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.
Honor Band Schedule (TENTATIVE)
Friday, December 6, 2019 |
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| 8:30 a.m. | OBDC Honor Band Members Registration – Guzzetta Hall Atrium |
| 9:00 a.m. | Faculty Introductions Guzzetta Recital Hall |
| 9:10 a.m. |
Chair Placement Auditions – OBDC Honor Band |
| 10:30 a.m. |
School of Music Scholarship Auditions Woodwinds – Room 149 |
| 11 a.m. | Lunch – Rob’s Dining Hall |
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Noon - 3 p.m. |
OBDC Honor Band – Rehearsal Guzzetta Recital Hall |
| 3 - 4:30 p.m. | Sectionals with UA Applied Faculty Flute – 05 Oboe – 135 Bassoon – 265 Clarinet – 299 Saxophone – 304 Trumpet – 147 French Horn – 149 Trombone – 137 Tuba/Euphonium – PAH Percussion – GRH |
| 4:30 p.m. | Dinner – Rob’s Dining Hall |
| 5:15 - 7:15 p.m. | OBDC Honor Band – Rehearsal |
| 7:30 p.m. | UA Applied Faculty Recital Guzzetta Recital Hall |
| 8:30 p.m. |
Dismissed - Large Instruments Stored in UA Band Office |
Saturday, December 7, 2019 |
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| 8 a.m. | Report to The University of Akron Guzzetta Recital Hall |
| 8:15 - 11:45 a.m. | OBDC Honor Band – Rehearsal |
| Noon |
Lunch – on your own |
| 1:30 p.m. | Attend UA Wind Symphony Concert Student Union Ballroom |
| 2:30 p.m. | OBDC Honor Band – Dress Rehearsal (Closed to Public) Student Union Ballroom |
| 3:30 p.m. | OBDC Honor Band – Final Concert Student Union Ballroom - FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
| 4:45 p.m. | Dismissed |