Modern Band Honors at
Regionals

Southeastern University

Lakeland 10/25/25

University of Florida

Gainesville 11/1/25

Audition Info

Modern Band Audition Process

Join/Renew FEMEA

In order for your student to audition your membership in the FEMEA Component as well as FMEA and NAfME must be current.

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Verify that Parent/Guardian agrees to register their child if selected.

Submit Audition

Students submit a video audition of themselves playing the audition song and complete the audition form. Audition Fee is $25 and must be paid with recording submission. Auditions are due 9/25/25 and selected students are announced 10/9/25. Printable Audition Guide

Check Acceptance List

Teachers will view receive and email linked to the selection list and inform parents. Parents of teachers will need to register quickly because there is only an 8 day window between posted results and the Regional Registration deadline.

Register and Attend Festival

Registration will open when Audtion Results are posted.

Registration Fee is $89

Registration Deadline is 10/17

Stefanie Sagaro
South Regional Conductor

Stefanie Sagaro is the Music Director and Visual and Performing Arts Department Chair at the Academy for Innovative Education Charter School in Miami Springs, FL, where she teaches chorus, musical theatre, piano, and modern band to grades 6–12. She mentors music education interns and provides professional development in voice, Orff Schulwerk, modern band, and songwriting at local, national, and international levels. Stefanie believes music education should be inclusive, empowering students to express their identities and cultures through storytelling. She is the 2024 Young Patronesses of the Opera Educator of Note, a 2025 GRAMMY Music Educator Semi-Finalist, a Florida International University School of Music Alumni of Note, and a Music Will Featured Educator. Her ensembles have performed at Carnegie Hall, the Adrienne Arsht Center, and more, collaborating with artists like Jon Secada and Graham Nash. She has served as a clinician and coordinator for the Miami-Dade Superintendent's Honors Music Festival for 13 years and is currently the District 16 Chair-Elect for the Florida Vocal Association.

Abigail Walker
North Regional Conductor

Abigail Jones Walker holds her MM in bassoon performance from Rice University and BM from Florida State University. She is in her 7th year at Creative Learning Academy in Pensacola, Florida teaching general music, modern band and musical theatre to grades K-8. Before CLA, Mrs. Walker taught at University of West Florida and Pensacola State College. She combines her Orff Schulwerk training with her Modern Band and Music as a Second Language Certifications to connect musicians across all genres. She has presented at the Modern Band Summit and FEMEA Curriculum Fair and has been published in the Florida Music Director. They have been nationally recognized for their songwriting, broadcasted live on Sandcastle Radio and been invited to the 2024 and 2025 FMEA Crossover Music Festivals. This year, CLA students produced Dragnarok, a Music Festival for student bands. Mrs. Walker is abundantly grateful for the opportunity to amplify the voices of the Modern Band Northern Regionals Ensemble as clinician this November.

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Regional Schedule(subject to change)

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Modern Band Honors at Regionals