AUDITION DAY INFORMATION
 PARENTS - Be sure you know all info!
- Permission Slips are due Jan. 12 (This is not the form you turned in by Jan 12.)
- Students should arrive at the MIDDLE SCHOOL (no bus at the HS) around 11:45.
- Put large instruments (those you don't want to carry in your lap on the bus) in one of the cars lined up in front of the school -- be sure the adult is near the car and says that it is indeed, an instrument car!
- Get on the bus -Bus leaves at 12:00 sharp (can't wait for stragglers or it will make everyone late.)
- 12:30ish we arrive at Concord Carlisle Regional High School, sign in and begin warmup
- 1:00 our auditions begin
- 2:30ish we should be done with everyone's audition (earlier if we are lucky!)
- 3:00-3:30ish we should be home. We will call when we get on the bus to come home so that you have a better sense of when we will be there. Could be earlier than 3:30 if our auditions are done sooner.
- Directions to Concord Carlisle RHS
- Email or call if you have questions or problems. (my cell phone was in previous emails)
Auditions are Saturday, January 28, 2012
There are five junior district ensembles: Band, Orchestra, Jazz Band, Mixed Chorus SATB, and Treble Chorus SSA. Both boys and girls will be eligible to audition for the Soprano and Alto parts.
Notice that there is a JAZZ BAND. Students may audition for both the jazz band and one of the other groups (otherwise, students may not audition for more than one group). Students must pay the fee for both auditions.
See 2012 dates below
Auditions are open to 7th, 8th & 9th grade
students who in good standing within their school's music
department.
Winds, strings & mallet percussion, check the scale
requirements carefully! Note the FAST tempos!
PERCUSSION students, there is an AUXILIARY PERCUSSION PIECE, as well as the
solo. (Be sure you have the book, not just a photocopy.)
All students should play/sing for their directors
sometime in December. We will expect a work in progress,
not a polished piece at this point in time. It is wise to
play/sing for more than one person (other than your
private teacher). If you are in orchestra, ask the choral
director to listen to you, too. If you are in HS, ask your
former teachers in the MS to listen to you as well as
your current teacher. The more times you perform the
piece in front of people, the better prepared you will
be! |
 The audition
list tells you what pieces are required for which
instrument. Be sure that the solo is the correct publisher and composer. If the solo is from a book, "Classical Festival Solos", for example, search for the book for your instrument, rather than for the selection title.
When you get your music in the mail, double check the
audition list to be sure you got the correct piece and publisher. You will
be disqualified if you go into the audition with the wrong
piece! If you aren't sure, take the list and the music to your director or to your private teacher to check for you.
Please, if you have the music from your teacher, please,
please, PLEASE, double check the audition
list to be sure that you have the correct piece -- there
are often a lot of errors in the first lists that go out and
some teachers got those incorrect lists (often after the
lists are done it is discovered that some of the music is
out of print - this happens even though the music is checked
before hand!) |
Other important info:
If you do not have a private teacher helping you with the
music, see your director and set up a time in the next
couple weeks so he/she can help you get started.
All middle school band students MUST play for Ms Muffitt on
December the week of our December concert. I am expecting a work in progress, not a
polished performance, so don't panic. Don't just skip this!! I might not have another time to hear you and then you can't audition! (All other students ask your director when you need to play/sing for him/her.)
PARENTS -- Please do not call the Jr. District
staff directly; all questions should be run through your
child's director or Ms Memoli (NE District request)
(Wayland parents only - Students from schools other than
Wayland should contact their own music directors) |
2012 Dates:
Auditions are on Saturday, January 28,
2012, (at Concord-Carlisle RHS), sometime between 1:00-2:00 or 2:30.
The festival is all day Friday and Saturday, March 16 & 17, 2012 at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. The concert is Saturday afternoon. Please check these dates to be sure you are free.
 You
can not miss any part of any rehearsal and still take part
in the festival.
(The Wayland MS Jr. District Participant recital is
Thursday, January 19, 2012, from 2:30 - 4:00 at the middle
school. This recital is required for all MS instrumental students.
HS students are encouraged to attend. |
What to practice:
You need to prepare the music listed on the audition
list plus scales. The scale
requirements are very strict and specific; go over them
carefully!
Vocalists do not have scale requirements.
Percussionists, see Ms Muffitt or Mr. Oneschuk about rudiments
and the extra auxiliary percussion piece (Symphonic Band members - this is your exam piece). |
*Wayland Parents:
Feel free to call or email me if you have any questions 
