm (All Ensembles - Location TBD)

Friday, January 9 - 9am-4pm, Orchestra @ CNHS/PAC, Band @ TBD  

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

Jr. High School Band & Orchestra Audition Materials

Coming soon! 

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. 

2024 Honor Choir, Band, & Orchestra Recap Video