High School Band
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For a student to participate in KMEA honor groups the sponsoring teacher must be an active member of the Kansas Music Educators Association.

High School Band
Audition Excerpts

2026-27

Winds
  • Excerpt #1
  • Excerpt #2 (except for oboe)
  • Chromatic Scale
  • Major Scale - Concert F Major Scale
Piccolo
  • Excerpt 1: Lincolnshire Posy (Percy Grainger), "Rufford Park Poachers"
  • Excerpt 2: Variations on a Revolutionary Hymn (Claude T. Smith)
  • Chromatic Scale
  • Concert F Major Scale
Flute
  • Excerpt 1: Mannin Veen (Hayden Wood)
  • Excerpt 2: Petite Symphonie (Charles Gounod), II.
  • Chromatic Scale
  • Concert F Major Scale
Oboe
  • Excerpt 1: Variations on a Shaker Melody (Aaron Copland)
  • Chromatic Scale
  • Concert F Major Scale
Bassoon
  • Excerpt 1: Overture to Tannhauser (Richard Wagner)
  • Excerpt 2: American Salute (Morton Gould)
  • Chromatic Scale
  • Concert F Major Scale
Clarinet
  • Excerpt 1: Symphony No. 3 (Johannes Brahms), II. Andante
  • Excerpt 2: Lincolnshire Posy (Percy Grainger), "Rufford Park Poachers"
  • Chromatic Scale
  • Concert F Major Scale
Bass & Contra Bass Clarinet
  • Excerpt 1: Sinfonietta (Ingolf Dahl)
  • Excerpt 2: Lincolnshire Posy (Percy Granger), "The Brisk Young Sailor"
  • Chromatic Scale
  • Concert F Major Scale
Alto Saxophone
  • Excerpt 1: Turandot (Giacomo Puccini), Act. 1, "Outside the Imperial Palace"
  • Excerpt 2: Suite Francais (Darius Milhaud), "Provence"
  • Chromatic Scale
  • Concert F Major Scale
Tenor Saxophone
  • Excerpt 1: Second Suite (Gustav Holst), "Song Without Words"
  • Excerpt 2: Lieutenant Kije (Sergei Prokofiev), "Troika"
  • Chromatic Scale
  • Concert F Major Scale
Baritone Saxophone
  • Excerpt 1: Themes from "Green Bushes" (Percy Grainger)
  • Excerpt 2: Schwanda the Bagpiper (Jaromir Weinberger), Fugue
  • Chromatic Scale
  • Concert F Major Scale
Trumpet
  • Excerpt 1: Colonial Song (Percy Grainger)
  • Excerpt 2: Variations on America (Charles Ives), Var. V
  • Chromatic Scale
  • Concert F Major Scale
Horn
  • Excerpt 1: Lincolnshire Posy (Percy Grainger), "Horkstow Grange"
  • Excerpt 2: Symphonic Metamorphosis (Paul Hindemith), IV.
  • Chromatic Scale
  • Concert F Major Scale
Trombone
  • Excerpt 1: Folk Song Suite (Ralph Vaughan Williams), III. March "Folk Songs from Somerset"
  • Excerpt 2: Melodius Etudes (Rochut) No. 7
  • Chromatic Scale
  • Concert F Major Scale
Euphonium
  • Excerpt 1: Irish Tune from County Derry (Percy Grainger)
  • Excerpt 2: Tocatta Marziale (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
  • Chromatic Scale
  • Concert F Major Scale
Tuba
  • Excerpt 1: Etude No. 3 (Vladislav Blazhevich)
  • Excerpt 2: Etude No. 9 (Marco Bordogni)
  • Chromatic Scale
  • Concert F Major Scale
Percussion
  • Snare Drum
    • El Capitan - Measure 69 - 84 (PDF)
  • Mallets
    • Excerpt: Gayane Ballet (Aram Khachaturian), Dance of the Rose Maidens
  • Timpani (2 Timpani excerpt)
    • Excerpt: Rotation No. 4 (John Wickersham)
 
Chairperson
Christopher Barlow
Ellsworth HS
211 W. 11th
Ellsworth, KS 67439
w: 785-472-4471
Important Dates - HS Band
Oct 28, 2026 - Wednesday
Audition Upload Deadline — HS Band
$5 audition fee per completed audition
Dec 5, 2026 - Saturday
Mini Convention II
HS Band, HS Choir, Elem. Choir
Fort Hays State University
$15 participation fee per selected student
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