2017 - 2018 Maryland All-State Senior Band Audition Music

I haven't forgotten those auditioning for All-State Senior Band! Here's your list of requirements, plus sight-reading. For additional information, talk to your band director and visit the Maryland Music Educators Association website.

You can find the audition requirements of All-State Junior Band in this post.

Scales

Each student will be asked to perform the chromatic scale and one major scale for their instrument, selected from the following keys: C, F, G, D, A, E, B- Flat, E-Flat, A-Flat.
The scales must be performed from memory.
Scales will be selected by the adjudicator according to the level of the selection being performed.
The scales are to be played evenly and smoothly in a 16th note pattern at a metronome speed of quarter = 72.
All scales are to be played ascending and descending a minimum of one octave, except Flute and Soprano Clarinet who shall perform the scales a minimum of two octaves.

2017-2018 All-State Senior Band (Grades 10 –12) Music

Flute (Piccolo): Rubank Selected Studies, HL 04470700
- Page 25 - Leggiero e veloce – dotted 16th note = 120
- Page 31 - C Minor – quarter = 69
Clarinet (Eb Clarinet): Rubank Selected Studies, HL 04470670
- Page 28 - F# Minor – quarter note = 72
- Page 5 - Allegretto – quarter note = 92
Low Clarinet: Rubank Selected Studies, HL 04470670
- Page 2 - C Major – quarter note = 72
All Saxophones: Rubank Selected Studies, HL 04470690
- Page 15 - Vivace – dotted quarter note = 80-84
- Page 8 - D Minor – eighth note = 84-92