Audition Video Guidelines

• The 2027 TMEA Middle School Band Honor Ensemble chair placement auditions for all students will take place virtually using the Snap Audition platform.
• No late submissions will be accepted.
• Directors will submit their students' audition videos. Submissions received from students will not be accepted.
• All auditioning students and their instruments must be visible (face and hands) throughout the video recording. Failure to comply with this could result in a student's audition being disqualified.
• Students will refrain from speaking on their videos to maintain anonymity in the judging process.
• Percussion students will submit two videos
• Percussion students should record their audition in the following order:
  • Video 1 - Mallet
    1. Etude
    2. Chromatic Scale
  • Video 2 - Snare
    1. Etude
    2. Flam Accent
    3. 5-Stroke Roll
• .MP4 is the only accepted file type with a max file size of 2gb
• The director must submit two videos of each auditioning student; Mallet and Snare. The videos do not have to be one single take, but must be one single video. Aside from the merging of videos the videos shall be unedited.
• Common free programs used to edit videos include: Windows Media Editor, Canva, iMovie, and Vimeo Create.