Area East
Andy Thompson, Area East Coordinator
Email: athompson@atssb.org
Cell: (903)-316-8808
Area East Includes Regions 4,9,10, & 21
Please check back regularly. Information will be updated as it available.
Area Auditions will be held on Saturday January 9th 2027 at Lindale High School
– Links with judging assignments will be published above or here.
– Links with Audition Info will be published above or here.
– Links to the Host Letter will be published above or here.
*All schools/directors with qualifying students are required to be available for judging/monitoring.
– There will be a judges meeting begins at 10:00am
– Auditions will begin at 10:30am
Make sure and check the ATSSB web page for all instructions on auditions.
More Info:
(Updated 7/24/26)
- PATCHES will be given in the library after the judges meeting.
- Please bring a device to input Scores!
- Directors of participating schools should be available to judge or monitor even if they are not listed on the panels. If a director listed on the panel is not available please contact me immediately. I have done my best to balance panels between Regions and directors judging their primary instruments from the lists provided by Region Coordinators.
- THERE ARE NO CUTS AT THE AREA LEVEL. SEE Prescribed Audition List
From the State Office on One Breath Warmups
- A student may play the first note of the first scale or etude for no more than 5 second should they choose to warm up.
- Please note they do not have to play a warm-up, but if they choose to do so, it must be the first note of the first scale or etude for no more than 5 seconds.
- Cell Phones as Metronomes: Inaudible (muted) cell phones may be used as a metronome but they must be “turned off (black-screened) before the student begins.