2024 Nebraska All-State Jazz Band

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ALL-STATE JAZZ BAND CONDUCTOR BIO

Patty Darling is a composer, arranger, director and educator. She directs the Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble at the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music in Appleton, Wisconsin, where she also teaches classes in jazz composition, arranging and electronic music. Patty has composed music for a wide variety of mediums, including works for orchestra, wind ensemble, chamber groups, jazz ensembles, and instrumental soloists. She also serves as a clinician and adjudicator for high schools, honors bands and jazz festivals throughout the U.S. Her compositions have been performed and recorded by jazz ensembles worldwide, and are published and available through Sierra Music Publications, Inc. 

Patty completed her Bachelor of Music degree in Composition from the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music in 1985. While pursuing an advanced composition degree at the University of Minnesota, she assisted in the Electronic Music Department, and has over 15 years of experience in the creation, recording and production of original soundtracks for broadcast and corporate multimedia events that have been distributed worldwide. 

Patty has received awards for her compositions and arrangements from Down Beat Magazine, the Presser Foundation, the Eastman School of Music, the International Association for Jazz Education and the Wisconsin Arts Board. 

2024 ALL-STATE REGISTRATION AND AUDITION DATES

***UPDATED***

All instrumental directors have from September 18 at 8:00 AM CST until 11:59 PM CST September 28 and all vocal directors will have from September 26 at 12:00 PM CST (excerpts announced 8:00 AM CST that day) until 11:59 PM CST September 28 to make sure your students’ auditions have been submitted correctly. These deadlines will not be extended for any reason. Auditions must be completed in the timeframe approved by the NMEA board. No students will be allowed to submit an audition for All-State once the published closing date has passed because of illness or any other unforeseen events. Please make sure you follow all of the guidelines in this manual to help you and your students be successful..

2024 ALL-STATE JAZZ BAND REPERTOIRE

2024 AUDITIONS MANUAL

Click the link below to view the 2024 Auditions Manual for ALL high school All-State ensembles. You can use the Table of Contents to jump to any specific area in the manual. Please read through this document carefully as it contains important information including All-State eligibility requirements and other policies, contact information, step-by-step instructions on how to navigate FesitivalScores, and more!

The Event Tags for each All-State ensemble will be posted in the Auditions Manual (linked below) starting September 18.

2024 Auditions Manual (ALL ENSEMBLES)

2024 AUDITION MATERIALS

The following audition materials for the 2024 All-State Jazz Band are broken down by instrument. Click each link to download the audition materials.

Reminder for jazz drum set auditions: A click track has been added to the solo breaks in the jazz drum kit play-a-long tracks to aid students in navigating that particularly challenging part of the auditions. In addition, ALL drummers will submit the auxiliary percussion audition excerpt instead of having a separate audition for aux. perc. The judge will select a primary drum set player who will mostly play drum kit and possibly some auxiliary percussion, and a secondary drum set player who will mostly play auxiliary percussion and some drum kit.

All etudes should be performed with the provided play-along tracks. Scales and drum set style patterns should be performed unaccompanied.

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TRUMPET

TENOR TROMBONE

BASS TROMBONE

PIANO

GUITAR

DRUM KIT & AUX PERCUSSION

BASS (ACOUSTIC OR ELECTRIC)

BARI SAX

TENOR SAX

ALTO SAX