Brass & Woodwind Class Placement Assessment Requirements

• Prepared Etude (see link above)

• 1 octave major scales with arpeggio

  • You will be given 2 minutes to play as many as possible.​

• Chromatic Scale.

• Auditions must be submitted in Google Classroom

  • Google Classroom Link: CLICK HERE​

  • Classroom Code: jouprjd

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Percussion Audition Camp (May 17-21)

• Your audition will take place over the course of 5 days.

• You must be present the entire time.

• The audition material will come from the technique book that will be provided to you well before the audition camp.

• Your progress over the 5-day audition camp will determine the best instrument for you to play during the fall marching band season.

• All students play all instruments for concert season.

• Upon acceptance into the percussion section, all marching band percussionists must be signed up for the percussion class (4th period) for the fall semester.

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Color Guard Audition Camp (May 5,6,11,12,13)

• Your audition will take place over the course of 5 days.

• You must be present the entire time.

• There is no prepared audition material.

• Flag, rifle, saber, and body movement will be taught to everybody.

• Specific equipment assignments will be ermined depending on staging of the show.  For example: you do not "make" the rifle line.  You make the color guard.

• Your progress over the 5-day audition process will determine your acceptance into the ensemble.

• Upon acceptance into the color guard, all guard members must be signed up for the color guard class (4th period) for the fall semester.