High School Band
Audition Excerpts

2023-24

NCKMEA will use the KMEA All-State Winds and Percussion Audition Excerpts.

Audition Procedure for Wind Players

1. A chromatic scale slurred up and tongued down. Quarter Note MM= 60. Play the rhythm, articulation, and range as written on the scale sheet. Memorization is not required.
2. One major scale, as written on the scale sheet, with up to 4 sharps or 4 flats. Quarter Note MM= 60. Play the rhythm, articulation, and range as written on the scale sheet. Memorization is not required. All scales will start on the notes indicated on the scale sheet for their instrument. Each scale is non-transposed (i.e., if a trumpet player is asked to perform a C scale, they will be expected to perform a C scale on their instrument, not a C concert scale.) The major scale for each instrument will be posted by the band chairpersons on the morning of live auditions.
3. Sections of the required etudes/solos listed below.
4. Sight reading

Audition Procedure for Percussion

1. Play Audition Excerpt 1
2. Play Audition Excerpt 2
3. Sight reading

Excerpt Errata
Errata can be found on the KMEA All-State Winds and Percussion Audition Excerpts page. NCKMEA will observe all changes indicated on that page for district auditions.

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Excerpts for District Auditions

Piccolo

• Divertimento for Band (Vincent Persichetti) - Play all
• The Damnation of Faust (Hector Berlioz) - Play Measure 12 to the end
• 20 Studies No. 17 (Giuseppe Gariboldi) - Play Measure 9 (beat 3) to the end
• 20 Studies No. 19 (Giuseppe Gariboldi) - Play Measure 5 to Measure 13 (beat 1)

Flute

• Aegean Festival Overture (Andreas Makris) - Play Measure 1 to Measure 7 (beat 1)
• Carmen (Georges Bizet) - Play all
• Courtly Airs and Dances (Ron Nelson) - Play all
• 20 Studies No. 17 (Giuseppe Gariboldi) - Play Measure 9 (beat 3) to the end
• 20 Studies No. 19 (Giuseppe Gariboldi) - Play Measure 5 to Measure 13 (beat 1)

Oboe

• Lincolnshire Posy (Percy Grainger) - Play all
• Symphony No. 4 (Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky) - Play Measure 1 to Measure 9 (beat 1)
• Forty Progressive Melodies No. 10 (A. M. R. Barret) - Play Measure 1 to Measure 8 (no repeat)
• Articulation Study No. 3 (A. M. R. Barret) - Play all

Bassoon

• Symphony No. 9 (Ludwig van Beethoven) - Play Measure 10 to the end
• The Firebird (Igor Stravinsky) -Play all
• Lincolnshire Posy (Percy Grainger) - Play all
• 16 Daily Studies No. 5 (Alamiro Giampieri) Play Measure 1 to Measure 7 (beat 1)

Clarinet

• Symphonie Fantastique (Hector Berlioz) - Play all
• This Cruel Moon (John Mackey) - Play all
• Festive Overture (Dmitri Shostakovich) - Play all
• Blue Shades (Frank Ticheli) - Play Measure 8 to the end
• 32 Etudes No. 21 (Cyrille Rose) - Play Measure 9 to the end

B♭ Bass Clarinet
E♭ and B♭ Contra Bass Clarinet

• Colonial Song (Percy Grainger) - Play all
• Symphony in Bb (Paul Hindemith) - Play all
• The Nutcracker Ballet (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky) - Play Measure 9 to the end
• Etude No. 2 (Friedrich Dotzauer) - Play Measure 15 to the end
• Progressive Study No. 1 (Auguste Perier) Play Measure 5 to the end

Alto Sax

• Colonial Song (Percy Grainger) - Play all
• Pictures at an Exhibition (Modest Mussorgsky) - Play Measure 12 to the end
• Chester (William Schuman) - Play all
• Molly on the Shore (Percy Grainger) - Play Measure 1 to Measure 9 (beat 3)
• 48 Studies No. 3 (Franz Ferling) - Play Measure 8 (beat 5) to Measure 14 (beat 3)
• 48 Studies No. 10 (Franz Ferling) - Play Mesure 9 to the end

Tenor Sax

• Bolero (Maurice Ravel) - Play all
• Four Scottish Dances (Malcolm Arnold) - Play all
• Lincolnshire Posy (Percy Grainger) - Play Measure 24 to Measure 32
• 48 Studies No. 3 (Franz Ferling) - Play Measure 8 (beat 5) to Measure 14 (beat 3)
• 48 Studies No. 10 (Franz Ferling) - Play Mesure 9 to the end

Baritone Sax

• First Suite in Eb (Gustav Holst) - Play all
• Lincolnshire Posy (Percy Grainger) - Play all
• Esprit de Corps (Jager) - Play all
• 48 Studies No. 3 (Franz Ferling) - Play Measure 8 (beat 5) to Measure 14 (beat 3)
• 48 Studies No. 10 (Franz Ferling) - Play Mesure 9 to the end

Trumpet

• Folk Song Suite (Ralph Vaughan Williams) - Play all
• Lincolnshire Posy (Percy Grainger) - Play all
• Symphony in Bb (Paul Hindemith) - Play all
• Second Suite (Gustav Holst) - Play all
• Characteristic Study No. 1 (Jean-Baptiste Arban) - Play Measure 1 to Measure 6 (downbeat of 1). No repeat in measure 2.

Horn

• First Suite in Eb (Gustav Holst) - Play all
• Festival Variations (Claude T. Smith) - Play all
• Armenian Dances (Alfred Reed) - Play all
• 28 Etudes No. 5 (Oskar Franz) - Play all

Trombone

• Hammersmith (Gustav Holst) - Play all
• Divertimento (Vincent Persichetti) - Play Measure 1 to Measure 18
• Rolling Thunder (Henry Fillmore) - Play all
• 40 Progressive Studies No. 1 (HW Tyrell) - Play all
• Melodius Etudes No. 10 (Joannes Rochut) - Play all

Baritone

• Chester (William Schuman) - Play all
• Second Suite (Gustav Holst) - Play Measure 1 to Measure 21 (downbeat)
• Tocatta Marziale (Ralph Vaughan Williams) - Play all
• The Universal Judgement (Camille de Nardis) - Play Measure 14 to the End.
• Melodius Etude No. 11 (Joannes Rochut) - Play all
• Characteristic Study No. 12 (Jean-Baptiste Arban) - Play Measure 9 to the End.

Tuba

• First Suite in Eb (Gustav Holst) - Play all
• Symphony No. 1 (Gustav Mahler) - Play all
• The Stars and Stripes Forever (John Philip Sousa) - Play all. No repeat, take the 2nd ending.
• Die Meistersinger (Richard Wagner) - Play all
• Lyrical Study No. 1 (Vladislav Blazevich) - Play all
• Etude No. 26 (Georg Kopprasch) - Play all, no repeat.

Percussionists may audition in one or more areas, but a separate entry and payment must be submitted for each audition.

Timpani

• 26 Etudes, The Solo Timpanist, Vic Firth, published by Carl Fischer (04402).
• Excerpt 1: Etude II - play first 4 lines
• Excerpt 2: Etude III - play first 5 lines

Mallets

• Masterpieces for Marimba, arr. Thomas McMillan, published by Belwin/Warner Bros. (PROBK 1202). P. 10 & 11-Sonata by Handel
• Excerpt 1: Allegro - Play first 3 lines. No repeat
• Excerpt 2: Play from letter "D" to the end of the page

Snare Drum

• Portraits in Rhythm, 50 Studies for Snare Drum, Anthony Cirone, published by Belwin Mills (HAB 101).
• Excerpt 1: Etude #11 on page 13. Start on the 6th line and play to the end.
• Excerpt 2: Etude #6 on page 8. Play the first 5 lines