On Saturday, October 25, PV students traveled to Iowa City West High School to participate in the annual I.H.S.M.A. 2025 Iowa All-State Music Festival auditions. The Iowa All-State Music Festival is jointly sponsored and staffed by the Iowa High School Music Association and Iowa Music Educators Association to provide a state-wide selective Festival for the instrumental and choral high school musicians of Iowa.
Nearly 4,000 students from throughout the state auditioned at one of six district sites. Approximately 17% of the students who audition were selected to perform in the 277-piece All-State Band, the 220-piece All-State Orchestra, or the 601-voice All-State Chorus.
Selected students will rehearse in Ames on November 20-22, followed by the All-State Music Festival’s Final Concert in Hilton Coliseum at Iowa State University. Iowa PBS will record the concert for later broadcast. Broadcast dates and times will be available on the Iowa PBS website at www.iowapbs.org.
