Audition Requirement

Hello! Congratulations on deciding to Audition for Instrumental Music at Campo.

For your Wind Ensemble/Symphonic Band audition, your adjudicator can ask you any major or minor scale and expect that you can play it in one octave. In addition, we will ask that you prepare one section of the piece (search by your instrument name) from the WE/SB folder.

Here is the Excerpt List and official Music Rubric, we'll use to evaluate your performance during the audition. Break a leg!

Audition Excerpt List

Flute

Concertino, C. Chaminade : Beginning to B

Oboe

Concerto in C Minor, Marcello : I. Allegro Moderato: m7-m21 (tempo =112)

Bassoon

Concerto in Bb, K191, WA Mozart : I. Allegro: m 35-m 71

Clarinet

Concertino Op 26, CM von Weber : Beginning to m. 25

Bb Bass Clarinet

Sonata in A Minor, Marcello : I. Adagio and Allegro: beginning to m 21

ALL SAXOPHONES

Tableaux de Provence, Maurice : I. M. 17-25

Contest Caprice, L. Ostransky : 2 m after andante cantabile to the fermata. (quarter note = 68)

Sonata, Telemann : Siciliana, Beginning to m 10

Trumpet

Concerto, Hummel : I. Allegro: pick up to D to E

French Horn

Concerto No 2 in Eb Major K 417, Mozart : I. Allegro: m 25-63

Trombone

Cavatine, Saint-Seans : I. Allegro: beginning to downbeat of 15

Tuba

Introduction and Dance : Beginning to piu vivo

Percussion

Mallets: Rain Rance, m 60-63, 107-112

Timpani : m1 to downbeat of m8

Snare : m1-6

Jazz Auditions

Please prepare ONE of the etudes included for your instrument.

Play the head and improvise one chorus of “Cool Struttin” by Sonny Clark. You’ll use this backing track in the audition.

Note there is no printed music for this tune: you are meant to learn it by ear.

We highly recommend all prospective and current music students consider enrolling in private music lessons and joining a musiccamp, workshop, or specialized band during the school year or summer months. These experiences are invaluable for growth and developing skills outside of the classroom.

For more resources on local instructors, programs, and opportunities, please check our Music Development Resource Page.