Fine Arts & Communication Scholarships
Instrumental Music Scholarship Audition Guidelines
The Instrumental Music Department offers a wide variety of opportunities to perform. Our in-state tuition and books scholarships are in high demand and we encourage all interested students to submit audition materials as soon as possible. Students do not need to be music majors to receive in-state tuition and books scholarships.
TO PREPARE FOR AN AUDITION
All students must register for an audition by filling out the Instrumental Music online registration form.
Register for Instrumental Audition
A letter of recommendation from a high school music instructor or private teacher (phone calls accepted) is due at the time of your audition.
Students should also fill out the Instrumental Music Student Information Form and bring it to their audition.
Prospective students will need to prepare the following material:
- Brass and Woodwinds
- Play a chromatic scale across the range of your instrument (ascending and descending)
- Solo, etude, or excerpts from ensemble music (at least one lyrical and one technical excerpt of student’s choice). Approximately three minutes of music.
- Percussionists and Drumline
- For Drumline, please be prepared to play this percussion audition excerpt.
- Prepare excerpts (of the student’s choice) on any two instruments – Snare Drum, Mallets, Timpani
- Strings
- Violin: one three-octave scale of your choice and two minutes of a solo
- Viola, cello, and bass: the two-octave scale of your choice and two minutes of a solo
- Jazz Ensembles
- Jazz etude or transcribed jazz solo (student’s choice)
- Optional improvisation on B flat Blues
Frequently Asked Question: Can I audition for more than one activity?
Answer: Students may audition for multiple activities, but only one on any given audition date. If you wish to audition for multiple departments, select your "primary" interest for the official audition date, and submit audition requests for the others on different dates or request to be contacted. Students may only recieve one Activity Scholarship.
If you have questions about your audition or what to prepare, send an email to [email protected]
Brett Martinez
Chair of Instrumental Music
Cally Bitterlin
Director of Athletic Bands