All County Band Auditions will be held Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at Hairston Middle School. Registration will begin at 4:00pm.
Required Scales (in concert pitch):
- B-flat
- E-flat
- A-flat
- F
- Chromatic (Slurred)
*All scales are in the same range as All District and will be asked to be either slurred or tonged. Students should be prepared to play them both ways.
Middle School Scale Sheets:
GCS MS Flute
GCS MS Clarinet
GCS MS Bass Clarinet
GCS MS Contra Alto Clarinet
GCS MS Oboe
GCS MS Bassoon
GCS MS Alto and Baritone Saxophone
GCS MS Tenor Saxophone
GCS MS HORN
GCS MS Trombone and Euphonium BC
GCS MS Mallets
MS Snare Rudimental Solo
All County Solos are the same as the All District Solo List below.
Students are also required to sight read a short excerpt.
Auditions:
Tuesday, February 7th is the tentative date for All County Auditions. The snow date is Tuesday, February 14th.
Auditions Host: Robin Spruill, Hairston Middle
Site Host Responsibilities:
Provides rooms for auditions (scales, solo, and sight-reading; may all be in same room or split for high volume instrument rooms), scoring room, registration tables, warm up areas, parking, and concessions.
HS Auditions Chair: Brian McMath
MS Auditions Chair: Carl Cruthis
Auditions Chair Responsibilities:
Put together audition music folders for rooms
Sight reading
Score sheets
Scoring – Jeremy Ray- MS & HS
Equipment- Percussion: Stefan Stuber and Eddie Deaton
Clinic:
April 2-3, 2012
Site Host: Stefan Stuber, Grimsley HS –
The 2011-2012 Clinicians:
Middle School: Ken Ruff
High School: Jim Kirkpatrick
Middle School Clinic Chair: Kristen Durrell, Jackson MS and Ashley Pacer, Jamestown MS
High School Clinic Chair: Andy Oldham, Ragsdale HS
Program: Marjorie Baker, Early College at Guilford
Equipment- Stefan / Students who make the percussion section they should bring the small hand percussion.
