Wind Ensemble

These are the audition requirements for the Wind Ensemble.

Woodwinds & Brass

• Two octave chromatic scale
• Major scales: C, G, F, D, B^b, A, E^b, E, A^b, B, D^b, F^# or G^b
• Sight reading (piece chosen by director)

Percussion

• Percussionist must try out on snare, mallet and timpani
• Snare rudiments:
• single stroke roll
• single stroke four
• single stroke seven
• multiple bounce roll
• five stroke roll
• single paradiddle
• flam
• flam paradiddle
• drag
• single ratamacue
• Mallets: major scales C, G, F
• Prepared Exercises (PDF – Adobe Reader)
• Sight reading (piece chosen by director)