Advanced Auditions

INSTRUCTIONS FOR RANCHO PICO

ADVANCED BAND & ORCHESTRA AUDITIONS

RECORDINGS DUE: MAY 27, 2025

Auditions for the Rancho Pico Advanced Band and Orchestra will be via video files submitted online. Here are instructions for preparing and submitting your audition videos online. As a reminder, there is room for EVERYONE in the Rancho Pico Band and Orchestra program. Auditions are just a matter of class placement to insure that students are in a class where they will thrive intellectually, socially, and musically.  If a student is not ready for the advanced level classes, do not be discouraged, most 7th graders are placed in the intermediate level classes.  Our intermediate level groups play a level higher music than most elementary advanced and honor level groups.

There are both perks and pitfalls for video auditions. It is great that students can have multiple tries to do their very best. The downside to this is perfectionism to a fault. All I ask is that you do your best! To help you do this without going crazy, I am asking you to video each individual component of the audition. This way you don’t need to go back to the very beginning of the audition to do a re-take. Audition material has been slightly modified to be more user-friendly for this new online process.

STEP 1:

When you record your video, please frame it so that I can see your instrument, hands, and face. This gives me lots of information about your playing ability. Make certain that you are in a fairly quiet environment without tv or music in the background. A little brother crying or a dog barking are no big deal, but music from electronic devices compete with your instrument on a microphone.

Please submit your videos as a.mov or .mp4 format. It is okay to ask parents for help!