*****JR HIGH ALL-STATE AUDITION MATERIALS 2025-26*****

Please note that this audition is for the JR HIGH BAND. Please do not submit here if you are auditioning for the high school band.

YOU ARE GOING TO SUBMIT TWO SEPARATE VIDEOS, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO COMBINE THEM INTO ONE VIDEO!!!!

ETUDE REQUIREMENT

Woodwind and Brass players will play this year's audition etude from the following website.

w.ww.auditionsolos.com Click on your instrument and play the 1A etude with the B ending. Follow as closely as you can the assigned tempo of the etude.

Please label your videos "First name, Last name, instrument" followed by either etude or chromatic depending on what video it is.

SCALE REQUIREMENT

Woodwind and Brass players….play your 1 octave Bb Concert Chromatic Scale in quarter notes tonguing each note at a tempo of 120bpm. Please hold the top note for four counts, take a breath and then play the scale descending holding the bottom note for four counts. Be sure to tongue each note and hold the top note for four counts as well as the final note for four counts.

PERCUSSION AUDITION REQUIREMENT

Upload a video of yourself playing the Mallet Etude "Peasant Dance"

Upload a video of yourself playing the Snare Etude #1

Please label your videos "First Name, Last Name" followed by Snare or Mallet depending on what is in the recording.