2025 ILMEA dates
October 1: Audition videos due by 5pm
November 8: ILMEA District 9 festival at Dundee-Crown HS
January 29-31, 2026: All State music in Peoria

The District 9 audition will have three components:

1. State-required excerpt: Beethoven excerpt
Reference recordings: Violin | Viola | Cello | Bass

2. District-required excerpt - For 2025, the piece will be the final movement of Dvorak Symphony No. 7.
Violin | Viola | Cello | Bass

3. Scales (C,G,D,A,E,F,Bb,c,g - three octs, two for bass, detache, qtr=120) 

You must attend the entire District 9 festival day and concert in order to be considered for State.
Click here for all the State orchestra audition information