(This information is for 7th/8th grade Band Students wishing to compete in the All-REGION Band Auditions on November 9, 2024 at Pieper Ranch Middle School)

TMEA Middle School All-Region Band Auditions

Audition Day: November 9    -    Clinic/Concert Day: DECEMBER 13-14

The All-Region Band Auditions are like a large chair test between students from several middle schools in the area. Those students who make the top chairs on each instrument will be selected to form a band consisting of the best middle school musicians in the San Antonio and New Braunfels area!

Students will AUDITION on Saturday, November 9 at Pieper Ranch Middle School and compete against other middle school musicians for a limited number of spots in the All-Region Band. 

The new members of the All-Region Band will then get to participate in a Clinic (an extended rehearsal with an awesome guest conductor/director) on Friday night, December 8 and during the day on Saturday, December 13, immediately followed by a special Concert on the afternoon of December 14. All students who audition are expected to participate in the clinic and concert if they make the band.

DO NOT AUDITION IF YOU CANNOT MAKE THE PERFORMANCE!

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TO SIGN UP FOR THE AUDITIONS,  click on the BUTTON ABOVE to SIGN UP for the ALL-REGION Band Auditions BEFORE NEXT WEEK OCTOBER 16, 2024

We really need our kids to represent Smithson Valley Middle School at this competition. 

Please help us show the community how awesome our SVMS Mustangs are!

Any students choosing to audition MUST meet with a band director regularly before or after school to get help on the audition music. This should be at least once a week, but twice a week is preferred. For details on what specific days and times are available, please contact a band director.

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Each student will perform selections of prepared music for their audition as follows***:

Woodwinds and Brass:

• 2 Scales (To be picked from among the 7 All-Region Scales)

• Chromatic Scale

• Region Etude #1 (Unison Etude)    

• Region Etude #2 (Lyrical Etude)

Percussionists:

• Snare Etude

• Mallet Etude (Unison Etude)

• Timpani Etude

(The audition music is part of the packet of music the students received during the first week of school.)

***Students must pass off the audition music with a band director before they can participate in the All-Region Band Auditions.

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