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.

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

Audition Preparation

• 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.