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.
Each student will be judge on the following criteria:
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+ |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
C4 |
C6 |
2 |
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2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
E3 |
E6 |
3 |
|||
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
E3 |
E5 |
2 |
|||
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
C2 |
F4 |
2+ |
|||
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
C4 |
F6 |
2+ |
|||
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
C4 |
F6 |
2+ |
|||
1 |
1 |
1 |
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+ |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
F1 |
F3 |
2 |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Not Applicable |
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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:
| Instrument | Solo, Required section(s) |
|---|---|
Flute |
Menuet - Bizet: Concert and Contest Collection for Flute; m. 11-42. |
Oboe |
Gavotta - Goedicke: Concert and Contest Collection for Oboe; p. 5. m. 1-9 (no repeat), m. 19-35 (no D.C. al Fine) |
Bassoon |
Allegro Appassionata - Camille Saint-Saens: Classic Festival Solos book by Belwin; beginning until m. 61 |
Bb Clarinet |
Adagio, K622 - Mozart: Concert and Contest Collection for Bb Clarinet; beginning to cadenza. |
Bass Clarinet |
Largo and Allegro Vivace - Loeillet: Concert and Contest Collection for Bass Clarinet; include grace note but not trills. |
Alto Saxophone |
Minuet - Mozart: Concert and Contest Collection for Alto Saxophone; include grace note but not trills. |
Tenor Saxophone |
Two Little Tales - Despotes: Concert and Contest Collection for Tenor Saxophone; movement 1 - "Sentimental." |
Baritone Saxophone |
Duet - Niemann: Rubank Advanced Method for Saxophone, Volume 1; pg. 31, no. 13, parts 1 and 2. |
Trumpet |
L'Allegro - Koepke: Concert and Contest Collection for Trumpet; Andante - beginning to cadenza, Allegro-p.17, m77-105. |
French Horn |
Romance, OP. 36 - Saint-Saens: Concert and Contest Collection for French Horn. |
Baritone T.C. and B.C. |
Romance in Eb - Ostransky: Concert and Contest Collection for Trumpet or Baritone. |
Trombone |
Concerto Minature - Ostransky: Concert and Contest Collection for Trombone; Allegro - beginning to cadenza, Scherzo - m. 65-97. |
Tuba |
Sarabande and Gavotte - Corelli: Concert and Contest Collection for Tuba. |
Snare Drum |
Solo # 19 - Feldstein/Black: Alfred's Drum Method, Book 2; p. 66. |
Timpani |
Etude #5 for Timpani - G. Whaley: Audition Etudes by Garwood Whaley, Meredith Music Publications; pg. 14. |
Mallet Percussion |
Etude #5 for Keyboard Percussion - G. Whaley: Audition Etudes by Garwood Whaley, Meredith Music Publications; pg. 21. |
Snare Drum:
Timpani: