District III

High School Honors Festival Audition Music

Band

2010-2011

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Wind Instruments

Voluntary by John Stanley

• Treble clef euphonium players play the trumpet solo

• Flute players who wish to be considered for piccolo parts will perform the Trio from The Stars and Stripes Forever
in addition to the regular flute audition requirements

Percussion

• The percussion audition requirements are the same as for All State except that the mallet players will not be asked to play scales.

All students will play: Etude # 1 from 8 + 4 Three Minute Solos for Multiple Percussion, by Peter Tanner, published by Studio 4 Music

In addition, students will choose their major instrument and play the designated solo from Audition Etudes for Snare Drum, Timpani, Keyboard Percussion and Multiple Percussion - by Garwood Whaley, Meredith Music Publications

• Snare - # 11
• Timpani - # 10
• Mallets - # 8

Percussion players- to get a copy of the music, either see your band director or order it yourself from Perkins Music House, or most any other music dealer.

Required Scales

• All scales are to be memorized

• All wind instruments will perform the following scales from memory as indicated on the scale sheets: E flat, A flat, D flat, C and F (concert pitch)

• All wind instruments will perform the chromatic scale from memory- two octaves as indicated on the scale sheets.

• All major scales are to be tongued and played at quarter note=120

Flute-pdf file	Tenor Saxophone-pdf file
Oboe-pdf file	Trumpet-pdf file
Clarinet-pdf file	Horn-pdf file
Alto Clarinet-pdf file	Trombone-pdf file
Bass Clarinet-pdf file	Euphonium-pdf file
Bassoon-pdf file	Tuba-pdf file
Alto/Baritone Saxophone-pdf file

• Treble clef euphonium players use the trumpet scale sheet

If you have questions about high school band auditions, contact Liz Matta