High School Audition Information

Registration deadline for directors: Wednesday, September 4, 2024 (Student deadlines will likely be earlier. Ask your band director if you have questions)

Audition date and location: Saturday, September 21, 2024 at Lakeshore High School.

Audition cost: $15 per audition slot, paid through the student's band program.  Please contact your student's band director for more information.

Audition Materials

High School students will play the District IV cuts (the bracketed sections on the music) of the assigned music for that school year. That music, and the cuts, can be found here. The assigned sets for District Honor Band are:

• • • 2024-2025: Set 1

    • 2025-2026: Set 2

    • 2026-2027: Set 3

    • 2027-2028: Set 4

• Wind players must play the following scales according to the LMEA Scale Sheet:

  • • 2024-2025 school year: (Concert Pitch) C, F, Bb, Gb, B, E, Chromatic

• Percussion does not audition on timpani, but there will be sightreading on snare and mallets.

  • • Percussion scales are two octaves in the rhythm shown on the LMEA Scale Sheet:

      • • 2024-2025: Set 2 - F-Major, D-flat Major, and A-flat Major

        • 2025-2026: Set 3 - B-flat Major, G-flat Major, D-Major

        • 2026-2027: Set 4 - E-flat Major, B-Major, G-Major

    • Rudiments are:

      • • Concert (closed) roll: pp<ff>pp for 20 seconds (10 seconds crescendo, 10 seconds decrescendo)

        • Rudimental (open) roll: Double stroke roll (slow-fast-slow) 40 second time limit – 20 seconds slow to fast, 20 seconds fast to slow 

        • The following rudiments (performed slow-fast-slow) depending on the year:

          • • 2024-2025: Set 2 - Flam Accents and Triple Ratamacue

            • 2025-2026: Set 3 - Flam Paradiddle and Single Drag Tap

            • 2026-2027: Set 4 - Pata-fla-flas and Double Drag Tap

        • Rudiments and recordings can be found at the Percussive Arts Society website as well as the Vic Firth Education website.

Rehearsals and Participation Fees

• If your child is selected as a member of the District IX Jr. High Honor Concert band, there is a $20 participation fee.  Participation fee is to be paid directly to your child's band program.  Please talk with your child's director(s) to see how this fee will be handled.

• Schedule: As a member of this prestigious group your child is expected to be at the following rehearsals:

  • Monday, November 18, 2024 at Fontainebleau  High School from 6 to 8:30 pm

  • Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at Fontainebleau  High School from 9 am to 5:00 pm

  • Concert Performance: TBA