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2014·2015 All State Band Information
Requirements
Students must attend an independent (private), parochial, or public school in Maryland and meet the class membership and grade
designations to be eligible to participate in the All State auditions.
Each director is responsible for seeing that each student has prepared the audition music and scales as described and at the tempi
given.
Scales:
• Each student will be asked to perform the chromatic scale,
beginning on a note of the student's choosing, 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.
Required Music:
• Required music: See required music list. Only an excerpt will
be performed. The entire piece will not be required.
• The excerpts of the required pieces will be posted in the warmup room and at the entrance to each audition room.
• No student may audition on more than one instrument (except
for flute/piccolo, oboelEnglish hom and Eb ClarinetlBb
Clarinet). Flute players wishing to be considered for piccolo
parts, oboe players wishing to be considered for English horn
parts and clarinetists wishing to be considered for Eb Clarinet
parts should bring those instruments with them to the audition
and will be asked to demonstrate their proficiency on those
instruments:
• In the event that a student arrives at the audition with the incorrect audition music .prepared, the student will be given the
correct music and up to an hour to prepare the correct music
before the audition.
2014·2015 Junior Band
To participate in the Maryland All State Junior Band, a student
must attend an: independent (private), parochial, or public school in
Maryland, must be in grades 7,8, or 9, and must be in a band class.
2014·2015 Senior Band, Orchestra Winds & Percussion
To participate in the Maryland All State Senior Band or the Wind
or Percussion sections of the Maryland All State Senior Orchestra,
a student must attend an independent (private), parochial, or public
school in Maryland, must be in grades 10, 11, or 12, and must be in
a band class. In senior high schools in which an alternative scheduling program is operating, the student may participate in the year
in which he or she earns a full credit. Any questions should be
directed to the Executive Director by the teacher at the numbers provided in the front of this publication. Students and parents are not to
call.
All State Junior and Senior Band Auditions ~
WINDS:
There will be two judges in each room. Scores of the two judges
in each room will be averaged. Clarinets, flutes, trumpets, and saxophones may be sent to a finals room after the first audition. If a student is to go to the finals room, the preliminary room judges will
issue the student a "Finals Room Pass" Those students will then go
the registration desk to sign-up for the finals room.
Sight Reading:
• Sight reading will be required.
Plan Now to Attend
MMEA Fallin-Service Conference
October 17, 2014
Long Reach High School (Howard County)
6101 Old Dobbin Lane, Columbia, MD 21045
MMEA Annual In-Service Conference
February 20 - 22, 2015
Baltimore Convention Center
Details in the Maryland Music Educator and at www.mmea-maryland.org
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2014 -15 All State Junior Band (Grades 7-9) Music
Instrum~nt
Book
Flute (Piccolo)
Rubank Advanced, Vol. 1,
HL 04470390
Page - Selection..,.. Tempo
Page - Selection - Tempo
69 - #3 - quarter note = 60
51 - #14 - dotted quarter note = 60
52 - #25 - quarter note = 82-88
Oboe
Rubank Advanced, Vol. 1,
HL 04470410
37-3~
Clarinet
Rubank Advanced, Vol. 1,
HL 04470320
24 - #6 (top) - dotted quarter note = 54
54 - #17 - quarter note = 112
Low Clarinet*
Rubank Advanced, Vol.1
69 - #2 - quarter note = 116
57 - #27 - quarter note = 68
(Clarinet), HL 04470310
Bassoon*
Practical Method,
All Saxes
Rubank Advanced, Vol. 1,
Trumpet
Second Book of Practical Studies
Weissenborn (Fischer), CF 02150
HL 04470370
- #21 (top) - eighth note =152
47 - Marcia (only) - quarter note = 116-132
40 - Poco Allegro (only) - quarter note = 92-100
30 - #12 - quarter note = 72
42-43 -#25 (no repeats) quarter note;:: 132
58 - Bravura - eighth note = 140
Grave - eighth note = 68
Presto - dotted quarter = 112
Getchell-Alf EL00305
Rubank Advanced, Vol. 1,
t-lL 04470440
Trombone
Rubank Advanced, Vql. 1,
HL 04470350
Baritone (BC)
Rubank Advanced, Vol. 1
French Horn
45 - #31 - quarter note
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49 - #8 - dotted quarter note = 84-92
66-72
34 - #18 (top) - dotted quarter note = 72-76
51 - #8 - quarter note = 116
45-46 - #25 (top) - dotted quarter note = 66
40-41 - #22 (top) - quarter note = 120-126
43 - #25 (top) - dotted quarter note = 66
38-39 - #22 (top) - quarter note = 120-126
46 - #1 - dotted quarter note = 88-96
41 - #4 - quarter note = 72
Trombone), HL 04470350
Baritone (TC)
Rubank Advanced, Vol. 1
(Trumpet), HL 04470330
Tuba
Snare Drum
Rubank Intermediate,
HL 04470250
Intermediate Snare Drum Studies, Peters
25 - #13 - dotted quarter note = 72-76
Mitchell Peters 6786405
Timpani
Modern Method for Timpani, Goodman
51 - #38 - dotted quarter note = 60-66
Goodman, Alf 11424A
Mallets
Percussion Keyboard Technique, McMillan
38 - Allegretto by Ludwig van Beethoven, quarter note = 96-108
McMillan, Alf PROBK00678
2014 - 15 All State Senior Band (Grades 10-12) Music
Page - Selection - Tempo
Page - Selection - Tempo
HL 04470700
12 - quarter note = 54
64 - quarter note = 92 - 100
Rubank Selected Studies,
HL 04470710
12 - eighth note ~ t4-92
38 - dotted quarter note = 66-72
Clarinet
Rubank Selected Studies,
HL 04470670
8 - half note = 60
25 - quarter note = 104-112
Low Clarinet*
Rubank Selected Studies
18 - quarter note = 84
10 - half note = 92
87 - #13 - quarter note = 84
97 - #24 - quarter note = 144-160
Instrument
Book
Flute
Rubank Selected Studies,
Oboe
Bassoon*
(Clarinet), HL 04470670
Practical Method, Weissenborn
(Fischer) CF02150
All Saxes
Rubank Selected Studies,
HL 04470690
41 - eighth note = 88
13 - quarter note = 104
Trumpet
Rubank Selected Studies,
HL 04470680
20 - dotted quarter note = 54
21 - dotted quarter note = 48
12 - #45 - half note;:: 76-88
12-13 - #46 - eighth note = 60-68
4 - quarter note =66
11 - quarter note = 92
4-5 - #2 - quarter note = 72
13 - #8 - quarter note = 88
Horn
60 Selected Studies, Book II
Kopprasch (Fischer), CF 02791
Trombone
Rubank Selected Studies,
HL 04470720
Bass Trombone 20 Etudes for Bass Trombone
Lou Gillis (Southern Music Co.) Southern B214
Baritone (BC)
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(Trombone) HL 04470720
Baritone (TC)
(Trumpet) HL 04470680
Tuba
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Second Bk. of Practical Studies
22 ~ Bravura - dotted quarter = 68
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84~§2
Grave - eighth note = 68 Allegro - dotted quarter = 120
Getchell, Alf EL00775
String Bass
(Chosen through Senior Orchestra Audition)
Snare Drum
Advanced Etl,ldes for Snare Drum, Aleo
25-26 - #13 quarter note = 112
ISBN: 0-96434060-2-7
Timpani
Modern Method for Timpani, Goodman
105 - Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 - Last 5 lines, 3 mm before T to end, dotted quarter = 88-96
ISBN 10: 0757991009
Mallets
Modern School for Xylophone,
Marimba, Vibraphone, Goldman
73 - XV - quarter note = 88
ISBN: 0-7579-890-X
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2014·2015 All State Band Auditions: Percussion Requirements
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The percussionists will be required to perform on snare drum, keyboard percussion,
timpani, bass drum, crash cymbals, and tambourine.
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Prepared pieces .on snare drum, keyboard percussion, and timpani are required.
Please refer to the MMEA Handbook for these selections.
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Sight reading on .snare drum, keyboard percussion, and timpani will be required.
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Students are to follow the provided audition requirements and play the musical examples
exactly as printed on the page~ Any deviation from the printed music will result in lower
scores.
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The audition committee will ask smdents to perform selections from the list of roll
exercises, rudiments, major scales, and arpeggios. The student should be prepared to play
everything on the list.
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Percussion instruments provided at the audition are a (minimum) four-octave marimba,
xylophone, four timpani, snare. drum, tambourine, crash cymbals, and a concert bass
drum. A bass drum mallet (or mallets) will be provided.
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Students may elect to bring their own snare drum, tambourine, crash cymbals, andlor .
bass drum mallets.
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All percussionists are expected to provide their oWn snare drum sticks;'·keyboard n1allets,
timpani mallets, and a pitch source (tuning fork, pitch pipe) for tuning thetimpani.
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Although there is more than one acceptable technique that can be used for their
performance, students sometimes use improper techniques, which result in a less than
optimal musical effect. The adjudicators have the right to lower scores for the use of
improper techniques. Scores of all the instruments will be averaged together.
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pieces are posted on the MMEA website at
vvwvv.mmea-maryland.org. Stu,d ents should print and
use the excerpts as posted on the website.
See each All State group's instructions
in this handbook for further information.
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2014·2015 All State Band Auditions: Percussion Requirements, cont.
1. Concert Roll (closed/buzz). Play the following example.
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3. Perform the following rudiments OPEN--CLOSED--OPEN (SLOW--FAST--SLOW).
Please see the PAS International Snare Drum Rudiments for rhythm and sticking.
Single Stroke Roll, Double Stroke Open Roll, Single Paradiddle, Double Paradiddle, Triple
Paradiddle, Single Paradiddle-diddle, Flam Accent, Flam Tap, Flaniacue, Single Drag Tap,
Single Ratamacue, Four Stroke Ruffs.
National Association
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2014·2015 All State Band Auditions: Percussion Requirements, cont.
1. ,Perfornl the following two-octave scale and arpeggio exercise in Major keys up to four
sharps and four flats (C, F, G, D, A, E, B-flat, E-flat, A-flat).
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3. All State Senior Auditions ONLY. Perform the following four-mallet excerpt. Sarabande
from Partita in D minor (mm. 1-8, no repeat) from Sonatas and Partitas for Violin by 1.S. Bach.
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2014·2015 AllState Band Auditions: Percussion Requirements, cont.
1. Be able to tune one pitch of the prepared piece from a pitch source (tuning fork or pitch
pipe) and be able to tune the remaining pitches from ~ that pitch.
2. Demonstrate the following rolls on ·any drum chosen by the audition committee:
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2014-2015 ALL STATE JUNIOR ACCESSORY EXERCISES
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2014-2015·ALL STATE SENIOR ACCESSORY EXERCISES
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