2023 Junior Audition Requirements

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.