70th Annual Colorado All-State Band 

Audition Repertoire

Scales

Major Scale of your choice: 2 octaves, in 16th notes, quarter-note = 112Harmonic Minor Scale of your choice: 2 octaves, in 8th notes, quarter-note = 120Chromatic Scale of your choice: 2 octaves, in 8th notes, quarter-note = 80

Etudes

Will be drawn from the following readily available books. Students proficient on more than one instrument within the same family (flute/piccolo, oboe/English horn, high clarinet/low clarinet, all the saxophones, trombone/euphonium, etc.) are strongly encouraged to submit an audition on each instrument, using separate audition files and entries

• Flute/Piccolo

  • Köhler 25 Romantic Etudes for Flute, Op. 66 (use the Kalmus edition!)
    • p. 21, No. 20–all (quarter note = 72-80)
  • Andersen –24 Etudes for the Flute, Op. 33 (use the C. Fischer edition!)
    • p.14, No. 14, m. 17-end (quarter note= 54)

• Oboe/English Horn

  • Voxman -Selected Studies (Rubank)
    • p.19, beginning through m. 16, downbeat (dotted quarter-note = 63)
    • p.15, beginning through m. 16 (dotted quarter note = 72)

• Bassoon

  • Voxman-Gower - Advanced Method, Vol. 1 (Rubank)
    • p.70, No.4, m9-end [no repeats] (quarter-note = 52)
    • p.53, No.30, all (quarter-note = 132)

• High Clarinet

  • Rose -32 Etudes (C. Fischer)
    • p.9, No. 8, top through 2nd bar of 6th line [no repeat] (quarter-note = 108)
    • p.14, No. 13, top through 3rd bar of 5th line (quarter-note = 63)

  OR

  • Rose –32 Etudes for Clarinet (C. Fischer) Revised Edition
    • p. 12, No. 8, top through 2nd bar of 6th line [no repeat] (quarter-note = 108)
    • p. 17, No. 13, top through 1st bar of 6th line (quarter-note = 63)

• Low Clarinet

  •  Weissenborn/Rhoads - Advanced Studies (Southern)
    • p.7, No. 11, 1st 4 lines (quarter-note = 72)
    • p.7, No. 11, lines 5 through 8 [no repeats] (dotted-half-note = 60)

• Saxophone

  • Voxman - Selected Studies (Rubank)
    • p. 9, beginning to downbeat of m. 20 (quarter-note = 104)
    • p. 29, first 5 lines (eighth note = 80)

• Trumpet/Cornet

  • Snedecor – Lyrical Etudes (PAS Music)
    • p.16 Etude XI, beginning to m. 32, 1st note (dotted quarter-note = 84)
    • p.20 Etude XIV, beginning to bar before C, 3rd beat [high C in m. 19 preferred (quarter-note = 88)

• Horn

  • Langey - Carl Fischer Tutor for French Horn (Carl Fischer), or free download from https://archive.org/stream/ottolangeysnewly00lang#page/98/mode/2up
    • p. 98, Belloli Theme and Variations, Variation 2, (quarter-note = 76-84)
    • p. 98, Belloli Theme and Variations, Variation 3, (quarter-note = 76-84)
    • p. 98, Belloli Theme and Variations, Variation 4, (eighth-note = 84-100)

• Trombone/Euphonium

  • Voxman - Selected Studies for Trombone (Rubank)
    • p.18, beginning through measure 47 (dotted half -note = 66)
    • p.16, beginning through measure 17 (dotted quarter-note = 52)

  [Treble-clef baritone must either transpose these etudes or play the trumpet etudes]

• Bass Trombone

  • Ostrander - Method for Bass Trombone (C. Fischer)
    • p. 40, No. 2, all [no repeats] (quarter note = 96)
    • p. 40, No. 3, all [no repeats] (quarter note = 132)

• Tuba

  • Sheridan – Performance Studies for Tuba (De Haske)
    • p. 22-23 (“Tuba Rag”), all [take 2nd ending, no repeat] (quarter note = 96)

• String Bass

  • Piece(s) of your choice, demonstrating technique and musicality.

• Percussion

  You must audition in all three areas and on the music listed below.

  Mallets

  • Whaley - Recital Pieces for Mallets (J. R. Publications)
    • p.8, “Allemande,” top – 6th line, downbeat of 2nd bar [no repeat] (8th note = 116-120)

  Snare Drum

  • Cirone - Portraits in Rhythm (Belwin-Mills)
    • [All rolls in concert style - multiple bounce]
    • p.8, No. 6, all (tempi as marked)

  Timpani

  • Whaley - Musical Studies for the Intermediate Timpanist (J.R. Publications)
    • p.21, all [play on 3 drums] (tempo as marked)