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The auditions have three musical components:

• The Prepared Pieces: There are 2 pieces. A lyrical (slower) and a technical (faster) etude. Prepare this slowly only a couple of measures at a time. GMEA Prepared Pieces

• Scales: You will prepare 4 Scales/Arpeggios and the Chromatic Scale. Scales are found below. I suggest you practice your scales slowly with a metronome and MEMORIZE the scales

• Sight Reading: students will be asked to perform a short (approximately 16 measures) excerpt for the judges with only a minute or so to prepare.

What Happens at the Audition?

Students will be given a specific audition time a couple of weeks prior to the audition. The times are sent to the school director from the audition coordinators. Students should plan on arriving at the audition location about an hour before their scheduled time. Do not wear anything that identifies your home school, director or private teacher.

They will check in at a reception desk and be escorted to a group warm-up room. This is usually the cafeteria or gymnasium where all of the auditioning students are running through their pieces one last time and getting ready to audition.

When it is about ten or fifteen minutes before your audition time, students should go to the assigned audition room with everything needed. You will then stand outside the audition room for up to ten minutes as the person before you finishes their audition. Make no noise in the halls, keep your reeds wet and silently.blow warm air through your instrument The audition room is often just a classroom with the desks pushed to one side. There will be a chair and a stand waiting for you, and two judges seated at desks in front of you. One of the judges will invite you inside and probably ask if you would like to play a few warm-up notes. Go ahead and play anything you like that highlights your sound and gives you confidence. Do not play directly towards the judges. Give yourself some space between you and the judges-this will let the judges hear your best tone. You will be asked for either your scales or your prepared piece. The last thing is usually the sight-reading.

Being selected for District Honor Band and All-State Band is a true honor and can be a life-changing event. Prepare well!

SIGHT-READING:

Sight Reading Factory

1. Keep going!

2. Slower is better!

3. Signatures, Tempo, Accidentals/Accents, Rhythms