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2021 (5. Trumpet) Marching Band Audition Info“The Pride of West
Virginia” Woodwind and Brass Audition Information
2021
Thank you for your interest in auditioning for the 2021 Mountaineer Marching Band. Membership is open, by audition, to any student duly enrolled in the WVU’s Morgantown campus. The band accepts performers on the following instruments:
Piccolo Clarinet Alto Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone Trumpet Mellophone
Trombone Baritone Sousaphone
Audition Requirements: • Scales:
1. Play your B-flat, E-flat, F, and C major scales ascending and descending from memory. The audition may perform one or two octaves as skill permits.
2. Play the chromatic scale ascending and descending within the comfort of the performer’s range.
• Prepared Music: 3. Perform “Fight Mountaineers,” Hail West Virginia,” and “Brooklyn”
• Marching: 4. Perform the following visual techniques.
(1) Attention (2) Mark time (4), forward march (8) using 8-to-5 size steps while playing
a one-octave ascending B-flat major scale. Sustain the final note until your feet come together on the 9th count. Quarter note = 84bpm.
2021
Thank you for your interest in auditioning for the 2021 Mountaineer Marching Band. Membership is open, by audition, to any student duly enrolled in the WVU’s Morgantown campus. The band accepts performers on the following instruments:
Piccolo Clarinet Alto Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone Trumpet Mellophone
Trombone Baritone Sousaphone
Audition Requirements: • Scales:
1. Play your B-flat, E-flat, F, and C major scales ascending and descending from memory. The audition may perform one or two octaves as skill permits.
2. Play the chromatic scale ascending and descending within the comfort of the performer’s range.
• Prepared Music: 3. Perform “Fight Mountaineers,” Hail West Virginia,” and “Brooklyn”
• Marching: 4. Perform the following visual techniques.
(1) Attention (2) Mark time (4), forward march (8) using 8-to-5 size steps while playing
a one-octave ascending B-flat major scale. Sustain the final note until your feet come together on the 9th count. Quarter note = 84bpm.
