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High School Honor Bands
 

AUDITIONS

 

Contact

  • Auditions Chairman: Kyle Smith, Broken Arrow  → email Kyle

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Schedule & Location | Future

  • Sat, November 9, 2024  |  Broken Arrow High School

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Registration

  • DEADLINE: Sat. September 14, 2024


     

Fees

  • ​$15 per student

  • $20 additional for OkMEA entry fee.

    • Additional fees applies for doublers, per instrument doubled.

  • LATE FEE - $25 after deadline, emergency week-of $50.

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Audition Requirements: Etudes, Scales, & Sight-reading

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  • ETUDES
     

    • DOWNLOAD:  2024-25 OkMEA First Round / NBDA HS Audition Etudes

    • DOWNLOAD:  2024-25 OkMEA Four-Mallets Etude

    • DOWNLOAD:  2024-25 OkMEA 2nd Round ETUDES

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  • SCALES
     

    • Chromatic

      • Performing the chromatic scale is required at the NBDA district-level audition.  

      • DOWNLOAD:  2024-25 Scale Sets Packet
         

    • Major Scales

      •  Major scales are not required at the district-level audition. The scale requirement applies to the OkMEA December/Final Round auditions.

      • Scales do not have to be memorized. 

      • Students who audition in a finals-only room will play prepared etudes, scales, and sight-reading during the course of their audition.

      • Students auditioning in a prelim room will play their required etude cuts and scales in the preliminary audition.  

      • Scales are titled using INSTRUMENT KEY rather than concert pitch. Auditioning students will perform any one of four possible sets of scale etudes, each containing two major scales and one chromatic scale.

      • Students will enter the audition room, draw at random to determine which of the four scale sets is to be played, and perform that set.

      • Scale Sets

        • Set 1: A major–Db major–chromatic

        • Set 2: D major–Gb major–chromatic

        • Set 3: G major–B major–chromatic

        • Set 4: C major–E major–chromatic

        • DOWNLOAD:  2024-25 Scale Sets Packet
           

    • Sight-Reading

      • Sight-reading is required at both the District/First-Round audition and at the Second-Round audition. 

      • OkMEA Second/Final Rounds: Students auditioning in a prelim room will play their required etude cuts and scales in the preliminary audition.  Students advancing to finals will perform only the required etude cuts and sight-reading in their finals audition.

      • OkMEA Second/Final Rounds: Students who audition in a finals-only room will play scales, prepared etudes, and sight-reading during the course of their audition.
         

  • See OkMEA Website for more information 

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Clinic Information

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2024 Clinic​

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  • Wind Ensemble

    • Clinician: Col. Don Schofield (USAF)

    • Chair: Rayel Lindsey, Bartlesville
       

  • Symphonic Band

    • Clinician: Dr. Marc Sosnowchik

    • Chair: Laura Barnes, Union
       

Schedule & Location | Future

  • Fri-Sat. January 12-13, 2024  |  Bartlesville High School

  • Fri-Sat. January 10-11, 2025  |  TBA

  • Fri-Sat. January 9-10, 2026  |  TBA

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