Region & State Honors Ensembles

Audition Requirements

Instrument Solo List

Major Scales for Winds

Sightreading Practice

Snare Rudiments

Traps Percussion Study

Timpani Etude

Mallet Scales/Arpeggios

Piano Requirements

Auditions Available

SJBODA
Region Band Auditions

December 13th, 2025

Absegami High School 201 Wrangleboro Road, Galloway, NJ 08205

Applications

Completed Online Form Through www.sjboda.org

$10.00 Application Fee is Due To Mr. Wiernusz

Form must be completed and money turned in by November 1st in order to audition

Accepted Students

Band Weekend

January 16th - January 17th, 2026

Pfleeger Concert Hall - Rowan University

Orchestra Weekend

January 9th - January 10th, 2026

Pfleeger Concert Hall - Rowan University

Reading Rehearsal

December 20th, 2025

Cinnaminson High School

Students must be able to make all rehearsals and performances

Audition Requirements

Wind & Piano Musicians

Prescribed Solo from List

12 Major Scales

Sightreading

Battery Percussion

Prescribed Solo from List

Mallet Etude from List

Selected Snare Rudiments

Trap Rudiments (Listed Above)

Snare Drum Sightreading

Mallet Percussion

Prescribed Solo from List

12 Major Scales & Arpeggios

Four Mallet Etude

Sightreading

New Jersey
All- State Band Auditions

January 24th, 2026

John P. Stevens High School 855 Grove Avenue, Edison, NJ 08820

Applications

Completed Online Form Following Region Band Auditions

$26.00 Application Fee is Completed Online

You need to tell Mr. Wiernusz you are auditioning and all forms must be completed by January 3rd.

Accepted Students

All-State Weekend

February 19th - February 22nd, 2026

Atlantic City & New Jersey Performance Arts Center

Reading Rehearsal

February 2nd, 2026

Bridgewater-Raritan HS / Atlantic City, NJ

Students must be able to make all rehearsals and performances

Audition Requirements

Same Requirements/Solos as Region Band Auditions

Wind & Piano Musicians

Prescribed Solo from List

12 Major Scales

Sightreading

Battery Percussion

Prescribed Solo from List

Mallet Etude from List

Selected Snare Rudiments

Trap Rudiments (Listed Above)

Snare Drum Sightreading

Mallet Percussion

Prescribed Solo from List

12 Major Scales & Arpeggios

Four Mallet Etude

Sightreading

NJAJE
Region & State Jazz Auditions

Region III Auditions

March 16th, 2026

Cinnaminson High School

$25.00 Application Fee is Due per Audition (Pay Online)

Form must be completed and turned in by February 16th

All-State Auditions

May 4th, 2026

Piscataway High School

$30.00 Application Fee is Due per Audition (Pay Online)

Accepted Students

Rehearsals

All Rehearsals are at Cinnaminson High School

TBA

Concert

TBA

Cinnaminson High School

Students must be able to make all rehearsals and performances

Accepted Students

Rehearsals

Rehearsal Location TBA

Rehearsals take place during the summer / fall of 2026. Only Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors are Eligible to audition.

Concerts

November 2026- Atlantic City

November 2026 - NJPAC

Students must be able to make all rehearsals and performances

Region & State Honors Ensembles

Audition Requirements

Auditions Available

SJBODA Region Band Auditions

SJBODA
Region Band Auditions