Alachua County Honor Band

Application procedures:

- Turn in your student application form to your home band director by November 9, 2017.
- Your director will collect $10 entry fee for each audition.
- Audition times will be given to your director the week before auditions.
- Auditions will be December 13 4:00-8:00pm @ GHS

High School Audition Requirements

1. Prepared Exercise (see below) Tempo markings are only a suggestion.
Percussionists will audition on both snare and mallets

2. Chromatic scale (see below)

3. 12 Major scales- (in 2.5 minutes or less) from memory, complete with arpeggios. Scales are to be performed a minimum of 2 octaves where possible. Students who wish to play a 3rd octace may do so. All scales must be performed within the allotted time frame. Scales must be performed in complete octaves. The scales will be tongued ascending and slurred descending where applicable. Scales to be performed starting with the concert key of G, C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, B, E, A, D

4. Sight-reading (all percussionists will sightread on mallets)

High School Chromatic scale requirements

Piccolo- 2 1/2 octaves Eb to Bb
Flute- 3 octaves from C
Oboe/ English Horn- 2 octaves from D
Bassoon- 3 octaves from Bb
Eb, Bb, Bass Clarinet- 3 octaves from E
Contra Alto/Bass Clarinet- 2 octaves from E
Saxophones- 2 octaves from F
Trumpets- 2 octaves from C
French Horn - 2 octaves from F
Trombone/ Euphonium/ Tuba- 2 octaves from Bb
Xylophone- 2 octaves from Bb