HS Band
Wind & Percussion Audition Excerpts
2022-23
Participation Eligibility Requirements
For a student to be eligible to audition for the SCKMEA Festival Band and Orchestra Winds/Percussion membership:
- The student's director must submit an online audition form and a printed form with payment to the SCKMEA Executive Director for each student auditioning.
This form must be submitted by the AUDITION FORM DEADLINE established by SCKMEA.
- The student must be deemed an eligible freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior in good standing in their high school.
The student must be enrolled in the instrumental ensemble at their high school to be eligible to audition for the SCKMEA Honor Bands/Orchestra
at the time of auditions and the performance.
Audition Music Requirements ***New for 2022-23***
KMEA has introduced scale sheets for the 2022-2023 All-State Wind Auditions.
SCKMEA will adopt the same scale sheets for use in SCKMEA wind auditions. Students will perform:
- A one-octave major scale using the starting note shown on the KMEA Scale Sheet.
Major scales will be announced on the day of the live audition.
Each scale is non-transposed (i.e., if a trumpet player is asked to perform a C scale, they will be expected to perform a C scale on their instrument, not a C concert scale.)
- A full-range chromatic scale slurred up and tongued down, as shown on the KMEA Scale Sheet.
Quarter Note MM= 60. Memorization is not required.
- Sections of the required etudes/solos listed below.
- Sight-Reading
Excerpt Errata
Errata can be found on the
KMEA All-State Winds and Percussion 2022-2023 Audition Excerpts page.
SCKMEA will observe all changes indicated on this page for district auditions.
Excerpt Reductions
Excerpt reductions for SCKMEA Wind and Percussion auditions will be posted by September 1, 2022.
Percussion Auditions
Students auditioning on percussion instruments must audition in at least two of three areas (mallet, snare, timpani).
Percussion auditions will include the excerpts indicated below and sight reading.
Piccolo
Selected Studies for Flute, H. Voxman, Rubank/Hal Leonard (#4470700). Play page 38, Ab
Major etude, first six lines plus two measures to the quarter rest, students should play
measures 11 and 12 up an octave to avoid the range problem with the low Db and C;
page 40, Gigue, the first five lines (no repeat).
Flute
Suite in A-Minor, Telemann, published by International Music Co. (2260).
Play No. 3
'Air a I'Italien' movement, but no da Capo. Measure 16 should use the same rhythm on count
one and two as the rhythm in measure 15. The flute rhythm in the piano part is correct
for measure 16.
Oboe
Concerto in C for Oboe and Orchestra, attributed to Haydn, edited by Rothwell,
published by Oxford University Press (#3642131) (#9780193851627). First movement:
page 1, begin at letter D (2nd line) and end on quarter note C (end of line 6). Page 5, play
all of the Cadenza. Second movement: page 6, play from the beginning to the end of the
4th line.
Bassoon
Concertpiece, Op. 35, Gabriel Pierné, edited by Schubert-Garfield, published by
International Music Co. (1617) Play from the beginning to letter C; letter F to letter H;
and letter O to the end.
B♭ Soprano Clarinet
Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74, Carl Maria von Weber, published by Carl Fischer
(CU-752). Romance movement: begin after C at Recit. with note E on fermata (Lento)
prior to Maestoso and play to the end of movement. Polacca movement: play beginning
to ten measures rest, and page 10 (in newer editions page 11), begin playing six
measures before M and play to the end of the piece.
Errata: (added Oct. 2, 2013)
Measure 24 of the Polacca mvt. should have the same rhythm
as measure 9. The correct rhythm is 2-16th notes, dotted 16th & 32nd note.
B♭ Bass Clarinet
E♭ and B♭ Contra Bass Clarinet
Adagio and Allegro, Johann Ernest Galliard, arr. by Lyle Merriman, published by Southern
Music Co. (SS-686). (Hal Leonard 3774337). I:
Adagio from Sonata No. 3, begin at A and
play to the end of the movement. II:
Allegro from Sonata No. V, play from the beginning
to D.
Saxophones (Alto, Tenor, Baritone)
27 Virtuoso Studies by Bassi, transcribed for Oboe and Sax by Gerardo Iasilli, published
by Carl Fischer (O-61). #1, page 4: play 3rd line from the top to the end. #14: play first
three lines.
B♭ Cornet and Trumpet
Prelude Et Ballade, by Balay, published by Belwin Mills (BWI-69). Play from line 5, last
measure (Expressi) to the end of the first page. Skip to Allegro Moderato section: play all
of page 2 and end after the first measure on page 3 (11 measures of rest).
French Horn
Morceau De Concert, Saint-Saëns, published by Warner Bros. (TS-0002). Play #1 to #2;
play #3 to #4; (CHANGE) play from fifth measure after #11 to end (no trill on the D).
Trombone and Euphonium
Morceau Symphonique, Alexander Guilmant, ed. Falaguerra, published by Warner Bros.
(TS-0046) Play beginning to 4th measure of 3rd line. Play last three lines of page 1.
(CHANGE) Play from the beginning of
Allegro Moderato to the end, the last 40
measures of the composition.
Tuba
Air and Bourée, by Bach, arr. by William Bell, published by Carl Fischer. (W-1647) Play all
of the Air. Bourée: Play from the beginning through the half note 1 measure before #4.
Percussionists must audition in at least two of three areas.
Separate registrations are required for each area the student is auditioning for, but only one payment per percussion student is required.
Note- this only applies to SCKMEA, not KMEA.
Timpani
Solo Timpanist, Vic Firth, published by Carl Fischer (#04402), play page 4-5, Etude #1,
Entire etude. Quarter note = 116-120.
Mallets
Masterpieces for Marimba, arr. by Thomas McMillan, Pro Art Publications (1202). Play
page 6: Sonatina by Telemann.
Snare Drum
Portraits in Rhythm, Anthony J. Cirone, 50 Studies for Snare Drum, Belwin Mills,
(HAB-00101): Play all of #3 (rolls are closed).