The WMEA Junior All-State Groups serve orchestra students in seventh and eighth grade. Students audition for the opportunity to perform with the best seventh and eighth grade musicians in Washington under the baton of highly-respected conductors. Audition materials will be posted each year in the spring.
WMEA Junior All-State honor groups include Baker Band, Rainier Band, Mixed Choir, Treble Choir and Orchestra. Selected students will gather in Bellevue on Saturday, February 19 for rehearsals and concerts. The entire application and audition process is done online.
Conductors for 2011 WMEA Junior All-State honor groups: Jim Rice, Northshore School District.
Students must be in grades 7 or 8 and regularly participating members in the school music performing group, offered for credit, corresponding with the honor group for which they are applying. Please refer to complete eligibility definitions. Regular participation in that school music group must continue through the honor group performance. Students interested in applying in more than one category will need to submit a separate application, payment, and recorded audition for each area. By applying, all students, parents and teachers agree that if selected, students are required to attend all rehearsals, and remain with their honor group from check-in through the concert.