2018 - 2019 Maryland All-State Senior Band Audition Music

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The 2018 - 2019 Maryland All-State Band Audition information just released! Here's your list of senior band audition requirements. You'll also be expected to complete a sight-reading component the day of the audition.

For additional information, talk to your band director and visit the Maryland Music Educators Association website.

 

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.

2018 - 2019 All-State Senior Band (Grades 10 – 12) Music

  • Flute (Piccolo): Rubank Selected Studies, HL 04470700
    • Page 12 – quarter note = 54
    • Page 64 – quarter note = 92-100
  • Clarinet (Eb Clarinet): Rubank Selected Studies, HL 04470670
    • Page 8 – half note = 60
    • Page 25 – quarter note = 104-112
  • Low Clarinet: Rubank Selected Studies, HL 04470670
    • Page 18 – quarter note = 84
    • Page 10 – half note = 92
  • All Saxophones: Rubank Selected Studies, HL 04470690
    • Page 41 – eighth note = 88
    • Page 13 – quarter note = 104