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2017 Band Audition Requirements
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Information is also on the ILMEA website:  ILMEA Band Auditions
WINDS:
All Winds required to play:
1) IMEA Scale Sheet - 3 Minute Time Limit All Notes Tongued
2) Sight reading
3) Etudes Set 

2017 ILMEA District 1 Audition Excerpts - CLICK HERE

Flute/Piccolo
Melodious and Progressive Studies - Book II, rev. Robert Cavally; Southern Music 
1) Etude #8, Begin at Tempo I (Recapitulation)-Fine , (p. 27) 
2) Allegro con fuoco by Andersen, Begin at Key Change-Fine, (p.63)

Oboe/English Horn
48 Famous Studies, Opus 31, W. Ferling, Rev. Albert Andraud; Southern Music
1) Etude #27 - Largo lagrimoso, Meas. 1-Fine, (p. 14) 
2) Etude #28 - Allegro spiritoso, Meas. 1-Fine, (p. 14)

Bassoon
Practical Method for Bassoon, Julius Weissenborn, W.F. Ambrosio; Carl Fischer 
 1) Etude #26 - Scherzo, Meas. 1-Fine, (pp. 98-99) 
2) Etude #39 - Largo, Meas. 1-Fine, (pp. 110-111)

Clarinet
32 Etudes for Clarinet, C. Rose; Carl Fischer
1) Etude #5 - Adagio, Meas. 1-Fine, (p. 6) 
2) Etude #14 - Tempo di Polacca, Meas. 1-Fine, (p. 15)

Alto/Bass/Contra Clarinet
21 Foundation Studies for Alto and Bass Clarinet, ed. William E. Rhoads; Southern Music 
1) Etude #1 - Allegro con moto, Meas. 1-Fine, (p. 3) 
2) Etude #5 - Allegro moderato, Meas. 1-52, (pp. 8-9)

Saxophone
27 Virtuoso Studies for Saxophone or Oboe, L. Bassi trans. Gerardo Iasilli; Carl Fischer 
1) Etude - #3 - Largo, Meas. 1-32, (pp. 7-8) 
2) Etude - #20 - Allegro moderato, Meas. 1-78, (pp. 47-48)

Trumpet
Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet, J.B. Arban, ed. Edwin F. Goldman and Walter M. Smith; Carl Fischer 
1) Etude #11 - Allegretto, (14 Characteristic Studies), Meas. 1-Fine, (p. 295) 
2) Caprice and Variations # 8 (12 Celebrated Fantasies & Airs), Theme Section ONLY, (p. 328)

French Horn
335 Melodius, Progressive, and Technical Studies for French Horn Book I, Max Pottag and Albert Andraud; Southern Music
 1) Etude # 69 - Allegretto moderato, Meas. 1-47, (pp. 88-89) 
2) Etude in D Minor, Larghetto, Meas. 1-Fine, (p. 48)

Trombone
Selected Studies for Trombone, H. Voxman; Rubank, Inc. 
1) Etude in C Major - Largo cantabile by Gatti; Meas. 1-Fine, (p. 19) 
2) Etude in A Minor - Allegro moderato by Rossari; Meas. 1-Fine, (p. 20)

Euphonium
Arban’s Famous Method for Trombone, J.B. Arban, ed. Charles L. Randall and Simone Mantia; Carl Fischer
1) Etude #11 - Allegretto, (14 Characteristic Studies), Meas. 1-Fine, (pp. 218-219) 
2) Caprice and Variations # 7, (12 Celebrated Fantasies & Airs), Theme Section ONLY, (p. 244)

Tuba
70 Studies for BBb Tuba Volume I, Vladislav Blazhevich; R. King Music
1) Etude #16 - Allegretto, Meas. 1-Fine, (p. 15) 
2) Etude #20 - Lento, Meas. 1-Fine, (p.19) 

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PERCUSSION: (All percussionists must perform on every instrument) All Percussion required to play:
1) Sight reading
2) Etude Set 


Snare Drum
Portraits in Rhythm, Anthony J. Cirone; Belwin 
  1) Etude #23, Meas. 1-Fine, (p. 25)

Timpani
The Solo Timpanist, Vic Firth; Carl Fischer 
 1) Etude #15, Meas. 1-8 and 26-47, (p.27)

Keyboard (Mallets)
Modern School for Xylophone, Marimba, and Vibraphone, Morris Goldenberg; Chappell and Co.
 1) Etude #15, Meas. 1-25, (p. 73)

Crash Cymbals
Orchestral Repertoire for Bass Drum and Cymbals, Raynor Carroll
Romeo and Juliet, Peter Tchaikovsky (Letter "O" to Letter "U") - pp. 78-79 

Tambourine
Orchestral Repertoire for Tambourine, Triangle and Castenets, Raynor Carroll
The Nutcracker Suite, Peter Tchaikovsky ("Trepak" - ALL / "Arabe" - ALL) - pp. 116-117