Hi everyone, just making a thread to talk about something that's coming up for me next Saturday.
I'm not sure if every state has these kinds of things or if Georgia's just one of the few, but every year we have District Honor Band auditions in most regions of Georgia. The auditions are for every instrument from flute to piano to baritone (saxophone). It's a middle and high school event, and being a senior means this is my last shot at making it.
Im trying out on clarinet, having played it since 6th grade. I made it once in 8th grade, but since then Ive either not prepared enough, broken my instrument days before the audition(lulz...), or the I just became a nervous wreck. Ive been practicing pretty hard the past few months though and Im hoping I actually make it again this year.
For those unfamiliar with this, the set up is like this: for my group(11-12 grade) auditions include playing all 12 major scales as many octaves as we can at tempo=144. After that we play our instruments full range chromatic as fast as f**king possible. Then is a prepared etude that we've had access to since like july. Then finally is a piece of sight reading which is usually looks fairly simple but usually has some retarded key or time signature.
Anyways, yeah. Im practicing my scales right now actually (I never bothered to master them although my technical skills and sight reading ability are actually really good)
For reference Im 1st chair clarinet in the top group (out of 4) of my school of 3100 students, and my band usually places at the very top in all types of festivals and competitions.
Anyone else have this type of event coming up? :3
I'm not sure if every state has these kinds of things or if Georgia's just one of the few, but every year we have District Honor Band auditions in most regions of Georgia. The auditions are for every instrument from flute to piano to baritone (saxophone). It's a middle and high school event, and being a senior means this is my last shot at making it.
Im trying out on clarinet, having played it since 6th grade. I made it once in 8th grade, but since then Ive either not prepared enough, broken my instrument days before the audition(lulz...), or the I just became a nervous wreck. Ive been practicing pretty hard the past few months though and Im hoping I actually make it again this year.
For those unfamiliar with this, the set up is like this: for my group(11-12 grade) auditions include playing all 12 major scales as many octaves as we can at tempo=144. After that we play our instruments full range chromatic as fast as f**king possible. Then is a prepared etude that we've had access to since like july. Then finally is a piece of sight reading which is usually looks fairly simple but usually has some retarded key or time signature.
Anyways, yeah. Im practicing my scales right now actually (I never bothered to master them although my technical skills and sight reading ability are actually really good)
For reference Im 1st chair clarinet in the top group (out of 4) of my school of 3100 students, and my band usually places at the very top in all types of festivals and competitions.
Anyone else have this type of event coming up? :3
Made All-State cuts last year, but this year will be harder as a junior. D: I think FFR improves finger dexterity because I never practice and clarinet is easy as usual. Gl with your audition though.
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