2nd and Final Round Auditions
DATE & LOCATION
• Sat, Dec. 4, 2021
• Westmoore H.S. - 12313 S. Western, OKC, OK
• building map
TRANSPORT
Bus transportation is provided and If you prefer not to ride the bus back to Tulsa, an email from a parent or guardian sent to Mr. Pisarra with intended return transportation plans MUST be received prior to departing the Westmoore campus.
For those completing their audition by mid-day, a district bus will run from Westmoore to UCO in Edmond, for students interested in participating with the Union HS Band at the Football State Championship game.
WHEN / TIMES
• Call time 6:30am
• Departure 6:45am
• Arrive 8:45am
• Audition times posted 9:30am
• First audition begins 10:00am (see more info below)
• Return to UHS by 1:00am (Sunday morning)
COMMUNICATION
• REMIND Subscription Code: @OMEAaud (send to to 81010)
• Email: pisarra.charles@unionps.org
BRING
• Comfy clothes/shoes for the day
• Dress clothes for auditions, if you wish (it's a blind audition but some students perform better if dressed-up)
• Instrument / Music / Pencil
• Pillow, blanket, etc.
• Homework, book, etc.
• Phone, charger, brick battery charger
• Ample $ or food for a very long day (3 meals). A generous variety of menu items is available on-site. Also consider Door Dash/Uber-Eats/Grubhub.
AUDITIONS PROCEDURES and RULES
• COVID Protocols: We will follow the Westmoore School District plan of masks optional. Please also do not “camp out” as in years past by bringing tents, hot plates, or air mattresses. There will be a virtual results post as well as paper posting in multiple areas to prevent the large crowds that normally gather around the results window.
• Respect the Westmoore facility and DO NOT enter any classroom that is not being used for auditions.
• Students must report to the assigned room before their audition time and be available at the room when they are called to audition. Be aware of audition times and locations.
• Students will not be permitted to audition if their audition time is missed.
• Instruments with prelim rooms will perform prepared cuts only in the prelim room. Finals rooms will include prepared cuts and sight reading.
• Students may not communicate with the judges IN ANY WAY.
• Students must deposit all electronic devices in the basket provided by the monitor.
• All questions should be facilitated through the inside monitor. Please be discreet.
• Students are not to share audition times with teachers, to avoid the appearance of impropriety.
• Students who audition in a finals only room will play scale sets, etudes, and sight-reading at the All-State audition.
• Students auditioning in a prelim room will play their required etudes and scale sets in the preliminary audition. If they advance to finals, they will only perform the etudes and sight-reading for their final All-State audition. Scales do not have to be memorized.
PRELIMS FORMAT
• Flute: Top 14 in each prelims room advance, for a total of 42 to finals
• Bb Clarinet: Top 14 in each prelims room advance, for a total of 56 to finals
• Alto Saxophone: Top 12 in each prelims room advance, for a total of 24 to finals
• Trumpet: Top 12 in each prelims room advance, for a total of 48 to finals
• Horn: Top 16 in each prelims room advance, for a total of 32 to finals
• Trombone: Top 14 in each prelims room advance, for a total of 42 to finals
• Percussion: Top 15 in each prelims track advance, for a total of 30 to finals
AUDITIONS TIMING
• Audition times posted no later than 9:30 am in the warm up area.
• Preliminary Auditions begin at 10:00 am for: flute, Bb clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet, horn, trombone, percussion
• Final Auditions begin at 10:00 am for: piccolo, double reeds, Bass clarinet, Contra clarinet, tenor saxophone, bari saxophone, euphonium, tuba
• Final Auditions for flute, Bb clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet, horn, trombone, and percussion will begin at the conclusion of the preliminary auditions.
• Oboe will begin at approximately 1:30 pm
• Eb Clarinet will begin at approximately 2:00 pm
• Contra Clarinet will begin at approximately 3:00 pm
SCALES
Once a student enters the audition room (prelims room or a finals only room), he/she will draw for which scale set will be played (Sets 1-4 on the OkMEA website). Scales do not have to be memorized.
AUDITIONS ROOMS - subject to change
• Piccolo Finals - Room 169
• Flute Prelims 1 - Room 163
• Flute Prelims 2 - Room 165
• Flute Prelims 3 - Room 166
• Flute Finals - Room 166
• Oboe Finals - Room 205
• Bassoon Finals - Room 212
• Bb Clarinet Prelims 1 - Room 183
• Bb Clarinet Prelims 2 - Room 185
• Bb Clarinet Prelims 3 - Room 186
• Bb Clarinet Prelims 4 - Room 188
• Bb Clarinet Finals - Room 188
• Bass Clarinet Finals - Room 182
• Contra Clarinet Finals - Room 181
• Eb Clarinet Finals - Room 181
• Alto Sax Prelims 1 - Room 159
• Alto Sax Prelims 2 - Room 161
• Alto Sax Finals - Room 159
• Tenor Sax Finals - Room 177
• Bari Sax Finals - Room 156
• Trumpet Prelims 1 - Room 149
• Trumpet Prelims 2 - Room 150
• Trumpet Prelims 3 - Room 151
• Trumpet Prelims 4 - Room 152
• Trumpet Finals - Room 149
• Horn Prelims 1 - Room 143
• Horn Prelims 2 - Room 144
• Horn Finals - Room 143
• Euphonium Finals - Room 132
• Trombone Prelims 1 - Room 145
• Trombone Prelims 2 - Room 146
• Trombone Prelims 3 - Room 147
• Trombone Finals - Room 145
• Tuba Finals - Room 200
• Percussion Snare Drum 1 Prelims - Speech Room
• Percussion Snare Drum 2 Prelims - Arena Hospitality
• Percussion Mallet 1 Prelims - Choir Room
• Percussion Mallet 2 Prelims - Arena Hospitality
• Percussion Timpani 1 Prelims - Drama Room
• Percussion Timpani 2 Prelims - Band Room
• Percussion Snare Drum 1 & 2 Finals - Speech Room
• Percussion Mallet 1 & 2 Finals - Choir Room
• Percussion Timpani 1 & 2 Finals - Drama Room
PERCUSSION INFO
• Equipment may be unloaded at Door #21, which leads directly into the Westmoore Band Room. The band room will not be used as a holding place or warm up area for percussionists, but just an entry point into the building prior to auditions. Equipment will need to be moved to the percussion warm up gym.
• There are 2 sets of Percussion Prelim Rooms. Each student will play in 3 separate rooms: 1 each for snare, mallet, and timpani. Students will need to very carefully check that they are moving correctly from room to room. (Example: Snare A > Mallet A > Timpani A; NOT Snare A > Mallet B > Timpani A)
• There will be signs clearly marking the rooms. Outside monitors will be instructed to carefully check that students are auditioning in their correct rooms.
• We anticipate some delays as multiple students from the same school may need to share equipment. We will handle this as we have done in the past. Students waiting on another room to finish with equipment will audition as soon as their equipment is available. Again, outside monitors will be instructed to help manage these instances.
• Percussion Finalists will audition on all 3 instruments in 3 separate rooms using the exact same process as in prelims.
