MMEA - Massachusetts Music Educators Association

arrowHome
arrowBoard Officers
arrowDistrict Officers
arrowMeeting Schedules
arrowMembership
arrowFestival Auditions
arrowFestival Registration
arrowConcert
arrowConference
arrowAwards
arrowBylaws
arrowJob Bank
arrowPhoto Album
arrowAdvocacy
arrowMass Music News
arrowNews
arrowSGMM
 arrowSHS
arrowTri-M
arrowLinks

2011 Festival Audition Information

Massachusetts 2011 All-State Auditions
Location: Shrewsbury HS   (Directions)
Date: January 29, 2011,
Snow Date:  February 5, 2011


  Massachusetts 2011 All-State
Vocal Audition Piece
 Music, When Soft Voices Die, Parry, edited by John Fowler, Choral Domain Library
 
Recordings of Music, When Soft Voices Die:
Note: Basses sing the baritone notes in the penultimate measure,
and sing the low E up an octave in the last measure .
SATB, ATB, SAT, SAB, STB

 

Massachusetts 2011 All-State Audition List for
Winds, Strings, Percussion, Jazz Winds, and Jazz Rhythm
 

Updated Jazz Information

New Information - 11/15/10: 
All Jazz applicants will be required to improvise as indicated in the list of prepared pieces.

Required scales: Use the same scales, same tempo, range and articulation as Wind and Percussion requirements: chromatic scale, one major scale and its relative harmonic minor scale using keys up to 4 sharps and 4 flats.
o  All saxes, trombones, and trumpets: same as winds
o  Vibes: same as xylophone
o  Piano: same as xylophone but simultaneously in both left and right hand
o  Guitar: same as xylophone (read 8vb)
o  Bass: same as xylophone, but 8vb, in bass clef, pizzicato
o  Drums: no required scales

Jazz Drums: All drummers will be asked to play three (3) sixteen (16) bar phrases as follows:
16 bars or time at the appropriate tempo, in the appropriate style, 32 bars of "trading 4's", divided as 4 bars of time, 4 bars of solo. They will do this in all four of the following styles at the given tempo:
o  Shuffle at quarter = 152
o  Bossa Nova at quarter = 136
o  Contemporary straight 88th (fusion/funk, etc) at quarter = 100
o  Jazz Waltz at quarter = 144

SCALE SHEETS

For future reference, Scale Sheets are available below in PDF format:
 Flute | Oboe | Bassoon | Bb Clarinet | Bass Clarinet | Alto Sax | Tenor Sax | Baritone Sax
French Horn | Trumpet | Trombone | Baritone HornTC | EuphoniumBC | Tuba
Marimba | Orchestra Bells | Xylophone | Violin | Viola | Cello | String Bass