TMEA Region 5 Band Phase 1 Auditions Brass & Percussion (Trumpet, Horn, Tenor Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba, & Percussion ONLY) December 10 th @ Mansfield High School Phase 1 Audition Information the contest office. For Phase 1 auditions, no student will be allowed to participate if he/she arrives after the last group has completed the first etude. 4:30pm Students arrive and proceed to the cafeteria. Judges meet in the library for dinner and meeting. Audition room assignments will be posted. Phase 1 audition cuts will not be posted in the cafeteria or outside each room. The audition cuts will be announced in each audition room for each audition group. 5:00pm Students should proceed to their audition room for audition group and letter assignment. All students must remain at the audition room until room balancing is complete. Every effort will be made to equalize the total number of auditionees within each room. Volunteers will be taken to move to accomplish this goal; however, students changing rooms may not be previous All-Region, Area, or All-State students. We will let the moving student select an empty letter of their choice. It is each student s responsibility to remember their audition group and letter assignment. Students whose names do not appear on any of the room check-in sheets must immediately report to the contest office and speak with Gwen Earnhart for audition registration. 5:30pm Phase 1 auditions begin. Except for percussion, students will be heard in groups of approximately 10. Each group should take approximately 45 minutes. Below is the audition timeline: 5:30pm Group 1 audition begins 6:15pm Group 2 reports back to the audition room and waits quietly in the hallway 6:30pm Group 2 audition begins 7:15pm Group 3 reports back to the audition room and waits quietly in the hallway 7:30pm Group 3 audition begins 8:15pm Group 4 reports back to the audition room and waits quietly in the hallway 8:30pm Group 4 audition begins The percussion students will be divided into 3 large rooms of approximately 50 students each. There will be a snare drum room, mallet room, and a timpani room. Depending upon within which room they are assigned to begin will determine which etude they are to perform first. Results Postings: available within the library for directors only.
TMEA Region 5 Band Phase 1 Auditions Woodwinds (Flute, Oboe, B-flat Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, & Bassoon ONLY) December 13 th @ Mansfield High School Phase 1 Audition Information the contest office. For Phase 1 auditions, no student will be allowed to participate if he/she arrives after the last group has completed the first etude. 4:30pm Students arrive and proceed to the cafeteria. Judges meet in the library for dinner and meeting. Audition room assignments will be posted. Phase 1 audition cuts will not be posted in the cafeteria or outside each room. The audition cuts will be announced in each audition room for each audition group. 5:00pm Students should proceed to their audition room for audition group and letter assignment. All students must remain at the audition room until room balancing is complete. Every effort will be made to equalize the total number of auditionees within each room. Volunteers will be taken to move to accomplish this goal; however, students changing rooms may not be previous All-Region, Area, or All-State students. We will let the moving student select an empty letter of their choice. It is each student s responsibility to remember their audition group and letter assignment. Students whose names do not appear on any of the room check-in sheets must immediately report to the contest office and speak with Gwen Earnhart for audition registration. 5:30pm Phase 1 auditions begin. Students will be heard in groups of approximately 10. Each group should take approximately 45 minutes. Below is the audition timeline: 5:30pm Group 1 audition begins 6:15pm Group 2 reports back to the audition room and waits quietly in the hallway 6:30pm Group 2 audition begins 7:15pm Group 3 reports back to the audition room and waits quietly in the hallway 7:30pm Group 3 audition begins 8:15pm Group 4 reports back to the audition room and waits quietly in the hallway 8:30pm Group 4 audition begins Results Postings: available within the library for directors only.
TMEA Region 5 Band Phase 2 Auditions (All students advancing from Phase 1 auditions plus Piccolo, English Horn, E-flat Clarinet, Alto Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Bari Saxophone, and Bass Trombone) December 15 th @ Lamar High School Phase 2 Audition Information the contest office. For Phase 2, no student will be allowed to participate if he/she arrives after the first etude is complete. 7:30am Students arrive and proceed to the cafeteria. Judges meet in the library for breakfast and meeting. Audition room assignments will be posted. Phase 2 audition cuts will not be posted in the cafeteria or outside each room. The audition cuts will be announced in each audition room for each audition group. For rooms with multiple instrument auditions, specific times for each separate audition will be announced. 8:00am Students should proceed to their audition room for audition group and letter assignment. Students whose names do not appear on any of the room check-in sheets must immediately report to the contest office and speak with Gwen Earnhart for audition registration. 8:30am Phase 2 auditions begin. Students will not audition in groups. All students will be seated in the room for the duration of the audition. Percussion etudes will be performed in the following order: round 1 all students perform the snare etude; round 2 all students perform the 2-mallet etude then the 4-mallet etude; round 3 all students perform the timpani etude Results Postings & Area Fee: available within the library for directors only. All students advancing to the Area B audition must report to the contest office and pay the $5.00 Area Audition fee prior to leaving Lamar High School.
TMEA Region 5 Ninth Grade Band Auditions December 15 th @ Lamar High School Ninth Grade Band Audition Information the contest office. For Ninth Grade Band auditions, no student will be allowed to participate if he/she arrives after the first etude is complete. 1:00pm Students should proceed to their audition room for audition group and letter assignment. Students whose names do not appear on any of the room check-in sheets must immediately report to the contest office and speak with Gwen Earnhart for audition registration. 1:30pm Ninth Grade Band auditions begin. Students will be heard in groups of approximately 10 students each. Each group should take approximately 30 minutes. It may be necessary to slightly delay the start of the clarinet and trumpet auditions depending upon the status of the Phase 2 auditions. Below is the audition timeline: 1:30pm Group 1 audition begins 1:45pm Group 2 reports back to the audition room and waits quietly in the hallway 2:00pm Group 2 audition begins 2:15pm Group 3 reports back to the audition room and waits quietly in the hallway 2:30pm Group 3 audition begins 2:45pm Group 4 reports back to the audition room and waits quietly in the hallway 3:00pm Group 4 audition begins 3:15pm Group 5 reports back to the audition room and waits quietly in the hallway 3:30pm Group 5 audition begins Percussion etudes will be performed in the following order: round 1 all students perform the snare etude; round 2 all students perform the 2-mallet etude; round 3 all students perform the timpani etude. Results Postings: available within the library for directors only.
Director & Judge Information 1. All 9 th grade students wishing to participate in both auditions must be entered in both auditions prior to December 10 th. 2. The 9 th Grade Band audition is separate from the Phase 1 & 2 auditions and requires its own $12.00 entry fee. Please see the online entry instructions for assistance. 3. Every effort will be made to insure that no judge has any visual contact with students. Anonymity is vital, and we will be using screens. During judges breaks, the monitor is to clear the room and the area around the audition room of auditionees before the judges come out from behind the screens. 4. Contestants will be placed in alphabetical order and must perform in the following order: a. 1 st etude: Top to bottom b. 2 nd etude: 1/3 down to bottom, top to 1/3 down c. 3 rd etude: 2/3 down to bottom, top to 2/3 down 5. Prior to each excerpt, if a student so desires, he/she may play the starting pitch for no longer than 5 seconds, articulated once. Keyboard players may roll on the first note. After every fifth player has performed, all students may warm-up simultaneously for 20 seconds. There will be no restriction on what the students may play, but disruptive activity could be subject to disciplinary action and disqualification. 6. Judges should be cognizant of the recommended tempo markings and be willing to penalize the students who do not adhere to them. Flagrant abuse should be penalized and reflected in the judge s score. 7. Other than a single-use metronome, no electronic devices such as recording devices, pagers, cell phones, mp3 players, ipads, or computers will be allowed in the audition room. 8. The percussion room will be furnished with 4 timpani and a marimba. Snare drums and all implements must be furnished by the auditioning student. 9. There is no distinction between contra bass and contra alto clarinet. 10. Warm-up area is confined to a specific area on each campus. 11. Students must be present at all rehearsals and the concert to receive the all-region patch. The patch will be issued at the end of each band s concert. 12. Students must participate in the region clinic/concert in order to retain their eligibility for all-state groups, unless an excused absence is approved by the region band chair. 13. Students must not talk in the audition room. If a student has a question, they should raise their hand for the monitor and ask the question outside of the room, or write it down for the monitor. 14. Students will be seated simultaneously by letter. 15. All students will play from one location in the room. A chair and a stand will be provided at this location. The student may sit or stand as long as they perform from that location. If a percussionist is using their own instrument, they are waiving the right to play from one location in the room. 16. Non-audible metronomes may be used, but must be turned completely off, including visually, prior to a student performance. No metronomes may be taken to the performance chair/stand. 17. Judges should bring a calculator to the room and be familiar with the music of the instrument they are judging. 18. Students must be eligible under HB 72 in order to participate in TMEA events including the auditions and the clinic/concert. 19. Any student certified to Area must pay the $5.00 Area Audition fee prior to leaving Lamar High School on December 15 th. 20. All directors who have students going to the area auditions must complete an Area judging commitment form before leaving. All directors from your school should plan to attend the Area audition in Midland on January. 21. All results will be posted in the cafeteria and directors meeting room. Results are not final until one full hour after the last posting. This time is for Directors to verify the results and correct any errors. 22. Upon check-out, all directors are asked to retrieve their students clinic/concert music folders from the directors area or contest office and distribute them before the holiday break.
TMEA Region 5 Band Instrumentation Wind Ensemble Symphonic A Symphonic B 9th Grade Band Piccolo 1 2 2 0 Flute 8 12 12 12 Oboe 2 4 4 4 English Horn 1 1 1 0 E- flat Clarinet 1 1 1 0 B- flat Clarinet 12 18 18 18 Alto Clarinet 1 0 0 0 Bass Clarinet 2 4 4 5 Contra Bass Clarinet 1 1 1 0 Alto Saxophone 4 4 4 4 Tenor Saxophone 1 2 2 2 Bari Saxophone 1 2 2 2 Bassoon 3 4 4 4 Trumpet 10 11 11 11 Horn 8 10 10 10 Tenor Trombone 6 8 8 8 Bass Trombone 1 2 2 0 Euphonium 2 4 4 4 Tuba 4 6 6 6 Percussion 8 8 8 8