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All County Band Auditions

All County Band Auditions will be held Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at Hairston Middle School.

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.

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 , 2012 is the tentative date for All County Auditions.  The snow date is Tuesday, February 15th, 2012.

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.

High School Auditions Chair: Brian McMath, NWGHS
Middle School Auditions Chair: Carl Cruthis, Guilford MS

Auditions Chair Responsibilities:

Put together audition music folders for rooms:
Solo- with appropriate cuts
CDBA Solo/Movement List
Sight reading
Scale sheets with articulations (MS)
Scale List with articulations (HS)
Score sheets

Scoring – MS & HS: Jeremy Ray, SEGHS

Equipment- Percussion: Stephan Stuber (Grimsley) & Eddie Deaton (Page)

Clinic:

April 2nd and 3rd, 2012

Site Host: Stefan Stuber, Grimsley HS –

The 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

Program: Marjorie Baker, Early College at Guilford

Equipment- Stephan Stuber, Grimsley

Last Update 4-8-11

Central District Auditions

Central District Auditions will be held on Saturday, January 8th, 2011 at Orange High School.

Click the links below to view the pdf file of the All District and County Solo and Scale list:

– SCALE ARTICULATION, SCORING AND TIMING –
•High school students must perform their major scales in the order listed on the CDBA website.
•HS students must play their major and chromatic scales in three minutes or less.
•HS students should prepare all major scales both tongued and slurred. Judges will post the articulation (tongued or slurred) for each major scale on the music stand in the audition room.
•Chromatic scales must be slurred by all wind instruments.
•A one-point deduction will be assessed for incorrect articulation .
•Students playing scales out of order will receive a scale score of zero for each scale misplayed.
•Scales must be memorized.

– SOLOS –
•Students should bring and use an original copy of their solo.
•Make certain that students have the correct edition of their solos.
•Cadenzas SHOULD NOT be played unless specifically indicated on the solo list.

– SIGHT-READING-

Students will receive 30-60 seconds of preview time prior to performing sight-reading, depending on the difficulty and length of sight-reading provided. All students within a specific room (flute room, clarinet room, etc.) will receive the same amount of preview time throughout the day.

The High School District Clinic will be held January 28-29th, 2011 at NC State University.  The Middle School Clinic will be Feburary 4-5th, 2011.

All County Jazz Band 2011-12

Directors,

The All County Jazz band this year will be using recorded CD or taped auditions. We will be using the requirements from the Jazz section of the NC Bandmasters website: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/jazzpage/jazzpage.htm. The deadline for the audition recordings is ____________. Please write your name, instrument, and school name on the tape, do not say anything on the tape.

The clinic dates are December 5th-6th at Eastern High School.

There will be two equal size large jazz bands. The higher band will be lead by a guest clinician.  The other band will be will be lead by GCS Band Directors.  If there are not enough students to full fill the second band, then students, in chair order, will be asked from the pervious year’s  AC Band.

Below you will find the audition requirements.

See you soon,

Chuck Capps

Audition Requirements: Solo
________-Jazz Conception: 21 Solo Etudes for Jazz Phrasing, Interpretation and Improvisation/Snidero/Advance Music
Books with CD’s available for: Eb Alto/Bari Sax, Bb Tenor Sax, Bb Trumpet, Tenor Trombone, Bass Trombone, Guitar/Vibes, Piano, Bass, and Drums.
Alto/Baritone Sax (order #14720)
Tenor Sax (order #14721)
Trumpet (order #14722)
Trombone (order #14723)
Guitar (order #14726)
Piano (Comping, order #14739) DO NOT ORDER PIANO #14727
Bass (Bass Lines, order #14736) DO NOT ORDER BASS #14728
Drums (order #14729)

Scales and other requirements
Sax, Trumpet, & Trombone:
F and Bb Blues Scales, Chromatic, and “ii, V, I” progression in C and Bb. All scales are to be played two octaves where possible.
Guitar & Bass:
F and Bb Blues Scales, Chromatic, and “ii, V, I” progression in C and Bb. All scales are to be played two octaves where possible.
Piano:
will play two octaves, in eighth notes with both hands playing simultaneously in octaves.
Drum Set:
Student will demonstrate time-keeping ability by performing the following exercises – 16 bars of each:
Medium Swing; quarter note = 112
Shuffle; quarter note = 108-112
Bossa Nova; quartr note = 132
Ballad with brushes; quarter note = 80 Up-Tempo Swing; half note = 112
Funk/Rock; quarter note = 100

Last Update 4-8-11

All County Orchestra 2010-11

Dear Directors,

The All County Orchestra will once again audition for wind and percussionists via CD or cassette tape recordings.  The due date for these recorded auditions is Tuesday, October 19th, 2010.  Just like last year, we will use the All County / All District Solo as the required audition solo rather than a separate piece of music.  This is in hopes that it will inspire early practice for our students who are considering auditions for the All District auditions in January.  I thank all who helped me listen to tapes last year and ask again for any available ears to help listen to these recordings.

The clinic will be November 19th-20th, 2010 and will be held at SWGHS.

Can’t wait to see you all again,

Andy

Audition Requirements:

All County / All District Solo

1.    Please record the first 4 lines of music (not including cadenzas, cue notes or multi-measure rests)

A list of the required solos is available (in draft form) here:
http://cdba.ncbandmasters.org/1011ADHSSoloListDRAFT.pdf

Scales

2.    Please record the (concert pitch) Bb, Eb, Ab, F, and Chromatic scales.  These are the same scales that are used for the High School All County Band of Guilford County.  Likewise, they should align with the format of the All County / All District requirements.

The All District/All County format for scales is available here:
http://cdba.ncbandmasters.org/CDBAHSScales0708.html

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