Auditions

2024-2025 Honors Band Student Audition Downloads

Welcome to the Honor Band Audition Downloads page. The music and audio file examples for each audition download are located in this Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VmJ3KzNUYGiFxod80BKN1tRedPfdA-9f

Registration forms will be posted at a later date.

The 2024-2025 school year is a ROTATION A audition cycle.  

As a note, the minor scale has been updated to the natural minor form to mirror the expectations for high school all state.  However, the same basic requirements remain - Major Scale, Minor Scale, Chromatic Scale, Expressive Etude and Technical Etude for Winds and Brass,  Rudiments, Specialized Etude (snare, timpani), and Auxiliary Etude for membranophone percussionists, and scales, etude, and auxiliary etude for mallet percussionists.  

Thank you to AJ Coppola who will be taking over the audition portion of the festival this fall.

Wind Instrument Players

• Click on the appropriate rotation folder.

• Scroll down until you find PDF. This is where you will find the printable audition music and midi/sound files that let you hear the audition music being played.

• Download the audition scales and midi/audio file example. All three scales are in the single PDF download file. You will need to learn all of them. All three scales are played for you in the midi/audio file example.

• Download the audition etudes and midi/audio file examples. The French word "Etude" means "Study" in English. Wind players will learn two etudes. The "technical etude" lets you show off your range, fingering skills, articulation skills, and overall dexterity with your instrument. The "expressive etude" lets you show off your ability to make your sound soar musically.

• Print the downloaded files. 

• Save the audio files on your desktop, laptop, Chromebook, Mac, or phone. Refer to them as you learn the scores. Record your playing and compare your sound to the audio file examples.

Percussionists

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Percussionists you will be showing us your skills on multiple instruments.

• Pitched percussionists will audition on the mallet and auxiliary percussion. You will download audition materials from two sections.

• Snare drummers will audition on snare and auxiliary percussion. You will download audition materials from two sections.

• Timpanists will audition on timpani and auxiliary percussion. You will download audition materials from two sections.

• Click on the appropriate rotation folder.

• Click on PDF - This is where you will find the folders for etudes and scales.

• Scroll down until you find your two instrument sections. Scroll down until you come to "Auxiliary Percussion Downloads for Snare, Timpani, and Pitched Percussion Auditions".

• Download the printable score sheet and the audio file example. Print the score.

• Scroll down until you find your primary instrument section. (snare, timpani, or mallet)

• Download the printable score sheets and the audio file example(s). The French word "Etude" means "Study" in English. The "etude" lets you show off your skills, overall dexterity, and musicianship.

• Print the downloaded score files. 

• Save the midi files on your desktop, laptop, Chromebook, Mac, or phone. Refer to them as you learn the scores. Record your playing and compare your sound to the audio file examples.