Panther Winds

Panther Winds is composed of the most advanced 7th and 8th grade band students. This band is an auditioned band - students will do an audition for the director to earn a spot in the ensemble. This band meets after school every Tuesday and Thursday. For students interested in auditioning, material will be sent home via parent square as well as handouts the first week of school. This ensemble requires a great commitment from the students and parents during the year.

Students will sign up for an individual auditions time on one day during the week of August 11-15

For the audition, students should be prepared to play the following:

• Scales - Concert F, B-flat, E-flat, and A-flat

• One Prepared Exercise - This can be any exercise from their method book (last year's method book)

• One Sightreading - a short exercise provided by the director. They will have 30 seconds to study the exercise, and then will play it the best that they can (no one will be perfect!). 

For Percussion Auditions:

• Mallets - Same Scales as above and 1 Sight Reading

• Snare - One Sightreading

• Timpani - One Sightreading

The following form must be filled out BEFORE your student auditions for Panther Winds. If a student does not have a permission slip on file, they will not be accepted into the ensemble.

PANTHER WINDS AUDITION FORM

West Jackson Middle School Band

Alisha Bowden, Director

alisha.bowden@jcss.us