Calendar
E.T.S.B.O.A. CALENDAR
2024-2025
ETSB&OA Fall General Meeting – August 17, 2024
Rookie Camp for new members to our association and first year teachers – 9:00 A.M.
General Meeting – 10:00 A.M.
Location : Hardin Valley Academy (Alex Rector, Clifton Brock & Preston Davis – hosts)
Contact person – Megan Christian
ETSB&OA Membership Forms Due – September 20, 2024 (postmarked)
ETSBOA Dues – $30
$150 late fee after September 20, 2024
Upper Area Junior Orchestra Clinic Auditions – September 28, 2024
Dobyns-Bennett High School (Cynthia Carrier, host)
Registration Deadline – TBD
Contact Person – Amy Byrd
Fees: $10/student – $10/school
Lower Area Junior Orchestra Clinic Auditions – TBD
TBD
Registration Deadline – TBD
Contact Person – TBD
Fees: $10/student – $10/school
Upper Area Junior Orchestra Clinic – October 25-26, 2024
Indian Trail Middle School (Susan Lambert – host)
Contact Person – Amy Byrd
Fees: $15/student (no school fee)
Middle Area Junior Orchestra Clinic Auditions – November 2, 2024
Hardin Valley Middle School (Kathryn York, host)
Registration Deadline – TBD
Contact Persons – Kathryn York
Fees: $10/student – $10/school
Lower Area Junior Orchestra Clinic – TBD
TBD
Contact Person – TBD
Fees: $15/student (no school fee)
Jazz Clinic Auditions – November 9, 2024
McMinn Co. HS (Matt McHenry – host)
Registration Deadline – October 17, 2024
Contact Person – Travis Hicks
Fees: $10/student – $10/school
Middle Area Junior Orchestra Clinic – November 15-16, 2024
Farragut High School (John Garner – host)
Contact Person – Amy Byrd
Fees: $15/student (no school fee)
Middle Area Junior Band Clinic Auditions – November 23, 2024
Maryville Jr High School (Sean Copeland, host)
Registration Deadline – November 1, 2024
Contact Person – Valerie Sanders
Fees: $10/student – $10/school
Lower Area Junior Band Clinic Auditions – Nov. 16, 2024
Ocoee Middle School (Kelley Burroughs and Spencer Hughes, hosts)
Registration Deadline – Oct. 25, 2024
Contact Person – Molly Epperson
Fees: $10/student – $10/school
Middle Area Junior Band Clinic – December 6-7, 2024
Oak Ridge High School (Mike Spirko – host)
Contact Person – Rodney Brown
Fees: $15/student (no school fee)
Lower Area Junior Band Clinic – Dec. 13-14, 2024
Cleveland Middle School (Rodney Williams & Caleb Bolanos, Hosts)
Contact Person – Molly Epperson
Fees: $15/student (no school fee)
All-State East Senior Clinic Auditions – January 11, 2025
Bearden High School – (Megan Christian, host)
Registration Deadline – November 1, 2024
Preview List Published – November 15, 2024
Absolute last day to register students with a penalty – December 1, 2024
Contact Persons – Josh Light (Band)/Kathryn York (Orchestra)
Fees: $10/student – $10/school
All-State East Senior Clinic Symphony Orchestra Selection – January 16, 2025
Google Meet or Zoom – (Kathryn York, host)
Attendance is required for all Blue Band Members/Directors
Upper Area Junior Band Clinic Auditions – January 18, 2025
(Snow makeup – January 25, 2025)
John Sevier Middle School (Alex White, host)
Registration Deadline – December 6, 2024
Contact Person – Hunter Mullins
Fees: $10/student – $10/school
Jazz Clinic – January 24-25, 2025
Walker Valley High School (Joseph Archer, Isaac Beaty & Tanner Hunt, hosts)
Contact Person – Matt McHenry
Fees: $15/student (no school fee)
All-State East Senior Clinic – February 6-8, 2025
Park-Vista Hotel, Gatlinburg, TN
Contact Persons – Rodney Brown (Band – bandclinicchair@etsboa.org)/
Kathryn York (Orchestra – orchestrachair@etsboa.org)
Fees: $15/student (no school fee)
Registration and Score Submission – February 6, 2025 Park Vista Lobby – 3:00-6:15 PM
Band Seating – February 6, 2024 – 6:15 PM
Winter Board of Director’s Meeting – February 6, 2025 LeConte Room – 7:30 PM
2022 All-East Blue Jazz Ensemble Performance – February 6, 2025 – Ballroom – 9:45 PM
All Strings All-State Meeting (Directors & Students) – February 6, 2025 – Glenstone – 9:30 PM
Director Session 1 – February 7, 2025 Gardenview AB – 8:45-9:30 AM
Director Session 2 – February 7, 2025 Gardenview AB – 9:40-10:25 AM
Director Session 3 – February 7, 2025 Gardenview AB – 10:35-11:20 AM
Honorary Life Members Luncheon – February 7, 2025 Harpoon Harry’s Crab House (from Sevierville it is at the 4th traffic light past the Titanic) – 11:30 AM
Director Session 4 – February 7, 2025 Gardenview AB – 1:30-2:20 PM
Director Session 5 – February 7, 2025 Gardenview AB – 2:30-3:20 PM
All-East Collegiate Performance – UTC – February 7, 2025 Ballroom – 6:30 PM
Winter General Meeting – February 7, 2025 Gardenview AB – 8:00 PM
11-12 All-State Meeting (Directors & Students) – February 8, 2025 Gardenview AB – 8:30 AM
9-10 All-State Meeting (Directors & Students) – February 8, 2025 Gardenview AB – 10:00 AM
Concert – February 8, 2025 – Park Vista Hotel Ballroom – 1:00 PM
Upper Area Junior Band Clinic – February 14-15, 2025
(Snow makeup – February 21-22, 2025)
Ross N. Robinson Middle School (Richard Brown – host)
Contact Person – Hunter Mullins
Fees: $15/student (no school fee)
Upper Area Solo and Ensemble – March 1, 2025
Cherokee HS (Brandon Linkous – host)
Registration Deadline – February 14, 2025
Contact Person – Hunter Mullins
Fees: $6/student/event – $10/school
Concert Assessment (Middle) – March 5-6, 2025
TBD
Registration Deadline – Jan. 26, 2025
Contact Person – Jenny D’Andrea
Fee: $250/ensemble
No school or recording fee
Concert Assessment (Lower) – March 25-26, 2025
Univ. of TN at Chattanooga (Randall Coleman – host)
Registration Deadline – Jan. 26, 2025
Contact Person – Jenny D’Andrea
Fee: $250/ensemble
No school or recording fee
Concert Assessment (Upper) – March 13-14, 2025
Niswonger Performing Arts Center – Greeneville High School (Brooke Williams – host)
Registration Deadline – Jan. 26, 2025
Contact Person – Jenny D’Andrea
Fee: $250/ensemble
No school or recording fee
Middle Area Solo and Ensemble – April 8-9, 2024
West Valley Middle School (Valerie Sanders, host)
Registration Deadline – March 15, 2024
Contact Person – Valerie Sanders
Fees: $10/student/event – $10/school
TMEA (All State) – April 10-13, 2025
Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center – Nashville
Fees: $55/Student – $75/Director
No School Fee
Lower Area Solo and Ensemble – April 26, 2025
East Hamilton High School (Molly Epperson – host)
Registration Deadline – March 28, 2025
Contact Person – Molly Epperson
Fees: $6/student/event – $10/school
State Concert Assessment – TBD
Registration Begins April 1, 2025
Fee: $300/Band
Spring Board Meeting – June 2, 2025
Location: Bearden High School – 10:00 AM
Contact Person – Megan Christian
