2020 – 2021 Concert Year
Eligibility
To be eligible to audition for the Shore Intermediate Band, you must…
- be a student at an affiliated school
- 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.
Requirements: Non-Percussion
Each student will be judged on the following criteria:
- Scales
- Solo
- 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.
(Click Instrument to download scales as PDF)
| Scale and number of octaves | Chromatic Scales | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instrument | Ab | Eb | Bb | F | C | G | D | A | E | from | to | octaves |
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2
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2
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2
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2
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1
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2
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2
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Bb4
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Bb6
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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C4
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C6
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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E3
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E6
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3
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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E3
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E5
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2
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1
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2
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1
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2
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2
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1
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C2
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C4
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2
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2
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1
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2
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2
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1
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2
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1
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C4
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C6
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2
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2
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1
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2
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2
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1
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2
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1
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C4
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C6
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2
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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C4
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C6
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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2
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G3
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G5
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2
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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2
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G2
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G4
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2
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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2
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F2
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F4
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2
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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F3
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F5
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2
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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2
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F2
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F4
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2
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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F1
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F3
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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Bb3 – Bb5 2
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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 www.jwpepper.com
- NEMC | 908-245-7122/908-232-6700 www.nemc.com
- Clarizio’s Music | 732-295-6644
The required solos for November 2020 auditions are as follows…
| Instrument | Title | Composer | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flute | Scherzino - Page 2 only. | Andersen/Voxman | Rubank* |
| Oboe | Sonatina: Allegro and Larghetto - Allegro: All, no repeats. - Larghetto: Beginning of section, stop after playing the second ending, do not play the first ending. | Mozart/Voxman | Rubank* |
| Bb Clarinet | Menuet - Beginning to the repeat sign on the second line of the second page. No repeats throughout. | Mozart/Voxman | Rubank* |
| Bass Clarinet | Minuet and Gigue - Minuet: All, no repeats. - Gigue: The first two lines stopping at the repeat sign (do not repeat). | Bach/Voxman | Rubank* |
| Bassoon | #26 Ländler & #27 Rustic March - No repeats. | Schubert and von Weber/ Hilling and Bergman | Faber& |
| Alto Saxophone | Largo and Allegro: - Largo: All - Allegro: Beginning of section, stop after playing the first ending, do not repeat. | Handel/Voxman | Rubank* |
| Tenor Saxophone | Piece in G Minor - Page 2 only, starting from measure 66 (after the piano part, starting on quarter note D). | Pierné/Voxman | Rubank* |
| Baritone Saxophone | Sonatina - Beginning to the repeat sign at the end of the second to last line on page 1. Do not repeat, do not play the last line on page 1. | Haydn/Voxman | Rubank* (Use Alto Sax Book) |
| Trumpet | Air Gai - Page 2 only starting from measure 60 (second line, after the piano part, starting on an eighth note F). | Berlioz/Voxman | Rubank* |
| French Horn | Farewell Serenade - No repeats, 2nd endings only (skip the first endings), stop at the end of the second to last line (do not play the last line). | Herfurth/Voxman | Rubank* |
| Trombone | Diamond - No grace notes, no cadenza. | H.A. Vandercook | Rubank % |
| Euphonium BC/TC | Sarabanda and Gavotta - No repeats **Euphonium TC use Trumpet book | Corelli/Voxman | Rubank* |
| Tuba | Premier Solo de Concours | Maniet/Voxman | Rubank* |
| Mallets | Sonata (for Violin) - Page 2 beginning at rehearsal letter B and playing until the end. | Corelli/McMillan | Alfred$ |
| Snare Drum | Solo #19 p. 66 | Feldstein/Black | Alfred^ |
| Timpani | Timpani solo #4 | Whaley | Meredith Music~ |
| Publishers | * = Rubank Concert & Contest Collection & = First Book of Bassoon Solos, Hilling & Bergmann. Faber Publishing (Google it, it’s available) % = Rubank Trombone Gems $ = Masterpieces for Marimba Arr. Thomas McMillan ^ = Alfred's Drum Method, Book 2 ~ = Audition Etudes by Garwood Whaley |
Requirements: Percussion
Snare Drum:
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- Rudiments (Snare Drum, from exercise sheet; click here to download as a .pdf)
- Solo (See solo list)
- Sight reading (Snare Drum, to be supplied at the audition)
Timpani:
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- Tuning
- Long Roll
- Solo (see solo list)
- Sight reading (to be supplied at the audition)