Auditions for Marching Falcon 2024 student leadership will be held on January 16th, 2024 and January 18th, 2024. Please see the requirements for each section below. Sign ups for auditions will be posted outside of the band room when students return from winter break. If a middle school student is signing up, they will need to message Mrs. Blevins after winter break and she can work with them to get them signed up for a time slot.
All students must express their intent to audition for leadership by January 11th in order for Mrs. Blevins to complete teacher evaluation forms. An evaluation form will be sent to all of a students 1st semester teachers for them to provide feedback on how the auditionee worked and behaved in their classroom. Students need to message Mrs. Blevins via the Band app to express their intent to audition. Failure to complete this will result in the cancellation of the audition by Mrs. Blevins and you not be allowed to audition for that season.
Students need to plan to dress professionally as if this was a job interview. If students need help finding professional clothing, they should reach out to Mrs. Blevins at least two weeks before auditions. Below you will find examples of clothing that is considered unprofessional and wearing will severely hurt your audition score:
Marching Band sign ups will begin on March 1st, 2024. If it is deemed that another position needs to be made for a section, for example, if we originally only had a brass captain, but we have many students sign up for brass, the position will be split into high brass captain and low brass captain and a new audition will occur to fill the other position.
Students must earn these positions. Just because only one person auditions for the part does not mean that they will automatically receive the position. If the judges deem that a student did not properly prepare for the audition but they were the only person to audition, then the position will be left empty and re-auditioned at a later date. The audition committee also will consider the students entire previous season with the Marching Falcons before making a selection. The following elements hold weight when discussing a students role on the leadership team:
All students must express their intent to audition for leadership by January 11th in order for Mrs. Blevins to complete teacher evaluation forms. An evaluation form will be sent to all of a students 1st semester teachers for them to provide feedback on how the auditionee worked and behaved in their classroom. Students need to message Mrs. Blevins via the Band app to express their intent to audition. Failure to complete this will result in the cancellation of the audition by Mrs. Blevins and you not be allowed to audition for that season.
Students need to plan to dress professionally as if this was a job interview. If students need help finding professional clothing, they should reach out to Mrs. Blevins at least two weeks before auditions. Below you will find examples of clothing that is considered unprofessional and wearing will severely hurt your audition score:
- Sweatshirts
- Pajamas
- Jeans
- Athletic apparel
Marching Band sign ups will begin on March 1st, 2024. If it is deemed that another position needs to be made for a section, for example, if we originally only had a brass captain, but we have many students sign up for brass, the position will be split into high brass captain and low brass captain and a new audition will occur to fill the other position.
Students must earn these positions. Just because only one person auditions for the part does not mean that they will automatically receive the position. If the judges deem that a student did not properly prepare for the audition but they were the only person to audition, then the position will be left empty and re-auditioned at a later date. The audition committee also will consider the students entire previous season with the Marching Falcons before making a selection. The following elements hold weight when discussing a students role on the leadership team:
- Attendance
- Responsibility (Memorization, treatment of equipment, remembering to bring materials)
- Character (How they treat others)
- Attitude
Drum Major
Students that would like to audition for drum major must be rising juniors or seniors and must have at least 2 years of experience in fall and/or winter seasons. Elements of the audition are listed below:
- Must perform the music from their section's band captain audition
- With attention articulation, style, dynamics, and tempo
- Adjustments to the range of a piece are not permitted
- Demonstrate how to teach forward march and attention
- Conduct with a recording of Mvt One and Mvt Two of "S.O.S." (links to scores is below)
- With attention to correct style, even flow of time, posture, and pattern
- A brief interview
Woodwind and Brass Captain
Students that would like to audition for brass or woodwind captain must have at least 1 year of experience with the Marching Falcons on their instrument of their respective section that they are auditioning for. Elements of the audition are listed below:
- Must perform the etudes on the audition sheet (listed below)
- With attention articulation, style, dynamics, and tempo
- Adjustments to the range of a piece are not permitted
- Demonstrate how to teach forward march and attention
- A brief interview
Front Ensemble Captain
Students that would like to audition for front ensemble captain must have at least 1 year of experience with the Marching Falcons on their instrument of their respective section that they are auditioning for. Elements of the audition are listed below:
- Play the exercises listed below from memory at the tempos listed below
- Green Study 1 (C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, and Db) at 100bpm
- Green Study 2(C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, and Db) at 100bpm
- Thirds (C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, and Db) at 100bpm
- Arpeggio Inversions (C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, and Db) at 100bpm
- Green Study 1 (C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, and Db) at 100bpm
- A brief interview
Drumline Captain
Students that would like to audition for drumline captain must have at least 1 year of experience with the Marching Falcons on their instrument of their respective section that they are auditioning for. Elements of the audition are listed below:
- Play the exercises listed below from memory on the drum that they would like to play in the 2023 season at the tempos listed below:
- 8ths at 160bpm
- Diddles at 160bpm
- Irish Spring at 150bpm
- Bucks at 140bpm
- 16th Timing at 140bpm
- Triplet Diddle at 120bpm
- Metric Modulation at 120bpm
- Paradiddle Races at 120bpm
- Demonstrate how to teach attention and forward march
- A brief interview
Colorguard Captain
Students that would like to audition for colorguard captain must have at least 1 year of experience with the Marching Falcons. Elements of the audition are listed below:
- Colorguard warmup routine
- Teach how to perform drop spins
- A brief interview