Orchestra Directors – Annual Membership
The California Orchestra Directors Association exists to promote school orchestras in California by providing quality honor orchestra experiences for school orchestra students, facilitating an exchange of instructional strategies and ideas for the school orchestra director, and providing a forum and community for school orchestra directors.
Become a member today (2026-27 memberships begin on July 1st) and help take an active role in supporting students, educators, and school orchestra programs across the state of California.
Click here to view membership class information. If you are new to CODA, enter your email address on the login page, create a password, and you will be redirected to the registration page.
2026/27 Audition Excerpts and Applications
Audition Deadlines:
High School December CODA Honor Orchestras- October 15, 2026, 9:00pm
High School All-State Orchestras- October 15, 2026, 9:00pm
Junior High All-State Orchestras- November 2, 2026, 9:00pm
*Directors and Students, please take some time to review the new CODA Audition Honor Code as we work together to commit to a fair and honest audition process.
Super Saturday Audition Preparation, September 19, 2026
CODA Composition Consortium Project
CODA is proud to continue the CODA Composition Consortium that aims to highlight historically underrepresented composer voices, to bring new repertoire to the string education field. Follow the link below to learn more about this year’s project and become a member of the consortium!
CODA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives
CODA serves to promote school orchestras in California by providing quality honor orchestra experiences for school orchestra students. Music continues to be a vehicle to bring our communities together in the ongoing effort to end systemic racism, discrimination, and injustice. We believe that our students deserve respect and representation inclusive of race, religion, socio-economic status, sexuality, and gender identity. CODA also facilitates an exchange of instructional strategies and ideas for the school orchestra director and provides a community and forum for school orchestra directors. We pledge to center the discussion of diversity, equity, and inclusion in our ensembles, classroom culture, and music libraries.
Our goal is to help increase access to quality orchestral experiences for all students. Our proposed long-term plans toward increased diversity, equity, and inclusion include:
1. Conductor Diversity
2. Repertoire Recommendation for Honor Orchestras
3. Financial Barriers for Honor Orchestra Participation
4. Teacher Education Regarding Diversity
5. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Chair & Resources
Click here to learn more about our initiatives.
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2026-27 CODA Events
CODA Honor Orchestras
December 4-6, 2026
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
CODA Honor Symphony Orchestra, Bruce Walker, Conductor
Repertoire TBA
CODA Honor String Orchestra, Abigail Alwin, Conductor
Repertoire TBA
CODA All-State Honor Orchestras
January 14-17, 2027
Sacramento, CA
CODA High School All-State Symphony Orchestra, Tamara Dworetz, Conductor
Repertoire TBA
CODA High School All-State String Orchestra, Dr. Kira Omelchenko, Conductor
Repertoire TBA
CODA Junior High School All-State String Orchestra, Joseph Stepec, Conductor
Repertoire TBA
CODA Junior High School All-State Concert Orchestra, Aline Moore, Conductor
Repertoire TBA
CODA Scholarship Fund
Please consider making a donation to the CODA Scholarship Fund to help reduce financial barriers for student participation in CODA Honor Orchestras.
CODA Board and General Membership Meetings
October 2026- CODA Board Meeting, San Ramon Valley High School
December 5, 2026- CODA Board Meeting, Los Angeles, CA
January 2027 at CASMEC- exact times TBA- CODA Board and General Session, Sacramento, CA
*All CODA members are invited to attend the CODA General Session at CASMEC.
March 2027- CODA Executive Board Meeting, Zoom
May 2027- CODA Board Meeting, Zoom