SUPERINTENDENT’S HONORS MUSIC FESTIVAL Middle School Honors Concert Band Audition Information Michael Scott, Conductor Elissa Vento-Tatum, Coordinator Audition Information Date: Thursday, January 25, 2018, 4:30-8:30 PM Location: Miami Coral Park Senior High School (8865 SW 16th Street, Miami, FL 33165) Audition Requirements. 1— Prepared Selection (see following pages – the measures between the brackets only) 2-- A two-octave chromatic scale, from memory, covering the range for their instrument (as given in the 2017 FBA All-State Audition Requirements.) Third octaves are optional. The scale will be performed in even eighth notes at a tempo of quarter note = 144. The scale will be tongued ascending and slurred descending. Chromatic scale requirements may be found by copying and pasting the following link into your web browser: http://fba.flmusiced.org/media/1420/middle-school-band-2016-2017-v3.pdf 3-- Major scales, from memory, complete with arpeggios. Students will be asked to perform 3 of the following 7 major scales (in concert pitch): G, C, F, B flat, E flat, A flat, and D flat. Scales are to be performed 2 octaves where possible. Students who wish to play a 3rd octave may do so. The scale pattern should follow the FBA All-State Audition Requirements. The scales are to be tongued ascending and slurred descending. The student will be asked to perform scales in their transposed form. For the FBA All-State scale audition requirements, copy and paste the following link into your web browser: http://fba.flmusiced.org/media/1420/middle-school-band-2016-2017-v3.pdf 4--A short sight-reading exercise to demonstrate the student’s reading ability. The student will have thirty seconds to study the piece before playing it.