ALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY BAND

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS

 

Woodwinds and Brass

• Letter of good standing from the high school director

• You must be able to read music proficiently! 

• Major Scale & arpeggios: C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, B, E, A, and D

       (Two or three octaves when possible)

• Minor Scales: C Harmonic and A Melodic (and corresponding arpeggios)

• Chromatic Scale: Practical range of the instrument.

• Prepared Material: Etude or Solo Grade 3 or higher (All state etudes accepted)

• Sight-reading

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Percussion

• Letter of good standing from the high school director

• You must be able to read music proficiently! 

• Rudiments and melodic proficiency  

  • Any of the percussive Arts Society's 40 Essential Rudiments as requested.

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• Major Scale & arpeggios: C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, B, E, A, D, and B (2 octaves)

• Minor Scales: C Harmonic and A Melodic (and corresponding arpeggios)

• Chromatic Scale: Practical range of the instrument.

• Prepared Material: Etude or Solo Grade 3 or higher (All state etudes accepted)

• Tuning the timpani on the following intervals:

  • Major 3rd

  • Minor 3rd

  • Perfect 4th

  • Perfect 5th

  • Perfect octave

 

• Sight-reading- Students should demonstrate the ability to sight-read a piece of music with great success, while mastering dynamics, tempo, stylistic, and other nuances.

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Students should produce a characteristic tone on his or her instrument, in all ranges of the instrument. Students should demonstrate proper phrasing and stylistic nuances when performing etude, scales, and sight-reading.  All scales should be tongued, using 8th notes at M.M. = 120 beats per minute.