High School Band
Audition Excerpts

2023-24

For the Major Scale and the Chromatic Scale please begin with the major scale before going into the chromatic scale. Record both scales as one file.

Piccolo
Excerpt 1: Divertimento for Band - Vincent Persichetti
Excerpt 2: Symphony for Band - Morton Gould
Concert Eb Scale and Chromatic Scale

Flute
Excerpt 1: Courtly Airs and Dances (Ron Nelson)
Excerpt 2: "Saltarello" and Carmen (Georges Bizet)", Prelude to Act III
Concert E Flat scale and Chromatic Scale

Oboe
Excerpt 1:Lincolnshire Posy (Percy Grainger) "Horkstow Grange"
Excerpt 2: Symphony No. 4 (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky), Mvt. II
Concert E Flat scale and Chromatic Scale

Bassoon
Excerpt 1: Lincolnshire Posy (Percy Grainger)
Excerpt 2: The Little Fugue in G Minor (J.S. Bach)
Concert E flat scale and Chromatic Scale

Clarinet
Excerpt 1:This Cruel Moon (John Mackey)
Excerpt 2: Festival Overture (Shostakovich)
Concert E flat Scale (F major) and Chromatic Scale

Bass Clarinet & ContraBass
Excerpt 1: Colonial Song (Percy Grainger)
Excerpt 2: Etude No. 2 (Friedrich Dotzauer)
Concert E flat Scale (F major scale) and Chromatic Scale

Alto Saxophone
Excerpt 1: Chester (William Schumah)
Excerpt 2: Colonial Song (Percy Grainger)
Concert E flat Scale ( C major Scale) and Chromatic Scale

Tenor Saxophone
Excerpt 1: Overture to Candide (Leonard Bernstein)
Excerpt 2: Four Scottish Dances No.1 (Malcolm Arnold
Concert E flat scale ( F major) and Chromatic Scale

Baritone Saxophone
Excerpt 1: Lincolnshire Posy (Percy Grainger,) "Horkstow Grange"
Excerpt 2: Esprit De Corps (Jager)
Concert E flat Scale ( C major Scale) and Chromatic Scale

Trumpet
Excerpt 1: Lincolnshire Posy (Percy Grainger) "Horkstow Grange"
Excerpt 2: Folk Song Suite ( Vaughn Williams), "Folk songs from Somerset"
Concert E flat scale ( F major) and Chromatic Scale

Horn
Excerpt 1: First Suite in E flat (Gustav Holst), "Chaconne"
Excerpt 2: 28 Etudes (Oskar Franz), No. 5
Concert E flat Scale (B flat major) and Chromatic Scale

Trombone
Excerpt 1: 40 Progressive Studies (HW Tyrrell), No. 1
Excerpt 2: Rolling Thunder (Henry Fillmore)
Concert E flat scale and Chromatic Scale

Euphonium
Excerpt 1: Chester (William Schuman)
Excerpt 2: Second Suite (Gustav Holst)
Concert E flat Scale (F for treble clef) and Chromatic Scale

Tuba
Excerpt 1: The Stars and Stripes Forever (Sousa)
Excerpt 2: First Suite in E flat (Gustav Holst), "Chaconne"
Concert E flat scale and Chromatic Scale

Timpani
26 Etudes, The Solo Timpanist, Vic Firth, published by Carl Fischer (04402)
Excerpt 1: Play Etude #2 starting at measure 43 to the end
Excerpt 2: Play Etude #3 starting at measure 1 to measure 11

Mallets
Masterpieces for Marimba, arr. Thomas McMillan, published by Belwin/Warner Bros. (PROBK 1202)
Excerpt 1: Sonata By Handel Start at the Beginning and go to Letter A, no repeat
Excerpt 2: Sonata by Handel Start at Letter C go to the end no repeat

Snare Drum
Portraits in Rhythm, 50 Studies for Snare Drum, Anthony Cirone, published by Belwin Mills (HAB 101)
Excerpt 1: Play measures 1-8 of Etude #11 on page 13
Excerpt 2: Play measures 1-12 of Etude #6 on page 8