MMEA FESTIVALS
The Massachusetts Music Educators Association (MMEA) and its five districts host festivals each year that feature advanced ensemble performances directed by renowned band, orchestral, and choral conductors. These ensembles consist of the finest high school musicians from throughout the state who are selected through audition processes in November and January.
Solo
Perform the solo listed in the audition list.
Scales
Perform full-range major scales and the chromatic scale from memory.
Sight Reading
Sight read an excerpt from Sight Reading Factory.
Improvise/Comp
Jazz auditionees must also improvise over/comp the changes of their solo.
Eastern District includes the towns and cities of Acton, Bedford, Boston, Boxborough, Brookline, Cambridge, Carlisle, Concord, Dedham, Dover, Framingham, Lincoln, Littleton, Medfield, Millis, Milton, Natick, Needham, Newton, Quincy, Sherborn, Somerville, Sudbury, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Wellesley, Westford, Weston, and Westwood.