10th, 11th, & 12th Graders in the Union HS Band are eligible and encouraged to audition for the NBDA All-District Honor Band. We are proud to represent well in this annual process.
Registration deadline: Sept 11, 2021 @11pm → NOW CLOSED
→ Be sure to take your instrument home the night before the audition, as it’s unlikely that the UHS building will be open the morning of auditions.
Location
Saturday, November 6, 2021
Broken Arrow High School
Audition Schedule
Auditions cuts will be posted at each audition room at approximately 8:00am.
8:30am sign-in at instrument auditions rooms to see your posted approximate audition time and sequence. The first audition begins at 9:00am.
BE SURE TO SIGN IN AT YOUR AUDITION ROOM:Piccolo / Flute - B104
Oboe / Bassoon / Bass - B108
Eb Clarinet / Clarinet - B110
Alto / Tenor / Bari Sax - B118
Trumpet - B160
Horn - B162
Trombone - B166
Tuba / Euphonium - VPA 148 - Jazz Room
Percussion 1 (Mallets) - VPA 138 -Orchestra Room
Percussion 2 (Timpani) - VPA 128 - Band Hall
Percussion 3 (Snare) -VPA 140 - Percussion Studio
Auditionees should monitor the pace of the audition room throughout the day, as no-shows may lead to audition times being moved up.
Results will be posted in the main lobby of the campus on the trophy cases outside the Media Center.
Transportation is on your own. Parking is on the south side of the building.
Warm-up is located in the Cafeteria (Building B) and in the Visual Performing Arts Center.
No students nor auditions personnel are allowed on the second floor of the building.
Audition Music
Audition etudes
Scales (do NOT have to be memorized). More info at NBDA website. Scales packet download
Sight-Reading as presented during the audition itself. See a band director for Sign-Reading prep materials.
Audition Preparation Tips
Don't wait until the last minute to practice; you have over six months to prepare, so take your time and prepare thoroughly! Don't forget to work on all those scales too. Employ the use of a Private Lesson teacher to help you prepare. Use a metronome!
OTHER INFO:
Students may leave campus following their audition
Audition results will be posted near the school library
Be sure to never speak aloud in the audition room
Audition Policies
Auditionees must attempt all notes & rhythms for all etudes and sight reading, as well as scales (winds), to receive credit on the audition score, and to be eligible to pass on to OkMEA 2nd-Round, if applicable.
It is of utmost importance to remain silent in the halls and remain quiet in the courtyard of BAHS. There are multiple other events occurring on campus this Saturday including the SAT so it is imperative instruments are only played in the permitted locations and students are only allowed to be in the locations needed for the audition. No wandering campus.
Honor Band Clinic/Concert
January 7-8, 2022 (Tentative) at Bartlesville HS, for those students who are selected by audition to perform in the NBDA All-District Honor Band. Please note that all students who make the honor band will participate in this clinic; each participating student's CHARMS account will be billed $10 for the Friday evening dinner meal. Selected students are excepted to fully prepare the clinic repertoire prior to the clinic rehearsals. Subscribe to REMIND code @UnionNBDA
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