APPENDIX C - 1 Required Materials for Band Auditions Required ...

KEYBOARD: F Major Scale played2 octaves ascending and descendingAudition Etude by Garwood Whaley for Snare Drum, Timpani, Keyboard Percussion, and Multiple Percussion. Meredith MusicPublications.Page 21 - #5Quarter Note: m.m. = 92MULTIPLE PERCUSSION:Audition Etude by Garwood Whaley for Snare Drum, Timpani, Keyboard Percussion, and Multiple Percussion. Meredith MusicPublications.Page 27 - #2Quarter Note: m.m. = 112MONTANA ALL-STATE CHORUS AUDITION MATERIALSET BALL EXERCISES ARE TO BE SUNG A CAPPELLA. THE PITCH SHOULD BE GIVEN ONLY ONCE BEFORE EACHEXERCISE. The pitch must be sounded on the recording so that a standard pitch reference is available to the screeningcommittee. This will eliminate difficulty created by variable piano intonation.1. Sing two scales, ascending and descending, using do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do without restating top note. Quarter note m.m. = 72.Each scale recorded as separate track.Soprano I: D and A (2nd space) Tenor I: Eb and GSoprano II: C and G (2nd line) Tenor II: C and FAlto I: A (below middle C) Bass I: Ab and Eb (3rd space)and F (first space)Bass ClefAlto II: G (below middle C) Bass II: F (1 space below Bass Clef)and Eb (1st line)and D (3rd line)2. Sing Chromatic Scale ascending and descending. (The pitch should be given only once). Repeat top note.Use solfege syllables or one of the basic vowel sounds: AH-A-EE-O-OO (A consonant may be used to begin the vowel).Soprano I: E to E Tenor I: E to ESoprano II: D to D Tenor II: D to DAlto I: C to C Bass I: C to CAlto II: Bb to Bb Bass II: Bb to Bb3. Sing the melody and words to the 1st verse of "ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT." (Check the key and give the starting pitch onlyonce).Soprano I: All Through the Night Key of BbSoprano II: All Through the Night Key of AbAlto I: All Through the Night Key of EAlto II: All Through the Night Key of DTenor I: All Through the Night Key of BbTenor II: All Through the Night Key of AbBass I: All Through the Night Key of EBass II: All Through the Night Key of D4. Soprano I, II or Alto I, II:Sing Alto part while piano plays Soprano, Tenor, and Bass to:"AMERICA"Key of GTenor I, II:Sing your part while piano plays Soprano, Alto, Bass to:"AMERICA"Key of GBass I, II:Sing your part while piano plays Soprano, Alto, Tenor to:"AMERICA"Key of GRemember — use the best recording equipment. DEVIATION FROM ABOVE EXERCISES WILL AUTOMATICALLY ELIMINATEAPPLICANT. Source: The New Blue Book of Favorite Songs, Schmitt, Hall & McCreary. Permission to copy these parts has beenreceived from the publisher, and a master is enclosed.62