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

KEYBOARD: Eb Major Scale played2 Octaves ascending and descendingAudition Etude by Garwood Whaley for Snare Drum, Timpani, Keyboard Percussion, and Multiple Percussion. Meredith MusicPublications.Page 19 - #2 Quarter Note: m.m. = 80MULTIPLE PERCUSSION:Audition Etudes by Garwood Whaley for Snare Drum, Timpani, Keyboard Percussion and Multiple Percussion. Meredith MusicPublications.Page 28 - #3 Quarter Note: m.m. = 100MONTANA ALL-STATE CHORUS AUDITION MATERIALSET AALL 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 notem.m. = 72. Each scale recorded as a separate track.Soprano I: D and A Tenor I: Eb and G(Above Mid C & 3 rd Space) Tenor II: C and FSoprano II: C and G Bass I: Ab and Eb (3rd space(Mid C and 2 nd Line) Bass Clef)Alto I: A (below middle C) Bass II: F (1st space below Bass Clefand F (first space)and D (3rd line)Alto II: G (below middle C)and Eb (1st 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 "MY BONNIE" (Check the key and give the starting pitch only once):Soprano I: My Bonnie. Key of DSoprano II: My Bonnie. Key of CAlto I: My Bonnie. Key of AAlto II: My Bonnie. Key of GTenor I: My Bonnie. Key of DTenor II: My Bonnie. Key of CBass I: My Bonnie. Key of ABass II: My Bonnie. Key of G4. Soprano I, II or Alto I, IISing Alto part while piano plays Soprano, Tenor, and Bass to one of the following selections:"DRINK TO ME WITH THINE EYES ONLY" Key of EbTenor I, II:Sing your part while piano plays Soprano, Alto, Bass to:"DRINK TO ME WITH THINE EYES ONLY" Key of EbBass I, II:Sing your part while piano plays Soprano, Alto, Tenor to:"DRINK TO ME WITH THINE EYES ONLY" Key of EbDEVIATION FROM ABOVE EXERCISES WILL AUTOMATICALLY ELIMINATE APPLICANT.Source: The New Blue Book of Favorite Songs, Schmitt, Hall & McCreary.Permission to copy these parts has been received from the publisher, and a master is enclosed.57