Auditions for Marching Falcon 2023 student leadership will be held on January 17th, 2023 and January 18th, 2023. 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.
All students must express their intent to audition for leadership by January 9th in order for Ms. Howard to complete teacher evaluation forms. Students need to message Ms. Howard via the Band app to express their intent to audition. Failure to complete this will result in the cancellation of the audition.
All students must express their intent to audition for leadership by January 9th in order for Ms. Howard to complete teacher evaluation forms. Students need to message Ms. Howard via the Band app to express their intent to audition. Failure to complete this will result in the cancellation of the audition.
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 with the Marching Falcons. 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
- Demonstrate how to teach forward march and attention
- Conduct with a recording of Mvt One and Mvt Three of "I Rise" (links to scores is below)
- With attention to correct style, evenness of time, posture, and pattern
- A brief interview
Woodwind & Brass Captain
Students that would like to audition for brass or woodwind captain must be rising sophomore, juniors or seniors and must have at least 1 year of experience with the Marching Falcons. Elements of the audition are listed below:
- Must perform the etudes on the audition sheet (listed below)
- With attention articulation, style, dynamics, and tempo
- Demonstrate how to teach forward march and attention
- A brief interview
Percussion Captain
Students that would like to audition for percussion captain must be rising sophomores, juniors or seniors and must have at least 1 year of experience with the Marching Falcons. 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
- Teach how to hold a stick on the drum they select and how to properly play the drum
- A brief interview
Colorguard Captain
Students that would like to audition for colorguard captain must be rising sophomores, juniors or seniors and must have at least 1 year of experience with the Marching Falcons. Elements of the audition are listed below:
- Winterguard audition routine
- Teach how to perform drop spins
- A brief interview
