Directors may be in the audition room with their students as a silent observer. The director may record the audition to evaluate with the student at a later time. Major scales and arpeggios through five sharps and five flats, ascending and descending prepared in one octave and performed in the midrange of the instrument. The scale and arpeggio shall be memorized and performed in eighth notes, except for the tonic and its octave which will be played as quarter notes. The final note of the scale shall be the first note of the arpeggio.
Chromatic scale is to be memorized.
Should the literature not lend itself for an appropriate audition, etudes from accepted method publications may be substituted at the discretion of the Band Vice-President. A sightreading exercise selected by the Band Vice-President, demonstrating the student's knowledge of rhythms, articulations and dynamics. Percussion players will audition on the snare drum, tympani and mallets. The mallet audition will include the chromatic and major scales. Sightreading will be performed on the instrument which reflects the students preferred assignment should they be selected.