2019 OBDC High School Honor Band

December 6 & 7, 2019

Each year, The University of Akron Bands hosts an honor band for high school band students as part of the Ohio Band Directors Conference. Audition requirements for the band include a Class A or B OMEA Solo as well as scale requirements – see below. For those students auditioning for the OMEA All-State Band, submitting a recording of those excerpts is also acceptable.

OBDC Honor Band Audition Information:

• Audition Deadline: Postmarked no later than Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. Early submissions, prior to start of Fall 2019 are acceptable.
• Audition Format: Compact Disc or upload audition recordings to a site such as YouTube, Vimeo, etc. and supply the link to that recording on the registration document.
  • Students who wish to send in a physical recording must do so on a CD – with name and instrument clearly marked and send it to:

The University of Akron Bands
Re: OBDC Honor Band Audition
157 University Ave.
Akron, OH 44325-1002

Audition Requirements:

• Each student must announce his/her name and instrument clearly at the beginning of the recording.
• Once complete they should then record the following scales (see Scale Requirements below) and a Class A or B solo from the OMEA Solo and Ensemble Required List—please announce the title and composer of the solo work.
• Percussionists are required to record a Class A or B snare solo (rudimental OR concert is acceptable), and a xylophone OR marimba solo (no accompaniment required)—please announce the title and composer for each solo work.
• Percussionists are also encouraged, but not required, to record a timpani etude: choose any ONE of the four-drum etudes from Saul Goodman’s Modern Method for Timpani.

SCALE REQUIREMENTS:

FLUTE: D major scale—3 octaves to high B—slurred.
OBOE: B major and Db major scales—2 octaves—slurred.
BASSOON: Bb chromatic scale—3 octaves—slurred.
CLARINET: Eb major scale—2 octaves—slurred.
SAXOPHONE: Bb major scale—2 octaves—tongued.
FRENCH HORN: F major scale—2 octaves—slurred.
TRUMPET: C major scale—2 octaves—slurred.
TROMBONE/EUPH: Bb major scale—2 octaves—tongued.
BASS TROMBONE: Bb major scale—2 octaves—tongued.
TUBA: Ab major scale—2 octaves—tongued.
PERCUSSION: No scales required

• After the initial screening of applicants, all students will receive notification of their status in early November.
• Those students selected to the OBDC Honor Band will receive chair-placement audition materials and additional information about the schedule via mail.  
• A $35 fee for administrative costs is required for participation, and can be paid during the OBDC Honor Band registration when students arrive on campus in December.
  
  

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Honor Band Schedule (TENTATIVE)