Band Audition Requirements
Concert Band:
- No Audition Required
- Marching Band Not Required
- Basketball Pep Band Required (5 Girls Games, 5 Boys Games)
Symphonic Band: (Marching and Pep Band Required) www.mvbands.org/jury-music.html
- All 12 Major Scales – Quarter note at = 120
- Two Octave Chromatic Scale
- 200 Level Jury Music (Password: mvbands)
Wind Ensemble (Marching and Pep Band Required) www.mvbands.org/jury-music.html
- All 12 Major Scales: Quarter Note at = 120
- All 12 Natural Minor Scales: Quarter Note at = 120
- Chromatic Scales
- 300 Level Jury Music (Password: mvbands)
- No Audition Required
- Marching Band Not Required
- Basketball Pep Band Required (5 Girls Games, 5 Boys Games)
Symphonic Band: (Marching and Pep Band Required) www.mvbands.org/jury-music.html
- All 12 Major Scales – Quarter note at = 120
- Two Octave Chromatic Scale
- 200 Level Jury Music (Password: mvbands)
Wind Ensemble (Marching and Pep Band Required) www.mvbands.org/jury-music.html
- All 12 Major Scales: Quarter Note at = 120
- All 12 Natural Minor Scales: Quarter Note at = 120
- Chromatic Scales
- 300 Level Jury Music (Password: mvbands)
MVHS WIND ENSEMBLE AUDITION MATERIAL LIST
Woodwinds
FLUTE
Selected Studies for Flute Chromatic scale: Low C to C4 using slurred sixteenth notes ascending and descending. (Quarter note = 72) Page 5: Beginning to first ending. (Quarter note = 108) Page 4: First four lines, no repeat. (Quarter note = 56) Page 50: First six lines plus one measure. (Quarter note = 84) Bb CLARINET - Click here for PDF of Music
Rubank Advanced Method for Clarinet, Vol 1 Chromatic scale: Low E to G4 using tongued legato eighth notes ascending and slurred eighth notes descending. (Quarter note = 132) Page 49, last 21 measures. (Cut‐time half note = 96) Page 53, exercise 15. (Dotted quarter note = 76) Page 31, lines 3–6, top part, no repeats. (Quarter note = 112) BASS CLARINET - Click here for PDF of Music
Rubank Advanced Method for Clarinet, Vol 1 Chromatic scale: Low E to C3 using tongued legato eighth notes ascending and slurred eighth notes descending. (Quarter note = 100) Page 12, exercise 40. (Quarter note = 104) Page 13, exercise 47. (Quarter note = 104) Page 25, exercise 7, bottom part, no repeats. (Quarter note = 116) Page 42, exercise 19, top part. (Quarter note = 60) OBOE
Rubank Advanced Method for Oboe , Vol 1 Chromatic scale: Low Bb to F3 using slurred sixteenth notes ascending and descending. (Quarter note = 80–92) Page 47, exercise 10. (Quarter note = 80) Page 66, exercise 2, take repeat, no ornamentation. (Quarter note = 72) Page 49, exercise 16, no repeats, take DC. (Eighth note = 172) BASSOON
Rubank Advanced Method for Bassoon, Vol 1 Page 15, exercise 50. (Quarter note = 112–132) Page 44, exercise 10, no repeats, take DCs. (Eighth note = 120) Page 38, exercise 25, first three lines. (Quarter note = 104) Page 45, exercise 12, last four lines. (Quarter note = 96) Page 48, exercise 19, no repeats. (Quarter note = 96) ALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE,
BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Selected Studies for Saxophone Chromatic scale: Low Bb to F3 using slurred sixteenth notes ascending and descending. (Quarter note = 92) Page 40, begin at third measure of fourth line and play to end. (Quarter note = 104) (please correct misprint: line 9, measure 2, the “and” of beat three should be F#) Page 41, beginning to third measure of fifth line. (Eighth note = 84) Page 34, beginning to first note of line six. (Quarter note = 120) | Brass
TRUMPET
(Cornet)
Arbans Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet (Goldman and Smith, published by Carl Fischer) Chromatic scale: Low F# to C3 using tongued legato eighth notes ascending and slurred eighth notes descending. (Quarter note = 120) Page 137, exercise 28. (Quarter note = 112) Page 203, exercise 47. (Quarter note = 84) Page 31, exercise 26. (Quarter note = 116) FRENCH HORN
Rubank Advanced Method for French Horn, Vol 1 (Voxman and Gower) Chromatic scale: Low C to C4 using tongued legato quarter notes ascending and descending. (Quarter note = 132) Page 54, exercise 20. (Quarter note = 132) Page 25, exercise 7, low part, no repeats. (Quarter note = 84) Page 60, exercise 35. (Quarter note = 80) Page 72, lines 1–6. (Quarter note = 72) FRENCH HORN
Rubank Advanced Method for French Horn, Vol 1 (Voxman and Gower) Chromatic scale: Low C to C4 using tongued legato quarter notes ascending and descending. (Quarter note = 132) Page 54, exercise 20. (Quarter note = 132) Page 25, exercise 7, low part, no repeats. (Quarter note = 84) Page 60, exercise 35. (Quarter note = 80) Page 72, lines 1–6. (Quarter note = 72) TROMBONE
Rubank Advanced Method for Trombone/Baritone, Vol. 1 (Voxman and Growr) Chromatic Scale: Low F to Bc 3 using tongued legato quarter notes ascending and descending. (Quarter note = 72) Page 17, exercise 57. (Quarter note = 72) Page 27, exercise 11, top part. (Quarter note = 112) Page 65, exercise 9. (Quarter note = 100) EUPHONIUM (Baritone
horn)
Rubank Advanced Method for Trombone/Baritone, Vol 1 (Voxman and Gower) Chromatic scale: Low F to Bb 3 using tongued legato quarter notes ascending and descending. (Quarter note = 72) Page 28, exercise 12, top part. (Dotted quarter note = 72) Page 51, exercise 8. (Quarter note = 132) Page 65, exercise 9. (Quarter note = 100) TUBA
Rubank Advanced Method for Eb and BBb Bass, Vol 1 (Voxman and Gower) Chromatic scale: Low G to G3 using tongued legato quarter notes ascending and descending. (Quarter note = 120) Page 41, exercise 28. (Quarter note = 80) Page 35, exercise 17, no repeats. (Quarter note = 92) Page 56, exercise 30. (Quarter note = 112) |
