Audition Date: December 3, 2022, Furnace Brook Middle School, Marshfield
Junior Results are now Available in the Registration Portal.
Junior Cutoff Scores
NOTE: Due to a discrepancy in the snare drum requirements, we voided out the 2nd required rudiment. All students received zero points for that rudiment. We apologize for the confusion.
- Audition Registration Portal
- Junior Audition Times
- Audition Time Change Request – Directors Only
- Onsite Registration Principal’s Form
- Adjudication Forms
- NOTE: Medical forms are no longer required to be submitted for participation. All medical information should be kept with chaperone while on-site for the festival.
Audition Procedures
- Each School will be assigned a time that will be known by your group director.
- All requirements and regulations for auditions are listed on the District Web Site in the Handbook for directors to be printed out for students.
- Registration will be open from October 1 – November 29. Late registrations will be accepted November 30 & December 1, with a $20 late fee
Fees:
- The Audition Fee per audition will be $15. Checks should be made out to: Southeastern District – MMEA
- After that, a Late Fee of $20 will be assessed along with your $15 fee at the auditions site for a total of $35.
10/12/22 – UPDATED Audition Requirements
- Wind & Percussion students will only be required to prepare ½ of the required piece
- If a piece is 2 pages long, only prepare the 2nd page
- If a piece is 1 page long, only prepare the first half
- See the full list below for further details
- String Requirements are listed on the list at the bottom of the page.
- Scales will be limited to C, F, Bb, G & D.
- UPDATE: For instruments requiring a chromatic scale, we will accept the scale starting on ANY note, as long as it is at least one octave, ascending and descending, and ending on the same note started.
- Sight Reading will still be required
Scales and Sight-Reading
All Students will be required to perform a sight-reading selection.
Vocal Sight Reading:
- Will start and end on the tonic
- Will include the first 5 pitches of the diatonic scale (do, re, mi, fa, so) as they fit the range of the voice part
- Will be step wise motion
- Will include half, quarter and eighth note rhythms.
- Bass sight-reading is in bass clef
Winds/Strings/Percussion Scale Requirements:
- Click here for scale sheets
- Students are reminded that required scale ranges are only valued as 1 point on the adjudication forms.
- Trombone and baritone horn: The G scale will be accepted as 1 or 2 octave.
Percussion Requirements:
- All Junior percussionists will be asked to demonstrate their playing ability on the following percussion instruments (Bass Drum, Cymbals, Triangle and Tambourine).
- They must prepare the “Junior Multi-Percussion Audition” selection.
Snare Drum
- 9 stroke rolls alternating
- Single and double paradiddles
Jazz
Jazz Solo Auditions:
- See Auditions Requirements List
- Groove Merchant – rhythm section tracks
- Students will NOT be required to perform solo with recording (minus soloist with rhythm section only).
Jazz Improvisation:
- Improvisation is optional for Jr. Auditions.
Guitar/bass/piano/vibes:
- In addition to the written solo, students will comp changes from assigned solo.
Jazz Drums:
- In addition to the listed performance solo, drummers should prepare to play in a funk style, a swing style, and a bossa nova style. These styles should be demonstrated in the format of four bars of time followed immediately by a four bar solo. These pieces should demonstrate technical and musical control of the drum set.
Jazz Sax/Brass/Rhythm Scales: Same as the band audition requirements.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Jazz students may audition for another ensemble, with the understanding that if they are accepted in two groups, the only group they may participate in is Jazz.
Vocal
Vocal Tracks – “Grant Me True Courage Lord”
Please note the “Required Scales” Column on the sheet below.