State Solo & Ensemble Festival Overview
State Solo & Ensemble Festival is for high school students, only.
Students must play a Grade 1 selection from the required list to qualify.
Students must play from the required list at the State Solo & Ensemble Festival.
Final proposal passed by the KMEA Board

Required Lists for students wishing to participate in State Solo and Ensemble Festival:

• Band/Wind and Percussion (online UIL database)
  • User-friendly Excel version of UIL Grade 1 WW Solos & Ensmebles
  • User-friendly Excel version of UIL Grade 1 Brass and Percussion Solos & Ens

• Chorus/Vocal (online UIL database)

  For Band and Choral/Vocal lists—

  1. Go to the UIL Prescribed Music List search page, then on the drop down menu scroll all the way to the bottom for the vocal categories.
  2. After you get search results for the category, click on the word GRADE in the header to sort by grade. All the Grade 1 selections (approved for State Solo and Ensemble) will come to the top. ONLY GRADE 1 SELECTIONS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR KENTUCKY STATE SOLO AND ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL.

• Orchestra/Strings (PDF)

• Bands
  • Sight-Reading Ranges for Band
• Orchestras
• Choruses (Easy)
• Choruses (Medium) All show choirs must sight-read at the Medium level of difficulty
• Choruses (Difficult)