Due to the new LMEA All-State Audition requirements for percussion, our percussionist must audition on snare, melodic percussion, and timpani. This change is in contrast to our traditional separate snare audition, melodic percussion audition and timpani audition. This was done to help develop the total percussionist, and to perhaps prepare them for college.
It is now time to look at aligning our All-Youth and Junior High requirements to prepare our students for the All-State audition. We would be doing our students an injustice by continuing to prepare them ONLY on snare, melodic percussion, or timpani, as they would then be unprepared when they audition at the High School level.
Most Band Directors today recognize the need to develop the total percussionist as a MUSICIAN. Below are suggested changes in our District VII Honor Band requirements:
Handbook change – pg 15-16
C. Honor Band Requirments
1. All Youth Honor Band
B) Instrumentation
15) Percussion – 8(eliminate Melodic Percussion, and Timpani)
Handbook change – pg 17
Eliminate Melodic Percussion scale requirements from this page
Handbook change – pg 18-19
D. All Youth Honor Band Tryout Material
4)All prepared music shall be taken from the Rubank Advanced Method Book 1 with the exception of percussion; this will come from a compilation of snare, melodic percussion, and timpani taken from Garwood Whaley’s “Musical Studies for the Intermediate Snare Drummer”, “Fundamental Studies for Mallets”, and “Musical Studies for the Intermediate Timpanist”. Please note that the Soprano Clarinet material is from the Rubank for Saxophone.
Flute…….
Soprano Clar…
Low Clar…..
Oboe…
Bassoon…
Saxes…
F. Horn…
Trumpet…
T-Bone & Bar. BC…
Bar. TC….
Tuba…
Percussion – Set 1 – entire compilation
Set 2 – entire compilation
Percussionist must demonstrate the following rudiments in an open-closed-open format. 1. Concert (closed) Roll (pp<ff>pp) required every year
(20 second time limit – 10 seconds for crescendo, 10 sec. for decrescendo.)
2. Rudimental (open) Roll – double stroke roll (slow-fast-slow) required every year (40 second time limit – 20 sec. slow to fast, 20 se. fast to slow.)
Set 1:(slow-fast-slow)Set 2: (slow-fast-slow)
1. Flam1. Flam Tap
2. Paradiddle-diddle2. Single Paradiddle
Percussionist must demonstrate the following scales on xylophone:
Set 1: 1 octaveSet 2: 1 octave
C, F, EbBb, F, Ab
Chromatic – full rangeChromatic – full range
Sight-reading – It is suggested that the sightreading be performed on Timpani.
Handbook change – pg 21
All-Youth Honor Band Percussion Judging Sheet should be edited:
Rudiments 5 points each =20 points total
Scales 5 points each = 20 points total
Prepared Rhythmic Accuracy – 20 points
Quality of Sound – 15 points
Musicality – 10 points
Sightreading 15 points
Total 100 points
Handbook change – pg 24
2) Junior High Honor Band
B) Instrumentation
16) Percussion – 8(eliminate Melodic Percussion, and Timpani)
Handbook change – pg 25
Eliminate Melodic Percussion scale requirements from this page
Handbook change – pg 26-27
3) Chromatic (Continued)
Eliminate Melodic Percussion scale requirements from this page
4)All prepared music shall be taken from the Rubank Advanced Method Book 1 with the exception of percussion; this will come from a compilation of snare, melodic percussion, and timpani taken from “Portraits in Rhythm” by Anthony Cirone, “Masterpieces for Marimba”, arranged by Thomas McMillan, and “Exercises, Etudes and Solo’s for the Timpani” by Raynor Carroll.
Flute…….
Soprano Clar…
Low Clar…..
Oboe…
Bassoon…
Saxes…
F. Horn…
Trumpet…
T-Bone & Bar. BC…
Bar. TC….
Tuba…
Percussion – Set 1 – entire compilation
Set 2 – entire compilation
Percussionist must demonstrate the following rudiments in an open-closed-open format. 1. Concert (closed) Roll (pp<ff>pp) required every year
(20 second time limit – 10 seconds for crescendo, 10 sec. for decrescendo.)
2. Rudimental (open) Roll – double stroke roll (slow-fast-slow) required every year (40 second time limit – 20 sec. slow to fast, 20 se. fast to slow.)
Set 1:(slow-fast-slow)Set 2: (slow-fast-slow)
1. Flam Accents1. Flam Drags
2. Single Ratamacue2. Dbl. Paradiddle
Percussionist must demonstrate the following scales on xylophone:
Set 1: 2 octavesSet 2: 2 octaves
C, F, EbBb, G, Ab
Chromatic – full rangeChromatic – full range
Sight-reading – It is suggested that the sightreading be performed on Timpani.
Handbook change – pg 29
Jr. High Honor Band Percussion Judging Sheet should be edited:
Rudiments 5 points each =20 points total
Scales 5 points each = 20 points total
Prepared Rhythmic Accuracy – 20 points
Quality of Sound – 15 points
Musicality – 10 points
Sightreading 15 points
Total 100 points