Student Events Calendar 2026-2027

AUGUST

Date Section Event Location
8/1 HS Chorus All-Eastern Regional High School Chorus
Allotment Registration Opens – 8/1 (East and West)		 Online
8/15 NCMEA PD Conference Scholarships Open
(1st-Time Conference Attendees)		 Online
8/18 NCMEA Mentoring Kickoff 2026 Online
8/18 Collegiate Collegiate Conference Scholarships Open Online
8/21 Collegiate Chapter of Excellence Recognition Nominations Open Online
8/21 Collegiate Collegiate State Officer Nominations Open Online

SEPTEMBER

Date Section Event Location
9/10 HS Chorus High School Honors Chorus Audition Registration Deadline Online
9/14 Research Research Presentation Submission Deadline Online
9/18 NCMEA Young Professionals Symposium Applications Due Online
9/24 HS Chorus Honors Chorus West Auditions TBA
9/25 HS Chorus Honors Chorus Central Auditions TBA
9/26 HS Chorus Honors Chorus East Auditions TBA
9/26 NCMEA Comprehensive Arts Education Conference Peck Expeditionary Learning School, Greensboro, NC
9/28 MS Chorus Honors Chorus West Auditions TBA
9/29 MS Chorus Honors Chorus Central Auditions TBA
9/30 HS Chorus Honors Chorus East Auditions TBA

OCTOBER

Date Section Event Location
10/1 NCMEA PD Conference Scholarships Application Deadline
(1st-Time Conference Attendees)		 Online
10/1 Orchestra Western Regional Orchestra Audition Registration Opens Online
10/9 Collegiate Collegiate Conference Scholarships Due Online
8/21 Collegiate Collegiate State Officer Nominations Due Online
10/23 Collegiate Chapter of Excellence Recognition Nominations Due Online

NOVEMBER

Date Section Event Location
11/2 Orchestra Jr. Western Regional Orchestra Registration Opens
Directors/Teachers Only		 Online
11/7 – 11/10 NCMEA NCMEA Professional Development Conference 2026 Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem, NC
11/7 Collegiate NC Collegiate Festival Choir Event Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem, NC
11/7 – 11/8 MS Chorus Middle School Honors Chorus Events Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem, NC

DECEMBER

Date Section Event Location
12/4 Jazz CDBA Jazz Registration Due TBD
12/9 Band CDBA Audition Registration Due TBD
12/11 Jazz Central Region Jazz Video Auditions Due Online

JANUARY

Date Section Event Location
1/9 Orchestra Eastern Regional Orchestra Auditions Gray’s Creek High School, Hope Mills, NC
1/9 Band CDBA Honor Band Auditions Hawfields Middle School, Mebane, NC
1/16 Orchestra Western Regional Orchestra Auditions William Amos Hough High School, Cornelius, NC
1/16 Band CDBA Honor Band Auditions
[SNOW DATE]		 Hawfields Middle School, Mebane, NC
1/20 Orchestra Western Regional MPA Registration Due Online
1/22 – 1/23 Jazz Central Region Jazz Clinic Panther Creek High School, Cary, NC
1/29 – 1/30 Band CDBA Honor Band Clinic Middle School – TBD
High School – NC School of Science & Math, Durham, NC

FEBRUARY

Date Section Event Location
2/1 HS Chorus All-Eastern HS Chorus Final Registration
East & West		 Online
2/1 Band All-State Honors Band Registration Opens Online
2/12 – 2/13 Jazz Central Region Jazz Clinic
[SNOW DATE]		 Panther Creek High School, Cary, NC
2/13 Orchestra Jr. Eastern Regional Orchestra Audition Registration Due Online
2/15 Band All-State Honors Band Registration Closes Online
2/15 Band CDBA MPA Registration Deadline Online
2/19 -2/20 Orchestra Western Regional Orchestra Clinic Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
2/19 -2/20 Band CDBA Clinic
[SNOW DATE]		 Middle School – TBD
High School – TBD
2/26 – 2/27 Orchestra Eastern Regional Orchestra Clinic East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

MARCH

Date Section Event Location
3/1 Collegiate Applications for the Barbara Bair Scholarship Due Online
3/1 Collegiate Applications for the Ruth Jewell Scholarship Due Online
3/1 Collegiate Applications for the Bill McCloud Scholarship Due Online
3/6 Orchestra Jr. Western Regional Orchestra Auditions Northern Guilford Middle School, Greensboro, NC
3/6 Band All-State Band / All-State Jazz Auditions Davie County High School, Mocksville, NC
3/7 Orchestra Jr. Eastern Regional Orchestra Auditions Durham School of the Arts , Durham, NC
3/7 Band All-State Honors Band Auditions Atkins High School, Winston-Salem, NC
3/8 -3/9 Orchestra Western Region MPA – Piedmont Triad Site Atkins High School, Winston-Salem, NC
3/11 – 3/12 Orchestra Western Region MPA – Charlotte Area Site Duke Family Performance Hall- Davidson College, Davidson, NC
3/12 -3/13 Orchestra Eastern Region Orchestra Clinic
[SNOW DATE]		 TBD
3/13 Band All-State Auditions
[SNOW DATE]		 Davie County High School, Mocksville, NC
3/14 Band All-State Honors Band Auditions
[SNOW DATE]		 Atkins High School, Winston-Salem, NC
3/15 -3/17 Band CCDBA MPA West Asheboro High School, Asheboro, NC
3/17 -3/19 Band CDBA MPA East Cedar Ridge High School, Hillsborough, NC
3/18 Orchestra Western Region MPA – Western NC Site East Henderson High School, East Flat Rock, NC
3/26 Band CDBA Solo and Ensemble MPA Registration Due Online

APRIL

Date Section Event Location
4/9 – 4/10 HS Chorus All-Eastern HS Chorus – All-East TBA
4/9 – 4/10 Jazz All-State Jazz Clinic NC State, Raleigh, NC
4/16 – 4/17 HS Chorus All-Eastern HS Chorus – All-West TBA
4/21 – 4/23 Jazz Central Region Jazz MPA Millbrook High School, Raleigh, NC
4/23 Band CDBA Solo & Ensemble MPA – Videos Due Online / Southern Alamance High School, Graham, NC
4/23 – 4/24 Orchestra Jr. Western Regional Orchestra Clinic TBD
4/30 – 5/1 Orchestra Jr. Western Regional Orchestra Clinic
[SNOW DATE]		 TBD
4/30 – 5/3 Band All-State Honors Band Clinic UNC-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

MAY

Date Section Event Location
5/2 Orchestra Jr. Eastern Regional Orchestra Clinic Gray’s Creek High School, Hope Mills, NC
5/15 Collegiate Hortense N. Reid-Kerr Scholarship Applications Due Online
5/16 Band CDBA Solo and Ensemble Showcase Southeast Alamance High School, Haw River, NC