5. The accompaniment recordings and example auditions will be posted on the MMEA
web site by August 15.
B. The wind audition requirements will include the following:
1. Students will be required to play two (2) major scales to be chosen by the adjudicators.
The scales required are listed on the web site and/or in the handbook. Scales will be
performed memorized and in the required pattern and the required number of octaves.
2. Students will perform a chromatic scale over a specified range of the instrument and in
a specified pattern.
3. Students will perform a required tune. The list will be published on the web site and/or
in the handbook.
4. Students will perform a required etude.
5. Improvisation will be attempted.
6. Instrumentalists will perform sight reading materials selected by the adjudicator. The
sight reading should be easier than the required music and will be a test of musicality
more than technique.
7. The auditions will be ten (10) minutes long. The time that the student is in the room
may vary according to length of the music and the sight reading materials.
C. The vocal audition requirements will include the following:
1. Students will perform a required vocal arrangement of the same tune as the
instrumentalists. The list will be published on the web site and/or in the handbook.
2. Students will perform a required ballad. The ballad will be in a low key (Alto, Bass)
and high key (Soprano, Tenor), and will be posted on the web site and/or in the hand-
book.
3. Improvisation will be attempted.
D. Rhythm Section
1. Piano/Vibes
a. Required tune–melody
b. C instrument/vocal etude
c. Piano etude (written comping to the etude’s chord changes)
d. Improvisation
e. Comping in appropriate styles (see Rhythm section Audition Material)
f. Sight Reading
2. Guitar
a. Required tune–melody
b. C instrument/vocal etude
c. Comping on required tune
d. Improvisation
e. Comping in appropriate styles (see Rhythm section Audition Material)
f. Sight Reading
3. Bass
a. Required tune–melody
b. Bass Clef etude
c. Written bass line etude
d. Improvisation
e. Comping in appropriate styles (see Rhythm section Audition Material)
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