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Honor Groups
All Southern Bands and Orchestras

Each year the SCSBOA All-Southern California Honor Groups provide the finest young instrumentalists in southern California with opportunities to rehearse with some of the most outstanding music educators in the world.

Eligibility requirements for Honor Groups:

Enrollment in School Music Groups
Participation is limited to regularly enrolled students of a public or private school who are officially enrolled in that school's performance organizations at the time of application, acceptance, rehearsal, and performance of their respective Honor Groups. If a student attends a school where a performance organization/ensemble is not offered, that student's private teacher may recommend and endorse that student's application as long as the private teach is a member in good standing of the SCSBOA.

Grade Level

6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th graders may apply for all Middle School Honor Groups with the exception of Junior High School Honor Jazz which is open to 7th, 8th, and 9th graders.
9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th may apply for all High School Honor Groups with the exception of High School Honor Jazz which open to 10th, 11th, and 12th graders.
9th graders auditioning for a band or orchestral Honor Groups must choose to audition for either Middle School or High School, but not both.

Other Requirements

Participation is limited to those students who file properly completed official Honor Group applications along with the required application fees by the postmark deadline.
Participation is limited to those students whose directors/teachers are current SCSBOA members in good standing.
Participation is limited to those students who can commit to attend all Honor Group rehearsal and performances without exception.

Welcome to the 2012 SCSBOA Honor Group Application process. We are trying something slightly different this year, and this information should help make the process that much easier for all involved. Please use the checklist on the printable copy below to help guide you through the application process, and if you have any questions regarding the process, please email the corresponding Vice-President.

For starters, please make sure you have the most current version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. This application will work with earlier versions, but older versions may have certain items we will refer to in places other than these instructions state, so please take a moment to download the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, available by clicking here.

The process will be in three stages.

First will be the physical filling out of the application online. (Note: for all 2012 applications, you MUST fill them out online. We will no longer accept hand-written applications.)

After you fill the application out, you will press the SUBMIT FORM button. This will send all of your data to the SCSBOA office.

After you submit the data, you will click the large red PRINT button to print out your application. You will be prompted to submit the application electronically, in case you forgot to do so.

NOTE – This was tested in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. If you use Safari this WILL NOT WORK. You will need to download the application to your hard drive first, and then continue the process by opening the application and following the instructions above.

Once you have followed these steps, you will still need to obtain all required signatures, and mail the completed application along with your payment (or PayPal receipt) to the SCSBOA office.

Here are these instructions and checklist in a printable format

If you understand and agree to these instructions and the application process, and you are fully aware that your application will NOT be processed without following these instructions, please click here to continue.

Honor Groups All Southern Bands and Orchestras

Honor Groups
All Southern Bands and Orchestras