Auditions for the 2024-2025 All Shore Intermediate Band season will take place on Saturday, November 16, 2024. Student audition times will be available the week of auditions from your child’s band director. See the Events and Rehearsal Dates page for location and directions.

Student Audition Registration

If you need a copy of the parent signature/payment form, please click the link below.

Normal Registration:

• $15 for one instrument
• $20 for two or more instruments

Late Registration:

• $25 for one instrument
• $30 for two or more instruments

Parent Signature/Payment Form

2024 – 2025 Concert Year

Eligibility

To be eligible to audition for the Shore Intermediate Band, you must…

• attend school in Monmouth or Ocean Counties
• be a member in good standing of your school band
• 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 may result in expulsion from the group.

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All auditions will consist of scales/rudiments (30 points), solo (30 points), and sight reading (40 points).

WIND/MALLET INSTRUMENTS: PART I – SCALES

(30 POINTS)

The following Major and Chromatic scales must be played in the correct rhythm indicated below. Scales DO NOT need to be memorized.

(Click Instrument to download scales as PDF)

Instrument	Ab	Eb	Bb	F	C	G	D	A	Chromatic	Octaves
Flute	2	2	2	2	1	2	2		Bb4 - Bb6	2
Oboe	1	1	1	1	2	1			C4 - C6	2
Bb Clarinet		1	2	2	2	2	1	2	E3 - C6	2 +m6
Bass Clarinet		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	E3 - E5	2
Bassoon	1	2	1	2	2	1			C2 - C4	2
Alto Saxophone		2	1	2	2	1	2	1	C4 - C6	2
Tenor Saxophone		2	1	2	2	1	2	1	C4 - C6	2
Baritone Saxophone		1	1	1	2	1	1	1	C4 - C6	2
Trumpet		1	1	1	1	2	1	2	G3 - G5	2
French Horn		1	1	2	1	1	1	1	F3 - F5	2
Trombone	1	1	1	2	1	2			F2 - F4	2
Euphonium BC	1	1	1	2	1	2			F2 - F4	2
Euphonium TC			1	1	1	2	1	2	G3 - G5	2
Tuba	1	1	1	2	1	1			F1 - F3	2
Mallets	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		Bb3 - Bb5	2

All major scales should be played in the following rhythm. Students should prepare them both tongued and slurred.

All chromatic scales should be played slurred in even octaves as indicated below.

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WIND/MALLET INSTRUMENTS: PART II – SOLO

(30 POINTS)

These are the required solos for the November 2024 auditions:

Instrument	Title	Composer	Publisher
Flute	Scherzino - All of page 2 (measure 60-the end).	Andersen/Voxman	Rubank Concert & Contest Collection
Oboe	Ariette - Part 1: Beginning through measure 32. - Part 2: Measure 63 to the end, skip the first ending and go to the second ending, no repeat.	Gretry/Voxman	Rubank Concert & Contest Collection
Bb Clarinet	Scherzo in C Minor -Beginning to cadenza (Make "A" with the fermata before the cadenza the last note).	Koepke/Voxman	Rubank Concert & Contest Collection
Bass Clarinet	Sarabande and Bourree - Sarabande: Beginning to measure 8, no repeat. - Bourree: Whole thing, second endings only, no repeats.	Bach/Hervig	Rubank Concert & Contest Collection
Bassoon	Saraband and Minuet - Whole page, no repeats, no D.C.	Galliard/Gee	Classic Festival Solos Book 1
Alto Saxophone	Largo and Allegro - Largo - All - Allegro - Beginning to the first ending, no repeat.	Handel/Voxman	Rubank Concert & Contest Collection
Tenor Saxophone	Adagio and Allegro - Measure 13 through measure 50.	Handel/Voxman	Rubank Concert & Contest Collection
Baritone Saxophone	Rubank: Duet p. 20 #2, bottom part, all, no repeats.	Mozart	Rubank Advanced Method for Saxophone
Trumpet	Concertino - Allegro moderato (measure 9) through measure 31, stopping right before Tempo I where it changes back to 4/4 time. - Andantino p. 2 (where it changes to 3/4) until the end of the piece.	Ostransky	Rubank Concert & Contest Collection
French Horn	Romanza and Rondo - Romanza: Measure 21 (after 4 meausre multi-measure rest) through measure 46. - Rondo: Beginning through 5th measure of the fourth line (play the Bb and then stop where the rests are).	Mozart/Voxman	Rubank Concert & Contest Collection
Trombone	Sarabande and Vivace - Sarabande: Beginning through measure 16 (end of second line), no trills. - Vivace: Beginning through measure 24 (D - dotted half note is the last note you play), no repeat.	Handel/Voxman	Rubank Concert & Contest Collection
Euphonium BC/TC **Baritone TC use Trumpet book	Sarabanda and Gavotta All, no repeats.	Corelli/Voxman	Rubank Concert & Contest Collection
Tuba	Waltz and Galop Whole page.	Kabalevsky/Voxman	Rubank Concert & Contest Collection
Mallets	Solo #2 p. 19	Garwood Whaley	Audition Etudes by Garwood Whaley
Snare Drum	Solo #17 p. 61 - No repeat.	Feldstein/Black	Alfred's Drum Method, Book 2
Timpani	Timpani solo #3 p. 13	Garwood Whaley	Audition Etudes by Garwood Whaley

Solos can be purchased online at www.jwpepper.com or at any local music store.

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WIND/MALLET INSTRUMENTS: PART III – SIGHT READING

(40 POINTS)

A short excerpt will be provided for all students to sight read.

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SNARE DRUM AUDITION

Part I: Rudiments and Tunic (30 POINTS)

1. Rudiments:  click here to download as a .pdf
2. Drum Tunic: click here to download as a .pdf

Part II: Solo (30 POINTS)

1. Solo 17 p. 61, NO REPEATS
   • Alfred’s Drum Method Book 2
   • Composer: Feldstein/Black

Part III: Sight Reading (40 POINTS)

• A short excerpt will be provided for all students to sight read. 

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TIMPANI AUDITION

Part I: Tuning and Long Roll (30 POINTS)

1. Tuning
2. Long Roll

Part II: Solo (30 POINTS) 

• Timpani Solo #3 pg. 13
  • Audition Etudes by Garwood Whaley
  • Composer: Garwood Whaley

 Part III: Sight Reading (40 POINTS)

• A short excerpt will be provided for all students to sight read.