Chair auditions for all wind players will take place in November. This week each student will receive audition materials and should sign up for a time slot for the schedule below.
Schedule
Each student should sign up for a specific time and be prepared for their audition at least 15 to 20 minutes prior to their designated time.
Monday 11/9 – Flute/Oboe: CLICK HERE to signup for a time.
Thursday 11/12 – Clarinet (All): CLICK HERE to signup for a time.
Monday 11/16 – Saxophone/Horn: CLICK HERE to signup for a time.
Tuesday 11/17 – Trumpet/Bassoon: CLICK HERE to signup for a time.
Wednesday 11/18 – Low Brass (Trombone/Baritone/Tuba): CLICK HERE to signup for a time.
Requirements (Winds)
All students are required to audition in order to participate. Promptness may affect the results of the audition. The audition will include three parts averaged together to determine the overall score:
Scales = 30%, Prepared Piece = 40%, Sight Reading = 30%
Scales
All major scales will be played one octave using the following written pitch order:
C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, B, E, A, D, G
Each scale should be played in an eighth note feel with the quarter note = 120 bpm.
Students will only be given credit if all notes within the scale is performed correctly. Each scale will be worth 1 point and each arpeggio will be worth 1 point.
In addition to the 12 Major scales students will play a one octave chromatic scale starting on a note of choice. The chromatic scale will be worth 6 pts.
Prepared Piece
All instrument prepared exercises can be found in THIS PDF FILE.
The selection will be adjudicated using the following criteria:
- Tone/Intonation
- Interpretation of the music.
- Technique (correct notes and rhythms)
Sight Reading
Sight reading will be adjudicated using the same criteria as the prepared piece. Each student will be given one minute to study a short excerpt of music before they will be asked to play. During that minute students may sing, clap, or count out loud as long as they do not produce a note on their instrument. After the one minute study time is complete the student will play the excerpt from beginning to end without stopping.
School Owned Low Clarinets
If a student owns their own bass/contra bass clarinet OR rents one from an outside source, they may audition on the low clarinet exercises. Any student that does not own their own harmony clarinet instrument should audition on Bb Clarinet reading the Bb Clarinet audition exercises.
Issuing school owned Bass/Contra Bass Clarinets will be determined by need of the ensembles and then based upon the highest score within the clarinet section.
Rubric
The following rubric will be used for the chair audition.
