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District Auditions are always held on the first Saturday of December at Eastern York.
District auditions are open to any student on grades 7-12, that is in good academic standing, and is prepared to audition. It costs Eastern York a fee for every audition, so if you sign-up at the beginning of the year you MUST be prepared or you will not be allowed to go and you will be charged the cost of your audition fee.
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If you are interested in auditioning, please take a look at the requirements on the webpages below. Feel free to talk to Mr. Gromis during your lesson time, if you are a slightly unsure, but are committed to hard work he will gladly allow you to audition for the experience.
Practice Tips for a Successful Audition.pdfhow can you prepare?
how can you prepare?
Read the PMEA District 7 website carefully.
Read and understand the scoring rubric.
Mark your music well.
Listen to as many recordings of your work as possible.
Have others listen to your performance.
Re-create the audition conditions.
Use good practice techniques (Mr. G's practice suggestions).
NOTE: Percussion auditions differ from wind auditions, please see the district 7 website for further details or ask Mr. G what your auditions options are.
solo
solo
Each performer must prepare a solo or selection of a solo. The list of selected solos is linked to this page on the right, or can be found on the district 7 website. If you are interested in purchasing the solo music, be sure you are purchasing the exact edition specified on the webpage, or ask Mr. G to purchase the solo for you from Losers or Menchey Music.
scales
scales
Each performer MUST be prepared to play all of the major scales on their instrument (number of octaves per scale are outlined on the attached scale sheet on the right). These scales must be memorized and played at a steady beat of 120 BPM. You must be prepared to play them slurred (in groups of 4) or staccato. Also note that you will only be asked two major scales (one sharp and one flat) in the audition room, but you are required to play your chromatic scale(so you must know this scale VERY well).
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