The 2025 Cullman County Honor Band will be held on January 9th and 10th at Wallace State Community College
Auditions are due January 3rd, 2025
The Cullman Band Association membership is made up of the band directors from the Cullman County, Cullman City, and St. Bernard Preparatory School.
The Cullman Band Association strives to make music an important part of our students lives.
The Cullman County Honor Band is just one of the ways in which we provide an opportunity for our students to learn and experience music with other students and guest conductors.
This site contains information for both the students and band directors to use to prepare for participation in the Cullman County Honor Band.
Tryout Requirements
Wind Instruments:
High School: Play from memory three chromatically adjacent major scales and their arpeggios (one octave all instruments).
Middle School: Concert Bb, Eb, Ab, & F Major scales and their arpeggios (one octave all instruments).
ALL Grades Play from memory the concert Bb chromatic scale one octave.
Prepared piece.
Percussion Instruments:
Snare Drum:
1.Rudiments
- Long Roll (Double Stroke)
- Orchestral Buzz Roll
- Paradiddle
-Flam Accent
2. Prepared Exercise
3. Playing Technique
Mallet Percussion:
1. Play three (3) chromatically adjacent major scales with their related arpeggios, (Scales are to be played 2 octaves with arpeggio in steady eighth notes)
2. Concert Bb Chromatic scale 2 octaves
3. Prepared Piece
4. Playing Technique