JH Band Audition Requirements
Notice to Directors- Due to copyright laws, the photocopied audition excerpts are no longer posted on the website. The cycle list is posted below the chromatic ranges for each instrument.
- The audition material for wind instruments is excerpted from the INTERMEDIATE RUBANK METHOD book.
- The audition material for mallet instruments is excerpted from the AUDITION ETUDES book by Garwood Whaley.
- All audition material for Snare Drum is excerpted from the Basic Drumming book by Joel Rothman.
- Percussionists are encouraged to audition on all three instruments. Students must audition on Snare Drum and Timpani. Mallets may be auditioned separately or in addition to SD and Timpani.
- Mallets: Play the excerpt plus chromatic scale (Roll Up/Single Tap Down)
- For the Drum Audition, record the timpani, then record the snare drum audition.
- Cycle #2 Excerpts @ Marked Tempo
- Chromatic Scale @ 90 bpm (Slur Up/Tongue Down). Play required range or extended range. Trombone uses legato tonguing.
- Percussionists: Students must audition on Snare Drum and Timpani. Mallets may be auditioned separately or in addition to SD and Timpani. Mallets: Play the excerpt plus chromatic scale (Roll Up/Single Tap Down)
- Clarinets: Please note a change listed in cycle 2 in the table below.
Audition Excerpts
Cycle 1 - Odd Years - 2021, 2023, 2025, etc
Cycle 2 - Even Years - 2022, 2024, 2026, etc
Chromatic Ranges
Audition Cycles
| Instrument | Cycle #1 | Cycle #2 |
| Flute | Pg. 9 . 1st part of duet . pick up to m. 17 to end . mm=88 | Pg. 6 . Etude #2 . All 4 lines . mm=100 |
| Oboe | Pg. 13 . Etude #3 . All 3 lines . mm=88 | Pg. 20 . Etude #5 . All 3 lines . mm=60 |
| Bassoon | Pg. 13 . Etude #1 . All . mm=72. Take 2nd ending, end on 'C' before the D.S. | Pg. 18 . Etude #5 . All . mm q. =60 |
| Clarinet | Pg. 19 . Pick up to letter D to the fermata m. 35 | Pg. 50 . Andante Cantabile. Top part of duet from the beginning to the fermata high A |
| Bass Clarinet (from Clarinet book) |
Pg. 13 . Etude #2 . First 12 measures . mm=108 | Pg. 28 . Etude #3 . Play 2nd part of duet . No repeats . mm=120 |
| Saxophone Alto, Tenor & Bari |
Pg. 13 . Etude #5 . All 4 lines . mm=88 | Pg. 18 . Etude #5 . All 4 lines . mm=108 |
| Trumpet | Pg. 32 . Gavotte . 1st part of duet . No repeats . mm=120 | Pg. 44 . Austrian . 1st part of duet . All 4 lines . mm=88 |
| Horn | Pg. 11 . Etude #2 . All 4 lines . No repeats . mm 120 | Pg. 34 . Legato Etude . 1st part of duet . All 3 lines . mm 108 |
| Trombone/Baritone BC | Pg. 13 . Etude #2 . All 4 lines . mm 120 | Pg. 9 . Etude #3 . Beg to 3rd line meas 5 . mm=92 |
| Baritone TC (from Trumpet book) |
Pg. 12 . Etude #2 . All 4 lines . mm 120 (m.29 B is natural) | Pg. 8 . Etude #3 . Beg to 3rd line meas 5 . mm=92 |
| Tuba | Pg. 14 . Etude #4 . All 4 lines . mm=104 | Pg. 38 . Etude #2 . All 4 lines . mm=76 |
| Mallets Bells, Xylophone or Marimba |
Pg. 19 . Etude #1 . Last 3 lines . mm=120 | Pg. 19 . Etude #2 . 1st 16 measures . mm=60 |
| Snare Original Book (Revised Edition in parentheses) |
Pg. 49 (p.61) . lines 1-4 . no repeats . mm=100 | Pg. 49 (p.61) . lines 7-10 . no repeats . mm=100 |
| Timpani | Pg. 12 . Etude #1 . 3rd line to end . mm=120 | Pg. 12 . Etude #2 . 3rd line, 2nd measure to end . mm=112 |