Audition Information

Middle School

Scales:

    • Chromatic (printed range from Honors Band requirements - slurred)
    • Concert Ab (printed range from Honors Band requirements - tongued)
    • Concert Bb (Printed range from Honors Band requirements - tongued)
    • Concert F (Printed range from Honors Band requirements - tongued)

Sight Reading:

    • 8 Bars generated from Sight Reading Factory (www.sightreadingfactory.com).
    • Level 2 from SRF restricted to chromatic scale range
    • Students have 60 seconds of prep time (no playing)

Solo:

    • A short solo excerpt taken from the All-State Solo list (see list at the bottom of the page)

High School (9-10)

Scales:

    • Chromatic (printed range from Honors Band requirements - slurred)
    • Concert F (printed range from Honors Band requirements - tongued)
    • Concert Eb or Ab (Printed range from Honors Band requirements - slurred)

Sight Reading:

    • 8 Bars generated from Sight Reading Factory (www.sightreadingfactory.com).
    • Level 3 from SRF restricted to chromatic scale range
    • Students have 30 seconds of prep time (no playing)

Solo:

    • A short solo excerpt taken from the All-State Solo list (see list at the bottom of the page)

Senior High School (11-12)

Scales:

    • Chromatic (printed range from Honors Band requirements - slurred)
    • Concert F (printed range from Honors Band requirements - tongued)
    • Concert Eb or Ab (Printed range from Honors Band requirements - slurred)

Sight Reading:

    • 8 Bars generated from Sight Reading Factory (www.sightreadingfactory.com).
    • Level 4 from SRF restricted to chromatic scale range
    • Students have 30 seconds of prep time (no playing)

Solo:

    • A short solo excerpt taken from the All-State Solo list (see list at the bottom of the page)

All-District Solo Recordings

Please note that these recordings follow the District cuts and may or may not include the All-County Cuts. Also, double-check to see that they have been updated by WCU..