Auditions

Auditions for SPRING 2025 WIND SYMPHONY AND Symphonic Band

Auditions for the Fall 2025 Semester are due NO LATER than Wednesday, February 26th, 2025 at 11:59pm. Auditions should be submitted via email to Mr. Kuhlemeier and may include a Youtube link, direct video upload, or Google Drive link with videos of the requirements below.

Audition Requirements

• Chromatic Scale

  • Play the full range of the instrument (as much of the range as you can) slurring up the scale, and staccato down. Pay close attention to tone quality and steady tempo.

  • An easy way to do this is to start on a comfortable concert F in the middle of your range, then slur up as far as you can go, then turn around and go back down, going as low as you can go, tonguing each note.

• Metronome Etude (Click here for the metronome etude.)

  • Be sure to read and follow the instructions on the etude sheet.

  • Be sure that you practice with a metronome set to 90 bpm.

• Prepared Etude (Click here to access the etudes.)

  • Use only the etude for your instrument. Play at the marked tempo and go as far as you can play with excellent tone, correct notes, rhythms, and articulations. The whole etude must be performed at the audition.

  • Be sure that you practice with a metronome!

Remember, auditions are about what you can do, not what you can't. Play what makes you sound the best!

If you have any questions, please email Mr. Kuhlemeier at chris.kuhlemeier@jordandistrict.org.

Auditions for 2025-26 school year JAZZ BANDS

Auditions for the Fall 2025 Semester are due NO LATER than Wednesday, February 26th, 2025 at 11:59pm. Auditions should be submitted via email to Mr. Kuhlemeier and may include a Youtube link, direct video upload, or Google Drive link with videos of the requirements below.

CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (Grades 10-11) and INCOMING SOPHOMORES (Currently Grade 9)

Audition Requirements

• Completed Application (Click here.)

WIND PLAYERS/PIANO/BASS/GUITAR

• 4 Major Scales Swung with Major 9 Arpeggio.

  • Memorized - as much as you can, play from memory, tongued legato in swing. Play one octave on as many scales as you can, going up to the 9th scale degree and back down followed by a Major 9 Arpeggio (C E G B D B G E C).

  • If you can play more than the four required scales, please do.

• Audition Excerpt (Click Here)

  • • • Alto/Tenor Sax: Measures 33-65

      • Bari Sax: Measures 129-161

      • Trumpets: Measures 49-70

      • Trombones: Measures 149-169

      • Piano: Measures 1-65 (With a solo)

      • Bass: Measures 1-65

      • Guitar: Measures 1-65

Note: Placements may be assigned as different parts than auditioned for.

DRUMMERS

• 8 measures Swing, Rock, and any Latin Pattern at 120bpm.

• Audition Excerpt (Click Here)

  • • • Play Measures 49-60 with appropriate fills.

Remember, auditions are about what you can do, not what you can't. Play what makes you sound the best!

If you have any questions, please email Mr. Kuhlemeier at chris.kuhlemeier@jordandistrict.org.