Lincoln High School Symphonic Band Auditions 2019-2020 School Year Audition information: To audition for the Lincoln High School Symphonic Band, every student should be prepared to play the material listed below. This material will be played live. 1. The audition etude for your instrument. o Start and Stop points are marked on the etude itself. o The audition music can be collected from the Lincoln HS Band room, the Trojan Band website ( https://www.leonschools.net/lincolnband ), emails that have been sent, or if you are a middle school student, from your director. 2. All 12 major scales in 3 minutes or less. o Scales should follow the Florida Bandmasters Association scale requirement for this past school year. Circle of fourths. FBA rhythm pattern. See: http://fba.flmusiced.org/all-state/audition-requirements/ o Scales should start on Concert G and move around the Circle of 4 ths ending on Concert D. o Scales may be played from reading sheet music, but more points will be given if scales are memorized. o An octave suggestion table has been included below. It is not required that all scales be performed with those exact octaves. You may play more or less octaves. However, more octaves (played successfully) will create a higher score. o Scales may be performed outside of the 3 minute mark, but they will not be graded. 3. The chromatic scale on your instrument, full range. o Students should play the chromatic scale full range: from their lowest note to their highest note. (You may use the FBA All-State chromatic scale requirement as a suggestion.) o Students must maintain a steady tempo and rhythm. o This scale is not a part of the 3 minute time limit for major scales. 4. Students will be asked to sight-read. o Students will be given 30 seconds to view the new material and then will be asked to play. 5. Students will be asked to answer a few verbal questions. o These may include the following: Counting (rhythm) exercises: one in a compound meter, one in a simple meter Transposition of their instrument (if the instrument is not concert pitch) Defining commonly used musical vocabulary Suggested octaves for scales: G C F Bb Eb Ab Db Gb B E A D Chromatic Flute 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Full Range Oboe 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 Full Range Bassoon 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Full Range Clarinet 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 Full Range Saxophone 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 Full Range Trumpet 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 Full Range French Horn 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 Full Range Trombone 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 Full Range Euphonium 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 Full Range Tuba 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Full Range