HS Band Audition Excerpts

2024-25

1. A chromatic scale slurred up and tongued down, quarter note MM= 60, as written on the instrument specific audition packet.
2. One major scale, as written on the instrument specific audition packet, with up to 4 sharps or 4 flats. Quarter Note MM= 60. Memorization is not required. All scales will start on the notes indicated on the scale sheet for their instrument. Each scale is non-transposed (i.e., if a trumpet player is asked to perform a C scale, they will be expected to perform a C scale on their instrument, not a C concert scale.) The major scale for each instrument will be posted by the band chairpersons on the morning of live auditions.
3. Sections from the required etudes/solos in the instrument specific audition packet (See below).
4. Sight reading.

1. Sections from the required etudes/solos in the instrument specific audition packet (See below).
2. Sight reading on both snare drum and mallets.

• Excerpt 1 (Ravel) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 2 (Persichetti) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 3 (Kohler no. 13) - Start at the beginning and play until the 16th rest in mm. 8
• Excerpt 4 (Kohler no. 16) - Start at the beginning and play to the quarter rest at the end of the 4th line

• Excerpt 1 (Brahms) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 2 (Bernstein) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 3 (Vaughan Williams) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 4 (Kohler no. 13) - Start at the beginning and play until the 16th rest in mm. 8
• Excerpt 5 (Kohler no. 16) - Start at the beginning and play to the quarter rest at the end of the 4th line

• Excerpt 1 (Holst) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 2 (Grainger) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 3 (Sousa) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 4 (Barret no. 1) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 5 (Barret no. 6) - Begin with pick-up to mm. 17 (quarter note "D" on beat 4) and play to the end

• Excerpt 1 (Grainger) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 2 (Reed) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 3 (Dukas) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 4 (Milde no. 3) - Start at the beginning and stop in mm. 8, beat 2 (dotted quarter note "Eb")
• Excerpt 5 (Weissenborn no. 5) - Perform the entire excerpt

• Excerpt 1 (Holst Second Suite) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 2 (Holst Hammersmith) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 3 (Grainger) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 4 (Rose no. 23) - Perform from the beginning to beat 3 of mm. 6 (Eighth Rest)
• Excerpt 5 (Rose no. 6) - Perform the entire excerpt

• Excerpt 1 (Dvorak) - Begin in mm. 7 and play to the end
• Excerpt 2 (Grainger Lincolnshire) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 3 (Grainger Molly) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 4 (Baermann Eb) - Perform the entire excerpt

• Excerpt 1 (Milhaud) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 2 (Dahl) - Perform from the beginning through mm. 8 (End at the 3 bar rest)
• Excerpt 3 (Hindemith) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 4 (Ferling no. 5) - Perform from the beginning through mm. 8 (End after 8th note "B" above staff)
• Excerpt 5 (Voxman G Minor) - Perform the entire excerpt

• Excerpt 1 (Barnes Chance) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 2 (Holst) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 3 (Hindemith) - Perform from the beginning through mm. 6 (End at the 1 bar rest)
• Excerpt 4 (Ferling no. 5) - Perform from the beginning through mm. 8 (End after 8th note "B" above staff)
• Excerpt 5 (Voxman G Minor) - Perform the entire excerpt

• Excerpt 1 (Perrine) - Perform from mm. 7 (4/4 bar) to the end
• Excerpt 2 (Bernstein) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 3 (Shostakovich) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 4 (Ferling no. 5) - Perform from the beginning through mm. 8 (End after 8th note "B" above staff)
• Excerpt 5 (Voxman G Minor) - Perform the entire excerpt

• Excerpt 1 (Vaughan Williams) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 2 (Barber) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 3 (Holst) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 4 (Concone no. 17) - Perform from the beginning to the end of mm. 17
• Excerpt 5 (Arban no. 9) - Perform from the beginning to the downbeat of mm. 5 (eighth note Bb)

• Excerpt 1 (Mahler) - Begin in mm. 27 (2nd line after the 3 measure rest, Quarter-note "E") and play to the end
• Excerpt 2 (Saint-Säens) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 3 (Persichetti) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 4 (Kling no. 3) - Perform from the beginning and end on beat 3 of mm. 13 (Top of staff "G")
• Excerpt 5 (Kopprasch no. 21) - Perform beginning on beat 1 of mm. 9 to the end of the excerpt

• Excerpt 1 (Persichetti) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 2 (Brahms) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 3 (Giroux) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 4 (Tyrell no. 4) - Perform from the beginning to the end of mm. 8
• Excerpt 5 (Rochut no. 19) - Perform the entire excerpt

• Excerpt 1 (Holst) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 2 (Alford) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 3 (Rochut no. 4) - Perform from the beginning to the beat 2 concert "E" in mm. 13
• Excerpt 4 (Arban no. 9) - Perform from beat 1 of mm. 5 to the end of the excerpt (last 4 measures)

• Excerpt 1 (Grainger) - Begin with the two 16th note pickups to mm. 6 to the end (Either octave)
• Excerpt 2 (Vaughan Williams Toccata) - Perform entire excerpt (lower octave)
• Excerpt 3 (Blazevich no. 23) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 4 (Kopprasch no. 11) - Perform from the beginning to the beat 3 quarter rest in mm. 8

• Excerpt 1 (Snare: Rimsky-Korsakov) - Perform from the beginning through mm. 4 (stop at the 4 measure rest)
• Excerpt 2 (Snare: Exum Etude no. 2) - Perform from the beginning to beat 2 of mm. 5 (16th note rest)
• Excerpt 3 (Tambourine: Dvorak) - Perform from mm. 10 (bar after the 2nd ending, half note roll) to the end.
• Excerpt 4 (Mallets: Dease Eb Etude) - Perform the entire excerpt
• Excerpt 5 (Timpani: Wickersham Rotation no. 2 [1234A]) - Perform the entire excerpt