Hoosier Auditions

There are two rounds of the Hoosier Auditions – District and State. There are nine District Round sites across the state held in March or April. Please see the District Map to find your district.

Students must participate in the district in which their teacher resides. Any exceptions must be made through a petition (email or letter) by the teacher on behalf of the student, clearly stating the intent and reason(s) for the change. 

Contestants who have successfully scored 90% or above (designated as “State Finalists”) at the District Auditions will be eligible to compete at the State Competition. There is neither a maximum nor a minimum number of contestants that can be admitted to the state competition. Honorable Mentions may also be awarded to those who did not advance to State.

Requirements for the State Round are identical to those of the District Round. Contestants need not perform the same pieces they played in the District Round.

Performance Categories

Students may enter in one or more of the following instrumental categories: Piano, Voice, Strings, Winds, Classical Guitar, and Piano Duet.

Non-Competitive Option

Students have the option of participating at the District Round as a non-competitor, only to receive comments from the adjudicator. These students may declare themselves ineligible to win or place in the competition by checking the “non-competitive status” box on the entry form. Non-competing entrants pay the same fees and are subject to the same requirements as competing entrants.

Eligibility

Students of current IMTA members and non-members who reside in Indiana or within a 50-mile radius of the state borders are eligible to enter. Non-member teachers are required to pay a one-time fee of $75 each year, which entitles the teacher to enter any number of students.

Accompanied Performances

Teachers may accompany their students at both the District and State Round. Recorded accompaniments are allowed at the District Round ONLY. Students are required to bring their own accompanist. Unaccompanied instrumental pieces may be performed in a solo format.

Repertoire Requirements

• Students enter a level based on their age as of March 1 of the same year of the competitions they are ending. Duet entries should enter based on the age of the oldest student.
• Contestants are not limited to specific repertoire but do have time limits—see below. A list of repertoire performed within recent years is available from your District Chairperson.
• At all levels other than the Collegiate level, memorization is required for piano and voice; it is optional for all other instrumentalists and piano duettists.
• Pianists and piano duettists are not permitted to perform arrangements, simplifications of repertoire, concerti, or any other two-piano piece.
• Cuts in the score are only permissible in accompaniments.
• Students must provide one copy of each audition piece for the judges. No names of persons, libraries, schools, etc., may be visible anywhere on the judge’s copy. It is not necessary to erase teaching marks. No photocopied music is to be given to the judge or used by an accompanist or soloist without showing written permission from the publisher. Soloists and accompanists may, without written permission, photocopy passages for use with the printed score to facilitate inconvenient page turns.
• Page turners are permitted for duets. If needed, the teacher may fulfill this role.

Levels

• Pre-Early Elementary (ages 5-6) competitive – Two or more contrasting pieces from different composers, not to exceed 4 minutes.
• Pre-Early Elementary (ages 5-6) non-competitive – Two or more contrasting pieces from different composers, not to exceed 4 minutes.
• Early Elementary (ages 7-9) – Two or more contrasting pieces from different composers, not to exceed 5 minutes.
• Elementary (ages 10-11) – Two or more contrasting pieces from different composers, not to exceed 6 minutes.
• Middle (ages 12-13) – Two or more pieces by composers from two contrasting historical style periods, not to exceed 8 minutes.
• Junior (ages 14-15) – Two or more pieces by composers from two contrasting historical style periods, not to exceed 10 minutes.
• Senior (ages 16-18) – Two or more pieces by composers from two contrasting historical style periods, not to exceed 15 minutes.
• Collegiate (undergraduate ages 18 and over) – Maximum audition time is 20 minutes. *Please see repertoire requirements below for each instrument.

*Collegiate Repertoire Requirements

Piano: pieces must represent three style periods. Memorization of all pieces required.

Voice: an Italian art song, a French or German art song, a 20th-century work in English; Minimum time requirement of 15 minutes; Memorization of all pieces required.

Strings: pieces must represent three style periods. Memorization of at least one piece is required.

Winds: pieces must represent three style periods. Memorization of at least one piece is required.

Classical Guitar: three pieces in contrasting styles. Memorization of all pieces required.

Piano Duet: pieces must represent three style periods. Memorization of at least 1 piece is required.

For historical style period verification, click here.