2025-2026 SEASON:

• Bulletin
• Calendar

Registration:
Registration Closes February 6th, 2026 for All Festivals

• CHSAA Music Festival Registration Form
• CHSAA Solo & Ensemble Registration - Access Code for First Time Users: director2026
• CHSAA Mariachi Registration 
• CHSAA Show Choir, Jazz and A Cappella Festival Registration

Registration Instructions:

• CHSAA CompetitionSuite Instructions: Music Directors
• CHSAA Festival Manager Instructions/FAQs: Music Directors

Resources:

• Pathway to a Festival
• Show Choir, Jazz and A Cappella Directors Info Packet
• Large Group Welcome
• Stage Plot
• CHSAA Music Festival Rating Sheet Set  
• Solo and Ensemble Ratings Set 
• How to access your CHSAA Music Festival scores

Bylaws and Guidelines:

• CHSAA Music Bylaws: Article 50
• CHSAA Solo & Ensemble Guidelines
• CHSAA Instrumental Festival Guidelines
• CHSAA Vocal Festival Guidelines
• Festival Appropriate Music Guidelines
• Nominate your Advisor/Coaches & Individual or Team for an Award. 
  Click this AWARDS link to see how your activity may qualify.
• Arrangeme.com: ArrangeMe allows for composers and arrangers to not only publish their own original compositions, but also their own arrangements of over three million popular, copyrighted titles.
• Playoff Marching Band & Pep Band Guidelines

Sight-Reading Procedures:

• Instrumental Sight-Reading Procedures
• Vocal Sight-Reading Procedures

ADJUDICATOR INFORMATION:

The New CHSAA Adjudicator Training will be held  in conjunction with the CMEA conference.  Please check the CMEA Conference Calendar on their website.   This training is mandatory for new adjudicators and is required every 5 years for current adjudicators.  CLICK HERE for the CMEA Clinic/Conference Website.

• New Adjudicator Application 
  • Please reach out to Kevin Beaber(kev.beab@gmail.com) to get more information on becoming an Adjudicator for CHSAA music events. 

 

• NFHS Performing Arts Training Videos 
  • Free video courses brought to you by the National Federation of State High School Associations, that is designed to provide an overview of music adjudication and other helpful videos. 

ALL STATE INFORMATION:

• Colorado Bandmasters Association
• All-State Band
• All-State Choir
• All-State Orchestra
• CMEA
• CMEA Awards Order Form

RECOMMENDED VIEWING:

• Performing Arts Aerosol Study: A Conversation on Mitigation for Fall 2021 
• Updated Guidelines as of March 15, 2022
• It's OKAY TO PLAY - Infographic

  
NFHS:

• NFHS Music Website
• NFHS Learning Center General Performing Arts Courses
  • Intro to Interscholastic Music (Free)
  • Understanding Copyright and Compliance (Free)
  • Interscholastic Music Event Management (Free)
  • Marching Band Safety (Free)

The NFHS Music Credential is a national program offered to individuals who are currently involved in high school music programs. The attainment of this national credential demonstrates the completion of a series of courses offered by the NFHS that will enhance the ability of the music educator to better serve the student, the school, and the community.

• NFHS MUSIC 1 CERTIFICATION
• NFHS MUSIC 2 CERTIFICATION

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