Signed and verified 2025 Academic Award Form if eligible (parent/guardian and counselor or administrator signatures required) Students in grades 10-12 with a verified cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher are eligible to receive this honor.
You also must know:
Your district number. If you’re not sure, click here for a list of parishes in each district.
All-State Rules and Regulations are part of the All-State School and Emergency Permission Form and are to be signed by each student, parent, director and principal involved.
Rules and Regulations for LMEA All-State:
Teachers are required to screen students who are discipline problems and not allow them to audition.
Students are expected to follow their school’s rules while at LMEA All-State.
Students must be present and on time for registration, all rehearsals, and any other scheduled All-State events.
Students failing to adhere to their LMEA All-State schedule or the rules and regulations are subject to dismissal.
Students are responsible for their personal equipment and instruments, including any school instruments or other items checked out to them. LMEA will not assume responsibility for lost, damaged or stolen equipment or instruments.
Any student who participates in any type of vandalism will be subject to immediate dismissal. The student and the school will be held responsible for damages.
Any student in possession of prescription drugs without a doctor’s prescription, any illegal drugs or other illegal substances, including alcoholic beverages, or who consumes any of these will be subject to immediate dismissal. The parent, director, and administrator will be notified.
Students’ teachers are required to be current LMEA members and to register for and be present at the All-State event and Professional Development Conference to ensure students are supervised/chaperoned when not in rehearsals or another scheduled All-State activity.
Parents or a designated chaperone are responsible for students when they are not in a rehearsal or at an LMEA sponsored event.
Consequences and procedures related to the violation of any rules:
The student’s principal, director and parents will be immediately notified of any rule violation.
A disciplinary committee consisting of the Executive Director, the LMEA President, and the Band, Orchestra, Vocal, Guitar, Handbell Ensemble, or Jazz Ensemble Chairperson (as pertinent) shall review any disciplinary problems before dismissal from the All-State group is recommended.
Any student dismissed (sent home) from an All-State event will be prohibited from participating in any LMEA event for one (1) full year starting from the time of the dismissal.
Any school organization whose student (or students) must be dismissed from an LMEA All-State event will be placed on a one-year probation. If a student is dismissed within the probation period, that school organization will be prohibited from participating in LMEA All-State events the following year.
Any infraction and subsequent dismissal will be referred to the LMEA Executive Board for resolution and clarification.
Notes to Directors: Directions for Paying by School Check
School checks should be made out to Louisiana Music Educators Association.
A separate school check must be issued for each All-State ensemble and mailed to the appropriate Division Chair unless otherwise noted below.
Include a list of all students whose registration fees are being paid when mailing a check.
Registration is not complete until payment is RECEIVED by the LMEA Division Chair. All deadlines are HARD DEADLINES.
Mailing Address for School Checks: (All High School Ensembles)
Symphonic Band, Concert Band
If a school has students in both ensembles, the fees may be combined into a single school check and mailed to: Billy Hochkeppel, LMEA Band Division Chair 108 Timber Edge Drive Youngsville, LA 70592
Mixed Choir, Treble Choir If a school has students in both ensembles, the fees may be combined into a single school check and mailed to: Stephen Galliano, LMEA Vocal Division Chair 225 S. Donmoor Ave. Baton Rouge LA 70806
Orchestra Katrice LaCour, LMEA Orchestra Division Chair 748 Coco Bed Rd. Cloutierville, LA 71416
Jazz Ensemble Doug Stone, LMEA Jazz Division Chair 16752 Fort Pulaski Ave. Baton Rouge LA 70817
Guitar Ensemble Greg Robin, LMEA Guitar Chair 407 S. Wakefield Dr. Lafayette, LA 70503
Handbell Ensemble Greig Ashurst, LMEA Handbell Chair 316 Woodbluff Dr. Lafayette, LA 70503
Registration is not complete until payment is RECEIVED by the LMEA Division Chair. All deadlines are HARD DEADLINES.
All-State Rules and Regulations are part of the All-State School and Emergency Permission Form and are to be signed by each student, parent, director and principal involved.
Rules and Regulations for LMEA All-State:
Teachers are required to screen students who are discipline problems and not allow them to audition.
Students are expected to follow their school’s rules while at LMEA All-State.
Students must be present and on time for registration, all rehearsals, and any other scheduled All-State events.
Students failing to adhere to their LMEA All-State schedule or the rules and regulations are subject to dismissal.
Students are responsible for their personal equipment and instruments, including any school instruments or other items checked out to them. LMEA will not assume responsibility for lost, damaged or stolen equipment or instruments.
Any student who participates in any type of vandalism will be subject to immediate dismissal. The student and the school will be held responsible for damages.
Any student in possession of prescription drugs without a doctor’s prescription, any illegal drugs or other illegal substances, including alcoholic beverages, or who consumes any of these will be subject to immediate dismissal. The parent, director, and administrator will be notified.
Students’ teachers are required to be current LMEA members and to register for and be present at the All-State event and Professional Development Conference to ensure students are supervised/chaperoned when not in rehearsals or another scheduled All-State activity.
Parents or a designated chaperone are responsible for students when they are not in a rehearsal or at an LMEA sponsored event.
Consequences and procedures related to the violation of any rules:
The student’s principal, director and parents will be immediately notified of any rule violation.
A disciplinary committee consisting of the Executive Director, the LMEA President, and the Band, Orchestra, Vocal, Guitar, Handbell Ensemble, or Jazz Ensemble Chairperson (as pertinent) shall review any disciplinary problems before dismissal from the All-State group is recommended.
Any student dismissed (sent home) from an All-State event will be prohibited from participating in any LMEA event for one (1) full year starting from the time of the dismissal.
Any school organization whose student (or students) must be dismissed from an LMEA All-State event will be placed on a one-year probation. If a student is dismissed within the probation period, that school organization will be prohibited from participating in LMEA All-State events the following year.
Any infraction and subsequent dismissal will be referred to the LMEA Executive Board for resolution and clarification.
