ALL-REGION AUDITION PROCEDURES

Note to Directors - Please review the following formats with your students BEFORE contest day. Making sure they understand the process will help everything run much more smoothly!

1. SINGLE-ROOM FORMAT - Tenor Sax, Bari Sax, Bass Clarinet

Phase I

• 2 posted major scales — 10 points each

• Chromatic scale — 20 points

• 1 etude cut — 100 points

Judges will use the rubric outlined in the Phase I Judging Explanation in the handbook. All portions of Phase I are scored.

Students will be told inside the audition room whether they advance to Phase II.

Phase II (Advancing Students)

• Other etude cut — 100 points

• Sight-reading (8 measures, 30 seconds to study) — 60 points

TOTAL POSSIBLE: 300 POINTS

2. MULTI-ROOM FORMAT - Instruments with numbered Phase I rooms (Flute 1, Flute 2, etc.)

Phase I

• 1 posted major scale

• Chromatic scale

• Posted lyrical etude cut

• Posted technical etude cut

Judges will use the Phase I Rubric (no numerical points assigned).

Students who qualify for Phase II will receive a Phase II card from the lead judge and be directed to the Phase II audition room.

Phase II

• Chromatic scale — 20 points

• 2nd lyrical etude cut — 100 points

• 2nd technical etude cut — 100 points

• Sight-reading (8 measures, 30 seconds to study) — 60 points

TOTAL POSSIBLE: 280 POINTS

3. PERCUSSION

Phase I — Wednesday Night at Crownover MS

Students should enter the audition room with their mallets, sticks, and music. Stick bags and binders must remain with the monitor.

• Mallet etude cut — 100 points

• Timpani etude cut — 100 points

• Snare drum etude cut — 100 points

Judges will use the rubric outlined in the Phase I Judging Explanation in the handbook. All portions are scored.

There will be four Percussion Phase I rooms, with the top 11 scores from each room advancing to Phase II.

Results will be posted after judging, and directors are responsible for communicating results to their students.

Phase II — Saturday at McKamy MS

• Mallet etude cut — 100 points

• Timpani etude cut — 100 points

• Snare drum etude cut — 100 points

• Snare sight-reading — 50 points

TOTAL POSSIBLE: 350 POINTS