Percussionists wishing to participate in the Redcoat Band Drum Line must audition for a specific instrument slot on a designated Saturday in April. For more detailed information please direct your requests to the band's administrative staff. For marching band membership auditions, candidates should prepare as many scales as they feel competent to play including the chromatic scale. In addition they should prepare one excerpt each of a solo or etude that displays both lyrical and technical playing. All-State requirements or material of similar difficulty are considered appropriate.
Most auditions take place early in a given year.
It is therefore difficult to predict the exact number of openings which will occur in any given section of the Redcoat Marching Band. Those positions known to be open will be filled on June 1st of each year on an audition score priority basis. Those students receiving band scholarships will be given first priority followed by those receiving the next highest audition scores. Those players who qualify for sections in which the number of openings is yet unknown will be placed on a reserve list and assigned a priority rank. As openings develop, these performers will be accepted as members are officially notified.