View annual dates in spreadsheet form here: COMEA Annual Dates 2024–2025 (some details still in draft)
The below event information is provided as a reference but is subject to change at the discretion of event hosts or coordinators. Please contact event hosts directly if you have questions about a specific event. If you have corrections or general COMEA questions, please contact us using the web form.
COMEA Middle School Band Jamboree 2024
Fall 2024 Middle School Band Jamboree event. Participating ensembles perform in an informal festival format and receive feedback on stage.
Coordinator: Rebekka Nores
Host: Kayla Golka
COMEA Middle School Band Festival 2024
What: COMEA (District 05) Middle School Band Festival
Date: March 12, 2024 (Note that the High School and Middle School events have “split” this year)
Where: Ridgeview High School. 4555 SW Elkhorn Ave. Redmond, OR 97756
Registration Cost: TBD
Registration Reminders: Must pay fee(s) at time of registration on the comusiced.org website. Registration and payment will both be on the website. Must hold an active membership with NAfME and OMEA to participate in district festivals.
Adjudicators: TBD
Host & Coordinator: Kelly Moore, Ridgeview HS Band Director
Instrumental Solo & Ensemble Festival 2024
Instrumental Solo & Ensemble Festival (OMEA District 05)
COMEA Middle School Band Jamboree 2023
Fall 2023 Middle School Band Jamboree event. Participating ensembles perform in an informal festival format and receive feedback on stage.
Coordinator: TBD
Host: Kayla Golka
Central Oregon Middle School Band Festival 2023
What: COMEA District Band Festival
Middle School Date: March 14, 2023 Middle School
Where: Ridgeview High School. 4555 SW Elkhorn Ave. Redmond, OR 97756
Registration Cost: $175 per band
Registration Reminders: Must pay fee(s) at time of registration on the comusiced.org website. Registration and payment will both be on the website. Must hold an active membership with NAfME and OMEA to participate in district festivals.
Adjudicators: Patrick Murphy, University of Portland; Erik Leung, Oregon State University; Dwayne Corbin, George Fox University; and Christi Lundahl, Southern Oregon University.
COMEA Middle School Band Jamboree 2022
Fall 2022 COMEA Middle School Band Jamboree, location TBD
Coordinator: Craig Olson (High Desert MS)
COMEA Middle School Band Jamboree
Fall 2021 COMEA Middle School Band Jamboree at Sisters High School.
Coordinator: Craig Olson
Host: Tyler Cranor