TMEA All State Information

What is the All State Choir?

Each fall, over 70,000 Texas high school students begin the All-State audition process. 1,810 are ultimately selected to rehearse and perform during the annual TMEA Clinic/Convention in one of 18 Texas All-State ensembles, including four choirs: Mixed Choir, Treble Choir, Tenor-Bass Choir, Small School Mixed Choir. This is achieved through a four round audition process.

What is the process?

There are four auditions in the All-State process. Students will learn 3-4 choir pieces per audition for their specific voice part.

District September 19th: All academically eligible students enrolled in choir are eligible for this audition. They must pass the THS choir benchmarks.

Region October 24th: 72 Treble students per section and 50 Tenor Bass students per section will advance to the second round of auditions. This round will determine the region Treble and Mixed choir participants that will perform with a notable clinician. (November 13th & 14th)

Pre-Area December 1st: The top 18 (tenor bass) or 20 (treble) chairs in each section of the All-Region Mixed Choir advance to the Pre-Area audition. This audition will also have a sightreading portion.

Area January 9th: The top 5 singers from each section represent our Region at the Area auditions. This audition determines their participation in the All State Choir at the Texas Music Educators' Convention in San Antonio (February 10th - 13th).

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What do I need?

Music: Students may purchase their own music or use school issued copies that will be available when we return to school. They can buy it for each audition or they can buy a packet with all of the pieces. . If you are attending a summer camp, you do need to provide your own music. Music is approximately $10 per audition or $25 for the entire packet. You can purchase it from JW Pepper or AMC Music.

Rehearsals: We will have the rehearsal tracks in a google folder that students may download or stream on their devices in late July. We will have a district workshop on August 22nd (see below), advisory and after school rehearsals. They are open to all choir students. The tracks are also in the Google Classroom.

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THS District Camp

Event Information

TISD District Camp

Tomball ISD hosts a District Choir workshop. Students will learn all of the music for the 1st audition. The cost is free to all THS choir students. This camp is geared for students that are not familiar with the music. Click the link below to register.

When?

Saturday, Aug 22, 2026, 09:00 AM

Where?

Tomball High School, Quinn Road, Tomball, TX, USA

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Rehearsal Tracks

Below are the rehearsal tracks for the all State auditions. They will be organized by audition later in the summer:

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The TMEA google classroom will have the track recordings, information, benchmarks and more. Join the TMEA Google Classroom code u3a6t5qu or click the link below

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