The Indiana State School Music Association, Inc. is a scholastic

music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ...

association, with a mission to provide educationally evaluated music performance activities for the students and teachers of the state of

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, to assist in the development of performance-oriented assessment of state and national musical academic standards, and to offer educational support to fulfill this mission. The Northern Indiana School Band, Orchestra, and Vocal Association was integrated into the ISSMA in 1980. ISSMA-sponsored events and contests include Solo & Ensemble

auditions An audition is a sample performance by an actor, singer, musician, dancer or other performer. It typically involves the performer displaying their talent through a previously memorized and rehearsed solo piece or by performing a work or piece g ...

Marching band A marching band is a group of musical instrument, instrumental musicians who perform while marching, often for entertainment or competition. Instrumentation typically includes brass instrument, brass, woodwind instrument, woodwind, and percus ...

festivals and competitions leading to the ISSMA State Finals, and Concert Choir, Orchestra, and Band State Finals. The Indiana Marching Band State Finals for open class are held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, while the state finals for scholastic class is held at Franklin Central High School in Indianapolis. State Concert Organizational Finals events are held at varying locations in Indianapolis.

References

External links

ISSMA website
Education in Indiana Non-profit organizations based in Indianapolis {{music-org-stub