Events:
Valley Honor Band: January 8th & 9th, 2021 @ Wilson Memorial High School
All-District Band: February 5th & 6th, 2021 @ Staunton High School
Valley Honor Band: January 8th & 9th, 2021 @ Wilson Memorial High School
All-District Band: February 5th & 6th, 2021 @ Staunton High School
Auditions:
Valley Honor Band
November 16th, 2020
4:00pm-8:30pm
Stuarts Draft High School
Prepared Pieces are the same as the All-District Prepared Piece (find it on East Rockingham High School Band Website).
All-District Band
December 5th, 2020
8:00am-4:00pm
East Rockingham High School
8:00am Registration Opens
9:30am Auditions Begin
10:00am Registration Closes
Prepared Pieces are available at East Rockingham High School Band Website.
Valley Honor Band
November 16th, 2020
4:00pm-8:30pm
Stuarts Draft High School
Prepared Pieces are the same as the All-District Prepared Piece (find it on East Rockingham High School Band Website).
All-District Band
December 5th, 2020
8:00am-4:00pm
East Rockingham High School
8:00am Registration Opens
9:30am Auditions Begin
10:00am Registration Closes
Prepared Pieces are available at East Rockingham High School Band Website.
New Wind Scale Requirements
With the newly accepted revisions to the All-Virginia Scale Ranges that were voted on were voted in at the general membership meeting at the Homestead, some of the brass ranges go outside the chromatic ranges and the numbers of octaves for certain instruments.
Will students be penalized for playing outside the octaves or ranges?
No credit or penalty will be given for extra octaves beyond what is in the printed instructions. In the end, it is in the student's best interest to stick to the requirements. A student who is knowingly trying to exceed the requirements, will probably be more nervous and may have problems in the scale that could have an adverse effect the on the rest of the scale performance and the rest the student's audition. There is no benefit for students to exceed the requirements.
Errata on the published information:
Piccolo: both C & Db will be 1 octave
Contra Clarinet: A, Bb, Cb/B, C are all 1 octave, chromatic: E below staff to G# above staff (2 octaves + 3rd)
Tuba: E will be 2 octaves
Will students be penalized for playing outside the octaves or ranges?
No credit or penalty will be given for extra octaves beyond what is in the printed instructions. In the end, it is in the student's best interest to stick to the requirements. A student who is knowingly trying to exceed the requirements, will probably be more nervous and may have problems in the scale that could have an adverse effect the on the rest of the scale performance and the rest the student's audition. There is no benefit for students to exceed the requirements.
Errata on the published information:
Piccolo: both C & Db will be 1 octave
Contra Clarinet: A, Bb, Cb/B, C are all 1 octave, chromatic: E below staff to G# above staff (2 octaves + 3rd)
Tuba: E will be 2 octaves
New Percussion Requirements
Snare Rudiments and Rolls
- You will be asked to play the long roll then the concert roll
- Long Roll - 30 second time limit *
- Concert Roll - sustained sound from pp-ff-pp - 15 second time limit *
- You will be asked to play two rudiments open-closed - 15 second time limit *
- You will be given a tempo (quarter = 160) and asked to play two major scales
- Both major scales should be played two octaves only *
- The chromatic scale should be played in sixteenth notes, re-attacking the top note before descending at a minimum of quarter note = 144.
- The chromatic scale will be the “C” chromatic scale, starting on the lowest “C” of the instrument.
- The chromatic scale should be played three octaves only *
Scales & Rudiments
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