NC BANDMASTERS
ASSOCIATION EST. 1938
ALL-STATE HONORS BAND Audition Requirements
LIST OF REVISIONS
11-12 Oboe Solo Updated
11-12 Tuba Solo Updated
11-12 TC and BC Euphonium Solos Updated
11-12 Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, and Horn Solos Updated
NEW Middle School Percussion Solos Posted
11/12 Trumpet Solo Updated
2020 11/12 Snare Audition Clarification
June 8, 2018
9/10 and 11/12 Percussion Requirements
Anything out of the chromatic range on the solos will be played as is for All-State Auditions.
November 8, 2016
9/10 Tuba Scales - Ab scale is now 2 octaves and the chromatic scale extends to Ab.
SOLOS - NO REPEATS ARE TO BE PLAYED AND ONLY 2ND ENDINGS ARE TO BE TAKEN.
Adjudication of Scales
Any error in articulation (wrong articulation or mixed articulation) will be a .5 deduction.
May use deductions as small a tenth of a point for other errors.
Adjudication of Solos/Sight-reading - May ONLY use deductions of .5 point or a full point.
November 7, 2015
Baritone Saxophone players (MS, 9/10, 11/12) should play the same scales as Alto Saxophone.
The 9/10 Baritone Saxophone scales have been revised and posted.
The scales, E and F, are now 2 octaves for 9/10 Baritone Saxophone.
All other grade level scales (MS and 11/12) matched between alto and baritone saxophones previously.
February 2, 2015
Beginning 2015-2016, all middle school saxophones will play the same solo as the alto saxophone.
February 1, 2015
Correction to the 11/12 Timpani Solo - Note on Solo List.
November 8, 2014
For the 2015 auditions, there will no longer be a separate scale sheet for the Eb Contra-Alto Clarinet. All low clarinets of any key will now use the Bb Bass Clarinet Scale Sheet. This is for ALL grade levels. Students may audition on Bb Bass Clarinet, Eb Contra-Alto Clarinet, or Bb Contra-Bass Clarinet but ALL will use the Bb Bass Clarinet Scale Sheet.
July 2014
String Bass Scales Revised and Posted
Middle School
Requirements
2021-2022 MS Solo List for Winds
2021-2022 MS Solo List for Percussion
Middle School Scales
Audition information for all percussionists is below.
Be sure to read the information regarding the auditions
under Policies & Procedures on the Documents page and remember that all scales are to be played in the order
found on the page.
Middle School Scales are tongued; chromatic is slurred
(except trombone is legato).
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High School (9/10)
Requirements
2021-2022 9/10 Solo List for Winds
2021-2022 9/10 Solo List for Percussion
High School (9/10) Scales
Audition information for all percussionists is below.
Be sure to read the information regarding the auditions
under Policies & Procedures on the Documents
page and remember that all scales are to be played in the order
found on the page.
High School Scales:
students are to be prepared
to play any scale tongued or slurred; chromatic is slurred
(except trombone is legato).
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9/10 Percussion
Section Percussion
9/10 Section Percussion
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9/10 Mallets
9/10 Mallets
Audition Script
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9/10 Timpani
9/10 Timpani
Senior High School (11/12)
Requirements
Senior High School (11/12) Scales
Audition information for all
percussionists is below.
Be sure to read the information
regarding the auditions
under Policies & Procedures on the Documents
page and remember that all scales are
to be played in the order
found on the page.
Senior High:
students are to be prepared
to play any scale tongued or slurred;
chromatic is slurred
(except trombone is legato).
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11/12 Percussion
Section Percussion
11/12 Section Percussion
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11/12 Mallets
11/12 Mallets
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11/12 Timpani
11/12 Timpani