Middle School Audition Material

Middle SCHOOL HONOR BANDS

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS

​Scales

• The following scales will be required every year for all Middle School students auditioning for the Honor Band: C Concert, F Concert, Bb Concert, Eb Concert, Ab Concert and Chromatic (Percussion will NOT play the Chromatic).         

Percussion Rudiments

• Buzz roll (soft-loud-soft; minimum of 20 seconds), Single Paradiddles, (Alternating) Flams

Prepared Music

• One prepared piece

​Sight-reading

• Students will sight-read a short 12-16 measure example based in the key of Bb, F, or Eb with at least one accidental.  Rhythms will include quarter, half, whole, eighth, dotted-quarter, and syncopation rhythms.

• Special note:  Percussion will sight-read on snare drum and keyboard.

Set 1 - 2026-27 sy Set 2 - 2027-28 sy Set 3 - 2028-29 sy