Honor Band auditions will be right after fall break on Oct. 15 and 16 (sign up for day and time the week before fall break).  Students will need to make sure they have good grades and conduct (no Fs or Us) and demonstrate good attendance once rehearsals start if chosen.  

For the audition, students should know their chromatic scale in at least one octave (fingering chart in back of book) and should know the first six scales on the scale sheet and I will ask two of them (Concert C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, and Db).  They will also need to learn the marked spots of their All-West TN band audition music which was either given in class or can be found at www.wtsboa.org.  Here are the measures for each instrument:

 

Flute - m. 5-11, m.19-first note in m.23, pickup to m.27-2nd note in m.33

Oboe - m.1-8, pickup to m.18-22, m.29-32

Clarinet - m.6-13, m.23-28, m.40-51

Bass Clarinet - m.5-11, m.12-19, m.26-30

Bassoon - m.7-first note in m.12, pickup to m.23-29, m.34-40

Saxophones - m.1-m.6 after first note, pickup to m.19-m.22, m.27-m.34

Trumpet - m.6-fermata in m.9, m.14-rest in m.22, m.29-m.33

Horn - m.9-m.17, m.26-m.30, m.31-m. 38 after first note

Trombone - m.4 after the rest-m.11 after first note, m.13-m.21, m.31- m.35 after first note

Baritone - m.4 after rest-m.10 except for last note, m.12-19, m.31- m.35 after first note

Tuba - m.1-6, pickup to m.15-m.18, m.27-m.35 after first note

Percussion  (will audition on all 3 instruments) Xylophone - m.4-14, Timpani m.11-21, Snare - m.25-42

 

Eventually there will be links to Smart Music and recordings so that you can use those as tools.  Please start practicing this now rather than later!  Let me know if you have any questions.

 

Mrs. S.