Audition Information

2010 - 2011 Concert Year

Eligibility

To be eligible to audition for the Shore Intermediate Band, you must be a student at an affiliated school. In addition, you must be sponsored by your band director or your private instructor.

Before you decide to audition, you must make sure that you are able to attend all rehearsals and performances. Please review the calendar to see rehearsal and concert dates. Illness is the only acceptable absence. Any other absence will result in expulsion from the group.

Requirements: Non-Percussion

Each student will be judge on the following criteria:

  1. Scales
  2. Solo
  3. Sight reading (to be supplied at the audition)
Scales

Articulation and tempo requirements are as follows:

Major scales:
  • mm 80 minimum, tongued and slurred (except trombone and mallet percussion)
  • rhythm is: quarter-note, six eighth-notes, quarter-note, six eighth-notes, quarter-note
Chromatic:
  • mm 80 minimum, tongued and slurred
  • rhythm is: all eighth-notes

Scales do not need to be memorized.

The grid below shows the required scales for each instrument.

Instrument Scale and number of octaves Chromatic Scales
(Click Instrument to download scales in pdf) Ab Eb Bb F C G D A E from to octaves
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
D4
Bb6
2+
1
1
1
1
2
1
C4
C6
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
E3
E6
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
  
E3
E5
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
C2
F4
2+
2
1
2
2
1
2
1
C4
F6
2+
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
C4
F6
2+
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
C4
C6
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
G3
A5
2+
1
1
1
2
1
2
G3
A5
2+
1
1
1
2
1
2
F3
G5
2+
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
F3
F5
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
F2
G4
2+
1
1
1
2
1
1
F1
F3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Not Applicable


Solo

Audition music is not provided by the Shore Intermediate Band Director's Association.
Required solos should be available from your music teacher or through the following music dealers:

  • J.W. Pepper | 800-345-6296 link
  • City Music | 908-245-7122
  • Clarizio's Music | 732-295-6644
Instrument Solo, Required section(s)
Flute
Andalouse - Pessard: Concert and Contest Collection for Flute; m. 1-22.
Oboe
Andante and Allegro from Sonata in G Major - J.B. Loeillet: Concert and Contest Collection for Oboe; pg. 10-11, Andante, m 1-21 (no repeat), Allegro, m 1-14
Bassoon
Representative solo. Please bring two (2) copies.
Bb Clarinet
Aria and Scherzo - Gabucci: Concert and Contest Collection for Bb Clarinet; Adagio, m.1-16 and Vivace, m. 1-20.
Bass Clarinet
Romance and Troika - Prokieff: Concert and Contest Collection for Bb Bass Clarinet; m. 62 to end.
Alto Saxophone
Sonatina - Haydn: Concert and Contest Collection for Alto Saxophone; beginning to m. 47, no trills.
Tenor Saxophone
Piece in G Minor - G. Pierne: Concert and Contest Collection for Bb Tenor Saxophone; m. 89 to end, no trills.
Baritone Saxophone
Allegretto - Fodor: Rubank Advanced Method for Saxophone, Volume 1; pg. 26-27, no. 9, 2nd part only, m. 1-24.
Trumpet
Air Gai - Berlioz: Concert and Contest Collection for Trumpet; m. 60 to end.
French Horn
Scherzo - Shelukov-Voxman: Concert and Contest Collection for French Horn; beginning to m. 46.
Baritone T.C. and B.C.
Air Gai - Berlioz: Concert and Contest Collection for Trumpet or Baritone; beginning to m. 35.
Trombone
Apres un Reve - Faure: Concert and Contest Collection for Trombone; m. 17 to end (high G in m. 31 may be played 8va lower.)
Tuba
Two Short Pieces - Handel: Concert and Contest Collection for Tuba; Bouree only, lower octave in the last five (5) measures.
Snare Drum
Solo # 18 - Feldstein/Black: Alfred's Drum Method, Book 2; p. 64.
Timpani
Etude #6 for Timpani - G. Whaley: Audition Etudes by Garwood Whaley, Meredith Music Publications; pg. 14.
Mallet Percussion
Etude #3 for Keyboard Percussion - G. Whaley: Audition Etudes by Garwood Whaley, Meredith Music Publications; pg. 20.

Requirements: Percussion

Snare Drum:

    1. Rudiments
    2. Solo (see solo list)
    3. Sight reading (to be supplied at the audition)
    4. Basic Exercises (from exercise sheet; download here in pdf format)

Timpani:

    1. Long roll
    2. Tuning
    3. Solo (see solo list)
    4. Sight reading (to be supplied at the audition)
    5. Basic Exercises (from exercise sheet; download here in pdf format)