ILMEA Junior All-State Percussion Guide (PDF Only) 2025–2026: Full Studio Access

Professional preparation for your entire percussion studio.

This digital PDF guide provides annotated breakdowns of all three required ILMEA Junior All-State etudes: Snare Drum, Mallets, and Timpani.
 
Designed for junior high percussion students. This guide walks players through key sticking choices, rhythm accuracy, phrasing interpretation, tone production, and audition strategy.
 
Written by a professional percussionist and educator, this is an ideal resource for directors and private teachers working with multiple students—no fluff, no filler, just real guidance that builds audition-ready skills.
 
“Spencer Perilloux’s work here serves as a tremendous asset to the teaching of percussion for the modern player in concert band. Although titled All-State Percussion Guide Series, this presentation does so much more to help my band director colleagues throughout the profession. Information such as sticking advice, ideas of generating the best tone for each instrument, listening examples from professional players, and gaining an overall sense of phrasing—this guide should be considered essential to all percussionists in the high school band program, not just students wishing to audition for honor ensembles or solo and ensemble events! What a wonderful resource!”
— Dr. Chris Chapman, Professor of Music, Director of Bands, Central Michigan University