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AUDITIONS
- Sight-reading- Students should demonstrate the ability to sight-read a piece of music with great success, while mastering dynamics, tempo, stylistic, and other nuances.
- Students should produce a characteristic tone on his or her instrument, in all ranges of the instrument.
- Students should demonstrate proper phrasing and stylistic nuances when performing etude, scales, and sight-reading. All scales should be tongued, using 8 th notes at M.M. = 120 beats per minute
Woodwinds and Brass
- Letter of good standing from the high school director
- Major Scale & arpeggios: C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, B, E, A, D, and B (Two or three octaves when possible)
- Minor Scales: C Harmonic and A Melodic (and corresponding arpeggios)
- Chromatic Scale: Practical range of the instrument.
- Prepared Material: Etude or Solo Grade 3 or higher (All state etudes accepted)
- Sight-reading
Percussion
- Letter of good standing from the high school director
- Rudiments and melodic proficiency
- Single Stroke Roll
- Double Stroke Roll
- Buzz (Orchestral) Roll
- Flam Paradiddle
- Ratamacue
- Double Ratamacue
- Triple Ratamacue
- Five Stroke Roll
- Seven Stroke Roll
- Thirteen Stroke Roll
Other rudiments as requested
- Major Scale & arpeggios: C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, B, E, A, D, and B (2 octaves)
- Minor Scales: C Harmonic and A Melodic (and corresponding arpeggios)
- Chromatic Scale: Practical range of the instrument.
- Prepared Material: Etude or Solo Grade 3 or higher (All state etudes accepted)
- Tuning the timpani on the following intervals:
- Major 3rd
- Minor 3rd
- Perfect 4th
- Perfect 5th
- Perfect octave
Auditions for the Marching Maroon & White can be held on campus or virtually (e.g. Skype, Facebook video, FaceTime, or Google Hangout). To request an audition, please fill out the form below.
SKYPE
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Complete Audition form above or contact Band staff to get SKYPE, FACEBOOK Video, GOOGLE Hangout or FACETIME information
