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.

Auditions for 2020-21

• 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)

Audition Excerpts
Cycle 1 - Odd Years - 2019, 2021, 2023, etc
Cycle 2 - Even Years - 2020, 2022, 2024, 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. 49 . 1st part of Trio . 2nd line, 2nd meas. To end . mm=98
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