Fall Bulletin No. 233 - August 2008 - Iowa High School Music ...

Timpani: Fundamental Method for Timpani by Peters: Pub. By Alfred, # 42 (p.168)[2 Timpani (multiple pitch changes)] (TUNING GAUGES ARE NOT TO BE USED!)Mallet: Masterpieces for Marimba by McMillan: Pub. By Warner Bros., p. 30-31SELECTION OF THE ORCHESTRA1. String auditors will select the following strings for the All-State Orchestra:40 1st Violins 24 Violas 16 String Bass40 2nd Violins 24 Cellos Harp2. Band auditors will select the following instruments for the All-State Orchestra:6 Flutes/Piccolo 6 Bassoons 2 Bass T-bones6 Oboes /English Horn 6 Trumpets 8 French HornsEb Clarinet 6 Clarinets 4 TrombonesBass Clarinet2 Tubas3. The number of strings to be selected at each center is determined by the All-State Orchestra Chair after all entrieshave been received.4. All string entries will be required to audition in the following manner:a) Play a solo of choice (need not be memorized) unaccompanied. The length of the segment you chooseshould be approximately 1 minute in length; maximum of 1:20.b) Play the required excerpts of the All-State selections (These works are in public domain or variances havebeen allowed for this use.) String audition excerpts are available for download from the IHSMA website onJuly 25 or they may be obtained by calling the IHSMA office and requesting them.c) Violins, Violas, Cellos: Play any of the major scales (memorized) up to and including 5 flats and 5 sharpsin 16th notes (16 th notes only) at a metronome speed of a quarter note = 88 (ascending and descending).A scale of 3 octaves is required for violin and cello. Violas - 3 octaves are required for major scales C, Db,D, Eb, and E; major scales F, G, Ab, A, Bb and B may be performed either 2 or 3 octaves. Style ofbowing is at the discretion of the performer.d) String Bass: Play any of the major scales (memorized) up to and including 5 flats and 5 sharps in 16thnotes (16 th notes only) at a metronome speed of a quarter note = 76, ascending and descending. Allstring bass scales will be two octaves. Style of bowing is to be at the discretion of the performer.5. Harpists should prepare an audition tape and send it, postmarked by October 17, to Ted Hallberg, LeMars HighSchool, 921 Third Ave SW, LeMars, IA 51031. Students selected will be announced via the IHSMA website onThursday, October 23. The tape should contain the following:a) A two-minute portion of a solo or etude of their choiceb) The excerpts that are available from the IHSMA officec) Label showing the student’s name, school and phone number6. To insure instrumentation for piccolo, the following will apply: ALL 1 st Flutes in band and orchestra will be requiredto audition on piccolo as well as flute on Thursday at ISU as a part of the chair placement procedure.Failure to comply with this requirement will automatically place those students at the bottom of the 1 st Flutesection.7. To insure instrumentation for English Horn parts, the following will apply: All oboes have been given first andsecond oboe parts for the All-State band or orchestra. All players will have the possibility to be the first chairoboe player in the All-State Band or orchestra. First and second oboe part assignments will be designated afterthe chair placement auditions in Ames. To be considered for the first oboe part students must audition onEnglish Horn. The English Horn chair may be rotated through the festival.8. All accepted All-State Orchestra clarinets, bassoons, trumpets and tenor trombones will receive all parts to auditionon for the festival. All players will have the chance to audition for 1 st chair. Horns, bass trombones, baritonesand tubas will still receive their assigned parts.9. All initial and recall string auditions will be open auditions (not blind). Chair placement auditions in Ames willbe blind auditions.10. Audition excerpts will be posted at each audition site at 7:15 A.M. on October 25, 2008.Directors - Be certain your students have the music for the festival adequately prepared for the chair placementauditions in Ames. Failure to perform the selections at All-State level will result in dismissal from the group.14