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2006-2007 (Set 3) Missouri All State Band Audition Materials and Excerpts (mp3)

Life AFTER Marching Band...... really!
District and State Band are incredible experiences to participate for all players. Sure, auditions can be scary, especially if you've never done it before - but the preparation for district and state auditions will help you to be even more successful here in your own high school band!

Fun fact: Clarinets - I dug out my Rose Etudes book for Evan this year - and inside the front cover I had written the lists of audition materials for each year that I auditioned in high school - and the 1979 list is the same list you'll be working on for this year! ~your webmaster

The list of Scales is the same for all instruments. All scales are to be MEMORIZED.

Prepare them all slurred and all tongued in sixteenth notes at quarter note = 88, a minimum of one octave, two when possible. Scales should be performed ascending and descending. Scales given are the starting tone. Do not transpose.
Chromatic: Full range of instrument
Major Scales: C G D A E F Bb Eb Ab
Melodic Minor Scales: a e b f# c# d g c f

Here's a very simplified explanation of melodic minor scales - excerpted from SaxLessons.com.

"There are three forms of minor that you should be familiar with. Melodic minor, ascending and descending, and harmonic minor. The melodic minor descending scale is also known as the "natural" minor scale. The way that I think about these scales is that the ascending is just like a major scale, only it has a flatted third. The descending melodic minor scale has the same key signature as the relative major key, Eb major, in this case. Here is an example of a C melodic minor scale."

Melodic Minor scale in C

Here's a good page of melodic minor scales for bass clef instruments from trombone.org

PRACTICE those scales consistently! Download a free metronome OR - use a free online one!

The name of each instrument is linked to a complete page listing all the required materials for that instrument. Under each instrument are the corresponding .mp3 excerpts as recorded by Professors at University of Missouri (Columbia) School of Music. Our thanks to the Missouri Bandmasters for providing the recorded CD of the audition materials, and to the professors who took the time to record the music.

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Flute
Prof. Steve Geibel, MU Faculty
  1. Advanced Method p. 10 #27
  2. Advanced Method p. 17 #60
  3. Advanced Method p. 50 #3
  4. Advanced Method p. 56 #20
  5. Selected Studies p. 10
  6. Selected Studies p. 27

Oboe
Prof. Dan Willett, MU Faculty

  1. Selected Studies p. 21 b minor
  2. Advanced Method p. 9 #27
  3. Advanced Method p. 11 #37
  4. Advanced Method p. 11 #38
  5. Selected Studies p. 35 #18
 		Bassoon
Prof. Rodney Ackmann, MU Faculty
  1. Practical Method p. 41 lines 7-10
  2. Practical Method p. 45 lines 7-10
  3. Practical Method p. 62 lines 1-4
  4. Practical Method p. 67 #11
  5. Practical Method p. 81 #1
Clarinet
Prof. Paul Garritson, MU Faculty
  1. Thirty-two Etudes p. 24 #24
  2. Thirty-two Etudes p. 6 #5
    first 8 lines
  3. Klose Method p. 127 A Major
  4. Klose Method p. 128
    line 10 last measure, lines 11-13
  5. Klose Method p. 129
    line 10, bar 2 thru line 11, bar 1
 Bass Clarinet
Prof. Paul Garritson, MU Faculty
  1. 21 Foundation Studies p. 21 #13
  2. (Voxman/Rubank) p. 11 #1
  3. (Voxman/Rubank) p. 12 #5
  4. (Voxman/Rubank) p. 15 #4
  5. (Voxman/Rubank) p. 42

NOTE: (Voxman/Rubank) is the "Introducing the Alto or Bass Clarinet" book

Baritone Tenor Clef
 

Alto Sax
Prof. Leo Saquiquit, MU Faculty

  1. Selected Studies p. 5 Mod Assai
  2. Selected Studies p. 7 all
  3. Universal-Prescott, p. 44 #88
  4. Universal-Prescott, p. 210 #16
  5. Universal-Prescott, p. 210 #17
  6. Universal-Prescott, p. 213 #11
    7.
  7. Universal-Prescott, p. 214 lines 7-10
 		Tenor Sax
Prof. Leo Saquiquit,, MU Faculty
  1. Selected Studies, p. 8 Andante
  2. Selected Studies, p. 15 Vivace
  3. Universal-Prescott, p. 44 #86
  4. Universal-Prescott, p. 210 #15
  5. Universal-Prescott, p. 210 #18
  6. Universal-Prescott, p. 212 #6
  7. Universal-Prescott, p. 214 lines 4-6
 Bari Sax
Prof. Leo Saquiquit,, MU Faculty
  1. Selected Studies, p. 3 all
  2. Selected Studies, p. 6 all
  3. Universal-Prescott, p.42 #78
  4. Universal-Prescott, p.208 #4
  5. Universal-Prescott, p.209 #12
  6. Universal-Prescott, p.212 #6
  7. Universal-Prescott, p.214 lines 1-3

Trumpet
Prof. Iskander Akhmadullin, MU Faculty

  1. Arban, p. 22 #49
  2. Arban, p. 33 #31
  3. Arban, p. 56 #69 lines 2, 10, 12 (F, A & G)
  4. Arban, p. 189 #139
  5. Arban, p. 206 #57
  6. Arban, p. 293 #9 lines 1-5
 		French Horn
Prof. Marcia Spence,, MU Faculty
  1. Pottag-Hovey, p. 30 #162
  2. 60 Selected Studies, p. 4 #3
  3. 60 Selected Studies, p. 8-9 #12 all
  4. Preparatory Melodies, p. 3 #5

Baritone Bass Clef
Profs. Troy Marsh & Angelo Manzo

  1. Arban, p. 29 #50
  2. Arban, p. 52 #29
  3. Arban, p. 126 #1 lines 3, 8, 12 (C. F. A)
  4. Arban, p. 202 #143
  5. Arban, p. 231 #3 lines 1-8
  6. Arban, p. 225 #1 lines 8-10
    observe repeat
Trombone
Prof. Troy Marsh, MU Faculty
  1. Arban, p. 29 #49
  2. Arban, p. 40 #31
  3. Arban, p. 61 #69 lines 2, 10, 12 (Eb, G, F)
  4. Arban, p. 201 #139
  5. Arban, p. 215 #9 lines 1-6
  6. Melodious Etudes, p. 19 #16

Bass Trombone
Prof. Troy Marsh, MU Faculty

  1. 24 Studies, p. 5 #4
  2. 24 Studies, p. 17 #15
  3. Melodious Etudes, p. 11 #10
 		Tuba
Prof. Angelo Manzo, MU Faculty
  1. Advanced Method, p. 20 #50
    (tongue 2, slur 2)
  2. Advanced Method, p. 33 #7
  3. Advanced Method, p. 36 #12
  4. Advanced Method, p. 41 #23
  5. Advanced Method, p. 49 #8
    6.
  6. Practical Studies, p. 12 #86
  7. Practical Studies, p. 26 #109

Percussion I
Prof. Julia Gaines, MU Faculty

  1. Snare Drum: Portraits in Rhythm
    p. 26 #24 (buzz rolls)
  2. Snare Drum: Audition Etudes
    p. 11 #13 (buzz rolls)
  3. Keyboard: Audition Etudes,  p. 25 #14
  4. Timpani: Audition Etudes,  p. 15 #8
  5. Multiple Percussion
    MO All State Perc Accessory Set No. 3
    Snare Drum Rudiments
 		Percussion II
Prof. Julia Gaines, MU Faculty
  1. Keyboard: Musical Studies, p. 26-27
    "Rondo" only
  2. Keyboard: Audition Etudes, p. 22 #8
  3. Snare Drum: Audition Etudes, p. 7 #5
  4. Timpani: Audition Etudes, p. 15 #7
  5. Multiple Percussion
    MO All State Perc Accessory Set No. 3
    Keyboard Scales and Arpeggios
Percussion III
Prof. Julia Gaines, MU Faculty
  1. Timpani: Solo Timpanist, p. 23 XI
  2. Timpani: Audition Etudes, p. 17 #11
  3. Snare Drum: Audition Etudes, p. 8 #8
    (buzz rolls)
  4. Keyboard: Audition Etudes, p. 25 #14
  5. Multiple Percussion
    MO All State Perc Accessory Set No. 3
  6. Tuning: Solo Timpanist, p. 25 #14 (2 drums)
    Roll Technique: 30 second single-stroke roll - pp-ff-pp (28"29" drum)

Percussion Accessory Etudes

 (Percussion Accessory Etudes) (Percussion Accessory Etudes)

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE ON YOUR AUDITIONS!

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